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What Now? with Trevor Noah

Wringing in the New Year

What Now? with Trevor Noah

SiriusXM & Day Zero Productions

News, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.72.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Trevor is home in South Africa. He and his good friends Anele Mdoda and Sizwe Dhlomo have a spirited conversation about the big issues that worry them as we hurtle into 2025. They discuss whether the global experiment is failing, revolution as a form of positive societal connection, and how external forces shape us and our children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to What Now, another episode of the podcast where this time I'm in South Africa.

0:05.2

And if you've listened to enough of the podcast, you'll know that when I'm in South Africa,

0:08.9

that means I'm with my people.

0:10.2

And when I'm with my people, we create different episodes.

0:13.5

On one of the first ones I did, I did for my 40th birthday, was Anilmdoda, a good friend of mine.

0:19.0

She's a broadcaster. She is an executive producer, an all-round media mogul, and most importantly, a super mom.

0:27.2

And my other friend, Sizu Etlomo, he's a TV presenter, a radio host, a business person,

0:33.5

and economics.

0:34.6

I think he has a degree in some, he studies a lot, whatever.

0:38.3

The point is he's a friend, and we he studies a lot, whatever. The point is,

0:42.9

he's a friend and we're going to be chatting together. Discllaimer for everyone who listens,

0:48.4

these are South Africans, I'm including myself, so we're going to talk like South Africans.

0:55.7

And yeah, whatever happens happens because when my friends and I do a podcast, we try and make it as informal as possible.

1:01.7

So if you're looking for like the dictionary definition of like a simple podcast, you came to the wrong place.

1:04.3

Scroll to the next one in your feed now and enjoy that.

1:11.3

But if you're looking for like an honest get-together of three human beings who love respect and fight with each other, then you've come to the right place.

1:12.5

Welcome to What Now.

1:20.8

This is What Now with Trevor Noah. One, two, three, four, I declare a thumb war.

1:33.8

One, two, three.

1:35.6

No, that sounds great.

1:36.4

This sounds great.

1:38.6

We're hearing nothing.

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