It's Related, I Promise

This week we go round the table sharing our first time in various precarious situations. Categories include "First Public Scandal", "First Time Having Sex", "First Million (Kenya) Shillings" and many more. We invited superstar MC and Radio Presenter Kwambox to join in on the fun. 

Can you relate to any of the stories? We'd love to hear your 'first time stories' in any of the scenarios we discussed. Please send us a voice note on anchor, or in our DM's (instagram).  https://www.instagram.com/itsrelatedipromise/ We cant wait to hear from you on this one!

While you are here, you can checkout Kwambox's podcast 'The Box Pod' -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sr-DjjiZOc. 

With love from, Julia Gaitho, Muthoni Muchiri & Sharon Machira.

After a two year (unplanned) hiatus we're finally back and we're so excited to resume podcasting! To kick off season two, we invited seasoned media personality Janet Mbugua, to join us as we unpack our toxic traits. Why did we choose this topic? For absolutely no reason, but... it's related, i promise! Loool. This session was nothing short of CATHARTIC! We had deeply missed sharing our experiences on the podcast and it was a beautiful reminder of the wonderful sisterhood & community we had created here at iRIP. 

Feels great to be back! Remember to please share a voice note letting us know YOUR toxic traits :)

Here's how: Download the app 'Anchor', search for Its related, I promise and the option to record a 1 min voice note appears at the top of our profile.

Hosted by Julia Gaitho, Muthoni Muchiri, and Sharon Machira.

While you are here, be sure to check out Janet's podcast 'My First Time Stories", where she sheds light on period stigma, one story at a time. 

https://afripods.africa/episode/episode-8-periods-and-disability/7c1f3413-e7e2-43d6-ab80-402d3b9ea912

Noni recently came across an interesting tweet with a lady asking “Why are men so secure? What’s the secret? Like, do y’all ever need reassurance?”

So we invited our Ghanian hommie Bright Gameli, who also dabbles as a Cyber Security expert; and posed the question to him.

We’re hoping to do more of these #AskTheMen topics, so feel free to share any questions you’d like to pose to our future male guests, and you can also recommend men who you'd like us to host on the next edition of #AskTheMen. We're wrapping up Season 1 by bringing in our first ever guest, but we'll be back in a few weeks with SEASON TWO, with exciting new content, new segments, and a new ENERGY! 

Thanks for the incredible support so far :)

Hosted by Sharon Machira, Julia Gaitho & Muthoni Muchiri. 

If you were raised by African parents and you are over the age of 25, then brace yourself for incessant pressure to get married! Whether the pressure comes from your parents, from society, from your partner or even YOURSELF, you can’t catch a break in these streets! If you are ripe and un-plucked, like the three of us; “Kaa Ngumu Tu”, your time will come :)

Hosted by Julia Gaitho, Noni Muchiri & Sharon Machira.

This week we tried something different, we totally 'FREESTYLED'  the session!! 

We decided to speak off-script, off-the-cuff, and candidly speak about anything and everything.

The ensuing result;  Julia opens up about speaking to a medium, Noni shares a personal dilemma she’s facing with her sister and Sharon gets real about job insecurity.

Show Notes; Here are the links Julia mentioned in the podcast! Enjoy!

Ainsile Macleod; Living The Life Your Soul Intended- (Super Soul Conversations by Oprah)

https://castbox.fm/vb/215933933

Reginald Lewis; the Medium Julia spoke to.

https://instagram.com/reginaldlewis?igshid=1m8f5qsrqif9v

One of our lovely listeners sent us a voice note that preempted this conversation; Do we call out our friends? It's definitely not an easy thing to do, but we have to #Normalise calling out our friends. What are your thoughts on this? Ever called your friend out? Ever been the friend who's been called out? Let us know! Remember if you'd like to pre-empt/set the scene for our next episode, you can leave us a voice note with your topic and question.

Hosted by Julia Gaitho, Muthoni Muchiri, and Sharon Machira.

I’ll start by saying, this was a really cute session; listen to the end and you’ll understand why. Also, we're already 10 EPISODES IN? Wow, Thank You all so much for the incredible support. 

Today we're talking about Body Insecurities, something we all battle with, however all that matters ultimately is feeling confident in your own skin. We open up about our insecurities, we also share our ‘coming of age’ stories and celebrate each other’s physical features.

Hosted by Muthoni Muchiri, Julia Gaitho & Sharon Machira.

Let's talk about Ex-Etiquette! How should you engage with your 'former' significant other? It's a slippery slope! One minute they are calling you asking for closure, next minute you're entangled in the sheets. The most contentious of it all; is whether you should delete their pictures from social media! Which way do you sway? All this and much more in today's episode.

Hosted by Julia Gaitho, Muthoni Muchiri & Sharon Machira. 

Yeah, we know... People change. But what we're talking about today is people SWITCHING UP! It's the shitty kind of change. The one that creeps up on you and has you feeling hoodwinked...When the 'Good-Guy mask' wears off, When the ghosting begins, When you become that friend who gets talked about in our new segment #AFriendOfMine(whattheysaaay)... 

Have y'all experienced this? WILD. 

Hosted by Julia Gaitho, Muthoni Muchiri, and Sharon Machira.