The Unsullied with Oreka Godis

She is a Jesus Junkie and much loved actress with roles spanning the globe. Starring in productions such as I May Destroy You (Michaela Coel, HBO), Bad Education (UK Film & TV series), When Love Happens (Nollywood) and Annabel Bolton’s West End Play: The Divide; Weruche is not one to bury her talent in the ground.

Press play to hear this British Nigerian Christian share ultimatums, her:

• Origin story: (02:50)
• Turning point: (16:00)
• Self discovery: (30:56)
• Lessons learned: (52:17)

The Unsullied Book Club

Weruche recommends:

• Rosanna Amaka’s ‘The Book of Echoes’ which is available on Apple Books and Amazon. Get the audiobook if you can and Weruche will read to you.

Connect with Weruche on Instagram.

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Head Chef of Buka Fed Geeks and Mayor of TatafoHQ, Victor Sanchez Aghahowa sat with me on this previously unreleased (2018) episode of #TUWOG to ponder rebirth into the sphere of delusional self confidence bordering on megalomania.

Time Stamp

• On Dirty Dancing, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, Disney and the horror of romance: (02:45)
• Origin story: (08:32)
• The luxurious knowledge of...bacon? (14:17)
• Death is a new chapter (20:23)
• Insecurity (23:38)
• On ceding control (42:48)
• Family as an overarching theme (48:28)

The Unsullied Book Club

Sanchez recommends:

1. ‘Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future”. Available on: Amazon and Apple Books.
2. ’Silas Marner’ by George Eliot, Frederick R. Karl and Kathryn Hughes. Available on: Amazon and Apple Books.

Connect with Sanchez on Instagram.

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On this episode of #TUWOG, I rub shoulders with one of Forbes magazine's richest musicians in Africa, BankyW!

He helps me discover happiness in a cup as he spills the tea (well, Peach Ciroc) on How-To-Make-It-In-Nigeria, the trick to getting the biggest chicken in the cooking pot and owning your voicein a crowd. He mentions his blog, The Bank Statements which he started updating again in 2015. For older posts (circa '07-12), see here.

Time Stamp

• Young BankyW (05:50)
• Being truthful to yourself will bring you the happiness you seek from others (14:25)
• Are you a product of your environment? (15:20)
• You are who you say you are (24:09)
• On setting career goals & being obsessed with the chase of success (30:43)
• Doing it afraid (35:25)
• There was rock bottom and then a robbery (38:22)
• God, dogged determination and throwing in the towel (45:59)
• ‘In pursuit of your dreams, falling down is inevitable, but getting up is optional’ (47:20)
• We all have baggage but excess luggage is expensive (49:26)
• Be your own hero (53:58)
• Dream it, do it, don’t give up on it (01:06:22)
• Most embarrassing incident in four words (01:08:34)

The Unsullied Book Club

As guests of the podcast often share books that they feel you absolutely must add to your reading list, I thought it might be helpful to include their recommendations here for your reference. If you wish to buy any of these, please follow the affiliate links below. Each book purchased (at no extra charge to you) will go towards supporting the cost of keeping TUWOG free and available for your listen every week.

This week, BankyW recommends:

• ‘Steve Jobs’, available on Amazon and Apple Books.
• ‘4 Disciplines of Execution’, available on Amazon and Apple Books.

Connect with BankyW on Instagram and through ministry.

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Gideon Okeke is a Nollywood actor well known for movies such as ‘93 Days’, the Bolanle Austin Peters stage play, ‘Man Enough’, his time as host of the game show, ‘Money Drop’, being a Big Brother housemate and MNET’s Phillip on ‘Tinsel’.

On this episode, Gideon gives us a glimpse of Ajegunle, his family, the importance of guarding your vision, keeping your inner light shining and traveling light through life.

I learn about edible towels, the method to living the life you want and that all important f-word: FOCUS.

Take us to the gym with you (that two hour session will fly by!); share us with friends over drinks and suya - we don't mind how you experience this episode, so long as you press play 🤓

Timestamp

• Ogidigada begins - an origin story (01:45)
• The teenage towel (11:00)
• Code switching (15:06)
• On the perception of image (17:56)
• 2005 in Lagos (21:58)
•  See Me, Big Brother (30:20)
• The gift is bigger than the bearer (31:47)
• Pride, sacrifice and the War - a Soldier’s Story (33:02)
• Live who you want to be until you are (44:08)
• The testimony of Gideon of House Okeke, Town: Tinsel (50:29)
• You must have something to look forward to, to fight for and to live for (01:00:27)
• Performance is a happy word (01:12:06)
• The world doesn’t need your permission to take care of you (01:14:33)
• Every pain is part of the process (01:30:36)

The Unsullied Book Club

Gideon Okeke recommends:

• ‘Moving Forward: Biblical Teachings for Walking in Purpose’ by Stephanie Ike.

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