The Gareth Cliff Show

#GCS 3.3.17 Pt3

There are very few people who know more about the entertainment industry than Collett Dawson. Heavily involved in the industry for more than 25 years, Collett lets us in on all that she has seen and done in her career. From celebrity encounters to wardrobe malfunctions, she gives us a…

3 Mar 2017 1AM 51 min

#GCS 3.3.17 Pt2

There is a new continent out there, or down below, but Gareth is calling bullshit on it. Sakhile calls in from Kenya to talk plastic pollution, and what he is doing to create more awareness around this. More news on how Kim Jong Num died, the future of Snapchat and…

3 Mar 2017 12AM 1 hr 01 min

#GCS 3.3.17 Pt1

It's the WEEEEKEND baby! Gareth has birthday parties to attend, so the team have flashbacks over the parties and things they used to do as kids. Ben wants to kill a certain bird, and for a good reason. The state of the Earth and how going to Mars is a…

2 Mar 2017 11PM 58 min

#GCS 2.3.17 Pt3

Gareth met a man recently at a party who really struck a chord with him. That man was 84-year-old Ted Slotar, who shares many a life story and lesson in a candid studio chat. From his days as a young tennis player, to a guy auditioning for film and TV…

2 Mar 2017 1AM 43 min

#GCS 2.3.17 Pt2

Some great listener stories and feedback covering all kinds of strangeness open the hour. Justice Malala fires things up with what's happening in politics and current affairs right now in South Africa. Siya then checks in from Design Indaba elaborating on what he has seen so far, with Titus Khoza…

2 Mar 2017 12AM 1 hr 03 min

#GCS 2.3.17 Pt1

Siya is still away in Cape Town so the team imagine what he does to start his day away from home. Gareth is getting more sleep but is still hugely frustrated about looking the way he does. Lucas gives a rabbit update, which prompts Gareth into a Watership Down flashback…

1 Mar 2017 11PM 54 min

#GCS 1.3.17 Pt3

We don't know a great deal about hypnotherapy in life, but it is something that can reveal more about our lives than ever believed possible. Chez Valenti is a hypnotherapist, who has teamed up with Rabbi Ze'ev Kraines (aka 'Warren Scott') to create the book 'Getting to the Core', a…

1 Mar 2017 1AM 48 min

#GCS 1.3.17 Pt2

There are a lot of flawed arguments on the table around land reform, many of which are coming from political bodies. From land to xenophobia, this is perhaps an even hotter topic with Greg Nicholson from the Daily Maverick joining in on the discussion. The Nokia 3310 has been relaunched,…

1 Mar 2017 12AM 58 min

#GCS 1.3.17 Pt1

The team welcomes in the month of March and with it look for where the public holidays are. It's not Gareth's favourite month so he needs things to look forward to. Nqobile calls in to talk hook-up advice and where guys go wrong, something that provides spontaneous life lessons. Debi…

28 Feb 2017 11PM 56 min

#GCS 28.2.17 Pt3

Gad Saad is a Montreal Professor of Evolutionary Behaviour and Gareth gets him to tell us about gift-giving, risk-taking and the effect of hormones on shopping for men and women. The thing that fires Gad up is his passion for free speech, the scientific method and not tolerating any bullshit…

28 Feb 2017 1AM 1 hr 06 min

#GCS 28.2.17 Pt2

Aussie Man Reviews the whole Oscar's debacle around the Best Picture award. PWC accept full responsibility, and with that also try and clinically remove themselves from the drama. Bianca Zoonekynd talks about her world as a tumbling champion, then Gareth returns to the Oscar 'disaster' and PWC's official groveling apology…

28 Feb 2017 12AM 45 min

#GCS 28.2.17 Pt1

Gareth continues to get frustrated by cars being left on the side of the road on his way to the studio. Lucas chimes in on how he would never abandon his car as it is special to him. Gareth's bizarre shopping list reveals a day in his life, then people's…

27 Feb 2017 11PM 1 hr 01 min

#GCS 27.2.17 Pt3

So much has been made about the Oscars goodie bag, but does it actually exist? It's Design Indaba time again, so Gareth chat to its MD, Ravi Naidoo. What to expect, what it's all about and how it is so much more than just one incredible event in Cape Town…

27 Feb 2017 1AM 51 min

#GCS 27.2.17 Pt2

Ben's DIY discoveries result in a new bed for Meowsers. Gareth wins big at a casino-themed party, and Siya dishes the latest on his love life. Mabale was in a prison on Friday night, but for a very different reason. WhatsApp are doing new things which is causing 'outrage', Somizi's…

27 Feb 2017 12AM 43 min

#GCS 27.2.17 Pt1

Jimmy Kimmel open things up at the Oscars with a brilliant monologue, prompting Siya into a spontaneous plug for the movie Moonlight. Gareth watched an old Bond movie, getting the team talking about how different things were in movies over the years. Ben went to Cape Town with flaming Alan…

26 Feb 2017 11PM 1 hr 02 min

#GCS 24.2.17 Pt3

Gareth and John Vlismas are unable to exchange small talk, they only ever discuss the big things. The hate speech bill, tapeworm activists, Joost's death and why people gravitate to certain people in life. And that's just the intro. John has a new show called 'The Good Racist', and it…

24 Feb 2017 1AM 55 min

#GCS 24.2.17 Pt2

Martin Smith the asset manager is also Martin Smith the musician. He comes into studio to talk about his double life, and sings a song too. The team then talks minimum wage in Australia, which leads to a rather different song. Mabz has the latest on the Gauteng water situation,…

24 Feb 2017 12AM 57 min

#GCS 24.2.17 Pt1

Gareth starts your Friday with some lessons in speaking properly in radio. Simba calls in from California with an interesting theory on cyborgs and human evolution. Navy SEAL Leif Babin talks leadership from lessons learned on the battlefield, which provides Siya with a rather educational moment... then it's into your…

23 Feb 2017 11PM 57 min

#GCS 23.2.17 Pt3

There's pussy in pants in Australia and Donald Trump sings pop songs. Gareth probes further into the high-pitched singing theme, seeing what Air Supply are up to nowadays. Nick Pitera then blows them out of the water. Casey Kasem makes a spectacular return, then Connell Cruise catches up with Gareth…

23 Feb 2017 1AM 1 hr 01 min

#GCS 23.2.17 Pt2

Despite a less than inspiring budget speech, Pravin Gordhan is still held in high esteem in South Africa. Justice Malala touches on this and all the other political ripples of the week with the Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's. Gareth gets to some listener messages and NASA talks…

23 Feb 2017 12AM 47 min