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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]

The Good Friday Agreement: 25 years of peace, hope and paralysis

28 mins; April 06, 2023

Hidden victims: What happens to the children of sex offenders?

20 mins; April 05, 2023

What’s life in witness protection like?

19 mins; April 04, 2023

Donald Trump indictment: A help or hindrance for his 2024 ambitions?

20 mins; April 03, 2023

Andrew Tate released from jail: Why does his appeal continue?

22 mins; April 02, 2023

Jeremy Corbyn: Life after Labour

18 mins; March 30, 2023

Is AI becoming too clever?

16 mins; March 29, 2023

Israel protests: Is its democracy on the brink of a crisis?

17 mins; March 28, 2023

Humza Yousaf promises independence: What can new SNP leader deliver?

19 mins; March 27, 2023

Prince Harry V The Press

19 mins; March 26, 2023

Local tree rows and why they’ve become a big deal

19 mins; March 23, 2023

"Hand on Heart": Boris Johnson swears he’s telling the truth

20 mins; March 22, 2023

Misogyny, racism and homophobia – it's not just the Met police’s problem

21 mins; March 21, 2023

Credit Suisse: Are we teetering on the edge of a banking crisis?

14 mins; March 20, 2023

Cost of living: Why are more women turning to gambling?

15 mins; March 19, 2023

The real cost of childcare

16 mins; March 16, 2023

Budget: Sky's Beth Rigby and Ed Conway on what it means

23 mins; March 15, 2023

A new Cold War? Rising tensions between the US and China

19 mins; March 14, 2023

Gary Lineker row: How does the BBC get impartiality right?

20 mins; March 13, 2023

Sturgeon's successor: Meet the SNP leadership candidates

22 mins; March 12, 2023

Supersonic missiles and the town on the frontline of the Ukraine war

17 mins; March 09, 2023

Turkey-Syria earthquake: The child survivors

14 mins; March 08, 2023

Will Illegal Migration Bill stop the small boats?

22 mins; March 07, 2023

Partygate's over, but not for Boris Johnson...

18 mins; March 06, 2023

What’s going on with Kim Jong Un and his daughter?

20 mins; March 05, 2023

The Salisbury poisonings five years on

21 mins; March 02, 2023

What do Matt Hancock's COVID messages actually tell us?

20 mins; March 01, 2023

Neglect and abuse: Inside the US ‘troubled teen’ industry

27 mins; February 28, 2023

The Windsor Framework: What it means for Northern Ireland

17 mins; February 27, 2023

The Scottish man who went to fight for Ukraine

18 mins; February 26, 2023

EP46: Ukraine War Diaries - One year, three lives & our stories of war (Feb 25)

22 mins; February 24, 2023

Ukraine war: The survivors of sexual violence and the women helping them

15 mins; February 23, 2023

Shamima Begum: Still banned from the UK

19 mins; February 22, 2023

Jim v Jassim: The battle for Manchester United

19 mins; February 21, 2023

A year of war: Has Putin's 'special operation' in Ukraine failed?

16 mins; February 20, 2023

ADHD: Why teenagers are using TikTok to self-diagnose

23 mins; February 19, 2023

Ukraine War Diaries: EP45 – Zelenskyy the great, loving power and ‘the smell of Spring’ (Feb 13-17)

12 mins; February 17, 2023

The new drug plaguing US cities

21 mins; February 16, 2023

Nicola Sturgeon: What's her legacy and what's the future for Scottish independence?

19 mins; February 15, 2023

Earthquake disaster: Has aid to Syria come too late?

22 mins; February 14, 2023

UFOs over the US: Espionage or aliens?

18 mins; February 13, 2023

Nicola Bulley: Are armchair detectives hindering the case?

25 mins; February 12, 2023

Ukraine War Diaries: EP44 - Barbarity in Bakhmut, bedding parcels & Kharkiv buyer’s guide (Feb 6-10)

13 mins; February 10, 2023

Search engine wars: Battle of the chatbots

19 mins; February 09, 2023

'Where are you my love? We're looking for you': The aftermath of the Turkey-Syria earthquakes

22 mins; February 08, 2023

What's Rishi Sunak trying to achieve with his rejigged cabinet?

19 mins; February 07, 2023

How a 'spy' balloon inflated US-China tensions

19 mins; February 06, 2023

How do TV crime dramas get it right?

22 mins; February 05, 2023

Ukraine War Diaries: EP43 - Strollers, sacrifice & the Spring offensive (Jan 30-3 Feb)

12 mins; February 03, 2023

Who really is George Santos?

19 mins; February 02, 2023

Why is childcare so expensive?

14 mins; February 01, 2023

How do you end the strikes?

18 mins; January 31, 2023

The death of Tyre Nichols

25 mins; January 30, 2023

Zahawi's sacked: What does it mean for Sunak?

15 mins; January 29, 2023

Ukraine War Diaries: EP42 - Tanks, transfers & the threat of doing nothing (Jan 23-27)

11 mins; January 28, 2023

Should you pay to see a GP?

19 mins; January 26, 2023

NHS in crisis: A day in the life of a GP surgery

35 mins; January 25, 2023

Inside Myanmar: How life has changed since the junta came to power

17 mins; January 24, 2023

How will Sunak handle the latest Tory troubles?

16 mins; January 23, 2023

The Nazi hunter: Remembering victims of the Holocaust

21 mins; January 22, 2023

Ukraine War Diaries: EP41 - Dnipro, despair & waiting for deliverance (Jan 16-20)

13 mins; January 20, 2023

How to catch a Mafia boss - by a woman who does it

23 mins; January 19, 2023

How Scotland's trans rights law became a constitutional row

16 mins; January 18, 2023

David Carrick: The Met Police's challenge to "root out rapists"

24 mins; January 17, 2023

‘No light at the end of the tunnel’: What a week in the NHS looks like

19 mins; January 16, 2023

It's not just the NHS - Europe's healthcare crisis

21 mins; January 15, 2023

Ukraine War Diaries: EP40 - Comedy nights, corroding childhoods, & checking out at the gym (Jan 9-13)

8 mins; January 14, 2023

Can the UK still be a space superpower?

20 mins; January 12, 2023

What's happening in Brazil?

17 mins; January 11, 2023

Westminster Accounts: Lobbying and the All-Party Parliamentary Groups

25 mins; January 10, 2023

Westminster Accounts: Who’s behind the money?

30 mins; January 09, 2023

Westminster Accounts: The MPs earning millions

29 mins; January 08, 2023

Ukraine War Diaries: EP39 - Birthday at the pictures, pizza nights & polish pick-ups (Jan 2-6)

11 mins; January 06, 2023

Three Wishes for 2023: Singer-songwriter Róisín Murphy

28 mins; January 05, 2023

Royal row - what's in Prince Harry's book?

24 mins; January 05, 2023

Three Wishes for 2023: World's strongest man Tom Stoltman

28 mins; January 04, 2023

How Gina Martin fought to make upskirting illegal

31 mins; January 03, 2023

Three Wishes for 2023: Ukrainian MP Kira Rudik

26 mins; January 02, 2023

2022 Revisited - What can we expect from King Charles III's reign?

34 mins; December 29, 2022

2022 Revisited - Andrew Tate: The lingering influence of the social media star

22 mins; December 28, 2022

2022 Revisited - Vietnam's 'Napalm Girl': 'There was fire everywhere around me.'

19 mins; December 27, 2022

Ukraine War Diaries: EP38 - Fond memories, fallen soldiers & our first war-time Christmas (Dec 25-31)

11 mins; December 26, 2022

What happened in 2022?

15 mins; December 23, 2022

Sky News Daily Reviews 2022: Royal Correspondent Rhiannon Mills

23 mins; December 22, 2022

Sky News Daily Reviews 2022: Economics and Data Editor Ed Conway

19 mins; December 21, 2022

Sky News Daily Reviews 2022: International Affairs Editor Dominic Waghorn

22 mins; December 20, 2022

Sky News Daily Reviews 2022: Science and Technology Editor Tom Clarke

21 mins; December 19, 2022

Sky News Daily Reviews 2022: Political Editor Beth Rigby

24 mins; December 18, 2022

Ukraine War Diaries: EP37 - From a city under siege, a very Ukrainian Christmas story

8 mins; December 16, 2022

Idaho murders: 'A college town living in fear'

22 mins; December 15, 2022

Ukraine war: What we’ve learned about modern warfare

16 mins; December 14, 2022

World Cup: LGBT+ Qataris feel ‘removed’ from the conversation

13 mins; December 13, 2022

Strikes and the unions: How have they changed?

21 mins; December 12, 2022

A year of the cost of living crisis

21 mins; December 11, 2022

Ukraine War Diaries: EP36 - Snowy returns, surviving by smartphone & going south (Dec 5-9)

12 mins; December 09, 2022

Harry and Meghan: Death threats, racism claims and the paparazzi

25 mins; December 08, 2022

Mouldy homes: Deaths ‘could happen again’

18 mins; December 07, 2022

Strep A: The latest medical advice

16 mins; December 06, 2022

Keir Starmer's 'blueprint' for government

17 mins; December 05, 2022

Afghanistan: The forgotten LGBT+ community

19 mins; December 04, 2022

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