Each month, Storycatcher brings you two podcasts:

short stories about
ordinary southern africans

longer stories about those
who go deeper and further

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.

Please help me find them.

Insplorations

Episode 3: December 2024

Conraad out on anti-poaching patrol with Zingela and his R5 rifle.
The rhino sculpture Conraad created from spears, snares, cables and wire collected on anti-poaching patrols.
R&R. Conraad playing in a pool with his tracker dog Jock.
Conraad de Rosner

The wildlife warrior, fighting rampant poaching in the game reserves of Limpopo with his tracker dog Landa.

Episode 2: November 2024

With his wife, Dr Jane Carruthers
Teaching Venda University Students
Vincent’s book ‘The Magaliesberg’ has been in print for nearly 35 years and is an invaluable source of information about all aspects of the region.
Vincent Carruthers
Vincent Carruthers has spent decades researching the Magaliesberg so he knows many of its secrets and stories. He brings us some from the renowned caves of the region and their even more renowned paleoanthropological treasures.