Reporting on Emotions in South Africa
From Sound School Podcast by Rob Rosenthal/PRX/Transom.org
January 27, 2026 · 19 min
About this episode
Kabir Jagram discusses the challenges of expressing emotions as a young man in South Africa and his experience creating a radio documentary on the topic.
Twenty-one year old reporter Kabir Jagram says young men in South Africa are stoic. Holding back emotions is a survival mechanism in a country wracked with youth unemployment and that can lead to serious mental health issues. So, how then, as a young man himself struggling with expressing feelings, did Kabir manage to produce a captivating radio documentary about emotions?
People in this episode
Guest: Kabir Jagram
Topics covered
- emotions
- youth unemployment
- mental health
- radio documentary
- stoicism
Keywords
- reporting
- emotions
- South Africa
- youth
- mental health
- documentary
Mentioned in this episode
Places: South Africa
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