PROTRACTING REAL WORLD ISSUES FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. Setting ,or the world if you may, of this podcast takes place in a society that we’ve all gone through at some point in our lives . For some , our best memories were made there while for others , they’d rather not even listen to a podcast speaking of such a place ; HIGHSCHOOL . A lot of the things we go through and experience out here started all the way back in highschool and not just in adulthood and I guess that’s what makes this podcast as relatable as it gets ! I think the intro episode will do a better job at describing it : ) 

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE BUSHERIAN

EP 105: WAITING IS NOT SIMPLY THE ACT OF DOING NOTHING , IT IS ANTICIPATING SOMETHING TO HAPPEN 

In this episode , our guest , Shanney Odhiambo , narrates her story on being in her waiting season even as she tried to get a school abroad for a tertiary education. You’d think the hustle began at the applications and rejection of the school but even before that, she had been taught the wrong curriculum for year 12 & 13 and she exclaims she’s just been unlucky at this education thing . Two years later & a month away from leaving, she says her testimony of waiting and especially waiting on God. She even talks about how she was a church leader during this waiting season and how hard it was sometimes to trust Him yet things weren’t going right . Listen in !

EP 104:EDUCATION IS NOT THE FILLING OF A BUCKET BUT THE LIGHTING OF A FIRE || homeschooling 

The guest, Melissa Wakhu, in this episode narrates her story from working at one of the big 4 audit firms to resigning when her career was at its peak due to a conviction she had on being a present parent . All along she’d seen how different children who had present parents were and wanted that for herself. Mind you at the time of resignation, she earned more than her husband but was even willing to cut costs and even move to a bed sitter all so she could be present for her child. Listen in to find out how eventually, this led her to starting her kids onto homeschooling which was not originally the plan as she believes that every child is a genius, you just have to find in what and appreciate their learning style . 🎧

EP 103: KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE, NOT UNDER YOUR EYELIDS 

Our guest, Newton Obwocha, narrates his life juggling between luck and hardwork which has brought it to where he is today despite not being sure of which came to play at what point

EP 102: COMMUNITY; COMMUNE WITH ME

In this episode , our guest , Dana Cibiya gets honest & earnest with us and talks to us about her struggle with depression, toxic relationships, church suffocation & an almost suicide attempt which were all propelled several factors most importantly, lack of a community . She now has started her show, just winging it where she’ll have more such conversations that are open and show that no one really knows what they’re doing, we’re all just winging it . Listen in!

EP 101:LIVE LIFE IN CRESCENDO 

Our guest , Phyllis Wakiaga , former CEO of KAM narrates her journey of being top 40 under 40 by always envisioning her life and working through her goals to become a CEO at 32, the dream. She says her game changer book was 7 habits of Highly effective people and expounds on how it actually did change the game . Also speaking on having to balance the corporate life with her family of 4 kids and a very supportive spouse . The question is , can you have it all? She says no but contentment is key . Listen in !

EP 101: LIVE LIFE IN CRESCENDO 

EP 100: COMPETITION ; THE INCENTIVE TO PROGRESS 

Finally, The 100th episode where Billie hosts his brother . Listen in .

100-1: ONE THING IS CONSTANT; CHANGE

Our guest, Joram Bosire , talks to us about his experiences in regards to change from his career perspective when he was younger to now finally settling on being a software engineer but nevertheless still aiming to pursue some of the things his younger self wanted to do. As well as talking about the job market and career opportunities in corporate America and seeing wether is all luck or hard work as we count down to our 100th episode ! Listen in!

EP 99.5: SENSE OF IMPENDING STAGNATION 

Our guest, Bradley Mogere, hops on the pod and talks about his experience moving to Australia while running his startup in Ed tech. We also banter a lot about how much we’ve grown and some of our experiences with education and how much having involved parents plays an important role. We also talk about success a lot and what it looks like for us and the famous question “where do you see yourself in the next 10years ?” Again , I enjoyed recording episodes with my friends so for this one, listen in

EP 99 : EVERY GENERATION’S WEALTH IS DEFINED BY LEVERAGE 

Our guest, Max Getuba, narrates his journey of starting in Med school but later realizing that it’s not where he could add most value and decides on a different path into entrepreneurship. A decision that Almost always baffles everyone (are the listeners an exception ? haha ) As I keep telling him , he’s one of the most courageous people I’ve met . To go against societal Norms and expectations and churn his own path . I mean , how many of us would have rather suffered the fate of a decision we made when we were teens just to appease everyone around us vs following something we’d ideally excel better in ? Listen in! Ironically, we did episode 15 last season *not* advising people to drop out and guess who took their own advice !

COUNT DOWN TO GRAND CENTURIAL EPISODE 

As we hit our grand jubilee episode , I’ll be doing as series of episodes with a few friends just doing the same old but also seeing how life has changed for us even with the growth of the podcast .

EP 98: THERE IS A CRACK IN EVERYTHING, THATS HOW LIGHT GETS IN 

Our guest , Rehema Caleb , narrates her story on journaling, meditating and starting therapy and how this has helped her ground herself in many aspects even as she has learnt to navigate her anxiety and OCD. As well as learning to hold space for her friends as they do the same , unconditionally. Listen in.

EP 97: WE WILL EITHER FIND A WAY OR MAKE ONE || THE RACE AGAINST POVERTY 

Brian Kamau, a security analyst based in the USA, narrates his story of how despite going to the US not knowing where his $10,000 tuition fees would come from , decided to take the leap of faith and for him , it was either going big or going home . Only that , going home wasn’t an option . Working 3 jobs plus juggling school . But now looks backs and reminisces of those times and now seeks to help other young Kenyans get such opportunities with more ease than he had . Listen in

EP 96: TRAUMA DECONTEXTUALIZED OVER A PEOPLE CAN LOOK LIKE CULTURE

If something traumatic happens to you, the march of time will decontextualise it. Trauma in person over time can look like personality. Trauma, decontextualised over time in a family, can look like family traits. Trauma, decontextualised in a people, can look like culture

EP 95: LONERS & DEVIANTS

In this episode , our guests , Ishmel & Carl deconstruct gender and gender socialization and tell us their thoughts on all things from gender roles to how gender is a spectrum and especially focusing on masculinity and the male gaze . Listen in and tell us what your thoughts are on everything discussed in this episode

EP 94: THIS WORLD IS FOR THE BRAVE || start ups & mental health 

Our guest , Dana Osiemo, narrates her experience 10 months into building a legal tech start up in Kenya and all the joys and downsides of it as well as speaks abit on her journey with mental health and the rough past 6 years without being on anti depressants and says she recommends therapy for everyone acknowledging that the mind can also get sick and should also be treated .

EP 93: REINVENTING YOURSELF 

Another monologue where Billie bulbs and talks about the power to reinvent yourself especially when you're young when you're very risk averse and still young. And how it's okay to not having it all figured out.

EP 92: HISTORY TEACHES THAT EVERY PROBLEM HAS A LIFE SPAN ; mental health awareness 

I’m this episode , our guest talks about her struggle with depression and the ugly side of it that most people don’t talk about but also delves into the how she’s been able to cope and how her support system has come through for her . Listen in .

EP 91: TAKE YOUR SEAT AT THE TABLE AND MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD -monologue 

It’s your boy Billie and I’m back at it with another monologue. I remember before I started this podcast, this was the premise of the podcast, to do more monologues and hear my thoughts on various issues - but I delved into story telling haha . But aside from this episode being a long rant of Billie sharing some of his thoughts and reminiscing on his journey , he really wants to know how you guys are really doing so… how are you guys REALLY doing ?

EP 90: “WASTED BRAINS” ;LEAP OF FAITH OR UNPRECEDENTED PACE SETTING

Tracy, our guest in this episode , narrates her life from early childhood where she went straight to walking and didn’t ever crawl and says this was a moment that in hindsight , defined a great magnitude of her future. As sure as her hard work and dedication could tell, she topped in the country during the year of her KCPE and still chose do follow her own path despite everyone’s expections of her as top girl and even in her career choice, listen in .

EP 89: THERE’S A REASON WHY WEEDS ENVY ROSES || part 2 -stand out 

In Part 2 of this episode, The adventures of Mumasi, Benjamin tells us more about his experience in corporate America and how his gift of caring for others and ability to make strong networks has opened many doors for him but as well some of the downsides of being an extrovert and abit of a people pleaser at that. Listen in

EP 88:INTELLIGENCE WITHOUT AMBITION IS LIKE A BIRD WITHOUT WINGS || part 1 

Our guest , Benjamin Mumasi, narrates his story from childhood being a very mischievous boy but acknowledging the power of his memory and to how this even helped him get an exchanges program to the states while in highschool and consequentially turned on his ambition to want to go study there . He recalls coming back to Kenya after the exchange programe and having to go a class behind which somewhat affected him but he later picked up , did well in his final year and eventually followed through with his ambition of studying abroad as he is now an alumnus of Columbia university . Listen in !! Part 2 dropping next week

EP 87: RISK MORE THAN OTHERS THINK IS SAFE. DREAM MORE THAN OTHERS THINK IS PRACTICAL 

Our guest , Max Murimi, the founder and CEO of Brick & Allied , a construction firm, narrates his experience being 2 years in the business . As a young entrepreneurs, there are some things school doesn’t prepare you for and he tells us all about it . After sending his first job application and getting a negative réponse, the birth of Brick & Allied was prompted. This was even way after looking for an internship in his 3rd years and finding none. Listen in to how one time he walked a whole day under the Nairobi scorching sun , went to 50 offices but go no call back after !

EP 86:IF YOU HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN SELF YOU ARE ALREADY TWICE DEFEATED

Our guest , Monica Wangui, a student at the university of Columbia narrates her life from early childhood skipping classes and being naughty to (fast forward ) excelling in her academics and being a trailblazer going to one of the top Ivy leagues in the world. She talks about how self belief is one of the most important traits that’s have led her this far despite all challenges growing up from being bullied cause of living in an SQ but can now travel all around the world cause of the opportunities her university has afforded her. As they say, the world js now her oyster

EP 85: A WRITER IS A PERSON FOR WHOM WRITING IS MORE DIFFICULT THAN IT IS FOR OTHERS ||12y/o author

Our guest , Taylor Gitonga , is a 12 year old author and released her first book in May called the pantry in the portal. She is also very interested in pathology and would like to do that in the future while being an editor as well. In this episode she tells us of her writing process and how all this has been for her . Listen in !

EP 84: IN SPITE OF 

Our guest , Dr Lucy , is a published author and holds a doctorate in special education and in this episode she shares her experience from childhood, reading sometimes using a street lamp in Jericho , to relocating to the United States and pursuing her interest in helping children in special needs

EP 83: WALKING COPING MECHANISM 

Our guest , Junior Evans , narrates to us his faith story of leaving Kenya without the surety of the millions of fees for his tuition fees in Canada and some of the obstacles he faced while there especially being a social butterfly but not finding his tribe for his first year. He also narrates his story on therapy and how he would recommend it to anyone any day and consequentially may want to be a therapist one day, listen in

EP 82: TUSIBLEED NDIO WALEAD 

Short monologue of Billie talking and Pondering about the upcoming elections in Kenya and also being a ‘peace-prenuer’ just advocating for peace in the elections especially among the youth and telling people to exercise their civic right to vote . Speaking of , do you think they’ll be a run off and it’ll go to the Supreme Court? (Mark this caption ) Have a good week ahead and happy voting ! :)

EP 81: SEMPER FI

Our guest , David Kariuki , immediate former president of the general assembly of the KMUN, narrates his story where it all began from seeing his father’s work ethic which inspired him to also be very diligent which has now opened very many doors for him as he talks about to life philosophies he follows . 1. The best or nothing and 2. Strong to serve which he gets from his alma mater . He narrates how confidence hasn’t always been his thing as he couldn’t orate a full sentence in front of crowd by the time he was leaving highschool but now can do it in the middle of his sleep. He always talks extensively on mentorship and how the company you keep influences your trajectory a lot and as well as the ever struggle , imposter syndrome . Listen in

EP 80: A SHIP IN THE HABOR IS SAFE, BUT THAT’S NOT WHAT SHIPS ARE BUILT FOR 

Our guest , Lynette Wambui, narrates her journey in academia , always being an A student and now being an Entrepreneur one of the leading luxury brands, Mimi pambo and talks about how in this pursuit, that something has to give and having to unlearn that her value isn’t attached to being an A star and she doesn’t have to transfer that validation to something else even as she builds her brand . She touches on the opportunities that even being in the university of Columbia has afforded her and the privileges she’s been accorded that wouldn’t have otherwise been the case if she stayed in Kenya

EP 79: THERE’S NO TRAFFIC ON THE EXTRA MILE

Santayian, a recent graduate of the imperial college London , talks to us about her experience being in a round square highschool, Brookhouse , which insisted on her doing a lot of extra curricular activities which eventually lead her into getting a scholarship and the importance of engaging in those . In university as well, her scholarship program also insisted on the extra curricular and she can see the benefit of it all aside from books even as she enters the job market and explains the hustle of getting a job , especially in London . Listen in

EP 78: TRULY MAN IS THE KING OF THE BEASTS BUT HIS BRUTALITY EXCEEDS THEM 

Our guest , Kangah , talks about her journey being a vegetarian as she continues to transition to be a vegan . She says that one can’t claim to love animals and still eat them and in this episode , she tells us all about it including where it began and even how it was for her having her folks divorce at a young age . Listen in

EP 77: MUSIC SHOULDN’T JUST BE A FEEL, IT SHOULD BE A TOUCH 

Our guest , Ian Magoma aka Sir magzz talks about his journey in the music from childhood till date where he’s one of the biggest upcoming artists in the Kenyan industries and aspires to reach international levels with his unique tune . He talks about both the good and the bad and what these have even taught about life in general even from starting small, recording his songs on his phone . Listen in

EP 76: SUCCESS COMES TO THOSE WHO USE THEIR FAILURES AS A STEPPING STONE || Meremeta Africa Beauty

Our guest, Joy Stacy, is a young Kenyan entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Meremeta Africa Beauty. She talks about her experience in entrepreneurship having received a $3,000 scholarship for a 21st century skills training on creative collaboration and project management. She highlights how failing in her first business brought up the importance of reinventing yourself and your business to fit the current needs of your customers and clients as time goes by. Listen in."l

EP 75: IF YOU DARE TO STRUGGLE , YOU DARE TO WIN 

Our guest , Vivian Kiniga , narrates her story from growing up in Kenya , always being a high achiever and some of the privileges it afforded her to going Cornel and actually experiencing real academic struggle . We also talk about adulting , friendships and having a real support system of friends who just love you for who you are and not in regards to anything you bring to the table . Listen in

EP 74: I DIDN’T LOSE MYSELF, I JUST FOUND MYSELF IN ANOTHER FORM|| BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC-VOCALIST

Our guest , Boolean , narrates of how going to Berklee was never even in her dreams and how getting there and meeting other protégées was so surreal and even learning to appreciate everyone as you never know who your classmate is or will be . She also talks about how at some point she felt like she lost her voice but is now even on the journey of feeling it back and even better . Listen in

EP 73:SKILLS ARE CHEAP. PASSION IS PRICELESS || PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY 

Our guest , Omosh, narrates his story talking about his passion in photography and videography and where it all started by borrowing his own camera to now planning to launch his own production company soon . He talks about his journey with photography to even the times his borrowed camera was almost stolen , keeping i mind his lender had told him if anything happened to that camera , he’d be liable to pay 60,000 KES haha . also just delving into how his passion has taken him places he otherwise wouldn’t have thought he’d get . Listen in .

EP 72: WHAT SEPARATES PRIVILEGE FROM ENTITLEMENT IS GRATITUDE 

Our guest , Collins , is currently an engineering student in the states and he speaks on his experience being a self sponsored international student and some of the challenges and struggles not commonly talked about as a student and we pivot abit and talk more of the financial aspect realizing that going abroad makes you become an adult much faster and very conscious of even your family situations back at home which can be very detrimental if not carefully contained . Not forgetting to touch on the subject of doing your best and really, what is “your best” anyway . Listen in !

EP 71: GRIEF IS THE PRICE WE PAY FOR LOVE 

Our guest , Gloria Rotich , speaks about her early childhood where life was bliss and being her father’s favorite daughter . Her father retired when she was 3 years old so for her early childhood, she spent a lot of time with her father until the turning point of her life … listen in

EP 70:I FELT LIKE THE WORLD HAD MORE TO OFFER ME; THIS CAN’T BE IT || MIT graduate 

Our guest , Christabel , has been living in the states for the past 7 years where she did her undergraduate and post graduate at MIT and she narrates her life there, the culture shock and the good the bad all starting from her childhood and how her path led her to where she is ! Listen in

EP 69: WHEN YOU LEARN HOW TO VALUE YOURSELF, YOU’LL STOP GIVING PEOPLE DISCOUNTS 

Our guest , Gloria , the Gen Z baby , narrates to us her experience being a woman in tech and in the corporate world both the good and the bad and the lessons she’s picked even as she transitions into the new phase of her life quitting her now former toxic work place . (Yes , she’s the real Gen Z baby )

EP 68:GREAT STORIES HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO CAN TELL THEM || Harvard via Eastlando 

In this week’s episode , Peter , a freshman at Harvard, talks about his story from early childhood living in Kangemi and having to move from their due to bad company and influence that was cropping up at the time which was really hard for him as this place plus the friends was the only thing he’d known, to seeing some of the effects of the 2008 PEV, to soon competing in some of the hardest math competitions in the country and how he finally ended up in Harvard . He even recalls his deputy principal telling him as he joined form one not to bring the ghetto behaviors to the school . Listen in

EP 67: CREATING THE MEMORIES SURVIVORS MUST HAVE 

This episode is just a check in and just to connect more with the audience as we look at where we’ve come from this far and some of our future plans . Listen in

EP 66: “I’M IN THE SAME PTA AS JEFF BEZOS “ 

Our guest , Triza Aduda, narrates her story from the imposter syndrome that came while being the school captain at her school and how leadership has changed for her even in the different capacities she’s led in university at Yale, her experience with colorism back at home and even encourages people to take up space wherever they are . Listen in

EP 65: THE BALLOT IS STRONGER THAN THE BULLET 

Our guest , Lorna Kendi , narrates her story for the love of politics ever since she was a young girl and even entering campus politics which she calls her debut into the political realm as she plans to serve our country one day in that political capacity . We also discuss on the importance of voting and overally, maintaining peace in our country as we know it’s an election year . Listen in .

EP 64: CONFIDENCE, A STRANGE FELLOW

Our guest in this episode , Donnah , narrates her story with confidence from an early age preaching and telling stories at the pulpit from the age of 4 and how that translated even entering highschool where she recalls that having such confidence , still, didn’t shield her from having insecurities like any other teenage but also how her confidence , which was celebrated at home , wasn’t celebrated as such in school . Haha she also talks about the dichotomy of beauty with confidence in highschool meanwhile, she wore her long and buggy dress and overalls her oversized uniform amidst all this . Listen in

EP 63:ITS NOT SITUATION’S THAT MAKE MAN,BUT MAN WHO MAKES THE SITUATION 

In this episode , the guest , Mr Jemedari, narrates his story from moving out of home early to achieving great milestones in his career and even his love life until Covid happened and all this suddenly came to an end. Listen in !

EP 62: SLOW DOWN CRAZY CHILD

Today’s guest , Easter Mukora , talks to us about his experience from highschool wishing his education was accelerated and his thoughts around that as well as some of his experiences such as seeing racism , the struggles of being in a day public highschool and even being bullied for speaking in English and for his good grades . Listen in .

EP 61: WE MUST NEVER FORGET THE HIGHEST APPRECIATION IS NOT TO UTTER WORDS, BUT TO LIVE BY THEM 

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them~ JFK. This Episode is a monologue of our host expressing his gratitude and just keeping all of you updated on our past project of sponsoring some kids school fees as a podcast . Listen in

EP 60: TO THE UTTERMOST || PATCH 

A lot of you have been asking for our throwback high school episodes and in this episode we take a dive into the Nairobi school and hear how it really was like being in the school from the good , the bad (& the patcherian ). Listen in

EP 59: BE SURE TO TASTE YOUR WORDS BEFORE YOU SPIT THEM OUT || BULLYING 

As the guest says , if you weren’t bullied in primary , high chances are, you were the bully . Listen in as the guest narrates his ordeal with bullying and how that affected him to now becoming one of the most confident lads out here and to even loving his dark skin A lot even after trying to “bleach” it . Someone said , we are not words, we are people. Words are how people define us but it’s our choice to let that define us.

EP 58: THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA - THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE CORPORATE 

In this episode , the guest narrates her life on how she , as a young girl , envisioned how being a woman in the cooperates world would be like and how she actually experienced it which were miles apart . The Devil wears Prada is also an adaptation from a movie all about women in cooperate world. Listen in

EP 57: “YOU CAN’T HAVE ADHD , YOU WENT TO ALLIANCE” AKA THE WHITE BOY BIAS 

In this episode we talk about the white boy’s bias , ADHD, and some of the misconceptions towards it and how it is living with it as a disorder . The guest also narrated her life as a sports champion as she believes , sports can change the world. Listen in

EP 56: SO HERE’S THE THING ABOUT BED WETTING ||Ringa Boys 

Our guest today narrates his experience with bed wetting ever since he was in primary school having gone to boarding at 6 years . He talks about how it affected his esteem and grades but eventually came from a D student to an A student . Listen in

EP 55: MOTHER IS A VERB; MOTHERHOOD IS A GAMBLE 

Mother is a verb, it’s something you do , not just who you are . Our guest, Mariah, talks about her experience being a new mother from her pregnancy days to delivery and to the current having her three year old son . She also narrates her experience with preeclampsia, a rare condition and post Partum depression as well . Listen in !

EP 54: WE ARE PRODUCTS OF OUR PAST BUT NOT PRISONERS OF IT 

Our guest , Hillary Gache , narrates on her life before precovid which entailed alot of recklessness which led to some consequences but have now built her even more as she’s owns one of the leading jewelry businesses in the country . We also talk about being a business owner at such a young age but remembering not to rush life as well , cause after all , she’s still just 21. Listen in

EP 53:A MAN MUST STAND ERECT, NOT KEPT ERECT BY OTHERS

Ngash the artists talks about his story on manhood, growing up in a single parent home where he had no father figure thus having to figure it all out at once when he got married & got a child a year later . He narrates of his business ventures and the things he wish he knew as a young man that would have helped it , now , with the benefit of hindsight . Listen in

EP 52: A TEACHER TAKES A HAND , OPENS A MIND AND TOUCHES A HEART 

Our guest , a passionate teacher of maths and geography , talks about his life experience from childhood and how he eventually ended up in teaching at 13 different schools and inspiring young students to love school and most especially maths .

EP 51: THE ROAD LESS TAKEN; FROM KAKAMEGA TO CAMBRIDGE 

The guest narrates his story from just a young boy growing up from a poor socio economic background in kakamega to now studying his 4th degree (PhD) at the university of Cambridge after working with WHO, KEMRI and everything in between . Listen in

BONUS EPISODE : YOU’RE A GOOD HOST BUT YOU’D MAKE A BAD GUEST

This episode was recorded days after being awarded for our first award and I was struggling with imposter syndrome and had lost hope of winning but this episode was shot to remind me where we have come from as a podcast and that this pod might actually be bigger than me .

EP 50: THE PILOT PHASE

It’s confirmed that we’ll have our first podcast charity dinner on the 18th of December and with that , we want to say thank you for all the support . Come let’s make merry . As well as getting our first sponsorship from Safaricom PLC

EP 49: ONLY THE MONKEYS AT THE BOTTOM THINK THEY’RE TOO MANY MONKEYS IN THE FOREST 

The guest , a cooperate lawyer and a solicitor of the senior courts of England and Wales , talks about his journey since his education life and into his successful career life and the place of hard work in all his successes

EP 48:THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS // PODCAST DINNER x CHARITY

The title describes it all as the guest talks about altruism and his life as a child and into adulthood and what life has really taught him as he’s a man well into his years . Listen in for the “wise words of wisdom “. As well , a special announcement

EP 47: A JACK OF ALL TRADES AND A MASTER OF NONE,IS PERHAPS FOR THE LAZY FOLKS|| MILITARY EX SOLDIER

Guest narrates his story from being a young lad to how he and the army found each other , even being one of the fore runners of the special forces in Kenya . But of course not forgetting to touch on mental health or the soldiers , PTS ,TBI ,ASD and other mental health illnesses that affect soldiers after seeing some of the most traumatic things in the line of duty . Listen in .

EP 46: YOU BOOZE, YOU LOSE || CONFESSIONS OF A RECOVERING ALCOHOLIC 

The guest narrates his story on his struggle with alcoholism for almost 17 years . From quitting jobs to drink , being interdicted from others , forsaking his family , attempting suicide, sleeping in bars and under lorries just cause of the love of alcohol . It’s been 4 years and sobriety and though this episode can’t fit in everything he’s been through , he lets us in on most of it . Listen in !

EP 45: YOU CANT MAKE A ROSE A ROSE,BUT YOU CAN NURTURE IT. SHOULD YOU BE CREDITED FOR IT ? NO! 

The guests life mantra : giving children a reason to care

EP 44: A MAN WHO WANTS TO LEAD THE ORCHESTRA MUST TURN HIS BACK TO THE CROWD |PENTAGON

The guest talks about life entering school from being the bottom of the food chain , at a point almost running aways from school , to rising up the ranks and being in the school pentagon , the top 5 in the school . He also talks of his experience going for the Brooks exchange programme and leadership in overall even out here as he’s been accorded various positions . Also , what true leadership really is for him and how uncontrolled power at such a young age (18year old boys) can be very counter productive. Listen in

EP 43:NEVER DOUBT THAT A SMALL GROUP OF THOUGHTFUL,CONCERNED CITIZENS CAN CHANGE WORLD|Kapsabet Boys

The guesses narrate about their life in Kapsabet Boys from the culture shock to the good & tough times but we as well as delve into more serious issues such as Civic education as it is voting registration season , tribalism and even GBV . Listen in

EP 42 : THE IF POEM PUNISHMENT | Starehe Boys 

From the IF poem punishment to the coffee cup theory , listen in on how the guest talk about life in Starehe Boys Centre and the joys it brought with it as well as the opposite of that . Listen in . IG @thegoodthebadabdthebusherian Twitter @thebusherianpod

EP 41 : A MAN’S GIFT MAKES ROOM FOR HIM AND BRINGS HIM BEFORE GREAT MEN || PODCAST OF THE YEAR

We just won our first award as the podcast influencer of the year and guys … it’s crazy ! Listen in on how I forgot my speech when I got on stage

EP 40:GOOD GIRLS PRECIOUS BLOOD Ed 

This is one of those throwback episodes where we take a dive into Precious blood school and see some of the shenanigans they were up to

EP 39: A IS FOR ACADEMIC CULTURE SHOCK & ADHD

The guest talks about living with ADHD and her academic culture shock when she goes to a Scottish university and what she wishes she knew . Listen in !

EP 38: DIFFERENT MINDS; THE STRUGGLE OF 11 MENTAL ILLNESSES 

From OCD , to savant syndrome , to bipolar to epilepsy to autism and 6 other mental health illnesses , the guest tells us some of the struggles he has had as well as some of the thing a lot of people are desensitized on . Listen in

EP 37: FOR EVERY DITCHERIAN WALKING , THERE’S A DITCHERIAN WATCHING

It’s been a minute since we did one of our throw back episodes where we just reminisce of the good times and we do exactly that in this episode . The school in point ; Dagoretti High school otherwise known as Ditchez

EP 36: INTELLIGENCE IS THE ABILITY TO ADAPT TO CHANGE(s) || Lenana School 

The guest and I banter about a lot of things from talking about how he joined boarding at the age of 10 , to NOT experiencing culture shock when he went abroad and to even bantering about our school rivalry (Alliance v Lenana ) listen in ! I hope you get the pun

EP 35: SEDULOUS SIMON; NEVER BEEN THE LUCKIEST BUT , HARD WORK BETRAYS NONE || Oxford DPhil student 

In this episode , the guest talks narrates his story from childhood till date as a DPhil student at the Oxford university talking about some of his struggles from when he was a child to and always putting in the work and effort that afforded him to work at places such as PWC , safaricom PLC and even KCA and now is doing his phD in Oxford at only 26 ! Listen in

EP 34: “STOP HOLDING ON TO THE PAST “ PS:I SAY THIS AS A HYPOCRITE 

“What would you tell your younger self ?” Question you hear time and time again but let’s hear what Imelda would tell her younger self with all her life experiences having lived both in plenty & poverty

EP 33: WE DON’T NEED TO BE SAVIORS || Children Home Edition

The guest from Pure religion foundation speaks of her experience having gone to different children homes and learning and seeing first hand the experience of the children as well as their untold stories that cut deep . Listen in

EP 32: STRANGER THINGS BY AN INCOMING MIT FRESHMAN 

The Guest speaks of how his first love was poetry and the events leading to that including emotional bullying. Also talks on how MIT came up as his school selection which was driven by a girl he loved but turns out it was unrequited . Listen in

EP 31: THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT IS THICKER THAN THE WATER OF THE WOMB 

Trigger warning ⚠️ . We talk of growing up in a toxic home environment and how some of those things affect children from neglect to physical abuse . Listen in

EP 30:FROM THE CHILD OF NEVER, ONLY AFFORDING A MEAL A DAY TO DINING AT THE PALACE 

“I am a boy from the village, who went to primary school barefoot , went to some elite schools later and struggled trying to find my space…
I am also the kid who has slept hungry many days, but also had a dinner at a palace 
I am also someone who genuinely loves people, and sees the bright side of life, and really wants to do good” listen in

EP 29: MIND OVER MATTER ft 40kgs down & a marathon later 

From 122 to 78kgs in 8 mko this has to be one of the craziest things you’ll hear as that needs another level of discipline & more to achieve that . Not forgetting having to run a whole marathon after putting in the work . This one , you’ll have to listen in

EP 28:DEPRESSION, THE KENYAN FLU 

Another episode on mental health talking about the not so good side and the ugly side of depression , to boundaries and even how people with mental health struggles can be selfish . Listen in

EP 27:REALITY HIGH | Moi Kabarak 

we talk on everything highlighting how highschool was a small “kenya” (society ) where we got very different perspectives of life from family dynamics to tribalism and even to teachers breaking you to “make “ you that didn’t necessarily work ! Listen in

EP 26: SE-GHEROO SCHOOL 

Talk abit of the guests experiences in segero school and even corporal punishment cause it’s even shocking that girls had to go through some of these things ! Check it out !

EP 25: THIS ONE IS FOR THE BOYS || sexual abuse & violence 

We get deep and talk about sexual assault in men and some of the struggles men face silently due to various reasons but most especially, that they are a man . Listen in

EP 24: INTERGENERATIONAL INTEGRATION; PARENTING IN THE 21st CENTURY 

We have our first parent in the show and we are gassed !!

EP 23:THROUGH A TIME MACHINE: CLASS OF ‘94

We go down memory lane to the class of 94 and hear the stories from what is called “oyugi’s constant “ to having pen pals to the school slang at the time and more !

EP 22:ONE DAY YOU’LL LOOK BACK AND LAUGH…AT THE TIME YOU WERE FORCED TO CRY AS PUNISHMENT|LWAK GIRLS

Stories from Luak girls will have you laughing the entire times from having to fetch water from a lake which will be used to bath , wash and for DRINKING , punishments from washing 32 toilets and being forced to cry, to even having business gurus who would charge your phone illegally in the school ! Listen in

EP 21: BONDS & BOUNDS || Being Present 

How often do you check on your friends ? When you check on your friends , is it a give and take where you only check on them if they check on you ? Do you set your boundaries straight with your friends ? Hmmm

EP 20: RAISING OUR PARENTS || MENTAL HEALTH IN THE AFRICAN MÈNAGE

We talk about mental health from trauma especially coming from our parents who probably did or didn’t know better and try debunk it all and healthy copying mechanisms when wh our mental health is in the pits

EP 19: GREAT MINDS EM-BODY-IED || PLUS SIZE PLUS HARVARD ! 

Great minds and body . Category is mental health, body positivity & Harvard

EP 18: HOPE IS CHEAP || FROM PRIESTHOOD TO NOW MHENGA TANGAWIZI 

We talk about a lot of things from the biggest dreams to dissecting his prestige album ‘Ndoto’ to even talking about when he once wanted to become a priest.

EP 17: WHERE WE CARRIED OUR BATHING WATER TO CLASS AND WERE MADE TO SPEAK IN TONGUES FOR TREATS

In this episode, our guests are from St Catherine’s highschool and we talk about their peculiar experiences such as carrying bathing water to class and being forced to speak in tongues

EP 16: VINDU VICHENJANGA || THE ONE WHERE WE DROPPED OUT 

We talk about actual dropping out and not conforming to the already set standards that are in place to please others but instead , choosing yourself and defining your own path in the best way we know how

EP 15: THIS IS YOUR SIGN TO DROP OUT ||THE EDUCATION SYSTEM

We talk about the education systems in place and whether it’s been more progressive to us or not and whether it’s good for the current work we live it or not . Want to hear your thoughts

EP 14: 13 REASONS WHY ... WE ARE GRATEFUL || 1st quarter rewind

If you aren’t all caught up ? Say less . We do a recap of all the 13+1 episodes this far and just look back and reminisce on how far we have come .

EP 13: JUICE COLA IN PORRIDGE?? HUH?? ANYWAY, IS IT MARANDA OR MARANDA ? 

In this episode we go to a school in The western part of Kenya and talk about some of the most peculiar things such as communal showers to weird food combos to even deeper subjects such as molestation and brutality by other students to their fellows ! Tune and and feel free to give your feedback

EP 12: ART IS THE MOST INTENSE MODE OF INDIVIDUALISM THAT THE WORLD HAS KNOWN

On this episode we have an music artist and a writer who speak about their various art forms from their love of it , to putting themselves out there and to them portraying their most authentic self through art ! Enjoy !

EP 11: “RICH PEOPLE PROBLEMS “ ?? || mental health , ADHD edition 

In this episode , we talk on things to do with mental health in our African society and if it’s only a “rich people’s” problem or if it can affect any of us . In this episode as well, we focus mainly on ADHD and what it’s all about .

EP 97: WE WILL EITHER FIND A WAY OR MAKE ONE || THE RACE AGAINST POVERTY

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE BUSHERIAN

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