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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]

Britain's most prolific child killer: Nurse Lucy Letby found guilty

33 mins; August 18, 2023

Is Sarina Wiegman the manager who'll win a World Cup for England?

17 mins; August 17, 2023

A-levels: Is the uni intake of 2023 'the unluckiest year'?

20 mins; August 16, 2023

Looking for answers – The Hawaii wildfires

20 mins; August 15, 2023

What 'small boats week' tells us about migration policy

22 mins; August 14, 2023

Why is Britain still obsessed with the Great Train Robbery 60 years on?

22 mins; August 11, 2023

World Cup: Will the ambition of equal pay be realised?

18 mins; August 10, 2023

Hollywood strikes: Are writers right about AI?

22 mins; August 09, 2023

The Niger coup and how it will impact global security

20 mins; August 08, 2023

'Useless white male pilots': The RAF discrimination claims

19 mins; August 07, 2023

Dirty Work: Episode Three - Life Sentence

42 mins; August 04, 2023

Lockdown children: The long-term damage for a generation

17 mins; August 04, 2023

Interest rates up - focus on savers and renters

22 mins; August 03, 2023

Campaigns and court appearances: How could Donald Trump's 2024 play out?

18 mins; August 02, 2023

Will Labour allow 'wedge issues' to define the next election?

21 mins; August 01, 2023

Zelenskyy warns war is coming to Russia - as Putin teases path to 'peace'.

20 mins; July 31, 2023

Dirty Work: Episode Two - Hijacked

40 mins; July 29, 2023

'This is how I die': British fighter tortured by pro-Russian forces in Ukraine

19 mins; July 28, 2023

Is climate change scepticism hotting up?

26 mins; July 27, 2023

Strip searches in police custody and fallout to Nigel Farage's row with Coutts

25 mins; July 26, 2023

Saving cinema: Why chains can't just rely on blockbusters and bad weather

17 mins; July 25, 2023

Rhodes on fire and is the UK cooling on net zero policies?

20 mins; July 24, 2023

Dirty Work: Episode One - Russian Roulette

35 mins; July 22, 2023

Getting ready for an election: What three by-elections can tell us

25 mins; July 21, 2023

Investigating Interpol

17 mins; July 20, 2023

Is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ‘doomed’?

17 mins; July 19, 2023

Heatwaves happen - but why so many at once?

19 mins; July 18, 2023

Stuart Ramsay in Myanmar: What leaders don't want the world to see

19 mins; July 17, 2023

The knee injury keeping players out of the FIFA Women's World Cup

15 mins; July 14, 2023

Westminster Accounts: What are MPs doing with your cash?

13 mins; July 13, 2023

Huw Edwards named but should the last few days have been different?

15 mins; July 12, 2023

The Ukraine foreign fighters come home, and pressure on BBC presenter

24 mins; July 12, 2023

BBC presenter: New claims as boss Tim Davie faces questions

18 mins; July 11, 2023

Extra episode: BBC presenter claims - new details emerge

7 mins; July 10, 2023

BBC presenter claims: Questions over trust and transparency

19 mins; July 10, 2023

Mortgages are going up, why aren’t savings?

21 mins; July 09, 2023

Zuckerberg v Musk: Will Threads 'kill' Twitter?

19 mins; July 06, 2023

Could AI make this podcast?

24 mins; July 05, 2023

NHS at 75: What’s the story for maternity services?

26 mins; July 04, 2023

Why has a teenager’s death triggered riots in France?

16 mins; July 03, 2023

Narendra Modi: Why India's leader is being courted by the West

14 mins; July 02, 2023

Sex, Lies and Police spies: The Met’s undercover police scandal

19 mins; June 29, 2023

Sewage, leaks and hosepipe bans: Should our water companies be nationalised?

19 mins; June 28, 2023

COVID Inquiry: Why were we not prepared for a pandemic?

17 mins; June 27, 2023

Wagner mutiny: What’s next for the war and Putin’s Russia?

20 mins; June 26, 2023

Roe v Wade one year on

21 mins; June 25, 2023

The tragedy of the Titan submersible and the dangers of diving down to the Titanic

15 mins; June 22, 2023

Windrush: Sir Trevor Phillips assesses the impact 75 years on

20 mins; June 21, 2023

The far-right is on the rise in Germany, but could it go mainstream across Europe?

20 mins; June 20, 2023

What will 6% mortgages do to the housing market?

21 mins; June 19, 2023

Sky’s Diana Magnay on reporting from Putin’s Russia

19 mins; June 18, 2023

The ‘ghost children’ problem: why so many are still missing school

19 mins; June 15, 2023

Boris Johnson report: Brutal, damning, but can he really say ‘vindictive’?

15 mins; June 15, 2023

The challenges of getting to a net zero world

17 mins; June 14, 2023

Toxic workplace culture and what to do about it

17 mins; June 13, 2023

Johnson, Sturgeon and Trump: Former leaders and the latest fallouts

26 mins; June 12, 2023

Boris Johnson goes. How do Rishi Sunak and the Tories react?

22 mins; June 11, 2023

Is the Nova Kakhovka dam breach the most significant moment in the war so far?

17 mins; June 08, 2023

Harry v Daily Mirror publisher: Day three and what happens next

20 mins; June 07, 2023

Harry v Daily Mirror publisher: What happened on day two?

14 mins; June 06, 2023

Harry v Daily Mirror publisher: What happened on day one?

14 mins; June 05, 2023

The secret Iranian Russian arms deal

19 mins; June 04, 2023

Greedflation: are businesses profiteering from the cost of living crisis?

16 mins; June 01, 2023

'I'm scared': What it's like to be LGBTQ+ in a country where you could be killed

17 mins; May 31, 2023

Migrant crisis: The people found at sea

18 mins; May 30, 2023

Student loans in England: is the degree still value for money?

16 mins; May 29, 2023

Net migration: What it means for the UK

22 mins; May 25, 2023

Ron DeSantis: The Republican rival who could trump Trump

20 mins; May 24, 2023

How 'fake' families are smuggled into the UK on skilled worker visas

23 mins; May 23, 2023

Suella Braverman and the speeding ticket row

21 mins; May 22, 2023

Trophy hunting: The row about conservation and colonialism

21 mins; May 21, 2023

Could AI really take your job?

20 mins; May 18, 2023

What is happening to the Uyghurs in China?

23 mins; May 17, 2023

The desperate parents stealing formula to feed their babies

17 mins; May 16, 2023

Zelenskyy visit: How long can the West pay for Ukraine's war?

20 mins; May 15, 2023

Prisoner to would-be president: The rise of Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin

20 mins; May 14, 2023

Public Order Laws: Are we losing the right to protest?

24 mins; May 11, 2023

Eurovision: The Ukrainians who fled to Liverpool

25 mins; May 10, 2023

Putin's "real war" speech - what did he actually mean?

19 mins; May 09, 2023

Vaping: The ‘epidemic’ among teens

16 mins; May 08, 2023

Local election results: What do they tell us?

24 mins; May 05, 2023

The Republican Royalist

17 mins; May 04, 2023

From Scilly to Scotland: What people think of King Charles

20 mins; May 03, 2023

Local elections: What's at stake?

22 mins; May 02, 2023

A Royal coronation: How the monarchy and Britain has changed since 1953

24 mins; May 01, 2023

How long can Wrexham's Hollywood dream last?

20 mins; April 27, 2023

Trump v Biden - Round Two

21 mins; April 26, 2023

Diane Abbott, antisemitism and a ‘hierarchy of racism’ in the UK

19 mins; April 25, 2023

Sudan crisis: The Britons left behind

20 mins; April 24, 2023

Voter ID: “Threat to democracy” or sensible fraud prevention?

16 mins; April 23, 2023

Dominic Raab resigns: What does it mean for the Prime Minister?

20 mins; April 21, 2023

The Ukrainian children rescued from Russia

20 mins; April 20, 2023

Why does the UK have the highest inflation in the G7?

17 mins; April 19, 2023

Hillary Clinton on Northern Ireland, Biden and Ukraine

13 mins; April 18, 2023

Is Sudan heading for civil war? Why it matters

15 mins; April 17, 2023

Tony Blair on restoring power-sharing to Stormont

15 mins; April 16, 2023

Rana Plaza Factory Collapse: 10 years on, how much has changed?

18 mins; April 13, 2023

Pentagon leak: The secret Ukraine files explained

16 mins; April 12, 2023

Are Labour’s attack ads working?

18 mins; April 11, 2023

Why do so many US presidents like to say 'I'm Irish'?

18 mins; April 10, 2023

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