Stay ConnectedEach week we dive deep to hear stories and tips from some of the most inspirational people in the world to help inspire you to make a positive change in your life.
A real in-depth chat with Kojo Anim aka Kojo The Comedian - someone who has helped break down so many doors and put on so many comedians throughout his career. He shares stories on touring with and being mentored from the likes of Chris Rock, Kevin Hart & Dave Chappelle, to growing up with his parents in jail, to script-writing, to advising up-coming comics.
There are so many gems in this conversation with Kojo discussing why he's starting to be more open within his life and his work and passing on some advice on how to build and maintain meaningful relationships.
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Some topics we discuss:
What impact the relationships he has with Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock & Kevin Hart have had on his career
How the comedy game has changed over the years
Discovering his father wasn't really his father at the age of 19
Why his aunty is his biggest hero
Why his true purpose is to help others
The relationship between Hip Hop and comedy
Having trust in the decisions you make
The roles he's played on stage, TV and in theatre
Being more open to his audience - documenting vs creating
Why he's focussing on his comedy again to become relevant in stand-up
"Embrace who you are and how you look to make yourself the best version of you and stop comparing yourself to others"
In the first of a 4-part series, I invite Personal Trainer & Fitness Expert Ciara London back to the podcast to share some thoughts in the latest In Focus session. The interview we did way back in episode 7 had some amazing feedback, so I wanted Ciara to come back and delve into some of the topics she's most passionate about. In this session we discuss all things Health & Fitness with some amazing insights from Ciara on mental health, diet, body shaming, positive effects & more.
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Catching up with Chuckie Online to discuss his career as a freelance DJ, Broadcaster, Podcaster and how he has dealt with endless amounts of rejection along the way. This is a very powerful conversation talking about how kids these days have lost the art of conversation, why we're living in a world full of online outrage & fake outrage and why happiness is his main focus moving forward.
Chuckie also discusses how and why he started his own podcast after an accidental and long conversation with Grime legend Wiley and he speaks for the very first time on the impact and outrage around an episode of his own podcast featuring Reggie Yates.
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IG: @ChuckieOnline
Twitter: @ChuckieOnline
Podcast: soundcloud.com/chuckieonline
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Soundcloud: @the_dreamersdisease
"A quitter never wins and a winner never quits"
On this In Focus session we discuss the fear of failure and why you should't let it hold you back from doing what you want to do. Ultimately making mistakes is the best way to learn and by constantly building on failures, it can only lead you on to more success. More often than not I find that the fear of failure is my gut telling me how much I actually want to do something. So it's time to start listening to your gut and start facing up to the fear.
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Striving for greatness is something we all want for ourselves and DJ Semtex is the embodiment of that. A legend and pioneer in the UK music scene, I sit down with Semtex to discuss everything from discusses growing up in Manchester and dealing with racism from an early age, his earliest influences and having to overcome adversity as a teenager when he lost his right arm to a medical condition Lymphangioma.
Delving into his career in music we touched on everything from working and touring the world with Dizzee Rascal, the art of making good music, adapting to changes in the music industry and how artists are becoming more and more business savvy.
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contains strong language
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IG: @DJSemtex
Twitter: @DJSemtex
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“I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.” - Oscar Wilde
On this In Focus session I discuss the benefits of Space. It is becoming increasingly hard to create space for ourselves in our lives. We are constantly glued to the online world, TV, etc. Every now and then it is important to unplug from the Matrix and take some time out to reflect and give our brains the opportunity to just be present.
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In episode 24 I sit down with the multi-talented Mim Shaikh to talk about his work as a Broadcaster, Actor and Poet. We discus his journey from Uni student radio to community radio to BBC Radio 1Xtra & Asian Network and how he's recently found giving more value through his work has helped to feel like he's fulfilling a bigger purpose.
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IG: @mim_shaikh
Twitter: @MimShaikh_
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"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right either way" - Henry Ford
On this In Focus session I discuss the power of your mindset and having a positive outlook. So much of our approach to each day or our work or our tasks is dependant on the mindset we have. We have to learn how to recognise and understand our mindset to allow us to be the best versions of ourselves and achieve all the success we have ever wanted. A lot of it starts from the language we use to talk to ourselves!
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To round-off what has been an incredible year for me personally, through launching this podcast, I sat down with my good friend Liam Klimek to discuss the top 5 things I've learnt and that have helped me in 2017 and the goals I set myself at the start of the year. We go quite in-depth on how having more self-belief and showing myself more self-love has helped me to have more clarity and focus on my vision. We also touched on how creating and writing out our vision can help you to put your dreams into action by applying to right focus and commitment to them. I hope this episode can help you in some way to better yourself, your career, your relationships going into 2018.
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"Give up being perfect and start being authentic"
In the second 'In Focus' session - where we'll be exploring and breaking down one topic at a time - I discuss why you should be your authentic self. We often spend a lot of time trying to cater towards other people and rarely lower our guard to show our true selves and as a result, don't feel comfortable showing our vulnerabilities and authentic side.
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