The Joyride
Join The Joyride with Nico van der Westhuizen, Nikki van der Linde, Kayla Barker and JayBee Makhalemele weekdays between 15:00 and 18:00.
Life Hacks with Nikki
Some tips from the Queen of The Joyride to make life a bit easier.
Weird Wide Web - Typewriter in an Orchestra
When booking a seat to see a symphony orchestra, one would hardly expect a typewriter to have a seat with the violinists, cellist and the rest. But this is exactly what happened.
What's On The Menu - Breakfast for dinner
Chef Maridine gives us one of her breakfast for dinner recipes. For those night when cooking is just out of the question.
Bottomless Coffee on The Joyride
Nico chats to one half of the band Bottomless Coffee Lourens who tells us more about the band and how it was formed.
Weird Wide Web - Bill Gates keeps giving
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has shown his support for scientists researching the male contraceptive pill after giving their work a huge funding boost through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Conspiracy Corner - The Oakville Blobs
In Oakville Washington, in 1994, strange blob like substances fell from the sky. These gelatinous object contained human blood cells along with bacteria found inside of human stomachs. Many people in the town fell sick after coming in contact with this mysterious ooze.
Weird Wide Web - The Simpsons predictions
The secret to The Simpsons' ability to predict the future may be linked to the creators' affinity for mathematics. From the invention of autocorrect and smartwatches, to the presidency of Donald Trump, it would be reasonable to wonder if someone in the writers' room secretly moonlights as a time traveller.
Weekly Obsession - Creativity Lives.
Nico found a website that turns your little one's drawings into real stuffed animals.
Weird Wide Web - Real life Silent Hill
While the environment of Silent Hill seems as though it could only exist in nightmares, it is actually a very real place with a devastating history. The town of Silent Hill, West Virginia is actually Centralia, Pennsylvania. In May 1962, the town ordered to have the local landfill burned in…
Nutrition with Liezl
Our in house dietician Liezl van Zyl is back. Today she explains what Low GI in food actually means. She also gives us the benefits of eating low GI products
Podcast of the week - The Vanished
The Vanished is a true crime podcast that explores the stories of those who have gone missing. The Vanished goes beyond conventional news reports to take a deep dive into the story of a different missing person each week. Host Marissa Jones brings you exclusive interviews with family members, friends,…
Weird Wide Web - James May's Lego Adventure
When he was a boy, James May wanted to build a real house out of Lego. With the help of television stardom, 3.2m plastic bricks and 2,000 members of the public, the Top Gear presenter fulfilled his childhood ambition earlier this summer by constructing a "very modern and funky" Lego…
Weird Wide Web - Innovation needs failure
Museum of Failure is a collection of failed products and services from around the world.
Life Hacks
Life hacks with Nikki
Weird Wide Web - Innovation needs failure
Museum of Failure is a collection of failed products and services from around the world.
Weird Wide Web - Test DNA of Dog Waste
Tel Aviv wants to try a new way of encouraging people to pick up after their pet — a DNA database. Dog owners in the city may soon have to register their pet's DNA in a database when applying for a dog license. If officials find waste left behind on…
Weird Wide Web - Werepups
A woman has shown off her collection of 'werepups' on This Morning, saying she loves taking them out in public in a pram to 'freak people out'. Yvette Solomon is the proud matriarch to a family of 16 werepup dolls, which look a lot like hyper-realistic baby dolls but... with…
Podcast of the Week - Good Life Project
What does it mean to live a good life? What's the role of happiness, meaning, work, love, purpose, kindness, friendship, and more? How do status, circumstance, gender, privilege, race, identity, and more play into the quest to live your best life? These are the questions and topics we explore every…
Weird Wide Web - Dubai's Fake Rain
With temperatures in Dubai regularly surpassing 50 degrees Celsius , the government has decided to take control of the scorching weather. Scientists in the United Arab Emirates are making it rain — artificially — using electrical charges from drones to manipulate the weather and force rainfall across the desert nation…
What's on the Menu - Tomato Soup
Chef Maridine is back again with a winter warming soup recipe to have with deep fried feta cheese.