The Almost Perfect Podcast
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
Recent Episodes
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The Economics of Comedy in the Most Unequal Country in the World, with Conrad Koch
29 May 2026 · 1h 12m
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, an
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How to Run an Award-Winning Gig with Chuma Bentele
10 October 2025 · 1h 23m
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 an
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Sophie Joans on AI-Proof Theatre and Unfiltered Comedy
19 September 2025 · 1h 40m
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 production
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Bonus: For whom the bell tolls
18 July 2025 · 24m
Reflections on death and dying. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#176 - Melt Sieberhagen (Actor / Comedian / Writer - District 9 / Proesstraat / 7de Laan)
4 July 2025 · 1h 16m
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 everything
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27 June 2025 · 1h 38m
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, producer,
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Re-release - Loyiso Madinga from 2019
13 June 2025 · 1h 16m
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 favo
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Re-Release - Loyiso Gola from 2021
6 June 2025 · 1h 9m
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 didn'
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#175 - Yaaseen Barnes (Comedian / Director of the Jive Funny Championship)
9 May 2025 · 1h 40m
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 Theatre
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Bonus: It's Not the End of the World
2 May 2025 · 30m
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