Voix d’amis: Recent Episodes
Olaseni Okedara
Welcome to voix d’amis, every week I interview one of my friends or a mentor, we talk about their lives and also what their takes are on current issues in the news that week. This is me just showing off my cool friends, not really, but I do have friends that have deep perspectives on issues either it be social, or economical and I want to provide a platform where they can share it with the world!
Myself and Dami spoke about depression, and how it plagues people of different classes and background, we are not health care providers so if you are depressed please seek professional help.
We spoke about the fear of missing out, some financial nuggets too.
We also re-lived our high school days, she shared her fondest memories and I tried to share mine too!
On this episode of Voix d'amis, Opeyemi took us on the genesis of his American journey. We spoke about what "Japa" means, and his take on the phenomenon. The just concluded presidential election in Nigeria also made the list of the topics we discussed. Fatherhood, faith and family is important to me, and I know how important that is to Opeyemi too, so I really wanted to hear his perspective on it. He is a Liverpool fan, so yeah we threw in a little football too. Osimhen or Haaland. This was fun to record, I hope you have fun listening to it too!
This was more of a personal podcast, we got familiar with my friend Lady P. She told us about her experience as a 17 year old international student, about 6000 miles away from family and friends, and how she found a solace in her Church community. Her passion for Medicine, and the state of medical science in Nigeria, and we also touched on what she hopes to achieve with her education. How she came to faith, and how she has been able to sustain her faith even beyond the watching eyes of her parents. I enjoyed talking about her life in general, take a listen -or multiple listens- and let me know what you think.
I have always wondered about the pressure on Pastor's Kids, Oluwaseyi took us down memory lane telling us how she dealt with being a Pastor's Kid, and how she decided to rediscover her own faith for herself. We spoke about how she navigates the Nigeria-American space, her experience at UT Austin and how she curated her major: Advertising, Consumerism and Globalization and their effect on society. In light of TD Jakes passing the baton to Sarah Jakes, I asked if she was thinking of a day when her dad (Pastor Wale) would pass the baton of his ministry to her, listen to find out.
In this episode I have two of my friends who are expecting, they will be officially Father’s later this year. I had them on the pod to talk about their idea of Fatherhood and how they are preparing for that next stage of life.
In this pod I went down the memory lane with Osato, we both went to the same boarding school for 6 years and formed a long life friendship from there. Enjoy.
I have a special guest, one of my closest friends on the pod today. We spoke about immigration, filibuster and how both aisle are furthering their agendas. In the second part we spoke about football, I asked him about one of the premier wide receivers that seems to have just annouced himself this season in Cooper Kupp, and how he compares to other notable WRs, he also broke down his picks for the NFL playoffs having Green Bay Packers and Kansas Chiefs squaring it out at SoFi stadium for the championship with Aaron Rodgers and co. winning.
In light of recent news about Covid-19 vaccine, I decided to ask a Doctor about some of the common hesitancy concerns beyond the politicization of this vaccine. Her presentations which was facilitated by the Church I attend, was what kept me informed about the vaccine and calmed my prior hesitations, today's podcast is informative as usual, listen and let me know what you think.
In this episode I spoke to my guest Somto, about Ronaldo's re-union and the current state of Manchester United's team.
This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11 myself and my guest explored the events leading up to that catastrophic moment.
We spoke about the revised Texas Voting Law, and the restrictive abortion laws that were passed in our home state of Texas amongst other things.
In this episode I interviewed my friend JB who served our country in Afghanistan from 2015-2016, his perspective helped me understand some parts of the Taliban relationship with the Afghan government. We also delved into Igbo nationalism, student loan cancellation, and so on and so forth. Yes, we also spoke about Ronaldo's return to Manchester United since we are both fans of that historic club.
In this episode I have with me a Doctoral student in the field of Psychology, who happens to be one of my dearest friends. We discussed a slew of topics from Christian Feminism, to Monogamy and it’s patricidal roots, COVID-19 vaccine, we also considered if Meritocracy is a myth or not, we also spoke about PTSD and some mental health issues, and many more.
Jim Rohn: add value to yourself Congratulations to the greatest American Track and field Athlete Recent cancellation of PUMA's sponsorship deal with the Nigerian Olympic Committee
We have in the studio an Emmy nominated journalist who happens to be my friend, we spoke about the recent rejection of W.H.O's Covid-19 origin study by China and it's effect, Democracy in America in light of the Jan 6th insurrection at the capitol, Cancel Culture in relation to American Nationalism and Patriotism etc. And we played a game at the end, stay tuned!
I have in the virtual studio with me an Aerospace Engineer, we spoke about the moral conflict of billionaires race to space, celebrating Blue Origin's success, Naomi Osaka's relationship with the media, climate change, Covid resurgence, Bucks in 6 and some other goodies.
I'm by myself in the virtual studio today, I reacted to the latest ruling by I.O.C that allowed a transgender female to participate in the weight lifting competition in Tokyo, the protests in Cuba, Stephen A Smith's ignorance, Bucks and the Suns, Racism in Football (fans) (soccer) and some more.
I have one of my friends in the virtual studio with me, we spoke about: the secessions that is threatening the unity of Nigeria, American Liberalism and Conservatism, Minimum Wage, Meaning of Life, NBA, Euros 2020, and Copa America! Enjoy today's episode.
In this episode I explored American Secularism, Feminism- white feminism- the latest suspension of Sha'Carri Richardson, Black Privilege, and so much more with my cousin 'Detoun. We also played a word matching game which was really fun. And I also discovered that I'm not my cousin's favorite cousin. Enjoy!
This week I have Steve with me in the virtual studio, we talked about his transition from Cameroon to America, his take on NCAA paying Student-Athlete( Steve was a student athlete at St. Edwards University), black economics, BLM, Xavi or Iniesta etc. Come in for a ride!
Twitter ban in Nigeria: Was it the right call?
Juneteenth echoes Reparation?
Ronaldo moving the stock of Coca-Cola by -1.67%
Basketball and Euros 2020(technically).