We welcome Peju Odanye on this week's podcast. She is an entrepreneur, founder of Symmetry Beauty, co-founder of Evented Ltd and author of the wedding planning book "Journey to Forever".  

We discussed:  

🌱 - Her humble beginnings in entrepreneurship 

❤️‍🔥 - How PASSION saved her business  

🔑 - The keys to a revenue-generating business 

🤝 - How to find the right co-founder for YOU

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On this week's podcast, we welcome David Chambers. He is a Dating & Intimacy coach running 'The Authentic Man' platform, where his content, podcast and coaching he offers advice on Relationships, Dating, Masculinity and Self-Awareness to help empower predominantly men to create conscious relationships.  

We discussed:  

🤥 - The MYTH of the high-value man 

🙏🏿 - The healthy routes to access & empower your masculinity 

💔 - Why 'rich' or 'attractive' aren't suitable criteria for finding a partner 

📱 - Tips on how to increase your online dating success

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On this week's episode of the podcast, we welcome Stephen Adubofour. He owns & hosts the platform 'Beyond the Hashtag' which aims to encourage discussion and solutions to tackle discrimination within the game of football, focusing primarily on racism in the sport.   

We talked about:   

🗽 - Becoming a torchbearer around the sensitive, highly-emotive topic of racism   

😲 - Shocking stories of racism within football not covered by the mainstream media   

🗞 -  How news coverage of black players, coaches and tournaments has a racist agenda  

🐈 - Questioning why the backlash for Kurt Zouma was viewed as 'worse than racism' 

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Ooof! This week's episode was a special one... we welcomed Game Developer and AR/VR Specialist Jacob Ssendagire to chat about all things tech, gaming and humanity in what was a thought-provoking, terrifying and eye-opening episode!  

We discussed:  

👨🏿‍💻 - How learning about coding & developing changed his whole outlook on life  

🕹 - How AR & VR will change how humans interact with the digital world forever 

🤖 - The threat new technological developments pose to the future generations of humanity 

 🧠 - Whether Neuralink is the answer to put human intelligence on par with AI (artificial intelligence)

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Dominic Okus joins us on this week's episode of the Garden of Edun podcast. He is the founder and co-host of the Detailed On Mic podcast, which has a community of over 1K subscribers and features episodes with important figures in the UK urban football/music scene such as Medy Elito aka Don EE, Scorcher and Terminator.  

We discussed:  

🎙 - Why & how Dom started his podcast Detailed On Mic 

🔨 - The challenges he has to overcome to continuously build the podcast to 60+ episodes 

⚽️ -  The most eye-opening stories Dom's learnt from the professional football world (including one about Dutch legend Edgar Davids) 

🤩 - Why Dom has reservations about reaching stardom

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The first new Garden of Edun podcast of 2022 welcomes skateboarder and content creator Liam Courtney! He has been in the skateboarding industry for almost 2 DECADES, having skated across various locations across the UK, as well as offering his valuable skills and experience as a qualified coach for Evolution Skateboard Tuition. He also has a YouTube channel where he shares his skateboarding highlights and insights from his own personal development and self-reflection.

We discussed: 

🛹 - How Liam developed his skateboarding skills and hope he's had to change his way of learning during his 18 years in the game

✊🏽 - Liam's fight to stay authentic with his relationship to skateboarding and the related content he puts out into the world

⛔️ - How Liam mentally & physically copes with skateboarding's high-risk factor and recovers from injuries to skate another day

🗣 - Dealing with criticism or feedback from the community 

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone listening whilst on their festive break 🎅🏿   

A lot of people will be preparing their New Year's resolutions for 2022 🎇 with some thinking about building an exercise routine 🏋️‍♂️, some might want to read more books 📚 and for some, you may want to start podcasting! 🎙  

For those people, or for anybody that's curious about the nuances of starting a podcast, I list off 10 things I wish I knew before I started 📝 and what could help you at the beginning of your podcasting journey 💪🏿

Chapters:  

02:33 - 1. YOU'RE GONNA BE SHIT WHEN YOU START  

04:34 - 2. DON'T NEED FANCY EQUIPMENT TO START 

07:42 - 3. SPACE TO EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT FORMATS  

09:35 - 4. ASSESS PROGRESS AFTER BUILDING MOMENTUM 

12:15 - 5. MORE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS = MORE PEOPLE LISTENING 

14:55 - 6. IT'S HARDER THAN IT SEEMS TO GET GUESTS ON!  

17:35 - 7. GIVE ATTENTION TO THE SMALL AUDIENCE LISTENING!  

19:53 - 8. GET A CUSTOM-MADE THEME SONG FOR YOUR INTRO  

22:53 - 9. CONSISTENT PRACTICE MAKES (ALMOST) PERFECT... 

25:07 - 10. FOCUS ON TOPICS THAT YOU ENJOY!

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This week we have Lizzie Romain joining the podcast. She is a radio presenter & producer for Hayes FM 91.8, Newsreader for Radio Cardiff and finished top 5 in the Radio Star 2021 Awards!  

We discussed:  

📻 - Her journey through the radio industry   

🎵 - The adventure to find the next BIG new music acts across London 

🗣 - Dealing with feedback and criticism from industry professionals 

🛣 - How to find your own lane to express your creativity in an authentic way

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