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This was one of the trickiest of the projects that we worked on with NLP and ChatGPT, searching for a piece of software that could really interpret voices was unsuccesful and we landed up using a TTS plugin that managed to voice the part of ChatGPT. One of the interesting aspects about asking questions of a "robot" is trying to pull the emotion out of the enquiry. It has become apparent...

In the first podcast in the beauty series we spoke to Plastic Surgeon and all round good guy Dr Leslie Berkowitz. We highly recommend going back and listening to that pod, but its not essential to listen to before todays episode in which we spoke to  Dr Jan Nel, better known as Cape Town Doctor.  Dr Nel is a GP and Aesthetician who works with non-invasive procedures.  These procedures have in many...

Dr Leslie Berkowitz qualified as a plastic surgeon in the 70's and has seen and experienced it all, seeing tech and trends change over time. We spoke to the doctor in this podcast to find out more about beauty and plastic surgeries role in its perceptions, as well as the ethics of his delicate work over time. Check out @thisisin__ on IG for more fascinating content surrounding Beauty. For our...

Nikolaos Kirkinis' love for South African football began as a youngster, as his conscious father encouraged his engagement with the country that he lives in, rather than football from foreign climates like most other white South African kids. His bond with SA football has resulted in a successful career as a football writer with fans of his own. Go buy and read his books , he wrote them specifical...

Banetsi Mphunga is a man you want on your side. He saw a desperate need in his community for help with mental health, and after refitting an old Caravelle (which he called "The Emotional Ambulance")  he started his own free mobile clinic. Listen to his story, and discover how he continues to break down the taboo in Khayelitsha against seeking help with mental health. If this story moves you p...

Gqom legend Que took the time to chat with us, and we could barely contain our excitement. Que is an OG legend in the industry and to get his insights into the world of Gqom and his history in it, is an absolute privilege.  #music #location #loxion #culture #Kulcha #capetown #johannesburg #Durban #Qherbeha #spitori #kwaito #gqom #amapiano #xhosawave

In today's podcast, we spoke with Shaun the Don and MenziGee from the Immortal Killers Crew, IMK.   We met Shaun when we were reporting on Cloudy Deliveries a few months back, we were taken by his ambition and confidence so knew that we wanted to get him and IMK on this show. Unfortunately, we weren't able to get the whole crew, but we are so grateful to Shaun the Don and MenziGee for taking...

Last week's podcast was with James Preston from Global Crypto TV who gave us a journalistic insight into cryptocurrency, and today we talk to Marius Rietz who is deep in the business of crypto, as the general manager for Africa at Luno.  | Luno is one of the most well-known crypto exchanges in South Africa and getting Marius’ understanding from that perspective is incredibly valuable. He talk...

Disclaimer:  This podcast references an opinion and is for information purposes only. It is not intended to be investment advice. Seek a licensed professional for investment advice Seriously, get advice before investing any money. Cryptocurrency is changing the world. It's changing the way we think about money and value, how governments think about tax, how vendors on a global scale think abo...

In today's podcast, we wanted to speak to someone with deep knowledge and respect for psychedelics and so we found Megan. Megan is a medicine woman who uses her knowledge of psychology in conjunction with the use of psychedelics to help those who come to her for help. In this podcast, we cover how and what psychedelics do, and why we should approach them with respect and what a medicine woman does...

When Colin Mkhosi was tired of commercial non-delivery in Langa his solution was to make an opportunity out of it, providing a platform to uplift himself as well as others.   “I am a young person who is passionate about creating projects that add value to my community.”    At the back end of 2019 with his law studies overwhelming and being unable to even spend a couple of minut...

Hair goes beyond just being a tough protein that grows from the follicles of the dermis. Hair, whether you have it or not, can be one of the most defining characteristics of a person. Hair is multi-billion dollar industry, communities and cultures have been and shaped around it. Hair shows the good the bad and ugly about society. Fezeka Mehlomakhulu joins us to talk about Hair in general and speci...

Dr Valentino Alily is an author, researcher, graphic novel creator, business-development and relationship-sustainability expert, as well as the CEO and co-founder of Vanimax Comix. He has been through the [everlasting] process of decolonisation in Nigeria and now lives in South Africa where he continues to write a multitude of books. We spoke about the delicacies of the subject of Decolonisation a...

In this conversation with conspiracy thinking fan James de Rothschild we spoke about the way of thinking that goes into conspiratorial thought. On one hand conspiracy thinking is an essential tool, it helps to be critical about information that you get … but then you have to be critical about all the information. On the other hand conspiracy thinking makes generalisation and groupings of people in...

In today's podcast we’re interviewing El Chucho, a comic book illustrator and in his words a truth seeker.    I heard about El Chucho’s graphic novel which talks about a flat earth, so I wanted to chat with him, not about the flat earth in particular but about being a person who is categorised as a conspiracy theorist.    Something that comes up strongly in our conversation, as...

The Pan-African anthem song and video “Kindness Contagion” was launched globally on 25 May 2020, as a call to action from Africa to #SpreadKindnessAfrica around the world. We spoke with co-writer of the kindness contagion song and co-exec producer of the project Michael Lee to find out more about this incredible endeavour. The vast numbers of massive African artists that came together to encourage...

Much of what we have seen over the last few months, and in some respects years, is action against the tides of hateful rhetoric that have plagued us at a growing rate, making the world a nicer place to be and perhaps finding a different route to contentment. While politicians, social commentators sow division and social media giants manipulate us many are taking this moment of global connection to...

Anthropologist and celebrated Author Lebohang Masango is today’s podcast guest. She has dedicated her studies to seek out the nuances of, what she calls “Compensatory Relationships”. She did not simply follow the media/mob mentality of “blessers and blessees” roles being Predator/Vixen/Victim, and has opened the conversation to be more about the choices people make, and why they make them. Note: P...

Blessees, blessers, sugar mommy’s and daddy’s, these are some of the terms used now to describe people in transactional or “mutually beneficial” relationships. Through millennia of demonisation, transactional relationships have become taboo, but this was not always the case. Until the 1930’s “love matches” were virtually unheard of, with families “using” their children as pawns in economic and soc...

From the original online experiment by “Dotcoza” to Amazon having an impact on global affairs, online shopping has annihilated all doubters. A distant cousin to mail order catalogues, online shopping took a chore like shopping and removed that “chore”, in some cases making it therapeutic. Single parents rejoiced when their time was freed up, so too did spotty faced teens who no longer had to stand...

From the original online experiment by “Dotcoza” to Amazon having an impact on global affairs, online shopping has annihilated all doubters. A distant cousin to mail-order catalogues, online shopping took a chore like shopping and removed that “chore”, in some cases making it therapeutic. Single parents rejoiced when their time was freed up, so too did spotty faced teens who no longer had to stand...

Making has become a major force in the world, bringing us closer to actual creation rather than digital creation. Making brings joy, helps your brain and maybe you make something really cool, but that is almost the least important element of making. In today’s podcast we spoke with Felix Holm, founder member at Maker Station amongst many other Maker businesses. He speaks about how you must look at...

Junior legal professional currently teaching, growing and travelling in Mainland China. She was only a short time into her Chinese stay when Covid-19 emerged not 500km’s from her location. We chatted to Silindile to get her unique perspective on the pandemic. For more of our beautiful content follow in_ on Instagram @thisisin__  #pandemic #covid19 #corona #global #conversation #disease #isola...

We got in touch with psychologist Eleen Polson who explores with us how to manage something that, almost, no one has experienced before.  Many will go through the normal phases of change, some will really battle during this time and others will flourish. To see more of our content go to @thisisin__ on instagram #pandemic #covid19 #corona #global #conversation #disease #isolation #socialdistan...

Jillian is a creative polymath who lives in San Francisco, Californian, and when not in lockdown, she is a Food & Fashion stylist. We got in touch to find out more about the state of affairs in San Francisco … but honestly we are all feeling a little disconnected so to have a conversation just feels great! Aside from the horror, this is a globally unifying occurrence which hopefully brings us a li...