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Unserious Candidates
by Unserious Candidates
A group of young, motivated black men ready to share their stories of unseriousness, disaster and controversy, as they each take their own journeys to success - while having some fun along the way.
Episodes
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“A Cocktail of Vaccines!” - 044
Kojo, Franko, Baker and Seun are BACK with another episode of the Unserious Candidates Podcast! Catch us with new episodes every Wednesday! On this week’s episode, the boys are here to catch up on the most controversial stories that have happened in the news recently. Our warm-up question this…
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“Bottomless Brunch Should Mean Bottomless Food!” - 043
Kojo, Franko, Baker and Seun are BACK with another episode of the Unserious Candidates Podcast! Catch us with new episodes every Wednesday! On this week’s episode, the boys are here to discuss the wonderful world of summertime! Our warm-up question this week was “What is a piece of technology...
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“My Hairline Is Already Misbehaving!” - 042
Kojo, Franko, Baker and Seun are BACK with another episode of the Unserious Candidates Podcast! Catch us with new episodes every Wednesday! On this week’s episode, the boys are here to give you their opinions about some trending topics that have been circulating social media recently. Our main...
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“You Have No Fear Of God, But You’re Wearing Essentials!” - 041
Kojo, Franko, Baker and Seun are BACK with another episode of the Unserious Candidates Podcast! Catch us with new episodes every Wednesday! On this week’s episode, the boys are here to talk about the premise of “dressing how you would like to be addressed”, and how accurate this statement is. Our...
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“I Love When The Devil Reveals Himself!” - 040
Kojo, Franko, Baker and Seun are BACK with another episode of the Unserious Candidates Podcast! Catch us with new episodes every Wednesday! On this week’s episode, the boys are here to talk about dating!... as friends...? Our warm-up question this week was “What’s been the biggest help/favour...
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“You’re Revising But Is The Revision Revisioning?” - 039
Kojo, Franko, Baker and Seun are BACK with another episode of the Unserious Candidates Podcast! Catch us with new episodes every Wednesday! On this week’s episode, the boys are here to discuss the thing looming over all of their heads - exam season! Our warm-up question this week was “What is one...
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“Your Balance Is Unbalanced But You’re Wearing Balenciaga!” - 038
Kojo, Franko, Baker and Seun are BACK with another episode of the Unserious Candidates Podcast! Catch us with new episodes every Wednesday! On this week’s episode, the boys are here to dive into the wonderful world of investments! Our warm-up question this week was “What have we done since the...
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“You Can Call Me Anything You Want For £10K!” Featuring... Kams! - 037
Kojo, Franko, Baker and Seun are BACK with another episode of the Unserious Candidates Podcast! Catch us with new episodes every Wednesday! This week’s episode is special as it’s our first guest of 2021! We welcome Kams to the podcast, a Chemical Engineering student at UCL and an avid movie and…
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“Interesting Headpiece You’ve Got On!” - 036
Kojo, Franko, Baker and Seun are BACK with another episode of the Unserious Candidates Podcast! Catch us with new episodes every Wednesday! On this week’s episode, the boys are here to talk all things High Fashion (like Goyard!) Our warm-up question this week was “If you could have all of your...
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“Investment Banking Is Like Formula 1 Racing!” - 035
Kojo, Franko, Baker and Seun are BACK with another episode of the Unserious Candidates Podcast! Catch us with new episodes every Wednesday! On this week’s episode, the boys are here to talk about some of the noteworthy things we’ve seen around on social media in the past couple of weeks! Our...
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“Kojo Came On Violence!” - 034
Kojo, Franko, Baker and Seun are BACK with another episode of the Unserious Candidates Podcast! Catch us with new episodes every Wednesday! On this week’s episode, the boys are here to have a more laid-back chat with you all. Our warm-up question this week was “What have been the dumbest and...
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“Franko IS The Gym!” - 033
Kojo, Franko, Baker and Seun are BACK with another episode of the Unserious Candidates Podcast! Catch us with new episodes every Wednesday! On this week’s episode, the boys are here to talk about the art of influencing and whether or not they could do it themselves! Our warm-up question this week...
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“What’s More Addictive Than Cocaine? Stocks And Shares!” - 032
Kojo, Franko, Baker and Seun are BACK with another episode of the Unserious Candidates Podcast! Catch us with new episodes every Wednesday! On this week’s episode, the boys are here to discuss the topics surrounding love and relationships, since Valentine’s Day has just passed. Our warm-up…
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“I Am Very Much On These Streets!” - 031
Kojo, Franko, Baker and Seun are BACK with another episode of the Unserious Candidates Podcast! Catch us with new episodes every Wednesday! On this week’s episode, the boys are here to answer YOUR questions that were submitted through Instagram, Twitter and our CuriousCat! Our warm-up question…
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“I Could Never Get Picked Last for PE!” - 030
Kojo, Franko, Baker and Seun are BACK with another episode of the Unserious Candidates Podcast! Catch us with new episodes every Wednesday! On this week’s episode, the boys are here to reminisce on the good ol’ days - secondary school! Our warm-up question this week was “What is everyone’s…
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“£100 For A Moisturiser!?” - 029
Kojo, Franko, Baker and Seun are BACK with another episode of the Unserious Candidates Podcast! Catch us with new episodes every Wednesday! On this week’s episode, we are here to talk to you for the first time in 2021! Our warm-up question this week was “what songs has everyone been listening to...
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It’s Been A Long Year... - 028
For the last time in 2020, we’re back! The whole gang is in this episode, and today we spent the episode recapping the highlights, lowlights and memorable moments of 2020. We mentioned things we wanted to leave in 2020, our goals and aspirations for the upcoming year, lockdowns and eat out to…
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“Seun Is Just Talentless!” - 027
We’re back! In this episode, Franko, Baker, Seun and Jeremiah start by discussing gambling, their biggest wins and losses and whether it’s problematic in our society today. Then they move on to the topic of hard work vs talent - can you have talent without hard work? Are we all talented or is…
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“Is That Kojo Or Is That Future?” - 026
We’re back! After a week hiatus, Kojo, Franko, Baker and Seun are here to share more tales of unseriousness. This week, we’re discussing a topic that took the TL by storm this week - heartbreak. The boys discuss the highs and lows you experience during heartbreak, share some personal anecdotes of...
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“Two Kings of Manchester - Rashford and Franko!” - 025
CONSISTENCY! In this episode, all five of the boys are back on the pod. For the first part of the episode, they are all just catching up, discussing a range of different things. In the latter half, they get onto talking about culture, growing up in London and the differences and similarities...
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“Seun’s a Childish, Immature 12 Year Old!” - 024
*Warning - this episode is guaranteed to make you laugh out loud!* In their attempt to give you all weekly episodes, the boys are back! Kojo, Franko, Seun and Jeremiah go completely off the dome for this episode, discussing the topics that they feel should be spoken about. Some of the burning...
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“Ick Is What It Is!” - 023
We are back! The boys are here this week to talk about ‘Icks’, a topic taking over the TL recently. Kojo, Franko, Baker and Seun discuss the funniest ‘icks’ on Twitter, some of their own ‘icks’, as well as their opinions on both height and age difference in relationships. There are some...
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“You Know Who Does Carry Last? The UK!” - 022
We’re back again with another episode! Kojo, Franko, Baker and Seun discuss application season on this week’s episode in light of Franko’s good news regarding his own applications. Advice and top tips are given for your applications and how to navigate this stressful season. Towards the end, the...
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Identity Crisis! - 021
The boys are back! Kojo, Baker, Seun and Jeremiah are on the podcast today talking mostly about identity. They discuss a tweet talking about well-spoken Black people sounding “white”, and conversation branches out to them all talking about their own identities. They talk about what defines them…
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“If You’re There For The Birkin, That’s Fine!” - 020
We’re back! The boys (minus Jeremiah this episode) are having a catch up, filling you all in on what they’ve been all doing in their absence. We hear about Franko’s trip to Krakow, and conversation carries into many other topics - including lockdown 2, the battle of state vs private schools,...
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Question Time! - 019
In this episode, Kojo, Franko, Baker and Seun are answering your questions! Some highlights of questions were about their experiences with colourism and “how to become a serious candidate”. Enjoy!
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“A Joker’s Guide to Uni Life!” - 018
The whole cast is back! Kojo, Franko, Baker, Seun and Jeremiah are doing a results day special episode, recounting their own individual first year experiences. General advice about things to bring, money management and ACS GC etiquette is also given. Happy listening!
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“70%? That’s a First Class Relationship!” - 017
In this week’s episode, Kojo, Franko, Baker and Seun are discussing the premise of openness in a relationship - how much should you let your partner in on your life? Is it at all beneficial to you or your relationship to let your partner in 100% on your life? Happy listening!
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When I Grow Up... - 016
After technical difficulties, we’re back! In this episode, the boys are back and discussing the premise of growing up - are we ready to become parents? How has our outlook of the future changed from when we were younger? What constitutes being ‘ready’ for kids? Enjoy listening!
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“Franko - Why Are You Broke?” - 015
The boys start the episode with a big announcement! Then Kojo, Franko, Jeremiah, Baker and Seun start up conversation about the best year for music, holidays after COVID, business ideas and more. Enjoy!
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“You Can’t ‘Black Excellence’ Your Way Out of Racism!” - 014
In this episode, Kojo, Franko, Jeremiah and Baker discuss a tweet they saw saying that black mediocrity is as much of a thing as black excellence. The conversation was based around the tweet and many other aspects were introduced including racism, comparisons between black and white...
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“Newham Is the Worst Place in the World!” - 013
In this episode, Seun, Kojo, Jeremiah and Baker discuss current affairs and hot topics from this week. Later in the episode, they were joined by their first ever guest, Myron! Myron came on and followed the conversation through. Enjoy! Funds: Official George Floyd Memorial Fund:...
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Black Lives Matter. - 012
Funds: Official George Floyd Memorial Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd Minnesota Freedom Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/donate Black Visions Movement & Legal fund: https://www.payit2.com/fundraiser/98548 Reclaim the block: https://secure.everyaction.com/zae4prEeKESHBy0MKXTIcQ2...
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Let’s Go to the Movies! - 011
In this episode, Kojo, Franko, Israel and Baker discuss movies and their effects on each of them. They also discuss the change between the films and the original book series, and they talk about the emotions they felt when watching. Enjoy!
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“Never a dull day at Carnival!” - 010
In this episode, Baker, Seun, Kojo and Franko have a discussion about life after COVID-19. They talk about how they think society will adjust to the new environment while also reminiscing on their past summers pre-lockdown. Enjoy!
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Introducing the Candidates! - 009
In this episode, all of the Candidates are on the podcast. Jeremiah, Israel, Franko, Kojo, Baker and Seun give you more of an insight into their lives, and answer the questions you all have asked. Enjoy!
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“You’ve used up your ‘failure’ allowance!” - 008
In this episode, Israel, Kojo, Seun and Baker discuss the pay cuts that footballers are taking and how it links to the NHS. Conversation then goes to culture, and whether young black people in the UK embrace it enough. They also spoke about whether parents are stuck in their ways about certain...
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“Lotioning internationally to stay sane!” - 007
In the first episode released during quarantine, Franko, Kojo, Seun and Baker discuss the struggle of maintaining good mental health in times like this. The boys also touch on the NHS, and describe ways to keep calm and sane during troubling times. Enjoy!
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“4 pigeon wings and chips!” - 006
In this episode, Baker, Jeremiah, Kojo and Seun pick apart the premise of leaving “ends” - should you, and why? They also talk about the importance of building your network and the difference between adapting to your environment and changing who you are. Enjoy!
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“Is my degree all I’m doing?” - 005
In episode 5, Kojo, Franko, Jeremiah and Israel converse about the importance of having a ‘side hustle’ at university. Points were made regarding the dedication and passion needed to start one, and the examples the boys had in their own lives. Enjoy!
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“Is social media toxic?” - 004
In this episode of the podcast, Baker, Seun, Jeremiah and Kojo discuss the premise of social media; is it toxic? Are there better ways for us as the public to use it? The boys also talk about the positive parts of it, and weigh up the positives with the disadvantages. Enjoy!
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“They made me take a disability test!” - 003
In this episode, Jeremiah, Franko, Kojo and newcomer to the podcast Israel talk about the transition from sixth form to uni, their experiences falling off both socially and academically, and the more difficult sides of a uni degree. Enjoy!
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“Can’t go Gaucho on TFL!” - 002
In this episode, Seun, Kojo, Baker and newcomer to the podcast Jeremiah discuss the topics surrounding relationships - Are romantic relationships important at this age? They also touch on situationships and whether they can be healthy. Enjoy listening!
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“Let me not incriminate myself!” - 001
‘ACS, uni life and more!’ In the pilot episode of the Unserious Candidates Podcast, Kojo, Franko, Baker and Seun take you through their experiences of uni so far. Many things were discussed, including workload, first year experience, ACS, opportunities during uni and more. Have a listen!
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A group of young, motivated black men ready to share their stories of unseriousness, disaster and controversy, as they each take their own journeys to success - while having some fun along the way.
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