Podcasts by 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree
Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse provide their unique take on everything and anything going on in South Africa and the world at large, with a focus on history, philosophy and current affairs.
Getting away with murder in South Africa, Russian oligarchs, American elections and geopolitical strategy all feature in this unconventional podcast.
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What is journalism ? from 2023-01-20T14:05
Nick and Gabriel chat about flying cars, the DA's march to Luthuli House and what the definition of journalism is.
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Year of the Rabbit from 2023-01-13T16:46
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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The wrong impeachment! from 2022-12-06T18:40
Gabriel tells Nick about why he thinks that Ramaphosa's impeachment case is the wrong one, and why it matters.
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The tribe, the child, parole and the rule of law from 2022-11-26T11:08
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.
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The affirmative vote from 2022-11-11T12:06
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.
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The terror of gerrymandering from 2022-10-28T15:01
Nick and Gabriel chat about terror threats and the problem of gerrymandering.
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The Puritanical impulse from 2022-10-22T14:27
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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Frames of reference, Truss and Prince from 2022-10-14T17:04
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. ...
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A bad week for South Africa from 2022-10-01T00:53
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.
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Rounding out two big weeks from 2022-09-18T17:56
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.
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What is incitement anyway? from 2022-08-28T21:14
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.
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The power of theater from 2022-08-19T17:25
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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The Conservative Iceberg: SA Edition from 2022-08-05T18:26
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. <...
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Zuma's 2 steps to freedom from 2022-07-26T12:23
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...
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What even is the Middle East? from 2022-07-15T17:25
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.
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The passing of a PM and the resignation of a PM from 2022-07-09T13:43
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.
Maybe we should try convincing people? from 2022-07-02T15:23
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 und...
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Talking about difficult things from 2022-06-25T13:38
Gabriel and Nick chat about how not talking about the difficult things can very quickly backfire on you.
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There is a disturbance in the force from 2022-06-18T12:13
Nick and Gabriel chat about urban decay the end of ANC dominance and the cynicism of American politics.
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Nick: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/0...
Just deserts from 2022-06-10T18:56
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Nick and Gabriel chat about a recent spate of firings, or more accurately a suspension, a firing and two election...
Changes are in the air from 2022-06-06T09:32
Gabriel and Nick discuss a little more about the Depp and Heard trial, and then move on to talk about the recent by-elections and how they suggest the age of the ANC is drawing to an end. They also...
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Pox, defamation and drinking from 2022-05-28T12:40
Gabriel and Nick discuss the latest on the Monkeypox outbreak, the Amber and Johnny Trial and the incident at Stellenbosch university. (Warning the later half of the podcast contains some fairly gr...
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The Centre Folds, Black Stars&Leaky Robes from 2022-05-16T18:47
Gabriel and Nick discuss the latest scientific discovery about our galaxy and then move onto the problems with and consequences of, the leak from the U.S. supreme court regarding its draft opinion ...
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All things French from 2022-04-26T10:27
Nick and Gabriel discuss the weirdness that is French politics and the results of the latest French presidential election.
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The Elon-Twitter affair from 2022-04-14T18:07
Gabriel and Nick discuss the Elon Musk's offer to buy Twitter as well as the state of the media world today. They also manage to have a (relatively) short discussion on the situation in the Ukraine...
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The problem with childhood from 2022-04-08T18:09
Nick and Gabriel discuss the problem with "wet noodle" centerists, a new law in Florida and the latest toxic development in the U.S. culture war. Recommendations: Gabriel: https://www.amazon.com/...
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Comedy, courts and war from 2022-03-23T18:24
Gabriel and Nick discuss the need for new topics for South African Comedy , the nomination of a new American supreme court justice and their thoughts on how the Russo-Ukrainian war is going so far....
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Celebrating a step on the road to peace in South Africa. from 2022-03-18T14:51
Nick and Gabriel chat about the 30 year anniversary of the 1992 whites-only referendum on ending Apartheid. Recommendations: Gabriel: Remember St. Patrick's day is 1992 referendum day Nick: J...
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How can we escape the nightmare of war? from 2022-03-01T16:41
Nick and Gabriel fail to keep the show short again in a sober reflection on the horror unfolding in Ukraine as war once again breaks out in Europe. Recommendations: Gabriel https://www.yalebook...
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Hate speech laws from 2022-02-21T18:07
Gabriel and Nick chat about the Afriforum vs. EFF court case around the chant "shoot the Boer". Recommendations: Gabriel: https://www.politicsweb.co.za/opinion/commandante-lushaba-and-the-fhrer ...
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What's in a word? from 2022-02-13T21:27
Nick and Gabriel discuss the controversy around Joe Rogan and his use of the 'n-word', they dive into a deeper examination of language, codes of conduct and race. Recommendations: Iran's new mi...
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Should bloodlines be borderlines? from 2022-01-28T16:59
Nick and Gabriel talk about Ukraine and Russia again and how the conflict intersects with race and the nation state, this time with more history focus. What was a planned 5-minute segment turns i...
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Thought inflation from 2022-01-21T17:16
Gabriel explains to Nick and the world about why he fears "thought inflation"
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Good news, Zondo and the inscrutable East from 2022-01-17T19:20
Nick and Gabriel are back with a discussion of the good Covid news, the good Zondo commission news and a long argument with each other over the attitude of Russia and the West to each other.
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Slaves, mandates and devolutionary holidays from 2021-12-03T14:31
We suggest you listen to this podcasts in parts because it is really long. Nick and Gabriel stumble into a discussion of slavery and then move onto chatting about vaccine mandates, what connects ...
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Omicron, SA2 electric Boogaloo from 2021-11-28T23:00
Nick and Gabriel chat about the new Covid-19 variant and then proceed to complain about state of global institutions. Recommendations: Gabriel: The new bond movie No Time to Die Nick: ElectroB...
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Modern war: war has changed or have we? from 2021-11-20T22:50
Nick and Gabriel discuss the return of conventional conflict with a modern twist, with a focus on the conflict in Ethiopia and with a dash of the war on the Ukrainian border.
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3 Crickets: Discussing de Klerk with Rian Malan from 2021-11-15T17:22
A somewhat less messy, chaotic and distracted version of the now lost episode. Gabriel and Nick chat to Rian Malan about the life of F.W. de Klerk and what his life meant for SA.
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The Liberal Slideback from 2021-11-09T13:49
Gabriel and Nick chat about the concepts of the Liberal Slideaway and the the Liberal Slideback
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Frans Cronje joins the Crickets from 2021-10-30T15:16
Gabriel, Nick and Frans Cronje discuss the decadence of "the west" and the fate of civilization.
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Don't walk the dog with an upset stomach from 2021-10-25T08:15
Gabriel and Nick discuss the Cliff central Nandos saga, the importance of anti-body tests and what's going on in the U.S.
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Princeton Nobel gongs from 2021-10-12T10:48
Gabriel and Nick chat about the Princeton university members who have recently won Nobel prizes they also discuss the global energy crisis and the DA poster mess.
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Smoothing it over with hypocrisy from 2021-10-04T18:53
This meandering episode discusses tigers, treason and hypocrisy
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Seeing things from a French perspective from 2021-09-21T15:30
In this wildly tangential episode, Nick and Gabriel discuss what makes the Geo-politics of France tick among other things. Note:We had to upload the episode without the intro music, the intro mus...
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The curious case of Larry Elder and the Egg from 2021-09-12T10:57
Gabriel and Nick chat about the egging of Republican Larry Elder, and what the media response says about race esteem teams. They also discuss the death of the man accused of the first international...
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The end of the war in Afghanistan from 2021-09-01T17:03
Nick and Gabriel talk about the end of Afghan war and ask the question, how did it come to this? "Where is the Horse and the Rider?"
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The battle for the soul of South Africa's democracy from 2021-08-24T12:16
Nick and Gabriel return after Gabriel's recovery from Covid to bring you some news about how depressed Nick is about Afghanistan and more importantly for us, about the IRR's battle to protect our e...
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The Ramaführer hypothesis from 2021-07-31T16:56
Nick and Gabriel peer into the future and discuss the way dictators come to power.
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3 Crickets in a Thorn Tree with Rian Malan from 2021-07-23T19:36
Nick and Gabriel interview Rian Malan about his recent article in the New York Post.
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It was the best of riots it was the worst of riots from 2021-07-19T16:02
Nick and Gabriel discuss the week of chaos and anarchy that hit South Africa.
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Could Zuma have been a good president? from 2021-07-13T11:45
Please note: there was an issue with the upload this has now been fixed Nick and Gabriel are joined by Hermann and Marius for their longest ever podcast where they discuss the thesis that asks if ...
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Why apples should get a vote from 2021-07-06T09:02
Gabriel tells Nick about how Critical Race theory can be made less insane.
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Waves of Covid and Wokeness from 2021-06-28T13:55
Nick and Gabriel discuss the latest on the Covid 3rd wave as well as Biden's bizarre torpedoing of a bi-partisan bill.
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The nature of nature from 2021-06-18T13:01
Nick and Gabriel discuss the latest IRR campaign, the good press that nature gets, and how tradition is like a betrayal.
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Revising history from 2021-06-07T10:12
Nick and Gabriel review the lives of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Jan Smuts.
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Racism RIP from 2021-06-02T15:39
Gabriel and Nick discuss the IRR's exciting new campaign as well as the psychology of critical theory.
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Trouble in the Middle East Again from 2021-05-14T18:37
Nick and Gabriel discuss crypto-currency and the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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Did Covid come from a lab? from 2021-05-11T16:20
In a long and round about way Nick and Gabriel get into the theory that Covid-19 may have in fact escaped a lab in Wuhan.
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The fuel of life from 2021-05-04T11:31
Nick and Gabriel discuss a range of topics, recent events and the importance of recognizing your own flaws.
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Helen Zille on Wokeness from 2021-04-17T12:06
This week the crickets host a special guest in collaboration with the Daily Friend, Federal Council Chairman of the DA Helen Zille. The subject of the day is Wokeness and Helen's new book.
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Don't take the justice system for granted from 2021-04-10T11:53
Nick and Gabriel discuss the George Floyd murder trial in the United States and then discuss the causes of the Spanish civil war.
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St George the"dragon slayer" from 2021-04-03T14:27
The Crickets discuss the ongoing power struggle in the ANC.
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How racism keeps creeping back in from 2021-03-21T18:13
Nick and Gabriel begin with a discussion of the recent shooting of 8 people at massage parlors in the United States and then go on to examine how the failed idea of racial nationalism keeps returni...
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Art and the Taliban from 2021-03-15T09:15
Nick and Gabriel discuss Gabriel's visit to an art gallery and the history of one of South Africa's best artists. They then move on to discuss the alleged ending of the war in Afghanistan and Adam ...
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Racist Maths and a Pope in the Middle East from 2021-03-07T11:13
The Crickets embark on a whirlwind tour of Maths over the 20th century and discuss the Pope's visit to Iraq.
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How to judge dictators from 2021-03-03T09:57
Gabriel and Nick chat about China's current eagerness to test for Covid-19 with anal swabs and then go on to talk about how leaders of authoritarian nations should be judged.
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Some of our favourite things from 2021-02-20T12:34
Nick and Gabriel talk about some of the best things out there and about the importance of finding humor in tough times.
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The damp president, Socialism for the rich and when to censure from 2021-02-15T18:45
Gabriel and Nick discuss SONA 2021, if there is a bubble in the American stock market, and give some concluding thoughts on the Impeachment trial of Trump.
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Strikes, blood and lawlessness from 2021-02-08T17:09
Nick and Gabriel start off with some virus news and then Gabriel tells the story of a recent trip he went on to Mpumalanga to investigate a strike at a sawmill.
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How did China go communist? from 2021-01-31T16:53
Gabriel and Nick discuss the history of China and Japan since 1912 and present an interesting counterfactual on how the communists might not have won the war for China.
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What even is herd immunity? from 2021-01-22T18:17
In another virus episode, Gabriel talks about why a cure for Covid is just as important as a vaccine, and Nick reveals it's been far too long since he did maths.
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What is a mutant virus? from 2021-01-17T12:20
Nick and Gabriel discuss Gabriel's findings in the search to find out what is going on with South Africa's mutant strain of Covid-19.
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Impeachment 2: Electric Boogaloo from 2021-01-12T17:38
Nick and Gabriel discuss the events of January 6th in the U.S. and the case for and against impeaching Trump- again.
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A decade of dangers and delights from 2020-12-08T16:46
Nick and Gabriel discuss the year and how we ended up here by tracing the currents of thought through the 2010s.
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Is there a paradox of tolerance? from 2020-12-02T11:31
Nick and Gabriel are joined by Nicholas Babaya to discuss the idea that tolerance by its nature requires 'intolerance' to be sustainable.
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Matric dances and the lumpen EFF from 2020-11-21T17:38
Nick and Gabriel chat about the drama a matric dance caused when the EFF got involved in the Western Cape.
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Why did the DA lose by-elections last week? from 2020-11-16T18:10
Nick and Gabriel discuss a piece they co-authored looking into why the DA lost wards across the country last week
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What Just Happened? The"BULLSH*T"Election from 2020-11-09T10:03
Nick and Gabriel discuss the weird and gripping American election and what to take from it.
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Is Trump the gateway drug to non-racialism? from 2020-11-03T08:00
Gabriel and Nick chat about the outcome of the DA congress, the U.S. election, and all that is good and important.
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The great dislocation from 2020-10-26T09:48
Nick and Gabriel take a journey through the world of dislocation, dislocating fingers, narratives, and a nation.
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What went down in Senekal from 2020-10-19T11:16
Nick asks Gabriel about what happened at Senekal and the crickets chat about the Bafana Bafana scenario for SA.
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Fanatics PPEWC from 2020-10-13T09:41
Nick and Gabriel dissect the draft expropriation bill and then go on to talk about the danger fanatics pose to freedom and prosperity.
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An immodest proposal and will Trump or the US die first from 2020-10-05T18:21
Gabriel gives a proposal on how we can refocus the abortion debate in a more constructive direction. And Nick and Gabriel discuss the sickness plaguing America.
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Hot takes and the great South African Sishebo from 2020-09-27T11:40
Nick and Gabriel consider how we should view heritage day and the crickets consider which political commentator has the worst take of recent history.
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Titans die, and Will SA become Iran? from 2020-09-20T18:06
Nick and Gabriel chat about the deaths of David Graeber and Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the legacies they leave behind, and they discuss Gabriel’s thesis that Pretoria could become the Tehran of South ...
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Race Pride from 2020-09-13T18:33
Nick and Gabriel discuss the mechanics of race pride, how maddening it can be, and then postulate some alternatives.
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Bad Data, Bad Science and the BBC's (naughty) report on Covid will destroy Us All from 2020-09-04T17:53
Nick and Gabriel discuss one of the weirdest (or worst) BBC stories about SA Covid-19, move onto US political polling and try point out the questions that no one is asking to which we need urgent a...
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Zuma's spicy letter from 2020-08-30T18:56
Nick and Gabriel once again ask if this is indeed real life and if South Africa is a real country as they dissect Zuma's "private" letter to Ramaphosa in which he chastises Ramaphosa for calling th...
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Rogue agents at work around the world from 2020-08-23T18:09
Nick and Gabriel explore the role of rogue agents in Russia and America, we give a worrying update on China and Taiwan and Gabriel gives praise to South Korea.
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"The deal of the Century" from 2020-08-17T20:32
Nick and Gabriel discuss the end of Lockdown level 3, the beginning of the end of the US presidential race, and whether selfishness is one key to "peace in the middle".
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Trouble in the Catholic church and why we need freedom of religion from 2020-08-12T13:41
Nick and Gabriel discuss the pontificate of Pope Francis and the origins and importance of freedom of religion.
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The indispensable man, update on America and we welcome the future from 2020-08-03T10:37
Nick and Gabriel chat about a lesson from Roman history and what it says about SA today, we chat about where the American election is going and the future of energy production
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The source of all our woe: treating adults like children from 2020-07-28T11:48
Nick and Gabriel chat about Gabriel's new theory that misapplication of family values is the source of all our modern social and political woes.
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All the craziness getting you down ? Why not try Mars? from 2020-07-17T19:48
Description: Nick and Gabriel go a bit off the rails this episode (even more so than usual) to make the case for why we should seriously consider the colonization and terraforming of Mars.
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2 Crickets and a cricketer in a thorn tree from 2020-07-13T17:51
Nick and Gabriel host their first guest on 2 crickets in a thorn tree, former Protea cricketer Boeta Dippenaar, to discuss his recent comments about Black Lives Matter the movement, and how he got ...
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Judges who judge too much and the untouched saint of race nationalism from 2020-07-11T15:51
The crickets start with a weird case from the U.S supreme court which quickly devolves into a discussion of the importance of legislatures and then Gabriel takes down one of the saints of race nati...
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Has Fallism hit Princeton&what is going on between India and China from 2020-06-30T11:21
Gabe unpacks the why Fallists told him Mandela is Judas at UCT and why Princeton has stripped Woodrow Wilson's name. Nick takes the long view, perhaps India is where liberty-lovers should be lookin...
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"The White Man's Burden"- Victorian norms live on in"Everything is Racist"2020 from 2020-06-22T20:53
Nick and Gabe discuss the toughest question in South Africa, how deep does the rot go? They find themselves reaching back to Kipling's "Burden" poem to explain the popularity of 21st-century racist...
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Playing at revolution and shoot to kill from 2020-06-13T12:11
Nick and Gabriel set out to discuss the romantic ideals behind the CHAZ commune, they then heap praise on the Daily Sun and finally talk about some reasons other than "white supremacy" that drive S...
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Crime, shame and reintegration and how the world stopped making sense from 2020-06-09T10:06
Nick and Gabriel without fear of being canceled dive headfirst into the swirling vortex of the ‘Black lives matter’ protests. Examining the demands by the protestors to ‘de-fund the police’, as per...
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Covid-19: WW1 of the 21st Century? from 2020-05-30T20:24
Nick and Gabe discuss various parallels between the self-inflicted, pointless bloody mess of WW1 and the 2020 pandemic response. Just in case you think they're rabid anti-lockdowners they then make...
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Models to the left of me, models to the right of me from 2020-05-23T02:16
Nick and Gabriel talk about some of the problems with modeling COVID and resistance of some modelers to including human behavior in their assumptions, they also ask if Biden might be emerging as th...
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Holding our breath for Covid wave from 2020-05-16T13:58
Nick and Gabriel discuss if we have locked down too hard and too early and Nick complains about anti-maskers.
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The cupboards in our minds are bare from 2020-05-08T21:24
Nick and Gabriel discuss Nick’s shower thought that we have become a society without granaries, and we commemorate VE day, victory in Europe Day the end of world war 2 in Europe.
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False Awakening: Life and Politics at Level 4 Lockdown, Covid-19 from 2020-05-04T19:08
Please note in this episode Gabriel talks about an article published by Max du Preez, however the article in question was written by Max Price. We apologize for the error. McDonald's in Nick's bel...
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COVID does not make you smart, never trust students and the wild south. from 2020-04-25T16:32
Battling technically problems Gabriel and Nick set out on a voyage through the silliness of Trump’s medical thoughts, why you should never listen to student radicals and Nick's dodgy family history.
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How to Loot a Pandemic, Intellectually and Materially from 2020-04-18T23:38
Gabriel and Nicholas have a grumpy but serious conversation about why it seems almost impossible for people to speak soberly about COVID-19; then venture into supply chains, cigarette cartels and r...
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Tiger King, The WHO sells out and keeping the Covid-19 debate open from 2020-04-12T15:54
Gabriel and Nick explore the wonderous cultural artifact that is Tiger King, the complete capture of the WHO by China and the importance of keeping debate open and honest whilst we fight Covid-19. ...
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Gabriel gets detained at a roadblock and some lockdown fun from 2020-04-06T09:21
Gabriel tells the story of his run-in with the cops at a roadblock and Nick talks about data and madmen. Subs...
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Covid-19 will make madmen of us all from 2020-03-29T07:58
Nick and Gabriel grapple with Covid-19 - the stories you know and those you don't and a bigger picture view of the potential outcome for South Africa coming apart from the world. Listen
How bad is Covid-19 data? from 2020-03-21T16:52
Gabriel and Nick commiserate a bit and then chat about if we should trust the data on the novel coronavirus, and what opportunities for good and for ill present themselves in the virus crisis. Tw...
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Unpacking 2500 years of Patronage and When Communism is Awesome from 2020-03-13T21:20
Nick and Gabriel begin by pondering the alliance between SA Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, and Malema's EFF which launches into a full-sweep dive into the history of Patrons. Then they come ...
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Covid-19 101: Don't over/under react, how to talk about difficult topics and is Bloomberg a hero? from 2020-03-06T18:14
Nick and Gabriel discuss the appropriate ways to respond to Covid-19, how to discuss abortion and the campaign of Micheal Bloomberg in the US elections.
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Steenhuisen is Buttigieg and Russia fights Turkey from 2020-02-28T15:53
Nick interogates Gabriel about a rather strange comparison and the lads chat about new trouble in the Middle East.
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Is South Africa a soap opera? from 2020-02-21T20:33
Nick and Gabriel go over some of the weird and wacky events of late and try to answer the question, are we actually a real country?
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Is Mandela the new Hindenberg? Is Bernie the new losing winner? And pyramids from 2020-02-14T18:23
Nick and Gabriel discuss the eerie similarities between Paul Von Hindenburg and Nelson Mandela, the American Primary and why we should build Pyramids.
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Are we doomed? And the seige of Nkandla from 2020-02-07T12:55
Nick and Gabriel deliver a cheerful slice of despair about the state of the nation and explore the possibility that Zuma might go to jail
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Brexit Day, Decolonisation and Greek Art from 2020-01-31T15:55
Nick and Gabriel work out how to find out if future South Africa will be alright and if a post-Brexit UK will sink or swim plus weird facts about erotic Greek art and poetry.
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Esteem teams, Love and the printing press from 2020-01-24T15:01
Nick and Gabriel take a lengthy stroll through the esteem team dynamics of impeachment and the worst 50 years in human history.
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Qasem Soleimani killed, Putin reforms Russia and Esteem investments from 2020-01-17T16:04
Nick and Gabriel chat about the Iranian general killed at the start of the year and what it means for the region, what Putin is up to after his whole government Resigned and who needs to make some ...
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Elections in the UK from 2019-12-13T16:08
Nick and Gabriel talk about the magnificent victory Boris has just pulled off in the UK and what it means for the future of the UK and Brexit.
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Rounding up the year: Things that got rekt from 2019-11-29T12:56
Nick and Gabriel discuss what was destroyed this year, in a round up of all the year's wild and wacky events.
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Is the liberal world order over and which box do we put Trump in. from 2019-11-22T16:31
In this whirling discussion Nick and Gabriel roll through the entirety of political thought in just over one hour.
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Respectful heresy, left-right recalibration and Bloomberg makes a move from 2019-11-08T14:03
Nick and Gabriel chat about that most exciting of topics, climate change, and how to think about climate science, they attempt to remake the left right spectrum and they do a quick update on the U....
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American presidential race, minimum wage and South Africa's Media Space from 2019-10-25T11:49
Nicholas and Gabriel discuss American presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren, the minimum wage and how bad South Africa's media space is.
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Helen Z, Greta T and Peachy Impeachment from 2019-10-04T18:05
Well that was quick. Or not. It's been a while now Lurr and Longboy get back to chirping about world affairs from the IRRumanati HQ. We missed ye.
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Epstein, Kimba and the root of mass shootings from 2019-08-12T13:21
Nicholas and Gabriel discuss the recent suicide of Jeffery Epstein, the phenomenon of mass shootings, the things that drive them and Kimba the white lion.
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Riots, Rees-Mogg and the power of love,"Radical" from 2019-08-02T18:14
Nicholas and Gabriel chat about the riots in "Little Addis", a part of the CBD of Johannesburg what they came from and where we might be going; the new leader of the UK house of commons and the pow...
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2 Crickets in a thorn tree, Democrats and corrections. from 2019-07-07T16:00
Nick and Gabriel change the name of the podcast, issue a correction and then discuss the Democratic primary in the United States.
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2 Crickets in a thorn tree on the treaty of Versailles and the failure of race nationalism from 2019-07-02T14:49
On the 100 year aniversity of the treaty of Versailles Nick (Ler) and Gabriel (Longboi) discuss the history of Europe and how Pan-Slavic and Pan-German nationalism came about and ultimately failed.
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2 Crickets in thorn tree talk Iran and geopoltical stratergy from 2019-06-24T12:13
Nick and Gabriel attempt to talk about the state of the world but get side tracked and end up discussing the conflict between the United States and Iran. What follows is their longest episode in ...
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