919 FM Showcase Interviews and Spotlight Guests 2023 - 2025 Part 2
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PART 2 | WHEN RADIO STARTS THE CONVERSATION
Some of the most important conversations on radio aren't necessarily the easiest ones.
In Part 2 of my 919FM On-Air Showcase, I look back at three interviews that demonstrate another side of what I try to do behind the microphone — create a space where difficult subjects can be explored, challenged and discussed openly.
THE COLOURED COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
Following the controversy surrounding an Open Chats Podcast episode in August 2025, which sparked widespread criticism over derogatory and offensive comments about South Africa's Coloured community, I brought together friends and representatives of the community to have a conversation about the issue.
Rather than simply adding to the noise, the objective was to listen.
What does it feel like when an entire community is stereotyped? Where do these perceptions come from? And how do we have difficult conversations about identity, culture and prejudice without becoming part of the problem?
ANNA-MART VAN WYK
I also sat down with Clinical Hypnotherapist and Neuro-Behavioural Life Coach Anna-Mart van Wyk, who holds DipCH and DipNeuroC qualifications and is registered with the International Coaching Council and the National Hypnotherapy Council in the UK.
We explored the mind, behaviour and the ways in which our experiences can shape the way we think, react and live.
GAVIN TUCKER
And then there was author Gavin Tucker, whose book If You Won't Say It, I Will deliberately goes where many people won't.
It's a sharp, humorous and provocative collection of essays tackling modern life, political correctness, social media, hypocrisy, cancel culture and the things people often think but aren't necessarily prepared to say out loud.
The conversation was exactly what the title suggests — an opportunity to say it, discuss it and challenge it.
They weren't about having the easiest conversation. They were about having the conversation.
That's what I love about radio.
#ChrisJordan #919FM #TheSundayRevolution #Radio #RadioPresenter #OnAir #SouthAfricanRadio #TheArtOfConversation #DifficultConversations #ColouredCommunity #SouthAfrica #MentalHealth #Hypnotherapy
Some of the most important conversations on radio aren't necessarily the easiest ones.
In Part 2 of my 919FM On-Air Showcase, I look back at three interviews that demonstrate another side of what I try to do behind the microphone — create a space where difficult subjects can be explored, challenged and discussed openly.
THE COLOURED COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
Following the controversy surrounding an Open Chats Podcast episode in August 2025, which sparked widespread criticism over derogatory and offensive comments about South Africa's Coloured community, I brought together friends and representatives of the community to have a conversation about the issue.
Rather than simply adding to the noise, the objective was to listen.
What does it feel like when an entire community is stereotyped? Where do these perceptions come from? And how do we have difficult conversations about identity, culture and prejudice without becoming part of the problem?
ANNA-MART VAN WYK
I also sat down with Clinical Hypnotherapist and Neuro-Behavioural Life Coach Anna-Mart van Wyk, who holds DipCH and DipNeuroC qualifications and is registered with the International Coaching Council and the National Hypnotherapy Council in the UK.
We explored the mind, behaviour and the ways in which our experiences can shape the way we think, react and live.
GAVIN TUCKER
And then there was author Gavin Tucker, whose book If You Won't Say It, I Will deliberately goes where many people won't.
It's a sharp, humorous and provocative collection of essays tackling modern life, political correctness, social media, hypocrisy, cancel culture and the things people often think but aren't necessarily prepared to say out loud.
The conversation was exactly what the title suggests — an opportunity to say it, discuss it and challenge it.
They weren't about having the easiest conversation. They were about having the conversation.
That's what I love about radio.
#ChrisJordan #919FM #TheSundayRevolution #Radio #RadioPresenter #OnAir #SouthAfricanRadio #TheArtOfConversation #DifficultConversations #ColouredCommunity #SouthAfrica #MentalHealth #Hypnotherapy
Chapters
- 00:00 The Coloured Conversation
- 21:53 Neuro-behavioural Life Coach with Anna-Marie Van Wyk
- 44:26 If You Won't Say It, I Will with Author Gavin Tucker
