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Hear stories from visiting Nubia, the slums of Nairobi, rural villages in Zambia & going volcano-boarding in Nicaragua. _____________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show's Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you can consume in 60 seconds (all personal recommendations like the latest travel gear I'm using, my favorite destinations, discounts for special events, etc.). Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram ____________________________________ Darren Chew (“Chew”) joins Matt and starts off talking about his Jamaican and Chinese heritage and shares the story of how his parents met in Jamaica and immigrated to New York.  He then talks about his experience growing up in New York with mixed cultural heritage, traveling back to Jamaica to visit family, and the pivotal role of basketball in his life.  Chew explains how he started traveling the world to visit former basketball teammates in Europe and then reflects on his first impression of the continent of Africa.  He tells travel stories from Kenya, Zambia, Senegal, Egypt, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and explains why Rio is his favorite city in the world.  Chew reflects on visiting Nubia, gives a preview of his upcoming talk at Black Travel Summit in Brazil, and ends with a unexpected story of cultural immersion in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.  FULL SHOW NOTES WITH DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE. ____________________________________ See my Top 10 Apps For Digital Nomads See my Top 10 Books For Digital Nomads See my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that's not traditionally virtual) Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn  See the Travel Gear I Use and Recommend See How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use) ____________________________________ ENJOYING THE SHOW? Please Leave a Rating and Review. It really helps the show and I read each one personally.  You Can Buy Me a Coffee. Espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes! :)

The Sahel stands at a crossroad, it is torn by crisis, instability, and shifting power. Join Dr. Jessica Moody and Dominic Bowen as they dive deep into the region's unfolding humanitarian emergency. What does ECOWAS's withdrawal mean for the people? How is Russian influence rewriting the rules? And why are jihadist groups gaining ground? From Bamako's frontlines to the corridors of power, this is your inside look at the struggles shaping the Sahel's future!Dr. Jessica Moody is a political risk, due diligence and peacebuilding consultant in West Africa. She conducts open source and on the ground research into political, economic and security developments in West Africa and provides timely forecasts as well as scenario planning to clients, enabling them to better plan their operations. She also provides detailed insights into key personalities across West Africa, to enable businesses to understand power structures and who they should prioritise engagement with.Jessica has worked in and on West Africa for more than a decade, during which she has consulted for an array of organisations ranging from S&P Global to Horizon Engage to the United States Institute of Peace. Having spent time living and working in Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire and Mali, she has an extensive range of local contacts in government and the private sector across the region. Jessica has a BA hons degree in History from the University of Nottingham, an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and a PhD in War Studies, focusing on Cote d'Ivoire from King's College London. She is the author of Life After War: Lessons in Human Centered Peacebuilding from Cote d'Ivoire (London, Bloomsbury) – forthcoming in May 2026.The International Risk Podcast brings you conversations with global experts, frontline practitioners, and senior decision-makers who are shaping how we understand and respond to international risk. From geopolitical volatility and organised crime, to cybersecurity threats and hybrid warfare, each episode explores the forces transforming our world and what smart leaders must do to navigate them. Whether you're a board member, policymaker, or risk professional, The International Risk Podcast delivers actionable insights, sharp analysis, and real-world stories that matter.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledge.Follow us on LinkedIn and Subscribe for our updates!Tell us what you liked!

In this podcast, I look at the recent and growing Rift Valley fever outbreak affecting several West Africa countries- Senegal, Mauritania and The Gambia. Watch the video version

Fond farewells to Scots singer Archie Fisher (tracks 50-54), Breton trad singer Yan Fanch Kemener (tracks 17-19), and American songwriter Bob Franke (tracks 27 & 28). A few songs for Remembrance Day. Tasty new releases from Denmark, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, BC, Alberta, USA, Mali, and Senegal. Plus a couple of tracks from the amazing young Scots lowland piper Brighde Chaimbeul, who plays in town this evening.

En este episodio, Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, director del Fondo Mundial para el Medio Ambiente (GEF), explica que esta institución es el mecanismo financiero que apoya a los países en desarrollo a cumplir compromisos ambientales de la ONU. Describe cómo el GEF ha pasado de proyectos fragmentados a un enfoque integral que aborda los problemas ambientales de forma sistémica. Destaca la importancia de aprender de experiencias exitosas para influir en políticas públicas y fortalecer la institucionalidad ambiental. Como ejemplos, menciona un proyecto de energía solar en una comunidad remota en Sahel de Senegal y programas como los pagos por servicios ambientales en Nicaragua, Costa Rica y Colombia, que han protegido cuencas, aumentado biodiversidad y capturado carbono. También señala los retos del sistema político, la falta de coherencia entre sectores, la crisis de liderazgo global y la insostenibilidad de la producción de alimentos. Concluye con la necesidad de transformar la educación para formar generaciones más conscientes y comprometidas con la sostenibilidad

Ci siamo conosciute all'evento Ethical HR nel gennaio 2025, e oggi ci ritroviamo qui, su Mamme in Carriera.Sono felice di presentarvi Aram Mbow: donna, ingegnera, mamma di tre, italo-senegalese, oggi punto di riferimento su più fronti.Founder di Innovamey → innovamey.comIdeatrice di Innovaher, il format che aiuta le donne a lanciare imprese di successoPresidente di Janghi Onlus → janghi.org (più di 600 bambini sostenuti per la scuola a Dakar)Top Voice LinkedIn 2022Inspiring Fifty Italy 2024, tra le 50 donne più influenti nell'innovazioneIn questa intervista Aram si racconta e ci racconta: come si ribalta un mestiere trasformando le difficoltà in opportunità, come si tiene insieme tutto questo e molto di più, quali sono state le sue sfide dopo la maternità e quali bellezze inaspettate.Un dialogo sulle cadute, sulle risalite e sulle lezioni che restano.Che cosa ne pensate? Fatemelo sapere nei commenti!Spread good vibes. Sempre,Elisabetta

In this episode of the Leading Voices in Food podcast, host Norbert Wilson is joined by food and nutrition policy economists Will Masters and Parke Wilde from Tufts University's Friedman School of Nutrition, Science and Policy. The discussion centers around the concept of the least cost diet, a tool used to determine the minimum cost required to maintain a nutritionally adequate diet. The conversation delves into the global computational methods and policies related to least cost diets, the challenges of making these diets culturally relevant, and the implications for food policy in both the US and internationally. You will also hear about the lived experiences of people affected by these diets and the need for more comprehensive research to better reflect reality. Interview Summary I know you both have been working in this space around least cost diets for a while. So, let's really start off by just asking a question about what brought you into this work as researchers. Why study least cost diets? Will, let's start with you. I'm a very curious person and this was a puzzle. So, you know, people want health. They want healthy food. Of course, we spend a lot on healthcare and health services, but do seek health in our food. As a child growing up, you know, companies were marketing food as a source of health. And people who had more money would spend more for premium items that were seen as healthy. And in the 2010s for the first time, we had these quantified definitions of what a healthy diet was as we went from 'nutrients' to 'food groups,' from the original dietary guidelines pyramid to the MyPlate. And then internationally, the very first quantified definitions of healthful diets that would work anywhere in the world. And I was like, oh, wow. Is it actually expensive to eat a healthy diet? And how much does it cost? How does it differ by place location? How does it differ over time, seasons, and years? And I just thought it was a fascinating question. Great, thank you for that. Parke? There's a lot of policy importance on this, but part of the fun also of this particular topic is more than almost any that we work on, it's connected to things that we have to think about in our daily lives. So, as you're preparing and purchasing food for your family and you want it to be a healthy. And you want it to still be, you know, tasty enough to satisfy the kids. And it can't take too long because it has to fit into a busy life. So, this one does feel like it's got a personal connection. Thank you both for that. One of the things I heard is there was an availability of data. There was an opportunity that seems like it didn't exist before. Can you speak a little bit about that? Especially Will because you mentioned that point. Will: Yes. So, we have had food composition data identifying for typical items. A can of beans, or even a pizza. You know, what is the expected, on average quantity of each nutrient. But only recently have we had those on a very large scale for global items. Hundreds and hundreds of thousands of distinct items. And we had nutrient requirements, but only nutrient by nutrient, and the definition of a food group where you would want not only the nutrients, but also the phytochemicals, the attributes of food from its food matrix that make a vegetable different from just in a vitamin pill. And those came about in, as I mentioned, in the 2010s. And then there's the computational tools and the price observations that get captured. They've been written down on pads of paper, literally, and brought to a headquarters to compute inflation since the 1930s. But access to those in digitized form, only really in the 2000s and only really in the 2010s were we able to have program routines that would download millions and millions of price observations, match them to food composition data, match that food composition information to a healthy diet criterion, and then compute these least cost diets. Now we've computed millions and millions of these thanks to modern computing and all of that data. Great, Will. And you've already started on this, so let's continue on this point. You were talking about some of the computational methods and data that were available globally. Can you give us a good sense of what does a lease cost diet look like from this global perspective because we're going to talk to Parke about whether it is in the US. But let's talk about it in the broad sense globally. In my case the funding opportunity to pay for the graduate students and collaborators internationally came from the Gates Foundation and the UK International Development Agency, initially for a pilot study in Ghana and Tanzania. And then we were able to get more money to scale that up to Africa and South Asia, and then globally through a project called Food Prices for Nutrition. And what we found, first of all, is that to get agreement on what a healthy diet means, we needed to go to something like the least common denominator. The most basic, basic definition from the commonalities among national governments' dietary guidelines. So, in the US, that's MyPlate, or in the UK it's the Eat Well Guide. And each country's dietary guidelines look a little different, but they have these commonalities. So, we distilled that down to six food groups. There's fruits and vegetables, separately. And then there's animal source foods altogether. And in some countries they would separate out milk, like the United States does. And then all starchy staples together. And in some countries, you would separate out whole grains like the US does. And then all edible oils. And those six food groups, in the quantities needed to provide all the nutrients you would need, plus these attributes of food groups beyond just what's in a vitamin pill, turns out to cost about $4 a day. And if you adjust for inflation and differences in the cost of living, the price of housing and so forth around the world, it's very similar. And if you think about seasonal variation in a very remote area, it might rise by 50% in a really bad situation. And if you think about a very remote location where it's difficult to get food to, it might go up to $5.50, but it stays in that range between roughly speaking $2.50 and $5.00. Meanwhile, incomes are varying from around $1.00 a day, and people who cannot possibly afford those more expensive food groups, to $200 a day in which these least expensive items are trivially small in cost compared to the issues that Parke mentioned. We can also talk about what we actually find as the items, and those vary a lot from place to place for some food groups and are very similar to each other in other food groups. So, for example, the least expensive item in an animal source food category is very often dairy in a rich country. But in a really dry, poor country it's dried fish because refrigeration and transport are very expensive. And then to see where there's commonalities in the vegetable category, boy. Onions, tomatoes, carrots are so inexpensive around the world. We've just gotten those supply chains to make the basic ingredients for a vegetable stew really low cost. But then there's all these other different vegetables that are usually more expensive. So, it's very interesting to look at which are the items that would deliver the healthfulness you need and how much they cost. It's surprisingly little from a rich country perspective, and yet still out of reach for so many in low-income countries. Will, thank you for that. And I want to turn now to looking in the US case because I think there's some important commonalities. Parke, can you describe the least cost diet, how it's used here in the US, and its implications for policy? Absolutely. And full disclosure to your audience, this is work on which we've benefited from Norbert's input and wisdom in a way that's been very valuable as a co-author and as an advisor for the quantitative part of what we were doing. For an article in the journal Food Policy, we use the same type of mathematical model that USDA uses when it sets the Thrifty Food Plan, the TFP. A hypothetical diet that's used as the benchmark for the maximum benefit in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which is the nation's most important anti-hunger program. And what USDA does with this model diet is it tries to find a hypothetical bundle of foods and beverages that's not too different from what people ordinarily consume. The idea is it should be a familiar diet, it should be one that's reasonably tasty, that people clearly already accept enough. But it can't be exactly that diet. It has to be different enough at least to meet a cost target and to meet a whole long list of nutrition criteria. Including getting enough of the particular nutrients, things like enough calcium or enough protein, and also, matching food group goals reasonably well. Things like having enough fruits, enough vegetables, enough dairy. When, USDA does that, it finds that it's fairly difficult. It's fairly difficult to meet all those goals at once, at a cost and a cost goal all at the same time. And so, it ends up choosing this hypothetical diet that's almost maybe more different than would feel most comfortable from people's typical average consumption. Thank you, Parke. I'm interested to understand the policy implications of this least cost diet. You suggested something about the Thrifty Food Plan and the maximum benefit levels. Can you tell us a little bit more about the policies that are relevant? Yes, so the Thrifty Food Plan update that USDA does every five years has a much bigger policy importance now than it did a few years ago. I used to tell my students that you shouldn't overstate how much policy importance this update has. It might matter a little bit less than you would think. And the reason was because every time they update the Thrifty Food Plan, they use the cost target that is the inflation adjusted or the real cost of the previous edition. It's a little bit as if nobody wanted to open up the whole can of worms about what should the SNAP benefit be in the first place. But everything changed with the update in 2021. In 2021, researchers at the US Department of Agriculture found that it was not possible at the old cost target to find a diet that met all of the nutrition criteria - at all. Even if you were willing to have a diet that was quite different from people's typical consumption. And so, they ended up increasing the cost of the Thrifty Food Plan in small increments until they found a solution to this mathematical model using data on real world prices and on the nutrition characteristics of these foods. And this led to a 21% increase in the permanent value of the maximum SNAP benefit. Many people didn't notice that increase all that much because the increase came into effect at just about the same time that a temporary boost during the COVID era to SNAP benefits was being taken away. So there had been a temporary boost to how much benefits people got as that was taken away at the end of the start of the COVID pandemic then this permanent increase came in and it kind of softened the blow from that change in benefits at that time. But it now ends up meaning that the SNAP benefit is substantially higher than it would've been without this 2021 increase. And there's a lot of policy attention on this in the current Congress and in the current administration. There's perhaps a skeptical eye on whether this increase was good policy. And so, there are proposals to essentially take away the ability to update the Thrifty Food Plan change the maximum SNAP benefit automatically, as it used to. As you know, Norbert, this is part of all sorts of things going on currently. Like we heard in the news, just last week, about plans to end collecting household food security measurement using a major national survey. And so there will be sort of possibly less information about how these programs are doing and whether a certain SNAP benefit is needed in order to protect people from food insecurity and hunger. Parke, this is really important and I'm grateful that we're able to talk about this today in that SNAP benefit levels are still determined by this mathematical program that's supposed to represent a nutritionally adequate diet that also reflects food preferences. And I don't know how many people really understand or appreciate that. I can say I didn't understand or appreciate it until working more in this project. I think it's critical for our listeners to understand just how important this particular mathematical model is, and what it says about what a nutritionally adequate diet looks like in this country. I know the US is one of the countries that uses a model diet like this to help set policy. Will, I'd like to turn to you to see what ways other nations are using this sort of model diet. How have you seen policy receive information from these model diets? It's been a remarkable thing where those initial computational papers that we were able to publish in first in 2018, '19, '20, and governments asking how could we use this in practice. Parke has laid out how it's used in the US with regard to the benefit level of SNAP. The US Thrifty Food Plan has many constraints in addition to the basic ones for the Healthy Diet Basket that I described. Because clearly that Healthy Diet Basket minimum is not something anyone in America would think is acceptable. Just to have milk and frozen vegetables and low-cost bread, that jar peanut butter and that's it. Like that would be clearly not okay. So, internationally what's happened is that first starting in 2020, and then using the current formula in 2022, the United Nations agencies together with the World Bank have done global monitoring of food and nutrition security using this method. So, the least cost items to meet the Healthy Diet Basket in each country provide this global estimate that about a third of the global population have income available for food after taking account of their non-food needs. That is insufficient to buy this healthy diet. What they're actually eating is just starchy staples, oil, some calories from low-cost sugar and that's it. And very small quantities of the fruits and vegetables. And animal source foods are the expensive ones. So, countries have the opportunity to begin calculating this themselves alongside their normal monitoring of inflation with a consumer price index. The first country to do that was Nigeria. And Nigeria began publishing this in January 2024. And it so happened that the country's national minimum wage for civil servants was up for debate at that time. And this was a newly published statistic that turned out to be enormously important for the civil society advocates and the labor unions who were trying to explain why a higher civil service minimum wage was needed. This is for the people who are serving tea or the drivers and the low wage people in these government service agencies. And able to measure how many household members could you feed a healthy diet with a day's worth of the monthly wage. So social protection in the sense of minimum wage and then used in other countries regarding something like our US SNAP program or something like our US WIC program. And trying to define how big should those benefit levels be. That's been the first use. A second use that's emerging is targeting the supply chains for the low-cost vegetables and animal source foods and asking what from experience elsewhere could be an inexpensive animal source food. What could be the most inexpensive fruits. What could be the most inexpensive vegetables? And that is the type of work that we're doing now with governments with continued funding from the Gates Foundation and the UK International Development Agency. Will, it's fascinating to hear this example from Nigeria where all of the work that you all have been doing sort of shows up in this kind of debate. And it really speaks to the power of the research that we all are trying to do as we try to inform policy. Now, as we discussed the least cost diet, there was something that I heard from both of you. Are these diets that people really want? I'm interested to understand a little bit more about that because this is a really critical space.Will, what do we know about the lived experiences of those affected by least cost diet policy implementation. How are real people affected? It's such an important and interesting question, just out of curiosity, but also for just our human understanding of what life is like for people. And then of course the policy actions that could improve. So, to be clear, we've only had these millions of least cost diets, these benchmark 'access to' at a market near you. These are open markets that might be happening twice a week or sometimes all seven days of the week in a small town, in an African country or a urban bodega type market or a supermarket across Asia, Africa. We've only begun to have these benchmarks against which to compare actual food choice, as I mentioned, since 2022. And then really only since 2024 have been able to investigate this question. We're only beginning to match up these benchmark diets to what people actually choose. But the pattern we're seeing is that in low and lower middle-income countries, people definitely spend their money to go towards that healthy diet basket goal. They don't spend all of their additional money on that. But if you improve affordability throughout the range of country incomes - from the lowest income countries in Africa, Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, to middle income countries in Africa, like Ghana, Indonesia, an upper middle-income country - people do spend their money to get more animal source foods, more fruits and vegetables, and to reduce the amount of the low cost starchy staples. They do increase the amount of discretionary, sugary meals. And a lot of what they're eating exits the healthy diet basket because there's too much added sodium, too much added sugar. And so, things that would've been healthy become unhealthy because of processing or in a restaurant setting. So, people do spend their money on that. But they are moving towards a healthy diet. That breaks down somewhere in the upper income and high-income countries where additional spending becomes very little correlated with the Healthy Diet Basket. What happens is people way overshoot the Healthy Diet Basket targets for animal source foods and for edible oils because I don't know if you've ever tried it, but one really delicious thing is fried meat. People love it. And even low middle income people overshoot on that. And that displaces the other elements of a healthy diet. And then there's a lot of upgrading, if you will, within the food group. So, people are spending additional money on nicer vegetables. Nicer fruits. Nicer animal source foods without increasing the total amount of them in addition to having overshot the healthy diet levels of many of those food groups. Which of course takes away from the food you would need from the fruits, the vegetables, and the pulses, nuts and seeds, that almost no one gets as much as is considered healthy, of that pulses, nuts and seeds category. Thank you. And I want to shift this to the US example. So, Parke, can you tell us a bit more about the lived experience of those affected by least cost diet policy? How are real people affected? One of the things I've enjoyed about this project that you and I got to work on, Norbert, in cooperation with other colleagues, is that it had both a quantitative and a qualitative part to it. Now, our colleague Sarah Folta led some of the qualitative interviews, sort of real interviews with people in food pantries in four states around the country. And this was published recently in the Journal of Health Education and Behavior. And we asked people about their goals and about what are the different difficulties or constraints that keep them from achieving those goals. And what came out of that was that people often talk about whether their budget constraints and whether their financial difficulties take away their autonomy to sort of be in charge of their own food choices. And this was something that Sarah emphasized as she sort of helped lead us through a process of digesting what was the key findings from these interviews with people. One of the things I liked about doing this study is that because the quantitative and the qualitative part, each had this characteristic of being about what do people want to achieve. This showed up mathematically in the constrained optimization model, but it also showed up in the conversations with people in the food pantry. And what are the constraints that keep people from achieving it. You know, the mathematical model, these are things like all the nutrition constraints and the cost constraints. And then in the real conversations, it's something that people raise in very plain language about what are all the difficulties they have. Either in satisfying their own nutrition aspirations or satisfying some of the requirements for one person or another in the family. Like if people have special diets that are needed or if they have to be gluten free or any number of things. Having the diets be culturally appropriate. And so, I feel like this is one of those classic things where different disciplines have wisdom to bring to bear on what's really very much a shared topic. What I hear from both of you is that these diets, while they are computationally interesting and they reveal some critical realities of how people eat, they can't cover everything. People want to eat certain types of foods. Certain types of foods are more culturally relevant. And that's really clear talking to you, Will, about just sort of the range of foods that end up showing up in these least cost diets and how you were having to make some adjustments there. Parke, as you talked about the work with Sarah Folta thinking through autonomy and sort of a sense of self. This kind of leads us to a question that I want to open up to both of you. What's missing when we talk about these least cost diet modeling exercises and what are the policy implications of that? What are the gaps in our understanding of these model diets and what needs to happen to make them reflect reality better? Parke? Well, you know, there's many things that people in our research community are working on. And it goes quite, quite far afield. But I'm just thinking of two related to our quantitative research using the Thrifty Food Plan type models. We've been working with Yiwen Zhao and Linlin Fan at Penn State University on how these models would work if you relaxed some of the constraints. If people's back in a financial sense weren't back up against the wall, but instead they had just a little more space. We were considering what if they had incentives that gave them a discount on fruits and vegetables, for example, through the SNAP program? Or what if they had a healthy bundle of foods provided through the emergency food system, through food banks or food pantries. What is the effect directly in terms of those foods? But also, what is the effect in terms of just relaxing their budget constraints. They get to have a little more of the foods that they find more preferred or that they had been going without. But then also, in terms of sort of your question about the more personal. You know, what is people's personal relationships with food? How does this play out on the ground? We're working with the graduate student Angelica Valdez Valderrama here at the Friedman School, thinking about what some of the cultural assumptions and of the food group constraints in some of these models are. If you sort of came from a different immigrant tradition or if you came from another community, what things would be different in, for example, decisions about what's called the Mediterranean diet or what's called the healthy US style dietary pattern. How much difference do this sort of breadth, cultural breadth of dietary patterns you could consider, how much difference does that make in terms of what's the outcome of this type of hypothetical diet? Will: And I think, you know, from the global perspective, one really interesting thing is when we do combine data sets and look across these very different cultural settings, dry land, Sahelian Africa versus countries that are coastal versus sort of forest inland countries versus all across Asia, south Asia to East Asia, all across Latin America. We do see the role of these cultural factors. And we see them playing out in very systematic ways that people come to their cultural norms for very good reasons. And then pivot and switch away to new cultural norms. You know, American fast food, for example, switching from beef primarily to chicken primarily. That sort of thing becomes very visible in a matter of years. So, in terms of things that are frontiers for us, remember this is early days. Getting many more nutritionists, people in other fields, looking at first of all, it's just what is really needed for health. Getting those health requirements improved and understood better is a key priority. Our Healthy Diet Basket comes from the work of a nutritionist named Anna Herforth, who has gone around the world studying these dietary guidelines internationally. We're about to get the Eat Lancet dietary recommendations announced, and it'll be very interesting to see how those evolve. Second thing is much better data on prices and computing these diets for more different settings at different times, different locations. Settings that are inner city United States versus very rural. And then this question of comparing to actual diets. And just trying to understand what people are seeking when they choose foods that are clearly not these benchmark least cost items. The purpose is to ask how far away and why and how are they far away? And particularly to understand to what degree are these attributes of the foods themselves: the convenience of the packaging, the preparation of the item, the taste, the flavor, the cultural significance of it. To what degree are we looking at the result of aspirations that are really shaped by marketing. Are really shaped by the fire hose of persuasion that companies are investing in every day. And very strategically and constantly iterating to the best possible spokesperson, the best possible ad campaign. Combining billboards and radio and television such that you're surrounded by this. And when you drive down the street and when you walk into the supermarket, there is no greater effort on the planet than the effort to sell us a particular brand of food. Food companies are basically marketing companies attached to a manufacturing facility, and they are spending much more than the entire combined budget of the NIH and CDC, et cetera, to persuade us to eat what we ultimately choose. And we really don't know to what degree it's the actual factors in the food itself versus the marketing campaigns and the way they've evolved. You know, if you had a choice between taking the food system and regulating it the way we regulate, say housing or vehicles. If we were to say your supermarket should be like an auto dealership, right? So, anything in the auto dealership is very heavily regulated. Everything from the paint to where the gear shift is to how the windows work. Everything is heavily regulated because the auto industry has worked with National Transportation Safety Board and every single crash investigation, et cetera, has led to the standards that we have now. We didn't get taxes on cars without airbags to make us choose cars with airbags. They're just required. And same is true for housing, right? You can't just build, you know, an extension deck behind your house any way you want. A city inspector will force you to tear it out if you haven't built it to code. So, you know, we could regulate the grocery store like we do that. It's not going to happen politically but compare that option to treating groceries the way we used to treat the legal services or pharmaceuticals. Which is you couldn't advertise them. You could sell them, and people would choose based on the actual merit of the lawyer or the pharmaceutical, right? Which would have the bigger impact. Right? If there was zero food advertising, you just walked into the grocery store and chose what you liked. Or you regulate the grocery store the same way we regulate automotive or building trades. Obviously, they both matter. There's, you know, this problem that you can't see, taste or smell the healthiness of food. You're always acting on belief and not a fact when you choose something that you're seeking health. We don't know to what extent choice is distorted away from a low-cost healthy diet by things people genuinely want and need. Such as taste, convenience, culture, and so forth. Versus things that they've been persuaded to want. And there's obviously some of both. All of these things matter. But I'm hopeful that through these least cost diets, we can identify that low-cost options are there. And you could feed your family a very healthy diet at the Thrifty Food Plan level in the United States, or even lower. It would take time, it would take attention, it would be hard. You can take some shortcuts to make that within your time budget, right? And the planning budget. And we can identify what those look like thanks to these model diets. It's a very exciting area of work, but we still have a lot to do to define carefully what are the constraints. What are the real objectives here. And how to go about helping people, acquire these foods that we now know are there within a short commuting distance. You may need to take the bus, you may need carpool. But that's what people actually do to go grocery shopping. And when they get there, we can help people to choose items that would genuinely meet their needs at lower cost. Bios Will Masters is a Professor in the Friedman School of Nutrition, with a secondary appointment in Tufts University's Department of Economics. He is coauthor of the new textbook on Food Economics: Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024). Before coming to Tufts in 2010 he was a faculty member in Agricultural Economics at Purdue University (1991-2010), and also at the University of Zimbabwe (1989-90), Harvard's Kennedy School of Government (2000) and Columbia University (2003-04). He is former editor-in-chief of the journal Agricultural Economics (2006-2011), and an elected Fellow of the American Society for Nutrition (FASN) as well as a Fellow of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA). At Tufts his courses on economics of agriculture, food and nutrition were recognized with student-nominated, University-wide teaching awards in 2019 and 2022, and he leads over a million dollars annually in externally funded research including work on the Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy (https://www.anh-academy.org), as well as projects supporting government efforts to calculate the cost and affordability of healthy diets worldwide and work with private enterprises on data analytics for food markets in Africa. Parke Wilde (PhD, Cornell) is a food economist and professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. Previously, he worked for USDA's Economic Research Service. At Tufts, Parke teaches graduate-level courses in statistics, U.S. food policy, and climate change. His research addresses the economics of U.S. food and nutrition policy, including federal nutrition assistance programs. He was Director of Design for the SNAP Healthy Incentives Pilot (HIP) evaluation. He has been a member of the National Academy of Medicine's Food Forum and is on the scientific and technical advisory committee for Menus of Change, an initiative to advance the health and sustainability of the restaurant industry. He directs the USDA-funded Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics (RIDGE) Partnership. He received the AAEA Distinguished Quality of Communication Award for his textbook, Food Policy in the United States: An Introduction (Routledge/Earthscan), whose third edition was released in April 2025. 

O Bate-Pronto de hoje atualizará e debaterá as últimas informações do futebol mundial. Pedro vai ter condição de disputar a final da Libertadores? O Flamengo vai trabalhar para isso! E a convocação de Ancelotti para os amistosos contra Senegal e Tunísia? Deixou a desejar?

Nesta segunda-feira (3), nossos comentaristas analisaram tudo sobre a convocação da seleção brasileira. O técnico Carlo Ancelotti convocou o Brasil nesta segunda-feira (3), visando os amistosos contra Senegal e Tunísia, na Europa, pela Data Fifa de novembro. As partidas serão disputadas em Londres (Inglaterra) e Lille (França), dando sequência à série de jogos preparatórios que o time canarinho fará até a Copa do Mundo de 2026, em junho do ano que vem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No podcast ‘Notícia No Seu Tempo’, confira em áudio as principais notícias da edição impressa do jornal ‘O Estado de S.Paulo’ desta terça-feira (04/11/2025): Duas décadas depois de o PCC ter promovido um sangrento acerto de contas que expulsou o Comando Vermelho (CV) do Estado, a facção fluminense voltou a colocar SP no seu plano de expansão. O MPE e as Polícias Civil e Federal detectaram a presença do CV na região de Americana, Santa Bárbara d’Oeste, Araras e Rio Claro, áreas onde o PCC não mais atua. Ação de criminosos ligados ao CV também foi constatada em São José dos Campos, Ubatuba e Caraguatatuba. Essa expansão teria como uma das causas o fato de o PCC estar abandonando o tráfico local de drogas para se dedicar ao tráfico internacional e ao setor de combustíveis. E mais: Metrópole: Castro diz a Moraes que ação contra o CV seguiu regras pedidas pelo STF Política: CPI do INSS não decola e vai dividir holofotes com a do Crime Organizado Economia: ‘Rei do gás’ tem revés, mas emplaca benefício na MP do setor elétrico Esportes: Ancelotti chama sete jogadores ‘caseiros’; Neymar segue fora Cultura: Lô Borges morreu após intoxicação por medicamentosSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hoy ponemos la mirada en una franja de tierra que no aparece siempre en los mapas, pero que define silenciosamente el equilibrio del continente africano. El Sahel —esa vasta zona que se extiende desde Senegal hasta Sudán— es mucho más que una frontera del Sahara: es un territorio de contrastes, de culturas milenarias, de sequías, desplazamientos y conflictos, pero también de resiliencia y futuro.En los últimos años, esta región se ha convertido en escenario de tensiones geopolíticas, migratorias y climáticas. Las potencias compiten por influencia, los recursos escasean, y millones de personas viven entre la aridez del desierto y la esperanza de la lluvia.Hoy queremos entender qué está pasando en el Sahel: por qué importa, qué fuerzas lo atraviesan, y cómo su destino puede influir en el equilibrio global.”Miembros de OIDEF (Organizacion de Internacionalistas y Diplomaticos en Formacion) nos visitan para analizar las aristas de estudio de una region que es sinonimo de inestabilidad y fracaso civilizatorio.

Gbolahan Taiwo and Katie Marney discuss the improving outlook for African economies. Fiscal, monetary and FX reforms, rebuilt external reserves, improving terms of trade, declining inflation, and monetary easing are putting African economies on a more solid footing. Gbolahan and Katie go through takeaways for Nigeria, Angola, Ghana, Egypt, Senegal and Uganda. Speakers Katherine Marney, Emerging Markets Economic and Policy Research  Gbolahan Taiwo, Emerging Markets Economic and Policy Research This podcast was recorded on October 3, 2025.  This communication is provided for information purposes only. Institutional clients can view the related report at https://www.jpmm.com/research/content/GPS-5110345-0 for more information; please visit www.jpmm.com/research/disclosures for important disclosures. © 2025 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved.

Why would two actors,  who are married in real life, pretend to eviscerate each other night after night in the emotionally brutal play Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf? Kat Stewart and David Whitely first performed this Edward Albee classic on the small, indy stage of Melbourne's Red Stitch Theatre and it was a hit. Now it's being remounted by Sydney Theatre Company.Composer, musician and director Lamine  Sonko is a guewel, a traditional custodian of cultural knowledge in West Africa. Over seven years, Lamine has travelled to remote and sacred places in Senegal to better understand how ancient cosmology and metaphysical knowledge influence guewel traditions. The result is a show called Guewel, at Melbourne's Arts House and made in collaboration with the National Theatre of Senegal.Smallpox was eradicated from the planet in 1980 -- the only human disease which has been totally wiped out! But for centuries before this, an inoculation against smallpox was already in existence in different parts of the world and it was practised mostly by women. Playwright Melanie Tait has used this medical history for the basis of her latest play The Royal Experiment, performed on stage by third year NIDA students.

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Novedades en AfricaPachanga con la estrella del afrobeats nigeriano Burna Boy, sonidos urbanos cameruneses con James BKS y desde Senegal con Cheikh Ibra Fam. También, tenemos el afrobeat combativo de las brasileñas Funmilayo Afrobeat Orchestra y el semba angoleño de Paulo Flores En la segunda parte, Kimi Djabaté de Guinea Bissau, Oumou Sangaré de Mali, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Benín, Mose Fan Fan de la República del Congo y Thomas Mapfumo de Zimbabwe. Disfruta de todos ellos !! Track List Burna Boy - Dem Dey Burna Boy - Empty Chairs Funmilayo Afrobeat - Ponte Do Ponte James BKS - Wetin U Go Choose Cheikh Ibra Fam - Gnou Mbollo Paulo Flores - Acordeon Kimi Djabaté - Dindin Oumou Sangaré - Djama Kaissoumou Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonu - Se We Non Nan Mose Fan Fan - Sherita Thomas Mapfumo - Mhondoro

Shiva McMahon is the CEO and MD of Petro Australis Energy (PAE), an Australian exploration and production company. With over 30 years of experience in the energy industry, she has built a distinguished career in business leadership, delivering safe and sustainable operations, strategy development and implementation, financial management, business development, and risk management. Before joining PAE, Shiva was Executive Vice President for International Operations at Woodside Energy, where she managed operations across Gulf of Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago, Canada, and Senegal. Her tenure at Woodside followed its merger with BHP Petroleum, where she was the Managing Director for the Australian business. Shiva spent a significant portion of her career at BP, primarily in the Upstream business. She also served as CFO for Castrol, BP's global lubricants business and prior to that ,held various leadership roles across multiple geographies, including as Chief of Staff for Upstream from 2014-2017. Her governance experience includes serving as a Non-Executive Director and Shareholder Representative on the Board of Castrol India, listed on the Mumbai Stock Exchange. She has also served on the boards of The Greater Houston Partnership, the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), and the Australian Energy Producers (formerly APPEA).

New music from as far afield as Malawi, Senegal, Mali, and Zimbabwe, and from all across Canada from Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, to PEI, Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Yukon, and BC. Plus a couple for tracks from the great new albums by Alison Brown & Steve Martin, and Robert Plant's new project. Previews of local concerts, too.

Un continente enorme che conta ben 55 paesi, con una popolazione in crescita dagli 1,3 miliardi di oggi ai 2,5 miliardi attesi entro il 2030 e i 3 miliardi previsti per il 2063. A fronte di tali numeri, il Pil pro capite reale nei paesi africani è cresciuto di appena l'1,1% tra il 1990 e il 2019, rispetto a un pil generale cresciuto alla media di oltre il 6% nel decennio 2000-2010, prima di rallentare al 3,3% tra il 2010 e il 2019. In India e in Cina si è assistito a un aumento del reddito pro capite pari rispettivamente al 5 e all'8% nello stesso trentennio 1990-2019, mentre il boom demografico dei paesi africani (in netta controtendenza rispetto all'inverno demografico in atto in Italia e in diversi paesi europei) ha causato un aumento di 30 milioni di persone sotto la soglia di povertà. Numeri, cifre che descrivono la realtà, le potenzialità e i paradossi di un continente, l'Africa (ma forse sarebbe più corretto parlare di Afriche) in ascesa, oggi protagonista nella pluralità dei suoi volti. Ne parliamo grazie a un interessante libro pubblicato dal Mulino dal titolo "Le ali dell'Africa, istantanee da un continente che cambia". L'autore è Alberto Magnani, collega giornalista de Il Sole 24 Ore, che si occupa di Africa e cura la newsletter "Africa 24". È stato inviato in Etiopia, Repubblica democratica del Congo, Senegal, Somalia, Sudafrica, Sud Sudan e diversi altri paesi.

Aquesta setmana comencem al Senegal amb el nou disc de Cheikh Lô deu anys després del darrer, descobrim la percussió de Kasiva Mutua amb el seu debut des de Kènia, recomanem el concert que farà Martinho da Vila a l'Apolo amb el millor Samba de Rio i tenim un record pel disc Electric Ladyland de Hendrix publicat el 1968 i que arribava a les llistes a mitjans de novembre.

From winning the Coupe de France with Rennes to a thrilling FA Cup triumph at Crystal Palace, Ismaïla Sarr's journey is a rollercoaster of explosive pace and big-moment goals. This episode dives into the Senegalese forward's career, analyzing his standout performances—including that famous hat-trick against Liverpool—and his tactical evolution at Selhurst Park under a new system. Discover why Sarr is now one of the Premier League's most dangerous wingers, his impressive set-piece record, and what his resurgence means for the Eagles' future.Ismaïla Sarr, Crystal Palace, Premier League, FA Cup , Senegal football.

Experimentando y bailando por todos los continentes Experimenting and dancing across all continents Intrigantes y cautivantes experimentaciones sónicas alternan con piezas muy bailables y sones tropicales en esta edición mundófona que viaja por todos los continentes: Australia, Noruega, Finlandia, Perú, Brasil, Alemania, Senegal, La Reunión, Armenia y Eslovenia. Intriguing and captivating sonic experimentations alternate with very danceable pieces and tropical sounds in this Mundofonías edition that travels across all continents: Australia, Norway, Finland, Peru, Brazil, Germany, Senegal, La Réunion, Armenia and Slovenia. - Inger Hannisdal - Volver volver - To long, longing, I have longed for so long: Saltvannsanger / Saltwater songs - Piirpauke - Soitin pillillä - Lumo - Robbie Melville & Zoe Knighton - Spider - Music from the village square volume I - Melcochita & Karamanduka - Machupicchu - MAGníficos bailables [V.A.] - Los Kintos - Tin Marín - MAGníficos bailables [V.A.] - Orquestra Afro-Brasileira - Obaluayê (remix) [+ Rogê] - 80 anos: Tribute-remixes - Fabia Mantwill Orchestra - Circular [+ Momi Maiga] - In-sight - Saodaj - Fnjan - Lodèr la vi - Širom - Tiny dewdrop explosions crackling delightfully - In the wind of night, hard-fallen incantations whisper Saodaj (Iris Mardemoutou)

Joining Stephanie K and Jay this week in the studio is Crystal Croffe from Mott Community College.  Taste of the Nations is your ticket to an unforgettable evening filled with bold flavors, rich culture, and community spirit. Travel the globe in one night and savor curated dishes from India, Senegal, Mexico, and Italy.  For more information visit their website by clicking here.

What would you do with a $1,200 stimulus check?When Ellie was broke, newly divorced, and raising four kids out of her mom's house, she made one powerful decision — to invest that stimulus check into herself. Fast forward: she's now built a multi-million dollar business empire, helped 50,000+ women, and opened a café in Senegal.In this episode, we dive into:How she stretched $1,200 into an LLC, website, and first productThe moment her $15 course made $10K, then $1MBusiness credit vs personal credit — and what most people get wrongThe power of sweat equity over paid adsBuilding a café & coworking space in Africa with zero experienceEllie shares the blueprint, the mindset, and the mistakes to avoid if you're building a business from the bottom.Notes from the show:Join Ellie Diop's Ellievated AcademyFollow Ellie Talks Money on InstagramFollow Ellie Talks Money on TikTokSubscribe to Ellie Talks Money on YouTubeHead over to our YouTube channel to catch this episode in full video form. Apply to be a guest on the show. You can also email us at: thesugardaddypodcast@gmail.com Connect with us on InstagramWe're most active over at @thesugardaddypodcast Chat with BrandonWant to work together? Learn more about Brandon Book a free 30-min call to see if it's a fit. Show us some love, hit subscribe, leave a five star rating, and drop a quick review! Money, relationships, and the mindset to master both. Hosted by financial advisor Brandon and his wife Jessica, The Sugar Daddy Podcast breaks down how to build wealth, unpack old money beliefs, and have real conversations about love and finances. Our mission? To help couples and individuals grow rich in every sense of the word: emotionally, relationally and financially.

This episode introduces listeners to the origins and essence of the TRANSFORM initiative—an innovative, leading capacity-building program designed to strengthen social protection systems in Africa. It explores what sets TRANSFORM apart from other training programs and how it was designed as a uniquely African initiative, tailored to the continent's context and adaptable to the needs of its countries and communities.  The episode is the first of a three-part TRANSFORM Podcast Series, which will present the initiative's achievements 10 years since its inception through conversations with guests from the continent. The series explores the impact of TRANSFORM on the social protection in the region, showcasing achievements in building culture and its integration into institutions.  Hosted by Abidemi Coker, a passionate TRANSFORM Master Trainer.  Meet our guests for episode 1:  Emmy Tony Ameny, Assistant Commissioner of Programmes, Office of the Prime Minister of Uganda   Kate Blaine, Instructional Designer and Facilitator, Learn to Lead  Vincent van Halsema, Global Social Protection Advisor, WFP, and former TRANSFORM Hub Coordinator  For our testimonial segment, we welcome Aly Cisse, Social Protection and Labour Migration Specialist and a TRANSFORM Master Trainer from Senegal.     To learn more and explore how TRANSFORM can be tailored to your own context and how you can get involved with the initiative, go to https://transformsp.org and contact transform_socialprotection@ilo.org.

NAJ - ناج - YouTube NAJ: The Moroccan Sensation Taking the World by Storm with Her Hit ‘OULALA OUNTALA — La Vie En Rose A story of rhythm, roots, and a rising Moroccan voice uniting Africa through music In this exclusive episode, Hurricane H welcomes NAJ, the young Moroccan artist who's taking the world by storm with her electrifying blend of pop, R&B, electro, afro, Latin, and oriental influences. From her early days chasing melodies in Morocco to becoming a continental sensation, NAJ opens up about her journey, her challenges, and the vision that drives her. She shares how staying true to her roots helped her rise above barriers and carve out a sound that bridges cultures and generations. Her latest hit, “OULALA OUNTALA — La Vie En Rose,” is more than a song — it's a celebration of unity and African pride. Filmed across Senegal's most iconic landmarks — from the lively streets of Dakar to the symbolic Gorée Island, the natural beauty of Somone and the Bandia Safari, and crowned by the monumental Renaissance statue — the video pays homage to shared history, freedom, and creativity. NAJ also reveals what it meant to become the first Moroccan artist to shoot a music video of this magnitude in Dakar, collaborating with a local Senegalese dance troupe, Nigerian artist Pekeys, and the painter Amadou Nieng, who painted live throughout the shoot — turning music into a moving work of art. With over 6 million TikTok views, a partnership with ARCOL, and growing international acclaim, NAJ's success is no coincidence. It's the story of a fearless artist who dares to dream big, build bridges, and wear her colors with pride. Tune in for a heartfelt conversation about art, culture, resilience, and the power of music to unite a continent. This is more than a song — it's a movement.   #NAJ #OulalaOuntala #LaVieEnRose #HurricaneHShow #TheEMBCNetwork #iHealthRadio #TimeToEvolve #MoroccanArtist #MadeInMorocco #AfricanVibes #NorthMeetsWestAfrica #MoroccoToDakar #SenegalVibes #AfricanUnity #AfroFusion #PopRNB #AfroBeats #ElectroVibes #LatinPop #OrientalBeats #WorldMusic #NewMusic2025 #MusicWithoutBorders #WomenInMusic #RisingStar #DreamBigAfrica #CulturalPride #ArtMeetsMusic #BehindTheJourney #CreatorsOfAfrica #PodcastInterview #ViralArtist #GlobalSound #NextGenMusic #AFCON2025 #DakarShoot #MusicVideoRelease

NAJ - ناج - YouTube NAJ: The Moroccan Sensation Taking the World by Storm with Her Hit ‘OULALA OUNTALA — La Vie En Rose A story of rhythm, roots, and a rising Moroccan voice uniting Africa through music In this exclusive episode, Hurricane H welcomes NAJ, the young Moroccan artist who's taking the world by storm with her electrifying blend of pop, R&B, electro, afro, Latin, and oriental influences. From her early days chasing melodies in Morocco to becoming a continental sensation, NAJ opens up about her journey, her challenges, and the vision that drives her. She shares how staying true to her roots helped her rise above barriers and carve out a sound that bridges cultures and generations. Her latest hit, “OULALA OUNTALA — La Vie En Rose,” is more than a song — it's a celebration of unity and African pride. Filmed across Senegal's most iconic landmarks — from the lively streets of Dakar to the symbolic Gorée Island, the natural beauty of Somone and the Bandia Safari, and crowned by the monumental Renaissance statue — the video pays homage to shared history, freedom, and creativity. NAJ also reveals what it meant to become the first Moroccan artist to shoot a music video of this magnitude in Dakar, collaborating with a local Senegalese dance troupe, Nigerian artist Pekeys, and the painter Amadou Nieng, who painted live throughout the shoot — turning music into a moving work of art. With over 6 million TikTok views, a partnership with ARCOL, and growing international acclaim, NAJ's success is no coincidence. It's the story of a fearless artist who dares to dream big, build bridges, and wear her colors with pride. Tune in for a heartfelt conversation about art, culture, resilience, and the power of music to unite a continent. This is more than a song — it's a movement.   #NAJ #OulalaOuntala #LaVieEnRose #HurricaneHShow #TheEMBCNetwork #iHealthRadio #TimeToEvolve #MoroccanArtist #MadeInMorocco #AfricanVibes #NorthMeetsWestAfrica #MoroccoToDakar #SenegalVibes #AfricanUnity #AfroFusion #PopRNB #AfroBeats #ElectroVibes #LatinPop #OrientalBeats #WorldMusic #NewMusic2025 #MusicWithoutBorders #WomenInMusic #RisingStar #DreamBigAfrica #CulturalPride #ArtMeetsMusic #BehindTheJourney #CreatorsOfAfrica #PodcastInterview #ViralArtist #GlobalSound #NextGenMusic #AFCON2025 #DakarShoot #MusicVideoRelease

fWotD Episode 3094: Red-billed quelea Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles.The featured article for Friday, 24 October 2025, is Red-billed quelea.The red-billed quelea (; Quelea quelea), also known as the red-billed weaver or red-billed dioch, is a small, migratory, sparrow-like bird of the weaver family, Ploceidae, native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is approximately 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 15 to 26 g (0.53 to 0.92 oz).It was named by Linnaeus in 1758, who considered it a bunting, but Ludwig Reichenbach assigned it in 1850 to the new genus Quelea. Three subspecies are recognised, with Q. q. quelea occurring roughly from Senegal to Chad, Q. q. aethiopica from Sudan to Somalia and Tanzania, and Q. q. lathamii from Gabon to Mozambique and South Africa. Non-breeding birds have light underparts, striped brown upper parts, yellow-edged flight feathers and a reddish bill. Breeding females attain a yellowish bill. Breeding males have a black (or rarely white) facial mask, surrounded by a purplish, pinkish, rusty or yellowish wash on the head and breast. The species avoids forests, deserts and colder areas such as those at high altitude and in southern South Africa. It constructs oval roofed nests woven from strips of grass hanging from thorny branches, sugar cane or reeds. It breeds in very large colonies.The red-billed quelea feeds primarily on seeds of annual grasses, but also causes extensive damage to cereal crops. Therefore, it is sometimes called "Africa's feathered locust". The usual pest-control measures are spraying avicides or detonating fire-bombs in the enormous colonies during the night. Extensive control measures have been largely unsuccessful in limiting the quelea population. When food runs out, the species migrates to locations of recent rainfall and plentiful grass seed; hence it exploits its food source very efficiently. It is regarded as the most numerous undomesticated bird on earth, with the total post-breeding population sometimes peaking at an estimated 1.5 billion individuals. It feeds in huge flocks of millions of individuals, with birds that run out of food at the rear flying over the entire group to a fresh feeding zone at the front, creating an image of a rolling cloud. The conservation status of red-billed quelea is least concern according to the IUCN Red List.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:05 UTC on Friday, 24 October 2025.For the full current version of the article, see Red-billed quelea on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Bluesky at @wikioftheday.com.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm standard Matthew.

The United States has imposed new sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, in an effort to pressure Moscow into peace negotiations. President Trump says his conversations on Ukraine with President Putin have got nowhere, but he hopes the measures will be short-lived and lead to a breakthrough. Also: The US says it destroyed a boat smuggling drugs off the Colombian coast. The UN's top court has found that Israel has a legal obligation to ensure humanitarian supplies reach the population of Gaza. The Louvre museum in Paris has re-opened, three days after the French crown jewels were stolen. Why fake football agents are a danger for young athletes in Senegal. An exhibition in LA turns the Confederate statues that launched US protests into art. Two jailed journalists win the coveted Sakharov Freedom of Thought Prize for speaking out against injustice... and we look at why Hollywood A-listers can't resist getting involved in UK football teams.The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk

In this episode of the Living Proof podcast we're delighted to meet Moustapha Fall. Moustapha is the Center President of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Senegal and winner of a prestigious Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries. He also plays an important role on the international stage as Member-at-Large of the Executive Committee of the International Mathematical Union. Moustapha talks to us about about the amazing institution that is AIMS, about his outreach activities and advice for budding mathematicians, and about the challenges that face mathematicians in sub-Saharan Africa. You can find the IMU-ICIAM report on fraudulent publishing, which Moustapha mentions in the podcast, here. The same team of authors has also drawn up recommendations on how to fight fraudulent publishing.

En este reportaje especial, France 24 sigue la increíble trayectoria del equipo nacional del paraciclismo de Senegal. Al frente está Macoumba Sarr, un atleta parapléjico que entrena a sus compañeros de equipo para un desafío sin precedentes.

Quan hệ hữu nghị truyền thống giữa Việt Nam và Bắc Triều Tiên được “tạo xung lực mới” thông qua chuyến công du Bình Nhưỡng của tổng bí thư Tô Lâm từ ngày 09-11/10/2025 nhưng tạm dừng ở cấp độ chính trị, trao đổi văn hóa và du lịch. Bình Nhưỡng đã phát triển mạnh chương trình tên lửa, kể cả hạt nhân và cho dù có muốn, Hà Nội cũng chỉ dừng ở “ý định thư hợp tác quốc phòng khi điều kiện cho phép”. Bắc Triên Tiên bị Liên Hiệp Quốc trừng phạt vì phát triển chương trình hạt nhân. Còn “Việt Nam không muốn vi phạm các lệnh trừng phạt quốc tế đối với Bắc Triều Tiên” theo nhận định của nhà nghiên cứu Vũ Khang, Khoa Khoa học Chính trị, Đại học Boston (Mỹ), vì Hà Nội đặt trọng tâm vào phát triển kinh tế trong những thập niên gần đây và không ngừng mở rộng mạng lưới đối tác với các nước phương Tây. Cùng với “ngoại giao cây tre”, Việt Nam thể hiện là “bạn” với tất cả các nước, là một quốc gia trung lập, không chọn phe. Và trong chính sách đối ngoại đa phương, Hà Nội coi Bình Nhưỡng là một đối tác quan trọng. Tuy nhiên, “việc này không đồng nghĩa là Việt Nam ủng hộ chương trình hạt nhân hay chính sách chống phương Tây của Bắc Triều Tiên”. Chuyến thăm Bình Nhưỡng của ông Tô Lâm diễn ra chỉ hai tháng sau chuyến công du Seoul còn cho thấy Hà Nội tiếp tục chính sách cân bằng quan hệ và đặt trọng tâm vào việc duy trì ổn định khu vực để phát triển kinh tế và hợp tác với cả hai miền Triều Tiên. Chuyến công du đầu tiên kể từ 18 năm qua mang lại những triển vọng như thế nào cho quan hệ Việt Nam - Bắc Triều Tiên ? Tiến sĩ Vũ Khang, học giả thỉnh giảng, tại Khoa Khoa học Chính trị, Đại học Boston, Mỹ, trả lời một số câu hỏi của RFI Tiếng Việt. RFI : Mối quan hệ giữa Việt Nam và Bắc Triều Tiên trở thành đề tài được chú sau khi nhà lãnh đạo Kim Jong Un mời tổng bí thư đảng Cộng Sản Việt Nam Tô Lâm đến dự 80 thành lập đảng Lao Động Triều Triên và lễ duyệt binh ở Bình Nhưỡng. Năm 2025 cũng đánh dấu 75 năm hai nước thiết lập quan hệ ngoại giao. Tuy nhiên, mối quan hệ này không phải lúc nào cũng suôn sẻ ! Vũ Xuân Khang : Quan hệ Việt Nam-Bắc Triều Tiên thực ra từ sau chiến tranh Lạnh không có nhiều phát triển so với quan hệ Việt Nam-Hàn Quốc. Nói như vậy không có nghĩa là quan hệ Việt-Triều không quan trọng. Trong tình hình chính sách đối ngoại hiện nay của Việt Nam, Bắc Triều Tiên là một trong những đối tác truyền thống của Hà Nội, khi hai nước thiết lập quan hệ ngoại giao kể từ rất sớm, vào tháng 01/1950. Và Bắc Triều Tiên là nước thứ 3 đã thiết lập quan hệ ngoại giao với Việt Nam, chỉ sau Trung Quốc và Liên Xô. Trong chiến tranh chống Mỹ, Bắc Triều Tiên đã cam kết sẽ bảo vệ miền Bắc khỏi các cuộc tấn công của Mỹ và chính họ đã gửi phi công tham chiến, cũng như một lượng lớn khí tài và viện trợ kinh tế cho miền Bắc. Mặc dù quan hệ hai bên đã bị sứt mẻ trong chiến tranh Đông Dương lần 3 khi Bắc Triều Tiên ủng hộ Trung Quốc và Khmer Đỏ chống lại Việt Nam, hai bên đã không có bất kỳ cuộc trao đổi cấp cao nào. Và đó gần như là giai đoạn mà hai bên không muốn nhắc tới. Đọc thêmViệt Nam cố giữ trung lập giữa Hàn Quốc và Bắc Triều Tiên Kể từ năm 1988-1989 đến nay, sau khi Việt Nam rút quân khỏi Cam Bốt, thì hai nước mới bắt đầu có những trao đổi cấp cao trở lại. Tuy nhiên, việc Việt Nam bình thường hóa quan hệ ngoại giao với Hàn Quốc vào năm 1992 đã khiến cho quan hệ Việt Nam-Bắc Triều Tiên tạm thời trở nên đóng băng. Kể từ đầu những năm 2000 trở lại đây, Việt Nam và Bắc Triều Tiên mới bắt đầu nối lại những đàm phán cấp cao do chính Bình Nhưỡng bày tỏ mong muốn là được thử nghiệm các mô hình mở cửa kinh tế như Việt Nam và Trung Quốc đã làm. Có thể thấy là quan hệ giữa Việt Nam và Bắc Triều Tiên kể từ sau Chiến tranh Lạnh không có nhiều phát triển, nhất là quan hệ thương mại gần như nhỏ giọt, chỉ khoảng 20 triệu đô la/năm. Và về quan hệ quân sự, càng không có một chi tiết nào được công bố trên truyền thông. Những năm gần đây, Việt Nam và Bắc Triều Tiên mong muốn tiếp tục nối lại quan hệ ngoại giao sau khi đại dịch Covid-19 làm ảnh hưởng tới trao đổi cấp cao giữa hai nước mà do chủ tịch Bắc Triều Tiên Kim Jong Un đã cố gắng nối lại trong chuyến thăm Hà Nội năm 2019. RFI : Tổng bí thư Tô Lâm là nhà lãnh đạo đảng thứ 3 đến thăm Bắc Triều Tiên trong 75 năm qua, lần gần đây nhất là chuyến thăm của tổng bí thư Nông Đức Mạnh năm 2007. Vậy chuyến công du này có ý nghĩa như thế nào ? Vũ Xuân Khang : Cần phải nói rõ là trong những năm gần đây, vì những lý do về kinh tế, về đại dịch nên Bắc Triều Tiên đã đóng cửa rất nhiều đại sứ quán và lãnh sự quán ở các nước đối tác truyền thống khác, như Uganda, Angola, Nepal, Senegal, Bangladesh, Hồng Kông, và Tây Ban Nha… nhưng họ vẫn duy trì hiện diện ở Việt Nam. Điều này cho thấy Bắc Triều Tiên vẫn nhìn nhận Việt Nam như là một đối tác rất quan trọng ở Đông Nam Á. Và trong những năm gần đây, cho dù hai nước không gặp nhau trực tiếp do đại dịch Covid-19, nhưng vẫn có những thư mừng hoặc những lời chúc mừng trong giai đoạn hai nước tổ chức Đại hội Đảng. Đặc biệt kể từ năm 2024, hai nước bắt đầu thực sự nối lại các cuộc gặp mặt cấp cao như chuyến thăm Việt Nam của ông Kim Song Nam, trưởng ban quốc tế trung ương của Đảng Lao động Triều Tiên, vào tháng 03/2024. Việt Nam cũng đã gửi thứ trưởng bộ Quốc Phòng và bộ Ngoại Giao đến thăm Bắc Triều Tiên vào tháng 9 và tháng 10/2024. Việc Bắc Triều Tiên hiện giờ mới mời được tổng bí thư Tô Lâm qua cũng là do đại dịch Covid-19 cũng như là hai bên vẫn chưa tìm được dịp đủ lớn, đủ trang trọng để mời tổng bí thư của Việt Nam qua. Dịp 80 năm thành lập đảng Lao Động Triều Tiên là một dịp rất hợp lý để Bắc Triều Tiên có thể nối lại các đàm phán cấp cao với Việt Nam ở cấp tổng bí thư. Đọc thêmViệt Nam giúp được gì Bắc Triều Tiên để gỡ thế cô lập ? RFI : Bắc Triều Tiên được cho là nhà cung cấp vũ khí, đạn dược cho Nga để duy trì cuộc chiến ở Ukraina. Bắc Triều Tiên cũng nổi tiếng về sản xuất tên lửa đạn đạo, hạt nhân, trong đó có một tên lửa đạn đạo tầm xa mới đã được giới thiệu trong lễ duyệt binh. Liệu mảng quân sự sẽ được đề cập trong quá trình thắt chặt quan hệ hữu nghị với Bình Nhưỡng không ? Hai bên dự kiến phát triển quá trình hợp tác này như thế nào ? Vũ Xuân Khang : Trong chuyến thăm lần này của tổng bí thư Tô Lâm, Việt Nam và Bắc Triều Tiên đã ký kết Ý định thư giữa hai bộ Quốc Phòng về hợp tác trong lĩnh vực quốc phòng. Cần nói rõ đây chỉ là ý định thư, nghĩa là hai nước bày tỏ quan điểm và các nội dung hợp tác trong tương lai khi các điều kiện cho phép. Và ở đây, lại cần nhấn mạnh vào yếu tố "khi các điều kiện cho phép" bởi vì Việt Nam hiểu rằng Bắc Triều Tiên vẫn đang chịu cấm vận rất lớn từ phương Tây. Đặc biệt là chương trình vũ khí hạt nhân và tên lửa tầm xa, bất kỳ hoạt động hợp tác nào của Việt Nam với Bắc Triều Tiên trong lĩnh vực tên lửa tầm xa có thể vi phạm các lệnh trừng phạt của Liên Hiệp Quốc. Việc này có thể sẽ ảnh hưởng tới quan hệ của Việt Nam với các nước phương Tây khi mà các nước phương Tây cũng như Hàn Quốc luôn luôn đặt vấn đề rằng Việt Nam phải cố gắng duy trì và bảo đảm các lệnh trừng phạt của Liên Hiệp Quốc đối với Bắc Triều Tiên trong các cuộc gặp cấp cao. Nhưng phải nói rằng thực ra, Việt Nam lại rất hợp với vũ khí của Bắc Triều Tiên. Trong thời gian gần đây, Việt Nam mới thành lập Bộ Tư lệnh Pháo binh Tên lửa và Hà Nội mong muốn nâng cấp tầm bắn của các tên lửa Scud-B do Liên Xô sản xuất và Liên Xô đã trao cho Việt Nam rất nhiều tên lửa Scud vào giai đoạn 1980. Còn Việt Nam, kể từ sau Chiến tranh Lạnh, lại không có điều kiện để thực sự tìm được một nguồn cung dồi dào hoặc một lời khuyên để phát triển loại vũ khí này. Bắc Triều Tiên lại có một nền tảng quốc phòng rất mạnh, kể cả Liên Xô sụp đổ, họ cũng đã tự cải tiến tên lửa Scud, như chúng ta thấy là họ đã có một hệ thống tên lửa tầm xa rất phát triển, như mới đây nhất là trong lễ diễu binh có tên lửa Hỏa Tinh-20 có khả năng bắn đến Mỹ và sử dụng nhiên liệu rắn. Đọc thêmMô hình Việt Nam có thích hợp với Bắc Triều Tiên? Do đó, Việt Nam hoàn toàn có thể học hỏi kinh nghiệm từ chương trình vũ khí hoặc là về công nghiệp quốc phòng nói chung của Bắc Triều Tiên. Nhưng như tôi đã đề cập ở trên, Việt Nam vẫn phải chú ý rất kỹ đến lệnh trừng phạt của Liên Hiệp Quốc. Đây mới chỉ là một ý định thư chưa chưa phải là một thỏa thuận hợp tác quốc phòng rõ ràng giữa hai nước. RFI : Tổng bí thư Tô Lâm trước đó đã công du Seoul. Việt Nam được cho là mua pháo K9 Thunder của Hàn Quốc. Và bây giờ là chuyến công du Bình Nhưỡng. Những hoạt động này có ý nghĩa như thế nào ? Vũ Xuân Khang : Chuyến thăm đến Triều Tiên của tổng bí thư Tô Lâm gần như là ngay sau chuyến thăm Hàn Quốc hồi tháng 08, đây là một lời khẳng định rõ ràng về đường lối ngoại giao đa phương hóa, đa dạng hóa của Việt Nam trong tương lai cũng như hiện tại và Việt Nam sẵn sàng làm bạn với tất cả nước và mong làm cầu nối giữa các bên. Đặc biệt chuyến thăm Bắc Triều Tiên lần này còn có tiềm năng lớn với Việt Nam trong hoàn cảnh chủ tịch Bắc Triều Tiên Kim Jong Un và tổng thống Mỹ Donald Trump đều để ngỏ khả năng gặp mặt trong trường hợp hai bên đồng ý về một thỏa thuận hạt nhân. Đọc thêmVũ khí: Hàn Quốc giúp Việt Nam giảm phụ thuộc vào Nga Việt Nam với tư cách là đối tác tin cậy của cả hai nước và là chủ nhà của thượng đỉnh Mỹ-Triều năm 2019 sẽ mong muốn lại một lần nữa được thể hiện vai trò, cầu nối, trung gian hòa giải và đóng góp vào xây dựng hòa bình trên bán đảo Triều Tiên. Trong các tuyên bố với cả phía Bắc Triều Tiên và Hàn Quốc, Việt Nam đều nhấn mạnh rất rõ là mong muốn hai miền Triều Tiên tiếp tục đối thoại và hợp tác với nhau và Việt Nam cũng đề cập vai trò của mình trong việc ủng hộ bảo vệ an ninh khu vực. Đặc biệt, trong chuyến thăm Hàn Quốc của tổng bí thư Tô Lâm, Việt Nam cũng đề cập rất rõ là ủng hộ chính sách hòa giải liên Triều của tổng thống Hàn Quốc Lee Jae Myung. Điều này thể hiện Việt Nam mong muốn được tiếp tục làm cầu nối giữa hai miền. Việc Bắc Triều Tiên vẫn gửi lời mời tổng bí thư Tô Lâm sau khi Việt Nam ký kết mua pháo K9 Thunder của Hàn Quốc cho thấy Bình Nhưỡng coi trọng vai trò trung gian hòa giải, cũng như đường lối đối ngoại độc lập tự chủ của Việt Nam. RFI Tiếng Việt xin chân thành cảm ơn tiến sĩ Vũ Khang, học giả thỉnh giảng, tại Khoa Khoa học Chính trị, Đại học Boston, Hoa Kỳ.

This week we talk World Cup qualifying as the games concluded with Cape Verde claiming a historic maiden qualification, and with Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal, South Africa and Ghana also making it in the last round of matches.We analyse the action and also take a look at the play-offs.Also, Morocco are through to the final of the Under-20 World Cup, and they will become the second African team to win the tournament if they can beat Argentina on Sunday.And Stuart looks ahead to the action in the EPL and assesses the managerial changes so far.

The FC crew look back at the slate of European World Cup qualifiers including Thomas Tuchel's England qualifying for the 2026 World Cup. Plus, Ronaldo's Portugal, Italy, & Spain all in action in World Cup qualifiers. Also, the panel discusses Barcelona's injury list after Robert Lewandowski was recently ruled out. And, Colin Udoh joins the show to talk African World Cup qualifiers: Nigeria head to the playoffs but Senegal, South Africa, & the Ivory Coast all punch their ticket to North America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A World Cup milestone for the ages — Cape Verde's 3-0 win over Eswatini sparks a carnival across the islands as the Blue Sharks qualify for their first-ever World Cup.

Mali's military government is reportedly engaged in talks with the militant group Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) amid an ongoing blockade which has paralysed a key trade route for fuel, food, and essential goods. Could the crisis also threaten Mali's stability and governance?A BBC Africa Eye investigation in Cape Town, South Africa, reveals how self-appointed healers and shamans are openly using psychedelic drugs as part of treatment for mental health issues.And if you are in a relationship, do you have 'a swag gap'? We hear more about the new phrase that is going viral on social media and whether being more stylish and confident than your partner can be a deal breaker.Presenter: Nyasha Michelle Producers: Yvette Twagiramariya, Stefania Okereke, Mark Wilberforce and Joseph Keen Technical Producer: Chris Kouzaris Senior Journalist: Patricia Whitehorne Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

Mali's military government is reportedly engaged in talks with the militant group Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) amid an ongoing blockade which has paralysed a key trade route for fuel, food, and essential goods. Could the crisis also threaten Mali's stability and governance?A BBC Africa Eye investigation in Cape Town, South Africa, reveals how self-appointed healers and shamans are openly using psychedelic drugs as part of treatment for mental health issues.And if you are in a relationship, do you have 'a swag gap'? We hear more about the new phrase that is going viral on social media and whether being more stylish and confident than your partner can be a deal breaker.Presenter: Nyasha Michelle Producers: Yvette Twagiramariya, Stefania Okereke, Mark Wilberforce and Joseph Keen Technical Producer: Chris Kouzaris Senior Journalist: Patricia Whitehorne Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

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Pulling from his childhood in Egypt and more than a decade of work in Senegal, Boaz Papadick shares stories from his life in the mission field and how God is using their self-supporting ministry to equip local missionaries and impact communities across West Africa.

Remembering Jane Goodall with Primatologist Carson BlackIn this deeply heartfelt episode, David speaks with Primatologist, Biological Anthropologist, and Conservationist, Carson Black, who has spent her academic career studying chimpanzees in Senegal and howler monkeys in Costa Rica.Together, they reflect on the life and legacy of Jane Goodall, the “living Darwin of the modern era,” and how her groundbreaking work continues to shape the way we understand both chimpanzees and ourselves.Carson shares vivid stories from the field—bucket showers under the Milky Way, mischievous chimps throwing rocks, and the humbling power of seeing the world from their perspective. The two also discuss the history of primatology, the pioneering “Trimates” (Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas), and the role of indigenous knowledge in modern science.This episode serves as both a tribute to Jane Goodall and a reminder that anthropology isn't just about the past—it's about the relationships that continue to define what it means to be human.Links:davidianhowe.comDavidianhowe.com/storeArchPodNetAPN Website: https://www.archpodnet.comAPN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnetAPN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnetAPN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnetAPN ShopAffiliatesMotion Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode of the African Five-a-side podcast, Maher Mezahi previews Matchday 9 and 10 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers (CAF zone)This podcast is brought to you by: www.africasacountry.comREAD: Biya Forever https://africasacountry.com/2025/09/biya-foreverFrom Cornell to conscience https://africasacountry.com/2025/09/from-cornell-to-conscienceFollow us on social media:https://twitter.com/AfricanFiveSidehttps://www.tiktok.com/@african.fiveaside

Sam Fenwick takes a look at the soaring cost of cybercrime, as attacks sweep across industries and threaten global business stability, spotlighting Japan's Asahi Breweries, one of the latest victims. A liquefied natural gas platform meant to bring economic prosperity in the West African nation of Senegal is at the centre of controversy.And in Tokyo, the race to lead Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party heats up. With five contenders and the economy centre stage, we explore what's at stake for the nation's future.

This week on Bad For The Community, we're joined by Caliph, a Grammy-winning artist from New Bedford who's been entrenched in Boston's music scene since the early 2010s.Caliph opened up about his powerful journey immigrating from Senegal, the insecurity and setbacks he faced as a DACA recipient, and how he turned that adversity into purpose through music. We also explored the evolution of Boston's music scene—from the 12 for 12 era to today's wave of promising talent—and discussed the responsibility artists carry to uplift their city when they make it out.Whether you're an artist, an immigrant, or just someone chasing legacy, this conversation encompassed resilience, community, and the importance of using your story to create something bigger than yourself! Enjoy the conversation!Time Stamps:0:00 - Intro/ Gratitude and life purposes16:08 - Berto on his recent trip to the Netherlands20:50 - Caliph on his experience immigrating from Senegal 26:08 - How Caliph became interested in making music29:50 - Caliph on his Grammy win/ Getting his protected status revoked 37:17 - Next Steps & Safe+ / The importance of passing things on the next generation44:55 - Is _____ a net positive to hip-hop culture? 58:04 - The different eras Boston's music scenes/ Caliph on 12 for 121:04:00 - Benzino's comments/ Do artists have a responsibility to put on for the city?1:11:34 - Caliph on the impact of Jefe Replay 1:18:45 - Caliph on Good Karma, 'Heart in Mind', and his new music appFind us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.BadForTheCommunity.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter/X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok

Sam Fenwick takes a look at the soaring cost of cybercrime, as attacks sweep across industries and threaten global business stability, spotlighting Japan's Asahi Breweries, one of the latest victims.A liquefied natural gas platform meant to bring economic prosperity in the West African nation of Senegal is at the centre of controversy. And in Tokyo, the race to lead Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party heats up. With five contenders and the economy centre stage, we explore what's at stake for the nation's future.

It's time to step outside your literary neighborhood! This episode is a celebration of the human spirit as seen through the lens of world literature. Host Danny takes you on a tour across the globe, sharing ideas and excerpts from diverse works to highlight two incredible truths: that our core human experiences are strikingly similar, and that our cultural expressions of them are endlessly fascinating. From the magical realism of Latin America to the postcolonial voices of Africa, this journey will expand your world and your reading list. In this episode, we'll take a tour of: Asia:Explore the tension between tradition and modernity with Japan's The Tale of Genji and the surrealism of Haruki Murakami, and witness the resilience of the human spirit in China's To Live. Latin America:Dive into the world of Magical Realism with Colombia's Gabriel García Márquez and explore the feminist family sagas of Chile's Isabel Allende. Africa:Understand the power of the oral tradition and the legacy of colonialism through Nigeria's foundational novel Things Fall Apart and the intimate feminism of Senegal's So Long a Letter. The Middle East & Europe:Glimpse the mystical poetry of Rumi, the sprawling social realism of Egypt's Naguib Mahfouz, and see how these traditions are in constant conversation. To unlock full access to all our episodes, consider becoming a premium subscriber on Apple Podcasts or Patreon. And don't forget to visit englishpluspodcast.com for even more content, including articles, in-depth studies, and our brand-new audio series and courses now available in our Patreon Shop!

Esta tarde se ha conocido la noticia del fallecimiento, a los 91 años, de la primatóloga Jane Goodall. Su labor durante más de seis décadas ha dejado una huella indeleble en nuestra comprensión de los animales y ha inspirado la curiosidad, la esperanza y la compasión de personas de todo el mundo. La Dra. Goodall llegó al Parque Nacional de Gombe, en Tanzania, en el año 1960, cuando era una veinteañera, y allí se convirtió en la pionera en el estudio de campo de los chimpancés salvajes. Pero el impacto de Goodall no se limita al estudio de los grandes primates, sino que más tarde se extendió también con su trabajo de divulgación sobre la protección de la biodiversidad y el futuro del planeta. Esta madrugada hemos querido contar en 'El Faro' con una persona que la conoció de cerca a nivel profesional, pero también personal: Federico Bogdanowicz, director del Instituto Jane Goodall en España y Senegal

Esta tarde se ha conocido la noticia del fallecimiento, a los 91 años, de la primatóloga Jane Goodall, una mujer cuya labor durante más de seis décadas ha dejado una huella indeleble en nuestra comprensión de los animales. Esta madrugada hemos querido contar en 'El Faro' con una persona que la conoció de cerca a nivel profesional, pero también personal: Federico Bogdanowicz, director del Instituto Jane Goodall en España y Senegal. De neveras hemos hablado con Marita Alonso, autora del artículo de ICON de 'El País' "Sociología de la nevera: tu refrigerador dice si piensas como un rico (o si aspiras a serlo)". Y como cada miércoles, hemos abierto la consulta del Dr. Bueno para que nos resuelva algunas dudas sobre cuánto tiempo podemos conservar los alimentos en la nevera, sobre en qué ocasiones son buenos los baños con hielo, sobre cómo evitar un resfriado y sobre cómo conservar un dedo cercenado para que se pueda reimplantar en el hospital. 

Manu Marlasca y Luis Rendueles nnaran los hechos sucedidos en una de las embarcaciones que tratan de alcanzar las costas de las Islas Canarias desde Senegal, donde la brutalidad de los patrones produjo que al ser rescatada tuviera 50 tripulantes menos de los que se embarcaron en las costas africanas. 

Sometimes the most powerful conversations happen outside the studio. Recorded live at the Abilities Expo in Chicago, this episode introduces you to Victoria Jembe, a remarkable self-autism advocate revolutionizing opportunities for people with disabilities through the captivating rhythms of West African drumming.Victoria shares the inspiring story behind founding Victoria Djembe Academy in 2021, where students with disabilities learn authentic drumming techniques from Guinea, Ivory Coast, Senegal, and Mali. Her vision goes beyond simply teaching music—she's creating spaces where people with disabilities can be "seen, heard, and celebrated" through cultural expression and public performance. We explore Victoria's entrepreneurial journey and recent successes, including features on Fox 32 Chicago and in Block Club Chicago newsletter. Her ambitious plans to expand nationally and eventually connect back to West Africa demonstrate her commitment to both disability inclusion and cultural preservation. The conversation highlights additional community initiatives, including monthly drum workshops and disability-focused open mic events that welcome talents ranging from poetry to comedy.Whether you're interested in disability advocacy, cultural arts, or inclusive entrepreneurship, Victoria's story offers inspiration and practical insight. Discover how rhythmic expression is creating powerful new opportunities for community building and creative celebration. Visit Victoria's website or attend an upcoming event to experience firsthand how West African drumming is breaking barriers and building bridges.

In the aftermath of the shipwreck, France was scandalized by what had happened as the details emerged. And artist Théodore Géricault became obsessed with it. Research: Amigo, Ignacio. “How a biologist turned amateur sleuth to solve a century-old art riddle.” The Guardian. Oct. 23, 2023. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/oct/27/how-a-biologist-turned-amateur-sleuth-to-solve-a-century-old-art-riddle Barran, Julian. “Théodore Géricault, Illustrations to Alexandre Corréard’s ‘Le Naufrage de La Méduse.’” The Burlington Magazine, vol. 119, no. 889, 1977, pp. 311–310. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/878824 Baudelaire, Charles. “WHAT IS ROMANTICISM?” The Salon of 1848. https://writing.upenn.edu/library/Baudelaire-Salon-1848.pdf Burgos, Javier S. “A new portrait by Géricault.” The Lancet Neurology, Volume 20, Issue 2, 90 – 91. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(20)30479-8/fulltext Burgos, Javier. S. “In search of Théodore Géricault’s lost monomanias.” Metode. June 3, 2024. https://metode.org/issues/article-revistes/in-search-of-theodore-gericaults-lost-monomanias.html Dard, Charlotte Adelaide Picard. “The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816.” Constable and Co. Edinburgh, Scotland. 1827. Accessed online: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22792/22792-h/22792-h.htm Dione, Babacar and Mark Banchereau. “France withdraws from Senegal, ending its permanent military presence in West Africa.” AP. July 17, 2025. https://apnews.com/article/senegal-france-military-withdrawal-57d150687e18cd20ac6a6d7194821208 The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Treaties of Paris". Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 May. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/event/Treaties-of-Paris-1814-1815 “The Frigate Medusa … “ The Raleigh Minerva. Nov. 4, 1816. https://www.newspapers.com/image/58081420/?match=1&terms=medusa “Gericault.” The Illustrated Magazine of Art, Vol. 2, No. 11 (1853), pp. 282-283 Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20538136 Géricault, Théodore. “Cuirassier blessé, quittant le feu.” 1814. Louvre. https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010059200 Géricault, Théodore. “Race of the Riderless Horses.” 1817. Getty Museum. https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103RH8 Géricault, Théodore. “Race of the Riderless Horses at Rome, Study.” 1817. The Met. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/665793 Huet, Marie-Hélène. “The Face of Disaster.” Yale French Studies, no. 111, 2007, pp. 7–31. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/20479368 “Loss of the French Frigate Medusa.” Hartford Courant. Oct. 29, 1816. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1105494685/?match=1&terms=medusa Miles, Jonathan. “The Wreck of the Medusa.” Atlantic Monthly Press. 2007. Savigny, Jean Baptiste Henri, and Alexandre Correard. “Narrative of the Voyage to Senegal.” London : Printed for Henry Colburn. 1818. https://archive.org/details/narrativeofvoyag00savirich/page/xiv/mode/2up Smith, Roberta. “Art Review: Oui, Art Tips From Perfidious Albion.” New York Times. Oct. 10, 2003. https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/10/arts/art-review-oui-art-tips-from-perfidious-albion.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The first episode of this two-parter covers the French mission to Senegal that the frigate Medusa led in 1816. Soon, the mission fell disastrously apart. Research: Amigo, Ignacio. “How a biologist turned amateur sleuth to solve a century-old art riddle.” The Guardian. Oct. 23, 2023. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/oct/27/how-a-biologist-turned-amateur-sleuth-to-solve-a-century-old-art-riddle Barran, Julian. “Théodore Géricault, Illustrations to Alexandre Corréard’s ‘Le Naufrage de La Méduse.’” The Burlington Magazine, vol. 119, no. 889, 1977, pp. 311–310. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/878824 Baudelaire, Charles. “WHAT IS ROMANTICISM?” The Salon of 1848. https://writing.upenn.edu/library/Baudelaire-Salon-1848.pdf Burgos, Javier S. “A new portrait by Géricault.” The Lancet Neurology, Volume 20, Issue 2, 90 – 91. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(20)30479-8/fulltext Burgos, Javier. S. “In search of Théodore Géricault’s lost monomanias.” Metode. June 3, 2024. https://metode.org/issues/article-revistes/in-search-of-theodore-gericaults-lost-monomanias.html Dard, Charlotte Adelaide Picard. “The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816.” Constable and Co. Edinburgh, Scotland. 1827. Accessed online: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22792/22792-h/22792-h.htm Dione, Babacar and Mark Banchereau. “France withdraws from Senegal, ending its permanent military presence in West Africa.” AP. July 17, 2025. https://apnews.com/article/senegal-france-military-withdrawal-57d150687e18cd20ac6a6d7194821208 The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Treaties of Paris". Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 May. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/event/Treaties-of-Paris-1814-1815 “The Frigate Medusa … “ The Raleigh Minerva. Nov. 4, 1816. https://www.newspapers.com/image/58081420/?match=1&terms=medusa “Gericault.” The Illustrated Magazine of Art, Vol. 2, No. 11 (1853), pp. 282-283 Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20538136 Géricault, Théodore. “Cuirassier blessé, quittant le feu.” 1814. Louvre. https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010059200 Géricault, Théodore. “Race of the Riderless Horses.” 1817. Getty Museum. https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103RH8 Géricault, Théodore. “Race of the Riderless Horses at Rome, Study.” 1817. The Met. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/665793 Huet, Marie-Hélène. “The Face of Disaster.” Yale French Studies, no. 111, 2007, pp. 7–31. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/20479368 “Loss of the French Frigate Medusa.” Hartford Courant. Oct. 29, 1816. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1105494685/?match=1&terms=medusa Miles, Jonathan. “The Wreck of the Medusa.” Atlantic Monthly Press. 2007. Savigny, Jean Baptiste Henri, and Alexandre Correard. “Narrative of the Voyage to Senegal.” London : Printed for Henry Colburn. 1818. https://archive.org/details/narrativeofvoyag00savirich/page/xiv/mode/2up Smith, Roberta. “Art Review: Oui, Art Tips From Perfidious Albion.” New York Times. Oct. 10, 2003. https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/10/arts/art-review-oui-art-tips-from-perfidious-albion.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.