“Mental health is not solely individual, it is very much social. It is relational.” — Doc Ayomide May is Mental health awareness month, and the theme for this year is LET’S CONNECT. Our first two episodes and interviews this month thus far have been about mental health and connections, and…

Urmi’s Story: Episode 6 — Urmi is an Italian-Bengali who lives in Canada and identifies as “Italian by birth, Bengali by blood, and Canadian by love.” Urmi’s passion for women and children drives her to volunteer in nonprofit organizations and children’s hospitals and to help underserved women raise money. She was born in Italy to…

On Superpowers & Communities — I have realized that you can’t keep hiding your light or diminishing your strengths. You must learn how to use it because there is just the power in letting it shine. What comes to you so effortlessly might be something someone else is trying to get. — Mo! Doc Ayomide…

On being Russian — American and other stories — Describing Russia in a 1939 radio broadcast, Winston Churchill said, “It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” Like a matryoshka doll, one might say? Natasha is a dear friend and senior in graduate school who was also a guest on the podcast last year. …

Doc Ayomide’s 40th Orbit Around the Sun When I turned 20, a dear friend, Dr. Olamiju, said to me: “Your 20s are for discovering what you want for your life. In your 30s, you put more meaning into those discoveries. Finally, at 40, you fully live that life in a…

On Being Friends Across Space & Time — The best friends to talk with are those friends that you agree enough that you can talk endlessly but you disagree enough that you can debate forever — Doc Ayomide (he heard it from another friend) Today is officially my first episode with my very good friend and co-host, Doc…

The One with Father James Anyaegbu — ‌ A priest‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌Catholic‌ ‌Diocese‌ ‌of‌ ‌Aba,‌ ‌Nigeria — From what I see on TV shows, being a priest is not the easiest job. You are teaching in the church, performing your administrative duties, attending to the community’s needs, offering counsels, doing missions, etc. …

The One with Olabimpe Shode — Owner of Beam’s Kiddies — “Just do it. You are going to have doubts, you are going to second guess yourself, you are going to have trust issues. Those things will be there but with it all in spite of those things still go ahead and do it.” — Olabimpe Shode, Owner, Beam’s Kiddies. The…

The One with ojogbane okolo — “I decided to change the way I work now, and it’s to learn while I do. So get in, know just a little enough to dip your toe in it and just get in…”’ — Ojogbane Okolo Crypto still feels like a subject I would never understand, though I am…