2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree: Recent Episodes
SA Institute of Race Relations
Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse provide their unique take on everything and anything going on in South Africa and the world at large, with a focus on history, philosophy and current affairs.
Getting away with murder in South Africa, Russian oligarchs, American elections and geopolitical strategy all feature in this unconventional podcast.
Nick and Gabriel chat about flying cars, the DA's march to Luthuli House and what the definition of journalism is.
Recommendations:
Gabriel: https://youtu.be/3vkgROIINEs
Nick: Greyhound https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6048922/
Gabriel and Nick chat about loadshedding, America at the end of last year, South Africa at the end of last year and if AI is going to destroy us all.
Gabriel tells Nick about why he thinks that Ramaphosa's impeachment case is the wrong one, and why it matters.
Recommendations:
Nick Century of Crisis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwXlr4_pGhM
Gabriel: Supreme Court oral arguments https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2022/21-476
Nick and Gabriel chat about a U.S. supreme court case involving Native American children, the release of Chris Hani's killer, the ongoing Zuma legal battles and Ramaphosa's visit to the UK.
Recommendations:
Nick: Walking Streets of South Sudan https://youtu.be/sNSIhIzr3io
Gabriel: The Soccer World Cup https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/watch/1abAi3NllBGQ1Q92mXqDWq
Nick and Gabriel discuss the U.S. Supreme Court case on Affirmative Action at Harvard. They then chat about the recent U.S. mid-terms and what they mean for the future of the Republican Party.
Recommendations:
Nick: BLOODYWOOD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iKjSCTxke8
Gabriel: Copenhagen https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0340057/
Nick and Gabriel chat about terror threats and the problem of gerrymandering.
Recommendations:
Nick: Pennsylvania Senate Race Full Debate 2022: Dr. Oz vs Fetterman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9wb0423dxs
Gabriel: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2022/21-1086
Gabriel and Nick discuss the direction of the country and how it could be gravely threatened by the wrong kind of puritanical impulse.
Recommendations:
Nick: TikTok Parent ByteDance Planned To Use TikTok To Monitor The Physical Location Of Specific American Citizens: https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/10/20/tiktok-bytedance-surveillance-american-user-data/?sh=140674c36c2d
Gabriel: The Unbearable Peace https://granta.com/the-unbearable-peace/?ref=The+Browser-newsletter
Gabriel and Nick discuss the current messy state of British politics, and then head into a winding discussion of some of the cases before the U.S. supreme court, notably on the issue of copyright.
Recommendations:
Nick:
WeBuyCars: https://www.webuycars.co.za/
BB King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp0rRff7gWk
Gabriel:
Vanity Fair: PURPLE FAME https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1984/11/purple-fame
FT: Positive feedback: the science of criticism that actually works
Gabriel and Nick chat about the difficult week for freedom and prosperity in SA with the retaking of Joburg by the ANC as well as the passage of the land courts and expropriation bill.
Recommendations:
Nick: The Dispatch https://thedispatch.com/
Gabriel: How Nickelback became the most hated band ever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFC4OFWIPtw
Nick and Gabriel discuss the latest threats to property rights in SA, the abortion debate, their thoughts on the upcoming U.S. midterms and the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
Recommendations:
Nick: "The weakness of Xi Jinping" https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/xi-jinping-china-weakness-hubris-paranoia-threaten-future
Gabriel:The Antislavery Activist That Time Forgot: Historian Walter Stahr on Salmon P. Chase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yJAJarVmU0&ab_channel=HooverInstitution
Gabriel and Nick chat about the EFF-Afriforum hate speech court case and some of the principles of free speech. They also chat about the Trump-FBI raid.
Recommendations:
Nick: https://dailyfriend.co.za/2022/08/26/sorcery-in-samlesbury/
Gabriel: https://youtu.be/pAeoJVXrZo4
Nick and Gabriel take a meander through the place of Bloemfontein in SA today, the Zuma medical parole trial, the speech Gabriel gave at UNISA, the power of theater and Republican Party Reptiles.
Recommendations:
Nick: Inda and Pakistan https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/partition-wasn-t-inevitable
Gabriel: The danger of one thingism https://dailyfriend.co.za/2022/08/18/against-the-silver-bullet-or-one-thing-ism/
Gabriel and Nick chat about the life of John Kane-Berman and then about the powerful and undiscussed conservative soul of South Africa which is rising to the surface with the collapse of the ANC.
Recommendations:
Gabriel: Lord Sumption: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YleLkFnwqK0
Nick: Fusionism: https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/07/why-both-types-of-conservative-fusionism-still-matter/
Gabriel and Nick chat about the IRR's legal arguments for why Jacob Zuma should not have been released from jail at the direction of Arthur Fraser and what Zuma can do to turn around his reputation and the country.
Recommendations:
Nick: Heilung https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVbc_Fwbt50
Gabriel: Sibelius Theme and Variations for Solo Cello (1887) https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ-BIEutAWc&feature=share
Nick and Gabriel ask the question, What is the Middle East? They also discuss the plans for an Eskom 2, South Africa's wild west past and Biden's trip to the Middle East.
Recommendations:
Nick: Tolkien Lore https://www.youtube.com/c/TolkienLorePodcast/videos
Gabriel: The Churchill factor https://www.amazon.com/Churchill-Factor-How-Made-History/dp/1594633983
Philip Glass - Violin Concerto & Company Complete https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsX5gldmmFE
Gabriel and Nick chatt about the shocking murder of Shinzo Abe and Abe's legacy they also discuss Boris Johnson and his final defeat lastly they mention Bheki Cele and his racist tirade.
Recommendations:
Nick: Goodbye, Boris https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/07/goodbye-boris/
Gabriel: https://twitter.com/TheKiffness/status/1545002632913342464
Nick and Gabriel discuss recent rulings by the United States supreme court, the arguments that underpin them and the politics involved. Specifically the lies about the repeal of Roe v Wade, the underpinning of the administrative state and the opportunity for Democrats to win big.
Recommendations:
Nick: The Absurd 2nd Century Space Opera You'll Never Read https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBpDdlirzH0
Gabriel:
Pentagon finds concerning vulnerabilities on blockchain https://www.techrepublic.com/article/pentagon-finds-concerning-vulnerabilities-on-blockchain/
Stop Lying about Abortion Laws and Ectopic Pregnancies https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/stop-lying-about-abortion-laws-and-ectopic-pregnancies/
MacG and Chill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9JuV4UVRrE&list=PLUU1IGHNoNrv0sKgXhrLbuxRTELs8ei7l
Gabriel and Nick chat about how not talking about the difficult things can very quickly backfire on you.
Recommendations:
Nick: Saudi Arabia and the U.S. https://thedispatch.com/p/saudi-arabia-welcomes-a-likely-reset
Gabriel: The right thing to do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdfcR-8hEY
Supreme court ruling https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdf
Nick and Gabriel chat about urban decay the end of ANC dominance and the cynicism of American politics.
Recommendations:
Nick: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/06/birthplace-saudi-state-becomes-tool-new-nationalism
Gabriel: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/15/opinion/bimbo-tiktok-feminism.html
The internet assures me that the title's spelling is the correct one.
Nick and Gabriel chat about a recent spate of firings, or more accurately a suspension, a firing and two election losses.
Recommendations:
Gabriel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1oeJwF5tG4
Nick: https://dailyfriend.co.za/2022/06/10/the-amritsar-crisis/
Gabriel and Nick discuss a little more about the Depp and Heard trial, and then move on to talk about the recent by-elections and how they suggest the age of the ANC is drawing to an end. They also discuss the criminal accusations made about President Cyril Ramaphosa and what these might mean for the country.
Recommendations:
Nick: Pirates of the Caribbean curse of the Black Pearl
Gabriel: Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Gabriel and Nick discuss the latest on the Monkeypox outbreak, the Amber and Johnny Trial and the incident at Stellenbosch university. (Warning the later half of the podcast contains some fairly gross stories of urine related university stories.)
Recommendation:
Nick: Star Trek The original series
Gabriel: Professor Katz
https://paw.princeton.edu/article/word-freaks
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/23/us/princeton-fires-joshua-katz.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/joshua-katz-princeton-campus-cancel-culture-woke-mob-11653350161?mod=mhp
Gabriel and Nick discuss the latest scientific discovery about our galaxy and then move onto the problems with and consequences of, the leak from the U.S. supreme court regarding its draft opinion on abortion legislation.
Recommendations:
Nick: Worldle https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/
Tradle https://oec.world/en/tradle/
Gabriel: The Tragedy of Macbeth https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10095582/
Nick and Gabriel discuss the weirdness that is French politics and the results of the latest French presidential election.
Recommendations:
Nick: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarkFeltonProductions/videos
Gabriel: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050083/
Gabriel and Nick discuss the Elon Musk's offer to buy Twitter as well as the state of the media world today. They also manage to have a (relatively) short discussion on the situation in the Ukraine, Russia war.
Nick and Gabriel discuss the problem with "wet noodle" centerists, a new law in Florida and the latest toxic development in the U.S. culture war.
Recommendations:
Gabriel: https://www.amazon.com/Childhood-Jesus-J-M-Coetzee/dp/0143125761
Nick: https://dailyfriend.co.za/2022/04/04/race-lessons-from-rwanda/
Gabriel and Nick discuss the need for new topics for South African Comedy , the nomination of a new American supreme court justice and their thoughts on how the Russo-Ukrainian war is going so far.
Nick: Equipment losses of the war https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html
Gabriel: George Orwell's review of Mein Kampf https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/military-review/Archives/English/MilitaryReview_20160228_art020.pdf
Nick and Gabriel chat about the 30 year anniversary of the 1992 whites-only referendum on ending Apartheid.
Recommendations:
Gabriel: Remember St. Patrick's day is 1992 referendum day
Nick: Jim Geraghty from National Review https://www.nationalreview.com/author/jim-geraghty/
Nick and Gabriel fail to keep the show short again in a sober reflection on the horror unfolding in Ukraine as war once again breaks out in Europe.
Recommendations:
Gabriel https://www.yalebooks.co.uk/display.asp?K=9780300259933&%20M.%20E.%27
Nick
Life of Boris cooking playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKfmRhfuI8g&list=PLbS0HkS8Xsorrdr3pPk4lP80tUAzfyxP1
Gabriel and Nick chat about the Afriforum vs. EFF court case around the chant "shoot the Boer".
Recommendations:
Gabriel: https://www.politicsweb.co.za/opinion/commandante-lushaba-and-the-fhrer
Nick: https://www.pricecheck.co.za/search?search=Steri+Stumpie
Nick and Gabriel discuss the controversy around Joe Rogan and his use of the 'n-word', they dive into a deeper examination of language, codes of conduct and race.
Recommendations:
Iran's new missile: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/02/iran-hard-liners-overjoyed-new-missile
Moscow times: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/02/09/putins-white-table-in-macron-talks-sparks-endless-memes-a76300
Nick and Gabriel talk about Ukraine and Russia again and how the conflict intersects with race and the nation state, this time with more history focus.
What was a planned 5-minute segment turns into almost the whole discussion, as fits their style. They also briefly talk about Gabriel’s theory that Ramaphosa is indeed the real head of the RET faction of the ANC.
Recommendations:
Anton Petrov: https://www.youtube.com/c/whatdamath/videos
Superbowl of economics: Inflation Debate between Paul R. Krugman and Lawrence H. Summers - Part II
Nick and Gabriel are back with a discussion of the good Covid news, the good Zondo commission news and a long argument with each other over the attitude of Russia and the West to each other.
We suggest you listen to this podcasts in parts because it is really long.
Nick and Gabriel stumble into a discussion of slavery and then move onto chatting about vaccine mandates, what connects them and the magic of federalism.
Recommendations:
Gabriel: www.strongvote.co.za/post/thestrongvote, and Tick tick....Boom the play or the film.
Nick: Moth Light Media https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOh5Ht3eB4914hMUfJkKa9g
Nick and Gabriel chat about the new Covid-19 variant and then proceed to complain about state of global institutions.
Recommendations:
Gabriel: The new bond movie No Time to Die
Nick: ElectroBoom https://www.youtube.com/c/Electroboom
Nick and Gabriel discuss the return of conventional conflict with a modern twist, with a focus on the conflict in Ethiopia and with a dash of the war on the Ukrainian border.
A somewhat less messy, chaotic and distracted version of the now lost episode. Gabriel and Nick chat to Rian Malan about the life of F.W. de Klerk and what his life meant for SA.
Gabriel and Nick chat about the concepts of the Liberal Slideaway and the the Liberal Slideback
Gabriel, Nick and Frans Cronje discuss the decadence of "the west" and the fate of civilization.
Gabriel and Nick discuss the Cliff central Nandos saga, the importance of anti-body tests and what's going on in the U.S.
Gabriel and Nick chat about the Princeton university members who have recently won Nobel prizes they also discuss the global energy crisis and the DA poster mess.
In this wildly tangential episode, Nick and Gabriel discuss what makes the Geo-politics of France tick among other things.
Note:We had to upload the episode without the intro music, the intro music will return next episode.
Gabriel and Nick chat about the egging of Republican Larry Elder, and what the media response says about race esteem teams. They also discuss the death of the man accused of the first internationally recognized Apartheid political murder
Nick and Gabriel talk about the end of Afghan war and ask the question, how did it come to this? "Where is the Horse and the Rider?"
Nick and Gabriel return after Gabriel's recovery from Covid to bring you some news about how depressed Nick is about Afghanistan and more importantly for us, about the IRR's battle to protect our elections
Please note: there was an issue with the upload this has now been fixed
Nick and Gabriel are joined by Hermann and Marius for their longest ever podcast where they discuss the thesis that asks if Zuma could have been a great president had some things been different.
Nick and Gabriel discuss the latest on the Covid 3rd wave as well as Biden's bizarre torpedoing of a bi-partisan bill.
Nick and Gabriel discuss the latest IRR campaign, the good press that nature gets, and how tradition is like a betrayal.
Gabriel and Nick discuss the IRR's exciting new campaign as well as the psychology of critical theory.
In a long and round about way Nick and Gabriel get into the theory that Covid-19 may have in fact escaped a lab in Wuhan.
Nick and Gabriel discuss a range of topics, recent events and the importance of recognizing your own flaws.
This week the crickets host a special guest in collaboration with the Daily Friend, Federal Council Chairman of the DA Helen Zille. The subject of the day is Wokeness and Helen's new book.
Nick and Gabriel discuss the George Floyd murder trial in the United States and then discuss the causes of the Spanish civil war.
Nick and Gabriel begin with a discussion of the recent shooting of 8 people at massage parlors in the United States and then go on to examine how the failed idea of racial nationalism keeps returning again and again.
Nick and Gabriel discuss Gabriel's visit to an art gallery and the history of one of South Africa's best artists. They then move on to discuss the alleged ending of the war in Afghanistan and Adam Habib's recent clash with wokeness.
The Crickets embark on a whirlwind tour of Maths over the 20th century and discuss the Pope's visit to Iraq.
Gabriel and Nick chat about China's current eagerness to test for Covid-19 with anal swabs and then go on to talk about how leaders of authoritarian nations should be judged.
Nick and Gabriel talk about some of the best things out there and about the importance of finding humor in tough times.
Gabriel and Nick discuss SONA 2021, if there is a bubble in the American stock market, and give some concluding thoughts on the Impeachment trial of Trump.
Nick and Gabriel start off with some virus news and then Gabriel tells the story of a recent trip he went on to Mpumalanga to investigate a strike at a sawmill.
Gabriel and Nick discuss the history of China and Japan since 1912 and present an interesting counterfactual on how the communists might not have won the war for China.
In another virus episode, Gabriel talks about why a cure for Covid is just as important as a vaccine, and Nick reveals it's been far too long since he did maths.
Nick and Gabriel discuss Gabriel's findings in the search to find out what is going on with South Africa's mutant strain of Covid-19.
Nick and Gabriel discuss the year and how we ended up here by tracing the currents of thought through the 2010s.
Nick and Gabriel are joined by Nicholas Babaya to discuss the idea that tolerance by its nature requires 'intolerance' to be sustainable.
Nick and Gabriel chat about the drama a matric dance caused when the EFF got involved in the Western Cape.
Nick and Gabriel discuss a piece they co-authored looking into why the DA lost wards across the country last week
Nick and Gabriel discuss the weird and gripping American election and what to take from it.
Gabriel and Nick chat about the outcome of the DA congress, the U.S. election, and all that is good and important.
Nick and Gabriel take a journey through the world of dislocation, dislocating fingers, narratives, and a nation.
Nick asks Gabriel about what happened at Senekal and the crickets chat about the Bafana Bafana scenario for SA.
Nick and Gabriel dissect the draft expropriation bill and then go on to talk about the danger fanatics pose to freedom and prosperity.
Gabriel gives a proposal on how we can refocus the abortion debate in a more constructive direction. And Nick and Gabriel discuss the sickness plaguing America.
Nick and Gabriel consider how we should view heritage day and the crickets consider which political commentator has the worst take of recent history.
Nick and Gabriel chat about the deaths of David Graeber and Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the legacies they leave behind, and they discuss Gabriel’s thesis that Pretoria could become the Tehran of South Africa.
Nick and Gabriel discuss the mechanics of race pride, how maddening it can be, and then postulate some alternatives.
Nick and Gabriel discuss one of the weirdest (or worst) BBC stories about SA Covid-19, move onto US political polling and try point out the questions that no one is asking to which we need urgent answers.
Nick and Gabriel once again ask if this is indeed real life and if South Africa is a real country as they dissect Zuma's "private" letter to Ramaphosa in which he chastises Ramaphosa for calling the ANC corrupt.
Nick and Gabriel explore the role of rogue agents in Russia and America, we give a worrying update on China and Taiwan and Gabriel gives praise to South Korea.
Nick and Gabriel discuss the end of Lockdown level 3, the beginning of the end of the US presidential race, and whether selfishness is one key to "peace in the middle".
Nick and Gabriel discuss the pontificate of Pope Francis and the origins and importance of freedom of religion.
Nick and Gabriel chat about a lesson from Roman history and what it says about SA today, we chat about where the American election is going and the future of energy production
Nick and Gabriel chat about Gabriel's new theory that misapplication of family values is the source of all our modern social and political woes.
Description: Nick and Gabriel go a bit off the rails this episode (even more so than usual) to make the case for why we should seriously consider the colonization and terraforming of Mars.
Nick and Gabriel host their first guest on 2 crickets in a thorn tree, former Protea cricketer Boeta Dippenaar, to discuss his recent comments about Black Lives Matter the movement, and how he got drawn into the world of politics.
The crickets start with a weird case from the U.S supreme court which quickly devolves into a discussion of the importance of legislatures and then Gabriel takes down one of the saints of race nationalist thought.
Gabe unpacks the why Fallists told him Mandela is Judas at UCT and why Princeton has stripped Woodrow Wilson's name. Nick takes the long view, perhaps India is where liberty-lovers should be looking for the Next Century.
Nick and Gabe discuss the toughest question in South Africa, how deep does the rot go? They find themselves reaching back to Kipling's "Burden" poem to explain the popularity of 21st-century racist norms and wrap on a recollection of Gabe's role in the June 16 SABC 1 Hector Pieterson debate.
Nick and Gabriel set out to discuss the romantic ideals behind the CHAZ commune, they then heap praise on the Daily Sun and finally talk about some reasons other than "white supremacy" that drive SA police to be trigger happy.
Nick and Gabriel without fear of being canceled dive headfirst into the swirling vortex of the ‘Black lives matter’ protests. Examining the demands by the protestors to ‘de-fund the police’, as per usual they discuss the esteem economy as well as the madness of crowds and the right to equal treatment under the law.
Nick and Gabe discuss various parallels between the self-inflicted, pointless bloody mess of WW1 and the 2020 pandemic response. Just in case you think they're rabid anti-lockdowners they then make the case for keeping schools closed in SA, the country which currently holds the worst lockdown performance on record.
Nick and Gabriel talk about some of the problems with modeling COVID and resistance of some modelers to including human behavior in their assumptions, they also ask if Biden might be emerging as the favorite in the US election.
Nick and Gabriel discuss if we have locked down too hard and too early and Nick complains about anti-maskers.
Nick and Gabriel discuss Nick’s shower thought that we have become a society without granaries, and we commemorate VE day, victory in Europe Day the end of world war 2 in Europe.
Please note in this episode Gabriel talks about an article published by Max du Preez, however the article in question was written by Max Price. We apologize for the error.
McDonald's in Nick's belly, a cigarette in Gabriel's hand, the two crickets in a thorn-tree reflect on South Africa's moans of relief as the country's lockdown gets eased from "Level 5". Should our lockdown be lifted because it worked, or because it was the wrong kind of lockdown from the start, and where to next? This leads to deeper questions about the long-term, and long-term as a political conceit. What if Ramaphosa is the kind of long-term strategist whose policy is aimed a century into the future?
Battling technically problems Gabriel and Nick set out on a voyage through the silliness of Trump’s medical thoughts, why you should never listen to student radicals and Nick's dodgy family history.
Gabriel and Nicholas have a grumpy but serious conversation about why it seems almost impossible for people to speak soberly about COVID-19; then venture into supply chains, cigarette cartels and renewed Ramaphoria.
Gabriel and Nick explore the wonderous cultural artifact that is Tiger King, the complete capture of the WHO by China and the importance of keeping debate open and honest whilst we fight Covid-19. Subscribe on Apple Podcast · Subscribe on Spotify · Subscribe on Google Podcast
Gabriel tells the story of his run-in with the cops at a roadblock and Nick talks about data and madmen. Subscribe on Apple Podcast · Subscribe on Spotify · Subscribe on Google Podcast
Nick and Gabriel grapple with Covid-19 - the stories you know and those you don't and a bigger picture view of the potential outcome for South Africa coming apart from the world. Subscribe on Spotify · Subscribe on Google Podcast · Subscribe on Apple Podcast
Gabriel and Nick commiserate a bit and then chat about if we should trust the data on the novel coronavirus, and what opportunities for good and for ill present themselves in the virus crisis.
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Nick and Gabriel begin by pondering the alliance between SA Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, and Malema's EFF which launches into a full-sweep dive into the history of Patrons. Then they come up with a surprising claim: Communism is Awesome (in a particular context).
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Nick and Gabriel discuss the appropriate ways to respond to Covid-19, how to discuss abortion and the campaign of Micheal Bloomberg in the US elections.
Nick interogates Gabriel about a rather strange comparison and the lads chat about new trouble in the Middle East.
Nick and Gabriel go over some of the weird and wacky events of late and try to answer the question, are we actually a real country?
Nick and Gabriel discuss the eerie similarities between Paul Von Hindenburg and Nelson Mandela, the American Primary and why we should build Pyramids.
Nick and Gabriel deliver a cheerful slice of despair about the state of the nation and explore the possibility that Zuma might go to jail
Nick and Gabriel work out how to find out if future South Africa will be alright and if a post-Brexit UK will sink or swim plus weird facts about erotic Greek art and poetry.
Nick and Gabriel take a lengthy stroll through the esteem team dynamics of impeachment and the worst 50 years in human history.
Nick and Gabriel chat about the Iranian general killed at the start of the year and what it means for the region, what Putin is up to after his whole government Resigned and who needs to make some esteem investments this year.
Nick and Gabriel talk about the magnificent victory Boris has just pulled off in the UK and what it means for the future of the UK and Brexit.
Nick and Gabriel discuss what was destroyed this year, in a round up of all the year's wild and wacky events.
In this whirling discussion Nick and Gabriel roll through the entirety of political thought in just over one hour.
Nick and Gabriel chat about that most exciting of topics, climate change, and how to think about climate science, they attempt to remake the left right spectrum and they do a quick update on the U.S. election .
Nicholas and Gabriel discuss American presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren, the minimum wage and how bad South Africa's media space is.
Well that was quick. Or not. It's been a while now Lurr and Longboy get back to chirping about world affairs from the IRRumanati HQ. We missed ye.
Nicholas and Gabriel discuss the recent suicide of Jeffery Epstein, the phenomenon of mass shootings, the things that drive them and Kimba the white lion.
Nicholas and Gabriel chat about the riots in "Little Addis", a part of the CBD of Johannesburg what they came from and where we might be going; the new leader of the UK house of commons and the power of "Love"
Nick and Gabriel change the name of the podcast, issue a correction and then discuss the Democratic primary in the United States.
On the 100 year aniversity of the treaty of Versailles Nick (Ler) and Gabriel (Longboi) discuss the history of Europe and how Pan-Slavic and Pan-German nationalism came about and ultimately failed.
Nick and Gabriel attempt to talk about the state of the world but get side tracked and end up discussing the conflict between the United States and Iran.
What follows is their longest episode in which, they explore Iran's geopolitical situation and if we are on the verge of another major war in the Middle East