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The Almost Perfect Podcast

Bob Perfect

A South African podcast that believes you can learn from experience, but that experience doesn’t have to be your own. Conversations with creative South Africans hosted by comedian and music journalist Bob Perfect.Winner of the 2019 Durban Creative Award for Best Podcast.

Episodes

The Photograph Has Never Been Real with Matt Kay

Matt Kay is a Cape Town-based photographer who came up through photojournalism, spent formative years on a Texas ranch with a Pulitzer Prize winner he didn't know was a Pulitzer…

7 days ago1:29:14

The Economics of Comedy in the Most Unequal Country in the World, with Conrad Koch

Conrad Koch is South Africa's most well-known ventriloquist, and his puppet Chester Missing is more famous than he is - a character who has interviewed presidents on television,…

21 days ago1:12:01

How to Run an Award-Winning Gig with Chuma Bentele

Chuma Bentele is a Cape Town-based animator and comedian who is part of the Comics Choice Award-winning That's Not Funny team, and has worked on the Disney animated Afrofuturist…

10 Oct 20251:23:50

Sophie Joans on AI-Proof Theatre and Unfiltered Comedy

Sophie Joans is a theatre-maker, comedian, and the kind of performer who doesn’t just toe the line — she cartwheels over it. From playing the devil in a satirical German…

19 Sept 20251:40:23

Bonus: For whom the bell tolls

Reflections on death and dying.

18 Jul 202524:01

#176 - Melt Sieberhagen (Actor / Comedian / Writer - District 9 / Proesstraat / 7de Laan)

Melt Sieberhagen has been part of South Africa’s entertainment industry for over two decades - acting in beloved Afrikaans TV shows, performing stand-up, and dabbling in…

04 Jul 20251:16:15

Re-Release - Muzi from 2019

I'm still in the trenches so we're running back this interview with Muzi from 2019. "Muzi is a musician who was successful long before you (or I) knew who he was. The DJ,…

27 Jun 20251:38:44

Re-release - Loyiso Madinga from 2019

Fortunately for me, but unfortunately for those of you wanting new interviews, I've been hella busy lately. So, we're digging in the archives once again to bring you one of my…

13 Jun 20251:16:26

Re-Release - Loyiso Gola from 2021

Things have been a little slow at Almost Perfect headquarters so I decided to re-release an old episode from the archives with updated audio. The original Loyiso Gola episode…

06 Jun 20251:09:00

#175 - Yaaseen Barnes (Comedian / Director of the Jive Funny Championship)

Yaaseen Barnes returns for the second half of our rather extensive chat. This time we get into the history of the Cape Town comedy scene and the important role the Armchair…

09 May 20251:40:34

Bonus: It's Not the End of the World

Hey team, this week was a bit hectic what with me doing my solo show 'It's Not the End of the World', so I didn't have time to finish editing the second half of the Yaaseen Barnes…

02 May 202530:20

#174 - Yaaseen Barnes (Comedian / Director of Jive Comedy Championship)

Comedian Yaaseen Barnes has had a career most comedians would be jealous of, yet he didn't pull the ladder up behind him and instead has helped the Cape Town scene climb to new…

25 Apr 20251:29:55

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