My mysterious sidekick and I are joined by Vincent Kabiru, a common friend, for a wide-ranging conversation.

With a mystery co-host, who'll appear in most episodes going forward, I discuss several topics, including the maritime conflict between Kenya and Somalia.

Phares Kariuki is a cloud migration consultant and former founder of two cloud hosting companies.

Fr Martin Mundia is a priest of the Catholic Church and a member of Opus Dei. He lives in Nairobi, Kenya.

Dr Bernhards Ogutu is a Research Director at the Kenya Medical Research Institute, specialising in clinical research. He is a paediatrician and has a PhD in Pharmacology.

Ayomide Tayo is an entertainment journalist working out of Lagos, Nigeria, for Opera News. He co-hosts the 234 Essential podcast, and was once the co-host of one of Nigeria's first and biggest podcasts, Loose Talk.

Here are some of the resources mentioned in this Episode:

King Leopold's Soliloquy: https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/i2l/kls.html

A short biography of Prince Nico Mbarga: https://narratively.com/his-biggest-hit-sold-more-copies-than-any-of-the-beatles-so-why-havent-you-heard-of-him/

Daniel Kobimbo is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya. He works for the government, but also writes, sings and knows a tonne about comic books.

PS - I am changing the name of the podcast starting with this episode. The new name is "Abiero on the Loose." I hope you like the new cover art; it took me hours to make!

Abiero is the host of this podcast and a writer.

The study on the possibility of SARS-CoV-2’s spike causing Covid-19 symptoms is here: https://www.salk.edu/news-release/the-novel-coronavirus-spike-protein-plays-additional-key-role-in-illness/

Abiero's email is: [email protected]

Tweet Abiero: twitter.com/mathewabiero/

I sit down with Ram Ritho to launch this podcast and talk about manhood, books, childhood and many other topics.

Follow these links to access Ram's Guide to Manliness programme:

Telegram: https://t.me/guidetomanliness

WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JXXlV7jBIsd5msPJhZ1BVb