How to Run an Award-Winning Gig with Chuma Bentele
Chuma Bentele is a Cape Town-based animator and comedian who is part of the Comics Choice Award-winning That's Not Funny team, and has worke...
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The Almost Perfect Podcast
A South African podcast that believes you can learn from experience, but that experience doesn’t have to be your own. Conversations with creative South Africans hosted by comedian and music...
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Sophie Joans on AI-Proof Theatre and Unfiltered Comedy
Sophie Joans is a theatre-maker, comedian, and the kind of performer who doesn’t just toe the line — she cartwheels over it. From playing th...
Bonus: For whom the bell tolls
Reflections on death and dying. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#176 - Melt Sieberhagen (Actor / Comedian / Writer - District 9 / Proesstraat / 7de Laan)
Melt Sieberhagen has been part of South Africa’s entertainment industry for over two decades - acting in beloved Afrikaans TV shows, perform...
Re-Release - Muzi from 2019
I'm still in the trenches so we're running back this interview with Muzi from 2019. "Muzi is a musician who was successful long before you (...
Re-release - Loyiso Madinga from 2019
Fortunately for me, but unfortunately for those of you wanting new interviews, I've been hella busy lately. So, we're digging in the archive...
Re-Release - Loyiso Gola from 2021
Things have been a little slow at Almost Perfect headquarters so I decided to re-release an old episode from the archives with updated audio...
#175 - Yaaseen Barnes (Comedian / Director of the Jive Funny Championship)
Yaaseen Barnes returns for the second half of our rather extensive chat. This time we get into the history of the Cape Town comedy scene and...
Bonus: It's Not the End of the World
Hey team, this week was a bit hectic what with me doing my solo show 'It's Not the End of the World', so I didn't have time to finish editin...
#174 - Yaaseen Barnes (Comedian / Director of Jive Comedy Championship)
Comedian Yaaseen Barnes has had a career most comedians would be jealous of, yet he didn't pull the ladder up behind him and instead has hel...
#173 - Colin Moss (Actor - Black Mirror / Jessica Jones / Unseen)
Colin Moss knows all too well that fame is a prison. Thankfully, it's a prison he managed to escape when moving to New York to pursue his ac...
#172 - Andie Reeves (Writer / Comedian / Podcaster / Crafter - Two Freaks Notice / Cape Town Craft Club)
The multi-talented Andie Reeves has lived the kind of life where she just casually drops details that some people would write whole books ab...
Patreon Preview - Rabobi: Homecoming
Hey Almost Perfectionists, As some of you know, I occasionally drop bonus episodes of the podcast over on Patreon. If you'd dig to hear them...
#171 - Khanyisa JamJam (Comedian - Sorry for the Weight)
Khanyisa JamJam aka JamJam The Comedian is the biggest cheerleader of all things South African, but especially sports. Who knew you could go...
In Memory of Ebenhaezer Dibakwane
The South African comedy community is in mourning as we all found out about the passing of Ebenhaezer Dibakwane this weekend. Ebenhaezer was...
#170 - Céline Tshika (Actor/Singer/Comedian - Politically Aweh / Jess Goes West / Bad African)
Not many people in comedy have an engineering degree to fall back on (they're usually doctors), but Céline Tshika is, uh, built different. Y...
#169 - Phil de Lange (Comedian/Podcaster/Radio Producer - Nation Wild/Petty Crime South Africa/Smile FM)
Despite being called a "gimmick act" by older comedians early in his comedy journey, Phil de Lange has had a career many of them would be je...
#168 - Di Frost (Comedian/Writer/Strategist - Comedy on Kloof/Frost Creative)
Comedian Di Frost is one half of the team behind Comedy on Kloof, a queer and women friendly weekly comedy gig in Cape Town that recently ce...
#167 - Jaryd Pillay (Comedian/Actor - Jive Funny Competition 2024 Winner/Resident Evil)
You know what they say, it takes 10 years to become an overnight success. Comedian and actor Jaryd Pillay is living proof of the adage. With...
Bonus: So Long And Thanks For All The Bunny Chows
You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Anyway, I'm moving to Cape Town. See you soon. Hosted on Acast...