YOLO With Benson Ekpo

In this episode, we are joined by the super creative and very talented food photographer Abimbola, who shares her passion and dedication of capturing the best drool worthy images. Three years ago, Ambimbola knew nothing about cameras and aperture and all the tech stuff. Today she is working with some of the biggest food and lifestyle brands in Abuja to tell their stories. — This weeks notification squad shoutout goes to @samueljrofficial - who is also celebrating his birthday today. To be next week's shoutout, jump over to instagram and follow me there @thebensonekpo, shoot me a DM about anything, the person with the most insane conversation gets a shoutout. — Follow me on socials: www.instagram.com/thebensonekpo/ www.twitter.com/thebensonekpo/ Email: heybenson@icloud.com Website: www.thebensonekpo.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bensonekpo/message

Hey there amazing person, we are honoured and proud to announce that your favourite podcast YOLO with Benson Ekpo, the show that helps you find your personal freedom via travel and adventure, is returning for a second season, Mark your calendars for April 17th, 2020, we can't wait to start creating with you! FOLLOW ME & SHOOT ME A DM ON SOCIAL MEDIA: https://www.instagram.com/thebensonekpo/ https://twitter.com/thebensonekpo Prefer email instead? - heybenson@icloud.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bensonekpo/message

*This episode was pre-recorded on the 27th of February 2020, before the global lockdown ensued.* In this episode, we are joined by perhaps one of the warmest souls I have met in all of my travels, I connected with our guest a few weeks ago while exploring the Republic of Benin. She is an international development worker with Dimagi- an international organization on a mission to build technology that improves the efficiency and quality of impact-driven work globally. She serves as Director of Project Delivery in 6 countries across Agriculture, Education, nutrition and HIV prevention. Our guest also works as Pipeline and Reports officer with the World Food Program. She is a recipient of the highly acclaimed Princeton in Africa Fellowship and a graduate of Vanderbilt University where she bagged a Cum Laude (Latin for Honors) in History and Political science and a minor in French! We gab about what it’s like to get into International Development work, our shared love for cooking, trade stories of curing our biggest fears, how to manage personal safety when traveling abroad and why being helpful is the surest to connect with people while abroad. — This week's notification squad shoutout goes to @radioboy_ricky. To be next week's shoutout, jump over to Instagram and follow me there @thebensonekpo, shoot me a DM about anything, the person with the most insane conversation gets a shoutout. — Follow me on socials: www.instagram.com/thebensonekpo/ www.twitter.com/thebensonekpo/ Email: heybenson@icloud.com Website: www.thebensonekpo.com sAIRzCM9biNHzfF08aPJ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bensonekpo/message

This week’s guest I connected with while traveling through Cotonou, in the Republic IG Benin. He was sat by the pool and I overheard him and his colleagues having the post progressive conversations around travel and sustainable lifestyle, I knew I had to connect with him. Brian is an American born to mexican immigrant parents, working in international health consulting, based in Washington DC. He’s been In Cotonou over the last 10 days doing post evaluations after the government of Benin introduced RotaVirus vaccines. We gab about what it’s like to get into International Development work, how to manage teams in four countries, go-to secrets of connecting with people by learning languages and what it’s like to be a Gay male traveling through countries with mostly anti-LGBTQ+ laws. — This weeks notification squad shoutout goes to @theevehogban. To be next week's shoutout, jump over to instagram and follow me there @thebensonekpo, shoot me a DM about anything, the person with the most insane conversation gets a shoutout. — Follow me on socials: www.instagram.com/thebensonekpo/ www.twitter.com/thebensonekpo/ Email: heybenson@icloud.com Website: www.thebensonekpo.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bensonekpo/message

Happy New Year #InsaneArmy, I am most excited to get back into recording after the holiday break and to bring you the first podcast episode of the decade. On this New Year's & New Decade special episode we discuss a particular phenomenon I came across for the first time not too long ago. The experience of it is nothing new, but the revelation was just something else. We explore the danish cultural phenomenon called HYGGE,  on this episode we will discuss what it is and why i think you need to find yours. — This weeks notification squad shoutout goes to @rachel_kallon & @estherkallon. To be next week's shoutout, jump over to instagram and follow me there @thebensonekpo, shoot me a DM about anything, the person with the most insane conversation gets a shoutout. — Follow me on socials: www.instagram.com/thebensonekpo/ www.twitter.com/thebensonekpo/ Email: heybenson@icloud.com Website: www.thebensonekpo.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bensonekpo/message

From conquering bullies in high school to meeting the Queen, sitting on the same board as Prince Harry and supporting thousands of young persons across the globe to scale their progressive, problem solving ideas, this week’s guest is an example of what it means to be a part of the #InsaneArmy. On this episode, i am joined by Gambling addiction campaigner and Queen’s Young Leader Award winner, Adam Bradford, a young social entrepreneur and one of just three UK winners of the prestigious Queen’s Young Leader Awards, a Commonwealth wide initiative. Adam was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, a form of autism, at the age of 11. He was determined to set up his own business and gained a place at the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy. He launched an IT social enterprise and set up a mentoring and business challenge in his home town of Sheffield. He has since supported more than 1,000 young people to set up community projects, social enterprises and campaigns for social good. Adam also works to raise awareness of autism and gambling addiction and has worked with young ex-offenders to turn their lives around. — This weeks notification squad shoutout goes to @kevynmorgan — Follow me on socials: www.instagram.com/thebensonekpo/ www.twitter.com/thebensonekpo/ Email: heybenson@icloud.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bensonekpo/message

In this episode, I sit down and explore the concepts of the anti-bucket list. How it affects our future. Bucket list is a lost list of activities someone wants to do before he or she dies is often called a bucket list. A bucket list is essentially a list of things you want to do before you die. They can be serious and important or fun and adventurous. The anti-bucket-list explores the things that we don’t to ever experience. I walk you through both lists, and give tips on how to create yours. — This weeks notification squad shoutout goes to @theevehogban — Follow me on socials: www.instagram.com/thebensonekpo/ www.twitter.com/thebensonekpo/ Email: heybenson@icloud.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bensonekpo/message

Ever wondered what it’s like to live a life of lightweightness? (That’s not a word, I know!) In this episode, I breakdown what it really means to be a minimalist, the concept and philosophy of it and how you can declutter your life. Being a minimalist means you value yourself more than material things. It means making decisions based on what you need instead of getting everything you want. It does not mean the things you buy are cheap. — This weeks notification squad shoutout goes to @iambolajiayo — Follow me on socials: www.instagram.com/thebensonekpo/ www.twitter.com/thebensonekpo/ Email: heybenson@icloud.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bensonekpo/message

Today I recount a conversation with a stranger where we shared ideas on how more young millennials and Gen Zs can over come the big scary monster that inhibits is from doing stuff. This weeks #NotificationSquad shoutout goes to @thejoshuaseyi — Follow me on socials: www.instagram.com/thebensonekpo/ www.twitter.com/thebensonekpo/ Email: heybenson@icloud.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bensonekpo/message

In the first episode, I sit down and answer some of your burning questions about me and why I started the show. I walk you through the story of what inspired it and my future plans for the show. I also share my thoughts on sustainable tourism and simple things you can start doing to offset your carbon footprints and make impact to communities you visit. PSA: 05:20 - The country I spoke about here is Nepal, not Peru. — Follow me on socials: www.instagram.com/thebensonekpo/ www.twitter.com/thebensonekpo/ Email: heybenson@icloud.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bensonekpo/message

Hey there amazing person, welcome to my spanking new podcast, the show that helps you find your personal freedom via travel and adventure. Mark your calendars for October 20th, 2019, i can't wait to start creating with you! FOLLOW ME & SHOOT ME A DM ON SOCIAL MEDIA: https://www.instagram.com/thebensonekpo/ https://twitter.com/thebensonekpo Prefer email instead? - heybenson@icloud.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bensonekpo/message