SA Institute of Race Relations 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree

2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree

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.
Occasionally English South Africa News Commentary · Philosophy
130 Episodes
72 – 92

A decade of dangers and delights

Nick and Gabriel discuss the year and how we ended up here by tracing the currents of thought through the 2010s.
8 Dec 2020 1 hr 09 min

Is there a paradox of tolerance?

Nick and Gabriel are joined by Nicholas Babaya to discuss the idea that tolerance by its nature requires 'intolerance' to be sustainable.
2 Dec 2020 1 hr 08 min

The great dislocation

Nick and Gabriel take a journey through the world of dislocation, dislocating fingers, narratives, and a nation.
26 Oct 2020 1 hr 04 min

What went down in Senekal

Nick asks Gabriel about what happened at Senekal and the crickets chat about the Bafana Bafana scenario for SA.
19 Oct 2020 1 hr 10 min

Fanatics PPEWC

Nick and Gabriel dissect the draft expropriation bill and then go on to talk about the danger fanatics pose to freedom and prosperity.
13 Oct 2020 1 hr 04 min

Titans die, and Will SA become Iran?

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.
20 Sep 2020 1 hr 06 min

Race Pride

Nick and Gabriel discuss the mechanics of race pride, how maddening it can be, and then postulate some alternatives.
13 Sep 2020 1 hr 08 min

Zuma's spicy letter

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.
30 Aug 2020 1 hr 12 min

Rogue agents at work around the world

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.
23 Aug 2020 1 hr 06 min

"The deal of the Century"

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".
17 Aug 2020 1 hr 04 min
72 – 92