The Inquiry

BBC World Service

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

Episodes

Will the EndSARS protest change Nigeria?

Nov 12 2020 • 0 MIN

For nearly two weeks last month, angry young Nigerians took to the streets in their tens of thousands, blocking major roads in cities across Africa's most populous nation. What began as a protest a...

Why are Thai students risking jail to call for reform of the monarchy?

Nov 5 2020 • 0 MIN

Pro-democracy protests have happened before in Thailand, but there’s something new about the latest one - the king is being publicly criticised. It’s a serious criminal offence to do that. This wee...

Can President Trump still win the US presidential election?

Oct 29 2020 • 0 MIN

National polls ahead of the US presidential election suggest a clear win for challenger Joe Biden. But could they be getting it wrong as they did four years ago? In 2016, Hillary Clinton won the po...

How has Trump changed America’s relationship with the world?

Oct 23 2020 • 0 MIN

When he was elected, President Trump promised to put ‘America First’, but how has he governed? Charmaine Cozier looks at trade, diplomacy, defence and the environment to examine the results of fo...

Should we learn to live with Covid?

Oct 15 2020 • 0 MIN

As new students start at universities in many countries around the world, governments are grappling with how to contain a second wave of Coronavirus. Already many universities have put lectures onl...

Are shares in Elon Musk’s Tesla vastly overvalued?

Oct 8 2020 • 0 MIN

In 2018, the electric car maker, Tesla, was struggling to get the Model 3 electric vehicle off the production line. Its CEO, tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, was working up to 22 hours a day on the fa...

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