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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]

How to fix the NHS: Mental health

21 mins; January 04, 2024

How to fix the NHS: Cancer care

18 mins; January 03, 2024

How to fix the NHS: Accident and emergency

21 mins; January 02, 2024

Introducing... How to fix the NHS

8 mins; January 01, 2024

Queen Camilla: For The Love of Charles - Episode Three: The Queen

23 mins; December 30, 2023

Queen Camilla: For The Love of Charles - Episode Two: “The Rottweiler”

20 mins; December 29, 2023

Queen Camilla: For The Love of Charles - Episode One: The Tape

27 mins; December 28, 2023

What 2023 has taught us about... the Royal Family

24 mins; December 22, 2023

What 2023 has taught us about... science and technology

21 mins; December 21, 2023

What 2023 has taught us about... the economy

21 mins; December 20, 2023

What 2023 has taught us about... politics

25 mins; December 19, 2023

What 2023 has taught us about... world affairs

23 mins; December 18, 2023

The billionaire demanding slavery reparations from Britain

23 mins; December 16, 2023

Prince Harry, phone hacking and the executives who knew

17 mins; December 15, 2023

Ukraine and the US: Solutions to the aid stalemate

18 mins; December 14, 2023

COP28: Is this 'the beginning of the end' for fossil fuels?

14 mins; December 13, 2023

Rishi Sunak wins Rwanda vote. What happens now?

22 mins; December 12, 2023

Rwanda and COVID: Rishi Sunak's toughest week yet

20 mins; December 11, 2023

Funding the BBC – if not the licence fee then what?

15 mins; December 08, 2023

'Unite or die': Why the Tories can't stop fighting

21 mins; December 07, 2023

Boris Johnson at the COVID Inquiry: part one

22 mins; December 06, 2023

Will the Tories' latest plans to cut legal migration work?

22 mins; December 05, 2023

What happens to the families of sex offenders?

19 mins; December 04, 2023

Bonus: ClimateCast - COP28: Breakthrough at Dubai climate conference

19 mins; December 01, 2023

Israel-Hamas war: What happens now the ceasefire is over?

13 mins; December 01, 2023

‘Wish I’d acted earlier’: Matt Hancock’s defence at the COVID inquiry

24 mins; November 30, 2023

Royal race 'revelation': PR stunt or genuine mistake?

18 mins; November 29, 2023

Is war fatigue Ukraine's new enemy?

20 mins; November 28, 2023

The team helping the victims of revenge porn

22 mins; November 27, 2023

Is the COVID inquiry missing the point?

20 mins; November 24, 2023

‘Curious not furious’: How to negotiate with hostage takers

19 mins; November 23, 2023

Autumn statement: What does it mean for you?

32 mins; November 22, 2023

Nicola Bulley: What did the police get wrong?

21 mins; November 21, 2023

Understanding what's happening at Gaza's al Shifa hospital

17 mins; November 20, 2023

‘Feels like barbed wire’. Endometriosis: the condition with no cure

18 mins; November 17, 2023

Deported killer: 'I'll help you find your mother's body'

19 mins; November 16, 2023

Rishi, Rwanda, Suella and the Supreme Court: The fallout

19 mins; November 15, 2023

16 housing ministers in 13 years - has it stopped the job getting done?

20 mins; November 14, 2023

Rishi Sunak and David Cameron: Inspiration or desperation?

24 mins; November 13, 2023

‘I always felt unsafe’: The alleged abuse at top drama schools

20 mins; November 10, 2023

Has Suella Braverman gone too far this time?

20 mins; November 09, 2023

Pro-Palestinian protests, poppies, and the police

22 mins; November 08, 2023

King’s Speech: Dividing lines for the general election?

20 mins; November 07, 2023

What is Israel’s next move in its war against Hamas?

19 mins; November 06, 2023

What's Russia doing when the world is not looking?

19 mins; November 03, 2023

Just how risky is artificial intelligence?

19 mins; November 02, 2023

“The end of a chapter”: Stuart Ramsay on Gaza

23 mins; November 01, 2023

What did we learn from Dominic Cummings at the COVID inquiry?

20 mins; October 31, 2023

The one about Friends star Matthew Perry’s legacy

16 mins; October 30, 2023

Down the drain: What caused Britain’s sewage problem?

21 mins; October 27, 2023

Qatar’s role in hostage negotiations | Grieving fathers call for peace

24 mins; October 26, 2023

A year of Rishi Sunak – but what about the next 12 months?

22 mins; October 25, 2023

Should pregnant women still be in prison?

19 mins; October 24, 2023

What the law says about protesters chanting "jihad"

17 mins; October 23, 2023

Labour's by-election wins | Biden's case for Israel-Ukraine funding

21 mins; October 20, 2023

The Israeli ground invasion into Gaza: When and how?

17 mins; October 19, 2023

Gaza hospital blast: The battle to own the narrative

23 mins; October 18, 2023

What do by-elections tell you about the state of politics?

19 mins; October 17, 2023

How to negotiate with Hamas | Biden in Israel

19 mins; October 17, 2023

Voice notes from Palestinians | What might happen to the 199 hostages

19 mins; October 16, 2023

Gaza deadline: What happens next? | Antisemitism concerns in UK

23 mins; October 13, 2023

Blinken backs Israel | Criminals could go free as prisons fill up

20 mins; October 12, 2023

What is Hamas, and what’s happening in Gaza?

19 mins; October 11, 2023

Starmer: Was that the next PM? | Israel’s retaliation

23 mins; October 10, 2023

Israel-Hamas War: Explaining what’s happened and what might happen next

25 mins; October 09, 2023

Labour’s by-election win and the road to the next election

19 mins; October 06, 2023

Smoking ban plan - will England kick the habit?

20 mins; October 05, 2023

Long-term, can Rishi Sunak make it a brighter future?

24 mins; October 04, 2023

Conservative conference: Who's up for an election?

25 mins; October 03, 2023

Conservative conference: Tax, Truss, and HS2

27 mins; October 02, 2023

'Psychological torture': The row over never-ending prison sentences

21 mins; September 29, 2023

HS2: Is the UK bad at big infrastructure projects?

21 mins; September 28, 2023

Consumption rooms: How much of a solution for Scotland’s drug problem?

22 mins; September 27, 2023

Should we be taking the Liberal Democrats seriously?

29 mins; September 26, 2023

'I just want a normal life': How do we end rough sleeping?

16 mins; September 25, 2023

What’s the future for kids’ TV?

24 mins; September 22, 2023

Beyond the pomp: What is the true state of UK relations with France?

18 mins; September 21, 2023

Sunak’s new Net Zero policy: Are the Tories turning a lighter shade of green?

21 mins; September 20, 2023

Crypto casinos: the new 'Wild West' hooking gamblers

17 mins; September 19, 2023

Russell Brand investigation: Hear from one of the team behind it

24 mins; September 18, 2023

‘Dam of death’: How a Libyan city was washed away

20 mins; September 15, 2023

UK economy: Making sense of the numbers with Ed Conway

20 mins; September 14, 2023

The spike in school suspensions

21 mins; September 13, 2023

Putin and Kim Jong Un meet, but why?

23 mins; September 12, 2023

Should we be worried about the new COVID variant?

19 mins; September 11, 2023

One year of King Charles: What has he achieved?

22 mins; September 08, 2023

Prisoner manhunt: How was a terror suspect able to escape?

20 mins; September 07, 2023

Could my council go bust?

18 mins; September 06, 2023

The Chinese economy is faltering – should the rest of the world worry?

18 mins; September 05, 2023

Concrete crisis and the Gillian Keegan rant

20 mins; September 04, 2023

"Evil" but "a people person" - Saddam Hussein according to the soldier who guarded him

19 mins; September 01, 2023

UK's new defence secretary and what it means for Ukraine

21 mins; August 31, 2023

#SeAcabó: How the World Cup kiss sparked Spain's MeToo moment

22 mins; August 30, 2023

Air travel chaos: Could it happen again?

18 mins; August 29, 2023

The Mafia’s most wanted man

15 mins; August 25, 2023

Prigozhin "dead", what next for Putin and Ukraine?

20 mins; August 24, 2023

Prigozhin crash: Military analyst Sean Bell on what the footage tells us

10 mins; August 24, 2023

Fukushima nuclear plant: Is flushing out wastewater safe?

20 mins; August 23, 2023

Scotland's drug epidemic - would decriminalisation solve it?

20 mins; August 22, 2023

Lucy Letby: Should the guilty be forced to face their victims in court?

17 mins; August 21, 2023

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