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The Inquiry Episodes

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    Is it Time to Ban the Plastic Bottle?

    Every single second, 20,000 single-use drinking bottles are sold around the world

  2. Is Gene Editing Out of Control?

    The Inquiry looks into the unintended consequences of gene editing

  3. What's So Special About Qatar?

    The tiny state behind a global diplomatic feud.

  4. Have We Always Felt This Tired?

    The past, present and possible future story of human sleep

  5. Why Does China Want to Revive the Silk Road?

    The biggest infrastructure initiative of all time could change the current world order.

  6. Is the Greatest Threat to Putin Really Alexei Navalny?

    Assessing the strength of the opposition leader who has run mass protests in Russia

  7. How Do You Report Terrorism?

    Should the media devote less coverage to terrorist attacks?

  8. Is Work Too Easy?

    We used to work ourselves to an early death. Do we now sit ourselves to one instead?

  9. Does Poverty Change The Way We Think?

    Investigating the scientific claims that being poor affects how our brains work

  10. How Did Immigration Stop Being a Political Taboo in the UK?

    How did immigration stop being a political taboo in the UK?

  11. How Did Venezuela Go From So Rich To So Poor?

    Once the richest country in South America, Venezuela is now in deep economic crisis

  12. How did North Korea get the bomb?

    Exploring how the secretive state has acquired nuclear weapons

  13. Is Inequality About to Get Unimaginably Worse?

    A special edition with Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens and Homo Deus.

  14. How Powerful is Facebook's Algorithm?

    What does Facebook鈥檚 computer code do with the data we give it?

  15. What Happens When You Legalise Cannabis?

    Ruth Alexander looks at what happened next after legalising cannabis

  16. Why Is No-one Trying to Stop the War in Yemen?

    Thousands have been killed and the country is on the brink of famine

  17. Do We Need A Plan B For Climate Change?

    Scientists have been developing some very ambitious ideas to re-engineer our climate

  18. What鈥檚 Wrong With France?

    All the candidates in the French presidential election are calling for radical change

  19. Are Famines Always Man-Made?

    Humankind long ago figured out how to avoid famine

  20. How is Mosul Being Liberated?

    The story of the largest battle on Earth today

  21. What Happened to Europe鈥檚 Migrant Crisis?

    In 2015 huge numbers of migrants were trying to reach Europe. We hear what happened next

  22. Why Can't We Stop Looking at our Phones?

    The science and psychology of smartphone design

  23. Is Donald Trump Good for Journalism?

    President Trump's contempt for the media may seem like bad news but is the opposite true?

  24. Can You Believe What You Read on WikiLeaks?

    WikiLeaks claims to serve only transparency. But some suspect other motives

  25. What Would 鈥楴o Deal鈥� Mean For Brexit Britain?

    What happens to Britain on Brexit day if there is no deal with the EU

  26. How do you launch a nuclear missile?

    We explain the nuclear weapons systems of the US, Russia, Britain and China

  27. How Did the US Get Stuck With Guantanamo?

    The full story of Guantanamo 鈥� and why so-called "forever prisoners" are held there today

  28. Is There Anybody Out There?

    The story of the search for extra-terrestrial life

  29. Can We Eat Our Way Out Of Climate Change?

    Changing what we eat could be one of the fastest ways to slow down climate change

  30. What Went Right in 2016?

    Four amazing stories united by the ambition to achieve the seemingly impossible

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