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Benard has a special guest and childhood friend, Benie Kofi, to continue the GROWING UP AFRICAN series.
(1:04) Intros. (1:42) Content creation. (5:22) Ups and downs of content creation. (15:17) Roots and upbringing as an immigrants and having duality hardships as kids moving to a new place. Addressing childhood immigrant trauma. (32:28) Did your journey evoke the career choices? (34:49) How was returning to Zambia and the experiences as well as sharing our takeaways. (40:10) Outros."
18 Aug 2023
17. Two Worlds (Feat. Caleb Esuke)
Benard bring back Caleb Esuke on to continue the Growing Up African series. Caleb touches on what’s it like growing up with Cameroonian and Black roots, Cultures, Education and much more
17 Aug 2023
16. Timeskip
Benard is back after almost 2 years! Updates on the show as well as the state of the podcast.
7 Sept 2021
15. The Lost Boys (feat. Earwin Tapè & Leo Samba)
Benard continues the “Growing up African in America” series by bring Earwin’s Tapè and Leo Samba. They are two brothers whose parents are from the Ivory Coast. They share their stories growing up, navigating through college, the positive and negative of growing up in those environments, and so much more!
Time stamps:
(0:45) - intro
(2:41) - how we met and high school
(10:00) - college life
stories
(25:20) - how our upbringing in an African household molded us
(33:50) - are there negative effects with the way we grew up?
(44:28) - how are you view when you go home?
(50:50) - how the people in your native home view your life or
(53:45) - the great snow story
(59:15) - outro
31 Aug 2021
14. The Kenyan Connection (feat. Georgie Mugī)
Benard is joined today by Georgie Mugī, host of the podcast: ”Chit Chattin”, as he kicks of a new series for season four entitled “growing up African in America.”
Podcast starts (1:06)
(2:24)- how Georgie started her podcast
(6:38) - “stickwidditness”
(11:56) - growing Kenyan and adjusting to living in America
(14:45) - stories being in school.
(21:12)- compare contrast
(36:46) - my name is my name
(55:34) - podcast aspiration
(60:49) - airwaves picks: peace by mannywells ft. Tems and essence by wizkid ft tems and Justin beiber
Check out Georgie‘s socials:
Instagram
https://instagram.com/georgiethepodcaster?utm_medium=copy_link
Podcast:
https://anchor.fm/chitchattin/episodes/
25 Jul 2021
13. Back From The Dead
Benard returns to give a brief overview of the status of the show and the direction moving forward.
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17 Aug 2020
12. The One Man Band (feat. Luke Winstel)
Benard brings Luke Winstel of the Luke Winstel Show on and talks about how it is running a one host show, how to be consistent with content, Sports and how to get started with your own podcast, and more.
Links to Luke's Podcast and more: https://linktr.ee/lukewinstelshow
20 Jul 2020
11. Kick Your Feat. Up (feat. Brad Laubach & Josh Havrilla of Featured Picks)
Season 3 Premiere with special guests Brad and Josh from Featured picks. (1:27) Intro/What is Feat Pics? (6:58) How has the pandemic affected their output of episodes and other challenges? (13:52) New debut segment called "Up" (17:46) Music Talk. (35:48) What entertainment they've gotten into during the quarantine. (44:11) Outro.
Check out their podcast: Feat. Picks on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Connect with them on Instagram @featuredpicks.
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17 Jan 2020
10. Go Dahhgs (feat. Zach Morgan)
Benard brings Zach Morgan on the show to talk Georgia Bulldogs football. His experiences going to UGA, what is it like to be at Georgia during game day, The 2019 Georgia Football season recap and outlook for next season, and much more.
23 Dec 2019
9. Chill With: Shane Baker
Benard brings Shane Baker, a music artist, to talk music. His beginnings as an artist, making purpose-driven art, and more.
12 Dec 2019
8. Music and Tom Foolery (feat. Caleb Esuke & Jonathan Melber)
Benard brings back return guests Caleb and Jonathan to talk about music and how their thoughts on how their upbringings help shape their music taste and more.
4 Dec 2019
7. Chill With: Caleb Esuke
Benard brings Caleb Esuke to talk about his involvement with the African American Initiative Program at Georgia College. The state of the podcast and direction.
18 Jul 2019
6. MLBee Takes (feat. Earl Frye & Zach Cannon)
Benard brings back Earl and Zach to talk baseball and the changes that are happening in the MLB and much more.
31 May 2019
5. #FreeMyAgents (feat. Evan Christian)
Benard brings Evan and talks about Free agency,The Lakers, Lebron, AD, Kyrie, and much more.
7 Apr 2019
4. Duh Yankees (feat. Zach Cannon & Earl Frye)
Benard brings on his two guests Zach Cannon & Earl Frye to talk baseball, the state of it, and much more.
28 Jan 2019
3. NbeeAyye (feat. Evan Christian & Jonathan Melber)
Benard brings Evan and Jonathan to talk about everything basketball.
15 Dec 2018
2. Chill With: Taylor Pierce
Benard brings on Taylor to talk about YoungLife, being a senior and much more.
11 Dec 2018
1. Are Georgia Sports Cursed?
Benard and Eric dive into Atlanta United's MLS Cup Win. Is the Atlanta Curse a myth? Talking Falcons, Hawks, Georgia Football & the College Football playoffs.
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