Episode
Begging for Coachella & Fixing South Africa
- Podcast
- The Gareth Cliff Show
- Published
- Apr 24, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 7357
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Summary
Gareth and Ben kick off Friday by taking aim at influencers who are willing to literally beg for brand deals just to make it to Coachella — but are influencers even influential anymore? The conversation then shifts to the surprising return of old-school dating trends that feel straight out of the early 1900s. Mash jumps in to stir things up with a take on “looksmaxxing” and body image, before DA Deputy Federal Chair Cilliers Brink joins the show to unpack the party’s 2026 manifesto and their plan to fix some of South Africa’s most broken cities.