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Focus on Africa - Why is Gen Z protesting in Madagascar?

Authorities in Madagascar impose a curfew in the capital, Antananarivo, after protests over frequent power and water shortages turn violent. As the police continue to patrol the streets, we ask whether the government has improved conditions in the country?

Also in the programme: The Island of Seychelles, one of the richest countries in Africa, holds a re-run of the presidential elections after the first secured no outright winner.

And two years on from the earthquake in Morocco, what kind of support have survivors received from the government?

Presenter: Nyasha Michelle Producers: Yvette Twagiramariya, Bella Hassan, Jewel Kiriungi, Joseph Keen Senior Producer: Sunita Nahar Technical Producer: Philip Bull Editors: Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard

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Marketplace All-in-One - On the brink of a shutdown, markets don’t care

President Trump and congressional leaders are meeting at the White House on Monday to try and avoid a government shutdown. But both sides are digging their heels in. This brinksmanship is happening the same week we are set to get some pretty important government data. Julia Coronado, founder and president of MacroPolicy Perspectives, and a professor at the University of Texas-Austin, joins us to talk about it. Plus, has Canada lost its trade dispute with the U.S.?

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - Fed Rate Cuts Will Trigger The Next DeFi Summer

Predictions for where DeFi is headed next with Monarq Asset Management CIO Sanat Rao.

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At Korea Blockchain Week, CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie and Sam Ewen sit down with Sanat Rao, CIO of Monarq Asset Management, to discuss how the latest Fed rate cut is impacting crypto markets and setting the stage for the next DeFi summer. Plus, he explains why lower interest rates make DeFi yields even more attractive, how TradFi is starting to embrace on-chain finance, and the biggest risks facing DeFi investors today.

This content should not be construed or relied upon as investment advice. It is for entertainment and general information purposes.


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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie and Sam Ewen.

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Native America Calling - Monday, September 29, 2025 – How will Native Americans fare in state-by-state redistricting push?

The action by Republican Texas lawmakers to redraw congressional voting boundaries to favor Republican candidates has clear implications for the Alabama Coushatta Tribe of Texas. The new contorted boundaries put the tribe at least four times the distance away from their elected representative’s base of operation. The Texas move has also spurred other states to do that same and voting advocates worry about losing hard-fought ground for Native voter representation at the polls. We’ll look at what the latest potential problem areas are and how it relates to the midterm elections.

Also, we’ll talk with a New Mexico District Attorney Bernadine Martin (Diné). She is fighting to keep her job amid allegations of incompetence and misconduct. Martin is the only female Native American district attorney in the state. She says she is being unfairly targeted.

GUESTS

Cecilia Flores (Alabama-Coushatta), tribal council chairwoman of the Alabama Coushatta Tribe of Texas

Nita Battise (Alabama-Coushatta), tribal council member of the Alabama Coushatta Tribe of Texas

Lenny Powell (Hopland Band of Pomo Indians), Native American Rights Fund staff attorney

Daniel McCool, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Utah

Bernadine Martin (Diné), McKinley County District Attorney

 

Break 1 Music: Red Dust Rising (song) Blue Moon Marquee (artist) Scream, Holler, and Howl (album)

Break 2 Music: Fancy Dance (Song) Yellow Hammer (artist) Yellow Hammer (album)

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Marketplace All-in-One - Gloom in oil country

Texas oil and gas firms are feeling pessimistic about the upcoming year. In the latest Dallas Fed survey, energy firms reported lower production, increased costs and heightened uncertainty. Oil is a good chunk of the Texas economy, and the Texas economy is a good chunk of the U.S. economy — around 9%. Also on the show: auto parts manufacturer First Brands files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and the USDA revives its farm-to-school grant program.

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CBS News Roundup - 09/29/2025 | World News Roundup

Deadly attack on a Michigan church. Oregon pushes back against plans to send federal troops to Portland. President Trump meets with congressional leaders today, with time running out to avoid a government shutdown. Correspondent Cami McCormick has the CBS World News Roundup for Monday, September 29, 2025:

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Bad Faith - Episode 513 Promo – When Monopolies Yield Censorship (w/ Alvaro Bedoya & Matt Stoller)

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Matt Stoller, Director of the American Economic Liberties Project and king of anti-monopoly discourse, returns to Bad Faith podcast along with former Federal Trade Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, who was recently fired by President Trump, to explain how Trump is weaponizing ostensibly independent federal agencies to advance his censorship agenda. As Matt argues, oligarchic control over the media is impossible without media consolidation, and the Jimmy Kimmel cancelation fiasco is in some ways secondary to the bigger problem of an undiversified media ecosystem. Bedoya, who is also the founding director of the Center on Privacy and Technology at Georgetown University Law Center, broadens the conversation into one about the founding fathers' original conception of the corporation, and the need to impose limits due to its fundamentally anti-democratic potential. Will Democrats finally trust the anti-trust pros to break up the powers that are buying America?

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Produced by Armand Aviram.

Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

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Marketplace All-in-One - Factory workers in Brazil vote to temporarily lay themselves off

From the BBC World Service: The decision at Toyota in Brazil comes after intense storms halted production at its factories in the state of Sao Paulo, and many of the workers will be paid in full during the closed period. Hackers have attempted to recruit the BBC's cyber correspondent into helping them infiltrate the broadcaster's systems. And has Canada lost in the trade war with the U.S.? Over the past month, it’s removed billions of dollars in retaliatory tariffs on American goods.