Two besties hit the potholes of Africa in a Subaru to chase away load shedding and COVID blues. Patricia chats to them about the trip covering 10 000km, through 9 countries and over 42 days. Storycatcher Website Podcast Page
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My Stories: Everest Base Camp
This week's story is about my time on Mount Everest in 2003 when I was the broadcaster and journalist for the Discovery Team’s efforts to stand on top of the world. I hated it every minute of the two months I was at Base Camp. There were many reasons why - but the main one was the fact that I could hardly breathe. It had nothing to do with the altitude, but rather an untreated lung infection on the walk in that triggered asthma that I hadn’t had for many years. Podcast page of the Storycatcher website
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Sabbatical Stories 2: Fawn Kruger
Fawn was born with Cystic Fibrosis, a genetic disease in which your body produces an excess of mucus that clogs your organs, and particularly your lungs. It has no cure. When she was literally on her death bed, Fawn was the recipient of a double lung transplant. But that was just the start of a whole new test of her physical and mental endurance. Please don’t miss her story, it is truly unforgettable. Podcast page of the Storycatcher website
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Sabbatical Stories 1: Ryan Blumenthal
While preparation for Season II is underway, we will be bringing you fortnightly tales from people and places nearby. This week we feature Professor Ryan Blumenthal, well known forensic pathologist who believes that the dead have a lot to teach the living. And after 15 000 autopsies he knows what he’s talking about! Podcast page of the Storycatcher website
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My Stories - Two Ladies in a Mortuary
By popular request we also have a new feature, a fortnightly story from the book of my life. Adventures are varied by nature and memorable for unexpected reasons. This is the story of two women I encountered in the Johannesburg mortuary and will never forget. Podcast page of the Storycatcher website
Simple stories simply told.
These are stories of ordinary people in Southern Africa – housewives and husbands, sons and daughters. The mavericks and musicians, sailors and scientists, cooks and conservationists. There are two podcasts each month: Potpourri, a collection of short stories. And Insplorations which are longer and feature those who are living big and asking the big questions.
I travel the subcontinent in my truck, my Kalahari dogs on the passenger seat, catching the strange, funny or sad stories suggested by my listeners. So my routes are not determined by game parks and scenic views but by Southern Africa’s creative, eccentric deep-thinking people of the heart.
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