Focus on Africa - South Africa’s Nama people want mines rehabilitated

We look at how decades of diamond mining along South Africa's west coast have affected the environment and why the local Nama community says mining companies such as De Beers and state-owned Alexkor haven't done enough to rehabilitate their land.

Also, after Australia banned use of social media for people under the age of 16, we ask whether African countries should come up with such a ban.

Presenter : Nkechi Ogbonna Producers: Bella Twine and Carolyne Mwangi Technical Producer: Jonathan Mwangi Senior Producer: Charles Gitonga Editors: Samuel Murunga and Maryam Abdalla

Native America Calling - Monday, December 15, 2025 – A Native entrepreneur’s view of the retail shopping season

The holiday gift-giving time is when many retailers make a bulk of their annual profit. Several Native entrepreneurs have just opened their doors and are hopeful that this season will propel them forward, despite some indications that shoppers are cautious. Others are veterans of the business world, but are also pinning a lot of hope on the public’s ability to make the most of holiday shopping. We’ll hear from both rookies and long-time Native retailers about what it takes to start and stay in business.

GUESTS

Amy Denet Deal (Diné), founder of 4KINSHIP

Ruth-Ann Thorn (Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians), entrepreneur and owner of Native Star

Jeremy Arviso (Diné, Hopi, Akimel O’odham, and Tohono O’odham), artist, designer, and entrepreneur

 

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Break 2 Music: Hug Room (song) Chuck Copenace (artist) Oshki Manitou (album)

CBS News Roundup - 12/15/2025 | World News Roundup

Rob Reiner and wife found dead in apparent homicide. Brown University shooting person of interest released. Fifteen killed in Hanakkuh massacre in Australia. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has those stories and more on the World News Roundup podcast.

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Marketplace All-in-One - A defense bill about more than just defense

This week, the Senate is set to take up the $900 billion National Defense Authorization Act. The House passed it last week. It is more than 3,000 pages of defense policy planning that the Senate will be digging through; the actual funding of these plans comes later. But there's also a whole lot of stuff that's not defense-related. Today, we'll dig in. Plus, we'll hear how China came to dominate in money laundering.

Marketplace All-in-One - Air pollution in Delhi is hitting consumers, businesses

From the BBC World Service: "It's like I'm standing inside a cloud of dust and smoke," says BBC correspondent Devina Gupta of air quality in India's capital. Residents there have been urged to stay indoors, and new restrictions are affecting worker productivity and costing businesses. Then, a Hong Kong court has found media tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty of sedition. And later, retailers in the U.S. are hiring a record low number of seasonal employees.

WSJ Minute Briefing - Australia Vows Tougher Gun Laws After Father and Son Kill 15 people

Plus: Chinese stocks fall amid fresh signs the world’s second largest economy is deteriorating on several fronts. And, SpaceX has started interviewing investment banks as it moves toward a potential IPO. Luke Vargas hosts.

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WSJ What’s News - Australia Confronts Rising Antisemitic Violence After Shooting

A.M. Edition for Dec. 15. Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese is vowing tougher gun laws after a father and son targeted a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing 15 people.   

Plus, Chileans elected their most right-wing president since the end of Pinochet’s brutal military dictatorship in 1990, giving President Trump another South American ally. And Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company SpaceX launches a Wall Street bake-off to hire banks for a possible IPO next year. Luke Vargas hosts.


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Marketplace All-in-One - More “This Is Uncomfortable” is on the way

“This Is Uncomfortable” returns Jan. 15. Listen to this note from Reema for more, including an exciting change — we're going to start coming to you weekly! Bringing you more uncomfortable conversations with everyday people, experts, and authors about how money shapes our choices, relationships, and identity.


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