The Add IDEAS Podcast

About The Add IDEAS Podcast

Inclusion is the invite. Diversity brings the vibe. Equity sets the rules. Accessibility opens the door. Sustainability keeps the party going. But what happens when we look beyond the obvious? Hosted by Bandile Mndebele, The Add IDEAS Podcast explores the people, ideas and systems shaping how we work, lead and live together. Through candid conversations with thinkers, practitioners, creators and changemakers, the show examines inclusion, belonging, leadership, technology, AI, sustainability and the future of work — without reducing complex questions to easy answers. From institutional change and inclusive design to the human consequences of emerging technology, each conversation asks what is really happening beneath the surface, who gets included, who gets left out and what we might do differently. Thoughtful when it needs to be. Funny when it can be. Always curious. There is usually another way to look at it. That is the idea behind The Add IDEAS Podcast.

Publisher

Bandile Mndebele

Category

business · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Jan 2024

Latest episode

8 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 32 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   8 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The World Wasn’t Built For Everyone: A Conversation on Disability

   Host Bandile Mndebele interviews disability rights advocate Bongani Mapumulo about understanding lived experiences to design inclusive systems and foster meaningful change.

2. 

   8 Jul 2025

   11. Inclusive innovation: co-creating spaces and equity with Bongani Mapumulo

   Disability rights advocate Bongani Mapumulo discusses inclusive innovation and assistive technology for students with disabilities in low-income communities with host Bandile Mndebele, highlighting the importance of universal access for equity in this interview.

3. 

   19 Nov 2024

   The season wrap up: How to Show Up, Build Trust, and Make a Difference

   Hosts of The Add IDEAS Podcast reflect on key lessons from the season, emphasizing showing up, building trust, and making a difference.

Inside a recent episode

The World Wasn’t Built For Everyone: A Conversation on Disability

Published 8 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It's different parts of the world. Some times it could be Europe, some times it can be America, depending on how unique or specific that particular take is. However, what I learned recently is there are a whole lot of innovations that are actually coming out of the country. Simply because the question has been asked of what are we going to produce as a country for our own context sort of thing, you know, because I think if we understand that in order to help our own people, we need to understand them. You know, and I know that to do that well, we need to research and we need to go out there and find that information and the data and all the important sort of components that go into developing stuff. […]

Who has been a guest on The Add IDEAS Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Bongani Mapumulo
• Avelile Nontanda
• Annemarie Shrouder
• Melilizwe Gqobo
• Udoka Maya Okonkwo

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

3,348

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 64 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

77

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

60

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Books guests

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