Inside a Bubble

In this episode, Jill stumbles through the complexities of modern dating and loneliness. Her search for love is set to a background of romance novels, the awkwardness of double texting and stressful rumination with little resolution. This is dating in 2025.

We had a gathering of producers for The Audio Creatives Workday. We had valuable conversations and listened to episodes made by Axel Kacoutie, Ayodeji Rotinwa and Feranmi Salami.

This is a story about a question that defines many Nigerians' lives. We choose careers, partners because of it. It influences and "helps" us make life-altering decisions and choices. The question? WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY?

Produced by Ayodeji Rotinwa

Supported by the Radio Workshop team and Esohe Iyare, Fayfay Odudu and Damilola Oyeleke.

Check out the Radio Workshop Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6z9qmKGUmHreeJi9A0vWk0?si=16eace8fbf024516

How has 30 years of military rule affected Nigerians?

Nigerian Millennial Jill wants to find out. Raised in Lagos Nigeria, she spent the first 16 years of her life under military rule. She finds out how it's affected her, her family and the Nigerian psyche. And explores how the phrase 'Bloody Civilian' came to be.

She looks back at how the British colonial military was transitioned into the Nigerian military, revisits the Oputa panel and looks at the role rulers like Olusegun Obasanjo played in shaping Nigeria.

We hear archive from the Oputa panel petition of Fela Kuti's brother, Dr Beko Ransome-Kuti and hear lawyer Femi Falana.

In this episode of Inside A Bubble, FayFay welcomes a Dibia — a traditional healer and spiritual guide — onto her couch in Lagos for an honest, funny, and deeply personal conversation about belief, identity, and the many misconceptions around traditional worship in Nigeria.

From Nollywood stereotypes to real-life spirituality, Fay and her guest explore what it truly means to be a Dibia in today’s world — no white chalk, no dramatic rituals, just deep knowledge, human stories, and surprising everyday truths.

Produced by: FayFay Odudu
Edited by: Mo Isu and Jill Achineku
Support by: Ayodeji Rotinwa, Nenye Patrick, and the Inside A Bubble team.

Inside a Bubble is back, but different. As part of a bigger community project called the Audio Bubble, the podcast is now a community experiment and playground for early to mid-career audio producers.

New episodes will be published on the last Friday of the month and will be anything from narrated features to audio essays and non–narrated soundscapes.

In today's sound experiment, producer Mo Isu pays homage to the city of Lagos through scenes, interviews, and prose.

0:25 Chapter 0 - What’s your favourite smell?

4:24 Chapter 1 - Don’t grow up

19:05 Chapter 2 - Books, books, books and old people

37:01 Chapter 3 - My first love

Bisi Adedun

Mo Isu

Sandra Ugwu

Blue Dot sessions

Nublu by Donna loves music

Toy House by Joey Pecararo

ES Supine by Peter Sandberg

East London Street by Hidden Orchestra

L.O.V.E by Nat King Cole

What if birds aren’t singing they screaming by Aldous Harding

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This episode dives into matters of the mind. Imagine a world where you aren’t in full control of your mind, what would it mean for you and the people around you? We tell three stories about bipolar affective disorder and what it means to live with it.

Bisi Adedun

Mo Isu

Itoro Bassey

Mo Isu

Itoro Bassey

Blue Dot sessions

Music by Jad Abumrad

Nublu by Donna loves music

Gymnopedies by Kevin Macloed

Hans Zimmer

Resources mentioned in this episode

Project bipolar by Tope Emiola https://projectbipolar.org/bipolar-disorder/

Folajaiye Kareem (Clinical Psychologist) https://www.folakareem.disha.page

Book a session with Elite Life Management Consulting (Folajaiye’s private practice) https://calendly.com/elitelifemanagementconsulting

New to Bipolar Affective Disorder? Start here -> https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/37010#symptoms

https://www.bphope.com/

More Mental Resources

Anti Suicide and Depression Squad - https://asads.com.ng/

Love, Peace and Mental Health - https://lpmfoundation.org/

Mental Aware Nigeria Initiative - https://www.mhinnovation.net/organisations/mentally-aware-nigeria-initiative-mani

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Mary believes that her parents will literally die if they realise how much sex she has. It's a small part of a second life she has while she lives with them. In today's episode, people tell us their secrets. The things about their lives that they have never told their parents.

0:00 Billboard (I have sex)

5:35 Act 1: My parents never found out about my carryover

13:24 Act 2: One Last Secret

21:45 Act 3: What do you say after that?

Bisi Adedun

Mo Isu

Ayotunde Kayode Dada

Blue Dot sessions

Nublu by Donna loves music

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On today's episode, we talked to Muslim women about the hijab; about why they wear or don't wear the hijab. This led us to tell a story that's more than just a piece of clothing but about how people find meaning for themselves. 

Bisi Adedun

Mo Isu

Blue Dot sessions

Nublu by Donna loves music

Toy House by Joey Pecararo

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