2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree
133 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★ - 3 ratingsNicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse provide their unique take on everything and anything going on in South Africa and the world at large, with a focus on history, philosophy and current affairs.
Getting away with murder in South Africa, Russian oligarchs, American elections and geopolitical strategy all feature in this unconventional podcast.
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Episodes
Playing at revolution and shoot to kill
June 13, 2020 10:11 - 1 hour - 28 MBNick and Gabriel set out to discuss the romantic ideals behind the CHAZ commune, they then heap praise on the Daily Sun and finally talk about some reasons other than "white supremacy" that drive SA police to be trigger happy.
Crime, shame and reintegration and how the world stopped making sense
June 09, 2020 08:06 - 1 hour - 27.4 MBNick and Gabriel without fear of being canceled dive headfirst into the swirling vortex of the ‘Black lives matter’ protests. Examining the demands by the protestors to ‘de-fund the police’, as per usual they discuss the esteem economy as well as the madness of crowds and the right to equal treatment under the law.
Covid-19: WW1 of the 21st Century?
May 30, 2020 18:24 - 1 hour - 28 MBNick and Gabe discuss various parallels between the self-inflicted, pointless bloody mess of WW1 and the 2020 pandemic response. Just in case you think they're rabid anti-lockdowners they then make the case for keeping schools closed in SA, the country which currently holds the worst lockdown performance on record.
Models to the left of me, models to the right of me
May 23, 2020 00:16 - 1 hour - 27.7 MBNick and Gabriel talk about some of the problems with modeling COVID and resistance of some modelers to including human behavior in their assumptions, they also ask if Biden might be emerging as the favorite in the US election.
Holding our breath for Covid wave
May 16, 2020 11:58 - 1 hour - 29.5 MBNick and Gabriel discuss if we have locked down too hard and too early and Nick complains about anti-maskers.
The cupboards in our minds are bare
May 08, 2020 19:24 - 1 hour - 25.4 MBNick and Gabriel discuss Nick’s shower thought that we have become a society without granaries, and we commemorate VE day, victory in Europe Day the end of world war 2 in Europe.
False Awakening: Life and Politics at Level 4 Lockdown, Covid-19
May 04, 2020 17:08 - 1 hour - 30.5 MBPlease note in this episode Gabriel talks about an article published by Max du Preez, however the article in question was written by Max Price. We apologize for the error. McDonald's in Nick's belly, a cigarette in Gabriel's hand, the two crickets in a thorn-tree reflect on South Africa's moans of relief as the country's lockdown gets eased from "Level 5". Should our lockdown be lifted because it worked, or because it was the wrong kind of lockdown from the start, and where to next? This lea...
COVID does not make you smart, never trust students and the wild south.
April 25, 2020 14:32 - 1 hour - 25.3 MBBattling technically problems Gabriel and Nick set out on a voyage through the silliness of Trump’s medical thoughts, why you should never listen to student radicals and Nick's dodgy family history.
How to Loot a Pandemic, Intellectually and Materially
April 18, 2020 21:38 - 1 hour - 27.9 MBGabriel and Nicholas have a grumpy but serious conversation about why it seems almost impossible for people to speak soberly about COVID-19; then venture into supply chains, cigarette cartels and renewed Ramaphoria.
Tiger King, The WHO sells out and keeping the Covid-19 debate open
April 12, 2020 13:54 - 1 hour - 26.9 MBGabriel and Nick explore the wonderous cultural artifact that is Tiger King, the complete capture of the WHO by China and the importance of keeping debate open and honest whilst we fight Covid-19. Subscribe on Apple Podcast · Subscribe on Spotify · Subscribe on Google Podcast
Gabriel gets detained at a roadblock and some lockdown fun
April 06, 2020 07:21 - 58 minutes - 23.8 MBGabriel tells the story of his run-in with the cops at a roadblock and Nick talks about data and madmen. Subscribe on Apple Podcast · Subscribe on Spotify · Subscribe on Google Podcast
Covid-19 will make madmen of us all
March 29, 2020 05:58 - 1 hour - 26.2 MBNick and Gabriel grapple with Covid-19 - the stories you know and those you don't and a bigger picture view of the potential outcome for South Africa coming apart from the world. Subscribe on Spotify · Subscribe on Google Podcast · Subscribe on Apple Podcast
How bad is Covid-19 data?
March 21, 2020 14:52 - 1 hour - 25.1 MBGabriel and Nick commiserate a bit and then chat about if we should trust the data on the novel coronavirus, and what opportunities for good and for ill present themselves in the virus crisis. Two Crickets is now available on Spotify! Link attached. Subscribe on Spotify · Subscribe on Apple Podcast · Subscribe on Google Podcast
Unpacking 2500 years of Patronage and When Communism is Awesome
March 13, 2020 19:20 - 59 minutes - 24.2 MBNick and Gabriel begin by pondering the alliance between SA Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, and Malema's EFF which launches into a full-sweep dive into the history of Patrons. Then they come up with a surprising claim: Communism is Awesome (in a particular context). Got feedback? Let us know. Email [email protected].
Covid-19 101: Don't over/under react, how to talk about difficult topics and is Bloomberg a hero?
March 06, 2020 16:14 - 1 hour - 27.7 MBNick and Gabriel discuss the appropriate ways to respond to Covid-19, how to discuss abortion and the campaign of Micheal Bloomberg in the US elections.
Steenhuisen is Buttigieg and Russia fights Turkey
February 28, 2020 13:53 - 1 hour - 25.9 MBNick interogates Gabriel about a rather strange comparison and the lads chat about new trouble in the Middle East.
Is South Africa a soap opera?
February 21, 2020 18:33 - 59 minutes - 24.4 MBNick and Gabriel go over some of the weird and wacky events of late and try to answer the question, are we actually a real country?
Is Mandela the new Hindenberg? Is Bernie the new losing winner? And pyramids
February 14, 2020 16:23 - 58 minutes - 23.9 MBNick and Gabriel discuss the eerie similarities between Paul Von Hindenburg and Nelson Mandela, the American Primary and why we should build Pyramids.
Are we doomed? And the seige of Nkandla
February 07, 2020 10:55 - 59 minutes - 24.2 MBNick and Gabriel deliver a cheerful slice of despair about the state of the nation and explore the possibility that Zuma might go to jail
Brexit Day, Decolonisation and Greek Art
January 31, 2020 13:55 - 1 hour - 28.3 MBNick and Gabriel work out how to find out if future South Africa will be alright and if a post-Brexit UK will sink or swim plus weird facts about erotic Greek art and poetry.
Esteem teams, Love and the printing press
January 24, 2020 13:01 - 1 hour - 28 MBNick and Gabriel take a lengthy stroll through the esteem team dynamics of impeachment and the worst 50 years in human history.
Qasem Soleimani killed, Putin reforms Russia and Esteem investments
January 17, 2020 14:04 - 1 hour - 28.3 MBNick and Gabriel chat about the Iranian general killed at the start of the year and what it means for the region, what Putin is up to after his whole government Resigned and who needs to make some esteem investments this year.
Elections in the UK
December 13, 2019 14:08 - 1 hour - 26.7 MBNick and Gabriel talk about the magnificent victory Boris has just pulled off in the UK and what it means for the future of the UK and Brexit.
Rounding up the year: Things that got rekt
November 29, 2019 10:56 - 1 hour - 26.2 MBNick and Gabriel discuss what was destroyed this year, in a round up of all the year's wild and wacky events.
Is the liberal world order over and which box do we put Trump in.
November 22, 2019 14:31 - 1 hour - 29.9 MBIn this whirling discussion Nick and Gabriel roll through the entirety of political thought in just over one hour.
Respectful heresy, left-right recalibration and Bloomberg makes a move
November 08, 2019 12:03 - 1 hour - 32.9 MBNick and Gabriel chat about that most exciting of topics, climate change, and how to think about climate science, they attempt to remake the left right spectrum and they do a quick update on the U.S. election .
American presidential race, minimum wage and South Africa's Media Space
October 25, 2019 09:49 - 1 hour - 28.6 MBNicholas and Gabriel discuss American presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren, the minimum wage and how bad South Africa's media space is.
Helen Z, Greta T and Peachy Impeachment
October 04, 2019 16:05 - 51 minutes - 21.2 MBWell that was quick. Or not. It's been a while now Lurr and Longboy get back to chirping about world affairs from the IRRumanati HQ. We missed ye.
Epstein, Kimba and the root of mass shootings
August 12, 2019 11:21 - 1 hour - 24.6 MBNicholas and Gabriel discuss the recent suicide of Jeffery Epstein, the phenomenon of mass shootings, the things that drive them and Kimba the white lion.
Riots, Rees-Mogg and the power of love, "Radical"
August 02, 2019 16:14 - 56 minutes - 23.1 MBNicholas and Gabriel chat about the riots in "Little Addis", a part of the CBD of Johannesburg what they came from and where we might be going; the new leader of the UK house of commons and the power of "Love"
2 Crickets in a thorn tree, Democrats and corrections.
July 07, 2019 14:00 - 59 minutes - 24.1 MBNick and Gabriel change the name of the podcast, issue a correction and then discuss the Democratic primary in the United States.
2 Crickets in a thorn tree on the treaty of Versailles and the failure of race nationalism
July 02, 2019 12:49 - 38 minutes - 15.5 MBOn the 100 year aniversity of the treaty of Versailles Nick (Ler) and Gabriel (Longboi) discuss the history of Europe and how Pan-Slavic and Pan-German nationalism came about and ultimately failed.
2 Crickets in thorn tree talk Iran and geopoltical stratergy
June 24, 2019 10:13 - 56 minutes - 23 MBNick and Gabriel attempt to talk about the state of the world but get side tracked and end up discussing the conflict between the United States and Iran. What follows is their longest episode in which, they explore Iran's geopolitical situation and if we are on the verge of another major war in the Middle East