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Episodes: 35

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Acclaimed businessman Mark Barnes and senior editor Tim Cohen discuss the biggest news items of the week.

Episode Date
The cradle of war
Mar 02, 2026
A soft budget and a hard Johannesburg mayoral race
Feb 23, 2026
There must be better ways to choose our leaders
Feb 17, 2026
The great national service debate
Feb 10, 2026
What’s so bad about anarchy?
Feb 02, 2026
SA’s golden opportunity
Jan 26, 2026
It never rains but it pours
Jan 19, 2026
The year that started off with a bang
Jan 12, 2026
Listen Up! end of year special: How was that for you?
Dec 15, 2025
Dubai. And the joys and dangers of ambition
Dec 08, 2025
How hard do South Africans work?
Dec 01, 2025
How do you say 'global consensus' with a straight face?
Nov 24, 2025
Are municipal managers underpaid?
Nov 17, 2025
What is the actual point of the G20?
Nov 10, 2025
Betting on sports and the stock market: you choose your poison, you take your chances
Nov 03, 2025
What’s coming down the track? Changes in rail transport, greylisting and art theft
Oct 27, 2025
What are the odds for keeping it sane and simple?
Oct 27, 2025
Madlanga, Montana and the money
Oct 13, 2025
What are the prospects of the new united party, and the United Nations?
Oct 06, 2025
Rugby and golf: The various lessons of sport
Sep 29, 2025
The political risks involved in being honest
Sep 22, 2025
The debt burden, from the nation to the student body, is getting heavy
Sep 15, 2025
Moonlight musings on markets and nationhood
Sep 08, 2025
Whistleblowers popping out like rivets
Sep 01, 2025
What it takes to fix things: investment, the economy - the rugby!
Aug 25, 2025
Some things the National Dialogue is not talking about … but should
Aug 18, 2025
Delivering your bribe in a bling bag … and other national travails
Aug 11, 2025
Is South Africa setting its benchmarks too low? Johannesburg, for example
Aug 04, 2025
What DJ Sumbody teaches everybody
Jul 28, 2025
Is South Africa disintegrating, and would a kiss-cam help?
Jul 21, 2025
Mchunu's unusual leave of absence, and SA's politics as usual
Jul 14, 2025
The truth, Trump, trade and tenders
Jul 07, 2025
Marital matters of the GNU
Jun 30, 2025
It’s great to be a South African if WWIII breaks out
Jun 23, 2025
Mark Barnes, Tim Cohen talk global politics, local sports
Jun 16, 2025