Free The People
by The Culture Custodian
We all have stories to tell, so every fortnight we 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.
Episodes
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Nostalgia Trip: The Artists We'd Love To See Come Back
On this episode, a crossover with our sister podcast, Afrobeats... With an S, we take it to the community by asking them to respond to a question from a previous episode: what artists would we love to see back in the music game? The answers are interesting and rich, highlighting the way the music...
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If I Met You Before My Wife
Don’t let your wife stop you from meeting the love of your life.
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Detty December Love is Not Real
But we all need those two weeks.
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No Clubs For Young People
Must clubbing be a group activity?
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The Curious Case of Grey
A silver fox at 13.
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The Friends We Never Lose
Parents are always the villains in sibling rivalries.
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Living His Best Colonial Life
Lagos is the dream … because you can hire domestic staff?
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Is Naomi Campbell a Runz Babe?
The pipeline from modelling to becoming a high-class runz babe
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PSA
Take Nigeria seriously
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South-south soup for the soul
Baby, what did you put in your banga?
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Best in Breakup
Best friend breakups hurt like hell
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Top 2 and it's not fufu
Real eaters rate their best swallows
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Searching for (Nigerian) Shawarma
Ahn ahn, no sausage?
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CDS aka Community Dicks
The ones you DON’T take for the team
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You're not special
If they do them, dey go do you, or whatever p-square said
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Iya Michael's Magic Beans
Selling dreams like it’s ewa-goyin
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Back to the Motherlan'
In the end aren’t we all from the ‘Motherland’?
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Friends
They’ll be there for you.
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Double Trouble
Real sisters back your beef.
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God Punish How Things Are
Culture, like life, is dynamic.
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Who stole the beef from the cooking pot?
Mary stole the beef and Oyin cooked it.
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You remind me of a girl
Plot twist, the girl is his baby mama This episode of Free the People is part of Culture Custodian’s #MonthOfLove campaign, running throughout February. Stay tuned for more stories, conversations, and moments celebrating love in all its forms.
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The Right Brothers
'Cos love defies gravity. This episode of Free the People is part of Culture Custodian’s #MonthOfLove campaign, running throughout February. Stay tuned for more stories, conversations, and moments celebrating love in all its forms.
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The Real Me
Safe space? This episode of Free the People is part of Culture Custodian’s #MonthOfLove campaign, running throughout February. Stay tuned for more stories, conversations, and moments celebrating love in all its forms.
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A lot like love
Sorta, kinda, definitely…maybe? This episode of Free the People is part of Culture Custodian’s #MonthOfLove campaign, running throughout February. Stay tuned for more stories, conversations, and moments celebrating love in all its forms.
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Say A Little Prayer
Where two friends are gathered This episode of Free the People is part of Culture Custodian’s #MonthOfLove campaign, running throughout February. Stay tuned for more stories, conversations, and moments celebrating love in all its forms.
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Last To Marry is A Fool
Last in finance, first in fianceé. This episode of Free the People is part of Culture Custodian’s #MonthOfLove campaign, running throughout February. Stay tuned for more stories, conversations, and moments celebrating love in all its forms.
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And I Love Her
Love is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. This episode of Free the People is part of Culture Custodian’s #MonthOfLove campaign, running throughout February. Stay tuned for more stories, conversations, and moments celebrating love in all its forms.
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If You're Black, Nothing For You
The love of your life is not in Lagos. This episode of Free the People is part of Culture Custodian’s #MonthOfLove campaign, running throughout February. Stay tuned for more stories, conversations, and moments celebrating love in all its forms.
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Soulmates
Hey sister, soul sister This episode of Free the People is part of Culture Custodian’s #MonthOfLove campaign, running throughout February. Stay tuned for more stories, conversations, and moments celebrating love in all its forms.
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State of Grace
Friendship is divine This episode of Free the People is part of Culture Custodian’s #MonthOfLove campaign, running throughout February. Stay tuned for more stories, conversations, and moments celebrating love in all its forms.
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Lovers Rock
Musings on how to love This episode of Free the People is part of Culture Custodian’s #MonthOfLove campaign, running throughout February. Stay tuned for more stories, conversations, and moments celebrating love in all its forms.
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7 Flights
How far would you go for love? This episode of Free the People is part of Culture Custodian’s #MonthOfLove campaign, running throughout February. Stay tuned for more stories, conversations, and moments celebrating love in all its forms.
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No Good Morning?
As how? This was recorded in a session produced in collaboration with Women's Group Lagos.
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Finding Female Friendship
Cue the Girlfriends theme song. This was recorded in a session produced in collaboration with Women's Group Lagos.
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Beyonce has Sasha, I had Nancy
The lion, the witch and the alter ego This was recorded in a session produced in collaboration with Women's Group Lagos.
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Coloring Books
For girls who exist outside the lines. This was recorded in a session produced in collaboration with Women's Group Lagos.
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Let’s talk about sex baby
Ladies, shall we? This was recorded in a session produced in collaboration with Women's Group Lagos.
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Three Wise Women
How to be a strict babe (friend edition) This was recorded in a session produced in collaboration with Women's Group Lagos.
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Sister, Sister
Friendship begins at home. This was recorded in a session produced in collaboration with Women's Group Lagos.
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Asabe, you are getting sleeeepyyyy
You need therapy to survive Nigerian men. This was recorded in a session produced in collaboration with Women's Group Lagos.
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Jessica, Alien, Threesome
The freak is hereditary. This was recorded in a session produced in collaboration with Women's Group Lagos.
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Hard Babe, Hard Babe
Two women tally the tolls of self-preservation This was recorded in a session produced in collaboration with Women's Group Lagos.
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Porn with a Plot
In the fantasy novel titled Love in Lagos, the climax is hope. This was recorded in a session produced in collaboration with Women's Group Lagos.
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She's the bar
Women set the standard. This was recorded in a session produced in collaboration with Women's Group Lagos.
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Girl Code
We go together. This was recorded in a session produced in collaboration with Women's Group Lagos.
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Heaux Tales
Because understanding babe no dey pay. This was recorded in a session produced in collaboration with Women's Group Lagos.
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Lol, did you cheat on me?
The audacity of these negroes. This was recorded in a session produced in collaboration with Women's Group Lagos.
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Menisms
Mayowa muses on Lagos men. This was recorded in a session produced in collaboration with Women's Group Lagos.
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Call Us By Our Names
What’s in a name? For Nigerians, everything
About this show
We all have stories to tell, so every fortnight we 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.
Hosted by
The Culture Custodian
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