24.08.23 Pt 1 - Gareth expresses frustration regarding Joe Biden after hearing his comparison of almost losing his Corvette to the fires in Maui. Phumi falls down another Wikipedia rabbit hole, this time about John Kellogg, the first person ever to patent peanut butter.
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28.07.23 Pt 1 - Gareth has a bunch of shaming he wants to get off his chest, Simphiwe loses her first bet… and Ben has become the South African Top G.
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21.07.23 Pt 2 - Ben gives us his expert opinion on why the Dricus vs Adesanya match is not happening. Gareth throws ‘No Politics Friday’ out the window during a chat with a writer who worked on his TV show… and Simphiwe tells us how to get paid for pooping.
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Kanthan Pillay is itching to talk about the cabinet reshuffle. Ivo Vegter joins to throw in his 2 cents on the matter - slamming Cyril Ramaphosa as ‘Our feckless president and his bloated, self-serving cabinet’ in his latest article. Phumi talks about the business of politicking in South Africa, and how coalitions won’t work because of their lack of skill in this area.
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Chris Wyatt is a retired US Army Colonel and Intelligence Operative with a particular interest in South Africa. Chris has spent much of his post-military world making sense of the seismic political, economic and cultural changes in South Africa and has a network of informed and well-placed sources that gives him a perspective most South Africans don’t even have of their own backyard. In this discussion he and Gareth get into the future of the US, South Africa and some of the common themes of the deterioration of both systems under the destructive influence of the left.
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09.02.23 Pt 2 - Joel Pollak joins the Burning Platform team to tackle the US SONA given by Joe Biden last night, while addressing the upcoming SONA by Cyril Ramaphosa or ‘RamaPromises’, as the comment section calls him. Where is the DA going wrong in the upcoming election? According to Joel, Biden’s speech held much merit, but Trump DID more than he spoke. Joel Pollak is also promoting his new book, which he’s launching tonight with Gareth Cliff at Exclusive Books in Rosebank. If you’re not staying home to watch the SONA, join them!
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14.11.22 Pt 2 - How would you handle your nudes leaking? We revisit the Top 10 alcohol-consuming countries in the world, and there’s one country that’s noticeably no longer on the list. Debi Droke then joins the team for a general catch-up and US midterm elections feedback.
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David Smith is the Washington correspondent of The Guardian. From 2010 to 2015, he was their Africa correspondent, and was based in Johannesburg. He has a completely different take on the midterm elections compared to Joel Pollak - who Gareth spoke to recently. They discuss the main issues on the ballot, where the Republicans and Democrats look strongest and weakest… and whether Biden stands a chance of staying in office if the Dems do poorly in today’s results.
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26.10.22 Pt 1 - Host of The Brain and Brand Show, Timothy Maurice joins the show as our special guest co-host. The team look at Adidas dropping Kanye West, Joe Biden and age’s impact on leadership, and whether everyone should be given a chance.
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This week we got a request from one of our listeners who wanted JJ to speak about the new Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema, and how he’s keeping the country’s inflation in single digits, his agreement with the IMF about subsidies, and more about him and Zambia in general. Brought to you by Johannesburg Business School.
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