Racial dynamics in SA similar to the US

Bryan Massingale a professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University in New York sits down with Joanne to share about the similarities in the racial dynamics of South Africa and the US. In this conversation he tackles the question about land expropriation. Father Bryan was in South African presenting the Winter Living Theology lecture series on 'Racism and the Demands of Discipleship'.

The Rose of Mamelodi Intersex beauty queen

Miss South Africa Top 5 finalist for 2016, Sharon-Rose Khumalo shares her journey with Androgen insensitivity syndrome. Androgen insensitivity syndrome means that she is genetically male however her physical traits are female. Sharon Khumalo sat down with Joanne Joseph to share her journey in taking over the narrative around her body.

Struggle Storey I Beg To Differ

Former Methodist bishop and rights campaigner, Rev Prof Peter Storey has brought out a deeply meaningful and beautifully-written autobiography entitled, “I Beg to Differ.” In it, he covers his early years and personal life, his warm marriage and fatherhood, and the difficulties that arose out of being a priest who preached human rights from the pulpit, at the peak of apartheid.

The Rose of Mamelodi: Intersex beauty queen

Miss South Africa Top 5 finalist for 2016, Sharon-Rose Khumalo shares her journey with Androgen insensitivity syndrome. Androgen insensitivity syndrome means that she is genetically male however her physical traits are female. Sharon Khumalo sat down with Joanne Joseph to share her journey in taking over the narrative around her body.

Stain on the cloth: William Segodisho’s sex abuse allegations against the Catholic Church

William Segodisho has officially come out, claiming rape at the hands of a Catholic priest in Johannesburg in the 1980s. Joanne Joseph unravels William’s memories of that time and explores his anger at the events, he says, have ruined his life. Please note: the following podcast contains sexually explicit content, which may be triggering.

Learning tolerance among races and culture through theatre.

Joanne speaks to award-winning stage performer and playwright, Matthew Ribnick whose works like THE CHILLI BOY, HOOT and MONKEY NUTS, have utilised live theatre to bridge the race, gender and class divide, using humour, following former Hot 91-point9 DJ, Sasha Martinengo calling Malema a monkey on air yesterday.  

Khaled Hosseini breaks the mould with new offering: Sea Prayer

Khaled Hosseini, renowned author of The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns and the novel, And the Mountains Echoed speaks to Joanne Joseph from San Jose, in California about the release of his new book, Sea Prayer. Sea Prayer takes the format of exactly that - a prayer, as the family sets out on a perilous migration. It isn't quite what you'd expect if you have grown accustomed to the sweeping, epic long-format novels this talented writer has produced in the past. By contrast, his latest offering, Sea Prayer, is more like a delicate hors-d'oeuvre, which must be consumed slowly and savoured religiously line-by-line, lest you devour it too quickly.

Stolen Innocence “The Tale”

Joanne Joseph sat down with filmmaker Jennifer Fox for an intimate one on one interview her latest production.  "The Tale"  is a film about her repressed memories of her childhood sexual abuse. In the production Jennifer documents how her tennis coaches sexually groomed her, but only realized that it happened to her when she was older.

The Valleys that raised Mandela

Joanne catches up with photographer Bonile Bam ahed of his photographic exhibition Mandela’s Roots (Revisisted). The exhibition traces Nelson Mandela's childhood journeys through rural towns in the Eastern Cape. It features a series of mainly black and white photographs shot on film in Mvezo, Qunu and Mqhekezweni, and documents the landscapes and physical setting in which Mandela lived as a boy.

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