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Primedia Digital Editor Barbara Friedman has an unstoppable curiosity for all things weird and quirky and trawls the internet to bring you her daily choice of curated stories - Monday to Thursday at 9.35am BarbsWire
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Barbs Wire: Robot runways, a six-year-old speedcubing genius and 99 days left of 2026 (opens the original)
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Digital Content Editor, Barbara Friedman, shared her top three stories trending online. Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on CapeTalk. This 3-hour-long programme shares and reflects a broad array of perspectives. It is inspirational, passionate and positive. Host Clarence Ford’s gentle curiosity and dapper demeanour leave listeners feeling motivated and empowered. Known for his love of jazz and golf, Clarrie covers a range of themes including relationships, heritage and p
Barbs Wire: White House TV promos go retro, a ski resort freezes in time and lemurs hit the high notes (opens the original)
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Digital Content Editor, Barbara Friedman, shared her top three stories trending online. Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on CapeTalk. This 3-hour-long programme shares and reflects a broad array of perspectives. It is inspirational, passionate and positive. Host Clarence Ford’s gentle curiosity and dapper demeanour leave listeners feeling motivated and empowered. Known for his love of jazz and golf, Clarrie covers a range of themes including relationships, heritage and p
Barbs Wire: Cape street-race chaos, New York’s loo countdown and Chihuahuas’ wild DNA (opens the original)
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Digital Content Editor, Barbara Friedman, shared her top three stories trending online. Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on CapeTalk. This three-hour programme shares and reflects a broad array of perspectives, inspirational, passionate, and positive. Host Clarence Ford’s gentle curiosity and dapper demeanour leave listeners feeling motivated and empowered. Known for his love of jazz and golf, Clarence covers a range of themes, including relationships, heritage, and phil
Barbs Wire: Newsroom tragedy, dictionary glow-ups and a $60 loaf in SoHo (opens the original)
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Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:20 News helicopter crashes while covering bus crash 03:43 Merriam-Webster’s dictionary ‘glow-ups’ adds 1,400 new words 07:08 A bakery in SoHo, New York, sells a $60 bread loaf Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on CapeTalk. This three-hour programme shares and reflects a broad array of perspectives, inspirational, passionate,
Barbs Wire: Fury over women killings grows, Tiger’s Milk backlash and a world record in salt and pepper (opens the original)
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Clarence Ford speaks to Primedia Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman on Barbs Wire about the latest trending stories. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:10 Fury over the murder of women in Gauteng 06:32 Tiger’s Milk faces backlash over restroom art 09:55 Wisconsin woman reclaims world record for largest collection of matching salt and pepper shakers at 754 pairs Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on CapeTalk. This three-hour programme shares and reflects a broad array of persp
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