SWEET NOTHINGS POD

It’s our Season 1 finale 🤍This week we’re sharing all of our current favourites - from beauty products, food finds and household essentials to movies, music and a few random things we’ve become obsessed with lately. Consider this a little collection of everything we’ve been loving, using, watching, listening to and recommending to our friends over the past few months.Listen to find out what made the list, what surprised us, and which recommendations we’re convinced everyone needs to know about.Thank you for joining us for Season 1 of Sweet Nothings 🤍 We’ll be taking a short two-week break before we’re back with Season 2. See you soon!

This week we’re stepping into the office and chatting about all things corporate life - from freezing aircons and office characters to the unspoken rules, pet peeves, and the jobs some people take just a little too seriously.We also asked you to send in your funniest, most random and most embarrassing workplace stories, and you definitely delivered. From awkward moments to classic office drama, we read through some of our favourites and realised that corporate life might actually be a universal experience.

You’ll never guess what we’re recapping this week…Landi takes us through her Cape Town Marathon weekend - the build-up, the race day energy, the supporter signs, and how it felt to finally run the 42.2km we’ve been talking about for weeks.We also get into a few random thoughts we had saved up - from the oddly humbling experience of buying toilet paper to the colour theory spiral and other little things that naturally became full conversations.

Episode 13 is our first official guest episode 👀 This week, we’re joined by Cape Town content creator Chanel Kruger (formerly known as Chanel Cronje 💍) to chat about the girl behind the Instagram - from running, strength training and editing apps to PR packages, phone storage hacks, influencer culture in South Africa, and what actually goes into building a content factory ;)A very sweet episode getting to know someone who somehow makes sweaty post-run coffees look aesthetic.

After three weeks apart, Armani and Landi are finally back behind the mic - catching up on Landi’s trip to Mauritius, time at home in Pretoria, one of her best friend’s weddings, and somehow… ending up back on the topics of running and Pilates yet again. Shocking, we know. This week’s episode is a cosy little yap about winter in Cape Town: the things we love, the things we absolutely don’t, and the small ways we’re trying to romanticise the colder months this year. We also read some of your responses on what you love about winter and the little things helping you survive the season.

From running long distances to running a pilates studio 🏃🏼‍♀️🤍It’s just Landi this week for a solo catch-up before being joined by a special guest, Mieke from Roma Pilates.From marathon training, long runs & mindset shifts to building a pilates business from the ground up, the girls chat all things movement, wellness routines & figuring things out as you go.

While Landi is away for a bit, Armani takes over the mic this week and brings in a very special guest - her sister, Cimòn - for some proper sister yaps.They chat about the forbidden words they weren’t allowed to say growing up, random house rules that somehow made perfect sense at the time, and a few chaotic family stories they’ve lived through together.In true Armani & Cimòn fashion, this one is a little louder, a little more dramatic, and slightly more chaotic than planned - but that’s exactly what (we hope) makes it fun.

It’s back to just the girls this week for a proper catch-up - from rainy weekends, long runs, theatre nights, soup season, and travel prep to everything that’s been keeping life busy lately.They also get into social media: what they share, what they keep private, their thoughts on Strava and Find My Friends, and the creators, aesthetics, and content they keep coming back to.

The girls are joined by their very first guests this week - the men in their lives. They revisit the early days: how they met, first dates, first kisses, and everything in between, with a few fun questions and honest moments along the way.

Armani and Landi recap their Easter weekend, from slow moments to sweet treats. What starts as a chat about the best (and rarest) Easter eggs quickly turns into a conversation about engagement rings, with Armani sharing her engagement story.

After keeping you hanging on the hidden gems from last week (sorry), Armani and Landi continue with some of their favourite Cape Town finds - from cosy restaurants and neighbourhood cafés to sushi, bagels, and spots that are well worth a second look.They also do a little quarter-one review, reflecting on the year so far and what they’re looking forward to in the second quarter - with weekend recaps, Somerset West discoveries, an album worth adding to your playlist, and future travel plans along the way.

Armani and Landi catch up on a full week of life - from saying goodbye to colleagues to stepping into new spaces, with spontaneous trips home and a quick chat about Harry Styles' latest album.The girls then dive into all things Cape Town, debating the best pizza, burgers, and bars in the city, while sharing their go-to spots, local favourites, and a few underrated gems.

Armani and Landi swap seats this week, with Armani in the hot seat for Sweet Nothings’ take on Vogue’s 73 Questions. Armani’s seat is not the only thing hot in here - the girls unpack a week of extreme Cape Town weather, from hot beach days to windy runs, misty views, and now the wind making a guest appearance in the background.Get the inside scoop on Armani’s first date with her husband, the movie genre of her life, a few favourites, a selling pitch for her wedding dress, and which queue you’ll find her in at the Oranjezicht City Farm Market. And of course, the saga continues - forced reviews, Chad’s lane (and Chad’s smoothie), more book chats, and a bit of emoji talk in the mix.

This week, Armani puts Landi in the hot seat with 37 Questions - a rapid-fire interview inspired by Vogue’s iconic 73 Questions. From learning what you can order Landi at the bar and picking up a beauty tip or two, to her questionable favourite Lip-Ice brand and the occasional boyfriend cameo in her answers, it’s a quick way for listeners to get to know Landi a little better.Before the interrogation begins, the hosts revisit a few of the more entertaining AI transcript mistakes from their previous episode and catch up on their weekends - though it wouldn’t quite be true to themselves if they didn’t circle back to some of the 37 questions along the way to dive a little deeper, including their shared (or rather - aspirational) love of reading.

From FitFeb finales to birthday week highlights, this episode is a full February debrief. Landi and Armani unpack their preferred AI fitness coach, post-dentist discomfort, swimming with Olympians, thoughts on Wuthering Heights, Hannah Montana nostalgia, Olivia Dean admiration, and the curious case of Instagram’s golden rings.A little fitness. A little pop culture. A lot of opinions.

Two Afrikaans girls try to record a podcast in English… and that’s the first challenge of the episode. Landi and Armani introduce Sweet Nothings, explain how this whole idea happened, and then immediately do what they do best: derail. What was supposed to be a Valentine’s-themed chat turns into a rapid-fire life catch-up featuring a February fitness competition that’s turning friends into enemies, the unspoken rules of saunas (please… bring a towel), shared hobbies, Art Fair roundup, matcha (of course), and the emotional damage of Clay Café and blank canvases. Little structure, lots of laughs - everything and nothing, exactly as promised.