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Men's Breakfast (May Edition), 23 May 2026 alivewithjoseph.com · website · facebook · twitter · insta

Fresh Fire Wednesday, 20 May 2026 alivewithjoseph.com · website · facebook · twitter · insta

In South Africa, terrorism hasn’t historically taken the form of large-scale, frequent attacks like you’d see in places affected by groups like ISIS or Al-Qaeda. Instead, the threat is lower in frequency but still very real — and evolving. Organised crime networks are deeply entrenched. These networks — while not terrorist in nature — can overlap with terrorism in terms of smuggling routes, forged...

President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester on AI, philosophy, and institutional change. This episode is for people who are struggling to see how transformative change, especially AI adoption, can be introduced without fracturing trust or triggering institutional paralysis. Duncan Ivison, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester, one of the UK's largest and m...

Roger Hutton (Independent | Veteran Motoring Journalist) Peter de Toit (Killarney International Raceway / Swakopmund -- PLEASE VERIFY | Circuit Owner) Colin Windell (Independent | Veteran Motoring Journalist) Rajesh Gupta (Mahindra South Africa | Outgoing CEO) Johnny Shand (Bike Man | Owner) South Africa's longest-running motoring radio show - weekly news roundup This is the Toyota Motoring News w...

Zakes Mda is one of South Africa's best known and most awarded writers. He is a novelist, playwright, short story writer, and painter. A Professor Emeritus of English at Ohio University, Zakes now lives and works in Johannesburg. He joins Fiona Snyckers and Gail Schimmel to talk about how his earliest inspirations were Casper the Friendly Ghost and Xhosa mythology. He explains why he often uses th...

Alive Sunday Service (Family Conference) alivewithjoseph.com · website · facebook · twitter · insta

Alive Sunday Service (Family Conference) alivewithjoseph.com · website · facebook · twitter · insta

Alive Sunday Service (Family Conference) alivewithjoseph.com · website · facebook · twitter · insta

South Africa's greatest ultra-marathon champion in conversation. Bruce Fordyce, nine-time Comrades Marathon champion and the man who brought Park Run to South Africa, sits down with Robin for a wide-ranging conversation that spans Gurkha soldiers, the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, a secret world championship 100km race in Stellenbosch, and finishing his 30th Comrades alongside Zola Budd. This episode...

Roger Houghton, Dennis Klopper and Johnny Shand on wheels. Motoring Today is South Africa's longest-running motoring radio show, and this is episode one of its new format on Radio Today 1485. Hosted by one of SA's most experienced motor journalists, Roger McCleery, this episode is pure petrolhead fuel: Formula 1 results, MotoGP from Le Mans, South African hill climb news, the Chinese car invasion...

Dr. Benji Ozynski (Sleep Health Centre South Africa | Sleep Medicine Doctor) and Nicci Robertson (Executive & Corporate Wellness Coach) A sleep medicine doctor cuts through the myths, gadget hype, and pill dependency that keep health-conscious adults -- especially perimenopausal and postmenopausal women -- from sleeping well. If you have ever poured a nightcap to wind down, obsessed over your Oura...

A German micro-school head on family, purpose and intentional education This fireside conversation is for parents, psychologists and anyone working with children's wellbeing who is questioning whether a small or micro school is a legitimate choice rather than a compromise. Christian Convence, head of a family-run micro school near Aachen in Germany, joins fellow small-school head, Gershom Aitchiso...

On reading lenses, epistolary fiction, and finding your elderly heroine. This episode is for book lovers, book club readers, and anyone who has ever felt frustrated saying 'I loved it' or 'I hated it' and wished they had better words. It gives you new tools, new vocabulary, and a new way of paying attention the next time you pick up a book. It is for readers who sense that the real pleasure and me...

Fresh Fire Wednesday, 13 May 2026 alivewithjoseph.com · website · facebook · twitter · insta

Nadia Davids is an award-winning playwright, novelist, and short story writer. She won the Caine Prize in 2024 for her short story 'Bridling'. Her latest novel CAPE FEVER has been released to great acclaim, published by Simon & Schuster. Nadia joins Fiona Snyckers and Gail Schimmel to talk about how postcolonial fiction does not have to be bleak or hopeless and why she chose the Gothic form for he...

Alive Sunday Service, 10 May 2026 alivewithjoseph.com · website · facebook · twitter · insta

Alive Sunday Service, 10 May 2026 alivewithjoseph.com · website · facebook · twitter · insta

Dr. Karen Singh's heartfelt story where a child can understand Cancer. The story follows a cheerful young girl named Emma and her mother, who live in a charming village. They spend their afternoons bonding in their magical garden, a place filled with vibrant flowers, bees, and butterflies. Together, they tend to the plants, pull weeds, and watch the garden blossom from an outdoor swing. The narrat...

The Author: A Duality of Science and Heart: Dr. Karen Singh is not your typical oncologist specialist. Known to her patients as Dr. Gentle Hands, she operates from a philosophy that medicine must be attached to the heart. While her daily life involves the rigours of radiation oncology, her creative output is fuelled by the gold she sees in every patient—recognising them not as numbers, but as moth...

Fresh Fire Wednesdays, 06 May 2026 alivewithjoseph.com · website · facebook · twitter · insta

On the future (or lack thereof) of education Schools are failing students, employers are failing graduates, and parents are failing to ask the right questions - this episode is for business leaders worried about their talent pipeline, HR professionals frustrated by grad programs, educators fighting the system from within, and anyone who has ever wondered whether the money poured into education is...

2024 world champion Simon Margetts shares 4,000 years of history This episode is for sport lovers with a taste for history and a fondness for the gems rarely found in mainstream coverage. Robin sits down with Simon Margetts, 2024 Cornish Wrestling world champion, to uncover one of sport's most remarkable hidden stories: a martial art older than the Greek Olympics that once packed arenas from Cornw...

Is beef still about competition, or has it become performance? Are OGs creating space for the next generation, or competing with them for relevance? This week, we dive into the tension shaping South African hip-hop right now. From ongoing clashes between artists to the unspoken divide between generations, we question what’s really at stake: respect, relevance, or control of the culture. We revisit...

Damon Galgut is one of South Africa's most distinguished writers. He won the Booker Prize in 2021 for The Promise, which was his third novel to be shortlisted for the award. Damon joins Fiona Snyckers and Gail Schimmel to talk about how writing seems to become more difficult as the years go by, and how strenuously he wrestles with a first draft. He tells us that plot has become increasingly less i...