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The world’s a pretty confusing place right now – so how do you make sense of it all? This Is Why  takes one story every day, explains how we got here and why it matters to you. Sky News’ Niall Paterson speaks to experts and correspondents from around the world, getting simple answers to some complex questions. Available every weekday afternoon. This Is Why is a Sky News podcast – if you have a question, contact us: [email protected]

Russian spy ship, secret Ukraine peace deal and the AI nightmare for novelists

9 mins; November 20, 2025

Russian spy ship, secret Ukraine peace deal, AI nightmare for novelists - Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost

9 mins; November 20, 2025

The Punch: The killing of an innocent man and the wait for justice

16 mins; November 19, 2025

Scottish football victory, the president and the prince, UK defence warning

10 mins; November 19, 2025

Consumer confidence: Knowing your rights

16 mins; November 18, 2025

Mahmood defends asylum reforms, UN backs Trump's Gaza plan, ticket touting banned

10 mins; November 18, 2025

Is the Danish immigration model right for UK?

15 mins; November 17, 2025

Asylum reform, Trump Epstein u-turn, house prices fall

10 mins; November 17, 2025

Why does BBC board’s Robbie Gibb keep getting criticised?

12 mins; November 14, 2025

Reeves's income tax U-turn, renting reforms and Ariana Grande ambushed

11 mins; November 14, 2025

Is the NHS in good health under Wes Streeting?

15 mins; November 13, 2025

The president and the paedophile, children vaping and toy sales boom

10 mins; November 13, 2025

Is Rachel Reeves' black hole ‘made up’?

17 mins; November 12, 2025

Unseen: The ‘invisible girl’ abandoned by the state

20 mins; November 11, 2025

Why does Donald Trump want to sue the BBC for ‘$1bn’?

15 mins; November 10, 2025

What Will David Harbour Do About Lily Allen's Album?

16 mins; November 07, 2025

Doom scrolling: How Elon Musk is boosting the British right

18 mins; November 06, 2025

Is the Brazil climate conference a COP out?

19 mins; November 05, 2025

Forgotten victims: How do first responders deal with trauma?

15 mins; November 04, 2025

Is it safe to travel on Britain’s railways?

17 mins; November 03, 2025

Huntingdon train stabbing, Air India survivor and Women's cricket victory

11 mins; November 03, 2025

Cheat Sheet: A New Morning Podcast From Monday!

4 mins; November 01, 2025

What’s next for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor?

15 mins; October 31, 2025

Sudan's war: Is it a genocide?

12 mins; October 30, 2025

Why did the Home Office pay Hadush Kebatu £500 to leave the country?

17 mins; October 29, 2025

Punishing Prince Andrew – would losing Royal Lodge be enough?

14 mins; October 28, 2025

Into the 'kill zone': How Ukraine fights a war of the future

13 mins; October 27, 2025

From Iron Maiden to the Iron Lady: Japan’s first female prime minister

18 mins; October 24, 2025

Cool cows: The cattle challenging climate change

11 mins; October 23, 2025

Shadowing the storm: Is Britain being dragged into war?

19 mins; October 22, 2025

Is the AI bubble about to burst?

17 mins; October 21, 2025

Titles and entitlement: Prince Andrew’s unanswered questions

16 mins; October 20, 2025

Thatcher 100 - why Margaret Thatcher is still shaping politics a century on from her birth

17 mins; October 17, 2025

'Divide and rule': The gangs rivalling Hamas for control of Gaza

19 mins; October 16, 2025

Are the police getting it right on rogue officers?

15 mins; October 15, 2025

The communities combatting a rise in religious hate crime

19 mins; October 14, 2025

What next for Israel’s released hostages?

13 mins; October 13, 2025

No laughing matter: Is Saudi festival a case of ‘comedy washing’?

18 mins; October 10, 2025

Presidents, peace deals and how to win a Nobel prize

14 mins; October 09, 2025

Starmer, spies and China’s threat to national security

17 mins; October 08, 2025

Lewis Moody and living with MND

18 mins; October 07, 2025

Wargame Day: Is the UK ready for a real Russian attack?

18 mins; October 06, 2025

Sarah Mullally: The former nurse chosen to lead the Church of England

16 mins; October 03, 2025

Manchester synagogue attack: 'We knew this day would come'

17 mins; October 02, 2025

Are asylum fears a distraction in the fight for women's safety?

14 mins; October 01, 2025

Immigration and the problem with ‘progressive patriotism’

18 mins; September 30, 2025

Ed Conway on Rachel Reeves - what her conference speech reveals

17 mins; September 29, 2025

Sarah Ferguson: Debts, deceit and the downfall of a duchess

16 mins; September 26, 2025

How to survive a cyber attack

16 mins; September 25, 2025

Natalie's story: The life-prolonging surgery that became a 'death sentence'

14 mins; September 24, 2025

Paracetamol, President Trump and the myths about autism

18 mins; September 23, 2025

Starmer and the risks of recognising Palestine

17 mins; September 22, 2025

Trump and Starmer quizzed on Epstein

30 mins; September 19, 2025

Land of the free? Jimmy Kimmel and the death of discourse

19 mins; September 18, 2025

Is the NHS ready for an AI revolution?

16 mins; September 17, 2025

The migrant return scheme: One-in, none-out?

16 mins; September 16, 2025

Andy Burnham: Is “King in the North” trying to take Starmer’s throne?

15 mins; September 15, 2025

The fall and rise (and fall again) of Peter Mandelson

19 mins; September 12, 2025

The Immigration Debate: A nation divided?

19 mins; September 11, 2025

The end of Rupert Murdoch’s ‘Succession’ saga?

18 mins; September 10, 2025

Mad science: Can we really repair the climate?

14 mins; September 09, 2025

Madeleine McCann: The hit-and-run theory explained

14 mins; September 08, 2025

What’s Zack Polanski’s story?

16 mins; September 05, 2025

The family who immigrated to the UK with fake papers

19 mins; September 04, 2025

Is a ban on phones in schools enough to protect our kids?

17 mins; September 03, 2025

Drill, Kemi, drill! Are Tory oil and gas plans a load of hot air?

18 mins; September 02, 2025

Small town tensions: The asylum crisis in Middle England

13 mins; September 01, 2025

Will this be Starmer’s toughest term yet?

31 mins; August 30, 2025

Is Trump now “dictator”-in-chief?

22 mins; August 29, 2025

The cost of living crisis: When will it end?

18 mins; August 28, 2025

Why aren’t we having more babies?

15 mins; August 27, 2025

How realistic are Reform’s deportation plans?

16 mins; August 26, 2025

The triathlete president who's now Trump's favourite: Alexander Stubb

16 mins; August 22, 2025

Punish India to stop Putin? Trump’s tariff conundrum

11 mins; August 21, 2025

Caves and crypto: The secrets behind the return of ISIS

17 mins; August 20, 2025

Are there flaws in the new law meant to be keeping kids safe online?

18 mins; August 19, 2025

Why does Putin want Ukraine’s Donbas region?

16 mins; August 18, 2025

Is Brand Beckham damaged by the Brooklyn ‘rift’?

17 mins; August 15, 2025

How are Ukrainians feeling about the Trump-Putin summit?

15 mins; August 14, 2025

Is a degree worth it?

15 mins; August 13, 2025

Inside settler violence in the West Bank

17 mins; August 12, 2025

What’s the evidence which Israel says links Anas al-Sharif to Hamas?

17 mins; August 11, 2025

Nicholas Rossi: False names, a fake death and the flight from justice

24 mins; August 08, 2025

Does Netanyahu want a 'forever war' in Gaza?

16 mins; August 07, 2025

Where does ‘he said, she said’ charity row leave Prince Harry?

17 mins; August 06, 2025

Why the wait for weight loss jabs on the NHS?

16 mins; August 05, 2025

Mis-sold car loans - did it happen to me?

15 mins; August 04, 2025

Peter Kyle: The making of a maverick minister

19 mins; August 01, 2025

Why aren’t parents getting their kids vaccinated?

15 mins; July 31, 2025

Are Trump’s tariffs destroying lives and livelihoods in Lesotho?

15 mins; July 30, 2025

Can anything stop the ketamine crisis?

15 mins; July 29, 2025

History Girls: How football came home... again

18 mins; July 28, 2025

Why is Lucy Bronze the Lionesses' golden girl?

14 mins; July 25, 2025

Doctors strike – what's different this time?

18 mins; July 24, 2025

How Ozzy Osbourne made Birmingham the birthplace of metal

17 mins; July 23, 2025

Why are far-right white nationalists on the rise in the US?

20 mins; July 22, 2025

Does water's 'Great Stink' moment pass the sniff test?

19 mins; July 21, 2025

Can Lamine Yamal handle the heat of stardom?

18 mins; July 18, 2025

Can Tesla survive without Trump?

14 mins; July 17, 2025

Should the children of online sex offenders receive more support?

21 mins; July 16, 2025

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