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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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, find out more about our story tellers by visiting the website
Or find us on all the socials
https://www.facebook.com/PatriciaGlynStorycatcher
https://www.linkedin.com/company/patricia-glyn-storycatcher/
https://www.instagram.com/patriciaglyn_storycatcher/
https://www.youtube.com/@PatriciaGlynStorycatcher
https://www.tiktok.com/@patriciaglynstorycatcher
A renowned paleoanthropologist and a first cousin (9 times removed) of William Shakespeare. Who better then to investigate some pipes that were unearthed in The Bard’s garden at Stratford-Upon-Avon. Were they Shakespeare’s? Did he smoke? And, if so, did he smoke what the residue of those pipes contained?
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
The season 1 finale finds me in the Waterberg learing from the wonderful people who reside there. Warwick Tarboton, someone who has known the Waterberg since childhood and who has watched it shift and change over several decades, shares his knowledge. Bronwyn Maree is an award winning icthyologist and ornithologist who lived a sailor's life while working to reduce seabird by-catch, before settling down in the Waterberg. Riaan Van Zyl gave up a convention life to rid his life from stress and exertion, and now runs small mammal safaris. And Tom Nevin is a fellow traveller and adventurer, with a motorbike as his steed.
This month takes me to the Waterberg to chat to, none other than, Clive Walker. Wildlife warrior, artist, educator, writer, photographer and the list goes on! So you can just imagine how many stories he has to tell...
This month I sit down with Rynhardt Erasmus, who takes the description ‘Horse Whisperer’ to another level. Vincent Carruthers brings us a story about Boer leader, Paul Kruger. And I bet it’s something about the old man you didn’t know! Then, not before time, I have a love story for you: that of Jane Fox and her famous writer husband, Lionel Abrahams. Their love affair was as unexpected as it was profound. And lastly, a story about our local Indian storekeeper, Aziz Varachia whose grandfather journeyed here in the mid 1850s from far, far away. The family has been an important contributor to life and business in the valley ever since.
Sipho Hotstix Mabuse is known as the Gentle Giant of Jazz. He started playing drums at 8 years old and was a professional musician at 15. Patricia takes him through memorable times in his life – both on and off the stage.
This month I journey to an old stamping ground of mine: the southern Kalahari. I haven’t been there for seven years and had forgotten how extreme the place is: extreme in weather, in beauty and in people.
Nanette Flemming has spent 25 years with the Khomani San in the southern Kalahari. She was there in the early days of their successful land claim and has seen the hope and cultural knowledge of that time in great danger of disappearing. She talks to us about the kind of precious experiences she had with the elders of the community who are all but dead.
The Southern Ground Hornbill lives for 50 to 60 years and in that time it gets up to some quite astonishing behaviour. Kyle-Mark Middleton and Carrie Hickman are slowly getting to know these iconic and fascinating creatures.
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.
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, find out more about our story tellers by visiting the website
Or find us on all the socials
https://www.facebook.com/PatriciaGlynStorycatcher
https://www.linkedin.com/company/patricia-glyn-storycatcher/
https://www.instagram.com/patriciaglyn_storycatcher/
https://www.youtube.com/@PatriciaGlynStorycatcher
https://www.tiktok.com/@patriciaglynstorycatcher
