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]
Latest episodes
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15 min
Why leaving Spurs won Harry Kane the Ballon d'Or
Aged eight, Harry Kane risked being written off when he was released by Arsenal. But Kane persisted, and he was taken on by Tottenham Hotspur's academy. He went on to become the cl…
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16 min
Why Melania's ceasefire will be a lifeline for besieged Ukrainians in Oleshky
People are surviving on plants, have no power and hardly any water in Oleshky, a Ukrainian city occupied by Russia since the first days of the 2022 full-scale invasion. Ukraine say…
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12 min
Why is Sally Rooney pulling her books from shops in the UK?
There's been a rush to buy Sally Rooney's books after she said she can no longer sell them in the UK. Rooney, known for best-selling novels Normal People and Conversations with Fri…
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14 min
Why web attacks show we’re all vulnerable
PHP. The three little letters few people realised were so vital for most of the websites in the world.But a vulnerability in a piece of programming virtually all of us had never he…
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19 min
Why do we need new North Sea gas?
Winter is coming. So, a decision to finally allow drilling at the controversial Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea should be welcome.Well, not by environmental campaigners – who've…
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18 min
Why Putin and Xi want to control the Arctic
Europe’s leaders are joining the fight for the Far North – but is it already too late? The European Union has announced a new security strategy for the Arctic. Yet Russia and China…
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13 min
Why France protests are spreading across Europe
Violent clashes, burning buildings, widespread looting and thousands of arrests. Even for France, the scale of the current protests across the country is extreme. What started off…
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17 min
Why does Trump trust Katie Zacharia?
Surely, the first rule of being a press secretary is never to be the story. But in her first 14 minutes in the job, Donald Trump’s newest spokesperson managed to put herself very m…
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18 min
Why now? Burnham’s Brexit backtrack explained
Remember when Brexit meant Brexit? Well, a decade on from the referendum to leave the European Union, Andy Burnham thinks now is the right time to reopen the debate. The new prime…
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14 min
Why tiger death won’t stop zoo visits
Donald Trump decided to mark the death of a man mauled by a tiger in a Yorkshire zoo by posting an AI-generated video of himself wrestling with a tiger. The killing of 23-year-old…
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21 min
Why Ukrainians are angry with Trump’s Russian diesel deal
Donald Trump just loves a long-running feud, and in recent days he’s returned to an old favourite. America’s mudslinger-in-chief is calling for Ukraine’s wartime president Volodymy…
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9 min
Will Andy Burnham bring the UK closer to the EU?
Cheat Sheet - all the news you need to know in 10 minutes.On today's episode, Sophy and Wilf discuss the latest forecast from the IMF, how Andy Burnham has reignited the Brexit deb…
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14 min
Russell Brand: On Trial – A New Podcast
In today’s episode of This Is Why, we’re introducing our new podcast – Russell Brand: On TrialListen to Russell Brand: On Trial on your podcast appWhat happened on Russell Brand’s…
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30 min
Why didn’t Christa Pike die?
A notorious killer convicted of murder more than 30 years ago has finally faced the death penalty – execution by lethal injection. Except Christa Pike didn’t die. Investigative jou…
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18 min
Why the UK’s in trouble if the gas gets turned off
Taking a hot shower, heating your home, cooking the dinner – all things we take for granted. All are at risk.Britain’s gas storage levels are at a decade-long low, while the UK’s l…
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22 min
Why France’s school protests are a political problem for president Macron
Imagine being tear-gassed and targeted with stun grenades – all for complaining about timetables, absent teachers and crumbling classrooms.That’s the experience of thousands of Fre…
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11 min
Can the Tories be a force at the next election?
Wilfred Frost and Lucy McDaid have the day's news in just 10 minutes.
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16 min
Why Trump is worried about Russia’s plague ‘lab leak’
In the 14th Century, the Black Death wiped out up to half the population of Europe. So, no wonder world leaders, including Donald Trump, are keeping a careful watch on a plague sca…
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22 min
Why Zack Polanski has been banned from Israel
Green party members have backed a motion that “Zionism is racism” at their party conference.It has exposed deep divisions within the party’s membership - with many long-time member…
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23 min
Why there are concerns over Sir Ranulph Fiennes' health
The sister-in-law of the 82-year-old explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes travelled from her home abroad to check into a care home where his friends believed he was staying. She managed to…