Yesterday, I listened to the last episode of the ZAR Podcast.

ZAR is a twenty interview chronicle of the state of the South African nation – and frankly, it’s also a microcosmic view of most of the economic and cultural voices that you hear in the global media.

I mean, I can’t talk about this set of interviews highly enough.

The list:

• Episode 1: the Libertarian Free Market view (Russell Lamberti).
• Episode 2: the Pragmatic Business view (Sizwe Nxedlana)
• Episode 3: the Geopolitical view (Michael Harris)
• Episode 4: the Economic History view (RW Johnson)
• Episode 5: the Ultra Left Wing Black Consciousness view (Andile Mngxitama)
• Episode 6: What’s Wrong With The Rand
• Episode 7: the former Liberal view (Tony Leon)
• Episode 8: the Engineering view (Chris Yellend)
• Episode 9: the Capitalist Trade Union* view (Flip Buys)
  *I did not realise such a thing existed.
• Episode 10: the Socialist Trade Union view (Neil Colman)
• Episode 11: the Journalist view – on SA-China relations, specifically (Philip de Wet)
• Episode 12: the Right Wing Black Consciousness view (Herman Mashaba)
• Episode 13: the Public Protector view (Thuli Madonsela)
• Episode 14: the White Privilege Consciousness (?) view (Scott Burnett)
• Episode 15: The Sacking of Nene
• Episode 16: the Farmer view (John Purchase)
• Episode 17: the Freedom of Speech view (Gareth van Onselen)
• Episode 18: the ANC view (Zizi Kodwa)
• Episode 19: the Academic/University Chancellor view (Adam Habib)
• Episode 20: the DA view (Refiloe Ntsekhe)
• Episode 21: the Open-Mind Conclusion (Stephen Reardon)

I’m just not sure where else you’d find such a succinct and impartial representation of the “important” voices. Speaking for myself, there were real mental shifts.

If someone called this art, I’m not sure they’d be wrong.

Also, it’s art.

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