The Big Question Episodes Episode guide
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Somaliland Refugees
Refuges are now returning home to Somaliland
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Leaving Ethiopia, Returning to Somaliland
Eastern Ethiopia has been entangled in civil unrest
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Should We Worry About Extinction?
In the last one hundred years thousands of species have vanished
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How Much Choice do People in China Have?
What role does choice play in modern China?
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Is this China's Century?
A look at why so many businesses are moving to China
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How Important is America to the Rest of the World?
How important is America to the rest of the world?
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Can Too Much Religion Be Bad For You?
Is religion a force for good, or does it cause division, radicalism and hatred?
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Who Needs Migrant Workers?
What is the value of migration for fighting world poverty?
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Should Africa Be Left Alone?
Does aid always improve things?
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Why Do We Get into Debt?
Why do people, countries and companies get into debt?
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What is Money?
The history of money
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Why Do People Smoke?
It costs thousands over a lifetime and can damage your health
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What is Music?
What does music mean to you?
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Can We Trust What We Eat?
Health experts warn fast food is not good for us. Who makes our food and what is in it?
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Can Fast Food Ever Be Healthy?
How can we balance the food we love with our health?
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Can We Live Without Oil?
Are we running out of oil?
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How Much Does The World Rely On Oil?
How heavily does the world rely on oil?
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Can we Ever Get Rid of Slavery?
Slavery has been illegal for decades but it has never gone away
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What Swings Elections?
A look at the US Presidential elections of 2004
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How Fair is Free Trade?
Is free trade a fair trade?
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What is Free Trade?
In theory, most countries believe in free trade, so why are there so many protests?
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Does Aid Work?
Does aid work? What is happening to aid money?
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Why Does the Amazon Matter?
Examining the environmental impact of clearing the Amazon basin for crops
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Why are Americans so Patriotic?
What does patriotism mean to a country built on immigration?
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Could there Ever be a Classless Society?
Talking Marxism with Jonathan Ray in Highgate cemetery
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Where Did Karl Marx Get His Inspiration?
Can you imagine a society not divided along socio-economic lines?
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Does Democracy Work?
Emma Joseph explores whether democracy really works
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What is Democracy?
What is democracy? Beginning with Ancient Greek history
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How are Rising Temperatures Changing Our World?
How are rising temperatures changing our world? From floods to heat waves
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What's Happening to the Earth's Atmosphere?
The Earth's climate is heating up and people living along the shore are losing their home