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Primedia Digital Editor Barbara Friedman has an unstoppable curiosity for all things weird and quirky and trawls the internet to bring you her daily choice of curated stories - Monday to Thursday at 9.35am #BarbsWire
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Digital Content Editor, Barbara Friedman, shared her top three stories trending online Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on CapeTalk. This 3-hour long programme shares and…
Barbs Wire: China’s ‘Card Master’, a World Cup beer collector and Kuils River’s baby-delivering hero
Digital Content Editor, Barbara Friedman, shared her top three stories trending online. Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on CapeTalk. This 3-hour long programme shares and…
Barbs Wire: Tennis stars’ VIP dogs, a fireworks truck inferno and Tom Ro Haven’s search for a new home may be over
Digital Content Editor, Barbara Friedman, shared her top three stories trending online. Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on CapeTalk. This 3-hour long programme shares and…
Barbs Wire: Uber’s weirdest lost items, Norway goes full Viking and Cape Town’s whale moment goes viral
Digital Content Editor, Barbara Friedman, shared her top three stories trending online. Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on CapeTalk. This 3-hour long programme shares and…
Barbs Wire: Cape Town wind chaos, the world’s first sound museum, and Justin Bieber’s birthday singalong
Digital Content Editor, Barbara Friedman, shared her top three stories trending online. Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on CapeTalk. This 3-hour long programme shares and…
Barbs Wire: Hawks officer’s coffee machine campaign, IShowSpeed’s World Cup song and Bafana’s mariachi welcome in Mexico
Digital Content Editor, Barbara Friedman, shared her top three stories trending online. Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on CapeTalk. This 3-hour long programme shares…
Barbs Wire: Bluetooth panic, indie horror’s box-office bite and a La La Land concert rescu
Digital Content Editor, Barbara Friedman, shared her top three stories trending online. Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on CapeTalk. This 3-hour long programme shares…
Barbs Wire: Meta subscriptions, a one-armed driver beats a cellphone fine, and footballer goes viral
Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:15 Meta rolls out paid subscription plans for…
Barbs Wire: Spotify bets on Joburg, tourists go 'nuts' for Istanbul’s vendor, and tiny elephant's mock charge steals hearts
Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:18 Spotify opens its first South African office…
Barbs Wire: Ferrari’s EV stumble, humans chase cheese down a cliff, and diving chess makes a splash
Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:12 Ferrari’s unveiled its first fully electric…
Barbs Wire: Claustrophobic cave rescue, soaked graduation chaos, and a brutally honest French Open bathroom break
Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:30 An incredibly claustrophobic six-hour cave rescue 04:53 High school graduation ceremony hit by chaotic weather 06:31 A brutally honest French Open bathroom break …
Barbs Wire: Paraglider survives midair collision, kindergarten graduation brawl, and skateboarder rolls into Cape Town after epic Africa journey
Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 04:30 Paraglider survives midair collision with a…
Barbs Wire: Swatch launch chaos, Africa slowly splitting apart, and SA sets a pet food world record
Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:52 Swatch and Audemars Piguet Royal Pop pocket…
Barbs Wire: Local robbery takes surprising turn, accidental beach model goes viral, and a giant cat fights doomscrolling
Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:26 Local robbery takes a surprising turn 03:43…
Barbs Wire: Robertson floods, Japanese snacks go monochrome, and Black Coffee turns a Roman arena into a dance floor
Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:10 Flooding in Robertson goes viral on social…
Barbs Wire: Storm chaos floods timelines, motorcycle dangles from traffic light, and people recreate their exes with AI
Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:18 Cape storm chaos floods social media 03:21 A…
Barbs Wire: Volcano tragedy, a lion’s traffic cone goes viral, and LEGO rewrites the rules for David Attenborough
Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:18 Three hikers die after Mount Dukono volcano…
Barbs Wire: Garden Route storm chaos, controversial fruit study sparks debate, and the man who invented 24-hour news dies
Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on CapeTalk. This…
Barbs Wire: AI wipes company in seconds, Scientology speed-running turns chaotic, and Michael Jackson tops streaming charts again
Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:05 AI deletes a company’s entire production…
Barbs Wire: Met Gala spectacle, dramatic plane landing, and baby hippo Bumpy steals hearts
Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:28 Met Gala’s Fashion Is Art goes viral on…
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