Marketplace All-in-One - Tariffs won’t force a major Swiss pharma company to move production

From the BBC World Service: The pharmaceutical industry is still waiting to see what duties they’ll be hit with, but pharma giant Sandoz, based in Switzerland, says the duties won't get them to move manufacturing to the U.S. Then, President Donald Trump called for the boss of U.S. chipmaker Intel to resign. And, the Congolese government is in the spotlight for spending massive amounts of money to sponsor some of the world's biggest soccer teams.

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Record Stores, We Salute You

Record stores aren’t dead. Across the Chicago area, they’re a mainstay for discovery and for community connection. So, let’s salute the role they play in expanding our musical horizons. We chatted with Jack and John Dreznes, father-son duo at Beverly Records in the Beverly neighborhood, Nigel Ridgeway, co-founder of Miyagi Records, Kelli Lynch, music director at WRRG at Triton College and Natalie Moore, Chicago Sun-Times columnist. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

Up First from NPR - Gaza Occupation Decision, Redistricting Update, Trump Orders New Census

Israel's cabinet has voted to expand the war in Gaza by taking control of Gaza City, Republican efforts to redraw Congressional districts ahead of next year's midterms continue to escalate, and President Trump is calling for a "new" census that excludes people who are in the U.S. without legal status.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Not all’s fair: Israel and accountability

We take an expansive look at how much the Israeli justice system is holding its war machine to account. The results are so far unpromising. The idea, popular on social media, of “job-hopping” to ratchet up pay is looking ever less wise. And a look back on the life of Father Patrick Ryan, unrepentant improver of the IRA’s bombs.


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WSJ Minute Briefing - Israel’s Security Cabinet Approves Plan to Control Gaza CIty

Plus: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky defends his right to participate in possible peace talks with Vladimir Putin and President Trump. And, a shake-up to 401(k) investing could allow Americans to put their pensions in crypto. Azhar Sukri hosts.


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Native America Calling - Friday, August 8, 2025 – Lakota project breathes new life into Chief Sitting Bull’s songs

Sitting Bull is remembered for strong leadership and resistance against the U.S. government, but a series of songs by and about him reveal another side to the renowned Lakota leader. Courtney Yellow Fat (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe) has been sifting through oral and written history to identify the songs that are known to the tribe, but only recently attributed to Sitting Bull. Yellow Fat and others are recording those songs through the Densmore/Lakota Songs Repatriation Project.

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And Hopi radio station KUYI is marking 25 years on the air. The celebration comes amid new uncertainty about the future of many public and tribal radio stations. We’ll talk with the station manager about the milestone for the station and the role community radio plays for Hopi citizens.

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Courtney Yellow Fat (Hunkpapa Lakota), chief cultural consultant and co-producer with the Densmore/Lakota Songs Repatriation Project

John Eagleshield Jr. (Hunkpapa Lakota), singer

Samantha Honani Molina (Hopi), KUYI general manager

 

Break 1 Music: Fearless I Live by Chief Sitting Bull (song) Courtney Yellow Fat (artist)

Break 2 Music: I Am the Beginning and the End (song) Dorothy Tsatoke (artist) Native American Healing Songs Come to me Great Mystery (album)

Freakonomics Radio Archives - Freakonomics - The First Great American Industry (Update)

Whaling was, in the words of one scholar, “early capitalism unleashed on the high seas.” How did the U.S. come to dominate the whale market? Why did whale hunting die out here — and continue to grow elsewhere? And is that whale vomit in your perfume? (Part 1 of “Everything You Never Knew About Whaling.”)

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Interview: Absolute, with Nick Berardini, Part 2

As Taser International rolls out increasingly powerful and sophisticated tasers, they also massively expand sales to law enforcement agencies across the United States. In step with this expansion, more and more people end up dying as a result of these "non-lethal" weapons. In the second part of this two-part interview with journalist and filmmaker Nick Berardini, the guys learn more about the past, present and future conspiracies surrounding the alleged 'safety' of tasers.

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Marketplace All-in-One - Bytes: Week in Review – Apple adds billions more to U.S. investments, OpenAI embraces openness, and Google restructures DEI funding

OpenAI’s new open-weight models are designed to run on a local computer and can be fine tuned by users. A Tech Transparency Project report shows Google dropped more than 50 DEI-related groups from its funding list. Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the company’s investment to build up its supply chain in the domestically. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Natasha Mascarenhas, reporter at The Information, to discuss all of this and more.