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Focus on Africa - US health deal sparks debate in Africa

At least 24 African countries have signed controversial bilateral health agreements with the United States under Donald Trump’s new aid strategy, while others, including Zimbabwe, have rejected it. Supporters say it gives governments more control over their health systems, but critics question accountability, data protection and continued US influence. We unpack what the deal means and why it’s dividing opinion across the continent.

And as the world marks World Hearing Day, we turn to the 40 million people across Africa living with hearing loss. With sign language officially recognised in only four countries- South Africa, Uganda, Kenya and Zimbabwe, we head to Nairobi, where a young tech startup is using AI to translate spoken and written English into sign language in real time.

Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna Producer: Keikantse Shumba and Dingindaba Buyoya Technical Producer: Jonathan Mwangi Senior Producers: Bella Twine and Blessing Aderogba Editors: Samuel Murunga and Maryam Abdalla

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Read Me a Poem - “After Making Love We Hear Footsteps” by Galway Kinnell

Amanda Holmes reads Galway Kinnell’s “After Making Love We Hear Footsteps.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.


This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.

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Marketplace All-in-One - The economic reverberations of war

The war with Iran continues to disrupt oil production and shipping channels in the Middle East. Today, we're unpacking the ripple effects of the conflict, including concerns about inflation, airline disruptions, and increased prices at the pump. Then, the owner of a Virginia tea shop reflects on the impact of Trump's new blanket tariff, and the tariff on imported goods under $800 is still in effect following the recent Supreme Court ruling.

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CBS News Roundup - 03/03/2026 | World News Roundup

The U.S. pounds more targets in Iran. The administration warns the war could go on for weeks. Anti-war protests pop up around the country. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has those stories and more on the World News Roundup podcast.

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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S12 E8: Satya Mishra, Waylit

Satya Mishra was born and raised in India, in one of the smaller tech hubs on the eastern coast. He came to the states 25 years ago on an H1B visa, working in semiconductors. In 2015, he decided he wanted to do something entrepreneurial and set out to do so. Outside of tech, he is married with 3 kids, which takes up most of his time. When he lived in CO, he did lots of skiing and hiking, including snowshoe hiking. Once he went to California, he switched to beaches. Finally, when he moved to St. Louis, he took up improv, enjoying connecting with people and thinking on your feet.

Satya and his co-founder, Raj, both when through the immigration process in all of its forms. They realized that no one group owns the process, as it's highly specialized, and usually fell onto the employee to keep track of. One day, they set out to solve this problem, to assist business teams to take ownership of the entire process.

This is the creation story of WayLit.

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Marketplace All-in-One - Digital archiving and the global memory shortage

As tech companies rush to build data centers to power their AI models, they're eating up power, money, and memory. Specifically, memory chips. The research firm IDC says demand from data centers has driven up prices for these chips and that we are dealing with an unprecedented memory chip shortage. That has knock-on effects for other devices that need these chips, including smartphones, PCs, and external hard drives.


Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes spoke with Linda Tadic, a digital archivist and founder of Digital Bedrock, about how the memory shortage is affecting her work right now.

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Headlines From The Times - Special Report: Iran & U.S. Exchange Attacks After Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Killed

Over the weekend, the United States and Israel attacked Iran, killing the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Since then, over 500 Iranians, four U.S. soldiers, and at least 11 Israelis have been killed, according to reports. Iran has retaliated by striking at least six U.S. military facilities across the Middle East and attacking luxury hotels and airports in Dubai. President Trump says the U.S. military will continue to attack Iran for four to five weeks, if necessary. And, already the war is having dramatic effects on global markets, with oil and gas prices surging nearly 10%. However, about 20% of the world's oil supply flows through the Strait of Hormuz, where tanker traffic has effectively been shut down. In business, compounding factors are driving car insurance prices up in California, and Coco Robotics introduced Coco 2, an upgraded version of its autonomous food delivery robot. Read more at https://LATimes.com.

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WSJ What’s News - U.S. Embassy Struck as Conflict Widens

A.M. Edition for Mar. 3. The State Department is expanding its diplomatic pullback from the Middle East after the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia was attacked by an Iranian drone. Plus, with tourists and expats looking on, Persian Gulf nations have thus far managed to intercept the majority of drones and missiles directed at them by Iran. But Oxford Analytica’s Rawan Maayeh explains that the countries are struggling to balance a tough response to Iran’s attacks with the desire to end fighting and restore a sense of calm. And limited flight operations resume in Dubai, even as airspace across much of the Middle East remains shut. Luke Vargas hosts.


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The Daily - The Midterms Begin With a Texas-Size Showdown

Democrats and Republicans will head to the polls in Texas today for an election that will send both parties a message about what voters want in Trump’s America.

Shane Goldmacher, a national political correspondent for The New York Times, discusses the Senate primary that so many are watching.

Guest: Shane Goldmacher, a national political correspondent for The New York Times.

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