Sometimes I wonder if everyone has gone mad, if there are any adults left in the room? It’s 2022 and we’ve just been through a really challenging pandemic. Many died, many more got sick and many more than that had their lives changed irrevocably. Instead of taking a deep breath and looking on optimistically as COVID starts to fade, it seems the lunacy is ratcheting up...
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10.02.22 Pt 2 - This week the team is joined by energy analyst Chris Yelland, along with conservative social commentator Koketso Resane. They discuss Eskom, the long-term picture of our power supply infrastructure, the second State Capture report and Joe Rogan’s podcast.
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31.01.22 Pt 2 - The conversation goes all over the place as the guys talk about orgasms, suggestions on who to next cover on Blind History, and what freedom of speech really looks like. Psychologist Shai Friedland joins the team to talk about the difference between collecting and hoarding.
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Are Everton in an infinite loop of mediocrity? Who should the Toffees hire next as their Manager? MKT tells us who will be the Top 4 in the English Premier League 21/22 Season. Ghana have crashed out of #AFCON2021 how and why did it come to this? Has Radio as an industry taken a dive or are Millennials and Gen Z just obsessed with their own views on life... most people still listen to the radio, right? Mbuleo is possibly deflecting and crying out for help...
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So what’s happening in podcasting? The short answer is a lot. Podcasting went up by 50% in 2018 (according to Nielsen) and then doubled from 2019 to 2020. For CliffCentral.com, our audience doubled again since the start of the pandemic and lockdowns, and this is probably true for other South African podcasters. When we launched CliffCentral in 2014 and began pioneering podcasting, everyone thought we were mad...
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How are you doing in this madness? ‘Vasbyt', as the Afrikaans people say... I write one of these blogs every week and normally they’re not as controversial as the last two, but they might interest you if you’re thinking about what happens next. Just like any other mammal, I don’t have any special powers to predict the future, but I think it’s becoming clear that the lockdown will have far-reaching ramifications. The Coronavirus pandemic has swept across the planet, leading to global chaos and extraordinary changes to all our lives. We’re all spending almost all our time at home and consuming media very differently. There are many confusing messages, and not many sources you can completely trust...
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20.05.20 Pt 1 - Joe Rogan has proven to be the most magnetic figure in the information game, and he just made bank. The nature of routine is good for you, especially in lockdown. Gotham is fantastic trash. We've all had one rich person who we just visited for their video games or pay per view television access haven't we? Tupperware tops and bottoms seem to get raptured separately... very annoying!
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Expectations for SONA 2022
Chris Yelland is an energy analyst and Koketso Resane is a conservative social commentator, and co-host on the libertarian ManPatria Podcast. They have a candid conversation about load shedding coming back, expectations for SONA 2022, and whether or not Joe Rogan did the right thing by apologising.
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