‘Remember When’ is the healthy nostalgia we need
THERE was a time last year where I just couldn’t consume new content. Everything felt like a trigger for the uncertainty that was 2020. I would see people on social media raving about a particular show and of course, I would rush to try to catch an episode so that I could be part of the zeitgeist. And yet the second something in the show elicited an emotional reaction that caused me pain and anxiety, I would switch off.
It got pretty bad. I only watched TV shows and films whose endings I knew already. Nostalgia became a way that I could be in my bubble of make-believe.
Until I came across Remember When … with Andile Ndlovu. Hosted by writer and editor Andile Ndlovu, Remember When is a podcast that’s all about nostalgia. It dissects moments in our culture from the 1990s and early 2000s that had a lasting impact on us. It reminds us of the many interesting conversations and fights that we had in the 1990s about things that were shown on TV and played on the radio. From the violence of Yizo Yizo and the cool kid feeling that was brought by Soul Buddyz; the hopes that Popstars and SA Idols gave to people who had dreams of stardom, to some sporting moments like Penny Heyns winning gold at the Atlanta Games and Manning Rangers winning the inaugural PSL.
Ndlovu’s choice of the guest to speak about the moment being discussed every week is perfect. He has managed to get Heyns to admit she was disillusioned with swimming before she went to the 1996 Olympics, and also had Sthandiwe Kgoroge reveal that her role on Yizo Yizo was what made Generations call her back.
If you want to learn more about some of the greatest sport and pop culture moments in South Africa from two decades ago listen to Remember When … with Andile Ndlovu.
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TODAY | JAN 17
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