#RECAP: All the New Podcast Episodes You Might Have Missed in November
We have been busy producing, hosting, and broadcasting new episodes from all of our amazing podcast shows throughout the month of November. And you’ve probably been pretty busy too! So now that the month of November is almost done, it might be a good time to catch up on some awesome episodes from Volume’s shows that you might have missed.
Local Focus
“Acid Attack”
This month “Local Focus” introduced its awesome new host Hellen Tlokana who debuts with a chilling story of a young woman who was assaulted with burning acid by her boyfriend. It’s a shocking report of yet another case of gender violence plaguing South Africa.
🌆 Listen to “Acid Attack” on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Online
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“Apricot Seeds Cure Cancer”
What’s up with this story making the rounds that apricot seeds can cure cancer? And have you heard that people think you can use toothpaste to tst whether you are pregnant? Find out if these — and two more! — viral stories are true or not in the latest episode of this fake-news busting podcast from Volume and Africa Check.
📞Listen to “Apricot Seeds” on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Online
Colourful Numbers
“Water Shortages and The Climate Crisis”
The numbers for this episode are: 6, 300, and 7. Find out what stories these numbers can tell about the water crisis South Africa is facing, and how Joburg might also soon run out of water for its citizens.
🌳Listen to “Water Shortage” on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Online
Read This!
Johannesburg Review of Books editor Jennifer Malec has been industrious in November producing two amazing episodes of Volume’s hot African lit podcast “Read This!”
“Everything Is A Deathly Flower”
In this episode podcast host Jennifer Malec talks to Maneo Mohale about her highly anticipated debut poetry collection that deals with her experience of sexual assault. Hear Mohale read one of her poems and discuss her work in this latest African literature podcast episode.
📚Listen to “The Water Dancer” on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Online
“The Shadow King & The Water Dancer”
In this episode you can hear all about two amazing new works of African literature. The Water Dancer, the debut work of fiction by award-winning writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and The Shadow King, by Ethiopian–American author Maaza Mengiste.
📚Listen to “The Shadow King” on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Online
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