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The Essential Episodes

  1. More or Less: Death Row

    Is it true that for every nine people executed in the US, there is one person exonerated?

  2. The Inquiry: Who Can Fix Fifa?

    Law professor Mark Pieth tried to reform football鈥檚 governing body from the inside.

  3. Trending: "I will never allow you to become a doctor"

    Rather a pole dancer than a doctor鈥� 鈥� we talk to the Indian doctor whose blog went viral.

  4. From Our Own Correspondent: In Bujumbura

    Andrew Harding reflects on the roots of recent events in Burundi's capital

  5. The Why Factor: Television

    Why has television proven to be such a powerful influence on our lives?

  6. The Inquiry: Why Do US Cops Keep Killing Unarmed Black Men?

    Former cop Seth Stoughton says a 鈥榳arrior mentality鈥� makes police more likely to shoot

  7. 麻豆社 Trending: The Fake Policeman Causing a Stink in Sweden

    Meet 鈥楤盲ngan Lagerblad鈥�, the fake cop on a mission to reform Sweden鈥檚 police force

  8. From Our Own Correspondent: Seeds of Destruction

    Mark Tully traces the roots of Indian farmers' despair - and explores one way out

  9. More or Less: How Useful are Statistics About Sex?

    Sir David Spiegelhalter explains the usefulness of statistics about sex.

  10. The Inquiry: Why Is South Africa Still So Unequal?

    Yoliswa Dwane on the poor schooling she sees as the root cause of continuing inequality.

  11. 麻豆社 Trending: The man who 鈥榓bducted鈥� children as part of a 鈥榮ocial experiment鈥�

    YouTuber Joey Salads 鈥榩icked up鈥� children to make a point, but did his idea backfire?

  12. From Our Own Correspondent: The Anti-Semite's Secret

    Csanad Szegedi was a far-right Hungarian nationalist. Then he found out he was Jewish

  13. Jargon

    Why do we use jargon?

  14. The Inquiry: Is Cyber Warfare Really That Scary?

    Thomas Rid suggests attacks on critical infrastructure are difficult and unlikely

  15. 麻豆社 Trending: The vagaries of learning English

    Why people on Chinese social media reacted to a techexec speaking English at a conference

  16. From Our Own Correspondent: A Russian-Chinese Life

    Inna's experiences have mirrored every twist and turn of the Sino-Soviet relationship

  17. More or Less: Xenophobia in South Africa

    Are international migrants stealing jobs?

  18. The Inquiry: How has Rwanda Saved the Lives of 590,000 Children?

    Fidele Ngabo says it鈥檚 down to an army of health workers

  19. From Our Own Correspondent: The View from Oryol

    Bridget Kendall visits Oryol, a Russian provincial town with a rich literary heritage

  20. The Why Factor - Daydreaming

    Does everyone鈥檚 mind wander? And why do we do it?

  21. The Inquiry 鈥� What鈥檚 the Yemen Conflict Really About

    Sarah Jamal says the 2011 revolution failed to deliver justice

  22. 麻豆社 Trending: The #100 Sareepact

    Founders of #100sareepact explain how they inadvertently created a worldwide movement.

  23. From Our Own Correspondent: Getting the Needle

    Lucy Ash examines the Russian approach to drug use and harm prevention

  24. More or Less: The Ignorance Test.

    Can you pass world health expert Hans Rosling鈥檚 Ignorance Test?

  25. The Inquiry - Is There A New Nuclear Arms Race?

    John Mecklin says nuclear-weapon states are competing again.

  26. 麻豆社 Trending - #Black Lives Matter

    After killing of Walter Scott we speak to the co-creator of the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag

  27. From Our Own Correspondent: The Coffee of a Lifetime

    The worldwide coffee industry and where to get the best cupful on Earth

  28. The Why Factor - Suicide

    Every year, across the world, around a million people take their own lives. But why?

  29. The Inquiry: Cuba - What Would Che Say?

    Lucia de Toledo on what Che Guevara would make of the diplomatic thaw with the US

  30. 麻豆社 Trending: Faces of Prostitution

    Australian sex workers fight stigma.

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