Browser Bites

This week Uri Bram, Publisher of The Browser, chats with Evangeline Garreau, Writer of May I Recommend, about the art of recommendation and curation. 

May I Recommend: Evangeline.website

Twitter: @egarreau

In this episode, Nontsi and Lindelani discuss intelligence in the African context. This conversation was inspired by the article titled “Are Humans Intelligent?” by Arram Sabeti.

Inspired by Zachary Crockett’s “Meet the company that sells your lost airplane luggage”, Nontsi and Lindelani discuss the trend of thrifting in South Africa, the relationship South African’s have with clothing and some old superstitions around clothing.

In this episode, Nontsi and Lindelani discuss how each of them perceive art and the different ways in which it plays a role in their lives.This conversation was inspired by the interview titled “Posthuman Art” by Sam Barker et al.

Inspired by Jonathan Malesic’s “Drinking Alone”, Nontsi and Lindelani discuss the culture of alcohol consumption in South Africa, the alcohol ban and some reasons why they do or don’t drink.

In this episode, Nontsi and Lindelani discuss the different ways in which WhatsApp is both good and bad. This conversation was inspired by the article “What’s wrong with WhatsApp” by William Davies.

In this episode, Nontsi and Lindelani are joined by Uri Bram in discussing why and how food matters as well as other fun food stories from the past. This conversation was inspired by Bee Wilson’s article “But Is It Food?”.

Inspired by Cameron Lombardo’s “A Queer Take On Gendered Japanese” on gender related semantics in the Japanese language. Nontsi and Lindelani discuss the differences, challenges and fun had around communicating in South Africa’s diverse languages.

Barâa Arar’s article "Between Two Worlds" inspired this beautiful conversation between co-hosts Lindelani and Nontsi on the ways in which the different worlds they occupy have shaped and influenced their identities.

For this episode, Browser Editor Robert Cottrell joins our hosts Lindelani and Nontsi to discuss human augmentation, inspired by the science fiction story “My Kid Could Do That” written by Elvia Wilk.