11.12.20 Pt 2 - We know pets can look like their owners, but can they mirror their owners’ personalities? If you’re old - like, properly old - you know what a pen pal is. The team wonders what that was about... There’s a discussion around the COVID-19 vaccine, and a dissection of just how lazy humans have become - let’s be honest, if money was no object, you’d outsource a few of life’s menial tasks...
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13.10.20 Pt 1 - We have now been in lockdown long enough, why are people still on mute in meetings? Let's start a mute jar. The real question after the pandemic is... WHO should be accountable? The American Presidential Debate was cancelled, and the masses exhaled as they were saved from another disaster!
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01.10.20 Pt 2 - The psychology of children in our global society needs to be taken into account when we impose policy around lockdowns. What are the actual differences in the levels of lockdown? How does one govern themselves during a global pandemic when they don't agree with state mandates around social and physical distancing?
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Sudan has been removed from the terrorist list by the United States of America, meaning the country can see itself into the global economy and remove the shackles of al-Bashir's ill-fated regime. The WHO is extending a courtesy to African remedies pertaining to Covid-19 health, but that will come with strict protocols. Mozambique is under Jihadi insurgency, and there isn't a pretty end in sight for its citizens. Brought to you by Johannesburg Business School.
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With the world currently in unpredictable times, Gareth reaches out to hear from multimedia communicator Tat Wolfen to interrogate ideas and structures brought on by the spread of the coronavirus. Given the political climate the world over, the two also discuss a myriad of ramifications brought on by the government-instituted lockdowns like ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’, the battling economy, and the World Health Organisation, which was dubbed "China's PR company" in this conversation.
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15.04.20 Pt 1 - If you find yourself talking to your neighbour just because you are in lockdown, be careful... it's a slippery slope to being friends with someone who lives next door. Is Gareth a vampire? Cats lick everything, are they actually porn stars? Is Cyril a hero, or is he just great compared to those who came before him? Is ham the meat of Satan? Bore-aucracy - is it a real thing?
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New Year’s Resolutions and Cartoon Time Travel
12.01.21 Pt 1 - If the President is sitting down when South Africa has a 'family meeting', don't worry about it - he just wants to check up on you and let you know that politicians are still doing nothing. If you have taken on the misguided notion of New Year's resolutions, how are those going two weeks into 2021? And Matt Greoning: superstar cartoonist, or clandestine time traveller?
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