In this episode of Makin Sense, the panel breaks down some of the headline results of the Social Research Foundation/The Common Sense's new national poll and that poll's results in Johannesburg, Tshwane and eThekwini. The discussion on polling rounds out with the panel focusing on Jacob Zuma and whether he has been misunderstood by the main stream press and analysis.

After the discussion on polls, the panel shifts their focus to the death of Paul Ehrlich and the horrible ideas that he had. The panel end the episode by discussing Singapore's history as a means of understanding how to become a successful post-colonial society and head off radicalism.