GenC_pod

Life-long friends Jp and Rizaan bring stories, from the Culture, Community and Country that is SA.

17/08/2026

What is Your Relationship with Nature? 🥹

13/08/2026

Nature Conservation is for EVERYONE.. We can ALL find out ways to MAKE A DIFFERENCE 🥺🙌🏽

12/08/2026

From Hippos in Rondevlei to Caracals in your Backyard — Cape Town’s WILD SIDE is closer than you think. 🦛🌿

This week on Gen C Podcast, we sit down with Louise Matschke, Business Lead and spokesperson for Nature Connect, who traded a corporate banking career for a mission to reconnect South Africans with the nature on their doorstep. We unpack why our hippos moved from Ziekoevlei to Rondevlei, how invasive species are quietly reshaping our ecosystems, and why “Nature Deficit Disorder” might be affecting your kids more than you realise.

We dig into the Green Economy, sustainable schools programmes turning learners into eco-warriors, and how green skills could be part of the answer to SA’s youth unemployment crisis. Rizaan shares his theory of “spiritual surgery” - why time in nature heals more than just the body. Plus a wild Etosha story you don’t want to miss.

Then we play a round of Fact or Fake 🦓 (spoiler: female buffalo really do run the herd), touch on AI’s role in conservation, and discover Inaturalist - basically Pokémon Go for Nature lovers.

A rich, hopeful conversation about the wild spaces we’ve forgotten and how to find our way back to them.

🔗 Connect with Nature Connect and subscribe to their newsletter, links below
🎙️ Subscribe to Gen C Podcast for more real conversations, South African style

11/08/2026

We NEED to hear more of these stories 🙌🏽🔥

10/08/2026

Where Theatre Came From 🙌🏽🥺

06/08/2026

We got the Learn the Original name for Cape Town 👀 We’re definitely one step closer to Decolonizing our Tongues 😅

05/08/2026

Cape Town has always been a place of stories, but whose stories have we forgotten or never even heard of before?

In this powerful episode of Gen C Podcast, actress, presenter, producer and storyteller Jolene Martin shares an incredible journey that stretches from growing up in Portland, Mitchells Plain, to becoming one of South Africa’s leading voices in television, theatre and Indigenous storytelling.

Jolene reflects on discovering her passion for performance at just 13 years old, learning to trust God’s timing, overcoming disappointment after her music career was derailed by piracy, and ultimately finding purpose in preserving the untold history of South Africa.

Together we explore:

• Growing up during apartheid in Mitchells Plain
• The power of theatre and storytelling
• The success and cultural impact of Arendsvlei, South Africa’s first Kaaps telenovela
• The forgotten stories of the Khoi and San people
• Discovering her Indigenous ancestry through DNA research
• Building the Khoe Queen clothing brand
• The award-winning Khoe-Khoe Saga
• Ashley Kriel, Doman (Nommoa) and South Africa’s hidden liberation history
• Why our history curriculum deserves a second look
• Faith, resilience and turning setbacks into purpose

This isn’t just a conversation about acting... it is about identity, belonging, history and reclaiming the stories that shaped South Africa.

If you enjoyed this episode, don’t forget to Like, Subscribe and Share. Every conversation helps us preserve stories that deserve to be heard!

04/08/2026

Learning to Fail is Surely one of Life’s ULTIMATE LESSONS 🙌🏽

03/08/2026

A Principal’s Message to Parents out There 🙏🏽📚

30/07/2026

Teaching should become a Lifestyle 🤯🥹

Address

Cape Town

Website

https://youtube.com/@GenC_Pod, https://wa.me/27620746728?text=I+got+R10+Loop+money+from+27788028022

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when GenC_pod posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to GenC_pod:

Want your business to be the top-listed Media Company in Cape Town?