‘The Mandela Plot’ by Kenneth Bonert

Premiere DateJun 21, 2018
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Categories Culture Literature Talk Weekly Talk
00:00 Show Opening
01:00 Episode Intro (music: Killjoy by Ty Richards)
03:39 Interview with Kenneth Bonert, Part 1
13:42 Merry-Go-Round Ty Richards
17:20 Interview with Kenneth Bonert, Part 2
27:45 Kissing the Wizard Ty Richards
28:38 Episode Outro
32:16 Finish

As the 1980s draw to a close, South Africa is a maelstrom of political violence with the apartheid regime in its death throes. Young Martin Helger is the struggling odd duck at an elite private boys school in Johannesburg, with his father a rough-handed scrap dealer and his brother a mysterious legend. When a beautiful and manipulative American arrives at the family home, Martin soon finds himself wrenched out of his isolated bubble and thrust into the raw heart of the struggle

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