Born a Crime

Born a Crime is a book by Trevor Noah, published in 2016. This Waffle podcast explores the book across 3 episodes.

How did your mother prepare you for a freedom apartheid denied, and how did your parents, your languages, and your experiences at school shape your sense of identity and belonging? How did selling school lunches and pirated CDs offer you money and belonging—and what did Alexandra and a stolen camera teach you about opportunity, moral responsibility, and the privilege of being able to leave? Why was “just leave” an inadequate response to your mother’s abuse, and what did her shooting and recovery reveal about institutional failure, family responsibility, and the love and faith that sustained her?

These episodes are AI-generated adaptations grounded in the book. Listen to the first episode here and continue the series in the Waffle app.