Several weeks into quarantine we touch base with the homie Osagie - Creative Consultant, Co-founder of YAWA and original cool cat - Osayi opens up about the tough parts of losing a loved one to COVID19. We talk about some of the sudden changes in our lives, what trends we are seeing and a few other interesting stories that have come up.

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How do we talk about COVID19? We just do. We talk about the current situation for us and how we’ve been handling the transition to working from home. We check in on our governments' response to the crisis - are we doing enough? Should there be a global reprimand of China for COVID19 once the dust settles? Tricky.

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🚨🔇 On this episode we’re closing out COL 2 reflecting on each episode topic and guest, how we feel about those conversations in hindsight, and maybe how the impact of COVID-19 and changed the way we see things 🙃 

Two Takes and a Pod : Collection 2

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There’s being a Nigerian living in Canada. There’s being a Nigerian-born child who grew up in Canada and then there’s being a Canadian born to Nigerian parents living in Canada. All different flavours of the same soup. But you may never realize until you stop and ask yourself just how at home you feel in your home city. Too Foreign for here.

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Does the response to controversial “freedom of speech” moments have to be the response that is most politically correct? In a world where the tendency is to criticize first with no intent to understand the work product, where do we draw the line? We talk it out on this episode.

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Black in the corporate world: can this be your superpower?

How can young Black professionals use their blackness as a way to leverage and achieve career progression in the corporate world? Analyzing the current corporate environment, our position in it and where we see opportunities for success. 

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Being a man can be tricky these days. We invite Reda to discuss the illusive definition of masculinity. He also shares some lessons from exploring emotions with his father, the trouble with misunderstanding power and what the path for young men should look like.

REDA's Super Soul Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4PGgZDvCxF4m0exM685itv?si=MFaM0qKXSES-n1vd3eNyiA

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Dating in your mid-20s is really the ghetto. The shiny objects aren't as attractive anymore. You have less and less time for games and more time for honesty, vulnerability and connection. Too bad none of the candidates at your doorstep seem to have any of these on offer. Oh, and Happy Valentine's Day! We have Kadija from @hecticpodcast and Lindura with us.

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This episode is the first in a series we are running through this second collection called "Too Foreign". On our Too Foreign series we explore questions around identity, what its like to suddenly find out that you’re black and more but first up is Fahd! We invited Fahd on to share his view on the perspectives and psychological changes you go through being your parents "translator" and the "in between" your parents reality, and the reality of the country you live in.

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Fahd: https://www.fahdspeaks.com/