Uncultured is a show that uses stories and conversations with cultural connoisseurs to deep dive into Nigeria’s history and bring you interesting answers to our most random and relevant questions, like – What is Afrobeats? What started Nigeria and Ghana’s beef ? And why the nostalgia for old Nollywood all of a sudden? Listen as we explore the who, what, why and where’s of some of the richest subjects in Nigerian culture.
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Knock Knock? Who’s there? APC, and if you’re reading this pay your podcast tax! Jokes are short stories that make us laugh. They evolved from a tool in theatrical storytelling used to critique social wrongs to the one-person performances we now call Stand-up comedy.
On this episode, host Temitayo Ayorinde, aka TMT of the Submarine and a Roach podcast, takes us on a deep dive into the comedy underworld. Joined by standup comedian and co-host of ‘This Week Tonight’ - Kolamide, the two laugh their way from the sound stage to the theatre stage to TV screens and finally the comedy club.
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3 Feb 2026
How To Lose A Match in 99 Goals
Fireballs, lion heads, and voodoo, these were the special ingredients chosen to make the greatest loss in our sporting history… allegedly. Once upon a time, a football match between India and Nigeria ended in a 99 - 0 loss for the Nigerian Green Eagles. On this episode, host Deji Osikoya takes us through a play-by-play of the mythical match. Joined by third generation Indian-Nigerian Hamisha Daryani Ahuja, director and producer of acclaimed cross-cultural Netflix features, ‘Namaste Wahala’ and ‘Postcards’, the two dig into how colonialism, commerce, and cinema have shaped our national friendship.
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5 Nov 2025
Are You Checking Out?
Roses are red, our passports are green, ‘Japa’ is migration to a country you’ve never been. Loosely translated from Yoruba, japa means to run away, and it’s what many Nigerians living in the country today aspire to do in the midst of rising inflation, insecurity, and unemployment. On this episode, host Abimisola of the Japa Diaries Podcast (https://www.japadiaries.com/), surfs the waves and their ripple effects on our identities. On board with her are Nigerian-American, Mrs. Tayo Iyiola and Black British returnee Chef Wunmi Durosinmi-Etti. Follow the trio as they sail back and forth across the Atlantic, visiting former presidents, Nollywood icons, and the most elusive Nigerian of them all - the ‘I Just Got Backs’.
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20 Oct 2025
When Will You Marry?
Do you, dear listener, take your host Boj to be your lawfully wedded guide through Nigerian Monogamy until death do you part?
In the past, getting married was anything but straightforward; women could be husbands, and love wasn’t anywhere near as important as land. But the Nigerian weddings we love today all come in the same shade of Western White.
Joined by soon-to-be newlyweds Loye & Ore, the three waltz down memory aisle to uncover how customary ceremonies of the past made way for the monogamous marriages of the present.
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16 Dec 2024
Bonus Episode: Why We Made Uncultured
We interrupt your regular scheduled programming to bring you behind-the-scenes of Uncultured. On this episode, producers Mayowa and Ada discuss the show's origins, working together, and future plans.
Cue the obligatory blooper reels!
This episode marks the official end of Season 1. Stay tuned for updates pertaining to Season 2.
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2 Dec 2024
How to Survive A Nigerian Election
Deji Osikoya and Lanre Idowu discuss how Nigeria's compromised democratic presidential election in 2023 contrasts with the country's fairest election in 1993, highlighting the lost hope for democratic progress.
13 Nov 2024
Do You Believe in Juju?
A crisp 500 naira note on the floor could either mean free money or a new life as a goat. On this episode, host Olamide challenges our superstitions to a face-off with facts. Juju is the colloquial catch-all for the occult but also a synonym for indigenous spirituality.
Joined by writer and author of the Afrireligions blog Martha Laraba Sambe, the two crawl through our criminal underbelly, traverse colonial canyons, and climb the fiery mountains of the Pentecost to demystify juju’s reputation as an African villain origin story. Listen as they re-tell our lore without the gaze of the wild wild West.
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7 Jun 2024
Introducing: Free The People
We all have stories to tell, so every fortnight Ada and Mayowa ply friends with food and drinks in exchange for those stories. It’s group therapy, meets open-mic, meets kickback. Our goal is simple: archiving the Nigerian experience to capture all the nuances of today's culture.
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4 Dec 2023
How Nollywood Changed Nigerian Film
When VHS tapes filled with low budget flicks flooded the streets of Lagos, Aba and Kano in the early 90’s, they would birth Nollywood - Nigeria’s very own film industry. This episode’s flashback stars Boj, our guide through Nollywood’s theatrical past to its globally acclaimed present. Joined by Anita Eboigbe, co-founder of Inside Nollywood, (https://www.innollywood.com) a newsletter that goes behind the scenes of Nigerian film, the two reminisce on the movies that made the industry.
The show will be going on an end of year break. On behalf of the whole Culture Custodian team, here's wishing you all happy holidays. Catch you in the New Year.
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20 Nov 2023
When Ghana Met Nigeria
From friends to enemies and finally to lovers, the story of Nigeria and Ghana’s rivalry is part classic rom-com and part Western showdown. On this episode Mayowa Idowu travels back in time with Culture Custodian writer Damilola Oyeleke and her uncle Justus Oyeleke to Ghana in 1969, days after over 2 million African migrants were forced out of the country. Years later, Mr Oyeleke watched how Ghanaian migration into Nigeria was followed by a mass expulsion that we would dub ‘Ghana must go’. Follow the trio as they trace how this love-hate story has spanned soccer showdowns, battle of the bands, and Jollof wars.
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6 Nov 2023
How to Become a Yahoo Boy
For a small fee of 2 million USD only, deposited into this account: 0000000419, Tamara is going to teach you how to become a yahoo boy. The name originally belonged to 90’s internet fraudsters armed with Yahoo email addresses but has evolved into pop culture phenomena both home and abroad. Joined by Chioma Onyenwe, founder of Racounteur productions and producer of true crime podcast 23419 (https://open.spotify.com/show/413vdxWH60kzFW7qEnNHa7?si=fa3d0aae4c6b4c80) - a docu-series on the infamous imaginary airport salesman Emmanuel Nwude - the two breakdown the origins of a narrative that has cast Nigeria as the protagonist of international cyber crime.
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23 Oct 2023
What is Afrobeats?
Afrobeats — Is it a genre? A catch-all for West African music? The thread that connects the diaspora to its roots? Or all the above? On this episode Kalakuta Koj takes us on a journey through Nigeria’s music history to trace the beginnings of Afrobeats. Joined by music historian, archivist and journalist Uche Ikonne, the two follow Afrobeats' past to its present to help the world better understand this new sonic sensation.
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