Keeping Athena Company

Keeping Athena Company episodes:

• 03.22.2022

  Message from Athena

  A MESSAGE FROM ME!   This podcast is taking a break but I'll be back! You have lots of lovely episodes to enjoy again or listen to for the first time if you're new to the podcast.  Thank you to all my lovely...

  
• 12.05.2021

  42. Jimmy James Jones - Keeping Athena Company

  Jimmy James Jones and his mate Karz came round to eat fried plantain and talk about depression. How can you talk about depression whilst partaking in one of life's greatest pleasures? How can you not? The Keeping Athena Company table...

  
• 10.14.2021

  41. Dana Alexander - Keeping Athena Company

  Canadian comedian and my old housemate Dana Alexander came to visit! An international headliner, podcaster, presenter and COOK (spelt in capital letter for a reason, this woman THROWS DOWN in the kitchen), we chat about how to deal with kids...

  
• 08.31.2021

  40. Quincy - Keeping Athena Company

  In this episode I am joined by royalty, the Cockney Prince himself, Quincy the Comedian! We talk about vaccine hesitancy in the Black community, being in a dance crew in the 80s and what it's like to hear your first...

  
• 08.02.2021

  39. Ria Lina - Keeping Athena Company

  In this episode I am joined by the irrepressible Ria Lina. As well as being a top notch comedian, Ria has a BSc in Experimental Pathology, an MSc in Forensic Science and a PhD in Virology. More degrees that you...

  
• 07.19.2021

  38. Alex Wheatle - Keeping Athena Company

  Alex Wheatle keeps my company in this episode. Yes, THE Alex Wheatle - author of countless novels, activist and subject of the Small Axe episode that told us we all need a Simian in our lives. We talk about unlearning inferiority,...

  
• 06.21.2021

  37. Amy Howerska - Keeping Athena Company

  I had a good natter with incredible soul and my comedy writing sound board, Amy Howerska. We chat about IUDs, pull the curtains back on panel shows destroying all magic in the process, and she shares the most wonderful, heart...

  
• 05.17.2021

  36. Keeping Athena Company - Nico Yearwood

  This episode I am joined by the wonderful comedian Nico Yearwood. We chat about Barbados, procrastination, having pre school children and how to occupy them and living in a place where you can't buy plantain. Thoughts and prayers are with...

  
• 05.12.2021

  35. Verona Rose returns - Keeping Athena Company

  Another MICRO edition of Keeping Athena Company! I had a short and sweet catch up with the unstoppable Verona Rose who is currently hosting her own show on ITV2! It's called Secret Crush, it's on weekdays at 6pm and available...

  
• 04.06.2021

  34. Ella Al-Shamahi - Keeping Athena Company

  It's a very special MICRO episode of Keeping Athena Company, recorded during Library Laughs, a fundraiser for The Library of Africa and the African Diaspora held last month. I "tricked" Ella into a quick chat about dating, pooping on boats and...

  
• 03.26.2021

  33. Keeping Athena Company - Steve Whiteley

  In this episode writer, director, producer, performer and all round great dude Steve Whiteley joins me for a chat and we properly go round the houses. From surfing to consumerism to breastfeeding to tap water to pissing in public to...

  
• 02.23.2021

  32. Keeping Athena Company - Chris Betts

  Chris Betts is a stand up comedian and podcaster and a friggin delight. He kept my virtual company explaining why his six year old self wanted to be a comedian really, really badly, how he ended up in a Thai...

  
• 01.31.2021

  31. Keeping Athena Company - Becky Singh

  Becky Singh kept my virtual company this time round and we had a good chat about my Amazon boycott, open top tourist buses and getting familiar with take away delivery guys. Also at the end I share the definitive difference...

  
• 01.14.2021

  30. Keeping Athena Company - Pope Lonergan

  Pope Lonergan is a comedian, podcaster and soon to be published writer. A voracious reader, he makes my bookshelf look like a children's library.  I came very close to muting him at one stage as his habit of sharing his...

  
• 11.22.2020

  29. Keeping Athena Company - Paul Eccentric

  Paul Eccentric is one half of poetry and musical act, the Anti-Poet as well as a musician and writer in his own right. He's just published a book, The Giant Step. We have a good chat about it in his...

  
• 10.21.2020

  28. Keeping Athena Company - Njambi McGrath

  Njambi Mcgrath is a comedian and writer who published her debut book last year, Through The Leopard's Gaze (available now in all good bookshops!). She is Kenyan and is determined to document the history of Kenya and the African continent...

  
• 09.08.2020

  27. Keeping Athena Company - Sanjit Chudha

  This week I am joined by a fabulous creative comrade, Sanjit Chudha. We have a lovely virtual catch up that includes ponderings on staycations, how the media patronises the "white working class" and why getting out of the city is...

  
• 08.05.2020

  26. Louise Power - Keeping Athena Company

  Louise Power is an entrepreneur and CEO of company iOrbit. We chat about starting a business, getting to know your kids and redefine the word 'minority'. Find Louise on instagram: @the.powerhour or search for her on LinkedIn (how professional is that??)

  
• 06.24.2020

  25. Keeping Athena Company - Dr. Pamela Nkyi

  Pamela Nkyi is a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) and an Associate Fellow of The British Psychological Society (AFBPsS). Specialising in public health, she's an expert in wellbeing, mental health, training and policy. She's a very useful person to know during these strange...

  
• 06.01.2020

  24. Keeping Athena Company - Vicki Amedume

  This was recorded before people had to be reminded that Black Lives Matter but so much of this conversation is pertinent. It's not al conversations about travelling whilst black and white privilege in the arts, I find out what wine...

  
• 05.04.2020

  23. Shaherah Jordan - Keeping Athena Company

  It's the first lockdown edition of Keeping Athena Company! Put your phone down and refrain from snitching, no actual company was kept during the recording of this podcast. Recorded via our laptops, I catch up with my friend Shaherah to...

  
• 04.02.2020

  22. Keeping Athena Company - Bilal Zafar

  Bilal came round and the child picked him as her favourite so far. He had her smiling throughout! We chat about feeling bitter as creatives, grandparents, dating rich people and the inescapable reality of identity politics.  Bilal Zafar is a Stand...

  
• 03.08.2020

  21. Keeping Athena Company - Rahnak Patel

  Rahnak Patel has spent almost 20 years working in television and is now head of development in a big ol' television company, which means at some point in the past decade or so you would have watched a show that...

  
• 02.24.2020

  20. Keeping Athena Company - Chris Enti

  Chris Enti and I go waaaay back. He knew me before the dreadlocks. We used to work together hatching up major life goals in local authority offices and now he's a businessman with an even bigger plan. He came round...

  
• 02.03.2020

  19. Keeping Athena Company - Sylvia Arthur

  LIVE AND DIRECT FROM ACCRA! Whilst in the capital of Ghana I had to connect with my sis Sylvia Arthur. Writer, journalist, communications guru and now librarian of Libreria, a small library that makes a big difference in the country we...

  
• 01.12.2020

  18. Keeping Athena Company - Ben Van Der Velde

  In this episode I talk panto, history, improv and Great British comedy with the uber talent that is Ben Van Der Velde. This was an absolute pleasure to hear Ben share his vast knowledge, curiosity and his most favourite fact. More...

  
• 12.24.2019

  17. Keeping Athena Company - Susie Steed

  In this episode I am joined by someone with a PHD in economics and if you you listen you will learn about the following: Why anti capitalists are really just anti imperialists because capitalism as it is intended to be doesn't...

  
• 12.15.2019

  16. Keeping Athena Company - Joe Jacobs

  In this episode I am joined by the epically talented rapper and comedian Joe Jacobs. We chat about success, where Eminem is going wrong and the underground rappers you need to be listening to if you're bored of Ed Sheeran....

  
• 12.01.2019

  15. Keeping Athena Company - James Harris

  We are back! After a brief hiatus caused by a house move and various conflicting work commitments I am finally able to release to you my chat with James Harris. We have a must listen chat about what being anti-racist...

  
• 11.05.2019

  14. Keeping Athena Company - President Obonjo

  I was joined by character comedian President Obonjo otherwise known as Benjamin Bankole Bello. We chat about spending formative years in Nigeria, starting comedy a little later in life and whether or not we'll see this mad dictator in Nollywood....

  
• 10.21.2019

  13. Keeping Athena Company - Sadia Azmat

  In a Keeping Athena Company first, Sadia refused plantain, albeit politely. I soldiered on to have the kind of conversation I swore blind I would never have on this podcast, the kind of conversation that is two comedians talking about...

  
• 10.07.2019

  12. Keeping Athena Company - 1.5 Arabs

  I welcome 1.5 Arabs into grandma's kitchen, Fatiha el-Ghorri and Esther Manito! This was so much fun, even the child was entertained as you will hear throughout this very enjoyable conversation. I was giggling throughout the whole edit I swear....

  
• 09.23.2019

  11. Keeping Athena Company - Arielle Souma

  In this episode I spend a glorious sunny afternoon with the wonderful Arielle Souma. She's so funny and I am very grateful she found the time to pop by. Listen to find out why we had boiled plantain this time...

  
• 09.09.2019

  10. Keeping Athena Company - Samuel Williams

  I can't believe I've made it to episode 10! I am so pleased to say Samuel Williams found the time to come by and meet the baby (which may have been his primary motivation for coming through!). We had an...

  
• 08.26.2019

  9. Keeping Athena Company - Faye Treacy

  The blooming delightful Faye Treacy joins me to talk about living Florida, being a trombone playing rock star and what it's like to be raised by a punk loving father.  More about Faye: Faye Treacy is a comedian, trombonist, presenter, writer and...

  
• 08.12.2019

  8. Keeping Athena Company - Katie Lane

  Katie Lane drops by to talk bullfighting, reaching rock bottom, Black Twitter v Fiat 500 Twitter and Love Island.  This episode genuinely could have been over an hour long. So much good stuff was cut there may even have to be...

  
• 07.29.2019

  7. Keeping Athena Company - Carmen Ali

  In this episode I am joined by comedian, blogger and burlesque performer Carmen Ali and I don't think my mum's kitchen has ever witnessed such saucy conversation. Find out about why Indian Caribbean food is like Indian food but even...

  
• 07.17.2019

  6. Keeping Athena Company - Kate Weston

  We are back and it's a belting episode with the fantastic Kate Weston. We speak about mental health, randy kittens and the stress of stand up comedy. Kate is one to watch as she is soon to drop a big...

  
• 07.01.2019

  5. Keeping Athena Company - Verona Rose

  In this episode I am joined by actor, writer, photographer, improviser and all-round diamond Verona Rose. Hailing from Southampton the London-based creative polymath and I chat about growing up in majority white areas, the DIY ways to getting your  work...

  
• 06.17.2019

  4. Keeping Athena Company - Gavino di Vino

  In this episode I am joined by Gavino di Vino. Gavino is an actor and writer I met in Edinburgh almost 4 years ago and we've been hanging out ever since. Gavino is one of the most intelligent people I...

  
• 06.03.2019

  3. Keeping Athena Company - Nathan Foad

  In Episode 3 I am joined by comedy screenwriter Nathan Foad. I've worked with Nathan and it's always quality bants when he's around so I couldn't wait to break his fried plantain virginity and have a good old catch up...

  
• 05.20.2019

  2. Keeping Athena Company - Sinta Tantra

  Sinta Tantra is a contemporary artist who exhibits art all around the world. Our friendship started one summer in Camden, North London when she was asked by a very naive and clueless project manager to paint a 40m bridge... Sinta pops...

  
• 05.06.2019

  1. Keeping Athena Company - Russ Peers

  Episode 1 of Keeping Athena Company. Being a new parent whilst living with your mum is HARD WORK. In this podcast, special guests pop round to visit comedian and writer Athena Kugblenu (BBC Radio, Time Out, Stylist) so she can keep...