Conscious Caracal

I am joined by Duncan Reyburn, an author, Associate Professor and scholar with work mainly on René Girard, Marshall McLuhan, and GK Chesterton, as well as Kruptos, a Christian commentator and writer. I brought these two thinkers together to discuss the recent debate within and between conservative, libertarian and classically liberal circles regarding the dichotomy between individualism and collectivism. Both my guests don't think its's that simple. This debate was ignited after New York mayor Zohran Mamdani said in his inaugural address that, "We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism."

I am joined by American author and political analyst, Scott Greer, to unpack the idea of America as a global empire, how that explains current events and the policies of the Trump Administration, what the future holds, and more.

I am joined by David Scott (The Kiffness), a world-famous South African musician that has produced multiple viral songs and who has accumulated over 3 million subscribers and 850 million+ views on YouTube alone. Recently, there was an intense campaign to cancel his performance at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. Luckily, this attempt failed miserably and the concert was a huge success. Therefore, I invited David to discuss how you beat a cancelation campaign.

On the first episode of every year I discuss some of the themes and ideas which I think will play a significant role in the year ahead, set goals for the upcoming year, as well as answer questions from the live chat. This year's theme entails ending the practice of apologising for being an Afrikaner, Christian, white, etc.

Retired US Army Colonel Chris Wyatt, and former Director of African Studies at the US Army War College, joins me again to discuss South Africa and Afrikaners in the world spotlight in 2025, the diplomatic crisis between the South African government and the Trump Administration, the ANC's Afrikaners, the decentralization of diplomacy, Afrikaner and other minority refugees to the USA, what to expect in 2026, and more.

Chris accumulated 36 years of army service under his belt, is the Principal and CEO at The Indaba Africa Group and has accumulated a following on his YouTube channel where he analyses news and politics both in his own country (United States) and in South Africa. Chris' fields of speciality include: Foreign Area Officer, Linguist, Counterintelligence, Counter-terrorism, Signals Intelligence, Education, International Development, and more.