Politics
Podcast Reviews – The Assassination, Who Killed JFK? And Serial
Today’s three podcasts are a mixed bag or history, culture and true crime. Two are about two of the biggest political assassinations in my time. Both have spun off many theories and stories, but the conclusions of who and why are still murky. I came late to podcasting, but in the two or three years […]
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Pornography and Pogroms Served up Durban Style
Did you ever think that you would hear the words Pornography and Pogroms in one sentence? Believe it or not, this deranged word soup rant was all about South Africa’s support for the people of Gaza. In fact, these were the words of a respected Durbanite, Mary Kluk. She is the Director and Board Chairman […]
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Melania Trump a “Gay Icon”?
Melania Trump is a good-looking woman. This is a fact. Sometimes she is even gorgeous. And there is no denying that clothes look great on her. For me, she has a a strange look in her eyes and comes across as self-absorbed and aloof. And she has really bad taste in men. But a gay […]
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How Much do Black Lives Matter in the USA?
As the coronavirus wreaks havoc across the world you can see the cracks in Trump’s USA widening, as the death rate grows. And when you look a bit closer at the numbers you ask yourself how much do black lives really matter? Hurricane Katrina Thinking back to Hurricane Katrina in 2017. This was the costliest […]
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Berlin Wall – Stories and Music about the Fall
30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, I’m enjoying all the snippets and stories and music about that historic day. It was a Mistake My top story about the Fall of the Berlin Wall is about the mistake that happened at a routine press conference on 9 November 1989. Beginning at 18:00 CET […]
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