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GoodLiving Podcast

GoodLiving Podcast

Goodliving Network 268 Episodes Oct 26, 2026

GoodLiving Podcast is a show for young Nigerians navigating the messiness of adult life. It features honest conversations about identity, relationships, work, money, and growing up in Nigeria, without the usual motivational fluff. Each episode addresses the real conflicts young Nigerians face—the ones they think about at 2 a.m. and rarely hear discussed openly. Hosted by Koke, new episodes drop every Monday.

Episodes

The 🫆Fingerprint Problem
The 🫆Fingerprint Problem Oct 26, 2026 726 Ref: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dc-1UaniU8A/?cplk=cHA3cWU0eDZld2N5Discussion GroupImagine you can’t get a National Identification Number, and without one, you can’t open a bank account, keep your SIM active, or get a passport. For many disabled Nigerians, that is how it works. This episode opens with an excerpt from an Instagram video by Funmi Yakubu on how disabled people are shut ou
The 'Simp Industrial Complex'
The 'Simp Industrial Complex' Oct 19, 2026 678 DISCUSSION GROUPWhere did you first learn what love is supposed to look like? Koke traces it back to childhood crushes and the Disney princess story: a damsel in distress, a dragon, and a prince whose reward for saving her is happily ever after. He calls it the “simp industrial complex,” a theory that the template teaches men to sacrifice themselves for women, and that the companies fundi
A 17-Minute Walk and a Confession
A 17-Minute Walk and a Confession Oct 12, 2026 621 DISCUSSION GROUPKoke walks to the gym, which takes 17 minutes on foot, and uses the time to give the update he promised after his earlier trip: how the podcast network and his December event are actually going. The original plan was five shows with a 12-episode season each. After reading how other networks stumbled by launching too many shows too early, he scaled back to three running at
HOW TO BE SINGLE - THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO KOKE ⤱
HOW TO BE SINGLE - THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO KOKE ⤱ Oct 5, 2026 801 DISCUSSION GROUPWhat if being single isn't a waiting room for your next relationship, but one of the most important periods of your life?Inspired by Karen Uzo's book How to Be Single, this episode explores what the host has learned from several periods of solitude throughout his life. From the heartbreak of his first university relationship in 2017, to the curiosity and self-education tha
SO HE CAN'T SPEAK YORUBA F.T MAYWEDA
SO HE CAN'T SPEAK YORUBA F.T MAYWEDA Oct 3, 2026 305 DISCUSSION GROUPA gubernatorial candidate in Lagos gets asked a question in Yoruba and can't answer fluently — and overnight it becomes a referendum on who actually "owns" Lagos. Koke and a friend (unplanned, mic-still-warm energy throughout) unpack the Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour language controversy, then pull the thread further: is this really about language, or a convenient distraction engi
WW III
WW III Sep 29, 2026 928 Corrections Note A quick correction on a couple of things said in this episode:The strait referred to as "Al-Hammud" or "Al-Hermon" is actually the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, and the "Sea West Canal" mentioned alongside it is the Suez Canal — both real waterways along the Red Sea shipping corridor.Also, the account of the Pentagon memo naming seven countries for regime change was attributed to
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk 😖
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk 😖 Sep 21, 2026 857 This one didn't come with a plan. Koke steps outside his own compound — a full-circle moment from where he used to record during the NYSC series — to just talk through three days of feeling off: a stalled business he's poured money and pitches into with nothing to show for it, a meditation practice that was going well until it suddenly wasn't, and the quiet guilt of a day where he did lit
That ugly NAFDAC woman wants you dead 💀
That ugly NAFDAC woman wants you dead 💀 Sep 14, 2026 881 DISCUSSION GROUPKoke sat down to cook a simple Sunday lunch and realized he couldn't fully trust a single ingredient in it — the chicken, the salad cream, the seasoning, none of it. In this episode, he walks through just how deep Nigeria's fake-goods problem actually runs: adulterated meat and fish, counterfeit alcohol quietly damaging livers in the east, fake toothpaste, eggs, even tap w
Our best people for their worse jobs❓How⁉️🤷‍♂️
Our best people for their worse jobs❓How⁉️🤷‍♂️ Sep 7, 2026 901 BRAIN DROPPINGSDISCUSSION GROUPWhy does a bank manager have to drive a truck for 18 months after moving abroad — and why do we call that resilience instead of asking why it's happening at all? Koke traces a pattern from migration and labor to advertising and self-image: how systems are built to extract a country's best minds for its worst jobs, and how that same logic shows up in somethin
You believe you have free will?🎭
You believe you have free will?🎭 Aug 31, 2026 1059 Show NotesThe philosophical case that free will is mostly an illusion — shaped by choices your parents and environment made before you ever had a sayWhat propaganda actually is, and why the people most confident they can't be manipulated are often the easiest targetsHow propaganda operated in Nigeria historically — through news coverage and even entertainment like Super StoryThe claim tha
Negotiating Sexual Contracts
Negotiating Sexual Contracts Aug 24, 2026 902 It's Koke's case for teaching people — starting from adolescence — how to actually understand and negotiate consent, rather than leaving it as something nobody ever explains clearly.He opens by breaking down consent as a spectrum rather than a single line: outright force is obviously rape, but he argues coercion — wearing someone down through persistent pressure until they give in just to
God help me -- Because I Can't Fake Believing
God help me -- Because I Can't Fake Believing Aug 17, 2026 922 Koke grew up Anglican — Sunday church, good clothes, a bottle of Mineral with lunch. Then at 10, three years after losing his mother, he was sent to a boarding school that worshipped on Saturdays instead of Sunday — and everything he thought was settled about faith started to unravel. In this episode, he traces that unraveling honestly: the questions that never got resolved, the argument

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