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.......because sometimes the words I write need to be spoken out loud.

Beaton


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    Coffee With 12th Blogoversary

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2025 6:09


    Becoming The Muse turns 12... a reflection on the journey so far over a virtual cup of coffee..Why I Blog.What keeps me coming back as well as catching up on what's been happening in Zimbabwe following the ban on second-hand clothes and nighttime vending in the CBD by the government.Read the article on Becoming The Muse

    Marked Netflix Series Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2025 3:50


    Review of Marked, a South African crime thriller Netflix Series starring Lerato Mvelase as Babalwa, a mother who will do anything to get money for her daughter's lifesaving surgeryAlso starring South African actors that include Sphamandla Dhludhlu, S'dumo Mtshali, Natasha Thahane, Gaisang Noge, Mduduzi Mabaso, Desmond Dube and Jerry Mofokeng.Read on Becoming The Muse

    Eyes Of Wakanda Series Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2025 3:49


    Review of Eyes Of Wakanda an animated anthology television miniseries based Marvel Comics' Wakanda. It is the 15th television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)and the first series of Phase Six of the MCU.This 4 episode miniseries anthology follows the story of The Hatut Zaraze, Wakandan warriors known as The War Dogs who carry out dangerous missions around the world to retrieve vibranium artifacts, throughout history.Read on Becoming The Muse

    Coffee with tenderpreneurship

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2025 6:50


    If you were having coffee with me we would catch up some of the happenings in Zimbabwe with a look at the ease of business in a world of tenderpreneurs and the lucrative world of government procurement contracts.Read the article on Becoming The Muse

    The Sandman Season 2 Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2025 4:08


    Review of the second season of The Sandman, a fantasy drama series based on comic books by Neil Gaiman. The series stars Tom Sturridge as Lord Dream aka MorpheusRead review on Becoming The Muse

    Dept Q TV Series Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2025 3:20


    Review of the British crime thriller television Dept Q starring Mathew Goode as Detective Carl Morck and Alexej Manvelov as the mysterious Akram Salim... leaving no cold case behind Read on Becoming The Muse

    Ironheart Marvel TV Series Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2025 3:30


    Review of the Marvel Television Series Ironheart based on Marvel comic book of the same name featuring Riri Williams.It is the 14th television series in the MCURead the review on Becoming The Muse

    Comparing Murderbot TV Series to the Book

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2025 3:51


    Comparing Apple TV+ Murderbot Series to the book its adapted from The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red by Martha Wells.Similarities and deviations.Read article on Becoming The Muse

    Murderbot TV Series Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2025 3:49


    Review of Murderbot an Apple TV+ science fiction action comedy television series adapted from The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells.The series stars Alexander Skarsgård as Murderbot a sarcastic, socially awkward, anxiety-ridden, murderous robot, that simply wants to be left alone to watch the entertainment feedRead on Becoming The Muse

    Mhembweshende

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2025 0:25


    A Shona praise poem for someone who would have a kangaroo as a totem if we had kangaroos in ZimbabweRead on Becoming The Muse https://becomingthemuse.net/2025/06/28/mhembweshende/

    Coffee With Winterabc25 Wrapped

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2025 4:10


    A wrapped edition to end WinterABC25 an Afrobloggers Digital Storytelling Festival.Read on Becoming The Muse

    Squid Game Season 3 Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2025 4:07


    Review of the Third and Final Season of the Korean Survival Drama Series Squid Game0:00 Intro0:46 The Good1:58 The Bad3:15 The Ugly3:40 Final ThoughtsRead on Becoming The Muse

    Lights, Camera And Stage Fright

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025 4:45


    Front row seat to a stage fright meltdown during a public speaking competitionRead on Becoming The Muse

    The Africa We Want: Agenda 2063

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2025 2:51


    What is the Africa we want?An overview of Agenda 2063: A 50 Year Plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse by the year 2063.Read of Becoming The Muse

    Coffee With Stars In My Cup

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2025 4:08


    If you were having coffee with me would be catching up over a virtual cup of coffee from Zimbabwe a teapot shaped coutry, discussing my blogging journey as a digital nomad who shares about the beauty and chaos of the place I call home....Read on Becoming The Muse

    How To Find Old Facebook Notes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2025 2:00


    How to retrieve your old Facebook Notes 2025Click this link to open Activity Log:https://www.facebook.com/_/allactivity/?category_key=noteclusterRead on Becoming The Muse

    Baller To Blogger

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2025 2:43


    The scenic route from being a baller to a blogger and reflections from a mission boarding school Read on Becoming The Muse

    Parenthood: Fun Uncle Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2025 2:59


    mistaken paternity and travelling in public transport aka combi, being the fun uncle sometimes we dont all need to be parents.Read on Becoming The Muse

    The Adulting Hood

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2025 3:31


    Growing up is a scam....A look at how one puts away childish ideas and starts making adult decisionsRead on ⁠Becoming The Muse

    The Secret Life Of Migration Dreamers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2025 2:30


    Why are people planning to migrate so secretive about their dreams?While moving abroad is the height of success for some families, it can cause quite a lot of family drama...Read the article on Becoming The Muse

    Coffee With The Kingdom Of Funny Money

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 4:48


    If you were having coffee with me, we would catch up on the currency shenanigans going in teapot shaped country Zimbabwe also dubbed the kingdom of funny money for its rebrands and revaluations of its local currency...Plus a quick check of pros and cons of some mobile wallet servicesRead on Becoming The Muse

    FUBAR Season 2 Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2025 4:37


    A review of Season 2 of FUBAR an American action spy-comedy starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Luke Brunner and introduces Greta nelso a character played by Carrie-Anne Moss.Read the review on Becoming The Muse

    Serving Man Boiling Frog

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2025 3:03


    The boiling frog theory about what happens when a frog is put in boiling water as compared to gradually heating the water...A metaphor for adapting to challenging conditions....Read on Becoming The Muse

    The Legacy Of Arniston House Book Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2025 3:03


    Legacy of Arniston House fourth installment of Ediburgh Nights Series by T.L. Huchu which includes Library Of The Dead.A YA urban fantasy set in Scotland with the protagonist a ghosttalker of Zimbabwean descent named Ropa Moyo Read on Becoming The Muse

    Dead Plants and Dead Blogs: Digital Gardening

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025 2:53


    A quick guide to blogging as compared to being a plant parent... Content creation is like a garden that needs tending.The internet is where blogs go to die Read on Becoming The Muse

    Feminism The F-word

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 3:20


    A post on feminism The F-word, is it un-African or has history erased herstory Rejecting the silence that was taught for generations Read on Becoming The Muse

    Coffee with bodies of water

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2025 4:17


    A virtual coffeeshare chat as I explore the relation between having blue spaces or bodies of water and a stress-free, less hypertensive existence.Research shows looking at bodies of water has a way of making us feel better.... but what if you live in land-locked country slowly turning into a desert because of climate change, global warming and mismanagement Read article on Becoming The Muse

    Mobland series review

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2025 4:01


    A review of the 2025 gangster series starring Tom Hardy as Harrry Da Souza a fixer to the Harrigan crime family.Read on Becoming The Muse

    Africa and (a)i: A Cybersoap Opera

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 4:37


    A cyberspace opera, a digital romance between Africa and AI.A continental love story written in the datasets.She was a continent, standing before an artificial intelligence lifeform asking it to decolonise its datasets and he simply wanted to tap her potential.Read on Becoming The Muse

    We Need A New Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2025 4:41


    A guest post by Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza a call to shift our stories to new stories, not erase history, but complicate it, expand past the known narratives of Robert Mugabe We Need A New Story.Read on Becoming The Muse

    Round and Round and Roundabout

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 3:34


    It was the best of times it was the trabablas of times.— A look at an interchange and going round round and round.Mbudzi Roundabout got its glow up from being traffic circle to a multimillion dollar multilevel interchange but its not all sunshine. Read on Becoming The Muse

    Coffee With WinterABC2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 3:35


    catching up over a virtual cup of coffee in winter as we talk about WinterABC2025, the power of storytelling and things presidents say or dont say and ofcourse Trabablas Interchange which is finally complete and officially opened Read on Becoming The Muse

    The Last Of Us Season 2 Review

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2025 4:39


    Review of The Last Of Us Season 2 a zombie apocalypse drama series created for HBO and adapted from the video game The Last Of Part II, the second instalment of The Last Of Us franchise.Read the Review on Becoming The Muse

    Of Havoc And Bombshell

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 3:18


    A review of sorts of the Netflix shoot-em up action film Havoc starring Tom Hardy and a reflection on societal fantasies of heroism amidst real-world political apathy.Read the article on becoming the muse

    Coffee With White Smoke

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 4:12


    A coffeeshare over a virtual cup of coffee as we catch up on the new pope, the possibility of African Popes and White refugees who are fleeing to America from claims of genocide in South Africa, as seen from a country that has experienced a chaotic land reform exercise Read on Becoming The Muse

    Watson TV Series Review

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 3:57


    Review of Watson a 2025 medical drama series with detective elements, starring Morris Chestnut as Dr Watson, a specialist working at the Holmes Clinic of Medical Diagnstocs at UHOP that specialises in challenging medical conditions. Read the article on Becoming The Muse

    Coffee with bed bugs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 4:26


    Catching up on things in a teapot-shaped country Zimbabwe, which has a bed bug problem known as tsikidzi in the Shona Language a brewing health care challenge.Read the article on Becoming The Muse

    Unseen Season 2 Review

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025 4:14


    Review of the South African Netflix Crime Drama series Unseen starring Gail Mabalane as Zenzi Mwale as a cleaner who gets caught up in a criminal syndicate of powerful empire builders. Read the review on Becoming The Muse

    Review of A Working Man Movie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 2:58


    Review of A Working Man an action thriller movie starring Jason Statham from the makers of The Bee Keeperread review on Becoming The Muse

    The Write Space : From Manuscript To Marketplace

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 2:59


    The Write Space April discussion themed Manuscript Marketplace about the book distribution ecosystem with guests Batsirai Chigama and Tendai KarongaRead on Becoming The Muse

    Ko Afrofuturism Chii

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 4:51


    Pan Afrikan Poets Cafe Open Heart Lab interactive session, themed Ko… Afrofuturism Chii? Presented by Sista Zai Zanda a creative writing PHD candidateWhat is Afrofuturism?Exploring the definition of Afrofuturism and its fit

    Conclave Movie Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 2:51


    Review of Conclave a movie starring Ralph Fiennes as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence a cardinal in charge of running the conclave to select the new pope after the death of the old pope.It was released to Amazon Prime a day after the death of Pope FrancisRead on Becoming The Muse

    Coffee With Zimbabwe At 45

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 5:00


    Catching up over a virtual cup of coffee as Zimbabwe celebrates 45 years of independence on Good Friday, a reflective look at what it means to be Born Freeread the article on Becoming The Muse

    Yellowjackets Season 3 Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2025 4:46


    Review of Yellowjackets a thriller drama survival series inspired by Lord Of The Flies.0:00 Intro0:59 The Good2:45 The Bad3:55 The Ugly4:17 Final Thoughtsread on Becoming The Muse

    Black Mirror Season 7 Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2025 3:33


    Review of Season 7 of Black Mirror a Netflix Sci-fi Anthology Series0:00 Intro0:28 The Good2:06 The Bad2:44 The Ugly3:07 Final Thought Read the article on Becoming The Muse

    The Bondsman Series Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 2:39


    Review of the Amazon Prime supernatural thriller series The Bondsman starring Kevin Bacon as Hub Halloran Bondsman.The Good The Bad and The UglyHave you watched this? Yay or NayRead the review on Becoming The MuseLink to The Bondsman Spotify Playlisthttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/55O8omOlK6SrYUHRRDQmzZ?si=9747391b6e164384

    Coffee With March on 31 March

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 5:22


    Catching up over events in Zimbabwe a teapot-shaped country over a virtual cup of coffee in the aftermath of planned protest that was scheduled for 31 March by Comrade Bombshell and the bombshell he has since dropped.... Read the article on Becoming The Muse

    Coffee with potholes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 5:08


    Coffee with a State Of The Road look at potholes on the road to progress... Potholes in Zimbabwe on the Masvingo Beitbridge road and on the Bulawayo Victoria Falls Highway... and the Pothole as a tourist attraction image that went viral... in a teapotshaped country where the new president of the IOC hails Kirsty Coventry Hailsread the article on Becoming The Muse

    The Day Of The Jackal Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 3:11


    Review of The Day Of The Jackal a British spy thriller television series, based on a Frederick Forsyth novel of the same name and starring Eddie Redmayne as The Jackal and Lashana Lynch as Bianca Pullman. The Good | The Bad | The Ugly0:00 Intro0:30 The Good1:53 The Bad2:24 The Ugly2:54 Final ThoughtsRead the article on Becoming The Muse

    Mombe Yehumai

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 10:00


    Mombe yehumai in the Shona Culture a recount from a lady's experience in paying for her mother's cow read the article on Becoming The Muse

    Madiro aGeorgina

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 3:12


    the figure of expression madiro aGeorgina the SI unit for defying societal expectations and doing as one pleases as derived from the Zimbabwe urban legend behind the name.Read on Becoming The Muse

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