Behind All The Stories

'I don’t want relatability to be a hill I have to die on, I don’t want that to be why people engage with me.'

Episode summary: Today’s episode features multi award winning journalist and best selling author Yomi Adegoke, who alongside being one of the brightest stars in British journalism is Yemisi’s younger sister. Yomi speaks about the thin line between journalism and influencing, co-writing a best selling book and how she got her start.

Host: Yemisi Adegoke

Producer: Yemisi Adegoke

Editing: Kelechi Anozia

Music: New Age Muzik

You can follow Yomi on Twitter @yomiadegoke or on Instagram @yomiadegoke

Read her column in British Vogue:https://www.vogue.co.uk/profile/yomi-adegoke

And her column in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/series/reality-checked

Instagram: @BehindAllTheStories

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Twitter: @_behindstories

'I had to stop doing certain stories, because they only want to see certain things from Africa.'

Episode Summary: Wana Udobang, is what Nigerian parents describe as 'someone who has two heads.' She's a poet, a journalist, a host, a documentary maker, an artist, an all round storyteller. In this episode she speaks about moving back to Nigeria, why she stopped telling certain stories about Africa and trying to stay balanced.

Host: Yemisi Adegoke

Producer: Yemisi Adegoke

Editing: Kelechi Anozia

Music: New Age Muzik

You can follow Wana on Twitter: @MissWanaWana and on Instagram: @MsWanaWana

You can watch her on The Cultural Diaries here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBTJuakGKZTdpVwiguFV4k0vKVhurlR6X

And check out her spoken word album 'Transcendence' : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpgUargcjaRd7Mpn4zEi4Mf0KdUmeNhmO

Instagram: @BehindAllTheStories

Facebook: Behind All The Stories

Twitter: @_behindstories

'My journalism is vengeance, it's my way of seeking justice.'

Episode summary: For Ruona Mayer journalism isn't just a profession, it's personal. Her father Godwin Agbroko was also a journalist, who worked during Nigeria's military regime, he was jailed and harassed numerous times during his work, and in 2006 he was murdered.

In this episode, Ruona speaks about why journalism is a form of vengeance for her, reporting on the biggest story of her career while battling cancer and never backing down.

Host: Yemisi Adegoke

Producer: Yemisi Adegoke

Editing: Kelechi Anozia

Music: New Age Muzik

You can follow Ruona on Twitter: @RGAMeyer

You can watch her Emmy nominated documentary 'Sweet Sweet Codeine' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I_Lche2otU

Instagram: @BehindAllTheStories

Facebook: Behind All The Stories

Twitter: @_behindstories

'My journalism is vengeance, it's my way of seeking justice.'

Episode summary: For Ruona Mayer journalism isn't just a profession, it's personal. Her father Godwin Agbroko was also a journalist, who worked during Nigeria's military regime, he was jailed and harassed numerous times during his work, and in 2006 he was murdered.

In this episode, Ruona speaks about why journalism is a form of vengeance for her, reporting on the biggest story of her career while battling cancer and never backing down.

Host: Yemisi Adegoke

Producer: Yemisi Adegoke

Editing: Kelechi Anozia

Music: New Age Muzik

You can follow Ruona on Twitter: @RGAMeyer

You can watch her Emmy nominated documentary 'Sweet Sweet Codeine' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I_Lche2otU

Instagram: @BehindAllTheStories

Facebook: Behind All The Stories

Twitter: @_behindstories

'I'm a Black woman first and foremost and a journalist second'

Episode summary: 94% of journalists in the UK are white, so what's it like navigating the industry as part of the 1% that is Black?

This episode features the UK's first Race correspondent, Nadine White. She speaks to Yemisi about the challenges of reporting Black trauma, her investigation into controversial church SPAC nation & why despite everything she remains hopeful about UK journalism.

Host: Yemisi Adegoke

Producer: Yemisi Adegoke

Editing: Kelechi Anozia

Music: New Age Muzik

You can follow Nadine on Twitter here @Nadine_Writes

You can find her groundbreaking work at the Huffington Post here: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/nadine-white

And her work at The Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/author/nadine-white

Instagram: @BehindAllTheStories

Facebook: Behind All The Stories

Twitter: @_behindstories

'I'm a Black woman first and foremost and a journalist second'

Episode summary: 94% of journalists in the UK are white, so what's it like navigating the industry as part of the 1% that is Black?

This episode features the UK's first Race correspondent, Nadine White. She speaks to Yemisi about the challenges of reporting Black trauma, her investigation into controversial church SPAC nation & why despite everything she remains hopeful about UK journalism.

Host: Yemisi Adegoke

Producer: Yemisi Adegoke

Editing: Kelechi Anozia

Music: New Age Muzik

You can follow Nadine on Twitter here @Nadine_Writes

You can find her groundbreaking work at the Huffington Post here: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/nadine-white

And her work at The Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/author/nadine-white

Instagram: @BehindAllTheStories

Facebook: Behind All The Stories

Twitter: @_behindstories

The Day I Stop Out Of Fear, That's The Day I Die'

Episode summary:

How far would you go for a story? However far you think you’d go, Fisayo Soyombo would probably go further. In this episode he speaks about going undercover in a Nigerian prison, the story that changed his life and why he’s not afraid to die for his craft.

Host: Yemisi Adegoke

Producer: Yemisi Adegoke

Editing: Kelechi Anozia

Music: New Age Muzik

You can follow Fisayo on Twitter: @fisayosoyombo

You can find his work at the Foundation for Investigative Journalism Nigeria here: https://fij.ng/

And his award winning investigation into Nigerian prisons here: https://www.thecable.ng/undercover-investigation-i-bribery-bail-for-sale-lagos-police-station-where-innocent-civilians-are-jailed-and-criminals-are-recycled

Instagram: @BehindAllTheStories

Facebook: Behind All The Stories

Twitter: @_behindstories

The Day I Stop Out Of Fear, That's The Day I Die'

Episode summary:

How far would you go for a story? However far you think you’d go, Fisayo Soyombo would probably go further. In this episode he speaks about going undercover in a Nigerian prison, the story that changed his life and why he’s not afraid to die for his craft.

Host: Yemisi Adegoke

Producer: Yemisi Adegoke

Editing: Kelechi Anozia

Music: New Age Muzik

You can follow Fisayo on Twitter: @fisayosoyombo

You can find his work at the Foundation for Investigative Journalism Nigeria here: https://fij.ng/

And his award winning investigation into Nigerian prisons here: https://www.thecable.ng/undercover-investigation-i-bribery-bail-for-sale-lagos-police-station-where-innocent-civilians-are-jailed-and-criminals-are-recycled

Instagram: @BehindAllTheStories

Facebook: Behind All The Stories

Twitter: @_behindstories

Every story has a beginning, a middle and an end.

But what about the backstory? All the stuff that happens behind the scenes? All the paths that lead to the story? Behind All The Stories goes behind the curtain with storytellers from all over the world to find out what makes them tick.

Producer: Yemisi Adegoke

Editing: Kelechi Anozia

Music: New Age Muzik

Every story has a beginning, a middle and an end.

But what about the backstory? All the stuff that happens behind the scenes? All the paths that lead to the story? Behind All The Stories goes behind the curtain with storytellers from all over the world to find out what makes them tick.

Producer: Yemisi Adegoke

Editing: Kelechi Anozia

Music: New Age Muzik