If something traumatic happens to you, the march of time will decontextualise it. Trauma in person over time can look like personality. Trauma, decontextualised over time in a family, can look like family traits. Trauma, decontextualised in a people, can look like culture

In this episode , our guests , Ishmel & Carl deconstruct gender and gender socialization and tell us their thoughts on all things from gender roles to how gender is a spectrum and especially focusing on masculinity and the male gaze . Listen in and tell us what your thoughts are on everything discussed in this episode

Our guest , Dana Osiemo, narrates her experience 10 months into building a legal tech start up in Kenya and all the joys and downsides of it as well as speaks abit on her journey with mental health and the rough past 6 years without being on anti depressants and says she recommends therapy for everyone acknowledging that the mind can also get sick and should also be treated .

I’m this episode , our guest talks about her struggle with depression and the ugly side of it that most people don’t talk about but also delves into the how she’s been able to cope and how her support system has come through for her . Listen in .

It’s your boy Billie and I’m back at it with another monologue. I remember before I started this podcast, this was the premise of the podcast, to do more monologues and hear my thoughts on various issues - but I delved into story telling haha . But aside from this episode being a long rant of Billie sharing some of his thoughts and reminiscing on his journey , he really wants to know how you guys are really doing so… how are you guys REALLY doing ?

Tracy, our guest in this episode , narrates her life from early childhood where she went straight to walking and didn’t ever crawl and says this was a moment that in hindsight , defined a great magnitude of her future. As sure as her hard work and dedication could tell, she topped in the country during the year of her KCPE and still chose do follow her own path despite everyone’s expections of her as top girl and even in her career choice, listen in .

In Part 2 of this episode, The adventures of Mumasi, Benjamin tells us more about his experience in corporate America and how his gift of caring for others and ability to make strong networks has opened many doors for him but as well some of the downsides of being an extrovert and abit of a people pleaser at that. Listen in

Our guest , Benjamin Mumasi, narrates his story from childhood being a very mischievous boy but acknowledging the power of his memory and to how this even helped him get an exchanges program to the states while in highschool and consequentially turned on his ambition to want to go study there . He recalls coming back to Kenya after the exchange programe and having to go a class behind which somewhat affected him but he later picked up , did well in his final year and eventually followed through with his ambition of studying abroad as he is now an alumnus of Columbia university . Listen in !! Part 2 dropping next week

Our guest , Max Murimi, the founder and CEO of Brick & Allied , a construction firm, narrates his experience being 2 years in the business . As a young entrepreneurs, there are some things school doesn’t prepare you for and he tells us all about it . After sending his first job application and getting a negative réponse, the birth of Brick & Allied was prompted. This was even way after looking for an internship in his 3rd years and finding none. Listen in to how one time he walked a whole day under the Nairobi scorching sun , went to 50 offices but go no call back after !