This week's topics are:

• Paying for a another tables' bill

• Clout chasing on reality TV

• First Dates and Naked Attraction TV programme

• The TV watershed

• Weening off social media

• How social media is the first port of call for news

• The dangers of social media algorithms and how to game them

• The new release of the PS5 and XBox Series X

• Amateur trading and investing

• Being careful playing the market

• The death of Jerry Rawlings

• The life and controversary around Jerry Rawlings

• The blocking of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala being appointed Director General of the WTO

• Kamala Harris potentially taking over from Joe Biden as president

• Tanzania's rigged elections

• Rising tensions between Abiy Ahmed's government and the Tigray people in Ethiopia

• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half a Yellow Sun winning another award

• #StavrosSays : Africa / China relations podcasts

- The China in Africa Podcast (https://chinaafricaproject.com/podcasts)

- Hear The Noise Podcast (https://linktr.ee/Hearthenoisepod)

- Home Grown Podcast (https://tinyurl.com/y2k6ab7w)

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