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Speaker 1: Weekdays, 3 to 7 p.m. The Flash Drive with Carl Wastey on KFM 94.5. The show that drives you home. The Flash Drive with Carl Wastey.
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Speaker 2: That's what it is. Welcome, welcome to the best part of your day. Hopefully, we'll do our best to make that happen. For the next four hours, it's three o'clock. We're here till seven. Let's make it worth your while. This is your show. It is your flash drive on KFM 94.5. Cassidy Jade Nicholson.
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Speaker 3: Carl Jade Wastey.
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Speaker 2: So, you know that I realized that my colleagues have created an adjective. Yeah. Out of me. And I needed to share this with you. I know it is something that we discussed off air, but you're so.
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Speaker 2: So let me explain. Whenever they tell me a story about people riling them up and them not responding emotionally, they said, yeah, I did a Carl Wastey.
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Speaker 3: What the hell is that? So Carl has this really incredible talent of like staying level-headed. Thank you. And finding, you know, the, okay, cool, this is how this person is feeling. It's not about you. And look, I'm an emotional girl. So I get riled up a lot. And when I ask Carl, how do I handle this? He goes, you know what? Just realize... It's not about you. So I have to channel that energy. And I have to find the thing to say that's going to be emotionally intelligent, which is normally, have a lovely day and remember to smile.
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Speaker 2: Well, I mean, so like often, you know, often Beatrice would tell me like, yo, I had to pull a call today. I'm like, what do you mean? No, somebody cut him off.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Speaker 2: Or the electricity has been off, you know, for eight days. Exactly. And you have to chat to somebody on the phone who didn't know what was going on. thank you i'm going to take that as a compliment that's very kind of you to say that is wonderful.
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Speaker 3: I want to be more like you um you're great thanks.
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Speaker 2: Okay so be more like you because you're great conflict yes i know of course and and the thing is whether we like it or not in this industry and i think this is where the real practice of not responding emotionally comes in is that On the WhatsApp line, where the people creating TikTok videos and spending their time saying something about you, I will always say to you that those people took their time to respond in that manner to you. They've taken the time out of their day and out of their lives and have said, I.
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Speaker 3: Can't stop thinking about you.
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Speaker 2: Basically, that's what they say. So they'll have a response to something that we have said or even what we've played. Yeah. Something to a little thing that we've done on air and created an entire TikTok video about it. But remember, that person took their time to stitch something together, edit and post. Don't respond to them. poorly, tell them thank you for the time they spent on you. They have families that are not going to get that time. They can't get that time back, but they decided and said that day they're going to give that time to you. And anybody who's trying to rile you up, getting on your last nerve, remember they have taken time to coordinate, strategize and deliver it to you. Some of our own family members don't even take that time. But that stranger took that time on you. Thank them.
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Speaker 3: That's what I'm talking about.
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Speaker 2: I bless you. Have a wonderful day. That time on me. Of your life.
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Speaker 3: Do you have a crush on me?
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Speaker 2: How do I respond? How do I give you time back? All I can do is say thank you. So that's essentially what we have to deal with on a daily basis here. It's really crazy because I know that some people are not in control of their own emotions and I bless them and I hope they'll get to a point where their actions can be put on a billboard or their actions can be seen by their own kids and they can realize, oh my word, I wasn't responding there. I was reacting and that reaction was impulsive and I need to respond more. And react less. That's all.
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Speaker 3: And that is the Carl Weasley response.
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Speaker 2: But I don't know why.
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Speaker 3: That is the Carl Weasley response. And we love that. Thank you.
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Speaker 2: Well, I hope that. And it's a practice. It is a practice. It's not something that is a silver bullet. Every day there's going to be new challenges and new ways to practice that particular response. It's not easy all the time. But I think that if you set your mind to it, you get a little better at it as anything that you would practice. That's it. What a start to the show.
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Speaker 3: I love it. Thanks for the soapbox.
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Speaker 2: I hope that calmed you down. And now that you know that that person that just beeped you off, at least now you know exactly how to respond. And now we can play you some music, give you some clicks, club card cashbacks, tell you about our private, sorry, I meant pirate party on the 31st of October, and then bring you one of the most peaceful voices in the South African music industry. Zolani Mahola is coming through to chat to you after four o'clock. Peace be with you.
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Speaker 4: Let's go.
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Speaker 2: Step into the scene that you won't catch.
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Speaker 3: Got to love you. Got to love you.
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Speaker 2: Got to love you, Shonda Paul and Alexis Jordan. It is on your show, your flash drive, KFM 94.5. Can I just remind you that on Thursday, the 3rd of December, do you know who's going to be here in Cape Town? You know it's going to be here?
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Speaker 1: Yes.
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Speaker 2: Are you sure you know?
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Speaker 3: Can I say it with my chest?
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Speaker 2: Do you want to say it with it? Do you go for it? Grand Arena, Grand West?
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Speaker 3: Shandapal.
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Speaker 2: Shandapal. Yep, that's going to be here. And tickets are available right now. And it's going to be cool.
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Speaker 3: Can I just say, so when we were quizzing the other.
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Speaker 2: Night, Oh, sorry, you guys are... Isn't that like the fourth time you... Third hat trick. Third time. Okay, hat trick. Excuse me.
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Speaker 3: So we have a song that plays.
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: And then one of our teammates goes, oh, that's Sean Paul. And I said, babe, you understood every word. That is not Mr. Sean Paul.
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Speaker 2: Was it Shaggy? No, it wasn't.
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Speaker 3: It was Yaz.
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Speaker 2: Yaz. Oh, Ayaz replaying.
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Speaker 4: Ayaz, yes.
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Speaker 2: Charlie, like a melody.
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Speaker 3: Literally.
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Speaker 2: Okay, cool.
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Speaker 3: And then they were like, this is Sean Paul. And I was like, no, no, no. Sean Paul talks in cursive.
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Speaker 2: Ayaz, yeah, yeah. That's it. But basically, just to give you some details. Baby boy. So that's the details you need to know about Sean Paul.
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Speaker 3: Oh, my goodness.
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Speaker 5: Cool.
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Speaker 2: So you got all of that? Did you write everything down? Fantastic. For those in the back, Thursday, 3 December, grab your tickets right now at Blue Blood Tickets. And it is in proud association with Blue Blood Firewater Earth Productions and KFM 94.5. Sean Paul is coming to your city. It's very exciting. It's really cool. And by the way, the dialect in Laos, it's pigeon. So if you want to learn a bit more pigeon and you'll understand more of like what he's saying if you want to do that. So what's wrong?
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Speaker 3: Petrus, keep this on top of your mind.
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Speaker 2: P-I-D-G-I-N. Just do some Googling there, man.
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Speaker 3: P-I-D.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, go for it.
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Speaker 3: I'll do it.
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Speaker 2: Just go P-I-D-G-I-N, Sean Paul. And then you'll get some. P-I-D. So you get some ideas of dialect and you can learn. Because it is really a proper dialect and it's a proper way of speaking. So you can actually learn it and then you'll be ready for the concert on the 3rd of December.
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Speaker 3: He doesn't sing in pidgin. He performs Jamaican patoy, also known as Jamaican creole. But that's another form. Pidgin is another form.
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Speaker 2: There we go. So if you want to sort of lean yourself in there to that, full-fledged Creole. I know that's one of the pigeons, one of those sort of subsidiary dialects and that Jamaican patois, but like, I think that'll be so cool to learn something really. Like there's some, there's some common language. Hold on. Maybe we should do a few of these just in preparation. Basic Jamaican patois. Okay. Let's say maybe there's some cool phrases we can learn here. Okay. There's some easy ones. Wagwan.
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Speaker 3: What's going on?
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Wagwan. What's up? And how are you?
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Speaker 4: How are you?
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Speaker 2: So Wagwan is essentially... What's going on? That's our way. Yeah. Right? Yes. Done. Medea.
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Speaker 3: Medea?
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Speaker 2: No, no, no. So I'm doing well. I'm here. Right? Yairi.
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Speaker 3: I'm Yairi. I'm okay.
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Speaker 2: Perfect. Yes. All right. Lovely. Walk good.
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Speaker 3: All good.
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Speaker 2: Well, walk good.
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: It means walk well. Go well. Goodbye. Oh, yeah. Bless up.
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Speaker 3: Yeah It's like blessings.
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Speaker 2: Yeah bless up It's just have a nice day Yeah This is actually quite cool We need to learn this Before Sean Paul gets here I'm into it Yeah Chaka chaka That's when Something's untidy or messy Ah zine.
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Speaker 3: Ah zine No it's zine Zine Yeah I don't know.
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Speaker 2: I got it I understand Oh Well I I reverse that For me Predrin Brother Yeah Brothers Sistrin Sisters Okay, cool. Big knee?
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Speaker 5: No.
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Speaker 2: Do you know that? Pucky, basically, is another term. It's children or child. Okay. Oh, this is so cool, man. I think we're going to learn this. We're going to have to. Okay. I think it's good to learn some new languages. I've heard that on several podcasts that it's very good for your brain development and to continue making sure that your brain develops. So we need to learn this before and then we can listen to all of them. Like every single syllable would be like, yeah, Wagwan. In fact, let me, can I try with you now?
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Speaker 3: Okay.
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Speaker 2: Okay. All right. Traffic. Wagwan.
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Speaker 3: There's a stationary vehicle on the N1 outbound after Platzecloof Road. The center lane is obstructed and on the M3 south, it's backed up between UCT and Claremont. There are traffic lights that are faulty, and you can find them in the following areas. In Kailitsa at Miuwe and Jafdike Masimola Road. In, oh, give me one second.
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Speaker 4: Why?
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Speaker 3: No, I'm just, I got to sound the sounds.
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Speaker 2: Ekendal?
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Speaker 3: Ekendal. Ekendal. E-I-K-E-N-D-A-L.
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Speaker 2: Hold on. That could also be a typo. Where are you speaking of?
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Speaker 3: Fort Chipper Road and the Gama Street.
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Speaker 4: Oh.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Peter just also came now to check it out. I love how these things happen in real time. Ekendal? Oh, is it E-I? Is it E-I?
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Speaker 3: Ekendal.
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Speaker 2: So was there an E there?
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Speaker 3: Ekendal.
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Speaker 2: You missed on the E. I said E. I said E-I. Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, you said, I thought you said I-K.
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Speaker 3: No, no, no, no, no.
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Speaker 2: All right, that's Ekendal.
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Speaker 3: Ekendal.
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Speaker 4: Yes.
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Speaker 3: Thank you so much. I'm a human being and we learn these things in lifetime.
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Speaker 2: Of course.
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Speaker 3: And lastly, you'll find a traffic light at the, a faulty traffic light at the N2 and Baden-Powell Drive. My name is Cassidy Nicholson, your human friend. And if you see anything on the roads, let me know on the WhatsApp line. That's 082-945-0940.
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Speaker 2: You do not need to disclaim those sorts of things. No, no, no. You don't even need to. Because I think that's the standards, unnecessary standards that people set.
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Speaker 3: Sometimes it's important to remind people that we're all human, though.
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Speaker 2: That was Jamaican patois, and I said pigeon. So I got that wrong. Oops.
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Speaker 1: Wow.
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Speaker 2: But then I corrected myself like any human would do, and then we went into it, and we realized what guan means. All right?
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Speaker 1: Miairi.
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Speaker 3: You see, you're doing the Carl Wastier game, and I'm here for it.
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Speaker 6: Hi, Carl.
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Speaker 7: Hi, Cassidy.
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Speaker 3: Hello, hello.
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Speaker 2: What you up to? What you doing?
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Speaker 6: I was actually working. I'm a teacher online.
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Speaker 2: You're a teacher? You know what? I feel like this is the official teacher's show.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I agree.
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Speaker 2: I really do think. There are so many teachers that we chat to for several different competitions. I'm fast becoming like well aware that this is the teacher's show. And if I can be of service to a teacher online, who are of service to many of the minds shaping the future, I can be very, very happy going to bed at night knowing that I can do this. So, hi, teacher. Hi. So... Hi. Clix brand products. Oh, wait, hold on. What do you teach? I need to ask that first before we get there.
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Speaker 4: English.
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Speaker 2: I can hear. I can hear. I just heard you enunciate and suddenly I was compelled to ask. There it is. Of course. Do you do English?
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Speaker 1: So.
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Speaker 2: You said English?
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Speaker 6: It's literature. So we are an extramural for literature.
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Speaker 2: What is the focus book now within the level you're teaching?
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Speaker 6: Well, we focus a variety of age groups. So we go all the way from about three years because they start very young. And we can go up to 18.
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Speaker 2: Okay, this is great. Yay for literacy. We need it in this country. More literacy, more books, more reading, and more Clix brand products. So Shante, what's your favorite?
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Speaker 6: My favorite is the turmeric tissue oil. It's brand new and it's absolutely amazing. I was just telling Pietras when I was sending the voice, the voice notes, I went to the shop, sold out, went online, sold out. But, um, Beatrice just confirmed that they have it back in stock, so it's fine. But it's a really good product. I love mine. I use it in my lotion. It's amazing.
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Speaker 1: What?
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Speaker 2: So, obviously, in my head, I'm thinking turmeric's going to have a yellow pigment. I'm assuming it doesn't show up like that when you do rub it on, right?
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Speaker 3: No, of course not.
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Speaker 2: No, no, no. Okay, I want to make sure.
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Speaker 6: Yes, it's in the oil.
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Speaker 2: Otherwise, you would have turned into a Coldplay song.
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Speaker 1: Yep.
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Speaker 3: We know this.
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Speaker 2: All right. And the reason why I say scary deliberately is because Cape Town has officially made the list of the world's top 50 Halloween destinations for 2026. And I was here thinking we don't really support Halloween or do it.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, we hardly celebrate.
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Speaker 2: We put it on the map. The way we do things here, we came in at number 48 in the global top 50 ranking. The Mother City earned its spooky credentials through its ghost stories, eerie landmarks, including the legendary Flying Dutchman, the supposedly haunted castle of Goodope, the tale of Jan van Hunks, smoking a pipe with the devil on Devil's Peak, and with Halloween events ranging from the Cape Town Zombie Walk to Dracula at the Arts Academy. That's why.
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Speaker 3: Okay. Okay. So we've got lots of like things that happen because of it.
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Speaker 1: Yes.
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Speaker 3: But I just, I know that I'm not walking the streets asking for candy. You know what I mean?
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Speaker 2: I do believe that we should change that. And I know I'm going to sound boring now. Imagine doing wellness trick-or-treating, man.
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Speaker 3: Now when you put it like that.
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Speaker 1: Okay.
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Speaker 2: Because I told you about my issue with protein. Like I would love a little protein sponsor. Okay, I would. But if I can trick-or-treat for protein bars and protein shakes.
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Speaker 3: And electrolyte sachets.
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Speaker 2: Yo, please. Get in. I will knock on your door. Trick-or-treat. Yeah. Trick-or-wellness ought to be so good. Yeah. Trick-or-wellness. Here we go. Someone dressed as a witch thing.
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Speaker 8: Take a wellness bar, my dear.
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Speaker 3: 25 grams of protein per bar.
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Speaker 2: Can you do a muscle-up yet, my dear? You can't. Because I can't. Why did you have to bring the muscle-up into it? I don't know. I just started to hurt myself in that moment.
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Speaker 3: Sure.
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Speaker 2: But I think this is great. Oh, by the way, so there we go. I'll give it to you. The trick-or-treating, but make it wellness.
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Speaker 3: I'm down.
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Speaker 1: I'm down. Say less.
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Speaker 2: And it was so cool. District 6, an area filled with culture, is offering you, the artist, an opportunity to To throw up an amazing mural. Chapel Street in District 6. And you can actually enter this thing. Deadlines 30 October. Include a CV and portfolio when you enter. And you can be part of the project.
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Speaker 3: That's so cool.
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Speaker 2: It's a project that aims to honor the legacy of the late District 6 artist and educator Aisha Price. And it's there to allow creatives to have a space to do their work out in public like that. So remember... applications include CV portfolio I will get you where to send the applications shortly that's I'll get it for you in a second and then there's a big story happening at the moment massive huge and you're.
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Speaker 3: Just going to leave it like that hey.
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Speaker 2: No I'm going to talk about it now no I'm not going to keep you hanging don't worry no no no no no I'm not going to I won't keep you hanging okay but you know we're doing something tomorrow Yes, I know. KFM versus Cape Talk. And this all came up because Lester from Cape Talk, I was listening to his breakfast show, as one does. And I loved the way he articulated all of the needs of safety parents, the program, which is really cool. And it is designed to ensure that kids are removed out of their situations to continue a normal life. And safety parents offer those environments. And I tell you now, if you offer a child an environment that offers safety, security and confidence and motivation, they will achieve great things. And that's what I wanted to do by challenging Leicester to a paddle match at the grid paddle at Virgin Act of the Point. And essentially what we're going to do from midday to 2 p.m. is we're going to play them and the loser will then have to contribute to 000 rand to the cause safety parents so the idea here cassidy is to not lose however producer pietras tells me that there are people who have our backs who are willing to donate to us if we win who I don't know who it is, but I know the guy's name's Leon. Hello, Leon.
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Speaker 6: Carl, Carl, Carl.
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Speaker 4: My brother, how are you doing? You know, the only thing that tastes worse and more bitter than creatine is losing to me, Carl. This is less to give it.
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Speaker 2: You know, by the way, this is why Cape Town is a great Halloween destination. You get scary calls like this. That's another one. That was crazy. That was really intense. And why'd they call you Leon? Sorry.
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Speaker 4: Why'd you call me Leon?
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Speaker 5: Yeah. Yes.
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Speaker 4: Listen, Carl.
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Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
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Speaker 4: I just wanted to call in because I've been thinking about tomorrow's paddle match and I'm starting to get a little bit concerned. Not about losing. I'm concerned about you, Carl, because I've seen you around the office talking a very, very big game. You've got the confidence of a man who's played Wimbledon, the swagger of a Roger Federer, and from what I can gather, the actual paddle experience of a man who's just discovered the sport exists. I am, of course, Carl, the 1997 Sutvata Camp Swing Ball Champion.
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Speaker 6: What?
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Speaker 3: Not swing ball. At Sutvata?
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Speaker 2: Do you know how difficult it was to win in Sutvata? Gee whiz, hold on. Say less.
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Speaker 4: Carl, I also have grade 8 colours in Foursquare. I am experienced.
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Speaker 3: These are the games of like a primary school student.
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Speaker 2: Wait, Cassidy, don't you have colours in hopscotch or something meant from Camps Bay?
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Speaker 3: I absolutely do.
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Speaker 2: Thank you.
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Speaker 4: Yes.
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Speaker 3: And good vibes. Don't forget that.
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Speaker 4: You know what, Carl and Cassidy, I know we're doing this for a good cause, the Safety Parents Program, and that's exactly why I'm taking this seriously, because there are kids who need support, there are families who need resources, and apparently a radio station DO that needs to be humbled, and tomorrow, Carl and Cassidy, I intend to humble the two of you. You've already committed quite a substantial amount of money if your team loses. I just want to understand something. That That's not a charitable donation, Carl. That's an invoice. And tomorrow, that bill is due. So, here's my advice.
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Speaker 2: Okay, Lester.
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Speaker 4: Get some practice in. Stretch those hamstrings. Maybe say goodbye to that donation of yours. Because when Team Lester and Team Natalie walk onto the court, we're not there to make friends. We're there to make a difference. And if making a difference means putting Paul and Cassidy through a very emotionally difficult afternoon on the paddle court and then... on the afternoon drive show, then so be it. So see you tomorrow, Carl.
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Speaker 7: See you tomorrow, brother.
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Speaker 4: See you tomorrow.
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Speaker 2: Can I tell you what I'm taking out of this call is that I'm really happy that you listened to the show, number one. Number two, I just want to say that I'm so excited that you took up the challenge and your trainer, because the thing is, Cassidy, I don't know if you know that Natalie and Lester have a trainer. Your trainer cannot stop talking about how impressed he is and how you've progressed. And of course, I'm intimidated by this. But I know for a fact that we're going to have a good session tomorrow between 12 and 2. Cassidy, as I said, hopscotch champion, vibes champion from Camp Spain.
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Speaker 3: I was also a single child, which means I too was good at swing ball.
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Speaker 2: You were a single... Okay, sorry.
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Speaker 8: Single child.
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Speaker 2: I was the only child.
00:23:44
Speaker 3: No, but for real. My parents had to occupy me somehow. I spoke a lot and I had no friends.
00:23:50
Speaker 2: Yeah, apparently they played fetch with Cassidy sometimes.
00:23:57
Speaker 3: Well, the quiet game didn't work, so.
00:24:00
Speaker 2: No, Lester, thank you for really taking on the challenge. And on a serious note, your trainer, who is in this building, cannot stop talking about how proud he is of you. So I'm excited to see the fruits of your labor at the grid panel at Virgin Act of the Point. It's going to be great, and it's for a great cause, my friend.
00:24:17
Speaker 4: Carl, I guess I know that many of the listeners don't know that. Like, I'm in the morning, you're in the afternoon. We're like ships in the night, our two teams. And it's really going to be really, really great spending at least the midday with you. It's me and Natalie up against Carl and Cassidy. Looking forward to it. Like, we're really taking this seriously, not because we necessarily want to win, but we love the two of you on here. And we love the energy that you guys bring to the office. We just want to take a little bit of that and use some of that at 12 noon when we beat you at the grid.
00:24:55
Speaker 3: All right.
00:24:56
Speaker 2: You know what? You've laid down the paddle. Never mind gauntlet. So we are very excited to do this. And I'll be honest with you, we haven't had a single practice session. But I think the reason is that we kind of know that some people have to be trained. Others were born with it. And we'll find out who that is tomorrow. Exactly.
00:25:18
Speaker 4: I've had to train because the company has signed indemnity of me.
00:25:24
Speaker 2: So I can't play it.
00:25:27
Speaker 4: I can't put in a claim like workman's compensation does not matter.
00:25:33
Speaker 2: That's so true. Oh, my word. But, okay, so tomorrow, 12 o'clock, I mean, are we reporting 11.30? So we can just... You know, we can just do a little warm-up first.
00:25:43
Speaker 3: I'm going to be there at 11. I need to start checking out the game.
00:25:46
Speaker 2: Okay, cool.
00:25:46
Speaker 3: Going around the courts. I need to make sure my shoes and everything are polished. Do you know what I'm saying?
00:25:51
Speaker 2: Your shoes are polished. What are you doing?
00:25:53
Speaker 3: I'm just going onto the turf and checking that I'm not going to fall.
00:25:56
Speaker 2: Lester, enjoy. And, of course, good luck to Natalie as well. We'll catch you tomorrow. But otherwise, in the morning first and then on the court.
00:26:05
Speaker 4: Excellent. See you, Carl. See you, Cassie. Look forward to tomorrow. Bye-bye.
00:26:08
Speaker 2: Liquor man.
00:26:10
Speaker 3: Can I say one thing?
00:26:12
Speaker 2: Hey, this guy.
00:26:13
Speaker 1: What?
00:26:13
Speaker 3: That phone call was ominous.
00:26:15
Speaker 2: That was very ominous. The confidence that he showed over there. Yeah. All right. But, I mean, I'll be very honest with you with regard to it. It's going to be a lot of fun.
00:26:25
Speaker 3: I'm excited.
00:26:26
Speaker 2: The breakfast show on Cape Talk versus the afternoon drive on KFM 94.5. But I think, you know, the station's name will tell you everything that you need to know. One of us talk and the other one does the actions. You'll see that tomorrow at 12 o'clock. Yeah, you will. Grid paddle, virgin active, the point. The point? Most of them go to us. But it's also, no, there's a cause. Safety parents. That is what we are doing. And if you'd like to contribute in any way, please feel free to contact us before tomorrow because then perhaps you want to do, every time we score a point against Natty and Lester, we can contribute to the cause or something to that effect. It's with the Department of Social Development and a really, really phenomenal way of looking after our kids and giving them brighter futures. No matter what their circumstances, we need to look after our children. We need to look after our future. But first, let's take care of Lester and Natalie. It is Aliyah. It's called Try Again. It's on your show, your flash drive, KFN 94.5. Now, Cassidy, as promised, I would like to bring in somebody very, very special. But first and foremost, I wanted to do a little musical journey. I want you to come with me on a musical journey because I think for a fact that this particular individual, before we introduce, I feel like it's been one of the most consistent voices in South African music culture. An individual who has brought not only energy, but a certain authenticity and an integrity to the music that has honestly paid homage to not only the South African music landscape, but the culture. The culture behind the music is more important. All the way, From 2003 when I matriculated Cassidy, by the way. I matriculated. I wanted to give this person. Hey, I wanted to give this person an opportunity before we introduce properly. So let's go on a journey.
00:28:23
Speaker 3: Okay, fine.
00:28:23
Speaker 2: Are we going to go on a journey? Just walk with me on this.
00:28:25
Speaker 3: Just 2003. That's when you matriculated. That's crazy.
00:28:29
Speaker 2: It is crazy.
00:28:30
Speaker 8: You're not supposed to talk here. It's the masked singer. They'll never know who this is.
00:28:36
Speaker 2: This? It's a big surprise.
00:28:37
Speaker 3: Okay.
00:28:38
Speaker 2: Follow me on this journey. Are you ready?
00:28:41
Speaker 3: Let's go.
00:28:41
Speaker 2: Okay, lock in. I want to take you all the way back, way back, back in the times. The cold is warm, oh, you say warm.
00:29:00
Speaker 3: Oh, I swear to the dressing.
00:29:03
Speaker 2: I've changed. I've changed.
00:29:05
Speaker 3: I've changed.
00:29:06
Speaker 1: I've changed. I've changed. This time for Africa.
00:29:16
Speaker 4: Oh, come on.
00:29:18
Speaker 1: Come on.
00:29:19
Speaker 3: Now. This time for Africa.
00:29:32
Speaker 1: Oh, come on.
00:29:57
Speaker 8: Can I do it?
00:30:06
Speaker 2: Please welcome to the mic, Zolani Mahola.
00:30:10
Speaker 8: Well, well, well, well, well, well.
00:30:19
Speaker 2: It has been decades, hundreds of years since we've had this opportunity to chat to you on this show. I know it's terrible of me.
00:30:26
Speaker 8: And look at how fresh faced we still all look. yeah hey how is this possible look at.
00:30:31
Speaker 2: That I mean I got a bit grey in my.
00:30:33
Speaker 8: Beard now you did get a little bit listen you did get a little bit grey but the fact that in 2003 you were in matric.
00:30:39
Speaker 2: Yo crazy I mean do you wanna I mean this one over here.
00:30:45
Speaker 3: How old were you babes I was 2014 I matriculated I was 10 years younger oh no I was 8 oh no what's happening.
00:30:54
Speaker 1: Oh no.
00:30:57
Speaker 2: Are you going to share how old you were in 2003? Do you see? That's, yeah.
00:31:02
Speaker 8: I matriculated four years before you.
00:31:04
Speaker 4: What?
00:31:05
Speaker 8: In 99, I matriculated before the turn of the century.
00:31:08
Speaker 3: Pietras is doing this.
00:31:08
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because obviously the producer of the show, Pietras, 99 as well. You too. Yes, there we go.
00:31:13
Speaker 3: All right, baby.
00:31:13
Speaker 2: All right. Well, welcome, Zolani. It's been way too long. And just listening back to all those, the reason why I do that is because I just want to say that this is, honestly, this is the palace you've built, my queen.
00:31:29
Speaker 3: Oh, man, Karl.
00:31:30
Speaker 2: Really, that's the palace you have built. When people hear your voice, they know that they're home. To have that, to have that on your shoulders, Zolane Mahola, I.
00:31:39
Speaker 3: Mean, think about it.
00:31:40
Speaker 8: I wear it like a badge.
00:31:41
Speaker 2: Yes, it is a badge.
00:31:42
Speaker 8: It's a badge of honor. It is a badge of honor.
00:31:44
Speaker 2: It really is.
00:31:44
Speaker 8: It's a beautiful thing.
00:31:45
Speaker 2: But it takes hard work. It really does to actually be that consistent. 2010. 2003, maybe even earlier than that. It was earlier, in fact. You know, it was earlier. But I remember 2003 specifically for the Doobie Doo. Yeah. I do. But there was even something before that as well. I know that there were tracks like Castles.
00:32:01
Speaker 8: There was an album before the Castles in the Sky.
00:32:03
Speaker 5: Yes.
00:32:03
Speaker 8: Carl, you know my discography.
00:32:05
Speaker 2: I do. But not because I'm a really big fan. I have been since clearly.
00:32:08
Speaker 3: I kiss him.
00:32:09
Speaker 2: I kiss him. I was in Matrick and beyond. Come on. But to know that, to wear that as a badge, looking back and knowing that you still have so much to give.
00:32:20
Speaker 8: So much to give. I can't believe it. I can't believe that this album that I'm about to release is my ninth studio album. That is a crazy, crazy thing. Like how many songs have come through this vessel that is I and I.
00:32:37
Speaker 2: So beautiful. Yeah. And it's great because it's had its different shades. You know, it has. It's had a freshly ground. Oh, my goodness. The one who sings.
00:32:45
Speaker 8: Oh, absolutely. In fact, most of it was with the freshly ground crew, as you say.
00:32:49
Speaker 2: 17 years.
00:32:51
Speaker 3: 17 years.
00:32:52
Speaker 8: Incredible collaborations with all of those musicians. You know, I mean, like, I think the really amazing thing about freshly ground was just how.
00:33:02
Speaker 8: The different elements just came together to create something that was just so pow, pow, new, you know, for so many of us. What an incredible journey. And then to move forward from there, as you say, Carl, you know, into The One Who Sings.
00:33:15
Speaker 5: Yes.
00:33:15
Speaker 8: And now backslap bang into Zolani Maola. It's just been a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful circular journey.
00:33:21
Speaker 2: And the journey itself to be locked into a freshly ground unit for 17 years and then become the one who sings a new project. A whole new entity, yeah. And then, of course, now to be Zolani. I mean, you're tracking through. This is the same person through projects. So I would like to know, just in terms of identity-wise, just making sure that Zolani is true to Zolani all the way through. I mean, that's a challenge. It really is. Because there are different sides of yourself, of course, right?
00:33:50
Speaker 8: Oh, a thousand percent. But for me, you know, Carl, like the really awesome thing that I can observe in my life and that I'm grateful for is even though it's the same me and it's the same voice, there's a lot of transformation. I feel in myself so much transformation, particularly now at this stage of the game where I've really come to really know my values. you know, like as a muso, as a songwriter, as a mom, as a citizen, and just coming into my own, releasing this album for the first time under my own name, you know, because I released my first solo album under the one who sings.
00:34:31
Speaker 2: Yeah.
00:34:32
Speaker 8: And so it feels really momentous.
00:34:36
Speaker 2: It is momentous.
00:34:37
Speaker 8: Yeah, it feels momentous.
00:34:38
Speaker 2: Because there's something about the power … within the people and what is behind the people, which is their culture, their roots, and where they come from. And that's why when I heard Cosa Nostra with Bravo Leroux, the late great, I felt all the emotion, of course, because, you know, there was sentiment behind that. But then I was like, that's right. Like, I know Cosa Nostra is so big and gratuitous, but, like, you've added Cosa. And I was like, yes, because there was such depth in it. And do you feel like the real– stance that you've taken with regard to identity in your life was from saying that you are a proud Xhosa woman.
00:35:16
Speaker 4: Yeah.
00:35:17
Speaker 2: And you need to lean into that more than you ever have in your entire career.
00:35:21
Speaker 8: I would say that I think it's, I think it's a lot, there's so much reclamation kinds of things in, in this, in this body of work that, um, that is fully coming out next year, but that Xhosa Nostra is a big part of, um, that for me, I've had such a, such a reconnection to my sense of self through, um, exploring the cultural backdrop that I came from. My father was a huge traditionalist. He also was a Catholic and a Christian, but he also practiced his Xhosa rites. And so we grew up with a lot of ceremonies at home. And when I moved to the Western Cape, when I moved to Cape Town in 2000, I didn't do any of that stuff. I kind of just like, you know, live my best life, which was fine. But in 2020, I started diving in the sea for the first time. And in that process of diving in the sea, weirdly reconnected with my ancestral cultural roots. And that journey has really informed a lot of the music that is on this album right now.
00:36:22
Speaker 3: Wow.
00:36:23
Speaker 2: And the album's name, the reason why it's strategically placing power in people.
00:36:26
Speaker 8: Yes, I loved it.
00:36:27
Speaker 2: Thank you. I'm glad you noticed.
00:36:28
Speaker 3: Absolutely.
00:36:29
Speaker 2: It's people... And power, you've put those two words together. And of course, we've heard it in different iterations in our time. Power to the people.
00:36:36
Speaker 4: Yes.
00:36:37
Speaker 2: And that sort of thing. But people power.
00:36:38
Speaker 4: Yes.
00:36:39
Speaker 2: It seems like you are saying that there is a lot of connection. And there's a lot of importance in us leaning on one another as not only an individual, but as a nation, because we are people through other people.
00:36:51
Speaker 8: Thank you very much.
00:36:52
Speaker 2: There's even a term we have in Xhosa, I like that.
00:36:55
Speaker 8: I know that term.
00:36:55
Speaker 2: Of course you do.
00:36:56
Speaker 8: Xhosa bondo.
00:36:57
Speaker 2: That's it. And we have that. So is that where this... Is that the center of people power?
00:37:02
Speaker 8: It 1,000% comes from that. I've alluded to the fact that I've gone on an individual journey.
00:37:08
Speaker 2: Yes, you have.
00:37:09
Speaker 8: And I believe that we all.
00:37:11
Speaker 3: Need to do that.
00:37:12
Speaker 8: We all need to go through these journeys of finding our voices and our purposes. But then we come together as a collective. I mean, I grew up in the 80s in a whole different South Africa where the country was calling for change, you know, was calling for freedom. And I remember being, as a very small child, kind of being in this mass of people moving and agitating and singing and dancing and calling for change and i have people in my family who were in the struggle as well you know to end apartheid and it was that energy that collective energy that brought about the end of apartheid it is very sad that so many of our leaders of that struggle movement have really betrayed the people many of them have betrayed us um but that's not to say that we now We, Carl, you, me, Cassidy, we can't use our voices for the good of this nation. So this is what this album is about. It is about us reclaiming our voices individually and collectively. That is why it's called People Power.
00:38:17
Speaker 2: And that's a beautiful, beautiful thing. And part of that is also you putting you into this thing. You know, I know that there's a lot of power to the people. But, I mean, there's also Zolani. And we need to find out more about you and connect with you. So, Rosa Nostra. Like, there was like a thing in there. And I was like, yes. And then, there's a good time. Which is a song that you're about to drop.
00:38:39
Speaker 1: Did it?
00:38:39
Speaker 2: For the first time in South Africa, and it's going to be a massive exclusive. But before we get to that, I have some lingering questions that I've been asked to ask you.
00:38:48
Speaker 8: I'm ready to answer.
00:38:50
Speaker 2: Are you sure?
00:38:50
Speaker 3: Yeah.
00:38:51
Speaker 2: They're kind of off the beaten track. That's okay. Cassidy, if you have any as well, this is the time before we get to the new single. If you have any of those, but I'm going to start off right.
00:38:59
Speaker 3: Yeah, go for it.
00:38:59
Speaker 2: I was asked, where's my phone? Where's my phone?
00:39:02
Speaker 8: Oh, my gosh.
00:39:02
Speaker 2: Sorry. I was asked.
00:39:03
Speaker 8: The fact that he has to read it.
00:39:04
Speaker 2: No, no, because this came through other people. It said, all right, so, Carl, please, Arsulani, does she still have Shakira's number?
00:39:13
Speaker 1: Yep. Yep.
00:39:14
Speaker 2: Absolutely.
00:39:14
Speaker 8: I mean, I actually was talking to her just now. You know, we were just, no, I don't have Shakira's number.
00:39:20
Speaker 1: Oh, God.
00:39:21
Speaker 3: Why you don't?
00:39:21
Speaker 8: Neither have I ever had Shakira's number. No.
00:39:24
Speaker 2: Oh. I love this.
00:39:27
Speaker 3: The giggle.
00:39:28
Speaker 2: No, but there's something more.
00:39:29
Speaker 3: Is it a giggle?
00:39:30
Speaker 8: Or is it a cackle?
00:39:30
Speaker 5: It's a both.
00:39:31
Speaker 2: It's a both.
00:39:31
Speaker 3: It's whatever you want it to be.
00:39:33
Speaker 2: There's tea there.
00:39:34
Speaker 3: Stop.
00:39:35
Speaker 2: There's tea there. I don't know what it is, right?
00:39:37
Speaker 8: No, there's no tea. It's all on the floor.
00:39:38
Speaker 2: Okay.
00:39:39
Speaker 8: Carry on. This is interesting, eh?
00:39:46
Speaker 3: Okay. Next.
00:39:47
Speaker 2: Okay, next question. Do you want to go for it?
00:39:49
Speaker 3: Oh, okay. I think this one's actually just coming from me. But more so because I'm such a fan.
00:39:55
Speaker 8: Bring it.
00:39:56
Speaker 3: There was a dubstep remix.
00:39:57
Speaker 4: Yes.
00:39:58
Speaker 3: Of one of your songs.
00:39:59
Speaker 8: I'd like, I think it was.
00:40:00
Speaker 4: Yes.
00:40:01
Speaker 3: Oh my, how, what was like, what was the reason behind that? Cause I mean, I loved when, like when my family goes away, the first thing they do is they put on your music cause it makes them feel like home.
00:40:10
Speaker 4: Right.
00:40:11
Speaker 3: But that was so interesting, that little journey. So what was the reason behind that?
00:40:16
Speaker 8: I think that that was, that might've been an illegal remix.
00:40:19
Speaker 4: No.
00:40:19
Speaker 1: Yes. Yes.
00:40:21
Speaker 3: Cause you were so aware of it.
00:40:22
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah.
00:40:23
Speaker 8: We, it took us a while to be, to be aware of, of, of it.
00:40:26
Speaker 3: But, You know what?
00:40:27
Speaker 8: It was cool because it exposed the song and the band to a whole lot of other people who ordinarily wouldn't necessarily have... Oh.
00:40:35
Speaker 2: Oh.
00:40:36
Speaker 3: Here it is. Here it is. Oh, I love this.
00:40:41
Speaker 8: Yeah.
00:40:41
Speaker 5: Yeah.
00:40:42
Speaker 6: Yeah.
00:40:43
Speaker 1: Oh.
00:40:44
Speaker 7: Oh.
00:40:46
Speaker 5: Yeah.
00:40:47
Speaker 2: Yeah.
00:40:47
Speaker 1: Yeah.
00:40:48
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:40:51
Speaker 1: The remix.
00:40:51
Speaker 2: The remix.
00:40:52
Speaker 6: The remix.
00:40:58
Speaker 2: So you said this was an illegal one?
00:40:59
Speaker 1: Yeah.
00:41:00
Speaker 2: I mean, that rocks.
00:41:02
Speaker 3: I really love.
00:41:04
Speaker 1: It.
00:41:04
Speaker 3: But you're so right. The people that were listening to this were definitely not listening to Instagram. And you put them on. Listen.
00:41:12
Speaker 5: Wow.
00:41:12
Speaker 4: Okay.
00:41:13
Speaker 8: Now they're like, whoa, that chorus, that is a hook.
00:41:15
Speaker 3: Exactly.
00:41:16
Speaker 8: So you don't mind.
00:41:18
Speaker 2: A nice sneaky remix every now and then, right?
00:41:21
Speaker 8: No, no, no, listen now.
00:41:22
Speaker 2: I'm just asking for a friend who likes yacht music. Because you know that in Cape Town, we are all subject to a bit of yacht remix. You know, when you drop a song, they're like, I like this. I need the stems. I want to make a yacht.
00:41:32
Speaker 3: Exactly.
00:41:33
Speaker 2: So you find us remixes.
00:41:34
Speaker 8: I mean, talk to me.
00:41:37
Speaker 2: DM you and make it happen, right?
00:41:39
Speaker 4: DM me.
00:41:40
Speaker 8: Let's do it properly.
00:41:41
Speaker 2: Yes.
00:41:42
Speaker 3: Okay.
00:41:42
Speaker 2: Totally. Otherwise, you end up with this. time okay so yeah that's see.
00:41:57
Speaker 5: Him i know i was fully immersed apologies kind of sexy thank you very much i appreciate you all right so here's the thing okay last question from this is from my side um there were these these textures in your career and these textures had you alongside stevie wonder.
00:42:15
Speaker 8: Now my hero my hero that's my idol.
00:42:18
Speaker 2: Ribbons in the Sky is one of my favorite songs in the entire... So I just wanted to ask you from a fan of Stevie Wonder and a fan of Zolani at the same time. My head would explode if you were in the same room at the same time. But like, how was that? How easy?
00:42:31
Speaker 8: Full disclosure, we never actually had a conversation, but I was at his piano and I was singing... At his piano? Listen, touching his piano while he was actually actively playing it.
00:42:43
Speaker 3: So I did die. I did die. I would too. I did die.
00:42:47
Speaker 8: And we were singing happy birthday to my diva and one of the 46664s in New York City at Radio City Music Hall. And can I just tell you that I also was in the elevator with Miss Aretha Franklin at that same event.
00:43:01
Speaker 3: Diva, come on.
00:43:02
Speaker 8: And I did not say a peep because it was Aretha Franklin.
00:43:05
Speaker 2: Did you?
00:43:06
Speaker 8: Does Aretha Franklin?
00:43:07
Speaker 2: You know what I would have said to her? What would you have said? Hi, ma'am. How do you spell respect? Asking for a friend.
00:43:15
Speaker 1: Oh, Mr.
00:43:16
Speaker 3: Wastedy.
00:43:17
Speaker 2: Sorry, what? Say it again.
00:43:19
Speaker 8: I think she just slapped you. Yes, I know.
00:43:23
Speaker 2: I'd do the same thing with Gwen Stefani, by the way.
00:43:26
Speaker 3: How do you spell bananas?
00:43:27
Speaker 2: Exactly. Oh my God. So now that we've, I just had to clear that up and now we can talk about a track because it's been a good time having you back in studio. And long shall it continue, by the way, because we should. But a good time. Set the scene for us before we play this track as an exclusive on the Flash Drive. Zolani Mahola. Complete exclusive.
00:43:44
Speaker 8: This was the first song that I worked on with my producer, Hannah Vee. who is a Grammy-nominated producer who has produced my entire album. This was the first session that we had together. And I went into the studio and I had this chorus that was running in my head for a long time. And it was just, you picked a good time to meet me. I just want to love you sweetly. So we went into the studio and Manga K was also there. Aron Halevi, who actually started Freshly Ground back in 2001. We together wrote this song, this banger, A Good Time. And it's a sexy song.
00:44:17
Speaker 2: It is really. I picture.
00:44:19
Speaker 8: It is a sexy song. It's a very sexy song because I'm ready to be sexy, guys. At 45 years old, I am now ready to be sexy so your applications can come into Zolani Maola across all platforms.
00:44:34
Speaker 2: Are you inviting DMs?
00:44:35
Speaker 8: I mean, kind of. I'm free now. I'm single.
00:44:38
Speaker 2: 23 plus tax is what I want.
00:44:44
Speaker 8: You heard it here first.
00:44:46
Speaker 2: Honestly, a good time is the first single. Next one's called Swipe Right.
00:44:49
Speaker 3: You can.
00:44:55
Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to People Power. I cannot wait until this drops officially. You can't give us an idea of like where in 2027 we can expect the full project to drop?
00:45:03
Speaker 3: Early-ish.
00:45:03
Speaker 8: But I don't want to say so because I would like to encourage people to please go and follow on all my socials, Zolani Maol, and also on all the streaming platforms where you listen to music. It means a great deal to all artists. Now things have changed so radically, you know, the way that music is consumed and the way that artists earn. that it's such a business thing, the numbers. Please follow, follow, follow, and then you'll be the first to know.
00:45:27
Speaker 2: And you know what? I think let's just strengthen that for a second because I think what's very important is those pre-saves allow you to land onto a bunch of different of these radar playlists. And it exposes our artists to international connections. And that's what we need because that's how we can start generating international tours, how we can start generating more people to consume the music. And the only way we can do that is that When you hear that radio interview, when you see that artist posting, this is coming out soon, the first thing that I want you to do is to pre-save and even actually create a story of you pre-saving so that your following in turn says, why are you pre-saving this? And say like, you better get into it because when it drops, you're going to love it. Like that's where we need more of that culture of actually developing our music industry because it's in our hands. The power is with the people who consume the music.
00:46:16
Speaker 8: I've just got one thing to say, swipe right.
00:46:19
Speaker 2: Oh!
00:46:19
Speaker 3: Swipe right.
00:46:21
Speaker 2: That sounds like a good time. It sounds like a really good time. Woo! Okay. Why am I sweating? I tell you what. You will get, okay, now Cassidy knows I do this, but I will give you the song as an exclusive right after we tap into some news and sport. I know, Cassidy, you've got some details on the road.
00:46:43
Speaker 3: I do.
00:46:43
Speaker 2: And then we'll give you the official exclusive of A Good Time, Zolano Mohola's new project, People Power, coming soon. Consume the music. And may I just also add that if you find Cosa Nostra on your streaming platform, add that too.
00:46:57
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh.
00:46:57
Speaker 8: And Where You Are, the single that I just dropped with Zakes Bandwini.
00:47:01
Speaker 1: Yes.
00:47:01
Speaker 2: You just dropped that. But how is it that I played that twice already on my chart show?
00:47:05
Speaker 8: I literally just dropped that. I also dropped a track called Amakosa. I mean, it's like, guys, just if you're not following already, why not?
00:47:12
Speaker 2: Exactly.
00:47:12
Speaker 8: Where have you been? You're missing out.
00:47:15
Speaker 3: Jolie, stop.
00:47:16
Speaker 2: Can you just imagine if I had both of those songs ready for a snippet? Like, this is where you are. It just sounds like summer. It sounds like we're going to have a great summer. It also sounds like summer.
00:47:47
Speaker 8: Oh, you know, multiple summer. Multiple summers.
00:47:51
Speaker 2: It does. And don't worry, because the thing is, because I'm a fan of yours, I make it my business to receive all songs. So... Okay. Cassidy. Don't come here.
00:48:09
Speaker 8: Yo, yo, yo, I won't, I won't Only love before me Taboos stand behind me.
00:48:18
Speaker 3: There's no difference in the voice, even when it's live and in concert, man.
00:48:27
Speaker 2: Honestly, you're listening to the ruler of hula. That's what you're doing right there.
00:48:32
Speaker 3: Live and in concert.
00:48:34
Speaker 8: 4K, y'all.
00:48:36
Speaker 2: All right, so you've got some homework to do for Zolani. And in the next couple of minutes, you'll hear a good time. This is your flash drive. It's KFM 94.5. And this is a brand new project. So people power. is coming to you in 2027. Don't miss it. But in the meantime, follow, follow, swipe, DM, support the music.
00:48:55
Speaker 8: Slide.
00:48:58
Speaker 3: Hell yeah.
00:48:59
Speaker 2: And the person. Oh my dear. Too much. Okay, sorry. We'll retract that. Over to Cassidy, are you going to be able to do some traffic after all of that excitement right now? I will do my best. Okay, good. Okay, that song obviously just sounded like so much fun to record, number one.
00:49:18
Speaker 8: It was so much fun.
00:49:20
Speaker 2: And also, what are you saying? You've picked a good time to meet me.
00:49:24
Speaker 5: Yes.
00:49:24
Speaker 2: Yes. Yes. Why would you say that? You know why I say it? I need to hear this.
00:49:30
Speaker 8: I say it because, you know, we're always changing as human beings. And I think that is one of the invitations of life is that we– we do transform and become more and more and more of ourselves.
00:49:43
Speaker 3: Yes.
00:49:44
Speaker 8: And so I think in this time and space, somebody would be very lucky to meet me as I am in this now.
00:49:51
Speaker 3: Yeah.
00:49:51
Speaker 2: Of course.
00:49:51
Speaker 1: In it.
00:49:53
Speaker 2: I believe this wholeheartedly. I know people have believed it as well. The message has come through.
00:49:57
Speaker 3: That is fire, fire.
00:49:59
Speaker 4: There's no doubt.
00:50:03
Speaker 5: Fire. Yeah.
00:50:05
Speaker 2: Yes. Zolana, you want to be sexy? Oh, this is sexy. Should we leave? Carl, was that you? No, no, no. That was the gentleman's real voice. I have to put it on. All right, I'm sorry.
00:50:19
Speaker 8: That was kind of cool. I mean, I'm into it.
00:50:22
Speaker 2: Dear person, you know what to do.
00:50:28
Speaker 3: Her DMs are over there.
00:50:31
Speaker 2: That song, all right, that song is available for you to slide into.
00:50:37
Speaker 8: On Friday.
00:50:41
Speaker 2: So we can go to your profile and we can pre-save there, right? Is that where it is?
00:50:45
Speaker 8: The answer to that question is yes.
00:50:47
Speaker 3: Yes, that is a definite yes.
00:50:49
Speaker 2: Yeah, of course.
00:50:50
Speaker 3: Yes, obviously.
00:50:52
Speaker 2: Because that's where you go. That's obviously when you pre-save something.
00:50:56
Speaker 8: That is right. Zolani Maola. Go there.
00:50:59
Speaker 3: Just go there.
00:50:59
Speaker 2: Or you can go onto the page. You can go onto the page on your streaming platform and then find Zorani Mahola. That's what you must do. And that's where you can pre-save. And then on Friday, I can skirt Mahola. Just for Zolani.
00:51:15
Speaker 3: Diva, yes. Diva, yes.
00:51:17
Speaker 2: That's right.
00:51:17
Speaker 3: Get into it.
00:51:18
Speaker 2: You know what? Oh, Lord. You picked a great time to meet me. Oh, baby.
00:51:23
Speaker 8: I just want to love you sweetly.
00:51:26
Speaker 2: No, this is so good. Zolani, thank you so much for joining us on The Flash Drive today. It's been such a joy. Honestly, you bring light and happiness wherever you go.
00:51:33
Speaker 8: It's same to you, babes.
00:51:34
Speaker 3: You do.
00:51:35
Speaker 2: You do. And it's been special. So please go grab it pre-save now. A good time out Friday.
00:51:40
Speaker 1: Bye.
00:51:42
Speaker 2: All right, it's time for a brand new prize and a brand new concept. Just yesterday, it was a lot of fun hearing someone figure it all out. I know it was a bit tough, but I was just very, very impressed because you were outstanding when it came to the concept and finally just figured it out. But, you know, Kaylin, it's a new day, a new prize.
00:52:01
Speaker 8: Oh, yes, I'm so excited.
00:52:04
Speaker 2: Okay, did you get the last one, though? Did you get the one that was revealed yesterday? No, I didn't, but it's fun. No, it's fine. I'll give you a clue as to what the answer was. That was yesterday. So now... I love it.
00:52:20
Speaker 3: I love it.
00:52:21
Speaker 2: I love it. Now we've got a brand new one. So this could be anything. Whatever's on this piece of paper, what Cassidy and I will do, we'll try to help you figure it out. Answer the question.
00:52:29
Speaker 3: Did I guess?
00:52:31
Speaker 8: You're asking me nonsense?
00:52:33
Speaker 4: Tell me again.
00:52:35
Speaker 2: Here we go. Kalen, you have two single word clues. And up for grabs is an 11,000 rand in Swallow's Summer House. A one night stay for bed and breakfast. They have these summer houses on the property. This is valid outside of peak season. That is the T's and C's. Excludes a stay from 1 to 25 Feb, 15 to 31 December. As well as public holidays, however, subject to availability. and advance reservation. However, the Tensualo Summer House could be yours. A luxury boutique hotel nestled in Glencairn where relaxed coastal living meets warm South African hospitality. It's a bunch of for your life. Kaylin, your first word is.
00:53:22
Speaker 3: Can I say?
00:53:22
Speaker 2: Yeah. That's why I did is pause because you.
00:53:26
Speaker 3: Must follow the pause.
00:53:28
Speaker 7: Okay.
00:53:28
Speaker 3: My word that I'm going to give you is fight. Fight.
00:53:33
Speaker 7: Okay, bye.
00:53:36
Speaker 2: That's with an F, by the way, okay?
00:53:39
Speaker 5: Okay.
00:53:39
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's it. What's with an F? Boxing? Boxing.
00:53:45
Speaker 8: Ding, ding, ding.
00:53:46
Speaker 2: Dun, dun, dun. Is it the concept? Dun, dun, dun. It's a KO.
00:53:54
Speaker 4: Sorry.
00:53:54
Speaker 8: That's fine.
00:53:55
Speaker 2: I'm sorry.
00:53:56
Speaker 1: Okay.
00:53:57
Speaker 2: No, no, no, it's okay. So, I mean, my word is broom.
00:54:03
Speaker 4: Room. Yeah.
00:54:04
Speaker 3: Okay.
00:54:06
Speaker 2: What's your guess? Talk to me. I'm going to say....
00:54:12
Speaker 3: Dust.
00:54:14
Speaker 2: Say that again. What did you say now?
00:54:17
Speaker 3: Dust.
00:54:18
Speaker 2: Did you say... I'm trying to hear what you said there. Spot it out for me quickly.
00:54:23
Speaker 3: You said.
00:54:23
Speaker 4: D-U-S-T.
00:54:25
Speaker 2: Dust. Ah, dust. Dust is.
00:54:33
Speaker 2: Incorrect, unfortunately. But Kaylin, thank you for giving it a try. I appreciate you. And please continue trying. You never know when you're going to get another shot at guessing a fresh concept with a brand new prize gifted to us by Tinswallow Summer House. That's actually the social media. It is going to be a beautiful stay for you and a significant other, a beautiful one-night stay, bed and breakfast. This all valued at $ 11. Get involved tomorrow. On KFM 94.5.
00:54:59
Speaker 6: Yaku!
00:55:07
Speaker 3: Hello, how are you, Carl?
00:55:08
Speaker 2: Oh, great. Always nice to hear the calmness in your voice, Yaku. Well done.
00:55:13
Speaker 4: There's no calm in my voice.
00:55:14
Speaker 2: There's so much calm in your voice. I love listening to you. And you're an electrician. You're supposed to be someone that shocks easily. But you, Munir, you're calm and relaxed. I like it. Thank you. You got this, man. I know you do. Here is your opponent. Let's meet them. Hello, Giovanni.
00:55:33
Speaker 7: Good afternoon.
00:55:34
Speaker 2: Good afternoon, Giovanni.
00:55:35
Speaker 1: Giovanni.
00:55:36
Speaker 2: From Mitchell's Plain, which is a very big area. Do you want to narrow it down? Which part of Mitchell's Plain?
00:55:43
Speaker 3: I live in Morgan's Village. Mitchell's Plain opposite the Westridge Fire Station.
00:55:47
Speaker 2: There we go. You see, there are so many little facets. Like when I tell people my auntie lives in Montrose Park, they don't know where it is. They're like, where? It's like by Mandalay. Where's Mandalay? But it's like there. You know, it's a long thing. So I get it, brother. But let's do this thing. Yaku is waiting from Strand. You're representing. Do you want to go first or second?
00:56:09
Speaker 4: I'll go second, please.
00:56:12
Speaker 2: All right. Giovanni, you are up first. This is how it works. I have five questions for you. You'll have 30 seconds to answer them all, hopefully correctly. And your flash word, Giovanni, is pull. So it could be spelt in a variety of ways. It can be phonetic. So P-L-E-P-I-L-P-A-L-P-O-L. You know how it goes. You just need to figure it out. Are you ready?
00:56:35
Speaker 4: Here we go.
00:56:35
Speaker 2: All right, pull. Your time begins in three, two, one. Let's do it. A school headmaster.
00:56:44
Speaker 3: Principal.
00:56:45
Speaker 2: SpongeBob's home. Pineapple. The opening in the center of the iris. Pupil. A surgeon's knife.
00:56:57
Speaker 7: Scalpel.
00:56:58
Speaker 2: Hansa, make this. Also. Say it again. Pulsar.
00:57:06
Speaker 3: Answer Pulsar.
00:57:12
Speaker 2: Pulsna.
00:57:13
Speaker 1: No!
00:57:14
Speaker 3: You said it should.
00:57:16
Speaker 2: You have to say that earlier. Sorry, my judges said Pulsar is not a thing. I'm not sure it's because they drink. I don't know, but it's Pulsna. It's not Pulsar. And you said Pulsna after the buzzer. I'm sorry, brother. Okay, that's four out of five. A technicality. Yaku....
00:57:34
Speaker 8: Yes, go.
00:57:34
Speaker 2: Show me something. 30 seconds.
00:57:36
Speaker 1: Pull.
00:57:36
Speaker 2: Your time begins in 3, 2, 1. Let's go. A scholar.
00:57:42
Speaker 4: Pupil.
00:57:43
Speaker 2: A type of canned fish.
00:57:47
Speaker 4: Skip.
00:57:48
Speaker 2: The cars Astra and Corsa are from this brand. Opal. A zit.
00:57:56
Speaker 7: Pumple.
00:57:58
Speaker 2: The syrup of Canada. Maple. A type of canned fish. Ah, yes. Four as well. We're going to a tiebreaker with this one. Exciting times. Have you ever had pulchards?
00:58:18
Speaker 1: Oh, yeah.
00:58:19
Speaker 4: I've heard about that.
00:58:20
Speaker 2: Have you never had pulchards? I don't think I've ever had that.
00:58:22
Speaker 4: Yaku.
00:58:22
Speaker 2: No. You are missing out. Brother man. Pulchards?
00:58:25
Speaker 4: Yes.
00:58:26
Speaker 2: It's like you pulchards on white bread. With what I can only describe as duck butter. Like that's what you need in your life, my friend. It'll change your life. All right, Giovanni and Yaku, this is how it works. You have 30 seconds. Well, not 30 seconds. You'll have a tiebreaker, music, and then you need to say your name first and then the answer. That's all. Once I go to you, you need to give me the answer immediately. But remember, what's key here is that you have to say your name before you answer the question. I know it gets exciting sometimes, And you want to shout out the answer immediately, but that will mean an immediate disqualification. And I don't want that to happen to you. Is that understood, Giovanni?
00:59:04
Speaker 3: Yes, I am.
00:59:05
Speaker 2: Understood, Yaku?
00:59:07
Speaker 4: Understood.
00:59:07
Speaker 2: Alright so pull remains your flash word this is what I'm looking for good luck your final question is I need a Prince song Giovanni Giovanni what's your answer?
00:59:31
Speaker 7: Purple Rain.
00:59:33
Speaker 2: Really? Is that your answer or somebody else's in the background?
00:59:37
Speaker 6: My answer.
00:59:46
Speaker 2: Yaku. He got you, my friend. It was a good run. It was a very good run. I'm very proud of you. Thank you, Yaku. I appreciate you.
00:59:53
Speaker 4: Thank you.
00:59:53
Speaker 2: You have been such a... I loved your attitude and your warmth and your kindness. And we'll make sure to use an electrician like you in Strand and surrounds. That's what we're looking for, Yaku.
01:00:03
Speaker 4: Thank you.
01:00:04
Speaker 2: Thank you so much.
01:00:05
Speaker 3: We're in the same train.
01:00:06
Speaker 5: Good night.
01:00:07
Speaker 2: What? Oh, really? We're in the same train? As a coincidence. Oh, electrical and plumbing. Okay, there we go. Look at you. Look at you too. Well, Yaku, thank you so much. Giovanni... You are the new Flashwood champion. Congratulations. And tomorrow, I look forward to only you playing. I was playing.
01:00:26
Speaker 7: I was listening to the radio.
01:00:27
Speaker 2: In the background. Oh, so the person shouting Prince in the background was nobody, right? Yeah, and they're laughing now. Tomorrow, Giovanni, your colleagues, you know what? They know my number. They can send their own virtual hand. Okay, if they want to play. Giovanni, tomorrow, you and I, we have another date to defend your title. Remember, if you win on Friday, Giovanni. You're going to go over to next week where there are some great prizes from a new sponsor on The Flash Drive. Giovanni and colleagues, I'll say goodbye to your colleagues for good. To you, I say goodbye just for now. Giovanni, catch you alone tomorrow on The Flash Word and The Flash Drive on KFM 94.5. Jeremy Loops, better together, of course. Better with the flash drive and you. And this is KF94. 5. One last thing to do is something called the one-up. It's a lovely opportunity for us to get together and share whatever we can within Beatrice's sort of category. Like yesterday, we were going all demotivational. The one-up where Cassidy and I have the unique opportunity to spit whatever we can at each other.
01:01:37
Speaker 7: How about some demotivational quotes?
01:01:41
Speaker 2: Demotivational quotes. Yeah. If you are worried about doors closing in your life, remember one of those doors was big enough for Jack, but he still froze.
01:01:50
Speaker 3: If you never try, you can never fail. But you can also still be blamed, which is worse.
01:01:56
Speaker 2: True that. Failure is like drinking. Do it often and you will forget.
01:02:03
Speaker 3: The early bird catches the worm, but the late worm doesn't get eaten.
01:02:07
Speaker 2: Actions speak louder than words, but actions have never met Cassidy. She's louder than everything.
01:02:15
Speaker 3: Why work a nine to five when you can work a 24 seven?
01:02:21
Speaker 2: If everything you ever wanted is on the other side of fear, I'm staying on this side.
01:02:26
Speaker 3: Believe you can, and you're already halfway to disappointment. Is that real?
01:02:32
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's very real. Come back. Come back.
01:02:34
Speaker 3: Come back.
01:02:35
Speaker 7: Come back.
01:02:42
Speaker 2: I get amnesia at this time of the show. It's the best. I forget about it, then Jodie puts together a little recap, and I'm like, oh, we did that yesterday. What do you want to do today?
01:02:50
Speaker 7: It's sort of inspired by Yuko, but, you know, it's summer.
01:02:56
Speaker 2: Is it? It's still spring. Wait for us. Wait for it. Wait, wait, wait. Okay.
01:03:01
Speaker 7: It's one of those seasons where the sun is up.
01:03:03
Speaker 3: It's getting warm.
01:03:05
Speaker 2: That's one.
01:03:05
Speaker 7: Where the sun's up later like now.
01:03:09
Speaker 3: That is true.
01:03:10
Speaker 7: How amazing is it?
01:03:11
Speaker 2: Anyway, sorry, I digress. Yes.
01:03:13
Speaker 7: But I know you have a, I want to say a conspiracy theory or something, but have you noticed there's a a lot more traffic officers out on the road it's not a.
01:03:23
Speaker 2: Conspiracy okay I have told you this before but I just think that I see more cameras I see cameras in places that don't give you a chance to slow down for instance, on the N1 at the Kubrick interchange, okay, that thing goes from 120 to 80. And I get caught there all the time. And it always happens this time of the year. So I'm just saying that with all these fines, people are clearly paying because there's not enough time for you to slow down at that bend. It's not a conspiracy, but there are bonuses to be paid.
01:03:54
Speaker 4: Yes.
01:03:55
Speaker 7: And I agree with you because all of a sudden, that happened to me this morning as well.
01:03:59
Speaker 5: Yeah.
01:04:00
Speaker 7: Here's a mobile camera. 500 meters from a static camera.
01:04:06
Speaker 2: Yes. So I'm saying there's so many more cameras, which means there's going to be more fines. And I know that the clap back here would be like, we're trying to keep the road safe ahead of the festive season. I love that. Thank you for doing that. I appreciate it. But I just think that some of the cameras are in areas where you know that someone's not going to slow down in time. I got a fine, all right? I think I was going, I think it was 90 in an 80 zone. Like I was just about slowed down. I was 10 Ks away. Bah, fine. Bah, someone's bonuses paid.
01:04:34
Speaker 3: Also, if you're like, I haven't seen any cops, don't worry, go to the beach. Go to the beach. That is where they get their bonuses. On people who've like slightly parked over like a yellow line or a red line. I asked a police officer who I saw the other day. I was like, oh, are you here because people are parking? And he goes, no, I got called because I was like, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay.
01:04:52
Speaker 2: I wasn't insinuating the people getting bonuses. I'm just saying that it just seems convenient around bonus season. But I'm not saying that directly.
01:05:01
Speaker 1: No.
01:05:03
Speaker 2: I'm not really saying it either. Yes, it's.
01:05:06
Speaker 7: Just words.
01:05:07
Speaker 2: It's a conspiracy. Yes, that's what it is. It's not even a conspiracy. I'm just saying it's interesting that the cameras are out and it's around bonus season. That's what I'm saying. I'm not saying it's that. It's just an observation, but not an accusation.
01:05:21
Speaker 7: Ten minutes to get to that word.
01:05:22
Speaker 2: An observation. Interesting.
01:05:25
Speaker 7: Anyway, how about things you can say to a traffic officer, but not to your partner?
01:05:35
Speaker 2: I need to find a song for this. No, I'll find a song. Let's see if I can find a song here. Lil Wayne and Bobby Valentino. Do you remember this song?
01:05:52
Speaker 3: I love Bobby Valentino.
01:05:59
Speaker 2: That long, yes Yes, there we go Alright, so do you want to go first?
01:06:02
Speaker 3: Sure So how much is this going to cost me?
01:06:08
Speaker 2: Oh Interesting What? No, no, no, no, no I'm just saying You clearly can't say that to your partner So you're going outside of the relationship And asking that question, right? Right I think I'll go direct, right? That's the first wrong thing I've done and I'm getting spoken to. Why are you focusing on my flaws?
01:06:33
Speaker 3: Was that how you talked to the guy?
01:06:34
Speaker 2: That's correct. That was him. Yes, okay. Are you going to make me blow on that thing?
01:06:50
Speaker 3: No, is it not? That's a thing.
01:06:54
Speaker 2: Wait, there's a button here. If you want to inspect the rear.
01:07:04
Speaker 3: I wasn't going that fast.
01:07:10
Speaker 2: This is the first time I've been pulled off.
01:07:11
Speaker 7: Is it really that bastard in the back?
01:07:22
Speaker 2: I saw you behind me.
01:07:22
Speaker 4: No, stop.
01:07:23
Speaker 2: I'm sorry I didn't stop immediately. Get me out of.
01:07:29
Speaker 7: Here.
01:07:34
Speaker 3: Get me out of here.
01:07:37
Speaker 2: I have one last one, though.
01:07:38
Speaker 3: Okay, let it rip.
01:07:39
Speaker 2: You came out of nowhere. Right, anyway.
01:07:42
Speaker 1: Mr.
01:07:42
Speaker 3: Wasteland.
01:07:43
Speaker 2: We're going to go now. By the way, we actually have a little session between the team, in case you want to know.
01:07:49
Speaker 5: We are.
01:07:50
Speaker 2: Going to go and do some ahead of tomorrow's battle with Cape Talk. We're going to get Beatrice and Jodie and Cassidy and myself onto a paddle court.
01:08:00
Speaker 3: Can I tell you what we're doing? We're playing an away game.
01:08:03
Speaker 2: We are.
01:08:04
Speaker 7: I love how I'm being tortured because you two decided.
01:08:08
Speaker 2: To take on Cape Talk.
01:08:10
Speaker 3: There's no torture.
01:08:11
Speaker 2: You know, I.
01:08:12
Speaker 7: Had to go watch an educational video. What is paddle? It was a 59 second clock.
01:08:20
Speaker 2: Video that is.
01:08:21
Speaker 3: For people who did social tennis social tennis.
01:08:25
Speaker 2: It's gonna be so much fun yeah it's cool so we're gonna do this because tomorrow we got a match we have a match 12 o'clock we gotta win this thing for the flash drive thank goodness i don't have to be at the match because i'm probably not going to be able to walk tomorrow you'll be fine and then you're lester and natalie they you heard me on today they have been training daily since i gave this challenge All right? All I have is I have Cassidy promising me that she was in one invitational paddle match. That's all I have.
01:08:51
Speaker 3: That's enough.
01:08:52
Speaker 2: I've played three games. Literally.
01:08:54
Speaker 7: Okay, there's two things that count in your favor. Both of you are short.
01:08:58
Speaker 2: What is that supposed to mean? Which means you're far. That does not mean. Trust me, short doesn't mean fast.
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Speaker 3: Who are you talking about?
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Speaker 7: You've got a fine today.
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Speaker 2: Just saying.
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Speaker 5: No.
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Speaker 3: Carl's clearly met some not so fast short people.
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Speaker 4: Yes.
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Speaker 2: Storm piece. Anyway. Have a beautiful evening. Look after yourself. I'll miss you. We'll be back tomorrow, same time, same space, for the results of our Paddle Match. Paddle for a Purpose with Prime Media Cares and the Safety Parents Program. Brandon and you two are up next to entertain you until 10 o'clock tomorrow. 3 o'clock. Catch you again.
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Speaker 3: Okay, love you. Bye.
01:09:35
Speaker 1: Weekdays, 3 to 7 p.m. The Flash Drive with Carl Wastey on KFM 94.5.
Speaker 1: Weekdays, 3 to 7 p.m. The Flash Drive with Carl Wastey on KFM 94.5. The show that drives you home. The Flash Drive with Carl Wastey.
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Speaker 2: That's what it is. Welcome, welcome to the best part of your day. Hopefully, we'll do our best to make that happen. For the next four hours, it's three o'clock. We're here till seven. Let's make it worth your while. This is your show. It is your flash drive on KFM 94.5. Cassidy Jade Nicholson.
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Speaker 3: Carl Jade Wastey.
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Speaker 2: So, you know that I realized that my colleagues have created an adjective. Yeah. Out of me. And I needed to share this with you. I know it is something that we discussed off air, but you're so.
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Speaker 2: So let me explain. Whenever they tell me a story about people riling them up and them not responding emotionally, they said, yeah, I did a Carl Wastey.
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Speaker 3: What the hell is that? So Carl has this really incredible talent of like staying level-headed. Thank you. And finding, you know, the, okay, cool, this is how this person is feeling. It's not about you. And look, I'm an emotional girl. So I get riled up a lot. And when I ask Carl, how do I handle this? He goes, you know what? Just realize... It's not about you. So I have to channel that energy. And I have to find the thing to say that's going to be emotionally intelligent, which is normally, have a lovely day and remember to smile.
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Speaker 2: Well, I mean, so like often, you know, often Beatrice would tell me like, yo, I had to pull a call today. I'm like, what do you mean? No, somebody cut him off.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Speaker 2: Or the electricity has been off, you know, for eight days. Exactly. And you have to chat to somebody on the phone who didn't know what was going on. thank you i'm going to take that as a compliment that's very kind of you to say that is wonderful.
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Speaker 3: I want to be more like you um you're great thanks.
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Speaker 2: Okay so be more like you because you're great conflict yes i know of course and and the thing is whether we like it or not in this industry and i think this is where the real practice of not responding emotionally comes in is that On the WhatsApp line, where the people creating TikTok videos and spending their time saying something about you, I will always say to you that those people took their time to respond in that manner to you. They've taken the time out of their day and out of their lives and have said, I.
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Speaker 3: Can't stop thinking about you.
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Speaker 2: Basically, that's what they say. So they'll have a response to something that we have said or even what we've played. Yeah. Something to a little thing that we've done on air and created an entire TikTok video about it. But remember, that person took their time to stitch something together, edit and post. Don't respond to them. poorly, tell them thank you for the time they spent on you. They have families that are not going to get that time. They can't get that time back, but they decided and said that day they're going to give that time to you. And anybody who's trying to rile you up, getting on your last nerve, remember they have taken time to coordinate, strategize and deliver it to you. Some of our own family members don't even take that time. But that stranger took that time on you. Thank them.
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Speaker 3: That's what I'm talking about.
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Speaker 2: I bless you. Have a wonderful day. That time on me. Of your life.
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Speaker 3: Do you have a crush on me?
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Speaker 2: How do I respond? How do I give you time back? All I can do is say thank you. So that's essentially what we have to deal with on a daily basis here. It's really crazy because I know that some people are not in control of their own emotions and I bless them and I hope they'll get to a point where their actions can be put on a billboard or their actions can be seen by their own kids and they can realize, oh my word, I wasn't responding there. I was reacting and that reaction was impulsive and I need to respond more. And react less. That's all.
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Speaker 3: And that is the Carl Weasley response.
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Speaker 2: But I don't know why.
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Speaker 3: That is the Carl Weasley response. And we love that. Thank you.
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Speaker 2: Well, I hope that. And it's a practice. It is a practice. It's not something that is a silver bullet. Every day there's going to be new challenges and new ways to practice that particular response. It's not easy all the time. But I think that if you set your mind to it, you get a little better at it as anything that you would practice. That's it. What a start to the show.
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Speaker 3: I love it. Thanks for the soapbox.
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Speaker 2: I hope that calmed you down. And now that you know that that person that just beeped you off, at least now you know exactly how to respond. And now we can play you some music, give you some clicks, club card cashbacks, tell you about our private, sorry, I meant pirate party on the 31st of October, and then bring you one of the most peaceful voices in the South African music industry. Zolani Mahola is coming through to chat to you after four o'clock. Peace be with you.
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Speaker 4: Let's go.
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Speaker 2: Step into the scene that you won't catch.
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Speaker 3: Got to love you. Got to love you.
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Speaker 2: Got to love you, Shonda Paul and Alexis Jordan. It is on your show, your flash drive, KFM 94.5. Can I just remind you that on Thursday, the 3rd of December, do you know who's going to be here in Cape Town? You know it's going to be here?
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Speaker 1: Yes.
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Speaker 2: Are you sure you know?
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Speaker 3: Can I say it with my chest?
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Speaker 2: Do you want to say it with it? Do you go for it? Grand Arena, Grand West?
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Speaker 3: Shandapal.
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Speaker 2: Shandapal. Yep, that's going to be here. And tickets are available right now. And it's going to be cool.
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Speaker 3: Can I just say, so when we were quizzing the other.
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Speaker 2: Night, Oh, sorry, you guys are... Isn't that like the fourth time you... Third hat trick. Third time. Okay, hat trick. Excuse me.
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Speaker 3: So we have a song that plays.
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: And then one of our teammates goes, oh, that's Sean Paul. And I said, babe, you understood every word. That is not Mr. Sean Paul.
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Speaker 2: Was it Shaggy? No, it wasn't.
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Speaker 3: It was Yaz.
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Speaker 2: Yaz. Oh, Ayaz replaying.
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Speaker 4: Ayaz, yes.
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Speaker 2: Charlie, like a melody.
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Speaker 3: Literally.
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Speaker 2: Okay, cool.
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Speaker 3: And then they were like, this is Sean Paul. And I was like, no, no, no. Sean Paul talks in cursive.
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Speaker 2: Ayaz, yeah, yeah. That's it. But basically, just to give you some details. Baby boy. So that's the details you need to know about Sean Paul.
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Speaker 3: Oh, my goodness.
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Speaker 5: Cool.
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Speaker 2: So you got all of that? Did you write everything down? Fantastic. For those in the back, Thursday, 3 December, grab your tickets right now at Blue Blood Tickets. And it is in proud association with Blue Blood Firewater Earth Productions and KFM 94.5. Sean Paul is coming to your city. It's very exciting. It's really cool. And by the way, the dialect in Laos, it's pigeon. So if you want to learn a bit more pigeon and you'll understand more of like what he's saying if you want to do that. So what's wrong?
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Speaker 3: Petrus, keep this on top of your mind.
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Speaker 2: P-I-D-G-I-N. Just do some Googling there, man.
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Speaker 3: P-I-D.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, go for it.
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Speaker 3: I'll do it.
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Speaker 2: Just go P-I-D-G-I-N, Sean Paul. And then you'll get some. P-I-D. So you get some ideas of dialect and you can learn. Because it is really a proper dialect and it's a proper way of speaking. So you can actually learn it and then you'll be ready for the concert on the 3rd of December.
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Speaker 3: He doesn't sing in pidgin. He performs Jamaican patoy, also known as Jamaican creole. But that's another form. Pidgin is another form.
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Speaker 2: There we go. So if you want to sort of lean yourself in there to that, full-fledged Creole. I know that's one of the pigeons, one of those sort of subsidiary dialects and that Jamaican patois, but like, I think that'll be so cool to learn something really. Like there's some, there's some common language. Hold on. Maybe we should do a few of these just in preparation. Basic Jamaican patois. Okay. Let's say maybe there's some cool phrases we can learn here. Okay. There's some easy ones. Wagwan.
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Speaker 3: What's going on?
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Wagwan. What's up? And how are you?
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Speaker 4: How are you?
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Speaker 2: So Wagwan is essentially... What's going on? That's our way. Yeah. Right? Yes. Done. Medea.
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Speaker 3: Medea?
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Speaker 2: No, no, no. So I'm doing well. I'm here. Right? Yairi.
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Speaker 3: I'm Yairi. I'm okay.
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Speaker 2: Perfect. Yes. All right. Lovely. Walk good.
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Speaker 3: All good.
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Speaker 2: Well, walk good.
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: It means walk well. Go well. Goodbye. Oh, yeah. Bless up.
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Speaker 3: Yeah It's like blessings.
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Speaker 2: Yeah bless up It's just have a nice day Yeah This is actually quite cool We need to learn this Before Sean Paul gets here I'm into it Yeah Chaka chaka That's when Something's untidy or messy Ah zine.
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Speaker 3: Ah zine No it's zine Zine Yeah I don't know.
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Speaker 2: I got it I understand Oh Well I I reverse that For me Predrin Brother Yeah Brothers Sistrin Sisters Okay, cool. Big knee?
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Speaker 5: No.
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Speaker 2: Do you know that? Pucky, basically, is another term. It's children or child. Okay. Oh, this is so cool, man. I think we're going to learn this. We're going to have to. Okay. I think it's good to learn some new languages. I've heard that on several podcasts that it's very good for your brain development and to continue making sure that your brain develops. So we need to learn this before and then we can listen to all of them. Like every single syllable would be like, yeah, Wagwan. In fact, let me, can I try with you now?
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Speaker 3: Okay.
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Speaker 2: Okay. All right. Traffic. Wagwan.
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Speaker 3: There's a stationary vehicle on the N1 outbound after Platzecloof Road. The center lane is obstructed and on the M3 south, it's backed up between UCT and Claremont. There are traffic lights that are faulty, and you can find them in the following areas. In Kailitsa at Miuwe and Jafdike Masimola Road. In, oh, give me one second.
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Speaker 4: Why?
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Speaker 3: No, I'm just, I got to sound the sounds.
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Speaker 2: Ekendal?
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Speaker 3: Ekendal. Ekendal. E-I-K-E-N-D-A-L.
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Speaker 2: Hold on. That could also be a typo. Where are you speaking of?
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Speaker 3: Fort Chipper Road and the Gama Street.
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Speaker 4: Oh.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Peter just also came now to check it out. I love how these things happen in real time. Ekendal? Oh, is it E-I? Is it E-I?
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Speaker 3: Ekendal.
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Speaker 2: So was there an E there?
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Speaker 3: Ekendal.
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Speaker 2: You missed on the E. I said E. I said E-I. Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, you said, I thought you said I-K.
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Speaker 3: No, no, no, no, no.
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Speaker 2: All right, that's Ekendal.
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Speaker 3: Ekendal.
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Speaker 4: Yes.
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Speaker 3: Thank you so much. I'm a human being and we learn these things in lifetime.
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Speaker 2: Of course.
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Speaker 3: And lastly, you'll find a traffic light at the, a faulty traffic light at the N2 and Baden-Powell Drive. My name is Cassidy Nicholson, your human friend. And if you see anything on the roads, let me know on the WhatsApp line. That's 082-945-0940.
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Speaker 2: You do not need to disclaim those sorts of things. No, no, no. You don't even need to. Because I think that's the standards, unnecessary standards that people set.
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Speaker 3: Sometimes it's important to remind people that we're all human, though.
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Speaker 2: That was Jamaican patois, and I said pigeon. So I got that wrong. Oops.
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Speaker 1: Wow.
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Speaker 2: But then I corrected myself like any human would do, and then we went into it, and we realized what guan means. All right?
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Speaker 1: Miairi.
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Speaker 3: You see, you're doing the Carl Wastier game, and I'm here for it.
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Speaker 1: Shantay.
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Speaker 6: Hi, Carl.
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Speaker 7: Hi, Cassidy.
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Speaker 3: Hello, hello.
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Speaker 2: What you up to? What you doing?
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Speaker 6: I was actually working. I'm a teacher online.
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Speaker 2: You're a teacher? You know what? I feel like this is the official teacher's show.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I agree.
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Speaker 2: I really do think. There are so many teachers that we chat to for several different competitions. I'm fast becoming like well aware that this is the teacher's show. And if I can be of service to a teacher online, who are of service to many of the minds shaping the future, I can be very, very happy going to bed at night knowing that I can do this. So, hi, teacher. Hi. So... Hi. Clix brand products. Oh, wait, hold on. What do you teach? I need to ask that first before we get there.
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Speaker 4: English.
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Speaker 2: I can hear. I can hear. I just heard you enunciate and suddenly I was compelled to ask. There it is. Of course. Do you do English?
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Speaker 1: So.
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Speaker 2: You said English?
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Speaker 6: It's literature. So we are an extramural for literature.
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Speaker 2: What is the focus book now within the level you're teaching?
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Speaker 6: Well, we focus a variety of age groups. So we go all the way from about three years because they start very young. And we can go up to 18.
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Speaker 2: Okay, this is great. Yay for literacy. We need it in this country. More literacy, more books, more reading, and more Clix brand products. So Shante, what's your favorite?
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Speaker 6: My favorite is the turmeric tissue oil. It's brand new and it's absolutely amazing. I was just telling Pietras when I was sending the voice, the voice notes, I went to the shop, sold out, went online, sold out. But, um, Beatrice just confirmed that they have it back in stock, so it's fine. But it's a really good product. I love mine. I use it in my lotion. It's amazing.
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Speaker 1: What?
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Speaker 2: So, obviously, in my head, I'm thinking turmeric's going to have a yellow pigment. I'm assuming it doesn't show up like that when you do rub it on, right?
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Speaker 3: No, of course not.
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Speaker 2: No, no, no. Okay, I want to make sure.
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Speaker 6: Yes, it's in the oil.
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Speaker 2: Otherwise, you would have turned into a Coldplay song.
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Speaker 3: We know this.
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Speaker 2: All right. And the reason why I say scary deliberately is because Cape Town has officially made the list of the world's top 50 Halloween destinations for 2026. And I was here thinking we don't really support Halloween or do it.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, we hardly celebrate.
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Speaker 2: We put it on the map. The way we do things here, we came in at number 48 in the global top 50 ranking. The Mother City earned its spooky credentials through its ghost stories, eerie landmarks, including the legendary Flying Dutchman, the supposedly haunted castle of Goodope, the tale of Jan van Hunks, smoking a pipe with the devil on Devil's Peak, and with Halloween events ranging from the Cape Town Zombie Walk to Dracula at the Arts Academy. That's why.
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Speaker 3: Okay. Okay. So we've got lots of like things that happen because of it.
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Speaker 1: Yes.
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Speaker 3: But I just, I know that I'm not walking the streets asking for candy. You know what I mean?
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Speaker 2: I do believe that we should change that. And I know I'm going to sound boring now. Imagine doing wellness trick-or-treating, man.
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Speaker 3: Now when you put it like that.
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Speaker 1: Okay.
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Speaker 2: Because I told you about my issue with protein. Like I would love a little protein sponsor. Okay, I would. But if I can trick-or-treat for protein bars and protein shakes.
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Speaker 3: And electrolyte sachets.
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Speaker 2: Yo, please. Get in. I will knock on your door. Trick-or-treat. Yeah. Trick-or-wellness ought to be so good. Yeah. Trick-or-wellness. Here we go. Someone dressed as a witch thing.
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Speaker 8: Take a wellness bar, my dear.
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Speaker 3: 25 grams of protein per bar.
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Speaker 2: Can you do a muscle-up yet, my dear? You can't. Because I can't. Why did you have to bring the muscle-up into it? I don't know. I just started to hurt myself in that moment.
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Speaker 3: Sure.
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Speaker 2: But I think this is great. Oh, by the way, so there we go. I'll give it to you. The trick-or-treating, but make it wellness.
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Speaker 3: I'm down.
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Speaker 1: I'm down. Say less.
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Speaker 2: And it was so cool. District 6, an area filled with culture, is offering you, the artist, an opportunity to To throw up an amazing mural. Chapel Street in District 6. And you can actually enter this thing. Deadlines 30 October. Include a CV and portfolio when you enter. And you can be part of the project.
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Speaker 3: That's so cool.
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Speaker 2: It's a project that aims to honor the legacy of the late District 6 artist and educator Aisha Price. And it's there to allow creatives to have a space to do their work out in public like that. So remember... applications include CV portfolio I will get you where to send the applications shortly that's I'll get it for you in a second and then there's a big story happening at the moment massive huge and you're.
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Speaker 3: Just going to leave it like that hey.
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Speaker 2: No I'm going to talk about it now no I'm not going to keep you hanging don't worry no no no no no I'm not going to I won't keep you hanging okay but you know we're doing something tomorrow Yes, I know. KFM versus Cape Talk. And this all came up because Lester from Cape Talk, I was listening to his breakfast show, as one does. And I loved the way he articulated all of the needs of safety parents, the program, which is really cool. And it is designed to ensure that kids are removed out of their situations to continue a normal life. And safety parents offer those environments. And I tell you now, if you offer a child an environment that offers safety, security and confidence and motivation, they will achieve great things. And that's what I wanted to do by challenging Leicester to a paddle match at the grid paddle at Virgin Act of the Point. And essentially what we're going to do from midday to 2 p.m. is we're going to play them and the loser will then have to contribute to 000 rand to the cause safety parents so the idea here cassidy is to not lose however producer pietras tells me that there are people who have our backs who are willing to donate to us if we win who I don't know who it is, but I know the guy's name's Leon. Hello, Leon.
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Speaker 6: Carl, Carl, Carl.
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Speaker 4: My brother, how are you doing? You know, the only thing that tastes worse and more bitter than creatine is losing to me, Carl. This is less to give it.
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Speaker 2: You know, by the way, this is why Cape Town is a great Halloween destination. You get scary calls like this. That's another one. That was crazy. That was really intense. And why'd they call you Leon? Sorry.
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Speaker 4: Why'd you call me Leon?
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Speaker 5: Yeah. Yes.
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Speaker 4: Listen, Carl.
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Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
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Speaker 4: I just wanted to call in because I've been thinking about tomorrow's paddle match and I'm starting to get a little bit concerned. Not about losing. I'm concerned about you, Carl, because I've seen you around the office talking a very, very big game. You've got the confidence of a man who's played Wimbledon, the swagger of a Roger Federer, and from what I can gather, the actual paddle experience of a man who's just discovered the sport exists. I am, of course, Carl, the 1997 Sutvata Camp Swing Ball Champion.
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Speaker 6: What?
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Speaker 3: Not swing ball. At Sutvata?
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Speaker 2: Do you know how difficult it was to win in Sutvata? Gee whiz, hold on. Say less.
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Speaker 4: Carl, I also have grade 8 colours in Foursquare. I am experienced.
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Speaker 3: These are the games of like a primary school student.
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Speaker 2: Wait, Cassidy, don't you have colours in hopscotch or something meant from Camps Bay?
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Speaker 3: I absolutely do.
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Speaker 2: Thank you.
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Speaker 4: Yes.
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Speaker 3: And good vibes. Don't forget that.
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Speaker 4: You know what, Carl and Cassidy, I know we're doing this for a good cause, the Safety Parents Program, and that's exactly why I'm taking this seriously, because there are kids who need support, there are families who need resources, and apparently a radio station DO that needs to be humbled, and tomorrow, Carl and Cassidy, I intend to humble the two of you. You've already committed quite a substantial amount of money if your team loses. I just want to understand something. That That's not a charitable donation, Carl. That's an invoice. And tomorrow, that bill is due. So, here's my advice.
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Speaker 2: Okay, Lester.
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Speaker 4: Get some practice in. Stretch those hamstrings. Maybe say goodbye to that donation of yours. Because when Team Lester and Team Natalie walk onto the court, we're not there to make friends. We're there to make a difference. And if making a difference means putting Paul and Cassidy through a very emotionally difficult afternoon on the paddle court and then... on the afternoon drive show, then so be it. So see you tomorrow, Carl.
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Speaker 7: See you tomorrow, brother.
00:23:03
Speaker 4: See you tomorrow.
00:23:04
Speaker 2: Can I tell you what I'm taking out of this call is that I'm really happy that you listened to the show, number one. Number two, I just want to say that I'm so excited that you took up the challenge and your trainer, because the thing is, Cassidy, I don't know if you know that Natalie and Lester have a trainer. Your trainer cannot stop talking about how impressed he is and how you've progressed. And of course, I'm intimidated by this. But I know for a fact that we're going to have a good session tomorrow between 12 and 2. Cassidy, as I said, hopscotch champion, vibes champion from Camp Spain.
00:23:34
Speaker 3: I was also a single child, which means I too was good at swing ball.
00:23:40
Speaker 2: You were a single... Okay, sorry.
00:23:41
Speaker 8: Single child.
00:23:42
Speaker 2: I was the only child.
00:23:44
Speaker 3: No, but for real. My parents had to occupy me somehow. I spoke a lot and I had no friends.
00:23:50
Speaker 2: Yeah, apparently they played fetch with Cassidy sometimes.
00:23:57
Speaker 3: Well, the quiet game didn't work, so.
00:24:00
Speaker 2: No, Lester, thank you for really taking on the challenge. And on a serious note, your trainer, who is in this building, cannot stop talking about how proud he is of you. So I'm excited to see the fruits of your labor at the grid panel at Virgin Act of the Point. It's going to be great, and it's for a great cause, my friend.
00:24:17
Speaker 4: Carl, I guess I know that many of the listeners don't know that. Like, I'm in the morning, you're in the afternoon. We're like ships in the night, our two teams. And it's really going to be really, really great spending at least the midday with you. It's me and Natalie up against Carl and Cassidy. Looking forward to it. Like, we're really taking this seriously, not because we necessarily want to win, but we love the two of you on here. And we love the energy that you guys bring to the office. We just want to take a little bit of that and use some of that at 12 noon when we beat you at the grid.
00:24:55
Speaker 3: All right.
00:24:56
Speaker 2: You know what? You've laid down the paddle. Never mind gauntlet. So we are very excited to do this. And I'll be honest with you, we haven't had a single practice session. But I think the reason is that we kind of know that some people have to be trained. Others were born with it. And we'll find out who that is tomorrow. Exactly.
00:25:18
Speaker 4: I've had to train because the company has signed indemnity of me.
00:25:24
Speaker 2: So I can't play it.
00:25:27
Speaker 4: I can't put in a claim like workman's compensation does not matter.
00:25:33
Speaker 2: That's so true. Oh, my word. But, okay, so tomorrow, 12 o'clock, I mean, are we reporting 11.30? So we can just... You know, we can just do a little warm-up first.
00:25:43
Speaker 3: I'm going to be there at 11. I need to start checking out the game.
00:25:46
Speaker 2: Okay, cool.
00:25:46
Speaker 3: Going around the courts. I need to make sure my shoes and everything are polished. Do you know what I'm saying?
00:25:51
Speaker 2: Your shoes are polished. What are you doing?
00:25:53
Speaker 3: I'm just going onto the turf and checking that I'm not going to fall.
00:25:56
Speaker 2: Lester, enjoy. And, of course, good luck to Natalie as well. We'll catch you tomorrow. But otherwise, in the morning first and then on the court.
00:26:05
Speaker 4: Excellent. See you, Carl. See you, Cassie. Look forward to tomorrow. Bye-bye.
00:26:08
Speaker 2: Liquor man.
00:26:10
Speaker 3: Can I say one thing?
00:26:12
Speaker 2: Hey, this guy.
00:26:13
Speaker 1: What?
00:26:13
Speaker 3: That phone call was ominous.
00:26:15
Speaker 2: That was very ominous. The confidence that he showed over there. Yeah. All right. But, I mean, I'll be very honest with you with regard to it. It's going to be a lot of fun.
00:26:25
Speaker 3: I'm excited.
00:26:26
Speaker 2: The breakfast show on Cape Talk versus the afternoon drive on KFM 94.5. But I think, you know, the station's name will tell you everything that you need to know. One of us talk and the other one does the actions. You'll see that tomorrow at 12 o'clock. Yeah, you will. Grid paddle, virgin active, the point. The point? Most of them go to us. But it's also, no, there's a cause. Safety parents. That is what we are doing. And if you'd like to contribute in any way, please feel free to contact us before tomorrow because then perhaps you want to do, every time we score a point against Natty and Lester, we can contribute to the cause or something to that effect. It's with the Department of Social Development and a really, really phenomenal way of looking after our kids and giving them brighter futures. No matter what their circumstances, we need to look after our children. We need to look after our future. But first, let's take care of Lester and Natalie. It is Aliyah. It's called Try Again. It's on your show, your flash drive, KFN 94.5. Now, Cassidy, as promised, I would like to bring in somebody very, very special. But first and foremost, I wanted to do a little musical journey. I want you to come with me on a musical journey because I think for a fact that this particular individual, before we introduce, I feel like it's been one of the most consistent voices in South African music culture. An individual who has brought not only energy, but a certain authenticity and an integrity to the music that has honestly paid homage to not only the South African music landscape, but the culture. The culture behind the music is more important. All the way, From 2003 when I matriculated Cassidy, by the way. I matriculated. I wanted to give this person. Hey, I wanted to give this person an opportunity before we introduce properly. So let's go on a journey.
00:28:23
Speaker 3: Okay, fine.
00:28:23
Speaker 2: Are we going to go on a journey? Just walk with me on this.
00:28:25
Speaker 3: Just 2003. That's when you matriculated. That's crazy.
00:28:29
Speaker 2: It is crazy.
00:28:30
Speaker 8: You're not supposed to talk here. It's the masked singer. They'll never know who this is.
00:28:36
Speaker 2: This? It's a big surprise.
00:28:37
Speaker 3: Okay.
00:28:38
Speaker 2: Follow me on this journey. Are you ready?
00:28:41
Speaker 3: Let's go.
00:28:41
Speaker 2: Okay, lock in. I want to take you all the way back, way back, back in the times. The cold is warm, oh, you say warm.
00:29:00
Speaker 3: Oh, I swear to the dressing.
00:29:03
Speaker 2: I've changed. I've changed.
00:29:05
Speaker 3: I've changed.
00:29:06
Speaker 1: I've changed. I've changed. This time for Africa.
00:29:16
Speaker 4: Oh, come on.
00:29:18
Speaker 1: Come on.
00:29:19
Speaker 3: Now. This time for Africa.
00:29:32
Speaker 1: Oh, come on.
00:29:57
Speaker 8: Can I do it?
00:30:06
Speaker 2: Please welcome to the mic, Zolani Mahola.
00:30:10
Speaker 8: Well, well, well, well, well, well.
00:30:19
Speaker 2: It has been decades, hundreds of years since we've had this opportunity to chat to you on this show. I know it's terrible of me.
00:30:26
Speaker 8: And look at how fresh faced we still all look. yeah hey how is this possible look at.
00:30:31
Speaker 2: That I mean I got a bit grey in my.
00:30:33
Speaker 8: Beard now you did get a little bit listen you did get a little bit grey but the fact that in 2003 you were in matric.
00:30:39
Speaker 2: Yo crazy I mean do you wanna I mean this one over here.
00:30:45
Speaker 3: How old were you babes I was 2014 I matriculated I was 10 years younger oh no I was 8 oh no what's happening.
00:30:54
Speaker 1: Oh no.
00:30:57
Speaker 2: Are you going to share how old you were in 2003? Do you see? That's, yeah.
00:31:02
Speaker 8: I matriculated four years before you.
00:31:04
Speaker 4: What?
00:31:05
Speaker 8: In 99, I matriculated before the turn of the century.
00:31:08
Speaker 3: Pietras is doing this.
00:31:08
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because obviously the producer of the show, Pietras, 99 as well. You too. Yes, there we go.
00:31:13
Speaker 3: All right, baby.
00:31:13
Speaker 2: All right. Well, welcome, Zolani. It's been way too long. And just listening back to all those, the reason why I do that is because I just want to say that this is, honestly, this is the palace you've built, my queen.
00:31:29
Speaker 3: Oh, man, Karl.
00:31:30
Speaker 2: Really, that's the palace you have built. When people hear your voice, they know that they're home. To have that, to have that on your shoulders, Zolane Mahola, I.
00:31:39
Speaker 3: Mean, think about it.
00:31:40
Speaker 8: I wear it like a badge.
00:31:41
Speaker 2: Yes, it is a badge.
00:31:42
Speaker 8: It's a badge of honor. It is a badge of honor.
00:31:44
Speaker 2: It really is.
00:31:44
Speaker 8: It's a beautiful thing.
00:31:45
Speaker 2: But it takes hard work. It really does to actually be that consistent. 2010. 2003, maybe even earlier than that. It was earlier, in fact. You know, it was earlier. But I remember 2003 specifically for the Doobie Doo. Yeah. I do. But there was even something before that as well. I know that there were tracks like Castles.
00:32:01
Speaker 8: There was an album before the Castles in the Sky.
00:32:03
Speaker 5: Yes.
00:32:03
Speaker 8: Carl, you know my discography.
00:32:05
Speaker 2: I do. But not because I'm a really big fan. I have been since clearly.
00:32:08
Speaker 3: I kiss him.
00:32:09
Speaker 2: I kiss him. I was in Matrick and beyond. Come on. But to know that, to wear that as a badge, looking back and knowing that you still have so much to give.
00:32:20
Speaker 8: So much to give. I can't believe it. I can't believe that this album that I'm about to release is my ninth studio album. That is a crazy, crazy thing. Like how many songs have come through this vessel that is I and I.
00:32:37
Speaker 2: So beautiful. Yeah. And it's great because it's had its different shades. You know, it has. It's had a freshly ground. Oh, my goodness. The one who sings.
00:32:45
Speaker 8: Oh, absolutely. In fact, most of it was with the freshly ground crew, as you say.
00:32:49
Speaker 2: 17 years.
00:32:51
Speaker 3: 17 years.
00:32:52
Speaker 8: Incredible collaborations with all of those musicians. You know, I mean, like, I think the really amazing thing about freshly ground was just how.
00:33:02
Speaker 8: The different elements just came together to create something that was just so pow, pow, new, you know, for so many of us. What an incredible journey. And then to move forward from there, as you say, Carl, you know, into The One Who Sings.
00:33:15
Speaker 5: Yes.
00:33:15
Speaker 8: And now backslap bang into Zolani Maola. It's just been a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful circular journey.
00:33:21
Speaker 2: And the journey itself to be locked into a freshly ground unit for 17 years and then become the one who sings a new project. A whole new entity, yeah. And then, of course, now to be Zolani. I mean, you're tracking through. This is the same person through projects. So I would like to know, just in terms of identity-wise, just making sure that Zolani is true to Zolani all the way through. I mean, that's a challenge. It really is. Because there are different sides of yourself, of course, right?
00:33:50
Speaker 8: Oh, a thousand percent. But for me, you know, Carl, like the really awesome thing that I can observe in my life and that I'm grateful for is even though it's the same me and it's the same voice, there's a lot of transformation. I feel in myself so much transformation, particularly now at this stage of the game where I've really come to really know my values. you know, like as a muso, as a songwriter, as a mom, as a citizen, and just coming into my own, releasing this album for the first time under my own name, you know, because I released my first solo album under the one who sings.
00:34:31
Speaker 2: Yeah.
00:34:32
Speaker 8: And so it feels really momentous.
00:34:36
Speaker 2: It is momentous.
00:34:37
Speaker 8: Yeah, it feels momentous.
00:34:38
Speaker 2: Because there's something about the power … within the people and what is behind the people, which is their culture, their roots, and where they come from. And that's why when I heard Cosa Nostra with Bravo Leroux, the late great, I felt all the emotion, of course, because, you know, there was sentiment behind that. But then I was like, that's right. Like, I know Cosa Nostra is so big and gratuitous, but, like, you've added Cosa. And I was like, yes, because there was such depth in it. And do you feel like the real– stance that you've taken with regard to identity in your life was from saying that you are a proud Xhosa woman.
00:35:16
Speaker 4: Yeah.
00:35:17
Speaker 2: And you need to lean into that more than you ever have in your entire career.
00:35:21
Speaker 8: I would say that I think it's, I think it's a lot, there's so much reclamation kinds of things in, in this, in this body of work that, um, that is fully coming out next year, but that Xhosa Nostra is a big part of, um, that for me, I've had such a, such a reconnection to my sense of self through, um, exploring the cultural backdrop that I came from. My father was a huge traditionalist. He also was a Catholic and a Christian, but he also practiced his Xhosa rites. And so we grew up with a lot of ceremonies at home. And when I moved to the Western Cape, when I moved to Cape Town in 2000, I didn't do any of that stuff. I kind of just like, you know, live my best life, which was fine. But in 2020, I started diving in the sea for the first time. And in that process of diving in the sea, weirdly reconnected with my ancestral cultural roots. And that journey has really informed a lot of the music that is on this album right now.
00:36:22
Speaker 3: Wow.
00:36:23
Speaker 2: And the album's name, the reason why it's strategically placing power in people.
00:36:26
Speaker 8: Yes, I loved it.
00:36:27
Speaker 2: Thank you. I'm glad you noticed.
00:36:28
Speaker 3: Absolutely.
00:36:29
Speaker 2: It's people... And power, you've put those two words together. And of course, we've heard it in different iterations in our time. Power to the people.
00:36:36
Speaker 4: Yes.
00:36:37
Speaker 2: And that sort of thing. But people power.
00:36:38
Speaker 4: Yes.
00:36:39
Speaker 2: It seems like you are saying that there is a lot of connection. And there's a lot of importance in us leaning on one another as not only an individual, but as a nation, because we are people through other people.
00:36:51
Speaker 8: Thank you very much.
00:36:52
Speaker 2: There's even a term we have in Xhosa, I like that.
00:36:55
Speaker 8: I know that term.
00:36:55
Speaker 2: Of course you do.
00:36:56
Speaker 8: Xhosa bondo.
00:36:57
Speaker 2: That's it. And we have that. So is that where this... Is that the center of people power?
00:37:02
Speaker 8: It 1,000% comes from that. I've alluded to the fact that I've gone on an individual journey.
00:37:08
Speaker 2: Yes, you have.
00:37:09
Speaker 8: And I believe that we all.
00:37:11
Speaker 3: Need to do that.
00:37:12
Speaker 8: We all need to go through these journeys of finding our voices and our purposes. But then we come together as a collective. I mean, I grew up in the 80s in a whole different South Africa where the country was calling for change, you know, was calling for freedom. And I remember being, as a very small child, kind of being in this mass of people moving and agitating and singing and dancing and calling for change and i have people in my family who were in the struggle as well you know to end apartheid and it was that energy that collective energy that brought about the end of apartheid it is very sad that so many of our leaders of that struggle movement have really betrayed the people many of them have betrayed us um but that's not to say that we now We, Carl, you, me, Cassidy, we can't use our voices for the good of this nation. So this is what this album is about. It is about us reclaiming our voices individually and collectively. That is why it's called People Power.
00:38:17
Speaker 2: And that's a beautiful, beautiful thing. And part of that is also you putting you into this thing. You know, I know that there's a lot of power to the people. But, I mean, there's also Zolani. And we need to find out more about you and connect with you. So, Rosa Nostra. Like, there was like a thing in there. And I was like, yes. And then, there's a good time. Which is a song that you're about to drop.
00:38:39
Speaker 1: Did it?
00:38:39
Speaker 2: For the first time in South Africa, and it's going to be a massive exclusive. But before we get to that, I have some lingering questions that I've been asked to ask you.
00:38:48
Speaker 8: I'm ready to answer.
00:38:50
Speaker 2: Are you sure?
00:38:50
Speaker 3: Yeah.
00:38:51
Speaker 2: They're kind of off the beaten track. That's okay. Cassidy, if you have any as well, this is the time before we get to the new single. If you have any of those, but I'm going to start off right.
00:38:59
Speaker 3: Yeah, go for it.
00:38:59
Speaker 2: I was asked, where's my phone? Where's my phone?
00:39:02
Speaker 8: Oh, my gosh.
00:39:02
Speaker 2: Sorry. I was asked.
00:39:03
Speaker 8: The fact that he has to read it.
00:39:04
Speaker 2: No, no, because this came through other people. It said, all right, so, Carl, please, Arsulani, does she still have Shakira's number?
00:39:13
Speaker 1: Yep. Yep.
00:39:14
Speaker 2: Absolutely.
00:39:14
Speaker 8: I mean, I actually was talking to her just now. You know, we were just, no, I don't have Shakira's number.
00:39:20
Speaker 1: Oh, God.
00:39:21
Speaker 3: Why you don't?
00:39:21
Speaker 8: Neither have I ever had Shakira's number. No.
00:39:24
Speaker 2: Oh. I love this.
00:39:27
Speaker 3: The giggle.
00:39:28
Speaker 2: No, but there's something more.
00:39:29
Speaker 3: Is it a giggle?
00:39:30
Speaker 8: Or is it a cackle?
00:39:30
Speaker 5: It's a both.
00:39:31
Speaker 2: It's a both.
00:39:31
Speaker 3: It's whatever you want it to be.
00:39:33
Speaker 2: There's tea there.
00:39:34
Speaker 3: Stop.
00:39:35
Speaker 2: There's tea there. I don't know what it is, right?
00:39:37
Speaker 8: No, there's no tea. It's all on the floor.
00:39:38
Speaker 2: Okay.
00:39:39
Speaker 8: Carry on. This is interesting, eh?
00:39:46
Speaker 3: Okay. Next.
00:39:47
Speaker 2: Okay, next question. Do you want to go for it?
00:39:49
Speaker 3: Oh, okay. I think this one's actually just coming from me. But more so because I'm such a fan.
00:39:55
Speaker 8: Bring it.
00:39:56
Speaker 3: There was a dubstep remix.
00:39:57
Speaker 4: Yes.
00:39:58
Speaker 3: Of one of your songs.
00:39:59
Speaker 8: I'd like, I think it was.
00:40:00
Speaker 4: Yes.
00:40:01
Speaker 3: Oh my, how, what was like, what was the reason behind that? Cause I mean, I loved when, like when my family goes away, the first thing they do is they put on your music cause it makes them feel like home.
00:40:10
Speaker 4: Right.
00:40:11
Speaker 3: But that was so interesting, that little journey. So what was the reason behind that?
00:40:16
Speaker 8: I think that that was, that might've been an illegal remix.
00:40:19
Speaker 4: No.
00:40:19
Speaker 1: Yes. Yes.
00:40:21
Speaker 3: Cause you were so aware of it.
00:40:22
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah.
00:40:23
Speaker 8: We, it took us a while to be, to be aware of, of, of it.
00:40:26
Speaker 3: But, You know what?
00:40:27
Speaker 8: It was cool because it exposed the song and the band to a whole lot of other people who ordinarily wouldn't necessarily have... Oh.
00:40:35
Speaker 2: Oh.
00:40:36
Speaker 3: Here it is. Here it is. Oh, I love this.
00:40:41
Speaker 8: Yeah.
00:40:41
Speaker 5: Yeah.
00:40:42
Speaker 6: Yeah.
00:40:43
Speaker 1: Oh.
00:40:44
Speaker 7: Oh.
00:40:46
Speaker 5: Yeah.
00:40:47
Speaker 2: Yeah.
00:40:47
Speaker 1: Yeah.
00:40:48
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:40:51
Speaker 1: The remix.
00:40:51
Speaker 2: The remix.
00:40:52
Speaker 6: The remix.
00:40:58
Speaker 2: So you said this was an illegal one?
00:40:59
Speaker 1: Yeah.
00:41:00
Speaker 2: I mean, that rocks.
00:41:02
Speaker 3: I really love.
00:41:04
Speaker 1: It.
00:41:04
Speaker 3: But you're so right. The people that were listening to this were definitely not listening to Instagram. And you put them on. Listen.
00:41:12
Speaker 5: Wow.
00:41:12
Speaker 4: Okay.
00:41:13
Speaker 8: Now they're like, whoa, that chorus, that is a hook.
00:41:15
Speaker 3: Exactly.
00:41:16
Speaker 8: So you don't mind.
00:41:18
Speaker 2: A nice sneaky remix every now and then, right?
00:41:21
Speaker 8: No, no, no, listen now.
00:41:22
Speaker 2: I'm just asking for a friend who likes yacht music. Because you know that in Cape Town, we are all subject to a bit of yacht remix. You know, when you drop a song, they're like, I like this. I need the stems. I want to make a yacht.
00:41:32
Speaker 3: Exactly.
00:41:33
Speaker 2: So you find us remixes.
00:41:34
Speaker 8: I mean, talk to me.
00:41:37
Speaker 2: DM you and make it happen, right?
00:41:39
Speaker 4: DM me.
00:41:40
Speaker 8: Let's do it properly.
00:41:41
Speaker 2: Yes.
00:41:42
Speaker 3: Okay.
00:41:42
Speaker 2: Totally. Otherwise, you end up with this. time okay so yeah that's see.
00:41:57
Speaker 5: Him i know i was fully immersed apologies kind of sexy thank you very much i appreciate you all right so here's the thing okay last question from this is from my side um there were these these textures in your career and these textures had you alongside stevie wonder.
00:42:15
Speaker 8: Now my hero my hero that's my idol.
00:42:18
Speaker 2: Ribbons in the Sky is one of my favorite songs in the entire... So I just wanted to ask you from a fan of Stevie Wonder and a fan of Zolani at the same time. My head would explode if you were in the same room at the same time. But like, how was that? How easy?
00:42:31
Speaker 8: Full disclosure, we never actually had a conversation, but I was at his piano and I was singing... At his piano? Listen, touching his piano while he was actually actively playing it.
00:42:43
Speaker 3: So I did die. I did die. I would too. I did die.
00:42:47
Speaker 8: And we were singing happy birthday to my diva and one of the 46664s in New York City at Radio City Music Hall. And can I just tell you that I also was in the elevator with Miss Aretha Franklin at that same event.
00:43:01
Speaker 3: Diva, come on.
00:43:02
Speaker 8: And I did not say a peep because it was Aretha Franklin.
00:43:05
Speaker 2: Did you?
00:43:06
Speaker 8: Does Aretha Franklin?
00:43:07
Speaker 2: You know what I would have said to her? What would you have said? Hi, ma'am. How do you spell respect? Asking for a friend.
00:43:15
Speaker 1: Oh, Mr.
00:43:16
Speaker 3: Wastedy.
00:43:17
Speaker 2: Sorry, what? Say it again.
00:43:19
Speaker 8: I think she just slapped you. Yes, I know.
00:43:23
Speaker 2: I'd do the same thing with Gwen Stefani, by the way.
00:43:26
Speaker 3: How do you spell bananas?
00:43:27
Speaker 2: Exactly. Oh my God. So now that we've, I just had to clear that up and now we can talk about a track because it's been a good time having you back in studio. And long shall it continue, by the way, because we should. But a good time. Set the scene for us before we play this track as an exclusive on the Flash Drive. Zolani Mahola. Complete exclusive.
00:43:44
Speaker 8: This was the first song that I worked on with my producer, Hannah Vee. who is a Grammy-nominated producer who has produced my entire album. This was the first session that we had together. And I went into the studio and I had this chorus that was running in my head for a long time. And it was just, you picked a good time to meet me. I just want to love you sweetly. So we went into the studio and Manga K was also there. Aron Halevi, who actually started Freshly Ground back in 2001. We together wrote this song, this banger, A Good Time. And it's a sexy song.
00:44:17
Speaker 2: It is really. I picture.
00:44:19
Speaker 8: It is a sexy song. It's a very sexy song because I'm ready to be sexy, guys. At 45 years old, I am now ready to be sexy so your applications can come into Zolani Maola across all platforms.
00:44:34
Speaker 2: Are you inviting DMs?
00:44:35
Speaker 8: I mean, kind of. I'm free now. I'm single.
00:44:38
Speaker 2: 23 plus tax is what I want.
00:44:44
Speaker 8: You heard it here first.
00:44:46
Speaker 2: Honestly, a good time is the first single. Next one's called Swipe Right.
00:44:49
Speaker 3: You can.
00:44:55
Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to People Power. I cannot wait until this drops officially. You can't give us an idea of like where in 2027 we can expect the full project to drop?
00:45:03
Speaker 3: Early-ish.
00:45:03
Speaker 8: But I don't want to say so because I would like to encourage people to please go and follow on all my socials, Zolani Maol, and also on all the streaming platforms where you listen to music. It means a great deal to all artists. Now things have changed so radically, you know, the way that music is consumed and the way that artists earn. that it's such a business thing, the numbers. Please follow, follow, follow, and then you'll be the first to know.
00:45:27
Speaker 2: And you know what? I think let's just strengthen that for a second because I think what's very important is those pre-saves allow you to land onto a bunch of different of these radar playlists. And it exposes our artists to international connections. And that's what we need because that's how we can start generating international tours, how we can start generating more people to consume the music. And the only way we can do that is that When you hear that radio interview, when you see that artist posting, this is coming out soon, the first thing that I want you to do is to pre-save and even actually create a story of you pre-saving so that your following in turn says, why are you pre-saving this? And say like, you better get into it because when it drops, you're going to love it. Like that's where we need more of that culture of actually developing our music industry because it's in our hands. The power is with the people who consume the music.
00:46:16
Speaker 8: I've just got one thing to say, swipe right.
00:46:19
Speaker 2: Oh!
00:46:19
Speaker 3: Swipe right.
00:46:21
Speaker 2: That sounds like a good time. It sounds like a really good time. Woo! Okay. Why am I sweating? I tell you what. You will get, okay, now Cassidy knows I do this, but I will give you the song as an exclusive right after we tap into some news and sport. I know, Cassidy, you've got some details on the road.
00:46:43
Speaker 3: I do.
00:46:43
Speaker 2: And then we'll give you the official exclusive of A Good Time, Zolano Mohola's new project, People Power, coming soon. Consume the music. And may I just also add that if you find Cosa Nostra on your streaming platform, add that too.
00:46:57
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh.
00:46:57
Speaker 8: And Where You Are, the single that I just dropped with Zakes Bandwini.
00:47:01
Speaker 1: Yes.
00:47:01
Speaker 2: You just dropped that. But how is it that I played that twice already on my chart show?
00:47:05
Speaker 8: I literally just dropped that. I also dropped a track called Amakosa. I mean, it's like, guys, just if you're not following already, why not?
00:47:12
Speaker 2: Exactly.
00:47:12
Speaker 8: Where have you been? You're missing out.
00:47:15
Speaker 3: Jolie, stop.
00:47:16
Speaker 2: Can you just imagine if I had both of those songs ready for a snippet? Like, this is where you are. It just sounds like summer. It sounds like we're going to have a great summer. It also sounds like summer.
00:47:47
Speaker 8: Oh, you know, multiple summer. Multiple summers.
00:47:51
Speaker 2: It does. And don't worry, because the thing is, because I'm a fan of yours, I make it my business to receive all songs. So... Okay. Cassidy. Don't come here.
00:48:09
Speaker 8: Yo, yo, yo, I won't, I won't Only love before me Taboos stand behind me.
00:48:18
Speaker 3: There's no difference in the voice, even when it's live and in concert, man.
00:48:27
Speaker 2: Honestly, you're listening to the ruler of hula. That's what you're doing right there.
00:48:32
Speaker 3: Live and in concert.
00:48:34
Speaker 8: 4K, y'all.
00:48:36
Speaker 2: All right, so you've got some homework to do for Zolani. And in the next couple of minutes, you'll hear a good time. This is your flash drive. It's KFM 94.5. And this is a brand new project. So people power. is coming to you in 2027. Don't miss it. But in the meantime, follow, follow, swipe, DM, support the music.
00:48:55
Speaker 8: Slide.
00:48:58
Speaker 3: Hell yeah.
00:48:59
Speaker 2: And the person. Oh my dear. Too much. Okay, sorry. We'll retract that. Over to Cassidy, are you going to be able to do some traffic after all of that excitement right now? I will do my best. Okay, good. Okay, that song obviously just sounded like so much fun to record, number one.
00:49:18
Speaker 8: It was so much fun.
00:49:20
Speaker 2: And also, what are you saying? You've picked a good time to meet me.
00:49:24
Speaker 5: Yes.
00:49:24
Speaker 2: Yes. Yes. Why would you say that? You know why I say it? I need to hear this.
00:49:30
Speaker 8: I say it because, you know, we're always changing as human beings. And I think that is one of the invitations of life is that we– we do transform and become more and more and more of ourselves.
00:49:43
Speaker 3: Yes.
00:49:44
Speaker 8: And so I think in this time and space, somebody would be very lucky to meet me as I am in this now.
00:49:51
Speaker 3: Yeah.
00:49:51
Speaker 2: Of course.
00:49:51
Speaker 1: In it.
00:49:53
Speaker 2: I believe this wholeheartedly. I know people have believed it as well. The message has come through.
00:49:57
Speaker 3: That is fire, fire.
00:49:59
Speaker 4: There's no doubt.
00:50:03
Speaker 5: Fire. Yeah.
00:50:05
Speaker 2: Yes. Zolana, you want to be sexy? Oh, this is sexy. Should we leave? Carl, was that you? No, no, no. That was the gentleman's real voice. I have to put it on. All right, I'm sorry.
00:50:19
Speaker 8: That was kind of cool. I mean, I'm into it.
00:50:22
Speaker 2: Dear person, you know what to do.
00:50:28
Speaker 3: Her DMs are over there.
00:50:31
Speaker 2: That song, all right, that song is available for you to slide into.
00:50:37
Speaker 8: On Friday.
00:50:41
Speaker 2: So we can go to your profile and we can pre-save there, right? Is that where it is?
00:50:45
Speaker 8: The answer to that question is yes.
00:50:47
Speaker 3: Yes, that is a definite yes.
00:50:49
Speaker 2: Yeah, of course.
00:50:50
Speaker 3: Yes, obviously.
00:50:52
Speaker 2: Because that's where you go. That's obviously when you pre-save something.
00:50:56
Speaker 8: That is right. Zolani Maola. Go there.
00:50:59
Speaker 3: Just go there.
00:50:59
Speaker 2: Or you can go onto the page. You can go onto the page on your streaming platform and then find Zorani Mahola. That's what you must do. And that's where you can pre-save. And then on Friday, I can skirt Mahola. Just for Zolani.
00:51:15
Speaker 3: Diva, yes. Diva, yes.
00:51:17
Speaker 2: That's right.
00:51:17
Speaker 3: Get into it.
00:51:18
Speaker 2: You know what? Oh, Lord. You picked a great time to meet me. Oh, baby.
00:51:23
Speaker 8: I just want to love you sweetly.
00:51:26
Speaker 2: No, this is so good. Zolani, thank you so much for joining us on The Flash Drive today. It's been such a joy. Honestly, you bring light and happiness wherever you go.
00:51:33
Speaker 8: It's same to you, babes.
00:51:34
Speaker 3: You do.
00:51:35
Speaker 2: You do. And it's been special. So please go grab it pre-save now. A good time out Friday.
00:51:40
Speaker 1: Bye.
00:51:42
Speaker 2: All right, it's time for a brand new prize and a brand new concept. Just yesterday, it was a lot of fun hearing someone figure it all out. I know it was a bit tough, but I was just very, very impressed because you were outstanding when it came to the concept and finally just figured it out. But, you know, Kaylin, it's a new day, a new prize.
00:52:01
Speaker 8: Oh, yes, I'm so excited.
00:52:04
Speaker 2: Okay, did you get the last one, though? Did you get the one that was revealed yesterday? No, I didn't, but it's fun. No, it's fine. I'll give you a clue as to what the answer was. That was yesterday. So now... I love it.
00:52:20
Speaker 3: I love it.
00:52:21
Speaker 2: I love it. Now we've got a brand new one. So this could be anything. Whatever's on this piece of paper, what Cassidy and I will do, we'll try to help you figure it out. Answer the question.
00:52:29
Speaker 3: Did I guess?
00:52:31
Speaker 8: You're asking me nonsense?
00:52:33
Speaker 4: Tell me again.
00:52:35
Speaker 2: Here we go. Kalen, you have two single word clues. And up for grabs is an 11,000 rand in Swallow's Summer House. A one night stay for bed and breakfast. They have these summer houses on the property. This is valid outside of peak season. That is the T's and C's. Excludes a stay from 1 to 25 Feb, 15 to 31 December. As well as public holidays, however, subject to availability. and advance reservation. However, the Tensualo Summer House could be yours. A luxury boutique hotel nestled in Glencairn where relaxed coastal living meets warm South African hospitality. It's a bunch of for your life. Kaylin, your first word is.
00:53:22
Speaker 3: Can I say?
00:53:22
Speaker 2: Yeah. That's why I did is pause because you.
00:53:26
Speaker 3: Must follow the pause.
00:53:28
Speaker 7: Okay.
00:53:28
Speaker 3: My word that I'm going to give you is fight. Fight.
00:53:33
Speaker 7: Okay, bye.
00:53:36
Speaker 2: That's with an F, by the way, okay?
00:53:39
Speaker 5: Okay.
00:53:39
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's it. What's with an F? Boxing? Boxing.
00:53:45
Speaker 8: Ding, ding, ding.
00:53:46
Speaker 2: Dun, dun, dun. Is it the concept? Dun, dun, dun. It's a KO.
00:53:54
Speaker 4: Sorry.
00:53:54
Speaker 8: That's fine.
00:53:55
Speaker 2: I'm sorry.
00:53:56
Speaker 1: Okay.
00:53:57
Speaker 2: No, no, no, it's okay. So, I mean, my word is broom.
00:54:03
Speaker 4: Room. Yeah.
00:54:04
Speaker 3: Okay.
00:54:06
Speaker 2: What's your guess? Talk to me. I'm going to say....
00:54:12
Speaker 3: Dust.
00:54:14
Speaker 2: Say that again. What did you say now?
00:54:17
Speaker 3: Dust.
00:54:18
Speaker 2: Did you say... I'm trying to hear what you said there. Spot it out for me quickly.
00:54:23
Speaker 3: You said.
00:54:23
Speaker 4: D-U-S-T.
00:54:25
Speaker 2: Dust. Ah, dust. Dust is.
00:54:33
Speaker 2: Incorrect, unfortunately. But Kaylin, thank you for giving it a try. I appreciate you. And please continue trying. You never know when you're going to get another shot at guessing a fresh concept with a brand new prize gifted to us by Tinswallow Summer House. That's actually the social media. It is going to be a beautiful stay for you and a significant other, a beautiful one-night stay, bed and breakfast. This all valued at $ 11. Get involved tomorrow. On KFM 94.5.
00:54:59
Speaker 6: Yaku!
00:55:07
Speaker 3: Hello, how are you, Carl?
00:55:08
Speaker 2: Oh, great. Always nice to hear the calmness in your voice, Yaku. Well done.
00:55:13
Speaker 4: There's no calm in my voice.
00:55:14
Speaker 2: There's so much calm in your voice. I love listening to you. And you're an electrician. You're supposed to be someone that shocks easily. But you, Munir, you're calm and relaxed. I like it. Thank you. You got this, man. I know you do. Here is your opponent. Let's meet them. Hello, Giovanni.
00:55:33
Speaker 7: Good afternoon.
00:55:34
Speaker 2: Good afternoon, Giovanni.
00:55:35
Speaker 1: Giovanni.
00:55:36
Speaker 2: From Mitchell's Plain, which is a very big area. Do you want to narrow it down? Which part of Mitchell's Plain?
00:55:43
Speaker 3: I live in Morgan's Village. Mitchell's Plain opposite the Westridge Fire Station.
00:55:47
Speaker 2: There we go. You see, there are so many little facets. Like when I tell people my auntie lives in Montrose Park, they don't know where it is. They're like, where? It's like by Mandalay. Where's Mandalay? But it's like there. You know, it's a long thing. So I get it, brother. But let's do this thing. Yaku is waiting from Strand. You're representing. Do you want to go first or second?
00:56:09
Speaker 4: I'll go second, please.
00:56:12
Speaker 2: All right. Giovanni, you are up first. This is how it works. I have five questions for you. You'll have 30 seconds to answer them all, hopefully correctly. And your flash word, Giovanni, is pull. So it could be spelt in a variety of ways. It can be phonetic. So P-L-E-P-I-L-P-A-L-P-O-L. You know how it goes. You just need to figure it out. Are you ready?
00:56:35
Speaker 4: Here we go.
00:56:35
Speaker 2: All right, pull. Your time begins in three, two, one. Let's do it. A school headmaster.
00:56:44
Speaker 3: Principal.
00:56:45
Speaker 2: SpongeBob's home. Pineapple. The opening in the center of the iris. Pupil. A surgeon's knife.
00:56:57
Speaker 7: Scalpel.
00:56:58
Speaker 2: Hansa, make this. Also. Say it again. Pulsar.
00:57:06
Speaker 3: Answer Pulsar.
00:57:12
Speaker 2: Pulsna.
00:57:13
Speaker 1: No!
00:57:14
Speaker 3: You said it should.
00:57:16
Speaker 2: You have to say that earlier. Sorry, my judges said Pulsar is not a thing. I'm not sure it's because they drink. I don't know, but it's Pulsna. It's not Pulsar. And you said Pulsna after the buzzer. I'm sorry, brother. Okay, that's four out of five. A technicality. Yaku....
00:57:34
Speaker 8: Yes, go.
00:57:34
Speaker 2: Show me something. 30 seconds.
00:57:36
Speaker 1: Pull.
00:57:36
Speaker 2: Your time begins in 3, 2, 1. Let's go. A scholar.
00:57:42
Speaker 4: Pupil.
00:57:43
Speaker 2: A type of canned fish.
00:57:47
Speaker 4: Skip.
00:57:48
Speaker 2: The cars Astra and Corsa are from this brand. Opal. A zit.
00:57:56
Speaker 7: Pumple.
00:57:58
Speaker 2: The syrup of Canada. Maple. A type of canned fish. Ah, yes. Four as well. We're going to a tiebreaker with this one. Exciting times. Have you ever had pulchards?
00:58:18
Speaker 1: Oh, yeah.
00:58:19
Speaker 4: I've heard about that.
00:58:20
Speaker 2: Have you never had pulchards? I don't think I've ever had that.
00:58:22
Speaker 4: Yaku.
00:58:22
Speaker 2: No. You are missing out. Brother man. Pulchards?
00:58:25
Speaker 4: Yes.
00:58:26
Speaker 2: It's like you pulchards on white bread. With what I can only describe as duck butter. Like that's what you need in your life, my friend. It'll change your life. All right, Giovanni and Yaku, this is how it works. You have 30 seconds. Well, not 30 seconds. You'll have a tiebreaker, music, and then you need to say your name first and then the answer. That's all. Once I go to you, you need to give me the answer immediately. But remember, what's key here is that you have to say your name before you answer the question. I know it gets exciting sometimes, And you want to shout out the answer immediately, but that will mean an immediate disqualification. And I don't want that to happen to you. Is that understood, Giovanni?
00:59:04
Speaker 3: Yes, I am.
00:59:05
Speaker 2: Understood, Yaku?
00:59:07
Speaker 4: Understood.
00:59:07
Speaker 2: Alright so pull remains your flash word this is what I'm looking for good luck your final question is I need a Prince song Giovanni Giovanni what's your answer?
00:59:31
Speaker 7: Purple Rain.
00:59:33
Speaker 2: Really? Is that your answer or somebody else's in the background?
00:59:37
Speaker 6: My answer.
00:59:46
Speaker 2: Yaku. He got you, my friend. It was a good run. It was a very good run. I'm very proud of you. Thank you, Yaku. I appreciate you.
00:59:53
Speaker 4: Thank you.
00:59:53
Speaker 2: You have been such a... I loved your attitude and your warmth and your kindness. And we'll make sure to use an electrician like you in Strand and surrounds. That's what we're looking for, Yaku.
01:00:03
Speaker 4: Thank you.
01:00:04
Speaker 2: Thank you so much.
01:00:05
Speaker 3: We're in the same train.
01:00:06
Speaker 5: Good night.
01:00:07
Speaker 2: What? Oh, really? We're in the same train? As a coincidence. Oh, electrical and plumbing. Okay, there we go. Look at you. Look at you too. Well, Yaku, thank you so much. Giovanni... You are the new Flashwood champion. Congratulations. And tomorrow, I look forward to only you playing. I was playing.
01:00:26
Speaker 7: I was listening to the radio.
01:00:27
Speaker 2: In the background. Oh, so the person shouting Prince in the background was nobody, right? Yeah, and they're laughing now. Tomorrow, Giovanni, your colleagues, you know what? They know my number. They can send their own virtual hand. Okay, if they want to play. Giovanni, tomorrow, you and I, we have another date to defend your title. Remember, if you win on Friday, Giovanni. You're going to go over to next week where there are some great prizes from a new sponsor on The Flash Drive. Giovanni and colleagues, I'll say goodbye to your colleagues for good. To you, I say goodbye just for now. Giovanni, catch you alone tomorrow on The Flash Word and The Flash Drive on KFM 94.5. Jeremy Loops, better together, of course. Better with the flash drive and you. And this is KF94. 5. One last thing to do is something called the one-up. It's a lovely opportunity for us to get together and share whatever we can within Beatrice's sort of category. Like yesterday, we were going all demotivational. The one-up where Cassidy and I have the unique opportunity to spit whatever we can at each other.
01:01:37
Speaker 7: How about some demotivational quotes?
01:01:41
Speaker 2: Demotivational quotes. Yeah. If you are worried about doors closing in your life, remember one of those doors was big enough for Jack, but he still froze.
01:01:50
Speaker 3: If you never try, you can never fail. But you can also still be blamed, which is worse.
01:01:56
Speaker 2: True that. Failure is like drinking. Do it often and you will forget.
01:02:03
Speaker 3: The early bird catches the worm, but the late worm doesn't get eaten.
01:02:07
Speaker 2: Actions speak louder than words, but actions have never met Cassidy. She's louder than everything.
01:02:15
Speaker 3: Why work a nine to five when you can work a 24 seven?
01:02:21
Speaker 2: If everything you ever wanted is on the other side of fear, I'm staying on this side.
01:02:26
Speaker 3: Believe you can, and you're already halfway to disappointment. Is that real?
01:02:32
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's very real. Come back. Come back.
01:02:34
Speaker 3: Come back.
01:02:35
Speaker 7: Come back.
01:02:42
Speaker 2: I get amnesia at this time of the show. It's the best. I forget about it, then Jodie puts together a little recap, and I'm like, oh, we did that yesterday. What do you want to do today?
01:02:50
Speaker 7: It's sort of inspired by Yuko, but, you know, it's summer.
01:02:56
Speaker 2: Is it? It's still spring. Wait for us. Wait for it. Wait, wait, wait. Okay.
01:03:01
Speaker 7: It's one of those seasons where the sun is up.
01:03:03
Speaker 3: It's getting warm.
01:03:05
Speaker 2: That's one.
01:03:05
Speaker 7: Where the sun's up later like now.
01:03:09
Speaker 3: That is true.
01:03:10
Speaker 7: How amazing is it?
01:03:11
Speaker 2: Anyway, sorry, I digress. Yes.
01:03:13
Speaker 7: But I know you have a, I want to say a conspiracy theory or something, but have you noticed there's a a lot more traffic officers out on the road it's not a.
01:03:23
Speaker 2: Conspiracy okay I have told you this before but I just think that I see more cameras I see cameras in places that don't give you a chance to slow down for instance, on the N1 at the Kubrick interchange, okay, that thing goes from 120 to 80. And I get caught there all the time. And it always happens this time of the year. So I'm just saying that with all these fines, people are clearly paying because there's not enough time for you to slow down at that bend. It's not a conspiracy, but there are bonuses to be paid.
01:03:54
Speaker 4: Yes.
01:03:55
Speaker 7: And I agree with you because all of a sudden, that happened to me this morning as well.
01:03:59
Speaker 5: Yeah.
01:04:00
Speaker 7: Here's a mobile camera. 500 meters from a static camera.
01:04:06
Speaker 2: Yes. So I'm saying there's so many more cameras, which means there's going to be more fines. And I know that the clap back here would be like, we're trying to keep the road safe ahead of the festive season. I love that. Thank you for doing that. I appreciate it. But I just think that some of the cameras are in areas where you know that someone's not going to slow down in time. I got a fine, all right? I think I was going, I think it was 90 in an 80 zone. Like I was just about slowed down. I was 10 Ks away. Bah, fine. Bah, someone's bonuses paid.
01:04:34
Speaker 3: Also, if you're like, I haven't seen any cops, don't worry, go to the beach. Go to the beach. That is where they get their bonuses. On people who've like slightly parked over like a yellow line or a red line. I asked a police officer who I saw the other day. I was like, oh, are you here because people are parking? And he goes, no, I got called because I was like, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay.
01:04:52
Speaker 2: I wasn't insinuating the people getting bonuses. I'm just saying that it just seems convenient around bonus season. But I'm not saying that directly.
01:05:01
Speaker 1: No.
01:05:03
Speaker 2: I'm not really saying it either. Yes, it's.
01:05:06
Speaker 7: Just words.
01:05:07
Speaker 2: It's a conspiracy. Yes, that's what it is. It's not even a conspiracy. I'm just saying it's interesting that the cameras are out and it's around bonus season. That's what I'm saying. I'm not saying it's that. It's just an observation, but not an accusation.
01:05:21
Speaker 7: Ten minutes to get to that word.
01:05:22
Speaker 2: An observation. Interesting.
01:05:25
Speaker 7: Anyway, how about things you can say to a traffic officer, but not to your partner?
01:05:35
Speaker 2: I need to find a song for this. No, I'll find a song. Let's see if I can find a song here. Lil Wayne and Bobby Valentino. Do you remember this song?
01:05:52
Speaker 3: I love Bobby Valentino.
01:05:59
Speaker 2: That long, yes Yes, there we go Alright, so do you want to go first?
01:06:02
Speaker 3: Sure So how much is this going to cost me?
01:06:08
Speaker 2: Oh Interesting What? No, no, no, no, no I'm just saying You clearly can't say that to your partner So you're going outside of the relationship And asking that question, right? Right I think I'll go direct, right? That's the first wrong thing I've done and I'm getting spoken to. Why are you focusing on my flaws?
01:06:33
Speaker 3: Was that how you talked to the guy?
01:06:34
Speaker 2: That's correct. That was him. Yes, okay. Are you going to make me blow on that thing?
01:06:50
Speaker 3: No, is it not? That's a thing.
01:06:54
Speaker 2: Wait, there's a button here. If you want to inspect the rear.
01:07:04
Speaker 3: I wasn't going that fast.
01:07:10
Speaker 2: This is the first time I've been pulled off.
01:07:11
Speaker 7: Is it really that bastard in the back?
01:07:22
Speaker 2: I saw you behind me.
01:07:22
Speaker 4: No, stop.
01:07:23
Speaker 2: I'm sorry I didn't stop immediately. Get me out of.
01:07:29
Speaker 7: Here.
01:07:34
Speaker 3: Get me out of here.
01:07:37
Speaker 2: I have one last one, though.
01:07:38
Speaker 3: Okay, let it rip.
01:07:39
Speaker 2: You came out of nowhere. Right, anyway.
01:07:42
Speaker 1: Mr.
01:07:42
Speaker 3: Wasteland.
01:07:43
Speaker 2: We're going to go now. By the way, we actually have a little session between the team, in case you want to know.
01:07:49
Speaker 5: We are.
01:07:50
Speaker 2: Going to go and do some ahead of tomorrow's battle with Cape Talk. We're going to get Beatrice and Jodie and Cassidy and myself onto a paddle court.
01:08:00
Speaker 3: Can I tell you what we're doing? We're playing an away game.
01:08:03
Speaker 2: We are.
01:08:04
Speaker 7: I love how I'm being tortured because you two decided.
01:08:08
Speaker 2: To take on Cape Talk.
01:08:10
Speaker 3: There's no torture.
01:08:11
Speaker 2: You know, I.
01:08:12
Speaker 7: Had to go watch an educational video. What is paddle? It was a 59 second clock.
01:08:20
Speaker 2: Video that is.
01:08:21
Speaker 3: For people who did social tennis social tennis.
01:08:25
Speaker 2: It's gonna be so much fun yeah it's cool so we're gonna do this because tomorrow we got a match we have a match 12 o'clock we gotta win this thing for the flash drive thank goodness i don't have to be at the match because i'm probably not going to be able to walk tomorrow you'll be fine and then you're lester and natalie they you heard me on today they have been training daily since i gave this challenge All right? All I have is I have Cassidy promising me that she was in one invitational paddle match. That's all I have.
01:08:51
Speaker 3: That's enough.
01:08:52
Speaker 2: I've played three games. Literally.
01:08:54
Speaker 7: Okay, there's two things that count in your favor. Both of you are short.
01:08:58
Speaker 2: What is that supposed to mean? Which means you're far. That does not mean. Trust me, short doesn't mean fast.
01:09:03
Speaker 3: Who are you talking about?
01:09:05
Speaker 7: You've got a fine today.
01:09:06
Speaker 2: Just saying.
01:09:07
Speaker 5: No.
01:09:09
Speaker 3: Carl's clearly met some not so fast short people.
01:09:13
Speaker 4: Yes.
01:09:15
Speaker 2: Storm piece. Anyway. Have a beautiful evening. Look after yourself. I'll miss you. We'll be back tomorrow, same time, same space, for the results of our Paddle Match. Paddle for a Purpose with Prime Media Cares and the Safety Parents Program. Brandon and you two are up next to entertain you until 10 o'clock tomorrow. 3 o'clock. Catch you again.
01:09:33
Speaker 3: Okay, love you. Bye.
01:09:35
Speaker 1: Weekdays, 3 to 7 p.m. The Flash Drive with Carl Wastey on KFM 94.5.