Everyone's A Critic

This week Kopano & Nick indulge Kopano's podcast true love: true crime! The two tales of woe under discussion are Con Mum - in which a British chef gets conned by a woman claiming to be his mom - and The Puppet Master - in which an English conman pretends to be a secret agent to control his vulnerable targets. Strap in! This is a hard listen. ...

How real is Reality TV? Kopano know quite a bit about this since she's produced numerous reality TV shows - Date My Family and Married At First Sight among them. So after she and Nick have watched a couple of shows - Love Is Blind on Netflix and Love Triangle on Showmax - the pair of them sit down to discuss how contestants can learn to game the system in these shows, and how this can affect what viewers see on screen.

This week's pod sees Nick & Kopano going from Soshanguve in Gauteng to Montecito in California! First, they take a look at "Sterring", a movie that just opened at the Johannesburg Film Festival in which a young actor takes a shot at the big time after foiling a mugging. Then it's off to Meghan Markle's kitchen to see how the Duchess of Sussex entertains at home. One of these shows has no budget and is bursting with life and authenticity. The other is phonier than a Telkom warehouse. Enjoy!

Is it the USA's final season? No, we're not talking about what's going on in the news. But Netflix recently released Zero Day, a tech thriller in which the USA goes to hell in a handcart, thanks a technology flame out. Nick and Kopano review the new show (helmed by the ever-virile Robert De Niro) and how it's just the latest Netflix property that shows the end of the USA as we know it.

Kopano and Nick check into the Thailand branch of the White Lotus for Season Three of HBO's exotic drama. Nick is new to this luxury hotel but Kopano is an experienced hand, happy to explain all about awful rich guests, harried and put-upon staff and impending violence. ...