I am joined by Roman Cabanac (Morning Shot) and Renaldo Gouws to discuss the influence and impact of the growth of social media on South Africa's politics and social fabric, and more.By Ernst J. van Zyl

I am joined by Phil Craig, the leader of Referendum Party and co-founder of the Cape Independence Advocacy Group (CIAG). We discuss the Referendum Party, the potential for an independent Cape, Western Cape politics, the 2024 South African election, and more.By Ernst J. van Zyl

I am joined by Penuel the Black Pen, a South African podcast host and commentator. We discuss his film crew’s 2024 visit to Orania, the power of robust discussions, propaganda and agendas, AfriForum, organising communities, Western hypocrisy, Apartheid, Afrikaners, integration vs separation, and more.…

I have a discussion with professor Koos Malan about his latest piece which unpacks how the West is under siege on all fronts, in particular on its periphery.By Ernst J. van Zyl

I am joined by Duncan Reyburn, an Associate Professor and scholar with work mainly on René Girard, Marshall McLuhan, and GK Chesterton. In this episode we discuss technology, modern maladies, Progress™, our electrified world, loadshedding, and more.By Ernst J. van Zyl

Rory Duncan recalls his years manhunting on behalf of the Zimbabwean and Mozambican governments with a focus on a specific, extremely remote and mountainous area - the Chimanimani complex. There, he caught many dangerous fugitives. But one in particular stands out to him, Simon Kumbi, who Rory describes as "a man adapted to his environment and so l…

I am joined by Robert Duigan to discuss the many political trends that have started in southern Africa before being exported to the Western world, why the world has been engrossed by the politics of South Africa on numerous occasions throughout history, how South Africa is in many ways the world in microcosm, and more.…

I have a discussion with Gideon Joubert (Paratus), one of the leading responsible firearm ownership and rights lobbyists in South Africa. We cover South Africa's vast organised crime economy, El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele, private security, civilian security initiatives, and more.By Ernst J. van Zyl

In this episode, I speak with Adam "Akira the Don" Narkiewicz, a British musician and producer and the creator of the MeaningWave genre of music. We discuss music and meaning, the psychology of music, being productive, and more.By Ernst J. van Zyl

On this episode I explore matters of identity, respond to "Go back to Europe"-rhetoric from both the right and left, and unpack the mentality of "Building to stay".By Ernst J. van Zyl

I am joined by Dr Ernst Roets, the Head of Policy at the Solidarity Movement. We discuss how new realities and freedom are not created when they are demanded from the government, but rather that new realities are recognized when communities create them themselves. We also discuss Article 235 of the constitution, self-determination, and more.…

Auron MacIntyre joins me to elaborate on his latest column for The Blaze about the relationship(s) between power, culture, institutions and politics. We also discuss the state of the culture war in America and the broader West, strategic victories (capturing castles), accumulating power, Chris Rufo and Harvard, and more.…

2024 is upon us and as an introduction to the year ahead I discuss the themes that I think will define the new year, as well as some of the potential challenges that lie ahead.By Ernst J. van Zyl

I speak to János Jeney, a Hungarian cartographer, whose area of research is mapping ethnic groups in the Carpathian Basin. We discuss what the situation is like for the Hungarian minorities outside of Hungary, minority-majority politics, the value of his work, states changing place names, and more.By Ernst J. van Zyl

I provide feedback and answer questions on AfriForum's trip to Geneva, Switzerland, to attend the 16th session of the United Nations (UN) Forum on Minority Issues where I delivered a speech on the South African government's many pieces of racialist legislation, farm murders, as well as incitement of violence against minorities like the "Kill the Bo…

I have a conversation with David Harris, an American from Tennessee, who spend a lot of time with the Afrikaner community in South Africa. David recently published a great thread on Twitter/X, documenting his experience, as well as unpacking his impressions of Afrikaner/Boer culture as an outsider.By Ernst J. van Zyl

To celebrate a major milestone for my channel, 10 000 subscribers, I will be reading and analysing another one of my favourite texts: Soviet dissent writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Live Not by Lies. On the day Solzhenitsyn was arrested, February 12, 1974, he released the text “Live Not by Lies.” The next day, he was exiled from the Soviet Union.…

I am joined by Wanjiru Njoya, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter Law School, UK and a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. We discuss private property rights, the importance of identity, what history teaches us about the keys to prosperity, expropriation without compensation, "decolonization" and more.…

I am joined by Chris Becker, Managing Executive: Enterprise Payments at TymeBank. We talk about why he is bullish on southern Africa, how voting harder is not going to fix our problems, the phasing out of the centralised state, what the future holds for South Africa and southern Africa, opportunities in the chaos, solutions as export product, and m…

I unpack and discuss the idea of the "idolaters of the Act", as first conceptualized by Afrikaner philosopher N.P. van Wyk Louw in his 1958 work, Liberale Nasionalisme.By Ernst J. van Zyl

I am joined by Gawie Snyman, the Orania Town Manager. We discuss the Orania Movement's latest City Building Conference, God-given identity rather than state-imposed identity, why it is of critical importance for Orania to grow into a city, housing, electricity supply upgrades, water supply upgrades, sewerage system upgrades, internet and roads, and…

I have a conversation with Ferro, a cultural commentator and artist, about art as politics, speaking to people's hearts ("feelings don't care about the facts"), The Exhibition (2023), and proving what is possible through artistic endeavor.By Ernst J. van Zyl

South African writer Andrew Kenny joins me to discuss his observations about South Africa's "Afro-Saxon" elites and how they fit into the country's political landscape and zeitgeist, prevailing anti-Afrikaner sentiment, and his 2015 Orania column that The Citizen refused to publish.By Ernst J. van Zyl

Russell Lamberti, Executive Director of Sakeliga, sits down with me again to discuss a range of topics such as politics as consumer product vs politics as productive exercise, getting stuck in the battle of ideas, restoring and producing order, exiting rabbit holes, transforming theory into action, political nihilism, and much more.…

On this episode of the Friends of the Afrikaners series, I talk to András Kiss, the President of the Hungarian – Southern African Friendship Association (HSAFS) and friend of the Afrikaners. We discuss the HSAFS's mission and aims, Hungary's history, how the HSAFS found out about the Afrikaners, similarities he sees between our two cultures, and mo…

I discuss Elon Musk's posts about farm murders and the EFF/Malema's "Kill the Boer" chant, the latest confirmed farm attacks/murders statistics since Julius Malema chanted "Kill the Boer" with a stadium of 90,000 people, Elon Musk replying to one of my tweets, AfriForum's upcoming appeal in the "Kill the Boer" case, and more.…

I am joined by Jacques Broodryk, Spokesperson: AfriForum Community Safety, about his third documentary about South Africa's porous borders, as part of AfriForum's Open Borders series. This documentary, Cannabis and Cattle Theft, focusses on South Africa's borders with Lesotho and Eswatini, the cattle theft and drug smuggling happening there, how th…

On this episode I discuss the "Afrikaner Problem" that empires, regimes and foreign interests have run into, and continue to run into, at the southern tip of Africa. The ideas discussed in this stream are highly influenced by the writing of N.P. van Wyk Louw in his book, Liberale Nasionalisme.By Ernst J. van Zyl

I am joined by The Prudentialist, Apex and Ryan Turnipseed, to discuss the particular characteristics of Generation Z, where this demographic fits in culturally, the biggest crises it faces, its politics and beliefs, what the future holds, and more.By Ernst J. van Zyl

I speak to Piet le Roux, the CEO of Sakeliga - an organisation creating an independent business community in South Africa. We discuss Sakeliga's inspiration in the Hanseatic League (1356 - 1862), business networks as defensive mechanisms, the accumulation of power and influence through these networks, building a state-proof future for business, and…

I am joined by the gents from the Digital Archipelago podcast, The Prudentialist and GiantArt Productions, to discuss the internet's impact on culture, art, politics, news, human behaviour, reality and more.By Ernst J. van Zyl

To celebrate another channel milestone, 500 000 total views, I will be reading and analysing another favourite opinion piece of mine: Rob Henderson's piece on Thorstein Veblen’s theory of the leisure class (2019). This piece deals specifically with the concept of "luxury beliefs".By Ernst J. van Zyl

On the first episode of the Friends of the Afrikaners series, I talk to Andrej Kolárik, the Vice President of the Christian Democratic Youth of Slovakia (KDMS) and friend of the Afrikaners. We discuss the KDMS's efforts to bring awareness to causes relating to Afrikaners, Slovakia's history, how he found out about the Afrikaners, similarities he se…

I am joined again by Robert Duigan to discuss the geopolitics of Cape independence and why the southern tip of Africa has once again become a key strategic point, this time within the context of an increasingly multipolar world. We also discuss South Africa within the context of de-dollarization, BRICS, the West and the Rest, global trade, and more…

I have a discussion with professor Koos Malan about his latest piece, 'No longer seen as saviours', in which he argues that the civil religion ushered in by the ANC in 1994 has bit the dust.By Ernst J. van Zyl

I have a conversation with Heindrich Wyngaard, the Executive Chairperson of the Cape Forum (Kaapse Forum). Cape Forum seeks to improve the living conditions of communities in the Western Cape province by advancing community autonomy, a self-help mentality and the advancement of community federalism. We discuss community federalism, growing autonomy…

R.W. Johnson, one of South Africa's foremost political scientists, joins me to discuss his recent writings about the strange mythologising of Africa's post-colonial leaders and anti-colonial struggle and the lessons for South Africa in this topic.By Ernst J. van Zyl

I am joined by Fen de Villiers, a fine art sculptor who is passionate about strong aesthetics and powerful archetypes and who is seeking to challenging the notion of aesthetic relativism. We discuss the role of art, how ineffective conservatives have been at influencing the public art of our time, statues, strong aesthetics, powerful archetypes, ae…

I discuss my recent travels in the Karoo desert, the archetype of the desert, the "desert of the real", desert Afrikaners, the Northern Cape, oases, and more.By Ernst J. van Zyl

In this episode I have a conversation with Penuel The Black Pen, a South African online commentator, entrepreneur, podcast host and interrogator of powerful ideas. We discuss what is holding many people back in southern Africa, the power of frank conversations, exposing your audience to ideas or people that might make them uncomfortable or angry, s…

Retired US Army Colonel Chris Wyatt, and former Director of African Studies at the US Army War College, joins me again to discuss geopolitics and the security situation on the African continent in 2023.By Ernst J. van Zyl

I am joined by Rory Duncan, a South African that recently posted a gripping Twitter thread detailing his experience of being in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide. We discuss his experience, what he saw, and what thoughts still linger with him today.By Ernst J. van Zyl

I have a conversation with René van der Vyver, spokesperson for AfriForum Youth and proud Afrikaner. We discuss the key challenges young Afrikaners face today, what AfriForum Youth does, the importance of mother tongue education, Afrikaans students being targeted and excluded at Stellenbosch University (SU), North West University (NWU)'s recent rac…

I discuss the first documentary I made for AfriForum, called "Selfbestuur". This documentary explains the Solidariteit (Solidarity) Movement's detailed plan for the future, through the principle of community-federalism.By Ernst J. van Zyl

I have a conversation with Joost Strydom, the Head of the Orania Movement and longtime resident of Orania. We discuss Orania's solar power projects and loadshedding, the town's economic and population growth, Orania appearing on Morocco's radar in 2023, and more.By Ernst J. van Zyl

In this episode I chat to my friend Odin Moja about localism, how to invest in your community through small actions, the importance of preserving a community's unique character, local culture, decentralizing your spending, and more.By Ernst J. van Zyl

I have a conversation with Semiogogue, a semiotician, studier of language and symbolism, and cultural commentator. We discuss the uses and abuses of speech, how words manipulate reality, propaganda, the weaponization of the dictionary, influencing society through terminology, the power of language, and more.…

In this introductory episode of 2023, I discuss some of the potential challenges that lie ahead, a time to be serious, the "idolatry of the act", where people's focus needs to be be, and more.By Ernst J. van Zyl

I give feedback on AfriForum's trip to Geneve, Switzerland, to attend the 15th session of the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues. Ernst Roets, AfriForum’s Chief Executive for International Liaison, delieverd a speech at the United Nations (UN) on the continued hate speech and discrimination against minorities in South Africa. AfriForum also ha…

I have a chat with Jacques Broodryk, Spokesperson: AfriForum Community Safety, about his new follow-up documentary to Open Borders. This documentary, The Carjacker’s Carnival, focusses on the South Africa / Mozambique border, how easily stolen vehicles are smuggled back and forth across the borders, as well as how volunteers get involved to help fi…