The Inquiry Podcast
The Inquiry gets beyond the headlines to explore the trends, forces and ideas shaping the world.
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Would A New International Convention Help Refugees?
Tue 24 May 2016
The case for rethinking the 1951 UN Refugee Convention to deal with today's crisis
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What's Killing White American Women?
Tue 10 May 2016
The mysterious case of rising death rates in the world's richest country
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What Happened to the European Dream?
Tue 3 May 2016
The search for the vision that inspired the European project's founders
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Should We Give 91热爆less People 91热爆s?
Tue 26 Apr 2016
How the city of Medicine Hat in Canada, gave every person living in the streets a home
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What Kind of Person Becomes a Violent Jihadi?
Tue 19 Apr 2016
The search for a 'terrorist type' and understanding people who kill for their beliefs
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What Happened To Al-Qaeda?
Tue 5 Apr 2016
Charting the fortunes of the group that once led the global jihadist movement
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Why Do Mexicans Drink So Much Soda?
Tue 29 Mar 2016
Mexicans are among the world鈥檚 biggest soda consumers, and it鈥檚 affecting their health
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Can we Quake-Proof a City?
Tue 22 Mar 2016
Earthquakes have killed a million people in the last two decades
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Why Are Wages So Low?
Tue 8 Mar 2016
Pay packets in developed economies have hardly grown in decades.
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How Did Governments Lose Control of Encryption?
Tue 1 Mar 2016
Spies, hippies, jihadis and the ongoing conflict over the power to keep secrets.
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Why Don鈥檛 We Eradicate Mosquitoes?
Tue 16 Feb 2016
Mosquitoes cause a huge number of deaths. But getting rid of them would be complicated.
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How Did Iceland Clean Up its Banks (And Why Can't We)?
Tue 9 Feb 2016
Iceland put its prime minister on trial, cleaned up its banks and jailed senior bankers
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Are We Fighting Cancer the Right Way?
Tue 2 Feb 2016
The rising number of cancer cases worldwide poses a challenge for doctors and governments
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How Has the US Gun Lobby Been so Successful?
Tue 26 Jan 2016
The National Rifle Association is one of the most powerful organisations in the US
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What is China Doing to Clear the Air?
Tue 19 Jan 2016
The air in much of China is so bad the government has repeatedly declared "war" on it
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Do We Have Enough Genders?
Tue 12 Jan 2016
Gender identity is considered more fluid than ever thanks to the trans movement
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How Much Inequality Is Too Much?
Tue 5 Jan 2016
How far does inequality affect growth and prosperity?
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Should We Solar Panel The Sahara?
Tue 29 Dec 2015
Solar could provide clean energy on a vast scale. But the politics are difficult.
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How Will a Population Boom Change Africa?
Tue 22 Dec 2015
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�?
Tue 15 Dec 2015
Many claim 鈥業S鈥� is the ideological offspring of Saudi Arabia
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Should Governments Drop Money Out of Helicopters?
Tue 8 Dec 2015
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?
Tue 1 Dec 2015
How drugs get into the US via tunnels, 鈥渘arco-subs鈥� and complex criminal networks
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Can 鈥業slamic State鈥� Be Defeated?
Sat 21 Nov 2015
Expert answers to the urgent question on defeating the group calling itself Islamic State
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Have We Underestimated Plants?
Tue 17 Nov 2015
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?
Tue 10 Nov 2015
The threat to Syria鈥檚 cultural heritage from looting, war and wanton destruction
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How Do You Save the Rhino?
Tue 27 Oct 2015
How hunting and even legalising the trade in horn might save this endangered species
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Can Nigeria End Oil Corruption?
Tue 20 Oct 2015
President Buhari鈥檚 promise to end decades of corruption in the oil industry
