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Celeb Savant

The Celeb Savant show is a weekly entertainment show hosted by Barret Edelstein. Each week we will have long-form career retrospective type interviews with celebrities namely, singers, actors and industry experts. APVA Awards 2023 - nominated as The Best Entertainment/Lifestyle Podcast

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All Episodes

23:29

Rising Country artist James Johnston

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2026/03/17

James Johnston - an Australian rising country singer and songwriter - joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. James explains how he decided to start releasing his original music after performing covers for 10 years, that songwriting is a muscle that needs practice, and how performing in Cape Town, South Africa, was one of the top highlights of his career.Website - www.jamesjohnston.com Instagram - @jamesjohnstonmusic Facebook - @jamesjohnstonmusic TikTok - @jamesjohnstonmusic YouTube -

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23:06

Billy Raffoul and his love for South Africa

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2026/03/15

Billy Raffoul - a Canadian singer, songwriter, and producer - joins us for the second time on the Celeb Savant podcast. Billy catches us up on what has happened since we last spoke, which includes releasing two albums one month apart in 2025, and more about his latest collaborations. We also discuss comfort zones in the creative process, and his upcoming tour of South Africa.Website - www.billyraffoul.com Instagram - @billyraffoul Facebook - @billyraffoul Twitter - @billyraffoul TikTok -

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24:24

The Phoenix Tynisha Keli

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2026/03/12

Tynisha Keli - an American singer and songwriter - joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Tynisha tells us how Scott Ross from Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch became her guardian at 13 and taught her how to be hyper-focused as an artist, and how her previous management screwed her over and the only legal way to get out of the contract was to step away from the industry. She also talks about her journey back to the spotlight with her third album... The Chronicles of TK: The Phoenix. Instagram -

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28:46

Donia Youssef turning trauma into power

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2026/03/10

Donia Youssef - a British multi-award-winning author, film producer, writer, entrepreneur, and acting agent - joins us on this episode. Donia takes us through her journey, which includes how she built up a successful talent agency, and how being diagnosed with cancer allowed her to turn trauma into power... which resulted in her success as an author, producer, scriptwriter and creating a new successful talent agency.Instagram - @the.monster.series Facebook - @donia.youssef78

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32:33

The healing of music with Nianell

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2026/03/08

Nianell - a Namibian-born, South-African-based SAMA award-winning singer, songwriter, author, mentor, and spiritual influencer - joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Nianell takes us through her impressive career, which includes why she chose her stage name, and why her ignorance of the music industry when she started out was her saving grace. We also discuss NLP and the training programme she created - EMIT change Website - www.nianell.com Instagram - @nianellemitchange Facebook -

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19:57

The return of Moler

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2026/03/05

JJ McCann - the new guitarist from ARIA Award-nominated indie power pop and rock band, Moler - joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. JJ takes us through his journey in the music space, how he met and joined the band, which returns after a long hiatus, what he enjoys about performing live and about their latest album - 69Instagram - @MolerOfficialPage Facebook - @MolerOfficialPage YouTube - @molerofficialpage

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27:10

The Queen of New Jack Swing - Karyn White

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2026/03/03

Karyn White, an American Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, and queen of New Jack Swing, joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Karyn takes us on her multi-decade journey in the music industry, as we discuss how important it is to have discipline at the beginning of a music career, about her new music, and the strategy thereof… and we unpack the current music industry landscape.Website - www.karynwhite.me Instagram - @karynwhiteofficial Facebook - @KarynWhiteMusic YouTube -

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15:46

Introducing Ayrton

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2026/03/01

Ayrton - a South African singer and songwriter - joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. We hear Ayrton's recent musical journey, which includes his surprise of how important social media is as part of the music industry, the challenge of social media, and how he got signed to David Gresham Records. Instagram - @realayrtonmusic Facebook - @realayrtonmusicc TikTok - @realayrtonmusic YouTube - @realayrtonmusic

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29:44

AC Scott debut album - Out of the Blue

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2026/02/26

AC Scott - a Scottish chart-topping broadcaster, Sony Award-winning radio host, bestselling novelist, singer, and songwriter - joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. AC takes us through her entertainment journey, which includes her time as a radio host, how a health issue 10 years ago stopped her broadcasting career, which led to her writing bestselling novels, and more about her debut album - Out Of The Blue. Website - www.acscott.co.uk Instagram - @acscottsings Facebook - @AlisonsDiary TikTok -

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26:00

The fascinating Bruno Tilley journey

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2026/02/24

Bruno Tilley - a British creative director, designer, writer and music video director - joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Bruno takes us through his fascinating journey in the entertainment industry, which includes starting out designing album covers for artists at Island Records, how he got into directing and producing music videos, with his first director credit being Bob Marley's Buffalo Soldier. He also reveals his current projects, which include design work and turning one of his

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18:42

A new era of Rayne

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2026/02/22

Rayne - a South African singer and songwriter who signed with David Gresham Records in 2025 - joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Rayne explains that he always wanted to go professional and went for it when he felt confident with his songs, how he is working on the challenge of being overly self-critical, and he explains what recession pop is.Website - www.raynemusic.co.za Instagram - @rayne.music Facebook - @raynemusic.co.za TikTok - @rayne.music YouTube - @rayne6851

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29:50

Andrew Meyer - Walking in the Fast Lane: Stories of a...

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2026/02/19

Andrew Meyer - American movie producer, developer, executive, and author - joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Andrew takes us through his multi-decade career as we dive into each of his jobs, namely producing stadium concerts, record producer, executive producer for films (that have been nominated for Oscars, Golden Globes and BAFTAS like The Breakfast Club, Fried Green Tomatoes etc), and about his book, Walking in the Fast Lane: Stories of a Lifetime. Website -

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28:09

Rising star Alessia Labate

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2026/02/17

Alessia Labate - an Italian dance singer, songwriter, and rising star - joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Alessia explains how she grew up in a musical family, why she says that it is important to detach one's self from their art, and why she says that the dance music world is more open and welcoming than the pop music world.Instagram - @alessialabate_ Facebook - @alessialabateofficial Twitter - @alessialabate_ TikTok - @alessialabate__ YouTube - @AlessiaLabate

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29:46

Sitting down with Apple Gule

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2026/02/15

Apple Gule - a South African singer and songwriter - joins us live in studio on this episode of Celeb Savant. Apple tells us the story behind his stage name, how he started out singing the national anthem at sports events, and how he has remained positive through the challenging times of his career. This episode was recorded live in studio at Solid Gold Podcasts, Johannesburg, South Africa. Instagram - @applegule Facebook - @applegule Twitter - @applegule TikTok - @appleguleofficial YouTube -

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27:56

Sharing the stage and screen with Shannon Esra

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2026/02/12

Shannon Esra, a South African Award-winning and SAFTA-nominated actress, joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. As we share the stage and screen, Shannon tells us about how she hates waiting when it comes to being on set, and what seasoned actors taught her when she first started. We also discuss her show-hopping character Sandra Stein, and the character’s latest iteration on Law, Love & Betrayal S2.Instagram - @shannonesra_official Facebook - @Shannon.Esra Twitter - @ShannonEsra

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25:58

Over 70 million records sold - Dennis Matkosky

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2026/02/10

Dennis Matkosky - an American producer and songwriter with over 70 million record sales - joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. We hear about his multi-decade and multi-award-nominated career, which includes writing the smash hit song 'Maniac' for the movie Flashdance, producing and writing for Sarah Brightman, Chicago, LeAnn Rimes, Smokey Robinson and many more… and we find out what it means to produce for an artist.Instagram - @dennis_matkosky Facebook - @dmatkosky

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25:49

Grammy Award winner Jon Secada

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2026/02/08

Jon Secada, a Cuban-born and American-based singer and songwriter, joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Jon takes us through his Grammy Award-winning career, which includes what motivates him to keep creating music and performing live after being in the industry for over three decades, the challenges in the current music industry landscape, and more about his latest project, Fascination - a tribute to Nat King Cole with Gonzalo Rubalcaba.Website - www.jonsecada.com Instagram -

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24:42

Dina Renée and Empowerment Pop

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2026/02/05

Dina Renée - an American singer, songwriter, actress, and model - joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Dina explains how she left for Los Angeles at the age of 18 to pursue her music career, we hear why she calls her latest releases 'empowerment pop'… and the importance of going for voice lessons. Website - www.dinareneemusic.com Instagram - @dinarenee Facebook - @dinarenee Twitter - @dinarenee TikTok - @dinarenee1 YouTube - @dinarenee

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24:43

The multidisciplinary career of Alex Davies

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2026/02/03

Alex Davies - a British musician, TV composer, songwriter, producer, and front man of Elliot Minor - joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Alex takes us through his multidisciplinary career, which includes the journey of the band, what surprised him about being a professional artist, and his writing of music for television and songs for other artists.Website - www.alexdaviesmusic.com Instagram - @alexdaviesmusic Facebook - @alex.davies.146 Twitter - @alexdaviesmusic TikTok -

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23:03

Queer artist Maryze

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2026/02/01

Maryze - a Canadian and French singer and songwriter - joins us from Los Angeles on this episode of Celeb Savant. Maryze tells us about her story, which includes how she got over the challenge of doors closing at the beginning of her career, her experience being a queer artist in the industry, and how she has found a balance for her perfectionism.Website - www.maryzemusic.com Instagram - @maryzemusic Facebook - @MaryzeMusic Twitter - @MaryzeMusic TikTok - @MaryzeMusic YouTube - @MaryzeMusic

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