Coffee with Convicts – A Mini-Series That Goes Beyond The Prison Gates

Welcome to this podcast mini-series, I’ve wanted to bring to you for quite some time and it is finally here for its fruition. “Coffee with Convicts” introduces 3 ex-convicts Thabo, Vincent, and Alpheus who have cumulatively served sentences of 42 years and are now together running an NGO that brings the teachings of African Spiritualism to inmates here around South …

Winners of the Radio Awards 2022 Announced

South Africa’s radio industry came out in full force on Saturday at the Radio Awards gala dinner, which is the country’s most prestigious radio broadcast awards hosted at The Empire Conference and Events Venue in Parktown, Johannesburg, with popular South African comedian Loyiso Madinga as Master of Ceremonies. Now in its 12th year, the 2022 Radio Awards recognize the personalities in front of the microphone, …

WTF Are You Talking About? A #Podcast Series About Gen Z VS EVERYBODY ELSE

Hi, my name is Chris Jordan and I want to welcome you to this podcast series “WTF Are You Talking about?” I’ll do a quick synopsis, then you can expect a fluid conversation that continues in 6 episodes with 3 Gen-Z representatives to “officially” bridge some kind of middle ground between a generation misunderstood for their instant gratified life views, …

Empowering young girls through the Art of Disney

I am a massive Disney fan.  I have been since I was 4 years old.  Staunch, and proud of it.  Disney is currently one of the pioneers in the foreground of humanity’s diverse representation.  The cry for this has been evident in the world around us, and Disney steps up every single time (again I might be slightly biased).  But …

Chris Jordan Media’s Premiere Select: Thor “Love and Thunder”

The Thor: Love and Thunder premiere took place Tuseday evening, showing off the second Taika Waititi helmed Thor movie after Thor: Ragnarok blew everyone’s socks off. This one introduces Natalie Portman as Lady Thor alongside Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher. Russel Crowe makes an appearance starring as Zeus. Chris Hemsworth, of course, reprises his role as the almighty Thor. Here is what …

Corporate Podcasting and why your company needs it NOW, training provided by Chris Jordan Media

If you’re like most companies, you struggle to keep your employees engaged. A study by Deloitte University Press found that 87% of organizations cite engagement as one of their top challenges. That explains why 3 out of 4 employees are open to or looking for a new job. Poor engagement usually stems from poor communication. Employees often lack a connection with …

Chris Jordan Media’s Consulting and Training at Ekurhuleni FM

I just spent a great time consulting and training the Ekurhuleni FM programming, sales, and marketing team. I focus on, and love upskilling community radio in South Africa, because like my products do, my academic textbook “A Word on Radio” (which was used for 5 years at media colleges) and my audiobook “Radio 1 on 1: 25 of the Most …

The Volatile “South African Radio Line-up Change” Culture

Over the past 5 – 10 years, the South African radio industry has adopted a terrible habit of really emphasizing how dispensable their on-air talent actually is.  At the time of writing this piece (and I might have missed out on some), Lesedi FM, Thobela FM, Metro FM, and Uhkozi FM had just recently in the month of March 2022 …