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Hosted by Tim Cohen & Mark Barnes · business · EN
Merchant banker Mark Barnes and journalist Tim Cohen shoot the breeze about the key events in South Africa and the world every week. We aim to be entertaining, interesting, informed ... and brief! Now with Special Guests!
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Signup to Generate a PitchMerchant banker Mark Barnes and journalist Tim Cohen shoot the breeze about the key events in South Africa and the world every week. We aim to be entertaining, interesting, informed... and brief! Now with Special Guests!
ListenUP! is hosted by Tim Cohen & Mark Barnes. The show has published 22 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "ListenUP! The final countdown." (1 September 2026, 3 minutes), "The ANC and the Bokke: each snatching defeat from the jaws of victory" (25 August 2026, 25 minutes), and "ANC and the Bokke: each snatching defeat from the jaws of victory" (24 August 2026, 25 minutes).
ListenUP! publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 18 minutes across 22 episodes.
Booking probability for ListenUP! is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. ListenUP! requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. ListenUP!'s contact route on record: verified email.
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Tim Cohen & Mark Barnes hosts ListenUP!, a business podcast with 22 episodes published.
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In this our final episode, Merchant Banker Mark Barnes and Financial Mail journalist Tim Cohen, say cheers and thanks for the fish. This show, we think, has run its course, and we just want to say a quick goodbye. Along...
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South Africa doesn’t need a municipal election popularity contest; it needs a survival strategy. So says merchant banker Mark Barns in conversation with Financial Mail journalist Tim Cohen and former Goldman Sachs...
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South Africa doesn’t need a municipal election popularity contest; it needs a survival strategy. So says merchant banker Mark Barns in conversation with Financial Mail journalist Tim Cohen and former Goldman Sachs...
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The Financial Mail’s cover this week is about the political race for Joburg, the most consequential of the local government elections that are due to take place on November 4, 2026. FM senior editors Guiletta Talevi...
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With just over 80 days to go before the local government, a flood of questions arise over the future of Johannesburg. Investment banker Mark Barnes and journalist Tim Cohen discuss the issue with Financial Mail senior...
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Diamonds are Forever - or perhaps not. Every week we provide a brief preview of the Financial Mail's cover story. The week the dramatic advent of lab-grown diamonds on the diamond market, its effects and consequences.
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How do sport and money mix? Like oil and water. It's such a difficult balance to get right; sports can generate enormous turnover and need the cash to support development and pay the players. But if you go too far, you...
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Since the Public Investment Corporation, the nominal investor of over R3-trillion in retirement savings of the entire civil service, now has no board or permanent CEO, not to mention a broadly poor investment record...
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This weekend has seen a feast of sporting events, and your hosts, merchant banker Mark Barnes and journalist Tim Cohen dissect the soccer, the tennis, and the rugby ... deciding who should have won and who should not...
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If you had to isolate the three biggest problems faced by South Africa right now, the quantity and variety of options would be numerous. Poverty, inequality and unemployment, are the typical trio mentioned. Merchant...
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The Durban July, Opera at La Scala, and the Soccer World Cup: we are festooned with festivities, and we discuss them! Merchant banker Mark Barnes and journalist Tim Cohen are joined by arts writer and enthusiast...
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ListenUp: Xenophobia in SA The terrible prospect of xenophobic violence is once again afflicting South Africa this week, dragging Mzanzi into the fraught global political issue of immigration. Having the national soccer...
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author of Why We Ride and host of the MOA podcast The Ride Inside, Mark Barnes Photography
Business Maverick Editor at Large, Business Maverick
Columbia Business School
Financial Mail
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