GoodLiving Podcast

About GoodLiving Podcast

The podcast for young Nigerians who are trying to figure shit out and refusing to pretend otherwise. GoodLiving is where real conversations about identity, relationships, work, money and growing up in Nigeria happen. Not motivation. Real talk that (I hope) makes you feel less alone, think more clearly, and sometimes finally do something about it. Each episode tackles the conflicts young Nigerians are genuinely facing | the ones people discuss in private, think about at 2am, and rarely hear addressed out loud. New episodes every Monday. Hosted by Koke (Pronounced Coke)

Publisher

Goodliving Network

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

22 Mar 2022

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

265 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   A 17-Minute Walk and a Confession

   DISCUSSION GROUP (https://chat.whatsapp.com/K8JRdSTXMbE1KgzNt7hb2f?s=cl&p=i&ilr=0) Koke walks to the gym, which takes 17 minutes on foot, and uses the time to give the update he promised after his earlier trip: how the podcast network and his December event are actually going. The original plan was five shows with a 12-episode season each. After reading how other networks stumbled by launching too many shows too early, he scaled back to three running at once and held the rest for later. A few months in, he gives an honest read on where each show stands, what the first day of a new launch taught him, and why his motivation isn’t what it was when he started. It’s a candid look at what happens when plans meet reality, plus a confession about why the episode he announced isn’t the one you’re getting this week. Show Notes Recording on a 17-minute walk to the gym to give the update he promised on the December event and the podcast network The original plan: five podcasts, one 12-episode season each Why he scaled back after researching other networks: starting with too many shows too early is a common mistake The revised rollout: three shows first, the rest to follow Ideas still on the table for later shows, including a series that talks with people near the end of life about mortality and a niche-community series Where the shows stand: GoodLiving Podcast weekly, Real Matters Only’s season fully recorded with episode 11 out that day and episode 12 the following week, and A Peek Under the Rainbow airing around episode eight or nine with some episodes still unrecorded What a new show’s first day taught him: 100-plus plays in the first 24 hours, and a repeatable plan for it Amplifying the work beyond audio, including an ebook version of the Real Matters Only episodes The December event: progress tied to sponsor funding, social media getting started, and early posts coming soon Why motivation dips once the boring parts of the work arrive Whether he overestimated demand for niche shows, or whether it’s simply not their time yet Manifestation and why it works without a timeline The confession: why this week’s announced episode was held back and this walk became the episode Chapter Markers Cold open: the 17-minute walk and the update he promised The original plan: five podcasts, 12 episodes each Why he scaled back: the mistake other networks make The revised plan: three shows first, plus ideas still on the table The launch schedule and where each show stands now What the first-day numbers taught him Amplifying the work: the ebook idea The December event: funding, sponsors, and social media When motivation fades and plans meet reality Manifestation, timing, and planting the seed The confession: why this week’s announced episode was held back ★ Support this podcast ★ (https://selar.com/8477qp1615)

2. 

   5 Oct 2026

   HOW TO BE SINGLE - THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO KOKE ⤱

   DISCUSSION GROUP (https://chat.whatsapp.com/K8JRdSTXMbE1KgzNt7hb2f?s=cl&p=i&ilr=0) What if being single isn't a waiting room for your next relationship, but one of the most important periods of your life? Inspired by Karen Uzo's book How to Be Single, this episode explores what the host has learned from several periods of solitude throughout his life. From the heartbreak of his first university relationship in 2017, to the curiosity and self-education that followed a later breakup, and finally to a deeper period of introspection in recent years, each season of solitude brought a different kind of growth. The episode explores how being alone can push you to develop your skills, discover your capacity to create money independently, become more curious about the world, understand your identity, confront difficult parts of yourself, and ultimately become less dependent on external validation. It also gets deeply personal, examining childhood experiences, ADHD, the fear of being a "one-hit wonder," patterns in past relationships, and the ways self-knowledge can change the kind of partner you choose. The central question isn't simply "How do you become comfortable being single?" It's: What happens when you use solitude to actually get to know yourself? Show Notes In this episode, I talk about what I've learned during the different periods of solitude I've experienced throughout my life. The first came after my university relationship ended in 2017. At first, it was painful, but that period eventually pushed me toward football, creativity, drawing, and discovering that I could make money from my own skills. A later breakup in 2023 led to a completely different kind of solitude. I already had a business, a house, a car, and a relatively stable life, so instead of rebuilding from scratch, I became deeply curious about the world. I consumed lectures, history, ideas, and information from Ivy League universities and other sources, and built a much larger knowledge base. The current period of solitude has been different again. The focus has shifted inward. I've spent more time examining my identity, my tendencies, my relationship patterns, my childhood, my insecurities, and the things I didn't previously understand about myself. One of the biggest realizations has been that knowing yourself deeply changes what you need from other people. Instead of looking for someone to complete you or provide your sense of worth, self-knowledge can move you toward self-sufficiency. I also discuss my ADHD diagnosis and how it helped me reinterpret parts of my childhood — including the recurring fear that I might initially impress people but eventually disappoint them once they discovered more about me. Ultimately, solitude can become an opportunity to ask difficult questions: Who are you when nobody is validating you? What patterns keep appearing in your relationships? What parts of yourself have you avoided examining? And perhaps most importantly: How well do you actually know yourself? ★ Support this podcast ★ (https://selar.com/8477qp1615)

3. 

   3 Oct 2026

   SO HE CAN'T SPEAK YORUBA F.T MAYWEDA

   DISCUSSION GROUP (https://chat.whatsapp.com/K8JRdSTXMbE1KgzNt7hb2f?s=cl&p=i&ilr=0) A gubernatorial candidate in Lagos gets asked a question in Yoruba and can't answer fluently — and overnight it becomes a referendum on who actually "owns" Lagos. Koke and a friend (unplanned, mic-still-warm energy throughout) unpack the Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour language controversy, then pull the thread further: is this really about language, or a convenient distraction engineered to keep people arguing about identity instead of policy? From there the conversation widens into a bigger question — does voting even work, or is democracy fundamentally broken. Asked how leaders were chosen in Africa before democracy existed, Koke's answer is one word: competence — and he makes the case that a system built around producing and installing capable leaders, rather than winning popularity contests, is closer to what real leadership should look like. Chapter Markers Cold open — catching up on the day, football/coaching talk The GRV Yoruba fluency controversy enters the conversation The argument that the controversy is a manufactured distraction tied to the governorship race Widening out: is democracy actually working? The case against voting as a system Pivot: how were African leaders chosen before the 1700s, before democracy? Koke's answer — competence Closing — acknowledgment this was unplanned/off-the-cuff Pull Quotes (verbatim) "The whole democracy thing is not working here, bro." "Democracy is a big sham." "Let leaders lead. People that are born to be leaders should lead." "Competence. That's what communism is all about. The system that produces these people." Corrections Note (for the listener) A quick correction on a couple of things discussed in this episode: the candidate's name is Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour. Also, the system described in this conversation — competent, ideologically trained people leading rather than the general public voting — is more accurately described as a vanguardist strand of socialism (associated with Leninist theory), not communism as classically defined. Communism, properly speaking, refers to collective ownership and an eventual classless, stateless society — it doesn't itself include a mechanism for "the most competent rising to the top." Most other forms of socialism, including the more commonly known democratic socialism, still retain elections. ★ Support this podcast ★ (https://selar.com/8477qp1615)

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

4.8 / 5

35 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 42 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

60

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60