Conscious Caracal

Ep. 158 - Orania: From town to city | Gawie Snyman

I am joined by Gawie Snyman, the Orania Town Manager. We discuss the Orania Movement's latest City Building Conference, God-given identity rather than state-imposed identity, why it is of critical importance for Orania to grow into a city, housing, electricity supply upgrades, water supply upgrades, sewerage system upgrades, internet and roads, and more.

Ep. 157 - Art, Culture and Politics: Proving what's possible | Ferro

I have a conversation with Ferro, a cultural commentator and artist, about art as politics, speaking to people's hearts ("feelings don't care about the facts"), The Exhibition (2023), and proving what is possible through artistic endeavor.

Ep. 156 - South Africa's Afro-Saxon elites and their interests | Andrew Kenny

South African writer Andrew Kenny joins me to discuss his observations about South Africa's "Afro-Saxon" elites and how they fit into the country's political landscape and zeitgeist, prevailing anti-Afrikaner sentiment, and his 2015 Orania column that The Citizen refused to publish.

Ep. 155 - Exiting the rabbit hole | Russell Lamberti

Russell Lamberti, Executive Director of Sakeliga, sits down with me again to discuss a range of topics such as politics as consumer product vs politics as productive exercise, getting stuck in the battle of ideas, restoring and producing order, exiting rabbit holes, transforming theory into action, political nihilism, and much more.

Ep. 154 - Friends of the Afrikaners: Hungary | András Kiss (HSAFS)

On this episode of the Friends of the Afrikaners series, I talk to András Kiss, the President of the Hungarian – Southern African Friendship Association (HSAFS) and friend of the Afrikaners. We discuss the HSAFS's mission and aims, Hungary's history, how the HSAFS found out about the Afrikaners, similarities he sees between our two cultures, and more.

Ep. 153 - Elon Musk shines spotlight on farm murders, EFF and "Kill the Boer" | Discussion Stream

I discuss Elon Musk's posts about farm murders and the EFF/Malema's "Kill the Boer" chant, the latest confirmed farm attacks/murders statistics since Julius Malema chanted "Kill the Boer" with a stadium of 90,000 people, Elon Musk replying to one of my tweets, AfriForum's upcoming appeal in the "Kill the Boer" case, and more.

Ep. 152 - South Africa's open and lawless borders (Lesotho/Eswatini) | Jacques Broodryk

I am joined by Jacques Broodryk, Spokesperson: AfriForum Community Safety, about his third documentary about South Africa's porous borders, as part of AfriForum's Open Borders series. This documentary, Cannabis and Cattle Theft, focusses on South Africa's borders with Lesotho and Eswatini, the cattle theft and drug smuggling happening there, how these crimes affect the communities and farmers on these borders, as well as how volunteers are getting involved to help re-establish order.

Ep. 151 - The Afrikaner Problem | Discussion Stream

On this episode I discuss the "Afrikaner Problem" that empires, regimes and foreign interests have run into, and continue to run into, at the southern tip of Africa. The ideas discussed in this stream are highly influenced by the writing of N.P. van Wyk Louw in his book, Liberale Nasionalisme.

Ep. 150 - Who is Generation Z? (The Zoomers) | The Prudentialist, Apex, Ryan Turnipseed

I am joined by The Prudentialist, Apex and Ryan Turnipseed, to discuss the particular characteristics of Generation Z, where this demographic fits in culturally, the biggest crises it faces, its politics and beliefs, what the future holds, and more.

Ep. 149 - Building alternative business networks | Piet le Roux (Sakeliga)

I speak to Piet le Roux, the CEO of Sakeliga - an organisation creating an independent business community in South Africa. We discuss Sakeliga's inspiration in the Hanseatic League (1356 - 1862), business networks as defensive mechanisms, the accumulation of power and influence through these networks, building a state-proof future for business, and more.