Just About Now

Well, the first theme in the B-Section is an easy one: Baggage. Baggage piled up on donkeys, baggage in the airport, baggage weighing down the spirit... See where we’re going here?

Co-starring alongside Anger is a fictional fellow called Angry Adam. As the name implies, Angry Adam has more than his fair share of anger issues, a number of which we get to briefly examine during the episode…

For one reason or another, the word ‘authoritarian’ sent us into the realm of dictators. During the episode we examine various aspects of the authoritarian-dictatorial lifestyle: Behaviour, fancy marching and so on… But there is also time for a look at the less destructive authoritarianism, as found, for example, in the workplace or train carriage…

Our word for the episode is amazing, which provides an opportunity to explore a trio of amazing experiences. Imagine a 1960 Mercedes-Benz 220 SE floating along Marnixstraat, driven by a semi-herd of goats. Or what about the education I received from a basic dog In Westerpark? Finally, there was the talking potato on my chopping board: It convinced me to travel with it to Amsterdamse Bos on the final phase of a potato adventure. Just a few of the amazing things that can happen to a human being.

Following some quick banter on the choice to use words plucked from the dictionary as the foundation for this season, admit takes on a trip through illegal childhood activity, a ‘found’ widescreen television, attempted admittance to an X-rated film, and the case of poor Reginald who dreamed of joining an exclusive club.

Well it all began in a hotel, the name of which I am not at liberty to mention due to ongoing legal proceedings. It was a very large hotel, seventy-seven floors of quality accommodation and the capacity to host two internationally recognised conventions at the same time. There was my convention: The International Postcard Collectors Convention (held only once every seven years), and then there was the International Art Critics Something Something Convention (with special guest). In hindsight, my life would have been so much easier had these two conventions not been held in the same place, at the same time.

That’s right, chasing, or being chased, and you know what I realised? I had spent many many hours of my life involved in the former and latter.

A trip down the chasing version of Memory Lane. We learn how I got on my older sister’s nerves until she exploded, why I was given the nickname Chidi Gonzales, and some other stuff as well…

So here we are… an episode filled with a collection of memories from a Nigeria that is no longer there. Halfway through the recording, I realised there’s enough Naija material for another hundred episodes. Don’t worry, I do not plan to punish your ears in that way…

The external pressure of which I speak was introduced into my podcasting life by an individual who knows exactly who they are, and for reasons that defy all modern ethical values…