Wringing in the New Year
Summary
Trevor Noah, Annelie Botes, and Cesar Pistorius discuss their New Year worries, focusing on parenting challenges and societal shifts. Annelie shares concerns about her son’s external influences, prompting a debate on discipline versus understanding. Trevor and Cesar reflect on raising children in a changing world, emphasizing the importance of explaining rules rather than demanding blind obedience.
Topics discussed
Sponsors: Whole Foods and Epkinly
Welcome to What Now and show format
Is cancel culture still a thing?
Current worries and global tensions
Parenting, boundaries, and the pool incident
Teaching kids logic vs. obedience
Sponsors: Whole Foods, Epkinly, Mint Mobile
Bad influences and building self-confidence
Global economics, labor, and capitalism
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Artificial scarcity and resource ownership
Digital bullying and societal polarization
Credits and final sponsor: HomeGoods
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