Conscious Caracal

Ep. 132 - Speechcraft: The power of words | Semiogogue

I have a conversation with Semiogogue, a semiotician, studier of language and symbolism, and cultural commentator. We discuss the uses and abuses of speech, how words manipulate reality, propaganda, the weaponization of the dictionary, influencing society through terminology, the power of language, and more.

Ep. 131 - 2023: Steady hands and clear plans | Discussion Stream

In this introductory episode of 2023, I discuss some of the potential challenges that lie ahead, a time to be serious, the "idolatry of the act", where people's focus needs to be be, and more.

Ep. 130 - AfriForum at the United Nations 2022 | Feedback

I give feedback on AfriForum's trip to Geneve, Switzerland, to attend the 15th session of the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues. Ernst Roets, AfriForum’s Chief Executive for International Liaison, delieverd a speech at the United Nations (UN) on the continued hate speech and discrimination against minorities in South Africa.
AfriForum also handed in a report in person at the offices of the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in Geneve, Switzerland. This report forms part of AfriForum’s established and growing international awareness campaign.

Ep. 129 - South Africa / Mozambique Border: The carjacker's carnival | Jacques Broodryk

I have a chat with Jacques Broodryk, Spokesperson: AfriForum Community Safety, about his new follow-up documentary to Open Borders. This documentary, The Carjacker’s Carnival, focusses on the South Africa / Mozambique border, how easily stolen vehicles are smuggled back and forth across the borders, as well as how volunteers get involved to help fight crime.

Ep. 128 - Documenting the failures of the ANC government | Report

We discuss AfriForum's latest report which highlights ANC government failures over the last couple of years which include key service delivery areas such as energy provision, policing, education, and transport infrastructure. The first section in the report highlights the excessive remuneration packages of high-ranking government officials. The report also contains an outline of AfriForum’s federal plan for the future.

Ep. 127 - Planning and planting for the future | William Wheelwright

I talk to William Wheelwright, an online cultural commentator who uses agriculture as his primary connection to the past and vehicle towards the future. We discuss the many benefits of working with the soil and animals, localism, growing your own food, industrial agriculture and "mega farmers", food and habits that are good for you, advice for beginners when it comes to farming, and more.

Ep. 126 - The Criminal Nature of Tyranny in South Africa | Gideon Joubert

I have a discussion with Gideon Joubert about the vast criminal underworld/networks that have developed in the country over the years - from zama-zamas (illegal miners) to cash-in-transit heists. We also discuss how these crime syndicates operate, where they get their weapons from and how they act in symbiosis with the government.

Ep. 125 - The future of dissent | Mark Granza (IM-1776)

I am joined by Mark Granza, the founding editor of IM-1776. This publication describes its mission as: "to expose the limits of mainstream conservative movements and start thinking of a way forward that fully recognizes the seriousness of our situation." Furthermore, IM-1776 seeks to "be able to provide the intellectual foundations for those practical solutions capable of forming the resistance our civilization depends on."
In this episode Mark and I discuss what it means to be a "dissident" in our times, explore further what his publication seeks to achieve and has already achieved, why we need to establish our own publication platforms, and more.

Ep. 124 - The coming deserts of disorder | Professor Koos Malan

Professor Koos Malan, a professor of Public Law at the University of Pretoria and author of the book There is no Supreme Constitution, joins me to discuss constitutional (dis)order, why there is no supreme constitution, the deserts of disorder of the future, and more.

Ep. 123 - Solution-building in a 'De-developing' country | Russell Lamberti

Economist Russell Lamberti and I discuss what it means to live in a "de-developing" country, what causes de-development, South Africanization, wealth creation, the South African government's race-agenda, discriminatory Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) policies and how you should think about solutions in a de-developing country.