For this episode of Rigour & Flow, we’re back with another Notes From the Margins - our free-flowing format where we each bring something we can't stop thinking about.

Tamanda dives deep into the messy, glamorous world of Netflix’s Young, Famous & African. From Pan-African fame and chaotic conflict styles, we delve deep into the question of how reality TV sometimes hits deeper than we expect.

Aiwan brings us into the wild politics of Yellowstone - a neo-Western where land, capitalism, and colonialism collide, and where the lines between oppressor and oppressed blur fast. And in which we also ask, ‘Who are the Black cowboys?!’

And we respond to a word of warning from a friend: how do you host a podcast with your partner without doing "weird coupley sh*t"? We look at what we learned from We Can Do Hard Things and consider the strange art of sharing your life online.

From luxury mansions in Johannesburg to cowboy dynasties in Montana to the strange vulnerability of speaking publicly with someone you love - this episode is all about power, culture, and connection.

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