The Inquiry
576
Episodes
4.6 / 5
Rating

The Inquiry

by BBC World Service

Category
News Commentary
Frequency
Updated weekly
Language
English
The Inquiry gets beyond the headlines to explore the trends, forces and ideas shaping the world.

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Recent Reviews

Fantastic podcast! Been listening for years

Never clean enough•2/2/2026

Always fascinating. Appreciate the experts and in-depth knowledge and great interviews. Thanks for the hard work and a stellar podcast!

Cringe

Original_Owl•9/4/2025

Wow, BBC is so incredibly out of touch, it’s embarrassing. So now we’re implying that conservatives in Japan, who you know absolutely nothing about, must be homophobic, sexist, conspiracy theorists just because they vote differently? There’s nothing wrong with being a conservative voter. Your country is full of them, open your eyes! Sadly, this isn’t surprising in the least, it is however hilarious that your “inclusive” and “non-racist” virtue signaling goes out the window as soon as someone identifies as conservative. Pathetic. Do better or continue to spiral into insignificance.

Best Podcast for English learner, subscribed for it

yuiihhyyhhh•11/3/2024

It is my favorite podcast. It is not too fast, and experts pronounce very clearly. I like it mostly.

Typical BBC, interesting but slanted to the left

Sullyrock315•2/23/2024

The inquiry has good interviews but often is too agenda driven. For instance, the ‘Can Europe reverse its falling fertility rates?’ was missing any mention of abortion rates. This is not an honest look at the story if you will not deal with the whole issue. Typically, the BBC agenda is not in what they report but often what they omit from the story.

THE MUSIC!

hhfshndd224•10/13/2023

WE KNOW you’ve a HEAVY HANDED sound designer/score composer or whatever they’re called, alas NO ONE listens to a Podcast for the music, so for the love if EVERYTHING audio, PLEASE eliminate the overbearing, annoying music!