Youth Corner: Recent Episodes
Aniefiok Ebienyie
This podcast is dedicated to showing the world on how the youth perceives the society; in area of politics, education, lifestyle and the inner workings of a youth's mind. Join us as we analyze different topics and explore the world from the eye of the youth.
Growing up, it usually was the society/ community that mold a child's character; from the neighbours, to school, the kids he/she plays with during the weekend and everyone in between. wonder where the saying "you're a product of your environment" came from? yeah, it was from this kind of upbringing.
It has roped into our subconscious that we look down on our northern brothers. We ridicule these guys on a daily without us knowing and it is very sad. This episode brings to light the ways we do this acts and how to be better. The most efficient way to better our society is if we as individuals become better versions of ourselves. PS: there is a giveaway ongoing on the podcast and the modalities have been explained in this episode.
It's easy to say that there is corruption in Nigeria, but it is a different story to accurately pin point where and how it occurs. On this episode, we discuss 7 ways corruption in perpetrated in Nigeria which is based off on the points rendered by Yusuf Baba-Ahmed Datti(Vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party 2023) on his interview with Channels TV.
The excitment that comes with new friendship fills you and you always want to talk to that person about your shit, that right there should stop 😑. You don't always have tell your personal stories to set the foundation of such relationship. This and more on "honeymoon phase".
On this episode, we established the link between racism, tribalism and colorism. Further more, we talked about how the hatred is what birthed this societal problem and love is the fix. Strict punishment for offenders is a short term solution to a larger problem and it opens up victims to possible resentment by the wards of the offenders isn't left out of the conversation.
We've only been talking about police harrassment, but what about the thugs that harass us on a daily in Lagos ? Pairing that with the fact that most of these thugs land jobs in government parastatals(i.e force, LSNC, e.t.c), it gives the impression that these thugs are the unofficial policing force of the government.
This a bonus episode to our previous episode titled "cool kid syndrome" . On this episode, we have Peter share his view on cool kid syndrome and how it relates to him personally.
Cool kid syndrome and it likeness to Peer pressure, but very different from it. How CKS plays a bigger picture is societal values and standards.
On this episode, Aniefiok decided to share insights on how therapy works in his own world. Sighting five key points which are: consuming less social media, isolation, having actual friends, change of environment and understanding what calms you; it could be hot amala and ewedu- who knows 🤷♂️
On this episode, Prince and Aniefiok decides to give us the feel of being a Ghanaian and Nigerian respectively, and telling us how both side view each other. One could say that Nigeria and Ghana are two sides of the same coin.
Heart to heart talk, our parents are big babies and they deserve premium pampering. Let's do that for them.
Aniefiok seems to think the okada ban in Lagos state is unfair and to some extent a not so smart move. Share your thoughts on Twitter and Instagram at youth_corner1
What's the catch with first impressions ? Why don't we consider second and third impressions ? This and many more will be discussed in this episode.
What does it mean to be body shamed ? How should one react when body shamed Is body shaming just psychological or does it it transcends to physical ? Bringing up different scenarios when a statement can sound like body shaming and at the same time not body shaming. What's the correlation between body shaming and sexuality? Can pride/self esteem solve the issue at hand ? If yes, how ? What's best way to respond to body shaming ?
Early roles of these institution. Other than the sake of history, does traditional institution have a place in today's world? What role do they perform in Nigeria's system of government ? Other than mere figure heads, what can be squeeze out of them to benefit Nigerians? Do these traditional institution swallow a part of Nigeria money that can be used for other things ? Can tradition institution be improved to serve a purpose or should it be scraped out
In the episode we talked about: definition of needs and wants, how to distinguish between needs and wants, Subject in which needs and wants are crucial: finances, time management, studying. Is love a psychological need or want ? The merits of being able to distinguish needs and wants
Overview of JAMB and NUC. Questioning how admission process work in higher institution. Should the method of picking cut off mark remain or should it go back to the previous one. Has post utme outlived itself ?
Should polytechnic be elevated to university status?
Explaining what individual identity crisis is The various forms of individual identity crisis which are and also not limited to: background pressure, sociatal pressure, peer pressure. How to identify when one is going through identity crisis. How can one curtail such things from leading to a disaster on one mental and emotional wellbeing.
Misconceptions and faulty mentality people have about friendships. Dealing with friends and people's supposed expectations from friendships. Why friendships end and what to do when they do. Should friends outgrow each other?
In this episode, we talked about effects of drug abuse and roles of different part of society in arresting drug abuse.