African Couch Potato: The Mash-up
African Couch Potato: The Mash-up is a South African perspective on all things film and television. Hosted by award-winning TV producer, Gino Shelile, it mashes up in-studio interviews with industry professionals, titles to check out each week, a current film or series review, and a look at old movies that are worth rewatching.
Episodes
63 episodes since 2023
S2 11 - Nothing On Netflix? Some Hits and Misses From The World’s Biggest Streamer
Nothing on Netflix? - No, actually there's lots, but is it always worth it. In this episode Gino takes a trawl through what's good and what really isn't. Madame Web - Cassandra Webb is a New York metropolis paramedic wh...
September 16, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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18:41
S2 10 - Wanda Mkhize on Freevision and Afroland
A new platform is in town and we want to know all about it. freevision provides an all-in-one streaming experience of current affairs, entertainment, sports, info-and-edutainment, live! and on demand. Keep up with your favourite tv channels...
September 09, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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24:37
S2 09 Vuyo Dabula on The Butcher's Soul (Showmax)
Back on your screens in a big way is Vuyo Dabula, as Saul in The Butcher's Soul now on Showmax and Gino had the chance to catch up with the model-turned-actor. Vuyo had been off the scene for a while after being shot in 2022, but now h...
September 02, 2024
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Episode 9
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36:52
S2 08 Beáta Bena Green on Wyfie (Showmax) & Her Booming Career
It being Women's month here in SA, Gino has been chatting to various ladies; this week it is the turn of Beáta Bena Green. Beáta is a South African actress, model, and entrepreneur. She was crowned Miss Teen South African 2013 but she is best k...
August 26, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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22:22
S2 07 What's New On Showmax?
In this week's episode, Gino's bad knee forces him onto the couch where he gives you a run down of what shows and movies have just landed on Africa's biggest streamer.016FMTo save their community radio station from closing,...
August 19, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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9:34
S2 06 - True Crime SA Podcast with Nicole Engelbrecht
Staying with True Crime, this episode finds Gino chatting via Zoom to True Crime South Africa's creator and host Nicole Engelbrecht. Nicole's podcast delves into South African true crime cases, both solved and unsolved. She meticulousl...
August 12, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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24:46
S2 05 - Warren Gray on Production Design
In this episode Gino continues with our link to Showmax's Catch Me A Killer, as he chats to the hit show's Production Designer, Warren Gray. Born in Cape Town, Warren earned a bursary while studying industrial design and qualif...
August 05, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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29:14
S2 04 - Drama Therapy with Minenhle Msane
Many of us have heard of Art Therapy; using art to work through problems and issues, but how many of you know about Drama Therapy?In this episode Gino talks to Minenhle Msane who is busy studying for her Honours in Drama Therapy. The us...
July 29, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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16:40
S2 03 - The Birthday Episode! A Year of Podcasting & Our First Nomination
Happy birthday to us,Happy birthday to us,Happy birthday African Couch Potato - the Mash-Up,Happy birthday to us.A year of lessons and laughing. A look back on the year that was and a look forward to the future. We also cele...
July 22, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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8:35
S2 02 - Angela Sithole on Empini (Showmax), Savage Beauty (Netflix) and Everything Else
This week's episode finds Gino sitting down with an actress who has gone through more roles than Connie Ferguson. Born of a Zulu mother and an Italian father in 1993, she was raised by her mother, who instilled in her a strong sense of self-wor...
July 15, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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27:43
S2 01 - The Real Killer Catcher: Micki Pistorius
Welcome to African Couch Potato season 2. In this episode Gino goes full fanboy as he gets the chance to chat to Dr Micki Pistorius, advisor for the TV adaptation of her autobiographical Catch Me a Killer. This hit true crime TV series...
July 08, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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22:04
52 - Scriptwriting with Khanyani Luhlongwane
In 2021 the MultiChoice Talent Factory South Africa Scriptwriting Incubator hosted 12 interns who would be mentored by Tshedza Pictures in association with the Wits University Film & Television Department and included practical workplace ex...
July 01, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 52
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31:29
51 - Job Seeker: Ofentse Mojapelo
In this episode Gino takes on the role of job interviewer with AFDA graduate Ofentse Mojapelo in the hot seat. Ofentse studied Motion Picture Medium (Television Production) at AFDA from 2016, majoring in TV Directing, Writing &...
June 24, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 51
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27:58
50 - Comedy With Dave Levinsohn
Dave Levinsohn's on-the-spot skills often make it look like he’s making it up as he goes... that’s because he is! This week Gino has a front row seat with one of SA's top comedians. Find out how far Dave will go, wh...
June 17, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 50
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33:54
49 - Broadcasting with Lebang Kgosana
Award winning broadcaster and creative momtrepreneur Lebang Kgosana joins us this week for some insight into her 15 years of experience in the media and entertainment industries. With a degree in Marketing and Communications, followed by ...
June 10, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 49
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31:57
48 - Showmax - Chasing the Sun 2, Empini, The Ultimate Girls Trip
We take a break from in-studio guests to have a look at Showmax. This is what to check out on Africa’s biggest streamer.Chasing the Sun 2The Springbok journey to the Rugby World Cup final 2023.EmpiniSet...
June 03, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 48
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19:23
47 - Directing Films With Mandla Dube
In today's episode we reach new heights when Gino gets the opportunity for a one on one with the legendary Mandlankayise Walter Dube. Director, producer, co-screenwriter, Mandla (to his friends) is a writer and award-winning South African cinem...
May 27, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 47
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27:46
46 - SAFFA South Africa Stunts (Katja Hopkins and Craig Macrae)
Ever wondered who takes the leap off a building or crashes cars in movies while the stars take the credit? That’s the work of a stuntman. Special effects teams, directors, and cameramen all rely on the expertise of stuntmen to reali...
May 20, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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25:04
45 - Composing Music For Film and TV with Modia Shole
When you are watching stuff on the screen, big or small, there is one thing that tells you where you should be emotionally; tells you whether you should be sad, or happy, or terrrified. That is the score, the music that takes you on the emotion...
May 13, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 45
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34:18
44 - Brett Morris and Just Now Jeffrey
We recently received a VIP invite to a preview screening of local movie Just Now Jeffrey. On the back of that, Gino now has the chance to chat to Brett Morris, co-director and co-writer of this coming of age South African comedy.
May 06, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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24:00
43 - SABC TV Licences Competition Winner
On Spring Day, 1 September 2023 SABC TV Licences launched the Win A Holiday Experience competition campaign in an effort to encourage South African customers to pay (or renew) their TV Licences.For their efforts, customers would be rewar...
April 29, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 43
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31:46
42 - Writing Plays with Palesa Mazamisa
Former minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, once called today's guest "aSouth African writer to look out for".Palesa Mazamisa is a published playwright, author and producer.Before entering the world of theatre and film, s...
April 22, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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32:21
41 - Princess Mhlongo on Inkabi (Netflix)
"This time around Gino hooks up with the producer of Netflix's Inkabi - who also happens to be an old school colleague, in the person of Princess Zinzi Mhlongo; both of them hailing from eMalahleni, Witbank in Mpumalanga. H...
April 15, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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25:56
40 - Thokoza Film-makers with CinemaTAKE
Three lucky kids from Thokoza will soon be winging their way to Portugal to represent South Africa as part of the CinemaTAKE filmmaking project.This week's episode finds Gino chatting to Emilie Demon and Mpumi Mcata (BLK JKS) from Cinem...
April 08, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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25:58
39 - Post Production with Johnny Nkgapele (Gist Media)
This week Gino dives into the world of Post-Production, where all the component parts of a film or television programme are pulled together and given that extra polish that makes then stand out on our screens. To get more insight, Gino is...
April 01, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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21:46