Who Would You Tell

Life requires that you put yourself out there in a variety of contexts, in friendships, relationships, professionally, there’s no aspect of life where you don’t risk rejection. This series involves different guests answering the question: “What is the most difficult “no” you’ve had to receive?” How they bounced back from it and their general outlook around rejection

This is episode 2 and the topic today is Cancel Culture. In light of everything that happened in September of 2019, I feel that this is a topic worth discussing and exploring further, my guest is someone I consider incredibly intelligent, so recording this episode made a lot of sense to me. Let me know what you think of the episode

In the latest episode, joined by Tasneem we discuss what trying to find balance has looked like in her life, how she’s made her move towards pursuing her passions while weighing up the practicalities of life. I think “balance” is a dream, and life is ultimately about choosing one thing or another, but maybe not always. Hopefully this episode brings you closer to clarity on the idea, one way or ano...

My latest guest Malcom walks us through his journey in football, the highs and the lows, how he’s juggled parental expectation vs his own and how he plans to move forward. One of my personal favourite episodes. Happy listening

In this episode, Rufaro and I explore whether the goals set in our early twenties still hold the same significance as we navigate the complexities of adulthood. Being ambitious is a really loosely good thing, too much of it alienates you from people, too little and you don’t achieve your potential Being too content with yourself can sometimes mean that you don’t strive as much, but surely the poin...

Today’s episode features Litha Soci, an actor, a student, a guest who’s had quite the journey considering his age. He has ever so kindly shared his story with us today.

Part 2 is here as promised with my guest Tori. She walks us through her understanding of accountability and how she’s made sense of holding herself and others accountable. Thoroughly enjoyed making this one, hope you guys like it even more. Happy Listening 🫡

I’ve been trying to find the best way to explore accountability for a while and this episode serves as my first attempt at looking at with my returning guest Babs. Episode 2 drops on Wednesday as usual. Let me know what you think. Hope you enjoy the episode

In today’s episode, we dive headfirst into the interplay between luck and choices. My guest, Thulani Dlamini and I make an attempt to make sense of the impact that luck has on our lives and the choices we make. Whether you're a believer in fate or in free will, I’d like to think this episode is something you’d like to hear

Today’s episode is one that you might have heard before or seen before if you were following the podcast last year, it’s an episode with Babalwa Manyi as she launched her own channel, and we discussed what navigating our lives is like. Found parts of this very funny when listening back because of how much has changed in a year, I hope you guys enjoy listening back to this as much as I did.

You’ve heard one person share their experience and today we’ve got Sbu Mthembu walking us through what it was like for him to start liking himself, he walks us through his perspective on identity, what he’d have done differently at 18 and his experiences with people, in what we hope is a really fun listen for all of you. Happy Listening

Beginner's Luck, A Lucky Break, and Pushing Your Luck, there are quite a few phrases and beliefs around how luck plays a role in people’s lives, and today’s guest: Cairo Mathebula, walks us through her understanding of the concept of luck and the question: How Big a Role Does Luck Play in Your Life? Let me know how you feel about the episode. Happy Listening

Everyone has their own ideas around what intelligence is or how someone understands somebody else to be an intelligent person. In today’s episode my guest Qiniso Cele and I discuss what it means to the two of us. An ideally looser and less intense listen than our most recent episodes, hopefully a fun one for you. Happy Listening

In the latest episode of Who Would You Tell Palesa Maloisane takes the plunge as we finally have someone brave enough to help us answer a question I’ve been asking guests since May, “when did you first start to like yourself?” Life requires a lot of self acceptance, whether it’s physical, or mental everyone battles with liking every aspect of themselves, nobody has loved every decision they’ve mad...

In this episode, we delve into the complex concept of forgiveness, and how it’s applied. Whether it's forgiving others, oneself, or even circumstances, Bayanda and I attempt to figure out what forgiveness really is. Happy listening

In today’s episode, Vicky and myself delve deep into the complexities of friendship and its inevitable transformations. We discuss her experiences with friendships ending and what her understanding of friendship has become and how it’s changed in the past few years.

It takes a village. How seriously do you take friendship? In the beginning of this new series, Sanele and I discuss what friendship means to him and how’s he attempted to navigate it as an adult

Today’s episode is the first I’ve done with my mother Gugu Sepamla, she is my biggest inspiration, incredibly intelligent, driven, and every once in a while kind of funny. Hope you guys enjoy listening to the episode

In a continuation of the topic opened previously, today’s guest Nandi Jakuja is a curator, an incredibly open and daring person and I think she’s really funny. In my eyes she is 100% an adult and is the perfect person to talk us through her journey into adulthood

A returning guest! In the most recent episode, Lesiba Mohlala shares his views on social media and his experiences, the importance of a "third place" and engaging with your actual day to day life

Today's guest is Lesiba Mohlala. He's a playwright, tv writer, and aspiring film director, a man with many hats, and a very close friend of mine, he's accomplished quite a bit so far but there's still a lot of uncertainty, that exists, in today's episode we discuss what it means to be an adult and how much of an adult he is. As always, thank you for listening.

Today my guest is Ntobeko Ntombela, he is in the process of finishing his degree, he runs a successful football kit distribution store, he is also a person committed to recovery, in this episode we discuss his journey and life in general. Happy listening

An unstructured attempt at talking about the most unpleasant experience in the world. Featuring Ambesiwe Mbatsha

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year! It’s been a while, I know but the content is well thought out, it takes a minute. Hopefully this episode makes up for it. Got at least one other episode coming out this month and two more in April 🎉 https://paulethousestories.jgf.org.za/author/zama-moyo/

With the year at an end, this series comes to its conclusion. The podcast isn’t done but I’d hope my point is captured. Figuring out where your life is going or what it is you’re “meant” to be doing isn’t that simple, and it doesn’t need to be. Most people trying to go the alternative route don’t know, or operate with a level of unmoving certainty that keeps them going, but they do what they do be...