The Inquiry Episodes Episode guide
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How Will a Population Boom Change Africa?
The UN forecasts that the number of people living in Africa will double in 35 years
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Is Saudi To Blame For 鈥業S鈥�?
Many claim 鈥業S鈥� is the ideological offspring of Saudi Arabia
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Should Governments Drop Money Out of Helicopters?
We examine one crazy-sounding but very serious idea to prevent a low- or no-growth future
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How Do Cartels Get Drugs into the US?
How drugs get into the US via tunnels, 鈥渘arco-subs鈥� and complex criminal networks
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Have We Underestimated Plants?
An exploration of what plants are capable of and what we can learn from them.
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Can 鈥業slamic State鈥� Be Defeated?
Expert answers to the urgent question on defeating the group calling itself Islamic State
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Have We Underestimated Plants?
An exploration of what plants are capable of and what we can learn from them.
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Is it too Late to Save Syria鈥檚 Antiquities?
The threat to Syria鈥檚 cultural heritage from looting, war and wanton destruction
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Why was Mohammed Akhlaq Killed?
What a murder tells us about modern India.
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How Do You Save the Rhino?
How hunting and even legalising the trade in horn might save this endangered species
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Can Nigeria End Oil Corruption?
President Buhari鈥檚 promise to end decades of corruption in the oil industry
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Is Russia Vulnerable?
The White House has described Russia鈥檚 action in Syria as motivated by 'weakness'
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What Does the President Need to Know?
Top-secret documents, released by the CIA, shine a light on intelligence advice.
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Do Drone Strikes Work?
The impact of drones, America鈥檚 counter-terrorism weapon of choice
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Is Japan Abandoning Pacifism?
New laws mean Japanese troops can fight overseas for the first time since World War Two
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Why is Argentina Still so Sexist?
Despite women鈥檚 progress in Argentine politics, society there has remained macho
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How Will a Population Boom Change Africa?
The UN forecasts that the number of people living in Africa will double in 35 years
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Can We Learn to Live with Nuclear Power?
After the Fukushima disaster in Japan, the country is turning its reactors back on.
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Migrant Crisis: What Else Could Europe Try?
We examine examples from other places, and times, from which the EU鈥檚 leaders could learn
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What Will Happen When Robots Take Our Jobs?
Exploring the not-so-distant future when more and more humans lose work to automation.
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Should Anyone Ever Talk to IS?
We test the argument that stopping the so-called Islamic State will mean talking to them.
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What鈥檚 Behind the Anti-Vax Movement?
Looking at the origins and endurance of scepticism towards vaccinations in the US.
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Why do Tax Havens Still Exist?
Politicians have promised an end to tax havens, so why are they still around?
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What Does China鈥檚 Stock Market Crash Tell Us?
How China鈥檚 rollercoaster market hints at deeper problems
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Is Streaming Good for Music?
How streaming is changing music and the music industry
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How Easy is it to Dope in Sport?
An insiders鈥� take on who is winning in the fight against performance-enhancing drugs.
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Has Austerity Worked?
An examination of whether it is better to cut or spend your way out of an economic crisis
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Would Greece Be Better Off Out of the Euro?
Exploring the possible economic and political consequences of a Greek eurozone exit
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What Does China Want From Space?
China has sent an astronaut into orbit, and has plans to put one on the moon
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Will Anyone Help the Rohingya?
Shocking images have brought the Rohingya to the world鈥檚 attention
