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What's missing in many discussions on politics, ethics, religion and society, mostly focussed on South Africa.

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  • Mar 31, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • monthly NEW EPISODES
  • 32m AVG DURATION
  • 10 EPISODES


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Coronavirus diaries #1

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2020 28:30


Greg and Jacques talk on day 5 of South Africa's coronavirus lockdown, about how they are coping with it, and about how they think the nation might.

Artificial Intelligence #2

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2020 24:34


Our second episode about AI, focusing on the risks of [not] allowing AI to drive our cars and fly our planes.

Artificial Intelligence #1

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2020 34:25


The first part of a [4 part?] series, in which Greg and Jacques talk about Artificial Intelligence.

Beloftebos, religious privilege and homophobia

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2020 36:19


On homophobic discrimination and religious privilege, specifically the case of Beloftebos, a wedding venue that does not welcome gay marriages at their venue.

Gender dysphoria and transsexuality

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2020 24:19


While many humans struggle with being in a body they are not comfortable with, there are also risks in starting treatment too early.

Bloomberg, democracy, and buying elections

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 32:52


This week, your hosts discuss Facebook, privacy, de Klerk and whether apartheid was a crime against humanity, as well as Michael Bloomberg, doctored videos and the buying of elections.

Culture, individualism and rejecting Afrikaans

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2020 26:48


This episode is a little [too] personal [for JR], because Greg gets all nosy about family heritage, the meaning of personal histories, and whether one should cherish the culture you emerged from.

Kobe Bryant, forgiveness, and honest conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2020 45:09


This week’s episode talks about moral ambiguity, the case of Kobe Bryant and his rape accusations, and whether our heroes need to be imperfect to actually be worth celebrating. Musical interludes, and the intro and outro music, are edits of Soixante-8 by Obsibilo (under Creative Commons license 3.0).

Helen Zille and the alt-right-lite

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020 27:04


Hello! We’re back for 2020 after a break which was [not really] restorative, because people kept saying perplexing things on Twitter and elsewhere. This episode is about the Democratic Alliance’s [apparent] attempts to alienate most of South Africa’s voters, through the mechanism of Helen Zille’s Twitter account. Musical interludes, and the intro and outro music, […]

Religious rituals and holidays, for atheists

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2019 40:30


Greg and Jacques talk about godparents, putting the X back into Christmas, and why nonbelievers can [and should] lighten up about people believing in strange things.

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