The Busy Being Born Podcast

By Kamande & Kigondu

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Episodes: 69

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Spotlighting African Excellence. Hosted by the literal dynamic duo of a techie and an artiste; the podcast highlights personal growth and development by interviewing high performers, thinkers and subjects. Good things totally come in twos; the hosts - Kamande and Kigondu present a canvas for convos and interviews, the awakened and African, the creative and the technical, exploring living and being born, riding strong on their rendition of the Bob Dylan quote.. ”If you are not busy being born.. you are busy NOT LIVING!”

Episode Date
#69: No Guest but Nuggets - Performance Anxiety, Parenting Wins & Five Years of Growth
Jul 28, 2025
#68: Maureen Kunga on Music, Law & Self-Discovery
Jun 12, 2025
#67: Victor Ikawa on Navigating Life's Crossroads with Grace and Grit
Apr 22, 2025
#66: Mohamed Komeja on Rekindled joys, Surviving cancer and the Poetry of life
Apr 03, 2025
#65: Muthoni Gitau on Productivity, Synchronicity and building her dream life
Mar 28, 2025
#64: Wanjira Wanjiru on Liberation, Loss of Fear and birthing a new generation of love & Patriotism!
Mar 06, 2025
#63: Reflections on a Year of Awakening, AI, Teargassed baddies Trumping Must Goes and more!
Feb 12, 2025
#62: No guest but nuggets - The one on Presentness (we insist it’s a word!) and Friendship (Part 1)
Jan 02, 2025
#61: Fred Makori on A collage of experience in Media, Impact Driven Artistry and The Making of Five for One
Dec 31, 2024
#60: Ngartia on Art, Activism and the early risings of this bird
Nov 23, 2024
#59: Joyce Musoke on Finding, appreciating and establishing her Voice, Value and Pace.
Sep 26, 2024
#58: Alice Kombani and Tracey Shiundu on the Making of formidable Women - An Ode to Motherhood
Sep 04, 2024
#57: No guest but nuggets - The one on Floods, full spirits and relationship with food.
Aug 26, 2024
#56: Emmanuel ‘Mongul’ Mavala on Cross-Fit, Visionary Sports Leadership and Legacy
Jul 29, 2024
#55: DR. FRANZ OWANO on Masks of Manhood, Words, Wards and the Merits of slow Success
Jun 06, 2024
#54: Doug Mutai on the cross country building the comedy culture, Purpose and Alignment
May 08, 2024
#53: Tugi Waiyaki on Therapy, Artistry and the Preciousness of this existence
Mar 22, 2024
#52: Vet Moses Kwereba on Chess Missions across the globe, Animal Health and the Art of Simplicity
Feb 29, 2024
#51: No guest but nuggets - The one on the Golden anniversary Reflections
Jan 25, 2024
#50: Maqbul Mohammed on Healing from the inside out, Rethinking Success and the African Renaissance
Jan 11, 2024
#49: Chantelle Kaaria on Impact, Filmmaking and coming home to the Self
Dec 12, 2023
#48: Abdullahi Bulle on the Biashara bug, Books, Banking and success with E-commerce
Oct 20, 2023
#47: Ceci and Clementina on Kanairo, Filmmaking and Mental fortitude
Sep 06, 2023
#46: Celestine Gachuhi on tags of Favour, Faith over Fear, Selina and beyond
Aug 08, 2023
#45: Mwongera Mutiga on Parenting, PapaBear and the ministry of Fatherhood
Jul 13, 2023
#44: No guest but nuggets; The one on Kipchoge Philosophy lessons and What would ‘Denzel’ do? moments
Jun 20, 2023
#43: Joe Kinyua on his Journey to the Award Winning Njoro wa Uba role, Dedication to the craft and living his purpose
May 22, 2023
#42: Ythera on building Self-confidence, Harmony and Wanavokali’s journey to Timeless music
May 09, 2023
#41: Maurice Otieno on Community building, Impact investment and finding his feet through Sports, Diligence and Networking
Apr 14, 2023
#40: John ‘JJ’ Jumbi on Creative direction, expression and Impact
Mar 31, 2023
#39: On troughs, crests, reflections and projections
Mar 09, 2023
#38: No guest but nuggets; The one on Beaming in discomfort and weird weddings
Feb 14, 2023
#37: Nini Wacera on Becoming, Overcoming and the healing nature of Nature
Feb 01, 2023
#36: Abu Sense on Artistry, odes to friendship and a love for words and the weird
Dec 20, 2022
#35: Muthoni Maina on the power of Literature, Sacrifice and wholesome vanilla women
Nov 17, 2022
#34: No guest but nuggets; The one on the big three three, mindfulness and Wabi-sabi
Oct 18, 2022
#33: Maryolive Mungai on Consistency, Passion and finding the Melody of purpose and Purpose in melody.
Sep 29, 2022
#32: Joshua ‘the beast’ Chisanga – On appreciating process, trail blazing and pro-rugby
Aug 18, 2022
#31: Alice in Wakanda land too – On parenting, productivity, buds and rebirth
Jul 21, 2022
#30: No guest but nuggets; The one on Gratitude, Equanimity and Catching up
Jun 21, 2022
#29: Prof. Nandaa on Computing, Convictions and Consistency
May 21, 2022
#28: Leah Njuguna on Taking Chances, STEM and thriving Home and Away
Apr 21, 2022
#27: Bilal Mwaura on Discipline, the Spirituality of Performance and being like Water
Mar 18, 2022
#26: Mary Mwikali – On Scripts, Studios and the Greatness Within.
Feb 23, 2022
#25: No guest but nuggets; The One on Shades of Shedding
Jan 26, 2022
#24: Reviews, Reflections and Projections
Jan 04, 2022
#23: Peter Kawa on Exertion, Filmmaking and Christmas Love
Dec 09, 2021
#22: Nick Ndeda on Providence, Discipline, Dopeness and Needful Things
Nov 19, 2021
#21: Mambo Beard; On Manhood, Marriage, Shifts and even Shafts.
Oct 19, 2021
#20: Inspirations and Appreciations - The Busy Being Born team on the journey so far
Sep 30, 2021
#19: Mufasa the Poet - On Poetry, Purpose, Dreaming and Daring in plateaus.
Sep 16, 2021
#18: Movement towards Harmony - Greenman Muleh Mbillo on Alignment, Consciousness and the Cessation of Suffering
Aug 26, 2021
#17: Ndeithi Kariuki on Fine Arts, transitions and the Human Spirit.
Jul 29, 2021
#16: The beauty of building Arks - Cindy Ogana on the Arts, media and self value.
Jul 13, 2021
#15: Patricia Okelo on entrepreneurship, mentorship and partnership in marriage
Jul 13, 2021
#14: No guest but nuggets - Stoicism, intersections and frolicking with philosophies
Jun 11, 2021
#13: Life is a stage - Angela Mwandanda on transitions, performing arts, finding balance and bravery.
May 27, 2021
#12: The battlefield of the mind - Tony Mochama on tenacity, compartmentalization and sunken places
May 11, 2021
#11: Excellence embodied - Dr. Shikoh Gitau on Innovation, intentionality, leadership and faith
Apr 14, 2021
#10: First Offshoot 'Kaende Kaende'; On progress, presence and the personal.
Apr 02, 2021
#9: Thought Leading and Left leaning - Kingwa Kamencu on identity, alignment and purpose.
Mar 18, 2021
#8: Of petticoats and peacocking Success - Jacky Vike on discipline, humour and consistency.
Mar 03, 2021
#7: Finding fluency in courage- Sam Soko on storytelling, filmmaking and taking chances
Feb 11, 2021
#6: 'Oops! He did it again' - dance and being deliberate with love, life and business
Jan 29, 2021
#5: When songs weirdly felt sweeter - 2020 reviews & reflections with Waceke and Byron
Dec 17, 2020
#4: Quatro with the queen (or Profoundly queenly) - Performing Arts and Evolution of self
Dec 03, 2020
#3: Could it get 'THUITA' than this? - EdTech in Africa and Spirituality
Nov 12, 2020
#2: Alice in Wakanda Land
Oct 16, 2020
#1: And we are on
Sep 30, 2020