Podcasts about Nigerians

This week, Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump addressed the top military brass and indicated that U.S. cities should be used as a training ground for the military to fight the “enemy within.” Russell Moore, Mike Cosper, and Clarissa Moll discuss the implications. Then, Liam Karr from the American Enterprise Institute joins us to give context to Bill Maher's claims that Americans are ignoring Christian genocide in Nigeria. Finally, Michael Wear stops by to talk about the federal government shutdown and who it will hurt the most.   GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN:  - Join the conversation at our Substack.  - Find us on YouTube.  - Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice.    ABOUT THE GUESTS:   Liam Karr is the Africa team lead for the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute. He covers sub-Saharan Africa and specializes in the Sahel and Somalia. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.A. in Political Science, History, and Arabic and an International Security Studies Certificate. Michael Wear is the founder, president, and CEO of the Center for Christianity and Public Life. Wear is the author of The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life. He writes for The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Catapult magazine, Christianity Today, and other publications on faith, politics, and culture. ABOUT THE BULLETIN:  The Bulletin is a twice-weekly politics and current events show from Christianity Today moderated by Clarissa Moll, with senior commentary from Russell Moore (Christianity Today's editor in chief) and Mike Cosper (director, CT Media). Each week, the show explores current events and breaking news and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world. We also offer special one-on-one conversations with writers, artists, and thought leaders whose impact on the world brings important significance to a Christian worldview, like Bono, Sharon McMahon, Harrison Scott Key, Frank Bruni, and more.    The Bulletin listeners get 25% off CT. Go to https://orderct.com/THEBULLETIN to learn more.    “The Bulletin” is a production of Christianity Today  Producer: Clarissa Moll  Associate Producer: Alexa Burke  Editing and Mix: TJ Hester Graphic Design: Rick Szuecs Music: Dan Phelps  Executive Producers: Erik Petrik and Mike Cosper   Senior Producer: Matt Stevens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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According to the World Bank, more than 80 million people in Nigeria still lack access to electricity, making it the country with the largest energy access deficit in the world. But even among those connected to the grid, many struggle daily to keep the power going. Blackouts are frequent, infrastructure is fragile, and generators have become a lifeline for homes and businesses alike. Journalist and presenter Samuel Okocha hears from Nigerians about how unreliable electricity affects their lives. He speaks to economists, politicians, and renewable energy experts to understand the roots of the crisis, and how decentralisation and power theft are complicating efforts to fix it. In Abuja, Samuel visits his local dry cleaner and barber to see how they are coping with constant outages. Samuel also finds resilience. Across Nigeria, people are turning to solar energy and small-scale solutions, building their own systems to meet their needs.

Houston is home to the biggest Nigerian population outside of Nigeria, and with that comes some delicious restaurants in our area. Houston-based blogger and proud Nigerian Nneka Kanu shares some of her favorite spots with host Raheel Ramzanali. With some places specializing in grilled suya and others boasting about their savory Jollof Rice, these are the local Nigerian restaurants you have to try. Places we talked about on today's show:  CHÒPNBLỌK Finger Licking  Aria Suya Kitchen  Café Abuja Wazobia Market  Suya Outpost  Mex African Foods Learn more about the sponsors of this October 2nd episode: 4th Wall Theatre Company Midtown Houston Bayou City Art Festival FotoFest CAF Wings Over Houston - Use code CCWOH25 Want to become a City Cast Houston Neighbor? Check out our membership program.  Looking for more Houston news? Then sign up for our morning newsletter Hey Houston  Follow us on Instagram  @CityCastHouston Don't have social media? Then leave us a voicemail or text us at +1 713-489-6972 with your thoughts! Have feedback or a show idea? Let us know!  Interested in advertising with City Cast? Let's Talk! Photo: Jermaine Thomas II/City Cast

In hour 1, Marc Cox and Dan Buck discuss changes being made to a popular street in downtown Saint Louis and if they are actually necessary. The Pope makes some comments regarding abortion and immigration that come off as controversial. In this edition of Buck Don't Give a ____, Marc Cox and Dan Buck discuss congressman John James out of Michigan on Thankful Thursday. Comments were made stating that Michigan doesn't have a black congressman. He states that he is THE black congressman from Michigan, and that he's also a Republican. Information has come out regarding former President Biden stating that he was using note cards when talking to the press and to others. In hour 2, we begin with the shortlist where Marc discusses some comments made by Fox News anchors, and how they are all light-hearted. We also circle back to the comments made by Pope Leo stating that people aren't really pro-life if you support abortion or the death penalty. There was an airplane crash at LaGuardia, but the media is making you think that it is worse than it is. There is an issue in America with truck drivers who are unable to read or speak English. These semi trucks can cause fatal accidents, and not being able to read road signs is a great danger to the general public. Tom Ackerman, KMOX Sports Director, joins the show to discuss the Cardinals down period, and how we will be back into contention in the coming years. He discusses what Chaim Bloom, the Cardinals new General Manager, has to do in order to turn Saint Louis back into a baseball powerhouse. We also hear today's edition of "In Other News." In hour 3, Congressman Jason Smith, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, joins the show to discuss the shutdown of the government and where things stand right now. Jim Talent, former US Senator | @BipartisanPolicyCenter.org |, joins the show to discuss his thoughts and the implications of the government shutdown, as well as what the next steps are. Christians are being systematically killed in Nigeria and the Nigerian government is doing nothing to acknowledge it. We start hour 4 with the Marc Cox shortlist. We hear comments from "The 5" show that airs on Fox News, as well as some ridiculous comments made by AOC in regards to the government shutting down. Bob Nation, Former Mayor of Chesterfield, joins the show to discuss new potential developments in Chesterfield, as well as his opinion on these developments. We also discuss his point of view and what the estimates for cost are. Griff Jenkins, Washington-based correspondent for Fox News Channel and the new official host of Fox and Friends, joins to discuss his his thoughts on what AOC had to say about the government shutdown, as well as his new gig at Fox with Fox and Friends. We close out the hour and the show with Marc discussing his thoughts on Bad Bunny performing during the Super Bowl Halftime Show.

In hour 3, Congressman Jason Smith, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, joins the show to discuss the shutdown of the government and where things stand right now. Jim Talent, former US Senator | @BipartisanPolicyCenter.org |, joins the show to discuss his thoughts and the implications of the government shutdown, as well as what the next steps are. Christians are being systematically killed in Nigeria and the Nigerian government is doing nothing to acknowledge it.

Gbadebo's use of materials centers on her family history of enslavement in the American South, while her ceramics draw inspiration from traditional African pottery techniques, calling on her Nigerian ancestry. Fueled by research and a commitment to the archival record, Gbadebo's multidisciplinary approach investigates the complex relationships between land, matter, and memory.Grounded in historically and culturally significant materials such as indigo dye, human hair collected throughout the African diaspora and soil hand-dug from the True Blue plantation grounds in South Carolina, Gbadebo's practice is an exploration of heritage. She lives and works in Philadelphia. She received a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York and a certification in Creative Place Keeping at The New Jersey Institute of Technology.  In 2023, she was the recipient of the Maxwell and Hanrahan Craft Fellowship and the Keynote speaker for the American Ceramic Circle annual conference. In 2022, she was a Pew Fellow at the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. She has exhibited her work across the US and internationally in Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia.

On this episode of JOI Podcast, the boys return with another round of unapologetic and unfiltered conversation.We kicked things off with a bold discussion on the declining state of Afrobeats, questioning whether the genre is losing its originality and where it's heading in the global music landscape. From there, we shifted into social commentary with a heated breakdown on equality in marriage—what it means today, how culture shapes expectations, and whether balance is truly possible in relationships.The debate didn't stop there. We dove into the controversial idea that Nigerian men are Africa's biggest export, unpacking the reputation, the stereotypes, and why Nigerian men continue to dominate conversations across the continent. And of course, we couldn't ignore the trending complaints from Nigerian women, who argue that women from other African countries are “taking their men.”It's fiery, it's funny, and it's full of perspective—classic JOI energy at its finest. Tap in and enjoy!

Jibola Fagbamiye is a Nigerian born artist who was obsessed with bringing the story of Afrobeat founder and political activist Fela Kuti to life in the pages of a graphic novel. After workshopping the idea on his own, he decided he needed some help putting the finishing touches on the project so he contacted his […]

Send us a textThe search for heroes and authentic leadership resonates deeply within societies facing critical challenges. When a nation feels lost, individuals who embody courage, simplicity, and unwavering belief in possibility become powerful symbols of what could be.Drawing from spiritual wisdom, we explore how governance rests "upon shoulders" - a profound metaphor suggesting leadership is both a spiritual and physical burden. This concept frames our discussion of Nigeria's current state and the figure of Peter Obi, whose straightforward approach and authentic commitment to national renewal has captured the imagination of many Nigerians, particularly the younger generation.What makes Obi significant isn't perfection, but rather his embodiment of standards that create a new reference point for leadership. His simple dress, direct communication, and willingness to engage in everyday situations (like mediating a roadside dispute between drivers) demonstrate leadership qualities that transcend political positioning. The podcast challenges listeners to consider: if more citizens embodied these qualities, could the nation transform?National renewal never happens from a comfortable distance. Using the metaphor of Christ entering death's domain to defeat it, we examine how transforming a nation requires "close proximity fights" with difficult realities. Those fighting for truth must prepare to be scarred in the process, yet these battles - when fought with integrity - create pathways toward collective redemption.The most powerful moment comes in a direct challenge: "I dare you, as a Nigerian, behave like Peter Obi and see if Nigeria will not change." This shifts responsibility from waiting for saviors to becoming part of the solution. True transformation happens when citizens embody the values they seek in their leaders, creating ripple effects that eventually reshape the nation's character and direction.Join our community by subscribing to our channels and following us on social media @AmacriIsoboye. Share how this conversation has impacted you - together, we're forging a path of positivity through collective wisdom and courage.Support the showYou can support this show via the link below;https://www.buzzsprout.com/1718587/supporters/new

In this powerful episode of the Obehi Podcast, we sit down with Williams Bill Jr., a seasoned IT professional and software engineer based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. With a passion for empowering others through technology, Williams shares valuable insights on the massive opportunities available for Nigerians in the digital space, from freelancing and tech entrepreneurship to building scalable solutions with software.Whether you're a budding developer, a tech enthusiast, or simply curious about how to break into the digital world from Africa, this episode is packed with practical advice and inspiration to help you get started and thrive.

It's Tuesday, September 30th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Kevin Swanson India's new anti-conversion law leads to 9 harassment cases against Christians India's Northwestern state of Rajasthan issued their Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill in the state assembly on September 9th. And now, International Christian Concern reports at least nine documented incidents of harassment and assault on Christians over the last three weeks.  Atheist Bill Maher objects to Nigerian genocide against Christians Bill Maher, the well-known comedian and secular humanist commentator, took to his HBO show last Friday to complain about the lack of coverage about Christian persecution in Nigeria. MAHER: “If you don't know what's going on in Nigeria, you are in a bubble. And again, I'm not a Christian, but they are systematically killing the Christians in Nigeria. They've killed over 100,000 since 2009 they've burned 18,000 churches. These are Islamists, Boko Haram. “This is so much more of a genocide attempt than what is going on in Gaza. They are literally attempting to wipe out the Christian population of an entire country. Where are the kids protesting this?” (applause) GUEST: “No one will talk about it. So, thank you.” MAHER: “Absolutely!” Chinese Communists sentence Christian attorney 4 years in prison And, in China, the Communists sentenced a Christian attorney and defender of human rights to four years in prison for the charge of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” and “seriously damaging her country's image.”   Zhang Zhan has already served four years for the crime of reporting from Wuhan on the COVID-19 pandemic back in February of 2020.  Mormon president allowed sexually perverse to remain in good standing The President of the Mormon faith, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, went to meet his Maker, over the weekend. Russell Nelson was 101 years old. Under his watch, the Mormons changed their policies on homosexuality, allowing those living in sexually-perverted relationships and faux-marriages to remain members in good standing. The group also allowed for the Melchizedek blessing to be placed upon children adopted by homosexuals living together. Dr. Nelson is also credited with ridding them of the “Mormon” moniker, while building the internet URL: “churchofjesuschrist.org". Membership in Mormonism expanded from 4.5 million to 17.5 million members since Dr. Nelson joined the top-tier leadership in 1984. That's a 3-fold increase in 40 years.  That's about the same growth rate as the Jehovah Witnesses, with the JW's about half the size of the Mormons.  In the words of Jesus: “Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.” (Matthew 7:19) Ken Ham and Al Mohler honor Voddie Baucham's legacy Ken Ham, from Answers in Genesis, took to social media to say, he was “greatly saddened to hear the news that pastor and theologian Voddie Baucham had gone to be with the Lord.”  Ken called Voddie “a powerful voice for truth. a pioneer in challenging men to stand for Christ in leading their families. … No other voice had the impact his did to encourage the current generation to home educate their children—that they would know Christ and make him known. “Voddie called men to lead in family worship daily in their homes. He was a pioneer in bringing young people back into the churches to sit together as a family and witness their dads worship the Lord.” Al Mohler, the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, also offered a tribute to Voddie Baucham on The Briefing. Listen. MOHLER: “Voddie Baucham died having done what the Lord called him to do. We're thankful for the power of his ministry and the clarity of his convictions. And it is a reminder to us that we must work, as Jesus said to His disciples, while it is day. Night is coming when no man can work. We'll pray for Voddie Baucham's widow and the entire family.” Plus, Masters Seminary shared a memorial on Facebook stating that “Voddie was a courageous shepherd, a bold defender of the true Gospel, and a beloved friend.” Lord: “Teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” And, just to remind us all, that this was the year that Phil Robertson, Pastor John MacArthur, Dr. James Dobson, Voddie Baucham, and Charlie Kirk died. Let us remember Moses's words in Psalm 90:12 -- “Teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” Artificial Intelligence the one bright spot in the economy In economic news today, the second quarter Gross Domestic Product in the United States registered a 3.8% improvement.  But that improvement, thus far this year, is attributed to Artificial Intelligence investment and tariffs. All other parts of the economy were down including personal consumption, business investment, housing, government and inventories. While the NASDAQ Index is up 5.7% for the month of September, investors are moving to gold and silver as a safe haven now.  Gold is up 10%, silver is up 15%, and Bitcoin is up 2%. Majority of top movies are R-rated Six out of the top seven movies this weekend are R-rated movies — mostly in the horror genre. And five out of six of last weekend's top box office favorites were also R-rated movies. R-rated movies netted four times the G-rated movie totals in 2007. This year, that ratio has increased to 100 times the G-rated movie totals. Neanderthals were fully human And finally, evolutionists are surprised to have found relations between the Neanderthals and the Chinese ancient human group called the Denisovans. A recent report cites interbreeding, according to the genome sequence. Although at one time considered a link in human evolution, now scientists realize that the Neanderthals were fully human. For example, according to the Institute for Creation Research, they “made tools to make other complex tools, buried their dead, had controlled use of fire, practiced religious ceremonies, used complex syntax in their spoken grammar, and played musical instruments.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Tuesday, September 30th, in the year of our Lord 2025. Follow us on X or subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

Join Tmt, Mayowa & Koj on Submarine and A Roach—Nigeria's funniest podcast and Nigeria's #1 comedy podcast—for a fresh-year reset packed with cultural reflections, chaos, and church gist. Kicking off with theme music that actually sets the tone, the boys dive into childhood, parenting (hello, impulse control), and why certain social encounters still trigger anxiety.From there, Submaroach's Sunday brain meets Pastor Iren, CCI Church, and the mighty Anointing Oil—which prompts the question of the day: if you're drenched in blessing, how exactly are you rapturing?They wander (with purpose) into talks about YNs, Tiwa Savage, Cardi B and the many foolish ways people express themselves with AI.As they get a little older, the guys discuss the many ways they might be more conservative.Finally, a candid look at Nigerian cinema, filmmaking, and cultural expectations—what's evolved, what still needs work, and why the best Nigerian movies are the ones with real storytelling, artistic merit, and inspiration that lingers.

A new MP3 sermon from The World View in 5 Minutes is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Atheist Bill Maher objects to Nigerian genocide against Christians Subtitle: The World View in Five Minutes Speaker: Adam McManus Broadcaster: The World View in 5 Minutes Event: Current Events Date: 9/30/2025 Length: 7 min.

In this episode, Olu breaks down FIFA's decision to sanction South Africa, deducting three points for fielding an ineligible player, Teboho Mokoena. This is a ruling that completely changes the landscape of Group C in the World Cup qualifiers. He looks at what this means for Nigeria's chances of qualification.Olu also covers the latest updates on the Super Eagles, including the announcement of two international friendlies in November against Venezuela and Colombia, as well as injury concerns for key players Raphael Onyedika and Fisayo Dele-Bashiru. He also discusses the standout Nigerian performers of the week, updates on the under-20 World Cup squad, and the progress of NPFL teams in CAF Champions League qualifying. As always, Olu wraps up with player reviews, Starboy of the Week, and Ones to Watch.

Rent crisis in Nigeria: Can tenants afford to breathe? From Kaduna to Kogi, Abuja, and beyond, rent prices are skyrocketing, leaving many Nigerians struggling to keep a roof over their heads. We're talking 150% increases and more!But what's driving this surge? Are landlords getting a free pass, or are there laws that can protect tenants?In this episode of Nigeria Daily, we're diving deep into the rent crisis, exploring the reasons behind it, and uncovering the rights tenants really have. Join us as we ask the tough questions: Can tenants afford to pay up, or is it time for change?"

This week, Adrian is joined by the ever authentic Yetunde Dania, partner at Trowers & Hamlins and Head of the firm's Birmingham office. Yetunde shares the personal and professional journey that shaped her: from finding her voice in litigation, to becoming a visible leader and passionate advocate for representation, equity and opportunity within the legal profession. This conversation follows Yetunde's rise and explores some inspiring themes along the way:How seeing a photo of her cousin in a barrister's gown first sparked Yetunde's ambition and why being told law “wasn't for her” only made her more determined;What it was like to grow up in foster care, remain in touch with her Nigerian birth family and carve out her own path;How she found her calling in litigation, driven by the instinct to protect people's rights and resolve difficult disputes without point-scoring;Why she's so passionate about mentoring, inclusion and her advocacy for care leavers, including her work with the Care Leaver Covenant and local authorities; andWhat leadership means to Yetunde and how losing her mother just days after stepping into the head of office role shaped a more authentic and people-first leadership style.Final note: Expect laughter, wisdom and a very practical argument for why the profession doesn't just need more lawyers — it needs more representative ones.

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Crystal Rivers | Word for Now | Sep 29, 2025 There is a profound heritage in the faith that many believers remain unaware of, and this ignorance creates a fundamental exposure problem in contemporary Christianity. The Nigerian church, for instance, once carried tremendous spiritual power through pioneers like P.A. Elton, who in the 1960s-80s laid out detailed blueprints, protocols, and structures for the nation's spiritual destiny. His vision included specific feast days, prayer watches, and kingdom-focused ministry that stood in stark contrast to the prosperity gospel that later infiltrated and weakened the church's foundation. When genuine seekers touch the burden of God for their nation today, they often find themselves unknowingly fulfilling the same prophetic patterns these spiritual fathers established, because they're touching the same heart of God. Understanding spiritual ancestry is crucial on two levels. First, recognize that generational curses are real—someone who experiments with substances may unknowingly activate an inherited addiction that a great-uncle struggled with, or touching immorality may awaken dormant generational bondage. Just because sin hasn't manifested yet doesn't mean the seed isn't present, waiting for the right conditions. But second, and more importantly, there is also godly spiritual ancestry. When certain spiritually-charged resources encounter someone with "ancestry" in that spiritual bloodline—books like "Good Morning Holy Spirit," "Adventures with God" by John G. Lake, materials from the God's Generals era—something awakens. Deep calls to deep. A hunger ignites that had been dormant. The harsh reality is that many of today's spiritual giants who cried out for revival—like Leonard Ravenhill or P.A. Elton—never saw their visions fully realized in their lifetimes. Their disciples became the ones God used for movements like Brownsville and other revivals. This should humble current believers while also revealing how desperately the investment is needed. The issue isn't a lack of hunger in most Christians; it's a lack of sophistication, protocol, and exposure to what true worship and sacrifice look like. Many believers are spiritually illiterate, primitive in their approach to God—not because they don't care, but because they've never been exposed to the heritage, the standards, the depth that previous generations walked in. The core truth that must grip every believer is this: genuine love for souls comes only from genuine love for Jesus. The greatest need isn't better evangelism techniques or more passionate preaching about Him—it's being possessed by Him. The gospel without the unction of His presence falls to the ground powerless. Christianity isn't waiting for a new definition but for a new demonstration. Before anyone can hear the command to "go," they must first hear and continually respond to the invitation to "come"—to come to Jesus, to spend time with Him, to be head over heels in love not with the idea of Jesus, but with the living, vibrant experience of Him daily. Ministry done without this foundation becomes humanitarian work at best, and the protection against burnout and distraction is simple dependency on Him renewed each day. The watchmen's conference that was recently held carries months of encounters in its sessions. The old-timers who showed up—disciples of these spiritual fathers—carry keys that this generation desperately needs. Study the God's Generals. Listen to the materials on revival history. Let the standard they held challenge the compromised metrics of modern ministry. And understand that your lack of hunger may simply mean you haven't yet collided with your spiritual ancestry—those specific resources and revelations that will awaken what God has already placed in your bloodline in Christ. Zoom every weekday : http://www.caveadullam.org/zoom

SCAD Savannah – Summer 2024 – Exhibitions – Anthony Akinbola – ”Good Hair” – Artist Portrait – SCAD Museum of Art, Gallery 109 – Photography Courtesy of SCAD Born in Columbia,Missouri, Anthony Olubunmi Akinbola, is a first-generation American raised by Nigerian parents in the United States and Nigeria. His layered, richly colored compositions celebrate and signify the distinct cultures that shape his identity. The artist's signature Camouflage paintings, consisting of single and multi-panel works, utilize the ubiquitous du-rag as their primary material. Universally available and possessed of significant cultural context, the du-rag represents for Akinbola a readymade object that engages the conceptual strategies of Marcel Duchamp and other significant artistic predecessors. Throughout his work Akinbola unpacks the rituals and histories connecting Africa and America, addressing the power of fetishization around cultural objects. His previous interview on Yale University radio can be found here. Anthony Olubunmi Akinbola recently was recently selected for the Pullman Yards Artist Residency, which will begin in early 2026. He also recently completed his residency at Black Rock Senegal in Dakar. In 2024, he was named Artist-in-Residence at Dragon Hill in France and in 2022, Akinbola was selected to be in The Artsy Vanguard, an annual feature spotlighting the most promising artists working today. That same year, Akinbola was also awarded the Silver Arts Project residency in New York. In 2019, he was awarded the Van Lier Fellowship and named the eighth Museum of Arts and Design Artist Fellow, which resulted in a solo exhibition at the museum. Akinbola was also selected for the Anderson Ranch Art Center Residency in 2017. Akinbola has exhibited his work in group and individual shows at renowned institutions such as the SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA; the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany; The Queens Museum, New York; the Randall Recreation Center, Washington D.C.; the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Pittsburgh, PA; the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI; the Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO; Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria; the Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT; and the Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY, among others. Anthony Akinbola Brick “Sandstone”, 2025, durags on wood panel 48 x 48 x 3 1/4 inches. Anthony Akinbola Celestial “Space Jam”, 2025, durags on wood panel 36 x 36 x 3 1/4 inches. Anthony Akinbola Icarus, 2025, durags on wood panel panel: 72 x 72 x 3 1/4 inches.

More than 330 Nigerian websites were seized in one sweep by Microsoft and US authorities in recent days, run by a shadowy network of cybercriminals linked exploiting the digital space to scam, steal, and sabotage. Is Nigeria doing enough to combat this cybercrime menace that is tied to its citizens — or are we stuck in a cycle where global crackdowns expose the weaknesses we refuse to fix at home?

Welcome to Episode 074 of Deeper Sounds of Nairobi, recorded live during my US tour in Austin, Texas, at the iconic Soho House, immersing listeners in Afro-house, Amapiano, and soulful electronic grooves that blend global influences with African roots from Nairobi's underground scene—highlighting Kenyan innovator IBORIAN for authentic East African flair. The set opens with South African Gaba Cannal feat. Kundu Leele's "Afrika," a soulful Amapiano nod to heritage; transitions to Johannesburg's Thakzin & Botswana's Jinger Stone on "Ke Nna Yo," fusing 3-step Afro-house with emotive vocals; builds with SA collab Jazzworx, Thukuthela x Babalwa M feat. Dlala Thukzin's "uValo," merging Gqom and Amapiano; evokes spirituality in Thakzin, Thandazo & Tete's "The Calling"; shifts atmospheric with UK veteran Charles Webster's "Free"; spotlights Nairobi's IBORIAN on hypnotic "SIRENS"; dawns fresh with Cape Town's Dwson "New Day (Original Mix)"; injects Nigerian Rema's playful Afrobeats "FUN"; introspects via Jazzworx, MaWhoo x Thukuthela feat. GL_Ceejay's "Uzizwa Kanjan"; adds Dutch nu-disco from Adri Block, Block & Crown's "I Want To Thank You (Block & Crown Nudisco Dubb)"; drifts melodically with Sweden's Vidojean X Oliver Loenn "Drift"; rolls Gqom with Durban's Argento Dust & Dankie Boi "Drum Roll"; energizes via SA's Qhizzo "Vosho (DJ Satellite Remix)" by Angola's DJ Satellite; heals spiritually with Argento Dust & Portugal-based Bun Xapa's "2G2"; and closes contemplatively with Thakzin & Xolani Guitars' "When We Play," weaving jazz-Amapiano strings. Bridging SA's Amapiano core, Kenyan creativity, Nigerian vibrancy, and European polish, stream this rhythmic journey now! #DeeperSoundsOfNairobi #USTour Turn it up, let the music take over, and enjoy the journey.

In this episode, we dive into the debate about how Nigerians are perceived and treated overseas. From cultural clashes and stereotypes to real-life experiences of Nigerians living abroad, we unpack whether the “badly behaved” label is fact, fiction, or simply gist.Tell us your opinion and don't forget to hit the subscribe button #OffAirWithGbemiAndToolz #Nigeriansabroad

After a hiatus, we've officially restarted the Uncommons podcast, and our first long-form interview is with Professor Taylor Owen to discuss the ever changing landscape of the digital world, the fast emergence of AI and the implications for our kids, consumer safety and our democracy.Taylor Owen's work focuses on the intersection of media, technology and public policy and can be found at taylorowen.com. He is the Beaverbrook Chair in Media, Ethics and Communications and the founding Director of The Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy at McGill University where he is also an Associate Professor. He is the host of the Globe and Mail's Machines Like Us podcast and author of several books.Taylor also joined me for this discussion more than 5 years ago now. And a lot has happened in that time.Upcoming episodes will include guests Tanya Talaga and an episode focused on the border bill C-2, with experts from The Citizen Lab and the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers.We'll also be hosting a live event at the Naval Club of Toronto with Catherine McKenna, who will be launching her new book Run Like a Girl. Register for free through Eventbrite. As always, if you have ideas for future guests or topics, email us at info@beynate.ca Chapters:0:29 Setting the Stage1:44 Core Problems & Challenges4:31 Information Ecosystem Crisis10:19 Signals of Reliability & Policy Challenges14:33 Legislative Efforts18:29 Online Harms Act Deep Dive25:31 AI Fraud29:38 Platform Responsibility32:55 Future Policy DirectionFurther Reading and Listening:Public rules for big tech platforms with Taylor Owen — Uncommons Podcast“How the Next Government can Protect Canada's Information Ecosystem.” Taylor Owen with Helen Hayes, The Globe and Mail, April 7, 2025.Machines Like Us PodcastBill C-63Transcript:Nate Erskine-Smith00:00-00:43Welcome to Uncommons, I'm Nate Erskine-Smith. This is our first episode back after a bit of a hiatus, and we are back with a conversation focused on AI safety, digital governance, and all of the challenges with regulating the internet. I'm joined by Professor Taylor Owen. He's an expert in these issues. He's been writing about these issues for many years. I actually had him on this podcast more than five years ago, and he's been a huge part of getting us in Canada to where we are today. And it's up to this government to get us across the finish line, and that's what we talk about. Taylor, thanks for joining me. Thanks for having me. So this feels like deja vu all over again, because I was going back before you arrived this morning and you joined this podcast in April of 2020 to talk about platform governance.Taylor Owen00:43-00:44It's a different world.Taylor00:45-00:45In some ways.Nate Erskine-Smith00:45-01:14Yeah. Well, yeah, a different world for sure in many ways, but also the same challenges in some ways too. Additional challenges, of course. But I feel like in some ways we've come a long way because there's been lots of consultation. There have been some legislative attempts at least, but also we haven't really accomplished the thing. So let's talk about set the stage. Some of the same challenges from five years ago, but some new challenges. What are the challenges? What are the problems we're trying to solve? Yeah, I mean, many of them are the same, right?Taylor Owen01:14-03:06I mean, this is part of the technology moves fast. But when you look at the range of things citizens are concerned about when they and their children and their friends and their families use these sets of digital technologies that shape so much of our lives, many things are the same. So they're worried about safety. They're worried about algorithmic content and how that's feeding into what they believe and what they think. They're worried about polarization. We're worried about the integrity of our democracy and our elections. We're worried about sort of some of the more acute harms of like real risks to safety, right? Like children taking their own lives and violence erupting, political violence emerging. Like these things have always been present as a part of our digital lives. And that's what we were concerned about five years ago, right? When we talked about those harms, that was roughly the list. Now, the technologies we were talking about at the time were largely social media platforms, right? So that was the main way five years ago that we shared, consumed information in our digital politics and our digital public lives. And that is what's changing slightly. Now, those are still prominent, right? We're still on TikTok and Instagram and Facebook to a certain degree. But we do now have a new layer of AI and particularly chatbots. And I think a big question we face in this conversation in this, like, how do we develop policies that maximize the benefits of digital technologies and minimize the harms, which is all this is trying to do. Do we need new tools for AI or some of the things we worked on for so many years to get right, the still the right tools for this new set of technologies with chatbots and various consumer facing AI interfaces?Nate Erskine-Smith03:07-03:55My line in politics has always been, especially around privacy protections, that we are increasingly living our lives online. And especially, you know, my kids are growing up online and our laws need to reflect that reality. All of the challenges you've articulated to varying degrees exist in offline spaces, but can be incredibly hard. The rules we have can be incredibly hard to enforce at a minimum in the online space. And then some rules are not entirely fit for purpose and they need to be updated in the online space. It's interesting. I was reading a recent op-ed of yours, but also some of the research you've done. This really stood out. So you've got the Hogue Commission that says disinformation is the single biggest threat to our democracy. That's worth pausing on.Taylor Owen03:55-04:31Yeah, exactly. Like the commission that spent a year at the request of all political parties in parliament, at the urging of the opposition party, so it spent a year looking at a wide range of threats to our democratic systems that everybody was concerned about originating in foreign countries. And the conclusion of that was that the single biggest threat to our democracy is the way information flows through our society and how we're not governing it. Like that is a remarkable statement and it kind of came and went. And I don't know why we moved off from that so fast.Nate Erskine-Smith04:31-05:17Well, and there's a lot to pull apart there because you've got purposeful, intentional, bad actors, foreign influence operations. But you also have a really core challenge of just the reliability and credibility of the information ecosystem. So you have Facebook, Instagram through Meta block news in Canada. And your research, this was the stat that stood out. Don't want to put you in and say like, what do we do? Okay. So there's, you say 11 million views of news have been lost as a consequence of that blocking. Okay. That's one piece of information people should know. Yeah. But at the same time.Taylor Owen05:17-05:17A day. Yeah.Nate Erskine-Smith05:18-05:18So right.Taylor Owen05:18-05:2711 million views a day. And we should sometimes we go through these things really fast. It's huge. Again, Facebook decides to block news. 40 million people in Canada. Yeah.Taylor05:27-05:29So 11 million times a Canadian.Taylor Owen05:29-05:45And what that means is 11 million times a Canadian would open one of their news feeds and see Canadian journalism is taken out of the ecosystem. And it was replaced by something. People aren't using these tools less. So that journalism was replaced by something else.Taylor05:45-05:45Okay.Taylor Owen05:45-05:46So that's just it.Nate Erskine-Smith05:46-06:04So on the one side, we've got 11 million views a day lost. Yeah. And on the other side, Canadians, the majority of Canadians get their news from social media. But when the Canadians who get their news from social media are asked where they get it from, they still say Instagram and Facebook. But there's no news there. Right.Taylor Owen06:04-06:04They say they get.Nate Erskine-Smith06:04-06:05It doesn't make any sense.Taylor Owen06:06-06:23It doesn't and it does. It's terrible. They ask Canadians, like, where do you get people who use social media to get their news? Where do they get their news? and they still say social media, even though it's not there. Journalism isn't there. Journalism isn't there. And I think one of the explanations— Traditional journalism. There is—Taylor06:23-06:23There is—Taylor Owen06:23-06:47Well, this is what I was going to get at, right? Like, there is—one, I think, conclusion is that people don't equate journalism with news about the world. There's not a one-to-one relationship there. Like, journalism is one provider of news, but so are influencers, so are podcasts, people listening to this. Like this would be labeled probably news in people's.Nate Erskine-Smith06:47-06:48Can't trust the thing we say.Taylor Owen06:48-07:05Right. And like, and neither of us are journalists, right? But we are providing information about the world. And if it shows up in people's feeds, as I'm sure it will, like that probably gets labeled in people's minds as news, right? As opposed to pure entertainment, as entertaining as you are.Nate Erskine-Smith07:05-07:06It's public affairs content.Taylor Owen07:06-07:39Exactly. So that's one thing that's happening. The other is that there's a generation of creators that are stepping into this ecosystem to both fill that void and that can use these tools much more effectively. So in the last election, we found that of all the information consumed about the election, 50% of it was created by creators. 50% of the engagement on the election was from creators. Guess what it was for journalists, for journalism? Like 5%. Well, you're more pessimistic though. I shouldn't have led with the question. 20%.Taylor07:39-07:39Okay.Taylor Owen07:39-07:56So all of journalism combined in the entire country, 20 percent of engagement, influencers, 50 percent in the last election. So like we've shifted, at least on social, the actors and people and institutions that are fostering our public.Nate Erskine-Smith07:56-08:09Is there a middle ground here where you take some people that play an influencer type role but also would consider themselves citizen journalists in a way? How do you – It's a super interesting question, right?Taylor Owen08:09-08:31Like who – when are these people doing journalism? When are they doing acts of journalism? Like someone can be – do journalism and 90% of the time do something else, right? And then like maybe they reveal something or they tell an interesting story that resonates with people or they interview somebody and it's revelatory and it's a journalistic act, right?Taylor08:31-08:34Like this is kind of a journalistic act we're playing here.Taylor Owen08:35-08:49So I don't think – I think these lines are gray. but I mean there's some other underlying things here which like it matters if I think if journalistic institutions go away entirely right like that's probably not a good thing yeah I mean that's whyNate Erskine-Smith08:49-09:30I say it's terrifying is there's a there's a lot of good in the in the digital space that is trying to be there's creative destruction there's a lot of work to provide people a direct sense of news that isn't that filter that people may mistrust in traditional media. Having said that, so many resources and there's so much history to these institutions and there's a real ethics to journalism and journalists take their craft seriously in terms of the pursuit of truth. Absolutely. And losing that access, losing the accessibility to that is devastating for democracy. I think so.Taylor Owen09:30-09:49And I think the bigger frame of that for me is a democracy needs signals of – we need – as citizens in a democracy, we need signals of reliability. Like we need to know broadly, and we're not always going to agree on it, but like what kind of information we can trust and how we evaluate whether we trust it.Nate Erskine-Smith09:49-10:13And that's what – that is really going away. Pause for a sec. So you could imagine signals of reliability is a good phrase. what does it mean for a legislator when it comes to putting a rule in place? Because you could imagine, you could have a Blade Runner kind of rule that says you've got to distinguish between something that is human generatedTaylor10:13-10:14and something that is machine generated.Nate Erskine-Smith10:15-10:26That seems straightforward enough. It's a lot harder if you're trying to distinguish between Taylor, what you're saying is credible, and Nate, what you're saying is not credible,Taylor10:27-10:27which is probably true.Nate Erskine-Smith10:28-10:33But how do you have a signal of reliability in a different kind of content?Taylor Owen10:34-13:12I mean, we're getting into like a journalistic journalism policy here to a certain degree, right? And it's a wicked problem because the primary role of journalism is to hold you personally to account. And you setting rules for what they can and can't do and how they can and can't behave touches on some real like third rails here, right? It's fraught. However, I don't think it should ever be about policy determining what can and can't be said or what is and isn't journalism. The real problem is the distribution mechanism and the incentives within it. So a great example and a horrible example happened last week, right? So Charlie Kirk gets assassinated. I don't know if you opened a feed in the few days after that, but it was a horrendous place, right? Social media was an awful, awful, awful place because what you saw in that feed was the clearest demonstration I've ever seen in a decade of looking at this of how those algorithmic feeds have become radicalized. Like all you saw on every platform was the worst possible representations of every view. Right. Right. It was truly shocking and horrendous. Like people defending the murder and people calling for the murder of leftists and like on both sides. Right. people blaming Israel, people, whatever. Right. And that isn't a function of like- Aaron Charlie Kirk to Jesus. Sure. Like- It was bonkers all the way around. Totally bonkers, right? And that is a function of how those ecosystems are designed and the incentives within them. It's not a function of like there was journalism being produced about that. Like New York Times, citizens were doing good content about what was happening. It was like a moment of uncertainty and journalism was doing or playing a role, but it wasn't And so I think with all of these questions, including the online harms ones, and I think how we step into an AI governance conversation, the focus always has to be on those systems. I'm like, what is who and what and what are the incentives and the technical decisions being made that determine what we experience when we open these products? These are commercial products that we're choosing to consume. And when we open them, a whole host of business and design and technical decisions and human decisions shape the effect it has on us as people, the effect it has on our democracy, the vulnerabilities that exist in our democracy, the way foreign actors or hostile actors can take advantage of them, right? Like all of that stuff we've been talking about, the role reliability of information plays, like these algorithms could be tweaked for reliable versus unreliable content, right? Over time.Taylor13:12-13:15That's not a – instead of reactionary –Taylor Owen13:15-13:42Or like what's most – it gets most engagement or what makes you feel the most angry, which is largely what's driving X, for example, right now, right? You can torque all those things. Now, I don't think we want government telling companies how they have to torque it. But we can slightly tweak the incentives to get better content, more reliable content, less polarizing content, less hateful content, less harmful content, right? Those dials can be incentivized to be turned. And that's where the policy space should play, I think.Nate Erskine-Smith13:43-14:12And your focus on systems and assessing risks with systems. I think that's the right place to play. I mean, we've seen legislative efforts. You've got the three pieces in Canada. You've got online harms. You've got the privacy and very kind of vague initial foray into AI regs, which we can get to. And then a cybersecurity piece. And all of those ultimately died on the order paper. Yeah. We also had the journalistic protection policies, right, that the previous government did.Taylor Owen14:12-14:23I mean – Yeah, yeah, yeah. We can debate their merits. Yeah. But there was considerable effort put into backstopping the institutions of journalism by the – Well, they're twofold, right?Nate Erskine-Smith14:23-14:33There's the tax credit piece, sort of financial support. And then there was the Online News Act. Right. Which was trying to pull some dollars out of the platforms to pay for the news as well. Exactly.Taylor14:33-14:35So the sort of supply and demand side thing, right?Nate Erskine-Smith14:35-14:38There's the digital service tax, which is no longer a thing.Taylor Owen14:40-14:52Although it still is a piece of past legislation. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It still is a thing. Yeah, yeah. Until you guys decide whether to negate the thing you did last year or not, right? Yeah.Nate Erskine-Smith14:52-14:55I don't take full responsibility for that one.Taylor Owen14:55-14:56No, you shouldn't.Nate Erskine-Smith14:58-16:03But other countries have seen more success. Yeah. And so you've got in the UK, in Australia, the EU really has led the way. 2018, the EU passes GDPR, which is a privacy set of rules, which we are still behind seven years later. But you've got in 2022, 2023, you've got Digital Services Act that passes. You've got Digital Markets Act. And as I understand it, and we've had, you know, we've both been involved in international work on this. And we've heard from folks like Francis Hogan and others about the need for risk-based assessments. And you're well down the rabbit hole on this. But isn't it at a high level? You deploy a technology. You've got to identify material risks. You then have to take reasonable measures to mitigate those risks. That's effectively the duty of care built in. And then ideally, you've got the ability for third parties, either civil society or some public office that has the ability to audit whether you have adequately identified and disclosed material risks and whether you have taken reasonable steps to mitigate.Taylor Owen16:04-16:05That's like how I have it in my head.Nate Erskine-Smith16:05-16:06I mean, that's it.Taylor Owen16:08-16:14Write it down. Fill in the legislation. Well, I mean, that process happened. I know. That's right. I know.Nate Erskine-Smith16:14-16:25Exactly. Which people, I want to get to that because C63 gets us a large part of the way there. I think so. And yet has been sort of like cast aside.Taylor Owen16:25-17:39Exactly. Let's touch on that. But I do think what you described as the online harms piece of this governance agenda. When you look at what the EU has done, they have put in place the various building blocks for what a broad digital governance agenda might look like. Because the reality of this space, which we talked about last time, and it's the thing that's infuriating about digital policy, is that you can't do one thing. There's no – digital economy and our digital lives are so vast and the incentives and the effect they have on society is so broad that there's no one solution. So anyone who tells you fix privacy policy and you'll fix all the digital problems we just talked about are full of it. Anyone who says competition policy, like break up the companies, will solve all of these problems. is wrong, right? Anyone who says online harms policy, which we'll talk about, fixes everything is wrong. You have to do all of them. And Europe has, right? They updated their privacy policy. They've been to build a big online harms agenda. They updated their competition regime. And they're also doing some AI policy too, right? So like you need comprehensive approaches, which is not an easy thing to do, right? It means doing three big things all over.Nate Erskine-Smith17:39-17:41Especially minority parlance, short periods of time, legislatively.Taylor Owen17:41-18:20Different countries have taken different pieces of it. Now, on the online harms piece, which is what the previous government took really seriously, and I think it's worth putting a point on that, right, that when we talked last was the beginning of this process. After we spoke, there was a national expert panel. There were 20 consultations. There were four citizens' assemblies. There was a national commission, right? Like a lot of work went into looking at what every other country had done because this is a really wicked, difficult problem and trying to learn from what Europe, Australia and the UK had all done. And we kind of taking the benefit of being late, right? So they were all ahead of us.Taylor18:21-18:25People you work with on that grant committee. We're all quick and do our own consultations.Taylor Owen18:26-19:40Exactly. And like the model that was developed out of that, I think, was the best model of any of those countries. And it's now seen as internationally, interestingly, as the new sort of milestone that everybody else is building on, right? And what it does is it says if you're going to launch a digital product, right, like a consumer-facing product in Canada, you need to assess risk. And you need to assess risk on these broad categories of harms that we have decided as legislators we care about or you've decided as legislators you cared about, right? Child safety, child sexual abuse material, fomenting violence and extremist content, right? Like things that are like broad categories that we've said are we think are harmful to our democracy. All you have to do as a company is a broad assessment of what could go wrong with your product. If you find something could go wrong, so let's say, for example, let's use a tangible example. Let's say you are a social media platform and you are launching a product that's going to be used by kids and it allows adults to contact kids without parental consent or without kids opting into being a friend. What could go wrong with that?Nate Erskine-Smith19:40-19:40Yeah.Taylor19:40-19:43Like what could go wrong? Yeah, a lot could go wrong.Taylor Owen19:43-20:27And maybe strange men will approach teenage girls. Maybe, right? Like if you do a risk assessment, that is something you might find. You would then be obligated to mitigate that risk and show how you've mitigated it, right? Like you put in a policy in place to show how you're mitigating it. And then you have to share data about how these tools are used so that we can monitor, publics and researchers can monitor whether that mitigation strategy worked. That's it. In that case, that feature was launched by Instagram in Canada without any risk assessment, without any safety evaluation. And we know there was like a widespread problem of teenage girls being harassed by strange older men.Taylor20:28-20:29Incredibly creepy.Taylor Owen20:29-20:37A very easy, but not like a super illegal thing, not something that would be caught by the criminal code, but a harm we can all admit is a problem.Taylor20:37-20:41And this kind of mechanism would have just filtered out.Taylor Owen20:41-20:51Default settings, right? And doing thinking a bit before you launch a product in a country about what kind of broad risks might emerge when it's launched and being held accountable to do it for doing that.Nate Erskine-Smith20:52-21:05Yeah, I quite like the we I mean, maybe you've got a better read of this, but in the UK, California has pursued this. I was looking at recently, Elizabeth Denham is now the Jersey Information Commissioner or something like that.Taylor Owen21:05-21:06I know it's just yeah.Nate Erskine-Smith21:07-21:57I don't random. I don't know. But she is a Canadian, for those who don't know Elizabeth Denham. And she was the information commissioner in the UK. And she oversaw the implementation of the first age-appropriate design code. That always struck me as an incredibly useful approach. In that even outside of social media platforms, even outside of AI, take a product like Roblox, where tons of kids use it. And just forcing companies to ensure that the default settings are prioritizing child safety so that you don't put the onus on parents and kids to figure out each of these different games and platforms. In a previous world of consumer protection, offline, it would have been de facto. Of course we've prioritized consumer safety first and foremost. But in the online world, it's like an afterthought.Taylor Owen21:58-24:25Well, when you say consumer safety, it's worth like referring back to what we mean. Like a duty of care can seem like an obscure concept. But your lawyer is a real thing, right? Like you walk into a store. I walk into your office. I have an expectation that the bookshelves aren't going to fall off the wall and kill me, right? And you have to bolt them into the wall because of that, right? Like that is a duty of care that you have for me when I walk into your public space or private space. Like that's all we're talking about here. And the age-appropriate design code, yes, like sort of developed, implemented by a Canadian in the UK. And what it says, it also was embedded in the Online Harms Act, right? If we'd passed that last year, we would be implementing an age-appropriate design code as we speak, right? What that would say is any product that is likely to be used by a kid needs to do a set of additional things, not just these risk assessments, right? But we think like kids don't have the same rights as adults. We have different duties to protect kids as adults, right? So maybe they should do an extra set of things for their digital products. And it includes things like no behavioral targeting, no advertising, no data collection, no sexual adult content, right? Like kind of things that like – Seem obvious. And if you're now a child in the UK and you open – you go on a digital product, you are safer because you have an age-appropriate design code governing your experience online. Canadian kids don't have that because that bill didn't pass, right? So like there's consequences to this stuff. and I get really frustrated now when I see the conversation sort of pivoting to AI for example right like all we're supposed to care about is AI adoption and all the amazing things AI is going to do to transform our world which are probably real right like not discounting its power and just move on from all of these both problems and solutions that have been developed to a set of challenges that both still exist on social platforms like they haven't gone away people are still using these tools and the harms still exist and probably are applicable to this next set of technologies as well. So this moving on from what we've learned and the work that's been done is just to the people working in this space and like the wide stakeholders in this country who care about this stuff and working on it. It just, it feels like you say deja vu at the beginning and it is deja vu, but it's kind of worse, right? Cause it's like deja vu and then ignoring theTaylor24:25-24:29five years of work. Yeah, deja vu if we were doing it again. Right. We're not even, we're not evenTaylor Owen24:29-24:41Well, yeah. I mean, hopefully I actually am not, I'm actually optimistic, I would say that we will, because I actually think of if for a few reasons, like one, citizens want it, right? Like.Nate Erskine-Smith24:41-24:57Yeah, I was surprised on the, so you mentioned there that the rules that we design, the risk assessment framework really applied to social media could equally be applied to deliver AI safety and it could be applied to new technology in a useful way.Taylor Owen24:58-24:58Some elements of it. Exactly.Nate Erskine-Smith24:58-25:25I think AI safety is a broad bucket of things. So let's get to that a little bit because I want to pull the pieces together. So I had a constituent come in the office and he is really like super mad. He's super mad. Why is he mad? Does that happen very often? Do people be mad when they walk into this office? Not as often as you think, to be honest. Not as often as you think. And he's mad because he believes Mark Carney ripped him off.Taylor Owen25:25-25:25Okay.Nate Erskine-Smith25:25-26:36Okay. Yep. He believes Mark Carney ripped him off, not with broken promise in politics, not because he said one thing and is delivering something else, nothing to do with politics. He saw a video online, Mark Carney told him to invest money. He invested money and he's out the 200 bucks or whatever it was. And I was like, how could you possibly have lost money in this way? This is like, this was obviously a scam. Like what, how could you have been deceived? But then I go and I watched the video And it is, okay, I'm not gonna send the 200 bucks and I've grown up with the internet, but I can see how- Absolutely. In the same way, phone scams and Nigerian princes and all of that have their own success rate. I mean, this was a very believable video that was obviously AI generated. So we are going to see rampant fraud. If we aren't already, we are going to see many challenges with respect to AI safety. What over and above the risk assessment piece, what do we do to address these challenges?Taylor Owen26:37-27:04So that is a huge problem, right? Like the AI fraud, AI video fraud is a huge challenge. In the election, when we were monitoring the last election, by far the biggest problem or vulnerability of the election was a AI generated video campaign. that every day would take videos of Polyevs and Carney's speeches from the day before and generate, like morph them into conversations about investment strategies.Taylor27:05-27:07And it was driving people to a crypto scam.Taylor Owen27:08-27:11But it was torquing the political discourse.Taylor27:11-27:11That's what it must have been.Taylor Owen27:12-27:33I mean, there's other cases of this, but that's probably, and it was running rampant on particularly meta platforms. They were flagged. They did nothing about it. There were thousands of these videos circulating throughout the entire election, right? And it's not like the end of the world, right? Like nobody – but it torqued our political debate. It ripped off some people. And these kinds of scams are –Taylor27:33-27:38It's clearly illegal. It's clearly illegal. It probably breaks his election law too, misrepresenting a political figure, right?Taylor Owen27:38-27:54So I think there's probably an Elections Canada response to this that's needed. And it's fraud. And it's fraud, absolutely. So what do you do about that, right? And the head of the Canadian Banking Association said there's like billions of dollars in AI-based fraud in the Canadian economy right now. Right? So it's a big problem.Taylor27:54-27:55Yeah.Taylor Owen27:55-28:46I actually think there's like a very tangible policy solution. You put these consumer-facing AI products into the Online Harms Act framework, right? And then you add fraud and AI scams as a category of harm. And all of a sudden, if you're meta and you are operating in Canada during an election, you'd have to do a risk assessment on like AI fraud potential of your product. Responsibility for your platform. And then it starts to circulate. We would see it. They'd be called out on it. They'd have to take it down. And like that's that, right? Like so that we have mechanisms for dealing with this. But it does mean evolving what we worked on over the past five years, these like only harms risk assessment models and bringing in some of the consumer facing AI, both products and related harms into the framework.Nate Erskine-Smith28:47-30:18To put it a different way, I mean, so this is years ago now that we had this, you know, grand committee in the UK holding Facebook and others accountable. This really was creating the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. And the platforms at the time were really holding firm to this idea of Section 230 and avoiding host liability and saying, oh, we couldn't possibly be responsible for everything on our platform. And there was one problem with that argument, which is they completely acknowledged the need for them to take action when it came to child pornography. And so they said, yeah, well, you know, no liability for us. But of course, there can be liability on this one specific piece of content and we'll take action on this one specific piece of content. And it always struck me from there on out. I mean, there's no real intellectual consistency here. It's more just what should be in that category of things that they should take responsibility for. And obviously harmful content like that should be – that's an obvious first step but obvious for everyone. But there are other categories. Fraud is another one. When they're making so much money, when they are investing so much money in AI, when they're ignoring privacy protections and everything else throughout the years, I mean, we can't leave it up to them. And setting a clear set of rules to say this is what you're responsible for and expanding that responsibility seems to make a good amount of sense.Taylor Owen30:18-30:28It does, although I think those responsibilities need to be different for different kinds of harms. Because there are different speech implications and apocratic implications of sort of absolute solutions to different kinds of content.Taylor30:28-30:30So like child pornography is a great example.Taylor Owen30:30-31:44In the Online Harms Bill Act, for almost every type of content, it was that risk assessment model. But there was a carve out for child sexual abuse material. So including child pornography. And for intimate images and videos shared without consent. It said the platforms actually have a different obligation, and that's to take it down within 24 hours. And the reason you can do it with those two kinds of content is because if we, one, the AI is actually pretty good at spotting it. It might surprise you, but there's a lot of naked images on the internet that we can train AI with. So we're actually pretty good at using AI to pull this stuff down. But the bigger one is that we are, I think, as a society, it's okay to be wrong in the gray area of that speech, right? Like if something is like debatable, whether it's child pornography, I'm actually okay with us suppressing the speech of the person who sits in that gray area. Whereas for something like hate speech, it's a really different story, right? Like we do not want to suppress and over index for that gray area on hate speech because that's going to capture a lot of reasonable debate that we probably want.Nate Erskine-Smith31:44-31:55Yeah, I think soliciting investment via fraud probably falls more in line with the child pornography category where it's, you know, very obviously illegal.Taylor Owen31:55-32:02And that mechanism is like a takedown mechanism, right? Like if we see fraud, if we know it's fraud, then you take it down, right? Some of these other things we have to go with.Nate Erskine-Smith32:02-32:24I mean, my last question really is you pull the threads together. You've got these different pieces that were introduced in the past. And you've got a government that lots of similar folks around the table, but a new government and a new prime minister certainly with a vision for getting the most out of AI when it comes to our economy.Taylor32:24-32:25Absolutely.Nate Erskine-Smith32:25-33:04You have, for the first time in this country, an AI minister, a junior minister to industry, but still a specific title portfolio and with his own deputy minister and really wants to be seized with this. And in a way, I think that from every conversation I've had with him that wants to maximize productivity in this country using AI, but is also cognizant of the risks and wants to address AI safety. So where from here? You know, you've talked in the past about sort of a grander sort of tech accountability and sovereignty act. Do we do piecemeal, you know, a privacy bill here and an AI safety bill and an online harms bill and we have disparate pieces? What's the answer here?Taylor Owen33:05-34:14I mean, I don't have the exact answer. But I think there's some like, there's some lessons from the past that we can, this government could take. And one is piecemeal bills that aren't centrally coordinated or have no sort of connectivity between them end up with piecemeal solutions that are imperfect and like would benefit from some cohesiveness between them, right? So when the previous government released ADA, the AI Act, it was like really intention in some real ways with the online harms approach. So two different departments issuing two similar bills on two separate technologies, not really talking to each other as far as I can tell from the outside, right? So like we need a coordinating, coordinated, comprehensive effort to digital governance. Like that's point one and we've never had it in this country. And when I saw the announcement of an AI minister, my mind went first to that he or that office could be that role. Like you could – because AI is – it's cross-cutting, right? Like every department in our federal government touches AI in one way or another. And the governance of AI and the adoption on the other side of AI by society is going to affect every department and every bill we need.Nate Erskine-Smith34:14-34:35So if Evan pulled in the privacy pieces that would help us catch up to GDPR. Which it sounds like they will, right? Some version of C27 will probably come back. If he pulls in the online harms pieces that aren't related to the criminal code and drops those provisions, says, you know, Sean Frazier, you can deal with this if you like. But these are the pieces I'm holding on to.Taylor Owen34:35-34:37With a frame of consumer safety, right?Nate Erskine-Smith34:37-34:37Exactly.Taylor Owen34:38-34:39If he wants...Nate Erskine-Smith34:39-34:54Which is connected to privacy as well, right? Like these are all... So then you have thematically a bill that makes sense. And then you can pull in as well the AI safety piece. And then it becomes a consumer protection bill when it comes to living our lives online. Yeah.Taylor Owen34:54-36:06And I think there's an argument whether that should be one bill or whether it's multiple ones. I actually don't think it... I think there's cases for both, right? There's concern about big omnibus bills that do too many things and too many committees reviewing them and whatever. that's sort of a machinery of government question right but but the principle that these should be tied together in a narrative that the government is explicit about making and communicating to publics right that if if you we know that 85 percent of canadians want ai to be regulated what do they mean what they mean is at the same time as they're being told by our government by companies that they should be using and embracing this powerful technology in their lives they're also seeing some risks. They're seeing risks to their kids. They're being told their jobs might disappear and might take their... Why should I use this thing? When I'm seeing some harms, I don't see you guys doing anything about these harms. And I'm seeing some potential real downside for me personally and my family. So even in the adoption frame, I think thinking about data privacy, safety, consumer safety, I think to me, that's the real frame here. It's like citizen safety, consumer safety using these products. Yeah, politically, I just, I mean, that is what it is. It makes sense to me.Nate Erskine-Smith36:06-36:25Right, I agree. And really lean into child safety at the same time. Because like I've got a nine-year-old and a five-year-old. They are growing up with the internet. And I do not want to have to police every single platform that they use. I do not want to have to log in and go, these are the default settings on the parental controls.Taylor36:25-36:28I want to turn to government and go, do your damn job.Taylor Owen36:28-36:48Or just like make them slightly safer. I know these are going to be imperfect. I have a 12-year-old. He spends a lot of time on YouTube. I know that's going to always be a place with sort of content that I would prefer he doesn't see. But I would just like some basic safety standards on that thing. So he's not seeing the worst of the worst.Nate Erskine-Smith36:48-36:58And we should expect that. Certainly at YouTube with its promotion engine, the recommendation function is not actively promoting terrible content to your 12 year old.Taylor Owen36:59-37:31Yeah. That's like de minimis. Can we just torque this a little bit, right? So like maybe he's not seeing content about horrible content about Charlie Kirk when he's a 12 year old on YouTube, right? Like, can we just do something? And I think that's a reasonable expectation as a citizen. But it requires governance. That will not – and that's – it's worth putting a real emphasis on that is one thing we've learned in this moment of repeated deja vus going back 20 years really since our experience with social media for sure through to now is that these companies don't self-govern.Taylor37:31-37:31Right.Taylor Owen37:32-37:39Like we just – we know that indisputably. So to think that AI is going to be different is delusional. No, it'll be pseudo-profit, not the public interest.Taylor37:39-37:44Of course. Because that's what we are. These are the largest companies in the world. Yeah, exactly. And AI companies are even bigger than the last generation, right?Taylor Owen37:44-38:00We're creating something new with the scale of these companies. And to think that their commercial incentives and their broader long-term goals of around AI are not going to override these safety concerns is just naive in the nth degree.Nate Erskine-Smith38:00-38:38But I think you make the right point, and it's useful to close on this, that these goals of realizing the productivity possibilities and potentials of AI alongside AI safety, these are not mutually exclusive or oppositional goals. that it's you create a sandbox to play in and companies will be more successful. And if you have certainty in regulations, companies will be more successful. And if people feel safe using these tools and having certainly, you know, if I feel safe with my kids learning these tools growing up in their classrooms and everything else, you're going to adoption rates will soar. Absolutely. And then we'll benefit.Taylor Owen38:38-38:43They work in tandem, right? And I think you can't have one without the other fundamentally.Nate Erskine-Smith38:45-38:49Well, I hope I don't invite you back five years from now when we have the same conversation.Taylor Owen38:49-38:58Well, I hope you invite me back in five years, but I hope it's like thinking back on all the legislative successes of the previous five years. I mean, that'll be the moment.Taylor38:58-38:59Sounds good. Thanks, David. Thanks. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.uncommons.ca

Buckle up, Undressed-anistas, because this episode is a full runway of drama, laughs, fashion tea, and mystical revelations! Pol' and Patrik are back inside their Beverly Hills boutique with the fabulous Gogo Lomo-David (Righteous Gemstones, Shameless), and things get spicy fast. We kick off with Hot Topics — and no one is safe. From the shocking story of Lil Nas X allegedly arrested in Hollywood to the headline-grabbing relationship twists of JoJo Siwa, our hosts dive headfirst into fame's darker side. Gogo opens up about resisting Hollywood's vices, sharing how his Nigerian father and grounded upbringing keep him focused. The trio get candid about the dangers of “yes-men” in showbiz, the heartbreak of watching Anna Nicole Smithspiral after tragedy, and why goals and community are the ultimate antidote to self-destruction. But it doesn't stop there — the infamous Menendez Brothers parole denial sparks a raw debate on justice, forgiveness, and responsibility. From true crime to pop culture, the conversation swerves to Taylor Swift's jaw-dropping 12th album, “Life of a Showgirl”. Gogo calls it: another era-defining set of hits from the global superstar who built an empire on heartbreak and reinvention. Then comes Runway Rundown, where fashion meets fire. Pol' and Patrik pull up red carpet looks for Gogo to critique — and he doesn't hold back. From Luke Combs' ill-fitting Tweedledee vibes to Sydney Sweeney's dreamy ivory bustier dress (with a questionable headband), Danny McBride's off-shade suit, and Walton Goggins' risk-taking silk chemise moment, every celebrity look gets dissected. And when Chrissy Teigen struts in a daring mesh bustier gown with feathered mermaid skirt, it's Catwoman chic meets couture controversy. Even Gogo's own velvet tuxedo Emmy look and his playful pink jacket ensemble are up for critique — bow ties, microfiber jackets, and all. Next, it's game time with “Holy or Humbug” — a laugh-out-loud quiz where Gogo must guess whether outrageous televangelist scandals happened in real life or on Righteous Gemstones. Did Baby Billy abandon his kid at a gas station? Did a Texas church offer drive-through confessions during COVID? Did Joel Osteen really lock church doors during a hurricane? Holy or Humbug? You'll be screaming along as Gogo battles tricky wordplay and reveals behind-the-scenes tea. Finally, we land in the mystical with Pol's signature Armenian coffee reading — and it's pure destiny. In Gogo's cup, Pol' sees a butterfly, symbolizing transformation and fleeting beauty, and delivers a powerful message: a major relationship shift is on the horizon. This isn't casual—it's commitment-or-nothing, a love story written in the grounds. Vulnerability, healing, and fate collide as Gogo reflects on love, fear, and opening his heart again. By the end, he admits he feels “beautifully naked — emotionally, mentally, and physically.” From fashion critiques sharper than tweezers, to celebrity confessions, to mystical readings that could change the course of love, this episode has it ALL. Whether you're here for Taylor Swift, Anna Nicole Smith, Lil Nas X, Sydney Sweeney, Chrissy Teigen, or just Gogo's infectious energy, you'll walk away laughing, gasping, and maybe even believing in coffee-ground destiny.

Lionel presents challenging hypotheticals designed to teach listeners "how to think". Lionel dives headfirst into sensitive questions about preference, race, and freedom of expression: Would you prefer white Australians or Nigerians move into your state, and does your answer make you a racist? Explore the definitions of "racist," "xenophobe," and "far right" terms like "groper".Lionel debates whether holding "reprehensible" ideas or hating groups based on ethnicity or class is acceptable under the First Amendment, provided no action is taken. Discussion also covers racial preferences in personal life, from dating and marriage to judging adoption scenarios (gay vs. straight, black vs. white families). Lionel asserts that everyone is a person of preferences, not necessarily because they are racist, but because they are human. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode SummaryIn this powerful and deeply personal conversation, Coach Alex sits down with Dr. Chigozie Nwosu—physician, author, and founder of Brave Minds Hub—to explore how faith, courage, and purpose intersect in the fight against depression.From her early medical career in Nigeria to founding two life-changing organizations, Dr. Nwosu's journey is marked by bold stands against injustice, compassionate outreach to underserved communities, and an unwavering commitment to helping others live fulfilled, God-centered lives.Her book Overcoming Depression blends medical insight with biblical truth, challenging the idea that depression can only be managed, and offering a Christ-centered path to lasting freedom. Together, they discuss why treating symptoms isn't enough, how hidden grief and unaddressed trauma fuel mental and physical illness, and why caring for your body is essential to walking in your God-given calling.Whether you're battling depression, seeking clarity in your purpose, or simply hungry for a faith-based perspective on holistic health, this episode will encourage you to move forward with courage and hope. “You can't cancel out what needs to be cast out.” – Dr. Chigozie NwosuMain Discussion Themes-Finding purpose beyond professional success. -The hidden roots of depression—and why symptom management isn't enough.-Integrating medical science with biblical truth for lasting healing.-How unresolved trauma impacts physical and mental health.-Fitness as stewardship of the body for kingdom purpose.-Courageously addressing injustice and difficult topics.-The role of Brave Minds Hub in guiding people toward fulfillment.Timestamped Outline00:00 – Intro & lighthearted pre-show banter.07:00 – The meaning of Dr. Nwosu's name: God bless me.10:40 – Her journey from Nigerian doctor to Canadian coach and speaker.15:00 – Confronting sexual abuse in schools and founding Nikita Hope Foundation.20:45 – Rural healthcare outreach as a ministry.23:10 – A divine appointment in a hospital chapel and the spark for Overcoming Depression.25:30 – Why medical treatment alone can't break the cycle of depression.29:50 – Launching Brave Minds Hub: addressing what people say—and don't say.39:05 – Identifying root causes behind insomnia, anxiety, and fear.44:20 – Helping professionals and immigrants find fulfillment.49:00 – Biblical truths for those feeling trapped or purposeless.55:20 – How fitness supports your God-given mission.58:30 – Self-care as an act of stewardship.1:00:00 – Guest resources and closing prayer. (Strong shorts/reels moments: 25:30 “You can't cancel out what needs to be cast out.”; 55:20 fitness-purpose connection; 49:00 Joseph & Job examples.)Move Forward Today!Subscribe to the Faithful Fitness Podcast on your favorite platform.-Grab my devotional: Faithful Fitness – A 40 Day Devotional for Christian-Health and Stewardship – https//:faithfulfitnessdevo.com-Join the Better Daily Community at https://BetterDaily.live/inviteShare this episode with someone who needs encouragement in their mental health and faith journey.Featured Guest Resources-Overcoming Depression – Order the book - https://bravemindshub.com/book-for-sale -Purpose & Clarity Guide – Free resource via Brave Minds Hub - https://bravemindshub.com/free-resource-Beauty in Chaos – Encouragement resource for finding God's hand in life's mess - https://bravemindshub.com/beauty-in-chaos-pageBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/faithful-fitness-by-better-daily--5150768/support.

Make sure to subscribe and follow the show for new weekly episodes. Help us out guys, grab some silky smooth gear at SKIMS and select our podcast in the survey after ordering. http://skims.com/p4p to shop SKIMS Mens. All jokes and just a few arguments on today's episode. If you're bored with the current MMA world give Kamaru and Henry a chance to make you laugh. 50/50 shot one of ‘em was high. Enjoy. 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Kamaru in Dubai and Nigeria 2:30 - Fastest AKO knockout (8 seconds FTW) 4:30 - Henry in Croatia for Freestyle World Championships 9:30 - Oliveira vs. Gamrot 16:00 - Is another Oliveira Title Run possible? 17:30 - Reinier de Ridder vs. Brendan Allen 20:00 - Burns v Usman flashback // Fight Camp drama 26:00 - Pretty hilarious Middleweight debate 29:20 - This week's Main Event: Reyes vs. Ulberg 31:00 - Hilarious Light Heavyweight debate (Pereira's JiuJitsu is actually really good -Kamaru Usman) 35:00 - Henry definitely ain't Nigerian 38:00 Ronda Rousey comeback tour?? (probably no) 40:00 - UFC Lawsuit Payouts 43:00 - Jake Paul vs. Gervonta Davis 48:45 - UFC White House card debate 56:00 - DC on Jon Jones Follow the Show on Social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pound4pound/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Pound4poundshow Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pound4pound A Shadow Lion Production.

Like many others, you have been scammed. Is all hope lost? Maybe not.    On this episode of The Data Chronicles, host Scott Loughlin is joined by Hogan Lovells colleagues, Lauren Berkebile and Byron Phillips, to break down today's most common online fraud schemes and what to do if your organization gets hit.   They trace the shift from the internet's initial gift card scams to today's highly targeted wire-fraud campaigns powered by deepfakes, polished phishing, and social engineering. You'll hear how criminals stage fake transactions over Zoom, why C-suite leaders are targeted, and the first moves that can help you recover funds.   Whether you have been scammed before and are trying to heighten your defenses or you are planning for how to respond to a future scam, this episode will be a great resource.

Adulthood has long been overlooked as a phase in human development. This is, in part, due to its implicit assumption of steadiness. Its shifting hues tend to be less dramatic than those of adolescence and elderhood, its moods less pronounced. Much of the time, we do the work of our lives, showing up for our common refrain while quietly learning to cultivate fulfillment on our own terms; our creative pursuits and revelatory practices often relegated to the margins of our daily lives.We are exceptionally connected, balancing our digital and analog lives. We are so busy. There is so much to do. Who has time? Adults say these things in exasperation, grasping for affirmation or companionship in the midst of their grievances. But it's true—to be in the human world today is to drink from a firehose of information. Plus, what depths are safe to plumb outside the sanctuary of a therapist's office or a park bench with a trusted friend? The stakes of vulnerability are high. So high, in fact, that Brené Brown describes judgment as “the currency of the midlife realm.” By midlife, we are expected to have brought to fruition the aspirations of our earlier selves—to have reached a plateau of practicality and resolve. Cruising altitude, as they say.Of course, we who inhabit or have inhabited the realm of adulthood know better. Inside the cornucopia of being human, spiraling inward from its bright surface, exist multitudes. Much like the tonal expressions of early autumn, the richer pigments of our psyche—previously concealed behind summer's green façade—gradually reveal their layers to those who pay attention: ripening, sweetening, scenting the air with integration and maturation.~Today, I am writing from the belly of a meditation retreat at Vallecitos, among the ancient, indiscreet ponderosas of Northern New Mexico. Belly is a phrase I favor mid-retreat because it refers to the tender middle, the bellows, the digestive center. For five days, however brief an expanse of unclaimed hours, I have sat with myself in a wooden casita outfitted with a kerosene heater, a writing desk, and a chipmunk who makes neighborly visits to the stoop.There is a shimmer to this mountain valley nestled deep in the Carson National Forest—a million-acre, many-voiced wilderness. Everything breathes here. Cold morning dew washes the meadows; afternoon shadows sweep the valley. Here, the pines thicken into themselves, aspens become jittery and luminous as they dry in the breeze, and just beneath my feet, lichen and mycelium weave their storied logic.Ramón y Cajal, a Spanish neuroscientist who pioneered studies of the central nervous system at the turn of the 20th century, referred to neurons as “butterflies of the soul”—tender, erratic, natural, and necessary.Most days, I am like most adults. I move through a slurry of data and directives, my nervous system siphoning thoughts, words, plans, and presences. Most days, my neurons do not feel like butterflies. But the land's knack is to shed and replenish, to dwell and allow and transform. A stone stays in place while the river glides over its surface, gradually polishing its form. I recall a beloved teacher once describing enlightenment simply as no more raw edges.There is a choreography to these days of sitting, walking, sweeping, sleeping; the routine is a slow, scaffolded unraveling. Contingent parts within me make themselves more visible to the naked eye: the part seeking a reprieve from boredom—hello, gorgeous organic berries at breakfast!—and the part that feels alive with fright on an unlit walk at night. The part that is slavish to comfort and sensitive to nonverbal exchanges in the lunch queue. The chronic clock-watcher who would count the hours until I see my family again…But also, there is a solitude I am befriending in my adult years—a creative and patient companion self. My nervous system grows almost amphibious here: reflective, tremulous, equilibrating like the surface of the alpine ponds of this valley. I imagine myself like the ancient city of Venice, which, during its pandemic-mandated reprieve from the normal throngs of tourists, welcomed dolphins back to its capillaried canals.I move through the forest, only to discover the strange phenomenon of the forest moving through me. The trees pass sideways; sunlight pitches down in mosaics, glancing off the backs of leaves. I rest on the round body of a pine, and the sound of critters, once a polite backdrop, sidles forward: bluebird, fox, nondescript scuttle from the bushes. The entire canopy hums—at me, through me—a polyphony the writer Amy Leach might call everybodyism, an ensemble of selfhoods.It is, if anything, a kind of organization I find myself settling into: organism, order—these words sharing root and logic. The fractal arrangements of life in the forest transmit glimpses of my body's own sophisticated animal intelligence. Each muscle adjusts moment by moment to the terrain, dynamic and improvisational. The mind may imagine it stands apart—thank you, Descartes, for teaching us to narrate ourselves from above—but the world refuses such neat separations. Artificial intelligence, with its disembodied schemes, cannot meet moss or kneel to converse with mushrooms as we can.In her evening talk, Erin Treat, guiding teacher at Vallecitos, serendipitously shares the opening line from The Famished Road, a 1991 novel by Nigerian author Ben Okri that won the Booker Prize: “In the beginning, there was a river. The river became a road, and the road branched out to the whole world. And because the road was once a river, it was always hungry.” I think of this teaching as I move between stone and stream, insights replenishing from nowhere I can name. Dusk gathers, cliff shadows lengthen, and a presence stirs the forest, calling wandering creatures home.Together, we are making sense of being human in an era of radical change. Your presence here matters. Thank you for reading, sharing, ‘heart'ing, commenting, and subscribing to The Guest House. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shawnparell.substack.com/subscribe

We all know there are things in life you probably shouldn't trust, like gas station sushi or an email from a Nigerian prince. But the same principle applies in retirement planning. Sometimes what looks safe, easy, or even “guaranteed” isn't so trustworthy when you peel back the layers. In this episode, Nathan highlights the financial versions of gas station sushi, the too-good-to-be-true ideas that can leave your retirement in ruins. Here's some of what we discuss in this episode:

In this episode of the Foreign Lady podcast, host Liz speaks with Uche, a Nigerian-American content creator, about his journey into content creation, cultural reflections on growing up in Nigeria, and the complexities of identity and privilege. They discuss the LGBTQ experience, cultural hypocrisy, and the impact of religion on sexuality. Uche shares insights on Nigerian masculinity, the importance of humility, and the future of Nigeria's leadership. The conversation also touches on the dynamics of black relationships and the need for open discussions about sexuality and representation.

In this episode Al Roxburgh and Jenny Sinclair talk with Jide Ehizele, a South London writer and thinker reflecting on the cultural and spiritual landscape of modern Britain. Formed by a lifelong encounter with Jesus, Jide is compelled to articulate a new moral imagination grounded in local community. A child of Nigerian immigrants whose lives were shaped in the deeply sacramental ways of African spirituality, Jide was given through them the gift of asking questions many of us would never imagine. He needed to understand, for example, how British institutional Christianity could “fit” into the spirituality within which his parents had been formed. In that kind of questioning it became clear to him that the relational aspect of life with God and with others was fundamental. This emphasis on relationality not only reflects the theology woven through his writing but also drives his work with children and young adults who are searching for purpose in a disintegrating society. His approach is undergirded by a spirit of self-sacrifice, bringing people together in mutual accountability to discover something bigger than themselves, revealing the nature of God and the spirituality of the sacred.Jide Ehizele is a Christian thinker and writer focusing on faith, identity and cultural renewal. In his Substack, Southeast London Psalms, Jide wrestles with faith, politics and community from the perspective of a Black British Christian living in modern Britain. Jide is an active member of St Peter's Church, Brockley, leading theology workshops and volunteering with children's ministry. The son of Nigerian parents, Jide was born and bred in Lewisham, Southeast London, and his day job is as a specialist consultant in the economics and planning of railway operations.LinksFor Jide Ehizele:https://x.com/OBEhizelehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jide-ehizele-ab28785b/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/07/the-new-racism-of-the-british-righthttps://substack.com/home/post/p-168224782For Alan J Roxburgh:http://alanroxburgh.com/aboutFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/alan.roxburgh.127/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecommonsnetworkBooksForming Communities of Hope in the Great Unraveling: Leadership in a Changing World(with Roy Searle)Joining God in the Great UnravelingLeadership, God's Agency and DisruptionsJoining God, Remaking Church, Changing the World: The New Shape of the Church in Our TimeFor Jenny Sinclair:Website: https://togetherforthecommongood.co.uk/from-jenny-sinclairLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-sinclair-0589783b/Twitter: https://twitter.com/T4CGFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TogetherForTheCommonGoodUKInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/t4cg_insta/ Get full access to Leaving Egypt at leavingegyptpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

We all know there are things in life you probably shouldn't trust — like gas station sushi or an email from a Nigerian prince. But the same principle applies in retirement planning. Sometimes what looks safe, easy, or even “guaranteed” isn't so trustworthy when you peel back the layers.   Important Links: Website: http://www.yourplanningpros.com Call: 844-707-7381   ----more---- Transcript:  Walter Storholt: Well, we all know that there are things in life you probably shouldn't trust, like gas station sushi or that email from a Nigerian prince trying to send you some money and get you to send them money. But the same principle applies in retirement planning. Sometimes what looks safe or easy or even that dreaded word, guaranteed, isn't so trustworthy when you peel back the layers. So on today's show, we're going to talk about the things that if you trust it, you might go broke and how to avoid it.   Hey everybody and welcome to another edition of Plan with the Tax Man. I'm Walter Storholt filling in for Mark Killian on today's episode, but as always, joined by Tony Mauro, Des Moines professional alternative for the Tax Doctor Inc. in central Iowa, office right in Des Moines. You can find Tony online at yourplanningpros.com.   Tony, great to be with you on today's episode. How's life treating you?   Tony Mauro: It's good. Fall's upon us. Everybody's talking football of course, and now it's starting to get serious about planning, so it will be busy coming up.   Walter Storholt: You get kind of a second hit in the tax calendar this time of year. Most people think of taxes as just being something you worry about at the last minute in April, but you get a little bit of a second wind as we head toward October, right?   Tony Mauro: We do. As we're taping this, we're coming up on a due date the IRS puts on us for corporate extensions, which is the 15th, and then in another month, October 15th, everybody that we have on extensions and everybody out there have got to get those tax returns in, especially if they owe to avoid some big penalties. So most of our clients, though, are not the procrastinators or the ones that are on extension. We got them done long ago, but we still have a few that we're always pushing to get over that hurdle.   Walter Storholt: That's right. Yeah. And it's not like corporate returns are easier than personal returns, right? A few more layers and moving parts to worry about there?   Tony Mauro: It is. With the corps, it's not near as straightforward of just getting documents and getting them into the software. A lot of moving parts usually, and of course business owners by and large usually don't want to talk about taxes and they tend to put it off. So half the battle is getting them to communicate and get some of that stuff done.   Walter Storholt: Yeah, absolutely. Well, good luck wrapping those things up so that you can enjoy the changing of the fall weather and football season and all that other good stuff. Well, here's how today's episode's going to work, folks. We're going to talk about the things that you trust might make you go broke and we're going to talk about some real world things and then some financial sides of the equation as well. So we'll kind of bounce back and forth between the two.   So first of all, Tony, I like throwing this one out there. Gas station sushi. Is that something that you think you would trust?   Tony Mauro: I would never trust that. In fact, I notice even in some airports now, kind of like sushi to go and fast food sushi.   Walter Storholt: Oh, sure.   Tony Mauro: I would never do that, and I do like sushi, but that kind of stuff, especially at a gas station, I wouldn't [inaudible 00:03:21].   Walter Storholt: Yeah. I might do the airport sushi if it was a sushi restaurant in the gas station, but when it's just kind of in those grab and go sections, I don't know if I want that going wrong right before a flight, right?   Tony Mauro: Right before a flight. I agree.   Walter Storholt: The risk there is not worth it.   Tony Mauro: Yeah, yeah.   Walter Storholt: I did, I thought gas station sushi was sort of a made up thing and then one day I did actually see sushi in the gas station.   Tony Mauro: Wow.   Walter Storholt: It was not appetizing.   Tony Mauro: I've seen it in some small supermarkets and whatnot, but it just looks like, how long has that been there?   Walter Storholt: Sure.   Tony Mauro: I don't know if I want to try that, but I'm like you, I'd rather just have them cook it for me. That's the only way I'm eating it.   Walter Storholt: Yeah, it's the same thing with raw oysters. I got to trust the place I'm getting my raw oysters from.   Tony Mauro: Exactly.   Walter Storholt: Otherwise I'm not eating it. All right, so let's look at a more realistic real world thing here from the financial perspective would be people who say they've developed a system for timing the stock market. That sounds a lot like gas station sushi in my mind.   Tony Mauro: Well, it sure does. I think a lot of what we'll talk about today is stuff people are seeing online and how they need to vet that a little bit on who's writing that. But I've even seen it just scrolling through Facebook, you see the things that look like a post that are really an ad and I see a lot of these about people being able to time the market and to beat the market, so to say. And from a financial planner's perspective, any one of us is going to tell you that's been in the business for a while that even the best of the best can't really do it on a consistent basis.   So what makes whomever out there online think that they've done it? What a lot of times they'll do is, that I've seen, is they'll point to some freak kind of abnormal result that they've achieved over the short term and they've never really tested it over the long term, but even if they can long term, it's all going to even out, so I really advise people not to fall for that kind of stuff just because of that.   Walter Storholt: Yeah. I mean, anything that kind of sounds too good to be true, we can file this one under that probably is category.   Tony Mauro: That's right. Yeah.   Walter Storholt: Yeah. All right. Other things that can cause you to have some trouble in the real world is when we use WebMD to diagnose ourselves, right? Although today's version of that, it seems to be AI, right? I go into AI now and I'm like, "Hey, I got this thing going on." So either one, a little questionable there.   Tony Mauro: And even in the financial world, robo-advisors and AI, it certainly is going to play a role in everything that we do I think going forward. However, I think just like in medicine and even in taxes is AI can't make the critical decisions, I don't think, at least at this point, in a person's portfolio, and not everybody is the same. There needs to be a human element in there because really, a lot about goals and emotions, how you feel about things, and AI can't pick that up, at least yet. And a lot of people I think use WebMD and some other things kind of basically just for a quick hitter and there's nothing wrong with that, gathering some information, but I would say confirm that with an advisor to make sure it's really true.   Walter Storholt: I like your perspective on that, and it's kind of funny, I used AI to kind of analyze some test results recently on my ankle. I had an MRI done on a heel Achilles injury, but I didn't know what I was reading, right? All these big fancy words, and it was kind of hard to sort through it all with the way that it was laid out in the test results, and my follow-up appointment wasn't going to be for a couple of days and I kind of wanted to know what was going on a little bit more from what the techs found. And so I took all of that gibberish and threw it into AI and it was able to kind of at least give me an idea of what I was facing. So it set some expectations for then that visit to the doctor.   I wasn't trying to make it fix my ankle, but to say, "Okay, so what am I looking at? What are my options? What's the good? What's the bad here?" That was kind of helpful and kind of nice. I could see that helping a lot in the financial realm too, maybe using AI to maybe make certain parts of the process easier, but man, I'm still going to go to that doctor, I'm still going to go to that advisor and get that interpretation, that guidance. And then like you said, the decision-making, the critical choices got to still happen from the human, at least at this point.   What about advisors who say there are no fees in your portfolio? Is that a trust this, go broke kind of thing?   Tony Mauro: Well, I would be very leery of that because in everything we're doing in the financial world, even if you don't have an advisor and you're doing it yourself, almost every investment has some fees of some kind, unless you just flat own individual stocks and/or bonds. You do pay a fee when you buy and sell, but I think what this is referring to more so is people saying that they're going to be able to advise you for absolutely no fees. There are always fees, you just have to look for them.   What we do with our clients is in everything that we're doing for them. I mean, we're fee only. So yeah, there's going to be a fee to be the financial quarterback, but we want to disclose that and make sure that the client knows what they're paying us and what they're paying us for, what the kind of value we're going to deliver for that. And then also any types of investments that we're choosing, we want to let them know what type of fees are hidden in there because fees can add up, obviously. More in fees you pay, the less return you're going to have, and that will affect your goals a little bit. But yeah, be very leery of that. If somebody's saying there's absolutely no fees, I would love to see that, because I've never seen it.   Walter Storholt: No one's working for free, right? So someone's getting paid in some way, shape or form. It's just making sure we understand who and how and where it's coming from.   Tony Mauro: And what the amount is. Absolutely.   Walter Storholt: Yeah. This one's a callback to any fans of The Office. When the deposed king of Nigeria sends you a letter, you respond to it or whatever that quote was. So what about those Nigerian princes offering to share a portion of their fortune with you via email?   Tony Mauro: Via email? Yeah.   Walter Storholt: That's even worse than gas station sushi, right?   Tony Mauro: It really is. I've actually had three clients over my span of being in business... It's been a long time. This isn't as prevalent now as AI calling people and faking somebody they know and sending them money, but [inaudible 00:09:35]-   Walter Storholt: The scam has gotten more sophisticated, right?   Tony Mauro: It has. It has. But I've had three people, this exact email came to them and they sent money and one sent like $4,000 and it was an older lady and after it's gone, it's gone, but obviously there must be some people that still fall for this because they're still doing it, but now it's more sophisticated, so now it's moving on to AI-generated language of somebody and calling you saying they're in jail, they need money and all of that. Very difficult for people to decipher. But my advice to anybody, don't send any money to anybody until you've talked to a human being. It's just not worth it.   Walter Storholt: Yeah, absolutely. Just be on the lookout for anything that doesn't quite feel right and then maybe seek a second opinion. My folks have done that in the past, Tony, and I told them, "Please always feel comfortable with that. If you ever feel like something's not quite right, just give me a call and we'll look at it together real quick and just get that outside voice and say, 'Oh yeah, this doesn't sound right,'" because that can be really helpful when you just get that other person that can validate your suspicious feelings, if you will.   All right, we're talking about things that if you trust it, you might go broke. I'm going to put some trust in a stock market that hasn't crashed in a decade. Is that a fool's errand if I'm doing something like that?   Tony Mauro: I believe it's a fool's errand, yes. Depends on how you define crashed, but the market moves up and down and it's very easy to show people a timeline. Even over the last 10 years, we can name 21. When we had COVID, everybody thought it's the next doomsday. And so we have minor corrections and sometimes they're major corrections, but if you go back 10 years, yeah, there's ups and downs and so that's totally false. And anybody that tells you that, if you're talking about the stock market, is basically either manipulating the numbers or they're just flat out not saying the truth in my mind.   Walter Storholt: Yeah, it's an easy one to cover for sure. This next one really grates me. The weather forecasts that are more than three days out, just don't even look at them, right?   Tony Mauro: That's right, that's right. Don't even look at them. In fact, it's funny on the weather. So I fly a small plane for a hobby and so we're always fascinated with the weather. We're always looking at the weather because that's a scary thing, and they preach it and preach it and preach it when you're learning to fly. And I feel like the weather forecasts we get are some of the best of the best and it's still just a forecast, and many times they'll forecast something that's completely off even for a day out. So can't control the weather. It's so funny. We have all this scientific stuff, and yet it still wins sometimes. So yeah, don't trust that. My mom used to always look at the weather way out and she would just swear by it and it's like half the time it would never be what they said.   Walter Storholt: Yeah, we had that exact same experience just last week, Tony. We were back in Pennsylvania near family for a baby shower and it was an outdoor event and we were kind of throwing the outdoor event, and every single day for the 10 days leading up to the event, 80% rain, 90% rain, hail, thunderstorms, severe weather, boom, boom, boom, all the stuff. And I just kept telling my wife, "It's going to be fine. It's going to be okay. I promise you it's going to be just... Whatever they're saying it is now, it's not going to be on the day of." And sure enough, we had perfect weather on the day of. It worked out beautifully, not a single drop of rain. So sometimes it just happens like that.   All right, let's talk about celebrity endorsements for financial products as another thing that we have to be wary of. This seems like it's popped up a lot more in recent years. I'm thinking of Super Bowl commercials with celebrities talking about various investments. And I don't know if this gets you in compliance trouble, Tony, but crypto or something along those lines, it's very prevalent now to see celebrities endorsing financial products.   Tony Mauro: You do, you see it a lot. And going back to what we were talking about a little earlier with no fees, these celebrities of course are getting paid to endorse. I mean, hopefully everybody understands that, although even if you do understand that, there's something about seeing that celebrity, especially if it's one you like, endorsing something that you might make an emotional decision to purchase that product just because you see them, you kind of feel like you're part of their group. And I think you need to, obviously with financial products, any of them, check with your advisor, because they're just doing a blanket statement, and I think there's much more to any product itself. If it fits in your plan, regardless of if they've endorsed it or not, it's going to be a good thing. If it doesn't, then obviously you need your advisor to say, "No, that's not suitable for you," depending on what you have in your plan.   But I see it a lot on the marketing side. There's a lot of things out there. Let's say I'm marketing my practice and I get a celebrity to endorse, "Hey, Tony Mauro is the greatest thing. He's the greatest planner, this or that." That resonates with people and these celebrities have themselves out there for hire and it's kind of crazy to have that. I've always told my brothers my celebrity endorsement would be Kiss, the rock group. I don't know what kind of crowd from my past that would attract, but I'm sure those guys for the right fee would dress up and do it. I know Gene Simmons would probably. But it's interesting on those. It's fun to see them, but there is a lot of them endorsing financial products.   Walter Storholt: Yeah, that's pretty funny. I'm just picturing Kiss doing your endorsement.   Tony Mauro: Wouldn't that be funny, had a few of the members in there? I was a big fan. I still-   Walter Storholt: Maybe they could do the jingle.   Tony Mauro: That's right. Do the jingle.   Walter Storholt: Kiss jingle. I love it. Have you ever bought duct tape from the dollar store, Tony?   Tony Mauro: I never have.   Walter Storholt: I have.   Tony Mauro: Have you?   Walter Storholt: It doesn't work very well.   Tony Mauro: I was going to say, did it work? Because it doesn't sound like it's going to work.   Walter Storholt: No, it's not very sticky and it's so thin that you can only really get a few pulls off of the duct tape before it's out. That's why it's only a dollar. There's hardly any on there. It's almost as if they just bought out the used roles that just had a couple of uses left and that's what they're selling for the dollar. Yeah, I wouldn't trust it. I suggest avoiding it.   Tony Mauro: Avoid it. I was going to ask you, is that the stuff they can't sell anywhere else or that falls off the spool or [inaudible 00:15:55].   Walter Storholt: Right, right. It's just the last few bits clinging to the spool I think is what they're selling at the-   Tony Mauro: Yeah, that's cool.   Walter Storholt: ... dollar store duct tape. So watch out for that one. Back to the financial side, friends' or neighbors' retirement strategies. Well, this is one that's tricky, right? Because that's advice and information coming from people we trust.   Tony Mauro: People you trust, and they start, just like the celebrities, you trust them and you figure if it's good enough for them, it might be good enough for you, but in a lot of cases it's not because obviously everybody's different, has different goals and whatnot, and I think that's another thing to run by your advisor as to, "Hey." I mean, we hear it a lot, "Hey, such and such told me this or that." And it's good that they ask what you think, what we think and then we can kind of tell them, "Well, that does in their situation probably apply, but in yours with the way we've got you set up and what you told us you wanted to achieve, that may or may not be the best strategy." But it is a source of information and I just think you need to verify it. I'm saying that about all of these basically, but just yeah, you can't take it as blanket advice. It's almost like just blindly trusting AI to complete your financial plan, because it may not be suitable for you.   Walter Storholt: Yeah, that's another great point. All right, we've got one more real world and one more financial element. The last real world one is autocorrect. Don't trust it.   Tony Mauro: Don't trust it, right? It's-   Walter Storholt: We've all seen it turn one word that we wanted into a different word, right?   Tony Mauro: Yes. I always tell my staff, and I try to do it as well, I would advise it to everybody that's out there, whether it's a text or email, but I think is to proof what you're going to send before you send it. We've all gotten so using autocorrect as a crutch that we're spoiled and we just get fast. And I think sometimes it's actually accepted. You read a text from somebody or an email and it's kind of all garble, but you kind of know what they meant. You figure it-   Walter Storholt: You kind of figure it out, yeah.   Tony Mauro: Yeah. But for us from a business standpoint, it's not very professional to send out stuff that doesn't make sense. But even in the real world, yeah, it might put in the wrong... It's good, but it's not perfect, and a lot of times it doesn't correct proper grammar even close. So if you accidentally type or say something and it's not clear that autocorrect doesn't get it... In fact, just this morning, I was typing something to a tax client in their portal and in the portal it does not have autocorrect and I was kind of mad. I said, "You know what? I'm going to bring that up to the software provider and say, 'You guys need to autocorrect in here because I don't like to have to make sure that I really read this,'" because I get lazy and we start depending on it, but you really can't.   Walter Storholt: I could swap this one in and out with voice to text, right? My dad was a big voice to text person, still is. But when he was still working and this technology was just real... He was a very late convert from the flip phones to a smartphone or tablets that they used at his work. And when he was in the field, he'd always be sending back messages to the office and logging things in there. They were in a service business, so he'd be logging things into their portals and whatnot and using voice to text for everything.   He loved voice to text. He was like, "This is the greatest thing." He'd send me texts, he'd send me long emails that were all dictated. He is like, "I'm not correcting anything. I don't care." And I'm like, "I love you for it because you just don't even worry about it." It's like it says what it says and you can figure it out or don't, just very matter of fact. But this was my favorite thing. When he retired, they had a little retirement party for him at work and the big final thing they did at his retirement party is everyone had submitted their favorite Jim stories of their voice to text and they read them all out loud and they were hilarious.   Tony Mauro: Had a good laugh?   Walter Storholt: Oh, it was a great laugh. They had a good time poking some fun at them and lots of smiles and there were some real doozies in there, too.   Tony Mauro: That's cool.   Walter Storholt: Very entertaining.   Tony Mauro: But yeah.   Walter Storholt: All right, last one here. Financial rules of thumb without context. That's the trust this, go broke part of that. Without context, that's really important there at the end.   Tony Mauro: It is. And in the financial world, there's a lot of rules of thumb out there and a lot of them make sense. I think that just trusting them without verifying and maybe executing them could lead to some financial disaster. So I would highly recommend at least getting an interpretation of that rule of thumb, especially if you kind of don't understand it and where it's going, and make sure it fits in your situation before you just blindly go out and do something that is going to be detrimental, because keep in mind, all of these things outside of the funnies that we're sharing, the serious stuff, as you age and you make more and more of these potential blunders, you start to run out of time. And if you make too many of them and you're sitting there scratching your head at age 58 or 60 saying, "Boy, I'm not even close to where I thought I should be," maybe it's because you did some of these things without advice and that's the biggest thing I want to get over.   I always tell my staff as we're talking about all of these, it kind of ties in, that you're not going to know everything about the tax law and whatnot. You did when you studied and you got your certification, but you need to know where to look, and it's not got to be authoritative. I always tell them, "Do not blindly just go out and read something on Google or Facebook or whatever and think it's true in our area because number one, you know better, and two is who knows what kind of qualifications whoever wrote this had." And so I always harp on them on that.   And my last thought is, and I just shared it with them yesterday, it was right out of accounting today, and it says, "The IRS over the last two and a half years has instituted $162 million in penalties and interest from people that have filed incorrect tax returns saying they got advice online," and it went on to say, this is the IRS talking, "Do not trust Facebook posts and this and that on questionable tax credits and things that can get you in trouble and then you go blindly prepare your own return and next thing you know you got us breathing down your neck." And so if the IRS is saying that, you know it's out there in the financial world as well and in a lot of other sectors too. It could be auto repair, it could be anything.   So make sure that you are working with your advisor. Make sure you have a plan based on your situation so you can get that personal guidance. You could always look up some things and ask questions. I think it's great that we have all this information available to us, but I definitely think that most people are going to be much better off with getting advice from a planner. That's my opinion, of course, but that's my take on it.   Walter Storholt: Yeah, trust is a good thing, bottom line, but in retirement planning, blind trust can be dangerous just like gas station sushi or blindly trusting duct tape from the dollar store or weather forecasts 10 days out. All of those things end up getting us in trouble to some extent. And that's what happens in the financial world when that blind trust enters the equation too.   So that's why it pays off to have a financial plan built on facts and that personalized guidance that Tony just mentioned. If you'd like to set up a time to visit and explore what a financial plan looks like with Tony's help and guidance, you can certainly do that. The number to call is 844-707-7381, and you can also go online to yourplanningpros.com, yourplanningpros.com. We've got all the contact information in the description of today's show so you can find it easily there. Tap into that 30-plus years of financial planning experience that Tony brings to the table, not only as a CPA, but a certified financial planner as well.   Well Tony, thanks so much for all the help today. I'll be back with you again on the next episode before Mark returns and looking forward to chatting with you again soon.   Tony Mauro: All right, we'll see you on the next one.   Walter Storholt: All right, take care everyone. We'll see you again right back here on Plan with the Tax Man.   Securities offered through Avantax Investment Services SM, member FINRA, SIPC. Investment advisory services offered through Avantax Advisory Services. Insurance services offered through an Avantax affiliated insurance agency. Investment strategies discussed in this episode may not be suitable for all investors. Please consult with a financial professional.

Join Simma, the Inclusionist, as she hosts an illuminating conversation with Dr. Nneka and Dr. Angela, two Nigerian-born, U.S.-based doctors and authors. They discuss their empowering book, 'Voices of Triumph: Stories of African Women Immigrants in America,' which chronicles challenges and triumphs faced by African women immigrants. Delve into personal anecdotes of overcoming adversity, the significance of community, cultural impact, and the importance of recognizing self-worth. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in bridging cultural divides and celebrating resilience.   00:00 Introduction and Podcast Overview 01:09 Meet the Guests: Nigerian Doctors and Authors 02:08 The Journey of Writing 'Voices of Triumph' 03:10 Challenges and Triumphs of Immigrant Women 07:03 Navigating Workplace Politics and Racism 20:41 Microaggressions and Imposter Syndrome 26:35 Embracing Identity and Overcoming Adversity 28:52 The Power of Community 32:03 Embracing Technology and Overcoming Fear 37:33 Cultural Impact and Responsibilities 47:05 Balancing Cultural Expectations and Self-Care 50:39 Empowerment and Resilience 53:17 Final Thoughts and Contact Information   Guest Bio:Dr. Angela Ikeme holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the University of San Francisco in Executive Leadership, a Master's in Nursing Education Degree from Grand Canyon University, and a Bachelor of Nursing Science degree from the University of Phoenix. She is a Nurse Executive Board Certified. She holds a California Registered Nurse Licence, has spent over 30 years in clinical and administrative nursing, and is a professor at the University of San Francisco, California. She has spent most of her career advocating for high-quality education for nurses and ensuring that nurses provide evidence-based, high-quality, and safe patient care. She is a compassionate, passionate, transformational leader, an advocate for equity and social justice, a mentor, and an entrepreneur. Dr. Angela is an enthusiastic and authentic leader with a strong passion for respect for others. She is committed to building community through partnership and collaboration, hence her love and commitment to providing high-quality nursing education to students at Merit College of Nursing Sciences Orlu, Imo State, Nigeria, where she is a co-founder and the Executive Provost of the school. Dr. Nneka Chukwu holds a Doctoral Degree in Nursing with an emphasis in Healthcare Systems Leadership, a Master's degree in Business Administration, a certification as an Advanced Nurse Executive, and a certification as a Legal Nurse Consultant. She has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry, including Maternal Child Health, Critical Care, Leadership, Academia, and Quality/Risk Management. Dr. Nneka is currently the Director of Women and Children's Services and an Adjunct Faculty in the University of San Francisco Graduate Nursing Program. She is a published author, a mentor, a motivational speaker at the local and international level, and a seasoned leader who is well-versed in developing programs, leading projects, and team building.   Click here to DONATE and support our podcast All donations are tax deductible through Fractured Atlas. Simma Lieberman, The Inclusionist, helps leaders create inclusive cultures. She is a consultant, speaker, and facilitator. Simma is the creator and host of the podcast, Everyday Conversations on Race. Contact Simma@SimmaLieberman.com to get more information, book her as a speaker for your next event, help you become a more inclusive leader, or facilitate dialogues across differences. Go to www.simmalieberman.com and www.raceconvo.com for more information Simma is a member of and inspired by the global organization IAC (Inclusion Allies Coalition)    Connect with me: Instagram Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn Tiktok Website    Previous Episodes Black Health Matters: Community, Data, and the Journey to Wellness with Kwame Terra What Might Be: Friendship, Race, and Transforming Power Global DEI: Apartheid to Equity Loved this episode?  Leave us a review and rating

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Suya Joint owner Cecelia Lizotte has served up Nigerian dishes at her Roxbury restaurant for 10 years. But early this summer her brother and operational manager, Paul Dama was detained by ICE. Typically, he helps run the restaurant, but his absence has upended Lizotte's business. It's an example of how Trump's immigration actions can take a toll on restaurants.

Wealth is not just about how much you earn. True wealth is about what you own. For decades, ownership in Africa has been blocked by policies, gatekeepers, and limited access to global markets. That's the gap Bamboo set out to close. Founded in 2019 by Richmond Bassey and Yanmo Omorogbe, Bamboo is more than a startup. It is infrastructure designed to help Africans invest in the world's biggest companies and, for the first time, truly own a piece of the future.This documentary takes you inside Bamboo's journey. It begins with the problem—why Africans couldn't access wealth the way others could. Then it moves into the origin story: two founders who saw a gap no one else saw and felt it deeply enough to build the solution. From launching in 2019, to joining Y Combinator in 2020, to scaling with products built for Africa's realities, Bamboo has consistently focused on one mission: helping Africans build wealth from the ground up.Bamboo isn't only about stocks. It's about confidence, education, and tools that empower a generation to own their financial future. Whether through U.S. stocks, Nigerian stocks, Fixed Returns, or the 2024 launch of Misan—a remittance product designed to make money movement seamless—Bamboo is proving that wealth building is bigger than investing. It's about access, ownership, and the freedom to shape your future.This film highlights Bamboo's people and culture: the engineers, marketers, and operators behind the product. It shows why campaigns matter not just to advertise, but to build confidence. It celebrates the users—ordinary Africans rewriting their financial stories. And it looks ahead at Bamboo's vision: an Africa where wealth building is accessible, systematic, and generational.For anyone interested in startups, investing, wealth building, or the future of Africa's economy, this is more than a documentary. It's a story of resilience, innovation, and mission-driven leadership. The truest measure of Bamboo's success is not just valuation, but impact: how much its users are worth because of it.Watch as Bamboo redefines what it means to invest, build, and own. This is not just the story of a company. It's the story of Africa's wealth revolution.If you found this inspiring, don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Share this story with someone who believes Africa's future belongs to its builders.

Tunde Balogun, the CEO of LVRN (Love Renaissance), sits down to share his story. He's the person behind some of your favorite artists like Summer Walker and 6LACK. Tunde talks about growing up in a very Nigerian household in Atlanta and what it was like being raised by a village. He shares his first hustles, from selling candy to throwing parties in his mom's basement. We get into how LVRN was created by a group of friends who just wanted to build something special together. He also discusses big ideas like "Global Blackness" and why it's so important to find your community. This is a real conversation about starting from the bottom and what it takes to win.

In this powerful episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik Chakraborty sits down with transformational coach and Healed Hero founder, Adaku Mbagwu, to unpack the hidden burdens and emotional scars carried by eldest daughters. From growing up as the responsible child in a family of seven to reaching a breaking point of burnout and depression, Adaku shares her journey of survival, awakening, and leadership. This episode isn't about fixing what isn't broken—it's about healing what's been ignored. A must-listen for high-achieving women who are done living in over-functioning survival mode. About the Guest:Adaku Mbagwu is a Nigerian-born, Tulum-based transformational coach and founder of the Healed Hero Movement, a global community for firstborn daughters ready to break free from emotional labor and perfectionism. From living in her car after a suicide attempt to building a 7-figure business, Adaku now helps high-functioning women access emotional clarity and rewire subconscious patterns that keep them stuck in over-performance. Her mission: to help eldest daughters lead from wholeness, not from wounds. Key Takeaways: Over-functioning is often mistaken for strength but is deeply rooted in trauma and subconscious conditioning. High-achieving women may not realize they are stuck in survival mode—guilt, exhaustion, and over-responsibility are key red flags. Healing begins with naming emotions and learning to ask for support—vulnerability is not weakness, it's a gateway to receiving. Meditation, therapy, and inner child work helped Adaku transform pain into purpose and rewrite her identity from control to clarity. Leadership born from peace is more sustainable than leadership born from sacrifice. Connect with Adaku Mbagwu:Website: https://www.healedhero.comInstagram: @adakumbagwuJoin the Healed Hero Community: Check her website for events and coaching programs Want to be a guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? DM on PM – Send me a message on PodMatchDM Me Here:https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avikTune in to all our 15 podcasts:https://www.podbean.com/podcast-network/healthymindbyavikSubscribe To Newsletter:https://healthymindbyavik.substack.com/Join Community:https://nas.io/healthymind Stay Tuned And Follow Us!•⁠ YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@healthymind-healthylife•⁠ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/healthyminds.pod•⁠ Threads – https://www.threads.net/@healthyminds.pod•⁠ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/podcast.healthymind•⁠ LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/reemachatterjee/•⁠ LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/avikchakrabortypodcaster #podmatch #healthymind #healthymindbyavik #wellness #MentalHealthAwareness #FirstBornDaughter #EmotionalHealing #LeadershipFromWholeness #PodcastLife #Resilience #OverFunctioning #VulnerabilityIsStrength #WomenEmpowerment #HealingJourney #ReclaimYourself

Join Chris Chavez, Eric Jenkins, Anderson Emerole and Mitch Dyer as they recap all the highlights from Day 7 at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo. Some of today's highlights include champions holding their ground as Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Femke Bol, Noah Lyles, Pedro Pichardo, and Rai Benjamin each struck gold.Jefferson-Wooden completes sprint double- Five days after her 100m win, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden added the 200m title in a world-leading PB of 21.68, becoming the eighth-fastest woman of all time.- She outran defending champ Shericka Jackson and a late-surging Amy Hunt (GBR), who earned silver in 22.14. Jackson held on for bronze in 22.18.Bol defends 400m hurdles title- Femke Bol ran a commanding race to defend her 400m hurdles world title in 51.54, the fastest major championship time of her career.- USA's Jasmine Jones grabbed silver with a PB of 52.08.- Emma Zapletalova (SVK) took bronze in a national record of 53.00 — just the second Slovak woman to ever win a world medal.Pichardo strikes gold in final triple jump leap- Pedro Pichardo (POR) delivered gold with his final jump of 17.91m, a world lead, to reclaim the crown he first won in 2022.- Italy's Andrea Dallavalle had taken the lead moments before with a PB of 17.64m. Lazaro Martinez (CUB) won bronze with a season's best 17.49m.Lyles takes fourth straight 200m world title- Noah Lyles held off a packed field to win his fourth consecutive world 200m title, clocking 19.52 in a historically deep final.- Teammate Kenny Bednarek earned silver in 19.58. Bryan Levell (JAM) ran a PB of 19.64 for bronze. Letsile Tebogo (BOT) and Zharnel Hughes (GBR) also dipped under 19.80.Benjamin adds world 400m hurdles title- After silvers in Doha and Budapest, Rai Benjamin finally claimed world gold in the 400m hurdles, winning in 46.52 despite clipping the final barrier.- Alison dos Santos took silver (46.84) and Abderrahman Samba bronze (47.06).- Ezekiel Nathaniel set a Nigerian record of 47.11, beating Karsten Warholm, who faded to fifth.Women's 800m semifinals- Lilian Odira led the fastest semi (1:56.85), followed by Audrey Werro (1:56.99).- Jessica Hull rebounded from her heat fall, running 1:57.15 (Oceania record) to sneak into the final.- Keely Hodgkinson and Mary Moraa won their respective semis.- Medal contenders Tsige Duguma and Halimah Nakaayi were eliminated.Men's 5000m heats- Isaac Kimeli and Biniam Mehary won their respective races.- Final will include: Jimmy Gressier, Grant Fisher, Cole Hocker, Jakob Ingebrigtsen (snuck in after 1500m elimination)- Out: Andreas Almgren (fastest outdoor time this year) and Niels Laros (stepped off track)____________PRESENTED BY ASICSFor the third consecutive year, CITIUS MAG is proud to partner with ASICS for our global championship coverage. With their support, we're able to bring you the best coverage of the 2025 World Athletics Championships. Support our sponsor and check out ASICS's latest including the MegaBlast and SonicBlast. Shop at ASICS.com____________Hosts: Chris Chavez | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@chris_j_chavez on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + Mac Fleet |⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@macfleet on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + Eric Jenkins | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠_ericjenkins on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@atkoeme on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + Mitch Dyer | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@straightatit_ on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + Paul Hof-Mahoney | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@phofmahoney on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Produced by: Jasmine Fehr |⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@jasminefehr on Instagram

You know what they say, four heads are better than one, so it makes sense that we have two Cannes-certified heads in the house! Wale & Funmbi, the writer and producers of My Father's Shadow, join us for such a well-rounded episode. We discuss what to do if you're a dark-hearted cheat, how to get over the idea of “the one that got away”, father-son dynamics in Nigerian society and how tumultuous parental relationships can be, which led us to their highly anticipated film, written to portray the father-son connection set against a 1993 military-ruled Nigeria. We hope you enjoy!Don't forget to use #ISWIS or #ISWISPodcast to share your thoughts while listening to the podcast on X! Rate the show five stars on whatever app you listen to and leave a review, share with everyone you know and if you also watch on YouTube, subscribe, like and leave a comment!Choose Bolden products for all your skincare needs like we do! They're available at Medplus Pharmacy locations, Nectar Beauty, Beauty Hut S Teeka4! For US, UK & Canada, shop at www.boldenusa.comMake sure to follow us onTwitter: @ISWISPodcastInstagram: @isaidwhatisaidpodYoutube: @isaidwhatisaidpodHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week's cybersecurity news, including: Shai-Hulud worm propagates via npm and steals credentials Jaguar Land Rover attack may put smaller suppliers out of business Leaked data emerges from the vendor behind the Great Firewall of China Vastaamo hacker walks free while appeal is underway Why is a senator so mad about Kerberos? This week's episode is sponsored by Knocknoc. Chief exec Adam Pointon joins to talk through the surprising number of customers that are using Knocknoc's identity-to-firewall glue to protect internal services and networks. This week's episode is also available on Youtube. Show notes Self-Replicating Worm Hits 180+ Software Packages – Krebs on Security Jaguar Land Rover: Some suppliers 'face bankruptcy' due to hack crisis Jaguar Land Rover production shutdown could last until November U.S. Investors, Trump Close In on TikTok Deal With China - WSJ U.S. Investors, Trump Close In on TikTok Deal With China - WSJ How China's Propaganda and Surveillance Systems Really Operate | WIRED Mythical Beasts: Diving into the depths of the global spyware market - Atlantic Council Hacker convicted of extorting 20,000 psychotherapy victims walks free during appeal | The Record from Recorded Future News US national charged in Finnish psychotherapy center extortion | The Record from Recorded Future News BreachForums administrator given three-year prison stint after resentencing | The Record from Recorded Future News Microsoft, Cloudflare disrupt RaccoonO365 credential stealing tool run by Nigerian national | The Record from Recorded Future News Senator blasts Microsoft for making default Windows vulnerable to “Kerberoasting” - Ars Technica Exclusive: US warns hidden radios may be embedded in solar-powered highway infrastructure | Reuters Israel announces seizure of $1.5M from crypto wallets tied to Iran | TechCrunch

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The University library in Tartu, in Estonia, is a large brutalist complex, surrounded by concrete water fountains and futuristic steel sculptures. But inside this unassuming building lies a hidden treasure: rare books worth thousands. In April 2022, some of these books were stolen, including historic editions by Alexander Pushkin. According to Europol, the European law enforcement agency, this theft was part of a criminal operation that targeted national libraries in 12 countries, including the Baltic states, Poland, Finland, Germany and France. It's been described as Europe's largest book heist since War World Two. Who was behind it? My colleague Nina Nazarova from BBC Russian has been investigating this story. Plus, 7-year-old Nigerian online musical sensation Emmanuel plays keyboards and drums, and has been captivating audiences online, as BBC Pidgin's Adesola Ikulajolu reports. This episode of The Documentary comes to you from The Fifth Floor, the show at the heart of global storytelling, with BBC journalists from all around the world. This is an EcoAudio certified production. (Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich.)

Biden Pardons & Autopen Controversy The discussion centers on claims that President Joe Biden improperly delegated or failed to personally authorize thousands of pardons and commutations at the end of his presidency. Cruz argues that under the Constitution, only the President can personally make pardon decisions, and if staffers used an autopen without Biden’s direct involvement, those pardons are “null and void.” The conversation highlights concerns about Biden’s alleged disengagement, potential misuse of authority by White House staff, and the legal battles that could arise if the Department of Justice revisits these pardons. Persecution of Christians in Nigeria Cruz introduces legislation addressing severe religious persecution in Nigeria, where extremist groups like Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa have killed tens of thousands of Christians, attacked churches, and kidnapped priests. The proposed bill, the Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act of 2025, would classify Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern,” impose sanctions on complicit Nigerian officials, and reinforce designations against jihadist groups. Cruz frames this as part of his long-standing advocacy for global religious freedom and draws parallels to past cases, such as Sudan’s imprisonment of Miriam Ibrahim for her Christian faith. Please Hit Subscribe to this podcast Right Now. Also Please Subscribe to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson and The Ben Ferguson Show Podcast Wherever You get You're Podcasts. And don't forget to follow the show on Social Media so you never miss a moment! Thanks for Listening YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VerdictwithTedCruz/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/verdictwithtedcruz X: https://x.com/tedcruz X: https://x.com/benfergusonshowYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VerdictwithTedCruzSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.