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The Liminal Space
by theliminalspacepod
Welcome to The Liminal Space Podcast. The word liminal is used to describe being in between two distinct states, experiences or situations. We use it here to describe that point at which imagination and reality become blurry. We want to push towards the boundary of reality so that we can grasp a more positively imagined world. We curate space for story through conversation on each episode featuring a different guest/s speaking on the stories that ground them, and how they navigate the reality of now. The Liminal Space is co-hosted by Tristan Pringle and Rashid Epstein Adams.
Episodes
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TLS x CG: What Becomes Possible When We Listen Beyond Ourselves with Tristan and Rashid
This is the seventh and final episode in our series of short-form episodes, produced in collaboration with The Common Good Collective. In this closing episode, we step back to reflect on what seven episodes of storytelling from Cape Town have revealed. We revisit the arc of the series, from...
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TLS x CG: Belonging at the Table with Charlton and Barry
This is the sixth in our series of seven short-form episodes, produced in collaboration with The Common Good Collective. In this episode, we start by reflecting on how we became friends, and introduce two unlikely friends of ours: Charlton Alexander, a tour guide and facilitator who invites…
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TLS x CG: Reorienting Towards Community and Radical Imagination with Leila
This is the fifth in our series of seven short-form episodes, produced in collaboration with The Common Good Collective. In this episode, we begin with a wide-ranging exploration of shared consciousness, ubuntu, and the Hebrew concept of tzedakah, before introducing Leila Kidson, a social systems...
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TLS x CG: Music, Courage and Resisting Collusion with Ncedisa
This is the fourth in our series of seven short-form episodes, produced in collaboration with The Common Good Collective. In this episode, we explore the role music plays in grounding us, reminding us of our humanity, and giving us the courage to resist. We introduce Ncedisa Nkonyeni, an...
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TLS x CG: Critical Hope and the New Imagination with Ashley and Helene
This is the third in our series of seven short-form episodes, produced in collaboration with The Common Good Collective. In this episode, we unpack the idea of critical hope, drawing on the work of Jeff Duncan-Andrade and a powerful quote from Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of Hope. We introduce Ashley...
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TLS x CG: A Safe Space in a Not-So-Safe Place with Bongeka and Aphiwe
This is the second in our series of seven short-form episodes, produced in collaboration with The Common Good Collective. In this episode, we head to Khayelitsha, where two young founders, Bongeka and Aphiwe (Qhama), have created something remarkable: Thembisa Ratanga, a community space they...
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TLS x CG: Welcome to the Liminal Space with Tristan and Rashid
This is the first in a series of seven short-form episodes, produced in collaboration with The Common Good Collective. What happens when imagination meets reality? In this pilot episode, we kick off a special miniseries connecting The Liminal Space with the Common Good conversation. We share what...
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Bonus: What Took Root During Our Hibernation with Tristan and Rashid
As we mark the end of 2025, we created a brief episode to share some lessons learned during our recent “hibernation” period. During this time of quiet, seeds of possibility have been germinating underground. We’ve been slow-cooking a couple of possible collaborations, letting new ideas soften and...
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What grounds us and reflections on stories changing systems with Rashid and Tristan
We started season 2 with a question, "Can stories change systems?" We weren't sure that we would land on an answer but we thought of it as a thread we could explore throughout the season. In some episodes we had beautiful answers to that question, and even more beautiful questions. We end this...
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Rehumanising stories from the screen, stage and dreamspace with Abduragman Adams
Abduragman Adams (also known as Abdu Adams) is an award-winning South African actor, director and drama lecturer. He has appeared in several television shows including Heartlines, Known Gods, Rugby Motors and Die Boland Moorde. In 2015 he landed a starring role in the kykNET soap opera…
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Reorienting ourselves toward community and building new capabilities with Leila Kidson
Leila Kidson is a social systems researcher, facilitator, and designer focused on better integrating grassroots voices into systems design, advocacy and action. As co-founder of social design studio OCTOPI, she blends storytelling, co-creation, strategy, and intersectional feminist praxis to…
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Re-membering the fragments of our heritage and identity in the colonial city with Ra-eesha and Taahirah
Ra-eesha Smith is an undergraduate Psychology student with a strong interest in understanding human behaviour and promoting mental well-being. Outside of academics, she is passionate about creating awareness about and addressing social injustices and inequalities. With this aim in mind, she is a...
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What happens when we reclaim our stories and find home in our bodies? With Bongeka and Aphiwe
Originally from the Eastern Cape, Bongeka Qhanga moved to Khayelitsha, Cape Town as a child. She trained at the Shala Cape Town School of yoga and obtained her RYT200 in Yoga teaching in 2021 and is currently obtaining her RYT300 yoga teaching certificate. She is a part-time Yoga instructor at…
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Systems Thinking and rehumanising narratives with Ncedisa Nkonyeni
Ncedisa is an Africa-centered Systems Change and Field Learning Partner . That is to say she teaches systems change , she helps organisations apply systems change to their strategies and she partners with any collectives that are committed to discovering organisational wellbeing. She was the...
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Can Fantasy, Deep Hope, and the Sacred Feminine create a new world? With Nicole Joshua
This episode contains descriptions of gratuitous violence. Listener discretion is advised. Nicole Joshua is a wife to one husband and a mother to one child. She is a theologian, a home executive, and is currently on a journey of discernment towards ordination in the Christian tradition. She has a...
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Can stories change systems? with Tristan and Rashid
This episode marks the start of a new season on the Liminal Space Podcast. This time we are starting the season with a framing question as a theme; Can stories change systems? Tristan and Rashid explore this, and other questions, through conversation, anecdote, wondering regarding the power of...
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Learning from stories in The Liminal Space with Rashid and Tristan
In this special bonus episode, we reflect on the journey of our inaugural season. As we revisit the precious conversations and themes we've explored, we share our personal insights, growth, and learnings which emerged over the past few months. This episode is a moment of introspection and...
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Kinship, assimilation and making home in the colonial city with Charlie Alexander and Barry Lewis
Charlton Alexander is a son of Cape Town. He loves his wife Lauren and his son Reth, and the rest of the world in its beautiful brokenness. He is a Tour Guide/Facilitator looking to move through the (liminal) spaces that tell us the stories of the people and the land. He invites guests to the…
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The sweet waters of heritage and identity with Nadia Agherdine and Waseela Everson
Nadia Agherdine is an active citizen deeply involved in the preservation of cultural heritage and the promotion of immersive travel experiences. She is a Tour Operator and qualified tour guide and serves as the Vice Chairperson of the Salt River Heritage Society. Through her role, Nadia...
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Belonging in our bodies and the world with Thami James and Zach Stewart
Thami is a singer-songwriter and musician, passionate about the transformative essence of musical alchemy. Her current artistic expression is rooted in creating immersive soundscapes that in some ways transcend traditional boundaries, with the potential to offer a narrative journey. She hopes to...
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Critical hope and being human with Ashley Visagie and Helene Rousseau
Ashley Visagie is a co-founder of Bottomup which promotes critical awareness among high school students. Ashley has a deep concern for youth in South Africa who suffer because of the unjust education system and seeks to contest deficit narratives. He is optimistic that a more fair and just world…
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Brown Jesus and the liberation of Moses with Thandi Gamedze
Thandi Gamedze is a writer, a poet, a facilitator and soon to be post doctorate fellow at The Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice, at the University of the Western Cape. The glue connecting all the varied bits and pieces of Thandi’s work is a deep commitment to the work of...
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In this first episode Rashid and Tristan share the vision and purpose of the podcast. This is an introduction to our thinking about why the podcast exists and what to expect from future episodes. We introduce this podcast as a liminal space. We introduce Cape Town as a liminal space. And then we...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to The Liminal Space Podcast. The word liminal is used to describe being in between two distinct states, experiences or situations. We use it here to describe that point at which imagination and reality become blurry. We want to push towards the boundary of reality so that we can grasp a more positively imagined world. We curate space for story through conversation on each episode featuring a different guest/s speaking on the stories that ground them, and how they navigate the reality of now. The Liminal Space is co-hosted by Tristan Pringle and Rashid Epstein Adams.
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