Trevor is home in South Africa. He and his good friends Anele Mdoda and Sizwe Dhlomo have a spirited conversation about the big issues that worry them as we hurtle into 2025. They discuss whether the global experiment is failing, revolution as a form of positive societal connection, and how external forces shape us and our children.
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Oliver Burkeman: Give up Control, Save Yourself
Are you constantly overwhelmed by your to-do list? Obsessed with productivity hacks? Always feel like you’re falling behind? Trevor and Eugene sit down with author and journalist Oliver Burkeman to rethink our relationship with time, success, and control. They unpack why perfecti ... Show More
1h 19m
Aug 20
Lera Boroditsky: How Language Secretly Changes Your Personality
Does the language you speak shape how you see the world? Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky joins Trevor, Eugene, and Dave to explore how our native tongue can influence everything from our personalities to who we blame when things go wrong, and why bilingual people can feel dif ... Show More
1h 48m
Aug 13
Tracee Ellis Ross Isn’t Waiting to Be Chosen
Tracee Ellis Ross has spent a lifetime forging an independent identity. She regales Trevor and Eugene with stories of growing up in the embrace of her iconic mother, Diana Ross, building her own beauty empire with Pattern and starring on Broadway. Together, the three candidly dis ... Show More
1h 38m
Jan 2023
What will be the big stories for Africa in 2023?
In our last episode of 2022, Africa Daily’s Alan Kasujja looked back on the year with the help of friends of the programme Mpho Lakaje in South Africa, Beverly Ochieng in Nairobi and Thomas Naadi in Ghana. So today – with the start of the new year, the team turn their attention t ... Show More
11m 57s
Jan 2024
We Made Our Wives Angry | DFMB Episode 53
2024 is here and the Neal boys are back! The new year sparks a conversation about the future and past - Space Odyssey: 2001, the moon landing, JFK’s assassination, and what Charles thought 2024 would be like when he was young. Plus, even though Charles isn’t really into New Year’ ... Show More
35m 34s
Jan 2024
resets, ruts, & the 'new year' slump: 2024 starter pack
<p><strong>podmothers sephy & wing enter the chat:</strong> spiralling on 'new year' anxiety, perfectionism, procrastination, and the 'january slump'. an exaggerated social discourse on milestones and achievements, regrets, disappointments, underachieving, failure, ambition, ... Show More
36m 23s
