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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
92 – 112

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

How to Loot a Pandemic, Intellectually and Materially

Gabriel and Nicholas have a grumpy but serious conversation about why it seems almost impossible for people to speak soberly about COVID-19; then venture into supply chains, cigarette cartels and renewed Ramaphoria.
18 Apr 2020 1 hr 08 min

Covid-19 will make madmen of us all

Nick and Gabriel grapple with Covid-19 - the stories you know and those you don't and a bigger picture view of the potential outcome for South Africa coming apart from the world.
29 Mar 2020 1 hr 04 min

How bad is Covid-19 data?

Gabriel and Nick commiserate a bit and then chat about if we should trust the data on the novel coronavirus, and what opportunities for good and for ill present themselves in the virus crisis. Two Crickets is now available on Spotify! Link attached.
21 Mar 2020 1 hr 01 min

Unpacking 2500 years of Patronage and When Communism is Awesome

Nick and Gabriel begin by pondering the alliance between SA Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, and Malema's EFF which launches into a full-sweep dive into the history of Patrons. Then they come up with a surprising claim: Communism is Awesome (in a particular context). Got feedback? Let us know. Email nicholas@irr.org.za.
13 Mar 2020 59 min
92 – 112