Behind the Handle

Behind the Handle


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Season 2 update...
April 21, 2021

Little update...It has been 2 months exactly since we released our Season 2 teaser episode and we haven't published a full episode yet - we're sorry that we haven't been able to knuckle down and create something that's ready for the world to hear. This "

Season 2 is coming soon!
February 02, 2021

It has been quite some time now since we released episode 9 of season 1, so we decided that it was the perfect time to get back together and begin recording season 2 of the 'Behind the Handle' Podcast. This is just a quick update about us, what we've been

#9 Meet Gareth Cliff: Uncensored, real & inspirational
August 04, 2019

We did it - we got the South African Podfather, Gareth Cliff on the show!  Don't ask us how we did it - all we ask of you is to listen so you can find out who Gareth is behind the handle and his thoughts on everything social media.  *apologies for the poo

#8 The role of anonymity and Reddit
July 28, 2019

In a brand new mini-series called "@nonymous", Garth and Adrian investigate & speak to people who choose to stay unknown and tell their story from behind the handle - this episode looks at "Matt", the creator & moderator of the (r/southafrica) South Afric

#7 Social Media, love it or hate it?! (w/ Kelvin Jonck)
July 14, 2019

You either love or hate social media - there's no two ways about it. Kelvin Jonck, MD of YouKnow and digital professional, chats with us in this episode about social media sentiment around topics such as online (data) privacy, Governments, and advertising

#6 One of the best brands on Twitter (w/ John Thornton)
June 30, 2019

The @innocent account on Twitter is one of the top 10 social media brands in the world, but who is the person who writes those magic Tweets for them? His name is John Thornton and we ask him some serious and not-so-serious questions about himself as a cop

#5 Meet Grant Hinds: South African video content creator
June 23, 2019

In this episode, we look behind the life of one of South Africa's most-talented video content creator's, Grant Hinds. Not only is Grant an all-round great guy (with great hair), he's a tech-fundie with a love of video games and is constantly recognised as

#4 Are Influencers actually influential? (w/ Brian Mbunde)
June 09, 2019

We wanted to find out if influencers are actually influential, so we invited our special guest, friend, and Kenyan social media Influencer, Brian Mbunde (@BrianMbunde) on the show to discuss this topic.  There's no simple answer to this question, but

#3 The Power of Black Twitter (w/ Lebo Kunene)
June 03, 2019

Here it is - an entire episode on our favourite social network; Twitter. We cover all the elements that make this platform as powerful & functional as it is today and we invited a special guest (@Lebo_Kunene) to talk about the ins and outs of Black Tw

#2 Award-winning content creator, Jonathan Ferreira
May 22, 2019

Our first guest interview is now complete and we couldn't have chosen a better person *slow clap* In this episode, we interview Jonathan Ferreira (@byjono); a close friend, artist, award-winning photographer-extraordinaire, and an overall amazing guy. W