The Gareth Cliff Show

Family feud? Just trade 'em

03.08.20 Pt 1 - Can the threat of evil be reduced by a poor evil laugh? Should we be able to trade our family if they aren't as good as another person's family? Is winter worn out already, or are people still enjoying the comfort of thick blankets? Martin Hood…

3 Aug 2020 12AM 57 min

Stacks of Flax

31.07.20 Pt 2 - Fellow South Africans... 'Maaarkel' says you must be 'maaandfool' as an exercise in conflict resolution. Do we still need formal clothing for a corporate job in lockdown? Are you perfect as you are, or can you improve constantly? Is South Africa's summer going to be busy…

31 Jul 2020 1AM 58 min

Hellish Haircuts & Chick Magnets

31.07.20 Pt 1 - Turns out 6AM is a nice time of day if you bother to get up. ‘Going to gym’ is just a schlep now... might as well rather get a physics degree than go back to that mess. Getting a puppy is a chick magnet, but there's…

31 Jul 2020 12AM 57 min

Biden is seeking a Champion

30.07.20 PT 2 - What is the life of a champion, and how often should you remind them that they are a champion? It looks like Joe Biden will announce his running mate soon, but will he remember them a week later? Hey... cheer up, it turns out cancel culture…

30 Jul 2020 1AM 58 min

Tears of the Demon Semen

30.07.20 PT 1 - What do we do about friends and family who cry at weddings and funerals, do we just write them off? Maybe you are right about your ex being the devil's child, because a doctor has used the term 'demon semen' and there's been no outrage around…

30 Jul 2020 12AM 54 min

Hanksy panky

29.07.20 Pt 2 - If you lived in South Africa in the 80s and 90s, Naas Botha was your Brad Pitt - don't deny it. Tom Hanks might be moving to Greece, because it's easier to get his way there. There's a fat bear in Alaska, and no it's not…

29 Jul 2020 1AM 51 min

O no my magazine!

29.07.20 Pt 1 - Will Smith's murder of Biggie does not justify his wife sleeping with her son's friend. Does book smart mean you are life smart? The secret to good relationships is to only have rich friends. Oprah's magazine is closing after 20 years... what will Stedman read in…

29 Jul 2020 12AM 59 min

Amish friends & Viking booty

28.07.20 Pt 2 - The great lesson of lockdown might just be how children adjust better than adults to seismic change. The Vikings back in the day went to collect two types of booty. If you shoot a criminal and they die, you should pray for them... it's the right…

28 Jul 2020 1AM 53 min

Chlamydia in the Cape

28.07.20 Pt 1 - If you are going to have a portrait in your home, make it of yourself. Why are people still not set up to have quality Zoom calls? The richer a person, the worse their wifi... why is this? A teaspoon of gin keeps the doctor away…

28 Jul 2020 12AM 55 min

Batman en die Bulle

27.07.20 Pt 2 - What do we do about people who fall asleep on Zoom calls? CliffCentral has a Lebanese cuzzie. Is Joost's brother the Afrikaans Batman? If you thought church was for spiritual peace, imagine finding out you buried a body that isn't your aunt. It seems like people…

27 Jul 2020 1AM 53 min

Littering is for scumbags

27.07.20 Pt 1 - Hiking is the new normal... is it for health, or because people are tired of their loved ones? What do we think of humans who knock people over with their car and drive off? If you litter, you should be forced to live in the wild,…

27 Jul 2020 12AM 56 min

Make a feline of it

24.07.20 Pt 2 - Are smokers not getting enough love from society? Shaka's story is being retold - this time, with a budget. The team questions whether twins are inherently evil, if it’s weird to date your technology, and if the smell of a burning cat should cause one to…

24 Jul 2020 1AM 53 min

Coolidge & Rich comrades

24.07.20 Pt 1 - No one should do drugs, but there are some people who definitely shouldn’t. The team discusses aviation: the best way to get to fly a plane, and is a helicopter just a deathtrap with a joystick? The age old question of old age drivers being a…

24 Jul 2020 12AM 58 min

Nando's ain't Chicken

23.07.20 Pt 2 - Nando's are not chicken to have a go, both in their advertising and in backing The Burning Platform. With all due respect, is Hermann Pretorius comparable to David Mabuza? Let's be clear, politics has always been in the sewer... Also, do we romanticise the past because…

23 Jul 2020 1AM 57 min

The kids aren't alright

23.07.20 Pt 1 - Why are conspiracy theories and people like David Icke so intriguing? Birthdays in lockdown are no good - it's weird watching your cousin eat cake via Zoom. It looks like The Offspring were right: the kids aren't alright - they hacked Bill Gates' Twitter. Kim Jong…

23 Jul 2020 12AM 56 min

Heard the turd

22.07.20 Pt 2 - Human nature dictates that people hate anybody who isn't as perfect as they are. There are names that Gord describes as 'basic white girl names' - but should they define a person's life? Gareth's car is sold, but is he happy? Is the best relationship one…

22 Jul 2020 1AM 55 min

Squirrels for the butt plug

22.07.20 Pt 1 - If your ancestors hibernated, they probably used squirrels to, er, plug the back door. Conversely, if they lived in Africa, they danced often. Don’t take our word for it, this is science. On another evolutionary note, rabbits had feathers! And as if shopping wasn’t awful enough,…

22 Jul 2020 12AM 56 min

Maxwell's deadly delivery

21.07.20 Pt 2 - If you want to protest in favour of restaurants and booze coming back into your life, go and protest... just don't expect good service at your table. If you get a delivery from FedEx, get your bulletproof vest on before opening the door. Ronen Aires, founder…

21 Jul 2020 1AM 56 min

 Hamilton had a $1000 'sideplate'

21.07.20 Pt 1 - Sleeping is not a skill, stop telling us how much sleep you get per night... what do you want - a Nobel prize? Turns out one of America's founding fathers was a philanderer. Katharine Hepburn embodied celebrity at its finest. What is it about death in…

21 Jul 2020 12AM 58 min

Snacks kill & Sequins thrill

20.07.20 Pt 2 - Should it scare us that conspiracy theories are less ludicrous than government actions? If you speak to somebody, surely it doesn't mean you endorse everything they believe, or does it? If you buy nice stuff in lockdown, what's the point... who are you going to show…

20 Jul 2020 1AM 55 min