Not Again Podcast

This week, I spoke with Cheyenne about her job as a zoo camp facilitator. Within this episode, she tells me about how zoo camps are conducted, the challenges she's faced and memorable experiences she had.

With a job that centres around kids, Cheyenne explains the ways she manages them - whether it comes to matching their overflowing levels of energy or answering their neverending questions. She highlights the importance of imparting good values onto children while they're young and her effort in adding onto the camp experience with her own personal life lessons. She also expresses her respect for teachers that help her deal with the kids.

We also talk about how zoo camps are different than the usual camps, the reasons why she stays in this job and how the challenges she faces have honed skills such as time-management. She breaks down how running a zoo camp works as well as the procedures taken when difficulties arise. She also shares her beloved moments with the kids that make all of her efforts worthwhile.

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Hey guys! This week, I had a wonderful chat with renown poet Taylor Mali, whose work I've admired for years and I'm very honoured to converse with. In this episode, featuring poet and stand up comic Stephanie Dogfoot, Taylor reads some of his most popular poetry: What Teachers Make, Like Lilly, Like Wilson, The Naked Gardener and Depression Too, Is A Type of Fire. He gives us an insight into the real events and people that inspired the different works.

We discuss how What Teachers Make gained its popularity and introduced many new fans to his works since the introduction of Youtube. He shares the concept of flawed authority in his poems, how they are reflected differently in each work and what he thinks a good poem is. He opens up about his ex-wives and the poems relating to them, love poems and how they change with context and how performance affects his poetry.

He brings up past traumatic events such as 9/11, sharing subjects that he doesn't like to write about and why. He shares his experience of the beginning of poetry slam, how it's changed over the years and the difference between a page poet and performance poetry. He talks about his metaphor dice and how he created it in order to help poets and students alike to rethink metaphor and improve their writing.

Check out his website at taylormali.com

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Hi guys! This week I went into the vault and found a #YourJobSucks episode with Rishi Budhrani as he talked about his job as a Master of ceremonies.

During this episode we talked about the difference between him and Rap emcees, navigating the different industries when working and the unknown amount of prep and homework he does to ensure a successful event. He shares with me how he started public speaking at a young age, how that led to hosting and the jobs and events he did.

He tells me the kind of events he's done, dealing with curveballs of the job and how he copes with the overwhelming nature of the profession. He breaks down vocal health, what exactly it is and why it's so important to maintain. He shares his experiences working as an actor, live performances and the need to rehearse and discipline yourself. We discuss slapstick comedy, using facial expressions and how to get a job as a host.

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Hey guys! This week, I have a long chat to Comedian Carl Joshua Ncube. The last time I spoke to him, he was exiled from Zimbabwe but with the new government, he's now free to live there once more.

In this episode, he shares with me how Zimbabwe has been after the change in government; talking about the former president Robert Mugabe and analysing his plans and decisions as a politician as well as his status as a cultural icon.

He points out the similarities between politics and comedy, the importance of understanding your message and audience - even if you don't agree with it. We discuss one great thing about being a comic living in such tumultuous times and how his priorities have changed over the years. He shares with me what he's been up to recently, getting involved with communities in Zimbabwe and using his influence to help his countrymen. He breaks down how we can make true changes by starting small, making our own decisions and pushing against powers that try to oppress or suppress us.

He already brings up the idea of owning your space as a comic, how Covid has opened our eyes to the flaws of our current systems and what it takes to improve and grow your individual comedy scenes. We discuss social media, engagement online and the traps comics have been falling into. He also comments on corporations like Netflix, platforms like Tik Tok and how they play a part in raising the next generation of comics.

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Today on The Other Show, I check on you guys and how you've been navigating the post-covid work environment. I talk about what it's like now that some people are going back into the office and how I feel about being self-employed. I reminisce having colleagues and my past job in the media industry. I talk about trying to lose weight during this lockdown, how I've been adapting to an exercise routine and a healthy diet. I continue this week's grab story with two customers I had, one I related with and the other I worked hard to not get into an argument with.

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This week, I went into the vault and found a chat with Meghan who works in the Digital Advertising Sale Industry as an Account Manager.

In this interview, we have an in-depth conversation on Digital Advertising and how prominent online platforms have become over the years. Meghan shares stories of working with different types of advertising clients. We discuss learning to sell yourself, whether individually on a dating site or as a company trying to increase business.

She tells me some of the stereotypes of customers based on the country and the clients she enjoys working with most. We compare the differences between digital advertising and traditional advertising. She shares the skills needed to handle clients and manage expectations. She also explains to me how to get a head start into this industry.

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I manage to catch up with Vaibhav Sethia this week and talked about what happened in India. I am always amaze the idea of cynicism and how resilient it makes people in Mumbai. We tell what happened in the comedy scene post covid 19 in our own country and the bringer show in India while Vaibhav Sethia tells me what happened a popular comic cancelled his show in India. We also discuss about having different stream shows online Vaibhav Sethia shared about his experience playing gigs online and I am pretty amaze at the amount of people watching people play chess online. I wondered what will be like to have online streaming become an avant grade art show.

And of course. That's what she said.

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I talk about the idea of supporting local business, and pampering or treating yourself better this year. I share about the new guy in class and how it cause me to be insecure about myself and my fat body. I ended off with the story about the one time I had to pick up a mother to fetch her son who had epileptic seizure episode.

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Hey guys! This week, I went back into the vault and found a #YourJobSucks episode with comic Jinx Yeo, back when he was working as a freelance copywriter.

In this episode, Jinx shares the different types of copywriting and what he mostly worked on: mail-order advertisements. He explains to me where his work typically appeared, the industry he mostly wrote for, and how direct mail advertisement works. He breaks down how he approaches his work and the importance of understanding the customers.

He compares direct mail and digital mail in advertising, gimmicks used to entice customers, and the applied psychology needed to make effective advertisements. He opens up about working in the advertising industry, how he got interested in the work, and tells me how to get a start in this competitive industry.

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I have just extended my boxing classes in an attempt to get fitter while feeling disappointed at the same time. I do talk about not invited to a video game and how it cushion the feeling of being left out by a group of friends that forgot to invite you to a dinner.

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