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The Gareth Cliff Show

The Gareth Cliff Show is a leading, truly independent digital broadcast in South Africa, currently airing live on Fridays (formerly on The Real Network and CliffCentral), hosted by Gareth Cliff alongside regular and guest contributors. The aim is to entertain, inform, inspire and empower local and international audiences with powerful interviews, hot-takes on current affairs, talk about the things nobody else talks about and make people laugh, smile and think.
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5,940 Episodes
1124 – 1144

Brain Piles

07.10.22 Pt 1 - Is Gareth off to Turkey to get a butt lift? Do you suffer from anxiety? Gareth and Ben try to unpack why people are anxious. A skit of Eskom looking for love gets them a bit more optimistic about the resilience of South Africans.
7 Oct 2022 12AM 1 hour

The Election Geek

06.10.22 Pt 2 - Independent election analyst Wayne Sussman joins the team for an in-depth conversation about the Joburg coalition government debacle, Mpho Phalatse’s Twitter thread, elections in South Africa, and voter apathy.
6 Oct 2022 1AM 1 hour

World Teacher’s Day

06.10.22 Pt 1 - Did you have a worst or best teacher at school? Or maybe a most memorable teacher? Should government cover burnout leave? And a Gauteng police station gets robbed of 10 guns!
6 Oct 2022 12AM 52 min

Dahmer of the Sea

05.10.22 Pt 2 - Anyone participating in Ocsober? Simphiwe gives us an update on how she no longer needs dating apps, and Anthony Mederer joins the show to talk about the recent shark attacks in Plett.
5 Oct 2022 1AM 55 min

Living in the Creator Economy

05.10.22 Pt 1 - Mashudu Modau is an entrepreneur, creator and ecosystem specialist… building the future from Africa - and he is our special guest co-host! He speaks about the entrepreneurship landscape in South Africa, and the challenges that small business owners face. Brett from Revix joins the team to…
5 Oct 2022 12AM 58 min

Why the Women Warriors?

04.10.22 Pt 2 - The team gets into a heated discussion about The Woman King movie, and whether or not there’s a particular agenda that Hollywood is trying to push that might be unrealistic. Plus, a new episode of Blind History looks at William Marshall.
4 Oct 2022 1AM 51 min

Are South Africans Gatvol?

04.10.22 Pt 1 - Our guest co-host is Jack Motlanthe - former show host of 'Twenty Something with J.A.C.K.' on CliffCentral. He gives us an update on his life, which includes him dropping an EP this month, and working for an AgriTech start-up. JJ Cornish joins to give us the…
4 Oct 2022 12AM 56 min

Blocking Nudes

03.10.22 Pt 2 - Mash shares the most humiliating thing that happened to him this past weekend. Leigh-Ann reveals 4 unusual and surprising uses for banana peels, and whether parents should use different parenting styles for their children.
3 Oct 2022 1AM 55 min

The Robots are Coming

03.10.22 Pt 1 - The team shares what they got up to this past weekend, Mash is excited about a new robot that was revealed at the Tesla AI day event - which leads the team to talk about sex toys. Shanon then joins the show to get some advice…
3 Oct 2022 12AM 57 min

Are Comedians becoming Soft?

30.09.22 Pt 2 - Ben’s gown seems to be getting all the attention, as he is even compared to Hugh Hefner! Comedian Robby Collins then joins the show to talk about the heritage of South African comedy.
30 Sep 2022 1AM 51 min

Is Longevity worth it?

30.09.22 Pt 1 - Gareth and Ben talk about fighting the one thing that we all hate doing - aging! Would you go on holiday on your own? Ben discusses his recent solo trip to the Kruger National Park.
30 Sep 2022 12AM 1 hr 01 min

Too Many Old Ideas

29.09.22 Pt 2 - Politics, economics, and global affairs commentor Phumlani Majozi joins the show to discuss the big news of the week, which includes the UK economic meltdown, Iran’s morality police, having a better economy during Zuma’s term, and whether there are too many political parties in South Africa.
29 Sep 2022 1AM 59 min

Stage 4 Forever!

29.09.22 Pt 1 - Phumi and Gareth get their teeth into a number of news stories that include Cyril Ramaphosa always talking about money, Lizzo making history by playing a 200-year-old crystal flute, and South Africa possibly moving away from coal. Almost 8 billion people in the world… more than…
29 Sep 2022 12AM 56 min

Drip Behind Bars

28.09.22 Pt 2 - Should prisoners be allowed to switch up their prisoner uniform in order to make it look more fashionable? Would you spend R40k on a pair of sandals… Simphiwe might! If you are going to wear open-toe shoes, please make sure you have nice feet!
28 Sep 2022 1AM 56 min

Top 3 Richest South Africans

28.09.22 Pt 1 - One of South Africa’s top futurists, Aki Anastasiou joins the show as a guest co-host. Is ordering a milkshake and burger on a date a taboo thing? And Sean Sanders gives us a crypto update.
28 Sep 2022 12AM 1 hr 02 min

Gareth the Cartoon!

27.09.22 Pt 2 - Rihanna headlining the Super Bowl half-time show is quite the hot topic with the team this morning. We get to do some travelling with Mark, and there’s a new episode of Blind History.
27 Sep 2022 1AM 42 min

Suicide Sunday

27.09.22 Pt 1 - Comedian Mark Mdluli joins the show again. What’s an acceptable time to vacuum your car or start mowing your lawn? And would a 4-day work week really work in South Africa?
27 Sep 2022 12AM 57 min

Victim Olympics

26.09.22 Pt 2 - Is showering 5 times a day good or bad for your skin? Should people run to Twitter complaining about the horrible experience they had at an event that they paid money to attend? And, can skin bleaching become addictive?
26 Sep 2022 1AM 55 min

The Worst Accent

26.09.22 Pt 1 - Do you get annoyed at how people pronounce certain words? The team shares some of their favourite and worst accents. Dr Hanan Bushkin shares some tips on how to deal with grief.
26 Sep 2022 12AM 57 min

Gareth's Favourite TV Show

23.09.22 Pt 2 - Gareth and Gord go down memory lane about some of their favourite TV shows - if you’re under 30, you probably won’t know them! George Mienie then joins the team with the latest motoring news.
23 Sep 2022 1AM 58 min
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