Common Sense with Mike Omoniyi

Only 0.2% of journalists in the UK are black. That’s not just a shame, it's a disaster. In this episode, M.T. is joined by trailblazer and journalist Afua Acheampong-Hagan as they discuss why there are so few black journalists in the UK.

00:00 Intro

1:19 Meeting at yang tv

3:09 Where are all the black journalists

8:00 How have you got to where you’ve got to

10:42 My first time on Good Morning British

15:03 Code-switching, how do you resist the pressure

17:40 Being only called to talk about race as a black person

20:47 What have you had to overcome as a black woman to be in this position

25:45 How black conservative women are perceived is not fair

31:21 Politics has gotten very nasty

37:14 Culture wars are so boring

40:16 the government doesn’t care about you going to the shops

44:50 Roe vs Wade

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#failure #growing #blackjournlist #writers

Boris Johnson is gone and the race for the next Prime Minister has begun. In this episode 

M.T. Is joined by ex-civil servant Harry Phinda as they make sense of the last 4 days in British Politics. What has Boris Johnson done and what's next for the country?  

00:00 Intro 

03:06 Who is Harry Phinda

07:36 What do we think about Boris Johnson 

10:14 Was Boris Johnson an experiment we must never try again 

20:54: These last few days have been unbelievable

22:29: Our system is not set up for someone like Boris Johnson 

31:51: Why is Rishi a front runner?

39:03 What will determine the next Conservative Leader

41:17: What's the impact of Boris Johnson's impact and legacy

This is a story that matters! In this episode, M.T. is joined by Reggie Nelson who went virial years ago because he was knocking on the doors of the wealthy in London after his dad died to get advice on how to turn his life around. Many know what he did but don't know the story behind what he did or what's happened since! 

He has a new book out:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Opening-Doors-Daring-Changed-Change/dp/178870472X

00:00 Intro 

01:35 First meeting in Nandos 

02:38 What's the process of publishing a book like?

09:00 Living close to Canary Wharf but not feeling like it was for us 

13:06 Appearing on the Steve Harvey Show 

19:22 People assume things were just given to me

21:13 I wanted to share with people what I did 

21:55 It takes 8 years to become an overnight success 

22:55 Growing up with alcoholic parents 

31:50 A new way to think about the impact 

39:47 We are all dealt a hand and we have to play it 

44:55 Are human beings fundamentally good or bad 

50:37 What was growing up like?

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The Podcast is back and this week, Yeni takes over taking M.T. on a trip down memory lane. We explore the journey of the network so far and exciting things coming up in this next iteration.

00:00 Intro

01:45 Do you know what you are?

03:37 How The Common Sense Network began

07:20 We have a new space, Common Sense Studios

13:23 I can judge you based on the top 3 series you watch

17:47 Do you understand what's happening to Common Sense right now?

19:36 My pursuit of happiness moment

22:20 The importance of growing slowly

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M.T. is joined by New York Times best-selling Author Kenneth Cukier to discuss how the war in Ukraine might reach its end.

Kenneth Cukier is deputy executive editor at The Economist. He is the coauthor of the New York Times Bestselling book “Big Data” with Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, which was translated into over 20 languages. Previously Kenn was the technology editor of the Wall Street Journal Asia in Hong Kong and worked at the International Herald Tribune in Paris. In 2002-04 he was a research fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

Topics

#ukraine #racisminukraine#commonsense #putin #russia #ukraine #ukraineracism #kremlin #zelensky #russiaandukraine #ukrainepodcast #russianpodcast #russiatoday #mtomoniyi #hastings #nyt

Lord Hastings is a Common Sense Pod favourite. In this episode, he shares intimately about how he organises and balances passions in his life. He talks about leadership and how we deliver systems change in the UK. We also rank and rate political leaders around the world

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#ukraine #racisminukraine#commonsense #putin #russia #ukraine #ukraineracism #kremlin #zelensky #russiaandukraine #ukrainepodcast #russianpodcast #russiatoday #mtomoniyi #hastings #lordhastings

In this honest and raw episode, M.T. Omoniyi is joined by a friend of the Common Sense Podcast, Disunomics. 

Topics

#DISUNOMICS is a very straightforward concept. Making economics relevant, relatable & entertaining to the general public!

#ukraine #racisminukraine 

M.T. takes questions from listeners of #CommonSensePodcast on the topic of Russia and Ukraine. The conflict has rightly dominated news cycles over the last few days, however, many may still be curious about the different moving parts and motivations.

Topics

- Is this the second cold war?

- The treatment of black people in Ukraine

- Why is President Putin doing this?

- Racism in the media

- How is this going to end?

- What happens next

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#commonsense #putin #russia #ukraine #ukraineracism #kremlin #zelensky #russiaandukraine #ukrainepodcast #russianpodcast #russiatoday #mtomoniyi

What Is Actually Going On With Ukraine And Russia

M.T. takes questions from listeners of #CommonSensePodcast on the topic of Russia and Ukraine. The conflict has rightly dominated news cycles over the last few days, however, many may still be curious about the different moving parts and motivations.

Topics

- Is this the second cold war?

- The treatment of black people in Ukraine

- Why is President Putin doing this?

- Racism in the media

- How is this going to end?

- What happens next

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#commonsense #putin #russia #ukraine #ukraineracism #kremlin #zelensky #russiaandukraine #ukrainepodcast #russianpodcast #russiatoday #mtomoniyi

M.T. is joined by Dr Christian Busch, the Director of the Global Economy Program at New York University. In this episode, they talk about creating your own luck as you navigate through life and much more

Christian teaches on purpose-driven leadership, entrepreneurship, emerging markets, and (social) innovation at NYU and at the London School of Economics. He served as Inaugural Deputy Director at the LSE's Innovation Center and is the co-founder of Sandbox Network, a global community of young innovators, as well as of Leaders on Purpose, an organization convening leading CEOs. Christian's bestselling book, The Serendipity Mindset (Penguin Random House), has been highlighted as a "wise, exciting, and life-changing book"

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Intro song: 'YAH' by SAMSON: https://open.spotify.com/track/58BsL3UUNUGpqTAD1SvPKX?si=a74bfa78255a4f28