Behind All The Stories

Host Yemisi Adegoke goes behind the scenes with storytellers across the Black diaspora as they share the good, the ugly and sometimes, the life changing.

2 Episodes

Yomi Adegoke: ‘Influencer journalism’, respectability politics and slaying in your lane.
6/25/2021
1:10:29
'I don’t want relatability to be a hill I have to die on, I don’t want that to be why people engage with me.' Episode summary: Today’s episode features multi award winning journalist and best selling author Yomi Adegoke, who alongside being one of the brightest stars in British journalism is Yemisi’s younger sister. Yomi speaks about the thin line between journalism and influencing, co-writing a best selling book and how she got her start. Host: Yemisi Adegoke Producer: Yemisi Adegoke Editing: Kelechi Anozia Music: New Age Muzik You can follow Yomi on Twitter @yomiadegoke or on Instagram @yomiadegoke Read her column in British Vogue:https://www.vogue.co.uk/profile/yomi-adegoke And her column in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/series/reality-checked Instagram: @BehindAllTheStories Facebook: Behind All The Stories Twitter: @_behindstories
Wana Udobang: Moving back to Nigeria, telling African stories and balance.
8/9/2020
1:16:50
'I had to stop doing certain stories, because they only want to see certain things from Africa.' Episode Summary: Wana Udobang, is what Nigerian parents describe as 'someone who has two heads.' She's a poet, a journalist, a host, a documentary maker, an artist, an all round storyteller. In this episode she speaks about moving back to Nigeria, why she stopped telling certain stories about Africa and trying to stay balanced. Host: Yemisi Adegoke Producer: Yemisi Adegoke Editing: Kelechi Anozia Music: New Age Muzik You can follow Wana on Twitter: @MissWanaWana and on Instagram: @MsWanaWana You can watch her on The Cultural Diaries here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBTJuakGKZTdpVwiguFV4k0vKVhurlR6X And check out her spoken word album 'Transcendence' : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpgUargcjaRd7Mpn4zEi4Mf0KdUmeNhmO Instagram: @BehindAllTheStories Facebook: Behind All The Stories Twitter: @_behindstories
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Behind All The Stories

Behind All The Stories

2 Episodes

Yomi Adegoke: ‘Influencer journalism’, respectability politics and slaying in your lane.

Wana Udobang: Moving back to Nigeria, telling African stories and balance.