Seedpod

55: Christina Kaba - Change begins with you

September 23, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 50 MB

Christina Tenjiwe Kaba is proof that anything is possible. Better known to locals as Mama Kaba, she cares for her community and goes out of her way to prevent anyone from going to bed hungry. Her conquest for change originated in Lesotho, when she started using her land to grow vegetables to contribute to the nutritional needs of her community. Today, Mama Kaba has founded numerous communal gardens in various South African townships. She exceeded expectations when she rose to the top and bec...

54: Paddy Upton - The art of leadership

September 16, 2019 20:00 - 1 hour - 51.5 MB

This week I have the pleasure of chatting to the barefoot coach aka Paddy Upton. He has been part of the coaching staff of the SA cricket team that reached World 1 ranking, he helped take the Inidian cricket team to a world cup win in 2011 and is Head Coach in four of the world's premier T20 cricket tournaments. He is also a mental coach to professional athletes from multiple sporting disciplines, leadership coach to business executives and teams, a professional speaker, and was recently a...

53: Eugene Oppelt - Cultivating healthy masculinity

September 09, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MB

From a young age Eugene Oppelt was been inspired by his mother, a nurse, and watching her help and care for others helped shape his career as a psychologist. He is passionate about helping people reach their full potential in life. He’s currently focused on peak performance for elite athletes & teams, South African Olympians, & Paralympians. He is also a leadership advisor, team focus builder, change management consultant, and facilitation leader for a forward-thinking and dynamic internati...

52: Aron HaLevi - Gift of Hope

September 02, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MB

Aron Halevi is a musician, songwriter, producer, and social innovator with a self proclaimed obsessive percussive disorder. He is also a father, husband, dreamer and hummus addict. After Starting the highly successful Freshlyground in 2002, and an amazing seven year journey, spanning three albums, four SAMA awards, one MTV award, over 50 songs and 1000's of performances later, he decided to pursue his own career as a composer and producer. Besides enjoying his music, his hope is that his s...

51: Marlon Parker - Leading from Love

August 26, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 54.7 MB

Marlon Parker is a leading social entrepreneur who uses information technology to empower communities. His passion for technology and innovation has led him to founding of R Labs which focuses on skills training and economic empowerment opportunities. He also co-founded JamiiX, one of the largest mobile chat counseling networks in the world with more than 4.5 million people being reached since inception. The Mail and Guardian named Marlon as 1 of 300 young South Africans you have to take ou...

50: Shani Kay - An MBA in positivity

August 19, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 46.3 MB

This weeks guest Shani Kay calls herself a Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Specialist who works with global clients to design, produce and amplify content and tools that are relevant, compelling and inspiring. One of her recent projects is SA INC., a new 20-part series set to air on local TV channels with the objective of changing the narrative in South Africa to highlight and celebrate the country’s successes and achievements. In our thought provoking conversation we discussed t...

49: Brad Shorkend & Andy Golding - Work shouldn't suck

August 12, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MB

In this weeks episode for the first time I had 2 guests, Brad Shorkend and Andy Golding who have written a book together called “We Are Still Human!... and work shouldn’t suck!”. Brad is an agitator & thought provoker… he has summited 3 of the seven summits, and expeditioned to Everest Base camp. He is an architect, entrepreneur and has been coaching, mentoring and facilitating leaders across all industries since 2007. Andy is an employee experience specialist and co-founder of Still Huma...

48: Rob Stokes - Saving the world

August 05, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MB

Rob stokes is the epitome of an entrepreneurial spirit, he just oozes it. He started off by founding Quirk, arguably South Africa’s most successful digital agency eventually selling to WPP in 2014. He is on the board of a multitude of businesses some of which he helped start and today spends most of his time at the Red and Yellow School of Business. Rob is passionate about developing, transforming and growing new and established businesses predominantly in the technology and education sector...

47: Sally-Anne Kasner - Question Everything!

July 29, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 51 MB

There are many things that we take for granted in our lives and we place trust and power in others hands where sometimes we should be questioning more. This is at the heart of todays guest Sally Anne Kasners approach to life and sustainability, basically question everything. Sally-Anne heads up Circular Vision and is constantly trying to find new ways to change our current linear economy model to be more Cyclical or Circular. Dont know what that means, listen on. Her focus and passion lies i...

46: Max Pichulik - Does pain breed success?

July 22, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 67 MB

Todays guest Max Pichulik lives and breathes social impact, at scale. Since 2006 After leaving the corporate banking sector Max has been involved in driving access to capital for scalable, impact ventures on the African continent. Currently his titles include co-founder of impact amplifier, director of earth capital and co-founder of greenfingers mobile. In recent years max focused his personal efforts in helping leaders understand the sub conscious drivers of their success, By Waking Up, Gr...

45: Grace Stead - Just do what you can

July 15, 2019 21:00 - 1 hour - 54.1 MB

Grace Stead is one of those people who is involved in so many things that I am left wondering how she does it all. She is a stalwart in the sustainability space here in South Africa who is truly dedicated to her work. She is currently the MD at Abalimi Bezekhaya - an NGO teaching people in the townships to grow their own veggies, Co-Founder of Wrap -zero focusing on sustainability in the film industry and founder of Steadfast Greening her own environmental consultancy. What I really loved ab...

44: John Sanei - Future Foresight

July 01, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 54.3 MB

John Sanei is fascinated by the cross-section of human psychology and future studies, He brings these subjects to audiences around the world through inspirational talks and has just written his third book. He is the first African member of the Singularity University Faculty. Over the past 20 years, John developed a set of frameworks, perspectives and questions to contextualise business trends and innovation in today’s hyper-connected world. Our conversation went into detail on how John o...

43: Marine Goldenberg - Digital for the Planet

June 24, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 47.3 MB

Marine Goldenberg is a French import to South Africa who is small in stature but definitely not in spirit. Living for extended periods as a woman alone in both India and Nigeria prove that she has courage and tenacity. She now brings that character to the organisation she now works for called Digital for the planet. Our conversation traversed some of her experiences as a lone female traveller to how we are all impacting our planet through our daily digital habits and addictions. I learnt a l...

42: Marcus Coetzee - Minimalist clarity

June 19, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MB

Marcus as a management consultant with over 20 years’ experience in providing strategic support to organizations that have a social impact – primarily social enterprises, non-profits organizations, high-impact businesses and government departments. He wants to help organizations like these to cultivate strategic clarity and hope, so that they can navigate a successful path into the future. We went into a detailed conversation about the concept of minimalism and how marcus uses it to great ...

41: Bernard Lembeck - Chemical Activism

June 11, 2019 20:00 - 1 hour - 35 MB

What do you get when you mix a german paint chemist with an environmental activist? Bernard Lembeck is just that. He is an interesting mix of personality with a very measured, scientific and gentle approach to life intertwined with a courageous pioneering entrepreneur who has been making environmentally friendly paint products under the brand Pro nature for almost 20 years, before it was even a thing. I enjoyed seeing a completely different perspective of our beautiful country and explorin...

40: Joshua Cox - How will you contribute?

May 27, 2019 15:00 - 1 hour - 35.7 MB

This weeks guest Joshua Cox is Passionate about justice and social change, and the power of technology to create positive change at scale. He worked in international development and social activism for 10 years before founding his social enterprise (www.fixforward.com) Five years ago which creates opportunities for tradesmen from low-income communities to grow successful businesses. Josh is one of the many South Africans who are truly involved in driving change in the country and has a very ...

39: Dave Duarte - Digitising the revolution

May 20, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour - 34.7 MB

Dave is a real digital native who has a global voice teaching organisations to create change through building communities and cultures online. he is passionate about what he does having worked with the UN, presented to world Leaders at Davos and is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. We spoke about education, the influence of digital media on our lives and how we create change within this landscape.

38: Alex Cousins - Have you suffered enough?

May 13, 2019 15:00 - 2 hours - 57 MB

Alex's passion has always been in health and human optimisation. Her teachings are a very unique amalgamation of shamanism, mysticism, a deep understanding of the human body through her studies of Ayurveda and Natural Hygiene; steeped deeply into Christ consciousness and the knowing, that we as a species are evolving beyond what we ever thought possible. Everything Alex teaches, she lives -fully without compromise whilst constantly evolving and refining the process. Alex is a true pioneer ...

37: Haldane Martin - Rebellious love for chairs

May 05, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 42.5 MB

This week I had the privilege of sitting down with one of South Africa’s design legends, Haldane Martin. Haldane is a multi award winning, internationally acclaimed furniture and interiors designer. You may know some of his classics like the Zulu mama Chair and the Shongololo Sofa. Our conversation spans his early years as a rebellious skate border to falling in love with the chair to his latest collection which is focusing on sustainability. We delved into how his mind works, how he continu...

36: Leonie Joubert - Rewiring your brain

April 28, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 38.4 MB

Leonie Joubert is a multi-award-winning South African author, who has contributed to more than 10 books, and uses different ways of storytelling to help people grapple with many of today's tough issues as we try to find ways to live together on a this planet. She focuses on topics like climate and environmental change, energy policy, cities as development hubs, food security and more recently, her work delves into the realm of public mental health. Our conversation specifically looks at the ...

35: Aunnie Patton Power - The rules need to change

April 22, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 39.3 MB

This week I have the pleasure if sitting down with Aunnie Patton Power to discuss her view on our current financial models, innovation coming out of South Africa and some of her experiences as a women in the Impact Investment arena. Aunnie is a global thought leader on Impact Investment, Innovative finance and Technology for Impact. She works with organisations across the globe, has been published by leading publications including WEF and SSIR, and currently resides as a lecturer at the GSB ...

34: Brett Schlesinger - Right place right time

March 30, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour - 37.8 MB

Brett divides his life into before his time at the Ranch with Osho and after, it was that impactful in his journey to discovering himself. In this weeks podcast we delve into some of his experiences there and how they have left a lasting impact on him. From the series of events that took him across the world to Oregon to him creating the Moonbag and the Drumcafe, Brett has always found himself at the right place at the right time to hugely positive effect time and time again. Join us on this...

33:Kate Ball - The power of spirit

March 24, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour - 35 MB

Kate Ball is a wellbeing entrepreneur who focuses on creating ways in which to help people improve themselves through yoga, meditation and healthy food. She relies on the signs of the universe to guide her from one endeavour to the next while using her own life experience to drive her decisions. From new age breath work to ancient plant medicines, Kate has tried them all and approaches life with a diverse tool set for contentment and wellbeing.

32: Deon Robbertze - Crisis can change our world.

March 17, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour - 34.9 MB

From commercials director to sustainability entrepreneur, Deon Robbertze is shaking up the closedmindedness of society towards climate change. He calls himself an Anglicised Dutchman. But his real passion is Africa - her people, her music, her many cultures. And to create a circular economy. It's about opportunity - see the problem, find the solution and capitalise on it. There is hope! Jobs can be created while we clean up our mess.

31: Zachariah George - More collaboration - less condescension

March 09, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour - 36.3 MB

Zachariah George is changing the narrative in Africa. For a kid born in the South of India, raised in Muscat, Oman, who received his Masters of Finance at Standford, USA, he breaks out of all boxes. People assume there is no innovation coming out of Africa he says. Not if his initiative 'start up bootcamp' has anything to say about it.

30: Andries Rautenbach - Circular ways of reconnecting

March 03, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour - 34 MB

A revolution is needed on this planet we call Earth. Sure, we sit where we sit because of first world greed, or Big Corporates right? Andries Rautenbach, a seasoned engineer and coach, urges us to look to our own contribution: we all know we cannot carry on this way.

29: Justin Maxwell - A Passion and Party for Change

February 16, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour - 35.9 MB

Continuing on from our conversation in episode 7... In today's world we are flooded with information, opinions, confusion, and isolation. We often think we have no choice but to join the rat race and feed into the system, a system which we do not think to question. Justin Maxwell, like many of us, grew disillusioned with this way of living and decided to make this change.

28: Verity Price - Crowdfunding Courage

February 09, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour - 30.9 MB

You have the passion, you have the dream, and you have the ability. What's stopping you? Fear, reckons Verity Price, fear of the unknown, fear of discomfort, fear of failure. Verity Price joins Seedpod to share her journey through fear and how it led her to and beyond her dreams.

27: Nic Rabinowitz - Wandering, Wondering Jew

February 02, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour - 31.9 MB

What does a Jewish kid with a business science degree do with his life? Nik Rabinowitz defied his destiny and instead of a suit, decided that red fake snakeskin pants were more his thing. His “shy kid” childhood birthed the observer, and then the performer in him. Many brave and brazen moments leading up to his first gig included cold calling for an acting job, digging long-drops around Africa for a theatre troupe (whilst cooking the books on the side), and jumping out from under tables in t...

26: Glen Tyler - 12 Years - the global countdown

January 26, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour - 31.7 MB

Glen Tyler is an environmental activist working for 350.org. 350.org empowers and supports people to take action against climate change. He believes that we need to act communally in order to attack the systemic problems, not just reactively treat the symptoms, which he aptly likens to putting a Band-Aid on an amputation.

25: Ryan Fortune - 7th Day Apocalyptomist

January 12, 2019 22:00 - 2 hours - 55.7 MB

For Ryan Fortune, the phrase, “the end of life as we know it” is not a concern for future generations; it’s a reality he reckons we will be facing within our foreseeable future. Fortune recalls his journey from a conservative 7th Day Adventist, who’s nose was permanently buried in a book and was taught to keep his questions to himself, to a man who has made it his mission to expose the realities we would rather not face. Once a trouble-making writer in the church journal, Ryan Fortune would ...

24: Goodbye 2018 - Lee Rael

December 18, 2018 21:00 - 8 minutes - 4.03 MB

I would like to thank all those people who have helped me to get this podcast going and helped sustain it. And that includes you! Enjoy the Holidays. See you next year!!

23: Warren and Tom - Walk with us

December 09, 2018 21:00 - 1 hour - 33.8 MB

Two young pioneering Mzungu’s and best friends, Tom David and Warren Handley, after summiting Kilimanjaro, undertook to walk home to South Africa. They survived on a mere $2USD a day, and the inherent kindness of strangers. Why on earth? To raise awareness about the frightening statistics of orphaned and vulnerable children in South Africa, and to raise funds for early childhood development. Those 6000 km took them six months. Six arduous months of illness, hunger, sore feet, exhaustion. Th...

22: Schalk van der Merwe - Courage wears a velvet dress

December 02, 2018 19:00 - 1 hour - 43.4 MB

Schalk Willem Jacobus van der Merwe is as (white) South African as you can get. By name only. Born and raised in Bellville, Cape Town in the 70’s, he ironically credits Apartheid, the National Party and the N.G. Kerk as his greatest influences. He believes you don’t have to be a struggling artist to be a good artist. He describes his work as raw, honest, emotional and visceral, and without bullshit. From a velvet dress-wearing musician, turned advertising mogul, turned full-time artist, (...

21: Paul Hudson - Showing up

November 26, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour - 34.6 MB

Paul Hudson is an entrepreneur, father, musician, pilot, and creative leader, and not all in that order. He’s dedicated to embracing the heart of vulnerability in all aspects of his life, and inspired by youth who actively practice the mantra “be the change you wish to see.” We chat about staying present, challenging the assumptions we make, building a personal mindfulness toolkit, and things you learn when flying in storms (literally.)

20: Glen Jordan - Understanding money to work with money

November 18, 2018 18:00 - 1 hour - 37 MB

If you’ve got a “can do” attitude, you can do it. These are the wise words of Glen Jordan, Director of IMB – a financial services firm set on empowering people to learn how to work with money. But this podcast is not just about money and tech, it’s about embracing our roots, and the challenges that refine us. It’s about unveiling toxic masculinity, and about being both vulnerable and thick skinned at the same time. It’s about persisting when you have nothing to your name, and learning how to...

19: Frank Solomon - Making waves

November 12, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 34.1 MB

The ocean can be both a beautiful, and scary place. But imagine riding a 50-foot wave – roughly the height of a 5-story building… Today’s guest is Frank Solomon, a water-man, professional big wave surfer, Emmy award-winning filmmaker and unwitting environmentalist. We get frank with Frank about tenacity, conquering fear, being mindful, about sharing his passion for the ocean by teaching kids to surf, and how determination always triumphs.

18: Fred Roed - Never trust a skinny chef

November 04, 2018 22:00 - 58 minutes - 27 MB

Fred Roed has been through the proverbial entrepreneurial ringer. Bankrupt, and with over a million Rand in debt at age 27, we hear the story of how he balanced and reframed “failure” to now head up “Heavy Chef”, a platform that connects people through learning experiences. Heavy Chef’s objective is to inspire people to start things, and then empower them to succeed. This hugely inspiring chat reminds us that as pioneers we need to retain a healthy perspective on failure, and to cherish the ...

17: Susan Hill - A Heart of Service

October 28, 2018 22:00 - 1 hour - 37.5 MB

Susan Hill, recent Woman of the Year Winner, is the Director of Ikhaya le Themba, an NPO situated in Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay, Cape Town. Susan talks about her journey of faith, leaving middle class comfort in America behind, relocating her family to South Africa, and in so doing, literally giving it all up for the greater good of serving others. The heart of her vision is to create necessary places of comfort and safety, and to inspire collaboration with others, essentially to rebuild broken...

16: Warren Goodman - Live well travel wide

October 20, 2018 22:00 - 1 hour - 37.1 MB

Today I am joined by Warren Goodman, owner and founder of Wazoogles Superfood. Wazoogles is a 100% plant-based superfood protein blend. Warren is a passionate surfer, chef, traveller and yogi. His travel experiences have grounded him and inspired him to live the nomadic lifestyle he does today. Wazoogles was born out of necessity. In his twenties, Warren suffered with a low immune system and was always getting sick. After eventually going to get tested by GPs and ENTs and when western medi...

15: Michael Cowen - Change and disruption

October 13, 2018 22:00 - 1 hour - 30.6 MB

Michael is a podcast host and keynote speaker. He co-hosts the Think WTF podcast with Brett St. Clair. Together they try to make sense of the rapidly changing digital world. Listeners to Cliff Radio will recognise Michael from the Futurology show which he began co-hosting in 2011. Michael and I do a deep dive into some of the pressing questions around digital technology and tackle questions around reality, consciousness, and what we want as a society. What started out as a conversation a...

14: Donna McCallum - Spread your financial wings

October 06, 2018 22:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MB

As South Africa’s Fairy Godmother, Donna McCallum educates people on how to relate to, manage and build wealth around the world. She helps people break down barriers and build futures filled with hope and abundance. Her path to becoming the Fairy Godmother started on a bus ride in Argentina 13 years ago but her story is more complex than that and far from linear.

13: Nic Heinamann - Let's talk regeneration

September 30, 2018 22:00 - 1 hour - 37.1 MB

With the Constitutional Courts landmark ruling allowing all South Africans to cultivate and use Cannabis in the privacy of their own homes, we chatted to Nicholas Heinamann, founder of the non profit Afristar who recently produced a documentary on this subject - Cannabis “the Peoples Plant. He joins us in the seedpod to chat all things regeneration, sustainability, and the advantages of hemp use.

12: Gina Flash - Living your purpose courageously

September 23, 2018 22:00 - 59 minutes - 27.4 MB

MENSCH Founder Gina Flash joins us this week to share her remarkable story. Gina is a change maker in the truest sense and works to help others and empower those less fortunate for the betterment of society as a whole. MENSCH brings together Jewish people working and volunteering in social development, social entrepreneurship, education, and academia for the benefit of communities outside of their own. It was clear during our conversation how purpose-driven Gina is. Ingrained in her is the ...

11 - Alex Hetherington: There is no Planet B

September 16, 2018 22:00 - 1 hour - 33.5 MB

Leading environmental consultant Alex Hetherington joins us to chat about climate change, the future we face as a nation, as well the crucial role that the younger generation will have to play in helping enact sustainable change.

10 - Mandy Myerson: Bring the change by being it

September 09, 2018 22:00 - 1 hour - 33.1 MB

In this episode, we are joined by Mandy Myerson, founder of Human Waking. For the past few years, Mandy has undergone a spiritual and professional metamorphosis having first made her name in the art world. Her own awakening inspired her to start her new company, or as she refers to it, a revolution that encourages people to become more conscious consumers and to forge a stronger connection to the planet they inhabit. Mandy’s courage and passion inspired us throughout this thought-provoki...

09: Marc Rogatschnig: What makes a leader?

September 02, 2018 22:00 - 1 hour - 32.3 MB

In this episode we are joined by Marc Rogatschnig. Marc is a a renowned consulting psychologist to leadership teams around the globe, public speaker, and author. His company, Tidal, helps individuals and organisations shift their beliefs and shape their own behaviors towards higher performances. Marc is a leader in the truest sense. From his school days and throughout his professional career, it was clear that he was ideally suited to a leadership role. From shifting the behaviors of his ...

08: Tatum Prins: The adventure of a lifetime

August 26, 2018 22:00 - 1 hour - 31.6 MB

In this episode, we are joined by Tatum Prins, a world-renowned endurance and adventure racing athlete. Tatum was one of, if not the top female athletes in her field, competing in some of the toughest events we have ever heard of. Her ultimate challenge however has been the journey of becoming a mother. She has since co-founded Mountain Runner, an events company that promotes a healthy and active lifestyle while enjoying the awe-inspiring scenery that South African trails have to offer. Tatu...

07 - Justin Maxwell: The authenticity of expression

August 19, 2018 22:00 - 1 hour - 39.7 MB

Episode 7 of Seedpod features an illuminating conversation with Justin Maxwell, founder of the Muizenberg Festival. Justin is a practicing Sangoma, a life coach, a thinker, activist, and one of the most interesting people we've had the pleasure of sitting down with. He made us think, and we know he will make you too.

06 - Alex Peel: A closer look at consumption

August 12, 2018 22:00 - 43 minutes - 19.9 MB

Alex Peel is the owner of the Organic Route store in Hout Bay. Her passion for healthy food is matched only be her dedication to promoting the well-being of those on the lower rungs of the food production ladder. In this frank discussion, Alex helps us unpack the nature of food production in South Africa, and why we need to look deeper in how we consume our products.

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