The Inquiry

The Inquiry

The Inquiry gets beyond the headlines to explore the trends, forces and ideas shaping the world.

Episodes

Title Duration Published Consumed
How far can the Chinese government be blamed for Covid-19? 00:24:09 2020-05-28 03:30
How will the world pay for Covid-19? 00:24:08 2020-05-21 03:30
Why does Germany have such a low number of deaths from Covid-19? 00:23:39 2020-05-14 04:00
Why are so many ethnic minorities dying in the UK and US? 00:24:11 2020-05-07 03:30
Why are people attacking 5G mobile phone masts? 00:22:58 2020-04-30 03:30
How do we come out of the lockdown? 00:23:31 2020-04-23 03:30
How do you help people stay rational in a pandemic? 00:23:40 2020-04-16 03:30
Can Africa cope with coronavirus? 00:22:59 2020-04-09 03:30
Why is it taking so long to develop a Covid-19 vaccine? 00:23:02 2020-04-02 04:00
Coronavirus: What can the world learn from South Korea? 00:23:47 2020-03-26 04:30
Why did the USA fail in its initial coronavirus response? 00:23:51 2020-03-19 04:30
How China turned the tide with coronavirus 00:24:19 2020-03-12 04:30
Have our climate models been wrong? 00:24:09 2020-03-05 04:30
Why don’t we care about facts? 00:23:50 2020-02-27 04:30
Why are trade deals so hard to do? 00:24:00 2020-02-20 04:30
Will a pandemic ever kill millions again? 00:23:01 2020-02-13 04:30
Could India’s Muslims become second class citizens? 00:23:52 2020-02-06 04:30
Is recycling broken? 00:24:12 2020-01-30 04:30
How did Trump get into trouble with Ukraine? 00:23:49 2020-01-23 04:30
Why does Ukraine have such a corruption problem? 00:24:01 2020-01-16 04:30
Why was Qasem Soleimani killed? 00:22:58 2020-01-09 04:00
Will humans become extinct by the end of the century? 00:23:50 2020-01-02 04:30
Can we eradicate polio? 00:23:50 2019-12-26 04:30
Is Nato obsolete? 00:23:47 2019-12-19 04:30
Should we ban billionaires? 00:23:44 2019-12-12 04:30
Can we protect our elections from social media manipulators? 00:23:20 2019-12-05 04:30
Why is there a backlash against climate policies? 00:24:10 2019-11-28 04:30
What can we do about the world’s mental health problem? 00:23:16 2019-11-21 07:00
Why are immigrants under attack in South Africa? 00:24:12 2019-11-14 04:30
How soon can we go carbon zero? 00:23:40 2019-11-07 04:30
Why are the Kurds always in the firing line? 00:24:26 2019-10-31 04:30
Is vaping safe? 00:23:42 2019-10-24 04:30
Can we dismiss Q Anon? 00:23:39 2019-10-17 04:30
Are we heading for a global recession? 00:22:59 2019-10-10 04:30
Is Africa facing another debt crisis? 00:24:09 2019-10-03 04:30
How can we save our forests? 00:24:41 2019-09-26 04:30
Is rock music doomed? 00:23:39 2019-09-19 04:30
Why the race to build a quantum computer? 00:23:10 2019-09-12 04:30
Why does Donald Trump seem to have such a problem with the truth? 00:22:58 2019-09-05 04:30
Why are we having less sex? 00:23:13 2019-08-29 04:30
Is Germany OK? 00:22:58 2019-08-22 04:30
How is space changing Earth? 00:23:58 2019-08-15 04:30
Do children in two-parent families do better? 00:24:06 2019-08-08 04:30
Can you reduce Central American migration? 00:24:15 2019-08-01 04:30
Will China crack down on Hong Kong? 00:22:58 2019-07-25 04:30
What kind of Prime Minister would Boris Johnson make? 00:24:00 2019-07-18 11:26
How can Chennai’s water crisis be solved? 00:23:08 2019-07-11 04:30
Is the deep ocean the answer to some of our biggest problems? 00:23:23 2019-07-04 04:30
Can a government make you happy? 00:23:13 2019-06-27 04:30
Can vaccines stop Ebola in the DRC? 00:23:28 2019-06-20 04:30
Why is it always Alabama? 00:23:13 2019-06-13 04:30
Is time travel possible? 00:23:19 2019-06-06 04:30
Is the US heading for war with Iran? 00:23:15 2019-05-30 05:30
How do you move a capital city? 00:23:02 2019-05-23 04:30
How did K-Pop conquer the world? 00:25:10 2019-05-16 04:30
What’s next for Sudan? 00:23:59 2019-05-09 04:30
Can you make gangs good? 00:23:36 2019-05-02 04:30
How can we feed 11 billion people? 00:23:31 2019-04-25 04:30
How scared should we be? 00:23:35 2019-04-18 04:30
Why has the Kashmir crisis lasted so long? 00:23:13 2019-04-11 04:30
How long can we live? 00:23:51 2019-04-04 04:30
How is space changing Earth? 00:23:48 2019-03-28 04:30
What is the Wagner Group? 00:23:07 2019-03-21 04:30
Will populism destroy the European Union? 00:24:16 2019-03-14 04:30
Are smart cities dumb? 00:24:12 2019-03-07 04:30
Can radicalised kids recover? 00:23:25 2019-02-28 04:30
How do we stop young people killing themselves? 00:23:29 2019-02-21 04:06
Why don't we care about Yemen? 00:23:35 2019-02-14 04:30
What’s so scary about Huawei? 00:24:31 2019-02-07 10:58
Why Can’t So Many Children Read? 00:24:02 2019-01-31 04:30
Should We Fear ‘Designer Babies’? 00:24:00 2019-01-24 04:30
What Would It Take to Impeach Trump? 00:24:11 2019-01-17 05:06
Can We Stop a Mass Extinction? 00:24:04 2019-01-10 04:30
Are We Heading for Another Mass Extinction? 00:24:00 2019-01-03 04:30
How Did We Get Hooked on Vitamins? 00:24:18 2018-12-27 04:30
What did #MeToo Really Achieve? 00:23:58 2018-12-20 04:30
Is this the Most Dangerous Time to be a Journalist? 00:23:48 2018-12-13 04:30
Why Is Brexit So Hard? 00:23:41 2018-12-06 04:30
Is the West at War with Russia? 00:23:10 2018-11-29 04:30
Is Russia at War with the West? 00:23:09 2018-11-22 04:30
What Makes A Pariah State? 00:23:48 2018-11-15 04:30
How Did We Mess up Antibiotics? 00:22:58 2018-11-08 04:30
Is the China-Africa Love Affair Over? 00:22:59 2018-11-01 05:00
What Went Wrong in Indonesia? 00:23:07 2018-10-18 04:30
Can Delhi Clean Up Its Air? 00:23:01 2018-10-11 04:30
Should We Rethink the Ban on Child Labour? 00:24:03 2018-10-04 04:30
Is Genetic Testing Overrated? 00:23:36 2018-09-27 03:30
The Inquiry Junior - Why are North and South Korea divided? 00:23:49 2018-09-20 04:30
The Inquiry Junior - What’s Killing Africa’s Elephants? 00:23:08 2018-09-13 04:30
Is Women’s Sport In Trouble? 00:23:38 2018-09-06 04:30
How Do You Run A Hacking Operation? 00:23:16 2018-08-30 04:30
Who’s in the Driving Seat of the US – Saudi Relationship? 00:23:02 2018-08-23 05:06
Could We See Another Aids Pandemic? 00:23:04 2018-08-16 04:30
Can We Control 3D Printing? 00:22:59 2018-08-09 04:30
Bonus Podcast: My Indian Life Preview 00:03:34 2018-08-03 17:23
Is WhatsApp Fuelling Vigilantism? 00:23:05 2018-08-02 04:30
Is Africa’s Longest War Really Over? 00:23:51 2018-07-26 04:30
What does Iran think of the West? 00:23:36 2018-07-19 04:30
Can We Ever Understand Animals? 00:23:32 2018-07-12 04:30
Can We Eat Our Way Out Of Climate Change? 00:22:58 2018-07-05 05:00
Are We Heading for a Trade War? 00:22:59 2018-06-28 05:00
Can You Train People To Be Less Prejudiced? 00:23:20 2018-06-21 05:30
How Do You Make People Have Babies? 00:23:02 2018-06-14 04:29
Is Raqqa Recovering After Islamic State? 00:22:57 2018-06-07 05:06
Can Computers Predict Crimes That Haven’t Happened Yet? 00:23:29 2018-05-31 04:45
Is North Korea Broke? 00:22:56 2018-05-24 05:06
What Makes a Revolution Successful? 00:23:12 2018-05-17 05:06
Trump and Kim: Can They Close the Deal? 00:23:01 2018-05-10 18:08
What’s the Real Difference Between the Sexes? 00:23:26 2018-05-03 04:30
What’s Killing Black American Babies? 00:22:58 2018-04-26 04:30
Are Nerve Agents Out of Control? 00:23:19 2018-04-19 05:00
Bonus Podcast: Death in Ice Valley 00:03:12 2018-04-17 14:00
How Did China Ban Ivory? 00:23:27 2018-04-12 05:00
How Do Dictators Survive So Long? 00:22:57 2018-04-05 05:00
Is Plastic Doomed? 00:23:06 2018-03-29 01:30
Have We Always Felt This Tired? 00:23:25 2018-03-22 01:30
What’s Happening to IS Fighters Now? 00:23:13 2018-03-15 01:30
Is Facebook in Trouble? 00:23:34 2018-03-08 13:30
What Happens When a Cyber-attack Strikes? 00:23:47 2018-03-01 01:30
How Do You Close The Gender Pay Gap? 00:23:08 2018-02-22 01:30
Why is Cape Town Running Out of Water? 00:23:02 2018-02-15 01:30
Why Are the Taliban So Resilient? 00:23:34 2018-02-08 01:30
How Did We Get Hooked on Plastic? 00:23:09 2018-02-01 01:30
What Does China Want in the South China Sea? 00:23:38 2018-01-25 01:30
What’s the Greatest Threat to Poland? 00:23:21 2018-01-18 01:30
What is IS doing in the Philippines? 00:23:19 2018-01-11 01:30
Is Zero Tolerance the Right Approach for FGM? 00:23:58 2018-01-04 04:25
What’s The Point Of Bitcoin? 00:23:22 2017-12-28 13:51
The North Korea Deep Dive 00:50:40 2017-12-22 12:20
How Do We Rule The Universe? 00:23:37 2017-12-21 01:30
How Powerful is Facebook's Algorithm? 00:23:58 2017-12-14 01:30
Are We Missing a Bigger Opioid Crisis? 00:24:12 2017-12-07 01:30
What Would an Iran-Saudi Arabia War Look Like? 00:24:02 2017-11-30 01:40
Why Doesn’t Apple Pay More Tax? 00:23:51 2017-11-23 01:30
What Does the Saudi Crown Prince Want? 00:23:19 2017-11-16 01:29
Is the Knowledge Factory Broken? 00:22:58 2017-11-09 01:30
How Powerful is Iran’s Revolutionary Guard? 00:23:51 2017-11-02 11:00
How Do You End A Civil War? 00:23:50 2017-10-26 04:30
Is the Pope Catholic? 00:22:58 2017-10-19 04:25
Can We Teach Robots Ethics? 00:23:04 2017-10-12 04:25
Is Privacy Dead? 00:22:57 2017-10-05 04:25
Could We Ban the Sale of Petrol and Diesel Cars Now? 00:24:25 2017-09-28 04:30
Can China Solve the North Korea Problem? 00:23:15 2017-09-21 04:30
How Do We Stop People Dying in Floods? 00:22:58 2017-09-15 12:39
What Can We Do With Our Dead? 00:23:48 2017-09-07 04:30
How Has The Ku Klux Klan Lasted So Long? 00:22:58 2017-08-31 04:20
Are Video Games a Waste of Time? 00:24:30 2017-08-24 04:20
How Do You Fix Someone Else's Election? 00:23:30 2017-08-17 03:30
Are South Africa's Police Failing? 00:23:13 2017-08-10 11:17
Who Gets to Have Their Own Country? 00:23:33 2017-08-03 04:30
What Would War with North Korea Look Like? 00:23:19 2017-07-27 04:20
Is it Time to Ban the Plastic Bottle? 00:23:35 2017-07-20 04:30
Is Gene Editing Out of Control? 00:23:15 2017-07-13 04:30
What's So Special About Qatar? 00:23:17 2017-07-06 04:30
Have We Always Felt This Tired? 00:23:27 2017-06-29 04:25
Why Does China Want to Revive the Silk Road? 00:23:12 2017-06-22 03:30
Is the Greatest Threat to Putin Really Alexei Navalny? 00:22:57 2017-06-15 04:30
How Do You Report Terrorism? 00:23:10 2017-06-08 03:30
Is Work Too Easy? 00:23:09 2017-06-01 16:51
Does Poverty Change The Way We Think? 00:23:28 2017-05-25 03:30
How Did Immigration Stop Being a Political Taboo in the UK? 00:23:20 2017-05-18 03:30
How Did Venezuela Go From So Rich To So Poor? 00:23:23 2017-05-11 10:55
How did North Korea get the Bomb? 00:23:13 2017-05-04 03:30
Is Inequality About to Get Unimaginably Worse? 00:23:05 2017-04-27 03:30
How Powerful is Facebook's Algorithm? 00:23:26 2017-04-20 04:00
What Happens When You Legalise Cannabis? 00:23:25 2017-04-13 03:30
Why Is No-one Trying to Stop the War in Yemen? 00:23:29 2017-04-06 03:00
Do We Need A Plan B For Climate Change? 00:23:04 2017-03-30 03:30
What’s Wrong With France? 00:23:23 2017-03-21 04:30
Are Famines Always Man-Made? 00:23:14 2017-03-14 04:30
How is Mosul Being Liberated? 00:23:40 2017-03-07 04:30
What Happened to Europe’s Migrant Crisis? 00:23:10 2017-02-28 03:30
Why Can't We Stop Looking at our Phones? 00:23:28 2017-02-21 04:30
Is Donald Trump Good for Journalism? 00:23:27 2017-02-14 04:30
Can You Believe What You Read on WikiLeaks? 00:23:48 2017-02-07 04:30
What Would ‘No Deal’ Mean For Brexit Britain? 00:23:10 2017-01-31 04:30
How do You Launch a Nuclear Missile? 00:23:34 2017-01-24 04:30
How Did the US Get Stuck With Guantanamo? 00:23:10 2017-01-17 03:30
Is There Anybody Out There? 00:22:58 2017-01-10 10:06
Can We Eat Our Way Out Of Climate Change? 00:23:39 2017-01-03 03:05
What Went Right in 2016? 00:22:59 2016-12-27 03:06
Should We Give Homeless People Homes? 00:22:58 2016-12-15 11:57
What’s the Story of Aleppo? 00:22:59 2016-12-15 11:50
Does Turkey Still Want to Join the EU? 00:22:58 2016-12-13 03:06
Why Do Governments Do Stupid Things? 00:23:02 2016-12-06 03:06
Why Did The Polls Get it Wrong (Or Did They)? 00:22:58 2016-11-29 03:06
Why Does Anyone Still Smoke? 00:23:04 2016-11-22 03:30
After the Electoral Shocks of Brexit and the US Election - What Next? 00:22:58 2016-11-15 04:30
Was this the Most Divisive US Election Ever? 00:22:58 2016-11-08 16:35
How Do We Fix Antibiotics? 00:22:58 2016-10-25 04:30
How Did We Mess up Antibiotics? 00:22:58 2016-10-19 13:00
Can a Corrupt Country Get Clean? 00:22:58 2016-10-11 10:41
Why are 10,000 Children Missing in Europe? 00:23:26 2016-10-04 04:30
Is Islamic State Finished? 00:23:29 2016-09-27 04:30
Who Wins in a Cashless Economy? 00:22:58 2016-09-20 04:30
What’s the Point of Lotteries? 00:22:58 2016-09-13 04:30
Can Coral Reefs Survive? 00:22:58 2016-09-06 04:30
Is Retirement Over? 00:22:57 2016-08-30 04:30
Would Donald Trump Be a Dangerous President? 00:22:58 2016-08-23 04:30
Why Don’t Cities Want The Olympics? 00:22:58 2016-08-16 04:30
Has Russia Won In Ukraine? 00:22:58 2016-08-09 10:54
How Did we Save the Ozone Layer? 00:22:58 2016-08-02 03:00
Can Colombia Reintegrate the Farc? 00:22:57 2016-07-26 03:30
Is Brexit Inevitable? 00:22:59 2016-07-19 10:00
Can Trump Win? 00:22:56 2016-07-12 03:30
Can You Make Bankers Behave Better? 00:23:00 2016-07-05 04:30
Can the EU Survive? 00:22:58 2016-06-28 11:11
Why Do So Many People Dislike Hillary? 00:22:58 2016-06-20 19:20
Are We Really About to End World Poverty? 00:22:58 2016-06-14 03:05
Why Can't Egypt Stop FGM? 00:22:58 2016-06-07 18:44
Are we Fighting Cancer the Right Way? 00:49:27 2016-05-31 03:06
Would A New International Convention Help Refugees? 00:22:58 2016-05-24 02:06
What's Killing White American Women? 00:22:59 2016-05-10 03:06
What Happened to the European Dream? 00:22:58 2016-05-03 16:17
Should We Give Homeless People Homes? 00:22:58 2016-04-26 03:30
What Kind of Person Becomes a Violent Jihadi? 00:22:58 2016-04-21 14:22
Do We Have Enough Genders? 00:22:59 2016-04-13 11:37
What Happened To Al-Qaeda? 00:22:58 2016-04-05 03:30
Why Do Mexicans Drink So Much Soda? 00:22:58 2016-03-29 03:50
Can we Quake-Proof a City? 00:22:57 2016-03-22 03:05
Why Are Wages So Low? 00:22:59 2016-03-08 03:05
How Did Governments Lose Control of Encryption? 00:22:58 2016-03-01 03:05
Has President Assad Won? 00:23:02 2016-02-23 03:05
Why Don’t We Eradicate Mosquitoes? 00:22:58 2016-02-15 18:41
How Did Iceland Clean Up its Banks (And Why Can't We)? 00:22:58 2016-02-09 11:18
Are We Fighting Cancer the Right Way? 00:22:59 2016-02-02 03:30
How Has the US Gun Lobby Been so Successful? 00:22:58 2016-01-26 03:05
What is China Doing to Clear the Air? 00:23:10 2016-01-19 03:05
Do We Have Enough Genders? 00:23:00 2016-01-12 03:45
How Much Inequality Is Too Much? 00:23:08 2016-01-05 03:05
Should We Solar Panel The Sahara? 00:22:58 2015-12-29 03:05
How Will a Population Boom Change Africa? 00:23:03 2015-12-22 03:05
Is Saudi To Blame For ‘IS’? 00:23:21 2015-12-15 03:06
Should Governments Drop Money Out of Helicopters? 00:23:10 2015-12-08 03:06
How Do Cartels Get Drugs into the US? 00:22:59 2015-12-01 03:06
Can ‘Islamic State’ Be Defeated? 00:23:10 2015-11-21 11:30
Have We Underestimated Plants? 00:23:11 2015-11-17 10:09
Is it too Late to Save Syria’s Antiquities? 00:22:58 2015-11-10 03:05
Why was Mohammed Akhlaq Killed? 00:22:58 2015-11-03 03:30
How Do You Save the Rhino? 00:23:05 2015-10-27 03:05
Can Nigeria End Oil Corruption? 00:22:59 2015-10-20 03:00
Is Russia Vulnerable? 00:22:58 2015-10-13 03:00
What Does the President Need to Know? 00:23:04 2015-10-06 03:00
Do Drone Strikes Work? 00:23:06 2015-09-29 03:00
Is Japan Abandoning Pacifism? 00:22:58 2015-09-22 03:00
Why is Argentina Still so Sexist? 00:23:08 2015-09-15 03:15
How Will a Population Boom Change Africa? 00:23:05 2015-09-07 20:36
Can We Learn to Live with Nuclear Power? 00:23:07 2015-09-01 03:30
Migrant Crisis: What Else Could Europe Try? 00:22:58 2015-08-25 03:30
What Will Happen When Robots Take Our Jobs? 00:23:14 2015-08-18 03:30
Should Anyone Ever Talk to IS? 00:23:10 2015-08-11 03:05
What’s Behind the Anti-Vax Movement? 00:23:13 2015-08-04 03:05
Why do Tax Havens Still Exist? 00:23:06 2015-07-28 03:30
What Does China’s Stock Market Crash Tell Us? 00:22:58 2015-07-21 03:00
Is Streaming Good for Music? 00:22:58 2015-07-14 03:05
How Easy is it to Dope in Sport? 00:22:58 2015-07-07 03:05
Has Austerity Worked? 00:23:01 2015-06-30 03:30
Would Greece Be Better Off Out of the Euro? 00:23:06 2015-06-23 03:00
What Does China Want From Space? 00:22:58 2015-06-16 09:00
Will Anyone Help the Rohingya? 00:22:58 2015-06-08 20:59
Is Opposition to GM Crops Irrational? 00:22:58 2015-06-02 04:30
Who Can Fix Fifa? 00:22:58 2015-05-22 21:30
Why Do US Cops Keep Killing Unarmed Black Men? 00:22:58 2015-05-19 02:05
Why is South Africa Still So Unequal? 00:22:58 2015-05-12 02:05
Is Cyber Warfare Really That Scary? 00:22:58 2015-05-05 02:05
How Has Rwanda Saved The Lives Of 590,000 Children? 00:22:58 2015-04-28 02:05
What Is The Yemen Conflict Really About? 00:23:11 2015-04-21 03:05
Is There A New Nuclear Arms Race? 00:22:58 2015-04-14 03:30
Cuba: What Would Che Say? 00:22:58 2015-04-07 03:00
Are We Tired Of Talking About Climate Change? 00:22:58 2015-03-31 08:00
Will The Dalai Lama Reincarnate? 00:23:11 2015-03-24 08:00
Has The War On Drugs Been Lost? 00:23:00 2015-03-17 08:00
Who Wants What In Libya? 00:23:11 2015-03-10 08:00
Is Life Getting Worse For Women In Erdogan’s Turkey? 00:23:11 2015-03-03 08:00
Could Europe Stop Migrants Dying In The Mediterranean? 00:23:10 2015-02-24 08:00
How Strong Is NATO? 00:23:11 2015-02-17 08:00
Will The New King Change Saudi Arabia? 00:23:11 2015-02-10 08:00
Is Nigeria’s Army Failing? 00:23:11 2015-02-03 08:00
What Does Kim Jong Un Want? 00:23:11 2015-01-27 08:00
Is Pakistan Serious About Tackling Militants? 00:23:12 2015-01-20 15:00
Should we Fear Artificial Intelligence? 00:23:11 2015-01-13 12:30
Can The Internet Be Policed? 00:23:10 2015-01-06 14:35
Is American Democracy Broken? 00:23:11 2014-12-30 14:30
What Are The Consequences Of Cheap Oil? 00:23:10 2014-12-23 14:00
Can Europe Resist The Rise Of Radical Politics? 00:23:12 2014-12-16 14:05
The US And Iran: How Close Could They Get? 00:23:11 2014-12-09 14:00
Why Aren't More Dishonest Bankers In Jail? 00:23:11 2014-12-02 14:35
Who Runs Mexico? 00:23:12 2014-11-25 14:35
Are Sanctions Hurting Putin? 00:23:12 2014-11-18 14:35
What Is Hong Kong’s Problem With China? 00:23:13 2014-11-11 14:35
Are Pandemics Inevitable? 00:23:12 2014-11-04 08:06
Can Islamic State Be Stopped? 00:23:12 2014-10-28 14:30