The Gareth Cliff Show

The 'yeast' of your problems

07.04.20 Pt 1 - How old is Boris Johnson? It doesn't matter that he's dating a 32-year-old who is about to have his baby, which makes him a winner. If you need to buy an iron while in lockdown, should that be an essential item? Has this lockdown made Cele…

7 Apr 2020 12AM 53 min

Destiny's Child carried Jay-Z's wife for years

06.04.20 Pt 2 - So it seems even tigers can get Covid-19! If you love to complain, during this pandemic, you can watch Contagion on SABC3... misery loves company. Should Bill Gates speaking about deadly viruses be taken seriously, just because he's absurdly rich? Who was the real talent in…

6 Apr 2020 1AM 55 min

“Don't be Putin my kids in the paper“

06.04.20 Pt 1 - Are Easter eggs a cure for all viruses in general? Should Damon be given his share of the trillions that will be made from selling hot water and lemon to the masses? If you want to employ a sexy voice, Leigh-Ann Mol is your person... Mbuleo…

6 Apr 2020 12AM 1 hour

Furry friends & cold turkey

03.04.20 Pt 2 - If you have furry friends, just be aware that vets are part of essential services and pet stores are open. In a time of international lockdown, how on earth do travel companies survive? Keeping clean makes you feel better... do it, stay clean and wash your…

3 Apr 2020 1AM 1 hour

No Coronavirus on YouTube

03.04.20 Pt 1 - Remember when you could touch people, and the days when load shedding was your biggest problem? If you say "Coronavirus", your video can be demonetised on YouTube. Let's be honest, amateur singing - especially when you try and syncronise - is a disaster. How tough is…

3 Apr 2020 12AM 35 min

A doctor & a TV presenter walk into a podcast...

02.04.20 Pt 2 - South Africa might be a decent country to live in after all, if you go by a queue at a shopping centre. The response to market factors at play in a crisis can be tricky, are street vendors less important than big chain stores? Ford is…

2 Apr 2020 1AM 58 min

Madonna is suffering in her bath

02.04.20 Pt 1 - Should you feel guilty for enjoying the solitude of lockdown? Hey, maybe you don't need your best friend around every 3 days... don't tell them though, could be awkward. Honey is good for you, and your skin, nectar of the gods. Madonna in the bath is…

2 Apr 2020 12AM 1 hour

The Killer really is out there!

01.04.20 Pt 2 - Pamina Bohrer from the Italian Chamber unpacks the organisation's role in the bilateral relations between South Africa and Italy. Elena Williams is the Tiger Queen as she's rising to the call to help the needy during lockdown, both in Africa and Europe - while still doing…

1 Apr 2020 1AM 54 min

Don’t lick the trolleys!

01.04.20 Pt 1 - What do most people do with the extra time they have during a pandemic? If you can't sleep, it's cool, anxiety is real... don't feel too bad. Cyril Ramaphoria's jacket was way too short on the arms, is he lifting heavy or is it just a…

1 Apr 2020 12AM 59 min

Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived

31.03.20 Pt 2 - In the times of a pandemic lockdown, how do the arts survive? Can theatre and musicians make it through these testing times? The most vulnerable in our society need all the empathy we can give them at this time... if you are an addict, what are…

31 Mar 2020 1AM 1 hr 10 min

Children eat like pigs

31.03.20 Pt 1 - What are the challenges of being a parent and having to homeschool a child during a pandemic? Children never have enough in the way of snacks, that's the real cost of having them... not the education and health costs. Should governments save artists? Is compliance good,…

31 Mar 2020 12AM 47 min

Trump is on the sugar booger

30.03.20 Pt 2 - This is not verified, but an extremely unreliable source is saying whey protein may hold the key to how the coronavirus was spread... once again this is definitely fake news, but it might be true. Eric Clapton's smash hit 'Cocaine' was actually written as a dedication…

30 Mar 2020 1AM 57 min

World War 7... don't ask

30.03.20 Pt 1 - WW7 is upon us and if you can hear us you made it. We skipped straight from WW2 to 7, we're not mathematicians. How badly do you want your pre-lockdown life back? Leigh-Ann Mol gets very real with us about how she's dealing with #Lockdown2020. If…

30 Mar 2020 12AM 52 min

If it's taller than a shrub, it's a tree

27.03.20 Pt 2 - The people one has to feel for are those in a sordid affair in general life, how do you carry on getting saucy nookie on the side in these #Lockdown2020 times? Michael Flax is basically trying to start a swanky kibbutz in the northern suburbs of…

27 Mar 2020 1AM 54 min

Bubble bubble, Markle & trouble

27.03.20 Pt 1 - Day one of #Lockdown2020 and we have the Mol cat report, live from Leigh-Ann's feeding room. What would you do in a real purge? Is drug dealing an honourable side hustle? If you are a lawyer, how do you know if a case is urgent... like…

27 Mar 2020 12AM 1 hour

Zombies in Knysna

26.03.20 Pt 2 - The Garden Route in South Africa is a place of civility, even in this inevitable period of zombies rising up to kill us all. One tricky question we have to answer now is whether gun owners are a threat to the society at large, or not…

26 Mar 2020 1AM 1 hr 03 min

Sangweni kingdom has a new queen

26.03.20 Pt 1 - Siya got to realise that things have changed in the Sangweni household, he's been knocked down a bit... from queen to princess. Are we already living in a zombie nation, or are people just desperate for that last can of baked beans because of the #CovidLockdown?…

26 Mar 2020 12AM 53 min

Kenny knew when to fold 'em

25.03.20 Pt 2 - Social media has ironically become a cesspool in a time when people are forced to use it to be social... maybe we should return to cat videos and nothing more. In a week where the world lost Kenny Rogers and Sol Kerzner, the big focus is…

25 Mar 2020 1AM 53 min

Straight guys & air kisses

25.03.20 Pt 1 - As South Africa gears up for Day 1 of #Lockdown, Oprah has already had Stedman in the guesthouse for weeks. Siya will be dressed like a ninja when going to Durban. Belgium has not banned all sex - just threesomes and the like, calm down. Will…

25 Mar 2020 12AM 59 min

Laptops are not vinyls

24.03.20 Pt 2 - We have to work - even at home, and that is scary because the bath is impossible to use as a desk. Redhill’s Red Radio is a youth station at Redhill High School and it has something to offer everybody. Don’t scratch your laptop, it’s not…

24 Mar 2020 1AM 1 hr 02 min