Month: March 2025

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Focus on Africa - Mozambique: New deal does not include main opposition

Mozambique’s President Daniel Chapo has started a dialogue with opposition parties on ending post-electoral tensions and reaching a political compromise. But his main political opponent was not included. Can there be a compromise deal without the participation of Venancio Mondlane?

Why do so many African women die of breast cancer? It is now one of the top causes of cancer deaths on the continent. Cancer specialists met in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, to discuss how to bring the numbers down.

And why has a move towards a royal divorce caused a scandal in the Zulu kingdom?

Presenter: Audrey Brown Technical Producer: Jonathan Greer Producers: Sunita Nahar and Nyasha Michelle in London Senior Journalist: Patricia Whitehorne Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

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Bad Faith - Episode 455 Promo – Is The Squad a Net Positive for the Left? (w/ Jamaal Bowman)

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Former U.S. Representtive Jamaal Bowman makes his first appearance on Bad Faith to talk about the future of the Democratic Party and whether he still has faith in an inside/outside strategy after AIPAC spent an unprecedented sum of millions to unseat him last year. Brie and Bowman debate the merits of Force The Vote, whether FTV activists had "no plan," and whether the Squad's alternative plans justified their inaction in that moment.

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Produced by Armand Aviram.

Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

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Native America Calling - Monday, March 10, 2025 – Native skin cancer study prompts new concerns about risk

Native Americans have a lower risk of developing skin cancer than their white counterparts. But a more comprehensive look at the disease over ten years’ time shows gaps in how skin cancer among Native people is counted. It also signals problems in awareness, diagnosis, and treatment among people who live in poverty or in rural areas. We’ll look at the links between Native Americans and skin cancer, and get a reminder about what to look for.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - How A 1940’s Factory Worker Changed Chicago’s Gender Laws

To mark Women’s History Month, we learn about Jackie Bross, a 1940s Chicago factory worker who had the audacity to wear men’s pants to work in a time when it was considered cross-dressing and illegal. Her court case in 1943 eventually led to an ordinance that allowed women to wear pants as long as it wasn’t concealing their gender. Reset gets the story from professor of history at University of Illinois at Chicago Jennifer Brier. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - No question, Mark: Canada’s new PM

The governing Liberal party is enjoying a stunning turnaround in the polls, and now it has a new leader. We ask how Mark Carney will tussle with Donald Trump’s tariffs and taunts. China has a vibrant new wintertime economic sector: skiing and snowy tourism (10:45). And a tribute to Rose Girone, knitter extraordinaire and the oldest known Holocaust survivor (17:22).


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