Barbs Wire
by CapeTalk
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Barbs Wire: Halloween sweets horror in Germany, thieves steal…
Barbs Wire: Halloween sweets horror in Germany, thieves steal…
About this podcast
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
Episodes
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- Barbs Wire: Halloween sweets horror in Germany, thieves steal thousands of rare ants, and cinema fans prepare to forget their favourite films! · 12 minDigital 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…
- Barbs Wire: Cruel prank backfires spectacularly, childhood chore list divides the internet, and Heidi Klum gives Halloween a hand! · 13 minDigital 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…
- Barbs Wire: Cape Town bridge struck AGAIN, Google under fire over 400,000 felled trees, and SA daredevil conquers 600 monkey bars · 13 minDigital 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…
- Barbs Wire: 'Maxxing' takes over the dictionary, Siya Kolisi meets the parents, and the voice of Bugs Bunny dies at 46 · 9 minDigital 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…
- Barbs Wire: Cop accused of taking dead man's house, AI food pictures go hilariously wrong, and a kindness mob takes on internet trolls · 11 minDigital 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…
- Barbs Wire: AI exposes a global cyber threat, Airbnb ditches checkout chores, and the hilarious names kids give their mums · 12 minDigital 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…
- Barbs Wire: Designer loot hits resale, 48 beers hide in a stroller and Sgiath sniffs out sea vomit · 11 minDigital 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…
- Barbs Wire: Musk gives away SpaceX, Gen Z struggles to thrive and Elmo goes on safari · 12 minDigital 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…
- Barbs Wire: Protests in France through social media lens, Nelson Mandela Marathon kicks off, and Luna survives Yellowstone · 13 minDigital 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…
- Barbs Wire: Power-bank fire at 35,000 feet, a wearable incubator brings dad closer and Pooh turns 100 · 12 minDigital 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…
- Barbs Wire: AI learns to copy itself, bots fake the hits and Google gives an emoji a backside · 12 minDigital 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…
- Barbs Wire: Paris loses a 400-year-old landmark, Frances's supermarket fridges hacked, a 194-year-old tortoise may hold clues to longevity · 8 minDigital 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…
- Barbs Wire: Altai the tiger survives, Tuscan $6m wine-heist audacity, dramatic Jonkershoek airlift · 10 minDigital 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…
- Barbs Wire: Dating app audacity, Beijing tennis chaos and one very vocal church husky · 10 minDigital 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…
- Barbs Wire: Suspected plague scare, an AI crocodile panic and Siya rolls back into Cape Town · 10 minDigital 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…
- Barbs Wire: Thrill-jump outrage, a brand-new penguin and an 11-year-old chess history-maker · 15 minDigital 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…
- Barbs Wire: World Cup fame bites back, seniors struggle with the algorithm and Rod says farewell to touring · 8 minDigital 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…
- Barbs Wire: Kids outsmart social media bans, Cape Town thieves steal a robot and Oom Gert saves the day · 14 minDigital 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…
- Barbs Wire: Robot runways, a six-year-old speedcubing genius and 99 days left of 2026 · 10 minDigital 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…
- Barbs Wire: White House TV promos go retro, a ski resort freezes in time and lemurs hit the high notes · 12 minDigital 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…
