Most people have heard of the term 'The American Dream. The American Dream is the ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to anyone in the U.S. especially by working hard and becoming successful, allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved. This is evidenced by the sheer amount of self made millionaires in America. 

In today's podcast, Bimbola & Jo compared life as an entrepreneur in the United Kingdom and the United States of America. 

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Today’s topic is one that is trending and has caught the attention of the whole world; #ENDSARS. End Special Anti-Robbery Squad or #EndSARS is a social movement in Nigeria that started on Twitter calling for banning of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a unit of the Nigerian Police Force, a controversial division known for police oppression and brutality.

In today's podcast, Bimbola & Jo were joined by 2 previous guests Uche Lotanna-Anajemba and Steve Osagie who shared a bit more light on this trending matter. We are just so proud that Nigerians have decided that enough is enough and now is the time to take massive action and stamp out police brutality.

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Welcome to Season 2! This season we will be interviewing a number of guests who have a story to share. Real life inspirational stories that will inspire, motivate and give hope to the listener!

Today’s topic is one that is so relevant to the season that we are in due to the coronavirus pandemic and effect on the world's economy - THE TRAUMA OF BEING UNEMPLOYED! 

Unemployment is a situation that is best viewed from afar and one that no one ever expects to be their reality. But, when it does, especially for an extended period, it seems like a worsening pain without recovery. The pain ranges from sadness, anger, corporate discrimination, criticism, depression, discouragement, disappointment, fear, frustration, shame, social elimination, rejection, silence and in the worst case scenario even suicide!

In today's podcast, Bimbola & Jo interviewed a guest, Ayo Onigbogi who was unemployed for 3 years after enjoying a glowing and growing engineering career. This was a very trying time of his adult life and he had a lot to share with us both to inspire and motivate anyone in the same boat. There was good even in that moment of his life. You really don't want to miss this episode.

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Communicating via WhatsApp has become so popular in recent times both for calling, texting and video conferencing. Despite its widespread use, it still has its limitation and the owning company is constantly upgrading its functions. One of the limitations  is the calling feature which does not give an indication to the caller if the recipient's phone is on or off. Traditional way of calling via a mobile or land phone means if the phone you are calling is switched off, you will be alerted. Whereas with WhatsApp if the phone you are calling is switched off, it continues to ring as though the phone is on. This right there is a cause to a lot of arguments in relationships.

In today's podcast, Bimbola & Jo talked about this in more detail. You really don't want to miss this episode.

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It's all over the news and social media, the brutal murder of George Floyd, the 46 year old black male known to his friends as 'Big Floyd' in Minneapolis. His death sparked protests across the US and other nations with demonstrators desperately calling for an end to police violence. My Floyd was an unarmed black man who died after a Minneapolis Police Officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes as he told them he couldn't breath.

Bimbola and Jo had an extensive discussion with 2 guests who reside in The United States of America to weigh in on the matter of Police Brutality and Racism evidenced through this unfortunate incident. Our guests were Mr Sola Okusaga and fellow podcaster (Nigerian American), entrepreneur and musician Lanre Dabiri aka Eldee the Don. It was an interesting and quite informative discussion and the guests brought a new perspective to the issue. Definitely gave us food for thought.

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The breakout of the corona virus has sent the whole world into a lockdown as the safety measure to curtail its spread. However the lockdown in itself is predicted to cause an expected rise in the number of separation and divorce. Relationships that were suffering before the lockdown are expected to get worse. Spending time with a spouse should be a positive thing but under the strict lockdown conditions, might bring existing issues to light forcing the couple to either work to fix their issues or come to the painful realisation that it's probably best to go separate ways.

In today's podcast, Bimbola and Jo were joined by recurring guest Elizabeth Ayelabola to discuss the impact the lockdown has had on their marriages. 

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The effect of the lockdown cannot be ignored when it comes to the young ones. Children also have their own worries and fears about Coronavirus. Their daily routine has changed, life is very different. Their lives have been turned upside down by the pandemic and for most children the world they knew have literally just disappeared. No more school, friends to play with, exams to prepare for, extracurricular activities cancelled and inability to see loved ones who are not resident in the same house. We cannot assume they will all cope very well. It's important we pay attention to their feelings, acknowledge these feelings and help them through this period.  

In today's podcast, Bimbola and Jo were joined by Phinnah Chichi who is a Parenting Teens Educator, Consultant, Speaker, School governor and Mentor and the conversation was geared towards how we can help our children cope better during the lockdown and ensure they come out of with a sound mental health. We were also joined by the children who clearly had a thing or two to say about the lockdown.

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Most people have heard of the need to create multiple source of income and if there's ever a time in history that this is needed, it would be now. The pandemic has resulted in many losing their jobs and businesses shutting down unfortunately making the need for  the discussion for having multiple source of income one to be had. When there's a crash in one stream, the ability to stay afloat can only be possible if there's revenue coming in from another stream.  

In today's podcast, Bimbola and Jo discuss the survival of a fashion retailer in the UK, Primark who unfortunately did not have an online shopping facility and as a result of the lockdown have lost millions in revenue. However this retailer is owned by a company who have other businesses in the food sector. They might be able to survive the pandemic due to income received in their other businesses. 

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In today's podcast, Bimbola and Jo discuss the effect of the global lockdown on their day to day lives. 

The intention of the lockdown was to minimise the spread of the virus and it has also had some other positive effects on people giving most people the opportunity to slow down and prioritise what matters such as time with family. However not everyone has had such positive effect of the lockdown. Isolation, depression and other mental health issues have arisen due to the lockdown. Tune in as we discuss the effect of lockdown on our lives

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In today's podcast, Bimbola and Jo were joined by Elizabeth, a recurring guest on the show to discuss the effect the news of Coronavirus is having on everyone and how we are responding to it as a nation and as individuals.

Before we got to talking about Coronavirus though, a bit of a moan on life as a working mother in the western world where help has now become a luxury rather than a necessity. Stay tuned

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