Wringing in the New Year | What Now? with Trevor Noah Podcast

In this week’s episode I’m back home in South Africa. My good friends Anele Mdoda and Sizwe Dhlomo and I have a spirited conversation about the big issues that worry us as we hurtle into 2025. We discuss whether the global experiment is failing, revolution as a form of positive societal connection, and how external forces shape us and our children. 00:00 Intro 01:51 Discussion of Happy New Year timing and friendship 03:02 Exploration of "canceling" in modern society 07:00 Sharing personal worries for the future 13:00 Parent's concerns about children's external influences 31:29 The importance of respect and privacy in parenting 42:52 Impact of social media on society 52:20 Economic inequality and resource distribution 01:03:01 Modern parenting challenges in digital age 01:11:59 Importance of real community connections 01:16:00 Final thoughts on revolution and social reset If you haven't already.... Subscribe to What Now? here on YouTube! https://bit.ly/SubscribeToWhatNowPodcast Or follow along on your other favourite podcast platforms... Spotify - https://bit.ly/WhatNowOnSpotify / Apple Podcasts - https://bit.ly/WhatNowOnApplePodcasts More episodes... Is Marques Brownlee the Most Powerful Man in Tech?    • Is Marques Brownlee the Most Powerful Man ...   Why Are All Bosses Idiots? with Simon Sinek    • Why Are All Bosses Idiots? with Simon Sine...   How To Be The Most Healed Guy with Neal Brennan    • How To Be The Most Healed Guy with Neal Br...   If You Ruled the World: Listener Grab Bag    • If You Ruled the World: Listener Grab Bag ...   Love on a Timeline with Esther Perel    • Love on a Timeline with Esther Perel | Wha...   Tight Values, Loose Ideas with Malcolm Gladwell    • Tight Values, Loose Ideas with Malcolm Gla...   What’s In An Accent with Lupita Nyong’o    • What’s In An Accent with Lupita Nyong’o | ...   For Kids or Anyone Who’s Ever Been a Kid    • For Kids or Anyone Who’s Ever Been a Kid |...   Have We Missed The Message? with Ta-Nehisi Coates    • Have We Missed The Message? with Ta-Nehisi...   Kevin Hart Gets the Bubble Guts!    • Kevin Hart Gets the Bubble Guts! - What No...   Doctor Roger Federer Will See You Now    • Doctor Roger Federer Will See You Now | Wh...   Welcome To The Julia Louis-Dreyfus Brain Museum    • Welcome To The Julia Louis-Dreyfus Brain M...   Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Kicks Off The Podcast!    • Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Kicks Off The Po...   Jessica Alba Is Standing in Her Power!    • Jessica Alba Is Standing in Her Power! - W...   Making Bureaucracies Sexier with Yuval Noah Harari    • Making Bureaucracies Sexier with Yuval Noa...   Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias and the Art of Mentoring    • Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias and the Art of M...   Tripping Past Your Ego with Michael Pollan    • Tripping Past Your Ego with Michael Pollan...   Why AI Won’t Destroy Us with Microsoft’s Brad Smith    • Why AI Won’t Destroy Us with Microsoft’s B...   Sam Altman Speaks Out About What Happened at OpenAI    • Sam Altman Speaks Out About What Happened ...   There’s No I In Trevor Noah    • There’s No I In Trevor Noah | What Now? wi...   The Ozempic Obsession with Jia Tolentino    • The Ozempic Obsession with Jia Tolentino |...   #TrevorNoah #WhatNowPodcast