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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This week, I went into the vault and found a very in-depth and interesting conversation I have with my friend Jenny, a meteorologist. In this week's episode, we talk about meteorologists and she debunks some of my misconceptions about the occupation and what exactly they do.

She shares her journey, how she became a specialized Marine Forecaster, and how she predicts the weather using data. She explains the different career paths you can take, including broadcast weather person and how it's much harder than it seems.

She compares the difference between offshore work and broadcast and her experience working with veteran mariners. She also opens up about the pressures of her job, how easy it is to get involved in the social and political aspects, and ensuring that safety is the utmost priority.

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I am late for this but I have been troubled with my hair which I had let out and been linking it to how I am using it against the government. I have revealed some of the upcoming guest for the podcast and reasons why I decided to take a 2 weeks break. I ended the episode with a horror story that I had which I was being friendly with a passenger. 

Academic research isn't the one that child has set as an ambition as one will assume and in this episode which I have found in the vault talking to Matthew who is a linguistic researcher in a prestigious university in Singapore. We have discuss about communicating the work with family and friends, teaching the field of work to students while I wonder the work and career path of a linguist. 

Matthew shared the project he was working on which involves language and brain development of a child, talking about the evolution of language and having scientific field research for language? Don't language which is still be used by today can be found on the internet or the library? I asked about caveman language and Matthew had kindly explain how they find association and parent language and how accents in different countries formed as well. 

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