The Shrine Podcast

Season 5, Episode 7: In this episode, hosts Jemima and Akindare explore the cost of Nigerian food abroad, (un)acceptable overreactions, what it truly means to be a citizen of the world, and more.

Each episode's Curiosity Session explores brand new topics the hosts are most curious about at the moment and how they are interacting with those curiosities.

This episode explored ways in which Black people are limited from global citizenship, our understanding and questions of what it means to be Black (home and abroad) on the global stage.

Wine🍷 : n/a

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The Shrine Podcast is produced by @AKNLWS™, an AI-enabled operations and project delivery studio. #podcast #Nigerian #diaspora #culture #immigrants #humancondition #uk #globalisation

Season 5, Episode 6: In this episode, hosts Jemima and Akindare explore being digital active bystanders on the internet, interesting uses of free will, AI porn and more.

Each episode's Curiosity Session explores brand new topics the hosts are most curious about at the moment and how they are interacting with those curiosities.

This episode was about emigration and the African diaspora's tension with assimilation, identity and cultural connection.

Wine🍷 : n/a

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All The Shrine Podcast links here: https://linktr.ee/theshrine.pod.

For feedback, comments, dilemmas or participation in our "Village Square" segment, please send an email to [email protected] with the subject "TSP VILLAGE SQUARE".

The Shrine Podcast is produced by @AKNLWS™, an AI-enabled operations and project delivery studio. #podcast #Nigerian #diaspora #culture #immigrants #humancondition #uk

Season 5, Episode 5: In this episode, hosts Jemima and Akindare explore state capture in Nigeria, impossible decisions that come with adulting, cycling, and more. Each episode's Curiosity Session explores brand new topics the hosts are most curious about at the moment and how they are interacting with those curiosities. This episode was about grief & death.

Wine🍷 : Grief juice

Wine ratings: Akindare (100), Jemima (100).

All The Shrine Podcast links here: https://linktr.ee/theshrine.pod.For feedback, comments or participation in our "Village Square" segment, please send an email to [email protected] with the subject "TSP VILLAGE SQUARE".

The Shrine Podcast is produced by @AKNLWS™, an AI-enabled operations and project delivery studio. #podcast #Nigerian #Culture #death #grief #humancondition #uk

Season 5, Episode 4: In this episode, hosts Jemima and Akindare explore their most current thinking around having children: altruistic reasons to have children, disowning a child vs disowning a parent as an adult, and more. Each episode's Curiosity Session explores brand new topics the hosts are most curious about at the moment and how they are interacting with those curiosities.Wine🍷 : Recolté La Vieille FermeWine ratings: Akindare (7.5), Jemima (7.5).All The Shrine Podcast links here: https://linktr.ee/theshrine.pod.For feedback, comments or participation in our "Village Square" segment, please send an email to [email protected] with the subject "TSP VILLAGE SQUARE".The Shrine Podcast is produced by @AKNLWS™, a boutique strategy and project delivery studio. #podcast #Nigerian #Culture #AI #popculture #humancondition #uk

Season 5, Episode 3: In this episode, hosts Jemima and Akindare explore their understanding of—and try to define Nigerian romance and intimacy, why kindness is worth practicing in our daily lives, the NASA Artemis II mission to the far side of the moon, and more.

This episode's Curiosity Session explores brand new topics the hosts are most curious about at the moment and how they are interacting with those curiosities.

Wine🍷 : Marlborough Oyster Bay New Zealand

Wine ratings: Akindare (7), Jemima (10).

All The Shrine Podcast links here: https://linktr.ee/theshrine.pod.

For feedback, comments or participation in our "Village Square" segment, please send an email to [email protected] with the subject "TSP VILLAGE SQUARE".

The Shrine Podcast is produced by @AKNLWS™, a boutique strategic communications and project delivery studio. #podcast #Nigerian #Culture #AI #popculture #humancondition #uk

Season 5, Episode 2: In this episode, hosts Jemima and Akindare ponder on the idea of culture being algorithmic in today's world, what "soft life" means , humanity's paradoxical relationship with capitalism, and more.

This episode's Curiosity Session explores brand new topics the hosts are most curious about at the moment and how they are interacting with those curiosities.

Wine🍷 : Co-op Fairtrade Colombard

Wine ratings: Akindare (8), Jemima (7.5).

All The Shrine Podcast links here: https://linktr.ee/theshrine.pod.For feedback, comments or participation in our "Village Square" segment, send an email to [email protected] with the subject "TSP VILLAGE SQUARE".

The Shrine Podcast is produced by AKNLWS™, a boutique strategic communications and project delivery studio. #podcast #Nigerian #Culture #AI #popculture #humancondition #uk

Season 5, Episode 1: In this episode, hosts Jemima and Akindare, set the scene for the new season with conversations around the Nigerian condition, charity-core on Nigerian internet and shade in Nollywood.

This episode's Curiosity Session includes topics the hosts are most curious about at the moment and what community means for this show.

Wine🍷 : Wise Wolf Cabernet Sauvignon

Wine ratings: Akindare (7), Jemima (8.5).

All The Shrine Podcast links here: https://linktr.ee/theshrine.pod.For feedback, comments or participation in our "Village Square" segment, send an email to [email protected] with the subject "TSP VILLAGE SQUARE".

The Shrine Podcast is produced by AKNLWS™, a boutique strategic communications and project delivery studio. #podcast #Nigerian #Culture #AI #popculture #humancondition #uk

Season 4, Episode 6: The podcast has not been published in four months and in this episode (recorded in September 2025), hosts Jemima and Akindare, share life updates, share their thought on new age/style Nollywood films, attempt to quantify the real impact of Lagos' incessant floods on everyday Nigerians, and discuss Big Brother Naija Season 10, including predictions on the eventual winner.

The main portion of this episode is a conversation about navigating the experience of witnessing our parents get old in real time.

Wine🍷 : Vina Albali 2020 Crianza

Wine ratings: Akindare (5), Jemima (6.5).

All The Shrine Podcast links here: https://linktr.ee/theshrine.pod.

For feedback, comments or participation in our "Village Square" segment, send an email to [email protected] with the subject "TSP VILLAGE SQUARE".

The Shrine Podcast is produced by AKNLWS™, a boutique storytelling and strategy studio. #podcast #Nigerian #Nigeria #popculture #humancondition #uk

Season 4, Episode 5: In this episode, hosts Jemima and Akindare, discuss the Nigerian idea of adoption, social reactions to single, childless women, and new changes to the Academy Awards judging criteria.

The main portion of this episode includes conversation with guest Peace Itimi about the tension between hustle culture, ambition and contentment.

Wine: Yellowtail Malbec

Wine ratings: Akindare (6), Jemima (6).

All The Shrine Podcast links here: https://linktr.ee/theshrine.pod.

For feedback, comments or participation in our "Village Square" segment, send an email to [email protected] with the subject "TSP VILLAGE SQUARE".

The Shrine Podcast is produced by AKNLWS™, a boutique storytelling and strategy studio.

#podcast #Nigerian #hustleculture #ambition #Culture #AI #Nigeria #popculture #humancondition #uk

Season 4, Episode 4: In this episode, hosts Jemima and Akindare, discuss a Nigerian Twitter uproar around children and respect, a Lagos traffic jam for the ages, and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uguaghan vs the Nigerian political elite.

The main portion of this episode includes conversation about the idea that responsibility of use and application should be front-posted in technological development. Furthermore, just as each of us have a role to play in shaping the society we want to live in, so do we, internet-users, share the responsibility of creating the Internet we want. Hate? Inclusion? Discourse? Bigotry? Access? We decide, each and every one of us.

Wine: Sainsbury's SoFresh - Chenin Blanc

Wine ratings: Akindare (5), Jemima (5.5).

All The Shrine Podcast links here: https://linktr.ee/theshrine.pod.

For feedback, comments or participation in our 'Village Square" segment, send an email to [email protected] with the subject "TSP VILLAGE SQUARE".

The Shrine Podcast is produced by AKNLWS™, a boutique storytelling and strategy studio.

#podcast #Nigerian #Internet #Responsibility #Culture #History #Nigeria #popculture #humancondition #uk