The Inquiry Episodes Episode guide
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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’s promise to end decades of corruption in the oil industry
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Is Russia Vulnerable?
The White House has described Russia’s 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’s 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’s 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’s 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’s 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’s Stock Market Crash Tell Us?
How China’s 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’ 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’s attention
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Is Opposition to GM Crops Irrational?
A majority of US scientists say GM food is generally safe to eat
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Who Can Fix Fifa?
Exploring the forces that could bring change to football’s troubled governing body.
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Why Do US Cops Keep Killing Unarmed Black Men?
Activists claim 40% of unarmed men dying at the hands of the police are black.
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Why is South Africa Still So Unequal?
Investigating the root causes of South Africa’s world beating levels of inequality
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Is Cyber Warfare Really That Scary?
Four cyber warfare experts help us separate hype from reality
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How Has Rwanda Saved The Lives Of 590,000 Children?
The lessons from one of the unexpected stars of the race to tackle child mortality
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What Is The Yemen Conflict Really About?
Is the fighting in Yemen a sectarian conflict or a regional proxy war?
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Is There A New Nuclear Arms Race?
Nuclear-weapon states are spending huge sums modernising their arsenals
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Cuba: What Would Che Say?
Are warmer relations with the US a betrayal of Cuba’s revolutionary past?