Ricardo's Podcast

A reflection on the life and career of Kobe Bryant

Ricardo begins with a quick story from his dinner Saturday night before introducing a new segment on the Podcast called the Two Minute Drill (2:17). He then takes a look at Aaron Hernandez and Delonte West and the growing issues of Mental Health in professional sports (4:40); Google and Amazon wanting your healthcare information (13:14); a panic button for Tinder and dating apps for people seeking children but not necessarily a romantic partner (18:54); and ends with a look at Zion Williamson's debut (29:59). 

Ricardo opens up this episode with an old interview clip from Chinua Achebe before calling up his friend, Nnamdi, to discuss the Biafran War (5:15). Nnamdi covers the origins of the war from the military coup, to the pogroms against Igbo families in Northern Nigeria to the motivations for self determination. Ricardo wonders if accepted theories of nation building are applicable to the African context (21:50) and wonders why there were no medals given in the war (35:40),  what Biafra represents today (40:12) and whether we will see a woman president in America before an Igbo president in Nigeria (52:06) before ending with another clip from Chinua Achebe (56:24).

Ricardo opens up with a brief reflection on Episode 1 before jumping right into an analysis of Visa's planned Plaid acquisition (3:18) and wonders what Visa will do with the new customer information they will receive and whether this acquisition will signal trend of larger financial institutions acquiring companies in the Fintech space. After that he checks in with Jamaal (13:12) on the first half of the NBA season and get into a discussion on their hometown team, the Miami Heat. Finally, Ricardo takes a look at the new streaming service, Peacock (44:32), from Comcast and NBC.