Patricia Glyn Storycatcher Trailer

In this month's Potpourri episode are about the amazing people of the Magaliesburg. There's Vicky, who's best friends are lions and elephants, Jenny who heard a squeak in a bush that changed her life. We have a ghost story, a love story, and a portrait of a most inspiring man.

For part one of our Magaliesberg Insplorations episode, I spoke to Vincent Carruthers who 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.

For part two of our Magaliesberg Insplorations episode I spoke to Dr Keneiloe Molopyane, who was chosen as a team member for the Homo naledi excavation. A dangerous and thrilling enterprise to bring thousands of intriguing fossils out of the dark chamber where they’d lain for 300 000 years.

Our first Potpourri features a collection stories from the sea. There are two encounters with sharks (of a very different nature); a conversation with an old fisherman; and two tales of remarkable coincidence.

For our first Insplorations episode I'm in conversation with Craig Foster, South Africa's son of the sea and director of the Oscar Winning documentary “My Octopus Teacher”. We spoke about everything but octopuses and he gave more examples of his curious interactions with the creatures of the deep.