
Join award-winning journalist Robyn Curnow as she tries to understand the America from her outsider perspective as a South African living in the American South
Listening. Looking. Laughing
Beyond the noise and chaos of news
Lots of GREAT AMERICANS
Spies, teachers, doctors, nuclear experts, comedians, journalists and a few of Robyn’s neighbors too.
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When America sneezes the rest of the world catches a cold
Why Robyn Curnow talks to Americans about what matters to them, and why it matters to the world
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Jack the Ripper, Ted Bundy, The Zodiac Killer. Whether or not you know what their crimes, most Americans know their names. I want to know… why?
She says the human part of medicine is fading away
as processes become more automated…
and it’s becoming harder to look at a patient in a holistic way.
Marc was attacked by some sort of energy weapon when he was in Moscow, leaving him with a traumatic brain injury.
Recently there's a been a barrage of accusations that various leaders or people in America are 'Nazis,' or 'Hitler' or 'Fascists.'
What a fascinating week. Welcome to the future! The Trump presidency kicked off with the promise of big change. The majority of Americans (+60%) are positive about the next four years. Even those who didn't vote for Trump are optimistic.
Boom! Tune in to listen to Jeffery explain why he’s worried about the Russians going all sci-fi with a space nuke which can take out satellites and a long-range nuclear-armed underwater drone, which the North Koreans copied.
There's a lot to game-out for 2025, but the competition between China and America is going to be the main global tension point this year, and beyond.
Across the world we are seeing hybrid overlaps of old and new. We've got trenches and drones in Ukraine. A transactional, mercantilist new American President and a weak states in Europe.