The Sky is Falling - Ep 1

Storytelling has provided human beings with an effect way to sustain ideas and carry messages through generations.  In this episode, Nyaki catches up with Reatile Mosoeu (Showrunner - PSD Originals) to talk about the power and purpose of stories in podcasts.

Pods at Pie is a PieSlovakiaDance original podcast series. Host, Nyaki Tshabangu. Audio, Reatile Mosoeu.

Shows mentioned:

Africa Past & Present (apple podcasts)

African Folktales (apple podcasts)

An enterprise succeeds on the strength of its processes. In this episode, Nyaki sits with Reatile Mosoeu (Showrunner - PSD Originals) to discuss the moving parts in podcasting.

Pods at Pie is a PieSlovakiaDance original podcast series. Host, Nyaki Tshabangu. Audio, Reatile Mosoeu.

What makes a great podcast? A great team. In this episode, Nyaki and Tshepo Mosoeu (PSD Creative Director) discuss relationships within a team and how they are the winning recipe in PSD's award winning pies.

Pods at Pie is a PieSlovakiaDance original podcast series. Host, Nyaki Tshabangu. Audio, Reatile Mosoeu.

Brands and audiences value different things. Some value presence, others speed or sales, and some value craft. In this episode, Nyaki discusses the value of listening to what both brands and audiences want with Tshepo Mosoeu (PSD Creative Director).  

Pods at Pie is a PieSlovakiaDance original podcast series. Host, Nyaki Tshabangu. Audio, Reatile Mosoeu.

Audience engagement is the currency of the attention economy. In this episode Nyaki sits down with Chisanga Mubanga (PSD chief strategist) to discuss the role podcasting plays for brands in communicating with audiences.

Pods at Pie is a PieSlovakiaDance original podcast series. Host, Nyaki Tshabangu. Audio, Reatile Mosoeu.

When most people think about podcasts, 'two people talking behind a mic about whatever topic is written in the title' is what comes to mind. This is because the longest running, most popular and highest performing podcasts are chat-casts. But there are a wide range of podcast formats available, and these include interview, solo-cast, and fictional narrative to name a few.

In this episode, Nyaki Tshabangu and Chisanga Mubanga (head of strategy at PSD) discuss podcasting and the development of the medium that now produces content in a multitude of genres and formats.

Pods at Pie is a PieSlovakiaDance original podcast series. Host, Nyaki Tshabangu. Audio, Reatile Mosoeu.

The growth and success of podcasting is as a result of improvements in digital technology and the desire to connect with and learn about the world around them. These two factors have resulted in one of the fastest growing sectors, fielding over 1 million podcast startups in 20 years.

In this episode, Thabang "Tipi" Manyelo (Content Director at PSD) and Nyaki discuss starting a podcasting company in a time when few people knew what podcasting was.

Pods At Pie is a PieSlovakiaDance original podcast series. Host, Nyakallo Tshabangu. Engineering, Reatile Mosoeu. 

As podcasting experiences unbelievable growth, it continues to expand out of the international market and into Africa. This episode begins the conversation in a long series of sit downs with PSD bosses and employees about the future of podcasting in South Africa and the continent. 

Nyaki Tshabangu, host of the show and producer at PieSlovakiaDance sits down with Thabang "Tipidang" Manyelo (Content Director at PSD) to discuss their favourite shows in the world of podcasts and where the podcast industry is heading continentally and globally.

Pods At Pie is a PieSlovakiaDance original podcast series. Research and writing, Nyakallo Tshabangu and Reatile Mosoeu. Pods At Pie is produced and brought to you by PieSlovakiaDance.