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The Inquiry

BBC World Service

EN590 episodes
newscommentary

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

Episodes (590)

How will Hollywood respond to the Black Lives Matter and Me Too movements?

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Jun 18, 202024:05pending

Will Covid-19 change cities?

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Jun 11, 202023:39pending

Why do US cops keep killing unarmed black men?

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Jun 3, 202022:57pending

How far can the Chinese government be blamed for Covid-19?

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May 28, 202024:09pending

How will the world pay for Covid-19?

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May 21, 202024:08pending

Why does Germany have such a low number of deaths from Covid-19?

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May 14, 202023:39pending

Why are so many ethnic minorities dying in the UK and US?

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May 7, 202024:11pending

Why are people attacking 5G mobile phone masts?

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Apr 30, 202022:58pending

How do we come out of the lockdown?

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Apr 23, 202023:31pending

How do you help people stay rational in a pandemic?

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Apr 16, 202023:40pending

Can Africa cope with coronavirus?

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Apr 9, 202022:59pending

Why is it taking so long to develop a Covid-19 vaccine?

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Apr 2, 202023:02pending

Coronavirus: What can the world learn from South Korea?

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Mar 26, 202023:47pending

Why did the USA fail in its initial coronavirus response?

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Mar 19, 202023:51pending

How China turned the tide with coronavirus

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Mar 12, 202024:19pending

Have our climate models been wrong?

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Mar 5, 202024:09pending

Why don’t we care about facts?

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Feb 27, 202023:50pending

Why are trade deals so hard to do?

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Feb 20, 202024:00pending

Will a pandemic ever kill millions again?

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Feb 13, 202023:01pending

Could India’s Muslims become second class citizens?

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Feb 6, 202023:52pending

How did Trump get into trouble with Ukraine?

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Jan 23, 202023:49pending

Why does Ukraine have such a corruption problem?

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Jan 16, 202024:01pending

Why was Qasem Soleimani killed?

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Jan 9, 202022:58pending

Will humans become extinct by the end of the century?

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Jan 2, 202023:50pending

Can we eradicate polio?

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Dec 26, 201923:50pending

Is Nato obsolete?

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Dec 19, 201923:47pending

Should we ban billionaires?

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Dec 12, 201923:44pending

Can we protect our elections from social media manipulators?

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Dec 5, 201923:20pending

Why is there a backlash against climate policies?

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Nov 28, 201924:10pending

What can we do about the world’s mental health problem?

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Nov 21, 201923:16pending

Why are immigrants under attack in South Africa?

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Nov 14, 201924:12pending

How soon can we go carbon zero?

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Nov 7, 201923:40pending

Why are the Kurds always in the firing line?

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Oct 31, 201924:26pending

Is vaping safe?

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Oct 24, 201923:42pending

Can we dismiss QAnon?

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Oct 17, 201923:39pending

Are we heading for a global recession?

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Oct 10, 201922:59pending

Is Africa facing another debt crisis?

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Oct 3, 201924:09pending

How can we save our forests?

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Sep 26, 201924:41pending

Is rock music doomed?

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Sep 19, 201923:39pending

Why the race to build a quantum computer?

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Sep 12, 201923:10pending

Why does Donald Trump seem to have such a problem with the truth?

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Sep 5, 201922:58pending

Why are we having less sex?

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Aug 29, 201923:13pending

Is Germany OK?

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Aug 22, 201922:58pending

Do children in two-parent families do better?

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Aug 8, 201924:06pending

Can you reduce Central American migration?

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Aug 1, 201924:15pending

Will China crack down on Hong Kong?

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Jul 25, 201922:58pending

What kind of Prime Minister would Boris Johnson make?

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Jul 18, 201924:00pending

How can Chennai’s water crisis be solved?

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Jul 11, 201923:08pending

Is the deep ocean the answer to some of our biggest problems?

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Jul 4, 201923:23pending

Can a government make you happy?

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Jun 27, 201923:13pending
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