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In the episode, we take a trip on memory lane reminiscing on the dreams we had as kids, the expectations we created unbeknownst of life exigencies, and the promises we made to ourselves and those around us. We highlight our personal future expectations ranging from marriage and kids before 25, securing wealth before 30, professional … Continue reading Childhood Dreams Vs Adult Realities | Ep. 138
There might have been a little intermission from poetry for a while but I'm always writing, and here's one for Danny's core readers. Titled "The Addict" narrating the true story of my experiences with people who have struggled with different forms of addiction. It's deep ya'll. Enjoy this one! ........................................................................................................................................................................... Some days I wake up … Continue reading The Addict | The Poem
In this episode, the duo dissects the movie AIR starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Chris Tucker, and Viola Davis in what would be one of the best biopics of the year. The plot tells the story of the marketing geniuses behind the rise of the Nike brand in the 80s spearheaded by the legendary basketball … Continue reading How Good Was Air? | Movie Review | Ep. 137
This week, the duo returns with a splitting conversation around "Too Soon" addressing the grey areas of the show of affection through each phase of dating, the weird dynamics that exist at each phase, falling for someone too early vs hiding your true feelings early on, how soon should one move from a break-up + MORE. On … Continue reading When Is It Too Soon? | Ep. 136
In this special episode, the duo funnily reminisce on "broke days" growing up as a kid, seeing the family struggle and moments when we realised our families weren't rich, growing up in harsh living conditions, our lowest moments, hitting rock bottom financially, and dealing with the anxiety that comes with being broke + more. On … Continue reading Broke Tales | Get Rich Or Die Trying | Ep. 135
In this episode, the duo returns to the studio this week to discuss the controversial question "Is Honesty Always The Best Policy?" sparking an even bigger debate on "When Are Lies Okay?" in our interactions with friends, partners, and families. The duo poke the idea that people don't always want the truth, we cover circumstances under which it's okay … Continue reading Please Lie To Me… | Ep. 134
It's movie review week y'all! And this week, the gang dissects the movie of the year so far in Michael B. Jordan's directorial debut Creed III. Together, the duo breaks down their favourite scenes, screenplays, and action from the movie while highlighting life lessons ranging from abandonment, losing a dream, guilt, communication, redemption, and retribution as expressed … Continue reading Is Creed III The Best? | Movie Review | Ep. 133
The gang returns with another mid-week short episode for y'all, and together, we run commentary on comedian CP's standup which spikes the conversation around dealing with a passive-aggressive wife. He highlights partying in the strip club without his wife, the awkward treatment from his wife, fear of his marriage being over + MORE. This makes … Continue reading Went To The Strip Club Without My Wife | Bonus | 132
In this episode, the crew returns with yet another introspective but interesting conversation as we discuss the awkwardness around asking for help compared to accepting help from people close to you or generally around you. The duo reflect on which was more difficult to admit as a problem, the dynamics of the relationship changing once … Continue reading Asking Vs Accepting Help | Ep. 131
This week, the duo return with a much relatable conversation on confronting the age-long question of, "Do People Really Get Over Their Exes?" The duo would go on to read moving stories of men and women who never got over their exes from Quora. This sparks the debate in the studio as the duo reminisces on personal … Continue reading I’m Not Over My Ex | Ep. 130
On Bonus episode this week, we react to the legendary comedian Eddie Grifffin who sparks up conversations on the hilarious stories in the bible, and how crazy those stories sound in contemporary times. His stand-up addresses Jesus calling out his disciples on snitching, Lot's wife turning back into salt, how did Adam figure out sex … Continue reading Jesus Was A Thug | Bonus | Ep. 129
In this episode, the duo returns this week with an even more insightful conversation on becoming parents to our parents as adults, the switch from being dependent to independent, from seeking their approval to making decisions without them, the weird transition where your parents no longer relate with us from a place of fear but … Continue reading Parenting Our Parents | The Switch | Ep. 128
In this special episode, we delve into the harsh reality of outgrowing friendships and managing the exit of such friendships, the awkward and uncomfortable feeling that comes with realising a friendship may not serve you anymore, reminiscing the times we felt had outgrown a friend and vice versa + MORE. On Nana's Corner, we discuss … Continue reading Outgrowing Friendships | Ep. 127
The gang is back in the studio this week, and we are talking about Kenya Barris' latest movie, "You People" on Netflix. Together, we dissect all talking points from the movie, our favourite scenes, ranking our favourite to least favourite comedic moments, discussed the issues of racial differences between families on the cusp of marriage, querying where … Continue reading How Good Was You People? | Movie Review | Ep. 126
In this special episode, Praiz joins us in the studio this week to share her story as a cancer survivor. In her own words, she describes vivid moments through the emotional rollercoaster of finding out her diagnosis, the turmoil from the tumour, navigating excruciating pain while going through chemotherapy, being over 20 pills a day, … Continue reading Beating Cancer Ft. Praiz | The Exclusive | Ep. 125
It's the mid-week bonus episode for y'all! The duo are back with another comic reaction episode, and together we react to comedian T. Murph who discusses being found attractive by gay men even though he's straight, his wife's comical perspective on him being attractive by gay men, and everything in-between. This sparks the conversation in … Continue reading Asked Out By A Gay Person | Bonus | Ep. 124
In this amazing episode, the duo returns to the studio this week with the introspective question "Does attention translate to interest and vice versa?" together we discuss why people lie about their interest or attention bandwidth in conversations and interactions with people, friendships, and relationships, querying the validity of brutal honesty, and ranking our interest … Continue reading Attention Doesn’t Mean Interest | Ep. 123
In this special episode, we discuss Nigeria's presidential elections, the uproar, the tension, partisan and tribalistic politics in Nigeria, condemning the corruption exhibited by the electoral body, disenfranchisement at polling units, Banky W's loss at the polls, putting celebrity on pedestals, clerics' influence on voting in the church + MORE. On Nana's Corner, we talk … Continue reading The Election Chronicles | Ep. 122
This week, the duo returns to the studio for the post-valentine episode, and together, we discuss the theme of love, gift giving and debunking the idea of "It's the thought that counts"  but the value of the gift, gifting experiences vs gifting material things, our generation becoming one that hates on love but encourages toxicity, love … Continue reading Shaming People In Love | Ep. 121
Bonus Ep returns this week y'all! This week, we react to comedian Ron Taylor whose stand-up spikes the conversation around the uselessness of going to school your whole life and not being to become a professional at a single subject, convenient sex during the pandemic with a flatmate, and his hilarious takes on abortion rights. … Continue reading School Didn’t Prepare Us For Shit | Bonus | Ep. 120
In this special episode, author Maranatha Abutu returns to the show. In her new book, Friendship Illusion she tells the story of a driven young woman in her 30s whose route to finding true love and fulfilment is clogged by an array of chaos, trauma, friendship and relationship betrayal, deceit, cultural idiosyncracies, and decadence. Together, we translate the salacious … Continue reading “Even In Death, I Couldn’t Forgive Her” Ft. Maranatha | Ep. 119
In the episode, the duo are back in the studio, and discuss the poignant conversation around our fears of the future as millennials, the fear of never getting married, fear of ending up alone without friends in our 50s, how women have men as a money-making safety nets, fear of sudden death and the difficulty … Continue reading “Scared I May End Up Alone In Life…” | Ep. 118
In this special episode, we react to the biggest RnB album of 2022 in SOS  performed by the delectable SZA. We dissect our top five songs each from the album, the level of toxicity in RnB today compared to artists from the 90s, our thoughts on couples wanting to kill each other after a bad break-up, the … Continue reading My Ex Made Me Toxic | SZA’s SOS Album Review | Ep. 117
In this bonus episode, we react to content from comedian Amberia Allen who highlights feeling trapped in ten-year marriage, dealing with her husband's obsession with planes, dealing with a child on the spectrum, questioning why all black people doubt technology, and why black women's hair takes so much time. Together, the duo narrate their personal experiences through … Continue reading Trapped In My Marriage | Bonus | Ep. 116
This week, On The Spot returns with the duo calling up friends to ask random edgy questions on dating, one-night stands, celebrity hall passes, partners' level of sexual experience, causes for friendship breakups, a crush fancying you after you get into a relationship + MORE. They spill their raw and completely honest thoughts on these … Continue reading More Sexually Experienced Ft. Our Friends | On The Spot | Ep. 115
Bonus Ep is back y'all!!! The duo returns with the bonus episode for midweek, and together they react to some hilarious yet interesting standup bits on sex from the iconic Wanda Sykes. DISCLAIMER!!! This episode is for adults only! Yup, shit got too nasty! Wanda Sykes' jokes got us discussing some sexual fantasies, our opinions on threesomes, sexual … Continue reading Sex Is Important | Bonus | Ep. 114
In this special episode, the gang return to the studio to dissect the deplorable state of modern African culture in the hands of young people. We discuss in detail the fears of African culture becoming extinct in the future, our generation discarding the importance of speaking our local languages, failing to embrace and share our … Continue reading Does Today’s African Generation Care About Culture? | Ep. 113
We start the year off with the uncertainties that surround starting over. We discuss the weird self-doubts we have when it's time to start something new or sojourn a different path from what you're used to, the intricacies around staying around in relationships and friendships with people because of the fear of starting over, being … Continue reading The Fear of Starting Over | Ep. 112
This week, the duo are back in the studio for the last episode of the year, and together we look back at the year 2022 in what has become a tradition with the "Hindsight Ep." We discuss some of our favourites to our least favourite episodes from the year, our funniest moments on and off the podcast, … Continue reading The Hindsight Episode | Ep. 111
In this episode, the duo returns for movie review season this week, and together we break down James Cameron's new sequel Avatar: The Way of Water out in cinemas near you. Jake Sully and Ney'tiri have formed a family and must do everything to stay alive but it doesn't happen without twists and turns. We express our … Continue reading Did Avatar Live Up To Expectations? | Movie Review | Ep. 110
In this special sequel episode to the conversation around "The Supreme Religion", we are joined this week by an esteemed guest Hamzah Azeez. Together, we discuss the culture of growing up in a Muslim household, his personal difficulty in reconciling the killings carried out by Islam extremists versus what the Quran preaches about peace, Turkey's … Continue reading Is Islam The Supreme Religion? Ft. Azeez | Ep. 109
In this episode, we take a deep dive into the awkwardness around having the break up conversation with a partner. We discuss the intricacies of having that dreaded break up talk with your partner when you know it's over and vice versa, questioning the sincerity of love from the start, the cruelty of deceit, holding … Continue reading Break Ups Be Hard, How Do I Say This? | Ep. 108
In this amazing episode, we debate the blanket statement of not caring about people's opinions, the level of reasonableness, why people only ever use the term "I don't care" for negative opinions and never for positive ones, the inability to care about how people see you, assessing the validity of people's words never affecting you, … Continue reading Do We Really Not Care About What People Think? | Ep. 107
In this special episode, we dissect Marvel's latest blockbuster and probably the most anticipated movie of the year Black Panther: Wakanda Forever starring Letitia Wright, Angela Bassett, Lupita Nyongo, Tenoch Huerta, Danai Gurira and a host of other amazing casts. The plot tells the story of life in Wakanda after King T'Challa's (Chadwick Boseman) demise, the emergence and … Continue reading How Impressive Was Black Panther? | Movie Review | Ep.106
In this heartfelt episode, we are joined by the delectable Blessing. She opens up on the unreal realities of turning 30, the expectations of the girl-child at 18 of what she should be at 30, navigating the pressures from society on raising a family, the pool of dating in your 30s shrinking, the frustrations that … Continue reading Turning 30 and Unmarried Felt Like I Underachieved Ft. Blessing | Ep. 105
In this episode, the duo delve into the idea of Breadcrumbing which describes sending little signs of affection to keep the attention of a suitor even when you have no desire to take things any further, its effect on the modern dating pool, the debate on the act being a feminine vs masculine trait, personal stories of … Continue reading The Act of Breadcrumbing | Ep. 104
In this special episode, we kick off our entrepreneurial portion of the show with Versatile Professional Services expert, Simi who joins us this week to discuss her journey chartering the new industry of VSP, growing up, moving houses many times and having to change schools a lot, struggling to keep friends early on, her experience … Continue reading Every Experience In My Life Led Me Here Ft. Simi | Ep. 103
In this exciting movie episode, we dissect the movie Bullet Train starring the excellent Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock, Michael Shannon, Bryan Tyree Henry and a host of other impressive casts. The movie tells an actual life event in Japan, of an unlucky assassin who's determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs have gone off … Continue reading How Good Was Bullet Train? | Movie Review | Ep. 102
In this special episode, we kick off the podcast's new season with the controversial conversion on updating the oldest book in the world, The Bible.  The duo deliberate over the need to review the outdated doctrines in the bible as they contradict the acceptable practices of contemporary times, the question around God still using a pastor in … Continue reading Does The Bible Need An Update? | Ep. 101
In this hallmark episode, we celebrate our 100th with our listeners! A huge feat for us at The Spectrum Podcast. On the show, we start off with reading our fan letters and listening to their voice notes, roll back the early days of the podcast, our fights off the mic, the work ethic behind the … Continue reading God Did, “The Milestone Episode” | Ep. 100
In this episode, the series returns with Danny and his sister on the other side of the mic this week. In what would be Naomie's debut as a producer, she takes the Odia siblings down memory lane growing up in a military household, the uncommon dynamic between a brother and a sister, violence as kids, … Continue reading Fear Ain’t Respect Ft. The Odia Siblings | Sibling Rivalry Pt. 2 | Ep. 99
This week on the Siblings Rivalry Series, we are joined by Naomie's sisters on the show. Together, the Igbinoba sisters roll back the years growing up as a family, the three reveal an array of unspoken experiences and truths about each other, unfair treatment by parents as kids, the role of birth order, being punished … Continue reading Punished For My Sister’s Sins Ft. The Igbinoba Sistas | Sibling Rivalry Pt. 1 | Ep. 98
This week, the gang returns with a movie review for the month of September in many have termed "The movie of the year"  in Viola Davis' The Woman King directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. The movie tells the story of the Agojie an all-female warrior group of the old Dahomey kingdom now the modern-day Benin Republic. Under the leadership of the king Ghezo played by John … Continue reading The Woman King Deserves An Oscar? | Movie Review | Ep. 97
In this short episode, we react to content from comic Corey Halcomb who raises a controversial take on women being a reflection of what their man earns. The comic shames broke men for their women looking crazy out here, and he discusses the pressure of keeping up financially in a relationship. His hot take drives a conversation … Continue reading Your Woman’s Looks Tells How Broke You Are | Bonus | Ep. 96
This week, the amazing Amma Abena joins the duo, and together, we discuss her new Ep tagged "It's Okay Not To Be Okay" and everything in between. We start off the show with music trivia questions from the early 2000s for our guest artist to prove her millennial card, then we go on to discuss each song on the … Continue reading Admitting I’m Not Okay Ft. Amma Abena | Ep. 95 | PMM
In this short episode, we react to the legendary comic Patrice O'Neal who sparks a conversation in the studio through his stand-up bit on why men can love you and not like you. The late comic delves into why men occasionally need their space from their partners and how women struggle to understand that. His interesting observations … Continue reading I Love Her But I Don’t Like Her | Bonus | Ep. 94
This week, we are joined by the delectable Jumoke on what could possibly be our most heartfelt episode yet. Our guest, Jumoke shares the painful moments leading up to her father's demise, dealing with the profusing emotions after his death, questioning God's defiance of her prayers as an eleven-year-old, forced to grow up too early, … Continue reading Losing My Dad Changed Me Ft. Jumoke | Ep. 93
The duo returns this week with yet another poking conversation at the norm called Parenting, and together, we take a critical look at the idea of being a parent, what makes you want to be a parent, and parents imposing their goals, visions, and sometimes failed dreams on their children. We question the immense pressure … Continue reading Is Parenting Selfish? | Ep. 92
This week, we are back with yet another bonus content as we react to content from comedian Tacarra Williams who eventually realized she'd been the toxic one in her relationship this whole. It took a hilarious moment for her to realize that with her new partner. Her antics made us delve into the conversation of accountability in … Continue reading I’m the Problem in My Relationship | Bonus | Ep. 91
This week, we mark our 90th episode with the review of Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick which may just be the biggest blockbuster of the summer grossing over $1.3 billion at the box office three months after its release. The movie also stars Glenn Powell, John Hamm, Jennifer Connelley, Miles Teller, Jay Ellis, and many other impressive … Continue reading How Good Was Top Gun: Maverick? | Movie Review | Ep. 90
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