https://www.irr.org.za Nicholas 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. News Commentary en Mon, 24 Jun 2019 12:12:44 +0200 Fri, 20 Jan 2023 15:12:27 +0200 30 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss iono.fm 2.5.2.0 SA Institute of Race Relations no Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse Yearly feeds@iono.fm (Feed Manager) https://cdn.iono.fm/files/p1154/logo_4443_20250910_202958_1400.jpeg https://www.irr.org.za Nicholas 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. SA Institute of Race Relations episodic SA Institute of Race Relations info@irr.org.za false ZA https://iono.fm/e/1270913 https://iono.fm/e/1270913
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Note:We had to upload the episode without the intro music, the intro music will return next episode. ]]> News Commentary Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:30:00 +0200 0 0 Seeing things from a French perspective 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:22:13 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/1099496 https://iono.fm/e/1099496 News Commentary Sun, 12 Sep 2021 10:57:00 +0200 0 0 The curious case of Larry Elder and the Egg 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:13:47 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/1094261 https://iono.fm/e/1094261 News Commentary Wed, 01 Sep 2021 17:03:00 +0200 0 0 The end of the war in Afghanistan 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:38:34 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/1090372 https://iono.fm/e/1090372 News Commentary Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:16:00 +0200 0 0 The battle for the soul of South Africa's democracy 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:22:50 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/1080123 https://iono.fm/e/1080123 News Commentary Sat, 31 Jul 2021 16:56:00 +0200 0 0 The Ramaführer hypothesis 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:04:10 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/1076957 https://iono.fm/e/1076957 News Commentary Fri, 23 Jul 2021 19:36:00 +0200 0 0 3 Crickets in a Thorn Tree with Rian Malan 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:40:34 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/1074781 https://iono.fm/e/1074781 News Commentary Mon, 19 Jul 2021 16:02:00 +0200 0 0 It was the best of riots it was the worst of riots 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:24:19 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/1072220 https://iono.fm/e/1072220
Nick and Gabriel are joined by Hermann and Marius for their longest ever podcast where they discuss the thesis that asks if Zuma could have been a great president had some things been different. ]]> News Commentary Tue, 13 Jul 2021 11:45:00 +0200 0 0 Could Zuma have been a good president? 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:50:32 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/1069131 https://iono.fm/e/1069131 News Commentary Tue, 06 Jul 2021 09:02:00 +0200 0 0 Why apples should get a vote 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:15:53 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/1065213 https://iono.fm/e/1065213 News Commentary Mon, 28 Jun 2021 13:55:00 +0200 0 0 Waves of Covid and Wokeness 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:14:29 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/1057521 https://iono.fm/e/1057521 News Commentary Fri, 18 Jun 2021 13:01:00 +0200 0 0 The nature of nature 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:12:22 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/1051452 https://iono.fm/e/1051452 News Commentary Mon, 07 Jun 2021 10:12:00 +0200 0 0 Revising history 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:11:56 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/1049499 https://iono.fm/e/1049499 News Commentary Wed, 02 Jun 2021 15:39:00 +0200 0 0 Racism RIP 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:12:41 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/1039909 https://iono.fm/e/1039909 News Commentary Fri, 14 May 2021 18:37:00 +0200 0 0 Trouble in the Middle East Again 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:04:50 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/1037847 https://iono.fm/e/1037847 News Commentary Tue, 11 May 2021 16:20:00 +0200 0 0 Did Covid come from a lab? 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:19:02 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/1034181 https://iono.fm/e/1034181 News Commentary Tue, 04 May 2021 11:31:00 +0200 0 0 The fuel of life 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:09:59 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/1025955 https://iono.fm/e/1025955 News Commentary Sat, 17 Apr 2021 12:06:00 +0200 0 0 Helen Zille on Wokeness 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:02:40 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/1022344 https://iono.fm/e/1022344 News Commentary Sat, 10 Apr 2021 11:53:00 +0200 0 0 Don't take the justice system for granted 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:24:26 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/1019405 https://iono.fm/e/1019405 News Commentary Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:27:00 +0200 0 0 St George the "dragon slayer" 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:05:24 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/1013485 https://iono.fm/e/1013485 News Commentary Sun, 21 Mar 2021 18:13:00 +0200 0 0 How racism keeps creeping back in 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:21:38 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/1010169 https://iono.fm/e/1010169 News Commentary Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:15:00 +0200 0 0 Art and the Taliban 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:24:02 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/1006517 https://iono.fm/e/1006517 News Commentary Sun, 07 Mar 2021 11:13:00 +0200 0 0 Racist Maths and a Pope in the Middle East 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:07:54 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/1004532 https://iono.fm/e/1004532 News Commentary Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:57:00 +0200 0 0 How to judge dictators 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:03:04 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/999431 https://iono.fm/e/999431 News Commentary Sat, 20 Feb 2021 12:34:00 +0200 0 0 Some of our favourite things 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:02:57 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/996689 https://iono.fm/e/996689 News Commentary Mon, 15 Feb 2021 18:45:00 +0200 0 0 The damp president, Socialism for the rich and when to censure 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:10:17 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/993009 https://iono.fm/e/993009 News Commentary Mon, 08 Feb 2021 17:09:00 +0200 0 0 Strikes, blood and lawlessness 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:09:07 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/989085 https://iono.fm/e/989085 News Commentary Sun, 31 Jan 2021 16:53:00 +0200 0 0 How did China go communist? 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:10:51 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/985425 https://iono.fm/e/985425 News Commentary Fri, 22 Jan 2021 18:17:00 +0200 0 0 What even is herd immunity? 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:08:27 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/982272 https://iono.fm/e/982272 News Commentary Sun, 17 Jan 2021 12:20:00 +0200 0 0 What is a mutant virus? 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:09:34 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/968270 https://iono.fm/e/968270 News Commentary Tue, 08 Dec 2020 16:46:00 +0200 0 0 A decade of dangers and delights 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:09:12 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/965072 https://iono.fm/e/965072 News Commentary Wed, 02 Dec 2020 11:31:00 +0200 0 0 Is there a paradox of tolerance? 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:08:02 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/959569 https://iono.fm/e/959569 News Commentary Sat, 21 Nov 2020 17:38:00 +0200 0 0 Matric dances and the lumpen EFF 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:12:29 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/956698 https://iono.fm/e/956698 News Commentary Mon, 16 Nov 2020 18:10:00 +0200 0 0 Why did the DA lose by-elections last week? 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:08:17 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/952799 https://iono.fm/e/952799 News Commentary Mon, 09 Nov 2020 10:03:00 +0200 0 0 What Just Happened? The "BULLSH*T" Election 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:05:53 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/949483 https://iono.fm/e/949483 News Commentary Tue, 03 Nov 2020 08:00:00 +0200 0 0 Is Trump the gateway drug to non-racialism? 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:07:02 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/945606 https://iono.fm/e/945606 News Commentary Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:48:00 +0200 0 0 The great dislocation 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:04:58 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/941885 https://iono.fm/e/941885 News Commentary Mon, 19 Oct 2020 11:16:00 +0200 0 0 What went down in Senekal 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:10:55 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/938952 https://iono.fm/e/938952 News Commentary Tue, 13 Oct 2020 09:41:00 +0200 0 0 Fanatics PPEWC 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:04:31 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/934943 https://iono.fm/e/934943 News Commentary Mon, 05 Oct 2020 18:21:00 +0200 0 0 An immodest proposal and will Trump or the US die first 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:11:08 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/930816 https://iono.fm/e/930816 News Commentary Sun, 27 Sep 2020 11:40:00 +0200 0 0 Hot takes and the great South African Sishebo 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:07:11 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/927490 https://iono.fm/e/927490 News Commentary Sun, 20 Sep 2020 18:06:00 +0200 0 0 Titans die, and Will SA become Iran? 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:06:14 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/923707 https://iono.fm/e/923707 News Commentary Sun, 13 Sep 2020 18:33:00 +0200 0 0 Race Pride 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:08:27 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/919464 https://iono.fm/e/919464 News Commentary Fri, 04 Sep 2020 17:53:00 +0200 0 0 Bad Data, Bad Science and the BBC's (naughty) report on Covid will destroy Us All 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:12:51 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/916417 https://iono.fm/e/916417 News Commentary Sun, 30 Aug 2020 18:56:00 +0200 0 0 Zuma's spicy letter 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:12:20 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/912507 https://iono.fm/e/912507 News Commentary Sun, 23 Aug 2020 18:09:00 +0200 0 0 Rogue agents at work around the world 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:06:11 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/909464 https://iono.fm/e/909464 News Commentary Mon, 17 Aug 2020 20:32:00 +0200 0 0 "The deal of the Century" 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:04:53 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/906595 https://iono.fm/e/906595 News Commentary Wed, 12 Aug 2020 13:41:00 +0200 0 0 Trouble in the Catholic church and why we need freedom of religion 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:02:24 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/901727 https://iono.fm/e/901727 News Commentary Mon, 03 Aug 2020 10:37:00 +0200 0 0 The indispensable man, update on America and we welcome the future 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:04:42 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/898832 https://iono.fm/e/898832 News Commentary Tue, 28 Jul 2020 11:48:00 +0200 0 0 The source of all our woe: treating adults like children 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:08:04 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/893937 https://iono.fm/e/893937 News Commentary Fri, 17 Jul 2020 19:48:00 +0200 0 0 All the craziness getting you down ? Why not try Mars? 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:01:11 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/890494 https://iono.fm/e/890494 News Commentary Mon, 13 Jul 2020 17:51:00 +0200 0 0 2 Crickets and a cricketer in a thorn tree 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 53:29 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/889692 https://iono.fm/e/889692 News Commentary Sat, 11 Jul 2020 15:51:00 +0200 0 0 Judges who judge too much and the untouched saint of race nationalism 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:08:11 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/883926 https://iono.fm/e/883926 News Commentary Tue, 30 Jun 2020 11:21:00 +0200 0 0 Has Fallism hit Princeton & what is going on between India and China 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:16:46 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/880079 https://iono.fm/e/880079 News Commentary Mon, 22 Jun 2020 20:53:00 +0200 0 0 "The White Man's Burden" - Victorian norms live on in "Everything is Racist" 2020 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:07:30 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/875861 https://iono.fm/e/875861 News Commentary Sat, 13 Jun 2020 12:11:00 +0200 0 0 Playing at revolution and shoot to kill 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:08:46 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/873061 https://iono.fm/e/873061 News Commentary Tue, 09 Jun 2020 10:06:00 +0200 0 0 Crime, shame and reintegration and how the world stopped making sense 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:07:06 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/868355 https://iono.fm/e/868355 News Commentary Sat, 30 May 2020 20:24:00 +0200 0 0 Covid-19: WW1 of the 21st Century? 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:08:39 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/864816 https://iono.fm/e/864816 News Commentary Sat, 23 May 2020 02:16:00 +0200 0 0 Models to the left of me, models to the right of me 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:08:03 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/861489 https://iono.fm/e/861489 News Commentary Sat, 16 May 2020 13:58:00 +0200 0 0 Holding our breath for Covid wave 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:12:15 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/857608 https://iono.fm/e/857608 News Commentary Fri, 08 May 2020 21:24:00 +0200 0 0 The cupboards in our minds are bare 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:02:09 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/855138 https://iono.fm/e/855138
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 leads to deeper questions about the long-term, and long-term as a political conceit. What if Ramaphosa is the kind of long-term strategist whose policy is aimed a century into the future? ]]> News Commentary Mon, 04 May 2020 19:08:00 +0200 0 0 False Awakening: Life and Politics at Level 4 Lockdown, Covid-19 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:14:42 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/851371 https://iono.fm/e/851371 News Commentary Sat, 25 Apr 2020 16:32:00 +0200 0 0 COVID does not make you smart, never trust students and the wild south. 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:01:57 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/847564 https://iono.fm/e/847564 News Commentary Sat, 18 Apr 2020 23:38:00 +0200 0 0 How to Loot a Pandemic, Intellectually and Materially 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:08:19 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/844481 https://iono.fm/e/844481 Subscribe on Apple Podcast · Subscribe on Spotify · Subscribe on Google Podcast]]> News Commentary Sun, 12 Apr 2020 15:54:00 +0200 0 0 Tiger King, The WHO sells out and keeping the Covid-19 debate open 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:06:03 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/841568 https://iono.fm/e/841568 Subscribe on Apple Podcast · Subscribe on Spotify · Subscribe on Google Podcast]]> News Commentary Mon, 06 Apr 2020 09:21:00 +0200 0 0 Gabriel gets detained at a roadblock and some lockdown fun 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 58:17 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/837988 https://iono.fm/e/837988 Subscribe on Spotify · Subscribe on Google Podcast · Subscribe on Apple Podcast]]> News Commentary Sun, 29 Mar 2020 07:58:00 +0200 0 0 Covid-19 will make madmen of us all 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:04:11 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/834599 https://iono.fm/e/834599
Two Crickets is now available on Spotify! Link attached. Subscribe on Spotify · Subscribe on Apple Podcast · Subscribe on Google Podcast]]> News Commentary Sat, 21 Mar 2020 16:52:00 +0200 0 0 How bad is Covid-19 data? 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:01:28 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/830798 https://iono.fm/e/830798
Got feedback? Let us know. Email nicholas@irr.org.za. ]]> News Commentary Fri, 13 Mar 2020 21:20:00 +0200 0 0 Unpacking 2500 years of Patronage and When Communism is Awesome 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 59:28 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/827286 https://iono.fm/e/827286 News Commentary Fri, 06 Mar 2020 18:14:00 +0200 0 0 Covid-19 101: Don't over/under react, how to talk about difficult topics and is Bloomberg a hero? 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:07:50 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/823817 https://iono.fm/e/823817 News Commentary Fri, 28 Feb 2020 15:53:00 +0200 0 0 Steenhuisen is Buttigieg and Russia fights Turkey 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:03:28 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/820359 https://iono.fm/e/820359 News Commentary Fri, 21 Feb 2020 20:33:00 +0200 0 0 Is South Africa a soap opera? 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 59:54 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/816342 https://iono.fm/e/816342 News Commentary Fri, 14 Feb 2020 18:23:00 +0200 0 0 Is Mandela the new Hindenberg? Is Bernie the new losing winner? And pyramids 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 58:43 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/812809 https://iono.fm/e/812809 News Commentary Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:55:00 +0200 0 0 Are we doomed? And the seige of Nkandla 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 59:22 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/809516 https://iono.fm/e/809516 News Commentary Fri, 31 Jan 2020 15:55:00 +0200 0 0 Brexit Day, Decolonisation and Greek Art 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:09:17 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/806268 https://iono.fm/e/806268 News Commentary Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:01:00 +0200 0 0 Esteem teams, Love and the printing press 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:08:35 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/802847 https://iono.fm/e/802847 News Commentary Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:04:00 +0200 0 0 Qasem Soleimani killed, Putin reforms Russia and Esteem investments 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:09:19 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/791711 https://iono.fm/e/791711 News Commentary Fri, 13 Dec 2019 16:08:00 +0200 0 0 Elections in the UK 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:05:25 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/785123 https://iono.fm/e/785123 News Commentary Fri, 29 Nov 2019 12:56:00 +0200 0 0 Rounding up the year: Things that got rekt 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:04:04 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/780302 https://iono.fm/e/780302 News Commentary Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:31:00 +0200 0 0 Is the liberal world order over and which box do we put Trump in. 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:13:14 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/770600 https://iono.fm/e/770600 News Commentary Fri, 08 Nov 2019 14:03:00 +0200 0 0 Respectful heresy, left-right recalibration and Bloomberg makes a move 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:20:40 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/762235 https://iono.fm/e/762235 News Commentary Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:49:00 +0200 0 0 American presidential race, minimum wage and South Africa's Media Space 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:09:55 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/753542 https://iono.fm/e/753542 News Commentary Fri, 04 Oct 2019 18:05:00 +0200 0 0 Helen Z, Greta T and Peachy Impeachment 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 51:51 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/730633 https://iono.fm/e/730633 News Commentary Mon, 12 Aug 2019 13:21:00 +0200 0 0 Epstein, Kimba and the root of mass shootings 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 1:00:26 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/727183 https://iono.fm/e/727183 News Commentary Fri, 02 Aug 2019 18:14:00 +0200 0 0 Riots, Rees-Mogg and the power of love, "Radical" 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 56:38 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/714703 https://iono.fm/e/714703 News Commentary Sun, 07 Jul 2019 16:00:00 +0200 0 0 2 Crickets in a thorn tree, Democrats and corrections. 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 59:02 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/712633 https://iono.fm/e/712633 News Commentary Tue, 02 Jul 2019 14:49:00 +0200 0 0 2 Crickets in a thorn tree on the treaty of Versailles and the failure of race nationalism 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 38:07 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree https://iono.fm/e/709485 https://iono.fm/e/709485
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 ]]> News Commentary Mon, 24 Jun 2019 12:13:00 +0200 0 0 2 Crickets in thorn tree talk Iran and geopoltical stratergy 0 0 Nicholas Lorimer and Gabriel Crouse full 56:22 2 Crickets In A Thorn Tree