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The Daily Friend Show

The Daily Friend Show is a 30-minute current affairs podcast featuring our analysts and writers. It presents a liberal perspective on the political, social and economic issues of the day on Monday and Friday.

The Daily Friend Wrap releases episodes at 17:00 which comment on the news events of the day 4 times a week Monday to Thursday. On Friday we do a live show on YouTube at 13:30.

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1,234 Episodes
1112 – 1132

Churches open, Cubans fast-tracked and China cracks down

Nicholas Lorimer gets analysis from Hermann Pretorius and Marius Roodt on the reopening of the churches, the fast-tracking of Cuban doctors into the health system and whether China will succeed with its recent moves on the world stage.
27 May 2020 10AM 36 min

Lockdown, Liberty & Law a conversation with Adv. Erin-Dianne Richards

The lockdown, liberty and the law was the topic of a discussion the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) hosted this morning with Advocate Erin-Dianne Richards. Richards and fellow advocate, Nazeer Cassim SC, gained wide public attention earlier this month when they wrote to the Presidency requesting clarity on the powers…
20 May 2020 6AM 57 min

Keeping Liberty Alive with Dr Anthea Jeffery

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) hosted a press briefing where Head of Policy Research, Dr Anthea Jeffery presented her latest report 'Keeping Liberty Alive, through Covid-19 and beyond'. The briefing outlines the clear dangers to liberty in this time of crisis. #KeepLibertyAlive
14 May 2020 6AM 34 min

SCIENCE! Quarantining the sick and open letters

Nicholas Lorimer chats to Hermann Pretorius and Sara Gon about Elon Musk, the obsession with SCIENCE!, centralized quarantine in South Africa and lawyers writing to the president.
13 May 2020 5AM 27 min

SAA, Smoking and Socialism

Nicholas Lorimer discusses with Frans Cronje and Sara Gon, the cigarette ban and its threat to civil liberties, what SAA signals about structural reform and the release of 19 000 prisoners to stop Covid-19.
8 May 2020 8AM 24 min

Will the ANC survive the Covid-19 crisis? with Dr Frans Cronje

Dr Frans Cronje, CEO of the IRR, hosted a press briefing on the political implications of the Covid-19 crisis for the ruling African National Congress (ANC). Dr Cronje draws on the analysis presented in his book, The Rise or Fall of South Africa (published this week and available on Amazon…
7 May 2020 8AM 31 min

Don’t pay back the money

Nicholas Lorimer asks Terence Corrigan and Gabriel Crouse about the contradictions between seeking money from the IMF and simultaneously enacting EWC, the resignation of a senior researcher and virus modeler in the UK and the plan by some to avoid a debt crisis by not paying back sovereign debts.
6 May 2020 10AM 33 min

Lifting the lockdown NOW with Dr Anthea Jeffery

The IRR hosted a press briefing presented by Head of Policy Research, Dr Anthea Jeffery on the vital need to lift the current lockdown as a necessity due to mounting hunger, hardship and economic decline. She calls on government to 'Open The Economy and Close The Schools' in order to…
30 Apr 2020 4AM 29 min
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