



Family Matters: Your Words helps keep family legacy alive
Pippa Hudson speaks to His name is Roger Ingarfield, the founder of Your Words, which seeks to capture those stories and structure them in a format that can be passed down to future generations, while the person is still with us to share them. Lunch with Pippa Hudson is CapeTalk’s mid-afternoon s…

Family Matters: Children’s book Everyday Magic deals with issues of adoption
Pippa Hudson speaks to Shakira Maharaj about her new children’s picture book called Everyday Magic, which shares a perspective of adoption. Lunch with Pippa Hudson is CapeTalk’s mid-afternoon show. This 2-hour respite from hard news encourages the audience to take the time to explore, taste, rea…

Family Matters – Focus on Repeating grades
Pippa Hudson speaks to Ros Clayton, who is a researcher in socio-economic policy working towards a PhD at Stellenbosch University about the subject of when a learner should repeat a grade, versus progressing them even if they haven’t technically passed. Lunch with Pippa Hudson is CapeTalk’s mid…

Family Matters: Maths or Maths Lit – what should your child choose?
Pippa Hudson speaks to Professor Sonja van Putten from the University of Pretoria's Department of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, who offers some practical advice on how to make more informed decisions about whether to choose maths or maths lit. Lunch with Pippa Hudson is CapeTalk’s…

Family Matters: Tarryn Crossman’s book Undelivered about a midwife who devastated families
Pippa Hudson speaks to Carte Blanche producer and author Tarryn Crossman about her new book called Undelivered, telling the story of a rogue midwife whose actions left behind a string of devastated families. This book is the culmination of a 5-year-long investigation which did finally end up in cou…

Family Matters: Nicki Brivik on her new book called Sexponential
Pippa Hudson speaks to sex coach Nicki Brivik about her new book called Sexponential, which explores some of the common issues couples experience around physical intimacy. Lunch with Pippa Hudson is CapeTalk’s mid-afternoon show. This 2-hour respite from hard news encourages the audience to take…

Family Matters: Erotic content on Spotify - What Parents Need to Know
Pippa Hudson speaks to Pam Tudin, forensic psychologist, parent educator and co-founder of Klikd, about the explicit content which you child may be exposed to on apps like Spotify. Lunch with Pippa Hudson is CapeTalk’s mid-afternoon show. This 2-hour respite from hard news encourages the audienc…

Family Matters: EQ rather than IQ a better predictor of success
Pippa Hudson speaks to Pascale Bakos, the head of communication for Afrika Tikkun, about the possibility that it’s our emotional development that might be a better predictor of success in life than our cognitive abilities. Lunch with Pippa Hudson is CapeTalk’s mid-afternoon show. This 2-hour res…

Family Matters: Fixing maths is needed at the foundation phase
Saskia Falken speaks to Lufuno Muthubi-Mthethwa, CEO of the JumpStart Foundation, an NGO that's helping young learners build strong maths skills by teaching them in their home languages, about fixing maths studies at the foundation phase. Lunch with Pippa Hudson is CapeTalk’s mid-afternoon show. …

Family Matters: Why primary school teachers are leaving the profession
Saskia Falken speaks to Sarah Koopman, Head of Partnerships and Advocacy at the Jakes Gerwel Fellowship, about why so many primary school teachers are leaving the profession, what support they need, and why investing in teachers is ultimately an investment in our children's future. Lunch with Pipp…