The Inquiry Podcast
The Inquiry gets beyond the headlines to explore the trends, forces and ideas shaping the world.
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Is it Time to Ban the Plastic Bottle?
Thu 20 Jul 2017
Every single second, 20,000 single-use drinking bottles are sold around the world
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Is Gene Editing Out of Control?
Thu 13 Jul 2017
The Inquiry looks into the unintended consequences of gene editing
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Have We Always Felt This Tired?
Thu 29 Jun 2017
The past, present and possible future story of human sleep
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Why Does China Want to Revive the Silk Road?
Thu 22 Jun 2017
The biggest infrastructure initiative of all time could change the current world order.
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Is the Greatest Threat to Putin Really Alexei Navalny?
Thu 15 Jun 2017
Assessing the strength of the opposition leader who has run mass protests in Russia
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How Do You Report Terrorism?
Thu 8 Jun 2017
Should the media devote less coverage to terrorist attacks?
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Is Work Too Easy?
Thu 1 Jun 2017
We used to work ourselves to an early death. Do we now sit ourselves to one instead?
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Does Poverty Change The Way We Think?
Thu 25 May 2017
Investigating the scientific claims that being poor affects how our brains work
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How Did Immigration Stop Being a Political Taboo in the UK?
Thu 18 May 2017
How did immigration stop being a political taboo in the UK?
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How Did Venezuela Go From So Rich To So Poor?
Thu 11 May 2017
Once the richest country in South America, Venezuela is now in deep economic crisis
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How did North Korea get the bomb?
Thu 4 May 2017
Exploring how the secretive state has acquired nuclear weapons
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Is Inequality About to Get Unimaginably Worse?
Thu 27 Apr 2017
A special edition with Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens and Homo Deus.
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How Powerful is Facebook's Algorithm?
Thu 20 Apr 2017
What does Facebook鈥檚 computer code do with the data we give it?
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What Happens When You Legalise Cannabis?
Thu 13 Apr 2017
Ruth Alexander looks at what happened next after legalising cannabis
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Why Is No-one Trying to Stop the War in Yemen?
Thu 6 Apr 2017
Thousands have been killed and the country is on the brink of famine
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Do We Need A Plan B For Climate Change?
Thu 30 Mar 2017
Scientists have been developing some very ambitious ideas to re-engineer our climate
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What鈥檚 Wrong With France?
Tue 21 Mar 2017
All the candidates in the French presidential election are calling for radical change
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What Happened to Europe鈥檚 Migrant Crisis?
Tue 28 Feb 2017
In 2015 huge numbers of migrants were trying to reach Europe. We hear what happened next
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Why Can't We Stop Looking at our Phones?
Tue 21 Feb 2017
The science and psychology of smartphone design
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Is Donald Trump Good for Journalism?
Tue 14 Feb 2017
President Trump's contempt for the media may seem like bad news but is the opposite true?
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Can You Believe What You Read on WikiLeaks?
Tue 7 Feb 2017
WikiLeaks claims to serve only transparency. But some suspect other motives
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What Would 鈥楴o Deal鈥� Mean For Brexit Britain?
Tue 31 Jan 2017
What happens to Britain on Brexit day if there is no deal with the EU
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How do you launch a nuclear missile?
Tue 24 Jan 2017
We explain the nuclear weapons systems of the US, Russia, Britain and China
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How Did the US Get Stuck With Guantanamo?
Tue 17 Jan 2017
The full story of Guantanamo 鈥� and why so-called "forever prisoners" are held there today
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Can We Eat Our Way Out Of Climate Change?
Tue 3 Jan 2017
Changing what we eat could be one of the fastest ways to slow down climate change
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What Went Right in 2016?
Tue 27 Dec 2016
Four amazing stories united by the ambition to achieve the seemingly impossible
