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Primedia Digital Editor Barbara Friedman has an unstoppable curiosity for all things weird and quirky and trawls the internet to bring you her daily choice of curated stories - Monday to Thursday at 9.35am #BarbsWire

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Barbs Wire: Paraglider survives midair collision, kindergarten graduation brawl, and skateboarder rolls into Cape Town after epic Africa journey 25.05.2026 12:56

Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 04:30 Paraglider survives midair collision with a plane 07:10 A kindergarten graduation brawl goes viral 09:38 Skateboarder rolls into Cape Town after epic Africa journey   Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on CapeTalk....

Barbs Wire: Swatch launch chaos, Africa slowly splitting apart, and SA sets a pet food world record 18.05.2026 10:15

Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 01:52 Swatch and Audemars Piguet Royal Pop pocket watch goes viral 05:24 Africa is slowly splitting apart 07:40 South Africa sets a pet food world record Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on CapeTalk. This three-hour program...

Barbs Wire: Local robbery takes surprising turn, accidental beach model goes viral, and a giant cat fights doomscrolling 14.05.2026 7:35

Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 00:26 Local robbery takes a surprising turn 03:43 Accidental beach model goes viral during Australian Fashion Week 06:02 Chrome extension Cat Gatekeeper gets a giant cat to stop your doomscrolling Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-mornin...

Barbs Wire: Robertson floods, Japanese snacks go monochrome, and Black Coffee turns a Roman arena into a dance floor 13.05.2026 7:32

Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 00:10 Flooding in Robertson goes viral on social media 02:51 Japan’s snacks brand goes monochrome over packing shortages 04:45 Black Coffee turns a Roman arena into a dance floor Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on Ca...

Barbs Wire: Storm chaos floods timelines, motorcycle dangles from traffic light, and people recreate their exes with AI 12.05.2026 7:26

Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 00:18 Cape storm chaos floods social media 03:21 A motorcycle dangles from a traffic light in Canada 04:46 People recreate their exes with AI Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on CapeTalk. This three-hour programme shares an...

Barbs Wire: Volcano tragedy, a lion’s traffic cone goes viral, and LEGO rewrites the rules for David Attenborough 11.05.2026 8:11

Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 00:18 Three hikers die after Mount Dukono volcano erupts on Indonesian island 03:53 Young lion at Gondwana Game Reserve goes viral for playing with a stolen traffic cone 06:12 LEGO extends age limit in tribute to David Attenborough’s 100th bi...

Barbs Wire: Garden Route storm chaos, controversial fruit study sparks debate, and the man who invented 24-hour news dies 07.05.2026 12:12

Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories.   Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on CapeTalk. This three-hour programme shares and reflects a broad array of perspectives, inspirational, passionate, and positive. Host Clarence Ford’s gentle curiosity and dapper demeanour leave listeners f...

Barbs Wire: AI wipes company in seconds, Scientology speed-running turns chaotic, and Michael Jackson tops streaming charts again 06.05.2026 13:41

Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 00:05 AI deletes a company’s entire production database in nine seconds 06:22 Scientology speedrunning and why social media is obsessed with it 09:56 Michael Jackson is back on the streaming charts as biopic smashes box office records  ...

Barbs Wire: Met Gala spectacle, dramatic plane landing, and baby hippo Bumpy steals hearts 05.05.2026 12:34

Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 00:28 Met Gala’s Fashion Is Art goes viral on social media 05:53 Dashcam captures dramatic plane landing 09:14 Meet Bumpy, the orphaned baby hippo stealing hearts   Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on CapeTalk. T...

Barbs Wire: Road rage video goes viral, farewell Ask Jeeves, and 1,500 beagles get a second chance 04.05.2026 12:48

Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 01:50 A cycling road rage incident in Georgia, US, goes viral 06:30 Ask.com, formerly the iconic Ask Jeeves, officially shut down after 30 years 09:10 Some 1,500 beagles get a second chance after being rescued from a veterinary research facility in...

Barbs Wire: 'Michael' turns cinemas into concerts, marathon super shoes, and Elbie the Jack Russell survives a 13-storey scare 29.04.2026 11:56

Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 00:05 Michael biopic turns cinemas into concerts 05:21 Runners hit sub-two-hour at the London marathon in Adidas ‘super shoes.’ 08:26 Elbie the Jack Russell survives a 13-storey scare      Views and News with Clarence For...

Barbs Wire: Salad man goes viral, World Cup tickets hit $2m, and Chuckles crisis averted 28.04.2026 11:02

Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 02:48 Man goes viral for casually eating salad during White House dinner shooting    05:23 Tickets to the World Cup hit $2 million on the FIFA resale site 08:19 Chuckles chocolate crisis averted as manufacturer closes shop   Views an...

Barbs Wire: Rio tourists trapped, self-medicating monkeys and a crossword catastrophe 23.04.2026 7:43

Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 00:11 Nearly 200 tourists trapped in Rio after gunshots ring out near the favela 01:54 Research finds that monkeys self-medicate 05:22 Mini meltdowns following misprint in New York Times magazine crossword puzzle   Views and News with Clarence...

Barbs Wire: UK tobacco crackdown, cocaine salmon and Germany’s granny DJs 22.04.2026 9:43

Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 00:11 The UK government cracks down on long-time tobacco use 04:58 Traces of drugs in the UK rivers have been found, particularly salmon exposed to cocaine 07:42 Germany’s granny DJs go viral    Views and News with Clarence Ford is...

Barbs Wire: Cape Town’s safety app, the rise of redheads and Japan’s dating-app subsidy 21.04.2026 14:14

Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 00:09 City of Cape Town’s latest app update allows residents to report crime   03:56 DNA study reveals that redheads are on the rise 10:54 Japan is experimenting with subsidising dating apps to aid its demographic crisis   Views and...

Barbs Wire: Cape weather goes viral, hot air balloon emergency landing, and Madonna does Coachella 26 years later 20.04.2026 8:43

Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 00:23 Cape’s extreme weather storms go viral 04:13 A hot air balloon’s emergency landing disturbed family TV time 5:10 Madonna returned to the Coachella stage 27 year years later    Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid...

Barbs Wire: Toxic fish alert on beaches, SANCCOB’s penguin rescue, and Dubai’s viral husband drop-off lounge 15.04.2026 8:31

Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 00:13 A toxic fish alert is in effect as dead puffer fish wash up on Cape Town beaches 04:33 Over 500 critically endangered African penguin eggs were rescued by SANCCOB in three months 06:36 Dubai’s husband drop-off lounge goes viral   V...

Barbs Wire: Trump AI controversy, Hungarian politician's election-night grooves, and the world’s cutest canine astronaut 14.04.2026 9:18

Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 00:23 Donald Trump’s AI-generated image takes over Truth Social 03:47 A Hungarian politician’s celebratory dance moves go viral after his party wins 07:41 Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch gets a warm welcome back from her pup, Sadie...

Barbs Wire: Gang taunts SANDF, dog rescue mistaken for AI and Parrot explores ocean in DIY submarine 13.04.2026 11:55

Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 00:14 Gangs taunt the SANDF soldiers on the ground 04:08 A viral dog rescue so shocking that many mistook it for AI 08:33 A parrot explores the ocean in a DIY submarine     Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on Cape...

Barbs Wire: India’s mega headcount, a Texas motorcycle fireball and Ireland’s honking dog 09.04.2026 7:07

Saskia Falken, standing in for Clarence Ford, speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 00:17 India has initiated the world’s largest census, which is expected to count more than 1.4 billion people 04:02 A fiery motorcycle crash in San Antonia, Texas, caught on camera 05:42 An impatient dog in Ire...

Barbs Wire: Everest scam, Nutella in orbit and dating by PowerPoint 08.04.2026 8:30

Saskia Falken, standing in for Clarence Ford, speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 00:41Nepali Police uncover alleged $20 million insurance scam on Mount Everest 03:21 A Nutella jar is seen spinning through the Artemis II spaceship 05:26 Online dating swipes to PowerPoint presentations   Views...

Barbs Wire: Cyclist tragedy on Victoria Road, a shooting on Jakes Gerwel Drive, and Mama Joy's fallout with Gayton 07.04.2026 12:36

Sara-Jayne Makwala King, standing in for Clarence Ford, speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 00:33 A cyclist died after sustaining severe injuries in a collision on Victoria Road 03:52 Smash and grabber allegedly shot on Jakes Gerwel Drive 10:09 Superfan Mama Joy's public fallout with Sport, Arts a...

Barbs Wire: Moon missions, million-dollar droids, and April Fools falling flat 02.04.2026 10:05

Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 00:30 NASA launches astronauts to spin around the moon in the Artemis II mission 04:58 Star Wars character C-3PO’s prop head sells for more than $1 million at auction 06:25 April Fool falling flat this year    Views and News with Cl...

Barbs Wire: SANDF finally deployed in the Cape, Island goes bananas, and a viral dog rescue 01.04.2026 8:50

Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 00:07 SANDF soldiers are finally on the ground in the Cape 03:53 The Orkney Islands go bananas after a shopper mistakenly orders 38,000 bananas 05:25 A New Zealand dog rescue goes viral   Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning sh...

Barbs Wire: Helen Zille’s pothole pool stunt, priceless art heist in Italy, and petrol madness 31.03.2026 8:27

Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 00:15 Helen Zille swimming in a pothole pool 03:56 Thieves in Italy made off with priceless art in just three minutes 06:49 Motorists in the UK are stockpiling petrol in plastic shopping bags   Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morn...