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
84 – 104

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

2 Crickets and a cricketer in a thorn tree

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.
13 Jul 2020 53 min

Playing at revolution and shoot to kill

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.
13 Jun 2020 1 hr 08 min

Crime, shame and reintegration and how the world stopped making sense

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…
9 Jun 2020 1 hr 07 min

Covid-19: WW1 of the 21st Century?

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.
30 May 2020 1 hr 08 min

Models to the left of me, models to the right of me

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.
22 May 2020 1 hr 08 min

The cupboards in our minds are bare

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.
8 May 2020 1 hr 02 min

False Awakening: Life and Politics at Level 4 Lockdown, Covid-19

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…
4 May 2020 1 hr 14 min
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