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The Inquiry Episodes

  1.

    Would Donald Trump Be a Dangerous President?

    Fifty US security officials have said Trump 鈥渨ould be a dangerous president鈥�

  2. Why Don鈥檛 Cities Want The Olympics?

    The number of cities bidding to host the Olympic Games is falling

  3. Has Russia Won In Ukraine?

    President Putin鈥檚 short term gains may come at a cost

  4. How Did we Save the Ozone Layer?

    How scientists, campaigners, business and government came together to avert disaster

  5. Can Colombia Reintegrate the Farc?

    How to bring thousands of jungle fighters into society after 50 years of conflict

  6. Is Brexit Inevitable?

    Britain鈥檚 PM says 鈥淏rexit means Brexit鈥�. But some have suggested it might never happen

  7. Can Trump Win?

    Evaluating Donald Trump鈥檚 chances of taking the White House

  8. Can You Make Bankers Behave Better?

    Exploring how individual bankers might be nudged into better and safer choices

  9. Can the EU Survive?

    The fate of the European Union without Britain

  10. Why Do So Many People Dislike Hillary?

    How the US presidential frontrunner got to be so unpopular

  11. Are We Really About to End World Poverty?

    The UN thinks ending extreme poverty is within our grasp

  12. Why Can't Egypt Stop FGM?

    FGM is more common in Egypt than anywhere else in the world

  13. Are we Fighting Cancer the Right Way?

    The World Health Organisation says cancer rates around the world are rising fast

  14. Would A New International Convention Help Refugees?

    The case for rethinking the 1951 UN Refugee Convention to deal with today's crisis

  15. How will Virtual Reality Change our Lives?

    VR is finally a reality, and could affect everything from gaming to psychology

  16. What's Killing White American Women?

    The mysterious case of rising death rates in the world's richest country

  17. What Happened to the European Dream?

    The search for the vision that inspired the European project's founders

  18. Should We Give Homeless People Homes?

    How the city of Medicine Hat in Canada, gave every person living in the streets a home

  19. What Kind of Person Becomes a Violent Jihadi?

    The search for a 'terrorist type' and understanding people who kill for their beliefs

  20. Do We Have Enough Genders?

    Gender identity is considered more fluid than ever

  21. What Happened To Al-Qaeda?

    Charting the fortunes of the group that once led the global jihadist movement

  22. Why Do Mexicans Drink So Much Soda?

    Mexicans are among the world鈥檚 biggest soda consumers, and it鈥檚 affecting their health

  23. Can we Quake-Proof a City?

    Earthquakes have killed a million people in the last two decades

  24. What Would it Take to Put a Human on Mars?

    Nasa is planning a manned mission to Mars. But the challenges are enormous

  25. Why Are Wages So Low?

    Pay packets in developed economies have hardly grown in decades.

  26. How Did Governments Lose Control of Encryption?

    Spies, hippies, jihadis and the ongoing conflict over the power to keep secrets.

  27. Has President Assad Won?

    Bashar al-Assad still rules Syria after five years of war

  28. Why Don鈥檛 We Eradicate Mosquitoes?

    Mosquitoes cause a huge number of deaths. But getting rid of them would be complicated.

  29. How Did Iceland Clean Up its Banks (And Why Can't We)?

    Iceland put its prime minister on trial, cleaned up its banks and jailed senior bankers

  30. Are We Fighting Cancer the Right Way?

    The rising number of cancer cases worldwide poses a challenge for doctors and governments

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