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The Busy Being Born Podcast — 83 episodes

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#83: Leading with Purpose: Dr. Zippy Okoth on Tides, Drama Therapy & the Power of African Storytelling

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#82: Busy Being Born Live II: Six Years of Growth, Vulnerability & Building in Public

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#81: Tides whispering: Reuben Odanga on Storytelling, Leadership & Building Africa's Creative Future

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#80: No Guest But Nuggets: The one on Presence, Purpose & the Long Game

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#79: Building African Tech on Our Own Terms: Angela Oduor Lungati on AI, Leadership & Community

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#78: The Unforgettable Actor: Moses Kiema on Craft, Fatherhood & Sustainable Success

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#77: Building What the System Missed: Dr. Kiptolo Boit on Sport, Ethical Leadership and Youth Development

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#76: Aligning Smiles and Returning Home to Care: Dr. Wanjiru Stuhler on Orthodontics, Public Health & Building with Intention

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#75: 2025 Wrap up: Culture Check, Music, AI & the Road to 2026

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#74: Beyond Roles: Amwayi Tsuma on Identity, Mindfulness & Compassionate Living

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#73: Grace in the Unfolding: Omondi Ochuka on Gratitude, Grief and Redefining Strength

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#72: Finding Home Again: Sylvia Karanja on Migration, Faith & Reconnection

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#71: Framing the future: Mark Maina On Skill, Storytelling & Building a Legacy in Film

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#70: On Friendship: Money, Marriage & the Meaning of True Connection

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#69: No Guest but Nuggets - Performance Anxiety, Parenting Wins & Five Years of Growth

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#68: Maureen Kunga on Music, Law & Self-Discovery

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#67: Victor Ikawa on Navigating Life's Crossroads with Grace and Grit

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#66: Mohamed Komeja on Rekindled joys, Surviving cancer and the Poetry of life

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#65: Muthoni Gitau on Productivity, Synchronicity and building her dream life

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#64: Wanjira Wanjiru on Liberation, Loss of Fear and birthing a new generation of love & Patriotism!

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#63: Reflections on a Year of Awakening, AI, Teargassed baddies Trumping Must Goes and more!

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#62: No guest but nuggets - The one on Presentness (we insist it’s a word!) and Friendship (Part 1)

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#61: Fred Makori on A collage of experience in Media, Impact Driven Artistry and The Making of Five for One

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#60: Ngartia on Art, Activism and the early risings of this bird

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#59: Joyce Musoke on Finding, appreciating and establishing her Voice, Value and Pace.

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#58: Alice Kombani and Tracey Shiundu on the Making of formidable Women - An Ode to Motherhood

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#57: No guest but nuggets - The one on Floods, full spirits and relationship with food.

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#56: Emmanuel ‘Mongul’ Mavala on Cross-Fit, Visionary Sports Leadership and Legacy

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#55: DR. FRANZ OWANO on Masks of Manhood, Words, Wards and the Merits of slow Success

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#54: Doug Mutai on the cross country building the comedy culture, Purpose and Alignment

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#53: Tugi Waiyaki on Therapy, Artistry and the Preciousness of this existence

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#52: Vet Moses Kwereba on Chess Missions across the globe, Animal Health and the Art of Simplicity

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#51: No guest but nuggets - The one on the Golden anniversary Reflections

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#50: Maqbul Mohammed on Healing from the inside out, Rethinking Success and the African Renaissance

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#49: Chantelle Kaaria on Impact, Filmmaking and coming home to the Self

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#48: Abdullahi Bulle on the Biashara bug, Books, Banking and success with E-commerce

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#47: Ceci and Clementina on Kanairo, Filmmaking and Mental fortitude

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#46: Celestine Gachuhi on tags of Favour, Faith over Fear, Selina and beyond

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#45: Mwongera Mutiga on Parenting, PapaBear and the ministry of Fatherhood

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#44: No guest but nuggets; The one on Kipchoge Philosophy lessons and What would ‘Denzel’ do? moments

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#43: Joe Kinyua on his Journey to the Award Winning Njoro wa Uba role, Dedication to the craft and living his purpose

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#42: Ythera on building Self-confidence, Harmony and Wanavokali’s journey to Timeless music

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#41: Maurice Otieno on Community building, Impact investment and finding his feet through Sports, Diligence and Networking

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#40: John ‘JJ’ Jumbi on Creative direction, expression and Impact

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#39: On troughs, crests, reflections and projections

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#38: No guest but nuggets; The one on Beaming in discomfort and weird weddings

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#37: Nini Wacera on Becoming, Overcoming and the healing nature of Nature

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#36: Abu Sense on Artistry, odes to friendship and a love for words and the weird

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#35: Muthoni Maina on the power of Literature, Sacrifice and wholesome vanilla women

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#34: No guest but nuggets; The one on the big three three, mindfulness and Wabi-sabi

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#33: Maryolive Mungai on Consistency, Passion and finding the Melody of purpose and Purpose in melody.

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#32: Joshua ‘the beast’ Chisanga – On appreciating process, trail blazing and pro-rugby

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#31: Alice in Wakanda land too – On parenting, productivity, buds and rebirth

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#30: No guest but nuggets; The one on Gratitude, Equanimity and Catching up

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#29: Prof. Nandaa on Computing, Convictions and Consistency

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#28: Leah Njuguna on Taking Chances, STEM and thriving Home and Away

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#27: Bilal Mwaura on Discipline, the Spirituality of Performance and being like Water

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#26: Mary Mwikali – On Scripts, Studios and the Greatness Within.

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#25: No guest but nuggets; The One on Shades of Shedding

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#24: Reviews, Reflections and Projections

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#23: Peter Kawa on Exertion, Filmmaking and Christmas Love

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#22: Nick Ndeda on Providence, Discipline, Dopeness and Needful Things

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#21: Mambo Beard; On Manhood, Marriage, Shifts and even Shafts.

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#20: Inspirations and Appreciations - The Busy Being Born team on the journey so far

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#19: Mufasa the Poet - On Poetry, Purpose, Dreaming and Daring in plateaus.

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#18: Movement towards Harmony - Greenman Muleh Mbillo on Alignment, Consciousness and the Cessation of Suffering

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#17: Ndeithi Kariuki on Fine Arts, transitions and the Human Spirit.

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#16: The beauty of building Arks - Cindy Ogana on the Arts, media and self value.

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#15: Patricia Okelo on entrepreneurship, mentorship and partnership in marriage

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#14: No guest but nuggets - Stoicism, intersections and frolicking with philosophies

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#13: Life is a stage - Angela Mwandanda on transitions, performing arts, finding balance and bravery.

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#12: The battlefield of the mind - Tony Mochama on tenacity, compartmentalization and sunken places

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#11: Excellence embodied - Dr. Shikoh Gitau on Innovation, intentionality, leadership and faith

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#10: First Offshoot 'Kaende Kaende'; On progress, presence and the personal.

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#9: Thought Leading and Left leaning - Kingwa Kamencu on identity, alignment and purpose.

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#8: Of petticoats and peacocking Success - Jacky Vike on discipline, humour and consistency.

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#7: Finding fluency in courage- Sam Soko on storytelling, filmmaking and taking chances

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#6: 'Oops! He did it again' - dance and being deliberate with love, life and business

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#5: When songs weirdly felt sweeter - 2020 reviews & reflections with Waceke and Byron

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#4: Quatro with the queen (or Profoundly queenly) - Performing Arts and Evolution of self

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#3: Could it get 'THUITA' than this? - EdTech in Africa and Spirituality

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#2: Alice in Wakanda Land

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#1: And we are on