Episodes
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Nick and Gabriel chat about flying cars, the DA's march to Luthuli House and what the definition of journalism is.
Recommendations:
Gabriel: https://youtu.be/3vkgROIINEs
Nick: Greyhound https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6048922/ -
Gabriel and Nick chat about loadshedding, America at the end of last year, South Africa at the end of last year and if AI is going to destroy us all.
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Gabriel tells Nick about why he thinks that Ramaphosa's impeachment case is the wrong one, and why it matters.
Recommendations:
Nick Century of Crisis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwXlr4_pGhM
Gabriel: Supreme Court oral arguments https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2022/21-476 -
Nick and Gabriel chat about a U.S. supreme court case involving Native American children, the release of Chris Hani's killer, the ongoing Zuma legal battles and Ramaphosa's visit to the UK.
Recommendations:
Nick: Walking Streets of South Sudan https://youtu.be/sNSIhIzr3io
Gabriel: The Soccer World Cup https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/watch/1abAi3NllBGQ1Q92mXqDWq -
Nick and Gabriel discuss the U.S. Supreme Court case on Affirmative Action at Harvard. They then chat about the recent U.S. mid-terms and what they mean for the future of the Republican Party.
Recommendations:
Nick: BLOODYWOOD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iKjSCTxke8
Gabriel: Copenhagen https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0340057/ -
Nick and Gabriel chat about terror threats and the problem of gerrymandering.
Recommendations:
Nick: Pennsylvania Senate Race Full Debate 2022: Dr. Oz vs Fetterman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9wb0423dxs
Gabriel: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2022/21-1086 -
Gabriel and Nick discuss the direction of the country and how it could be gravely threatened by the wrong kind of puritanical impulse.
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Nick: TikTok Parent ByteDance Planned To Use TikTok To Monitor The Physical Location Of Specific American Citizens: https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/10/20/tiktok-bytedance-surveillance-american-user-data/?sh=140674c36c2d
Gabriel: The Unbearable Peace https://granta.com/the-unbearable-peace/?ref=The+Browser-newsletter -
Gabriel and Nick discuss the current messy state of British politics, and then head into a winding discussion of some of the cases before the U.S. supreme court, notably on the issue of copyright.
Recommendations:
Nick:
WeBuyCars: https://www.webuycars.co.za/
BB King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp0rRff7gWk
Gabriel:
Vanity Fair: PURPLE FAME https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1984/11/purple-fame
FT: Positive feedback: the science of criticism that actually works -
Gabriel and Nick chat about the difficult week for freedom and prosperity in SA with the retaking of Joburg by the ANC as well as the passage of the land courts and expropriation bill.
Recommendations:
Nick: The Dispatch https://thedispatch.com/
Gabriel: How Nickelback became the most hated band ever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFC4OFWIPtw -
Nick and Gabriel discuss the latest threats to property rights in SA, the abortion debate, their thoughts on the upcoming U.S. midterms and the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
Recommendations:
Nick: "The weakness of Xi Jinping" https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/xi-jinping-china-weakness-hubris-paranoia-threaten-future
Gabriel:The Antislavery Activist That Time Forgot: Historian Walter Stahr on Salmon P. Chase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yJAJarVmU0&ab_channel=HooverInstitution -
Gabriel and Nick chat about the EFF-Afriforum hate speech court case and some of the principles of free speech. They also chat about the Trump-FBI raid.
Recommendations:
Nick: https://dailyfriend.co.za/2022/08/26/sorcery-in-samlesbury/
Gabriel: https://youtu.be/pAeoJVXrZo4 -
Nick and Gabriel take a meander through the place of Bloemfontein in SA today, the Zuma medical parole trial, the speech Gabriel gave at UNISA, the power of theater and Republican Party Reptiles.
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Nick: Inda and Pakistan https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/partition-wasn-t-inevitable
Gabriel: The danger of one thingism https://dailyfriend.co.za/2022/08/18/against-the-silver-bullet-or-one-thing-ism/ -
Gabriel and Nick chat about the life of John Kane-Berman and then about the powerful and undiscussed conservative soul of South Africa which is rising to the surface with the collapse of the ANC.
Recommendations:
Gabriel: Lord Sumption: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YleLkFnwqK0
Nick: Fusionism: https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/07/why-both-types-of-conservative-fusionism-still-matter/ -
Gabriel and Nick chat about the IRR's legal arguments for why Jacob Zuma should not have been released from jail at the direction of Arthur Fraser and what Zuma can do to turn around his reputation and the country.
Recommendations:
Nick: Heilung https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVbc_Fwbt50
Gabriel: Sibelius Theme and Variations for Solo Cello (1887) https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ-BIEutAWc&feature=share -
Nick and Gabriel ask the question, What is the Middle East? They also discuss the plans for an Eskom 2, South Africa's wild west past and Biden's trip to the Middle East.
Recommendations:
Nick: Tolkien Lore https://www.youtube.com/c/TolkienLorePodcast/videos
Gabriel: The Churchill factor https://www.amazon.com/Churchill-Factor-How-Made-History/dp/1594633983
Philip Glass - Violin Concerto & Company Complete https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsX5gldmmFE -
Gabriel and Nick chatt about the shocking murder of Shinzo Abe and Abe's legacy they also discuss Boris Johnson and his final defeat lastly they mention Bheki Cele and his racist tirade.
Recommendations:
Nick: Goodbye, Boris https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/07/goodbye-boris/
Gabriel: https://twitter.com/TheKiffness/status/1545002632913342464 -
Nick and Gabriel discuss recent rulings by the United States supreme court, the arguments that underpin them and the politics involved. Specifically the lies about the repeal of Roe v Wade, the underpinning of the administrative state and the opportunity for Democrats to win big.
Recommendations:
Nick: The Absurd 2nd Century Space Opera You'll Never Read https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBpDdlirzH0
Gabriel:
Pentagon finds concerning vulnerabilities on blockchain https://www.techrepublic.com/article/pentagon-finds-concerning-vulnerabilities-on-blockchain/
Stop Lying about Abortion Laws and Ectopic Pregnancies https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/stop-lying-about-abortion-laws-and-ectopic-pregnancies/
MacG and Chill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9JuV4UVRrE&list=PLUU1IGHNoNrv0sKgXhrLbuxRTELs8ei7l -
Gabriel and Nick chat about how not talking about the difficult things can very quickly backfire on you.
Recommendations:
Nick: Saudi Arabia and the U.S. https://thedispatch.com/p/saudi-arabia-welcomes-a-likely-reset
Gabriel: The right thing to do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdfcR-8hEY
Supreme court ruling https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdf -
Nick and Gabriel chat about urban decay the end of ANC dominance and the cynicism of American politics.
Recommendations:
Nick: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/06/birthplace-saudi-state-becomes-tool-new-nationalism
Gabriel: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/15/opinion/bimbo-tiktok-feminism.html -
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Nick and Gabriel chat about a recent spate of firings, or more accurately a suspension, a firing and two election losses.
Recommendations:
Gabriel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1oeJwF5tG4
Nick: https://dailyfriend.co.za/2022/06/10/the-amritsar-crisis/ - Show more
