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by Tim Cohen & Mark Barnes

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Latest episodes

ListenUP! The final countdown.

September 1, 2026 · 3 min

In this our final episode, Merchant Banker Mark Barnes and Financial Mail journalist Tim Cohen, say cheers and thanks for the fish. This show, we think, has run its course, and we just want to say a quick goodbye. Along the way, by a rough…
The ANC and the Bokke: each snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

August 25, 2026 · 25 min

South Africa doesn’t need a municipal election popularity contest; it needs a survival strategy. So says merchant banker Mark Barns in conversation with Financial Mail journalist Tim Cohen and former Goldman Sachs Partner and now Adjunct…
ANC and the Bokke: each snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

August 24, 2026 · 25 min

South Africa doesn’t need a municipal election popularity contest; it needs a survival strategy. So says merchant banker Mark Barns in conversation with Financial Mail journalist Tim Cohen and former Goldman Sachs Partner and now Adjunct…
The great Johannesburg poker game

August 19, 2026 · 9 min

The Financial Mail’s cover this week is about the political race for Joburg, the most consequential of the local government elections that are due to take place on November 4, 2026. FM senior editors Guiletta Talevi, and the writer of the…
What’s the word, Johannesburg

August 17, 2026 · 21 min

With just over 80 days to go before the local government, a flood of questions arise over the future of Johannesburg. Investment banker Mark Barnes and journalist Tim Cohen discuss the issue with Financial Mail senior editor Shirley de…

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UncoveringIT! Diamonds are forever-ish

August 13, 2026 · 12 min

Diamonds are Forever - or perhaps not. Every week we provide a brief preview of the Financial Mail's cover story. The week the dramatic advent of lab-grown diamonds on the diamond market, its effects and consequences.
ListenUP! 📣 Fifa's fables, foibles and fraud

August 4, 2026 · 20 min

How do sport and money mix? Like oil and water. It's such a difficult balance to get right; sports can generate enormous turnover and need the cash to support development and pay the players. But if you go too far, you lose sight of the…
Should the PIC be closed down?

July 27, 2026 · 24 min

Since the Public Investment Corporation, the nominal investor of over R3-trillion in retirement savings of the entire civil service, now has no board or permanent CEO, not to mention a broadly poor investment record, would this not be a…
ListenUP! The Meaning of Sport

July 20, 2026 · 20 min

This weekend has seen a feast of sporting events, and your hosts, merchant banker Mark Barnes and journalist Tim Cohen dissect the soccer, the tennis, and the rugby ... deciding who should have won and who should not. Juuuuust kidding. We…
SA’s three biggest problems, right now

July 14, 2026 · 20 min

If you had to isolate the three biggest problems faced by South Africa right now, the quantity and variety of options would be numerous. Poverty, inequality and unemployment, are the typical trio mentioned. Merchant banker Mark Barnes…
Festooned with Festivities

July 7, 2026 · 21 min

The Durban July, Opera at La Scala, and the Soccer World Cup: we are festooned with festivities, and we discuss them! Merchant banker Mark Barnes and journalist Tim Cohen are joined by arts writer and enthusiast extraordinaire Sarah…
ListenUp: Xenophobia in SA ... again

June 30, 2026 · 20 min

ListenUp: Xenophobia in SA The terrible prospect of xenophobic violence is once again afflicting South Africa this week, dragging Mzanzi into the fraught global political issue of immigration. Having the national soccer side booed in the…

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About the show

Merchant banker Mark Barnes and journalist Tim Cohen shoot the breeze about the key events in South Africa and the world every week. We aim to be entertaining, interesting, informed ... and brief! Now with Special Guests!