Episode 2

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Published on:

14th Nov 2020

Who Raised You?

FT and our guest, Donovan begin this conversation with the question - Who Raised You? Or better - how are we as black men raised to not understand accountability? And end up breaking down the role of shame in our lives, the power of apologizing and owning up to the bad habits we’ve picked up along the way. 

What legacy of love for ourselves do we want to leave for our black kids?”

Host: Funmilade Taiwo

Guest: Donovan McKenzie

Produced by: Funmilade Taiwo & Folarin Odunayo

Shot by: NUMOODS

Books references:

Mindset - Carol Dweck

Ted Talk: The Power Of Vulnerability

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About the Podcast

Uncomfortable Conversations
About getting us -black men - to sit up and pay attention to the black women around us. How do we know they are loved? Safe? Cared for? Wait...how might we be the problem? Or better yet, how can we work towards a solution.
Through a series of uncomfortable conversations, our host and select black men will have honest discussions about how we can and have been complicit in harming the black women in our lives, and what we NEED to do to change that.

Your host: Funmilade Taiwo
Your Producer: Folarin Odunayo

About your hosts

Funmilade Taiwo

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Product (UI/UX) designer with a background in digital mental health and the food industry. Two seemingly diverse worlds, but there’s as much empathy in feeding people as there is in creating loveable digital experiences. I’m obsessed with both!

Folarin Odunayo

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Hi, I’m Flo. I’m a financial planning expert, small business strategist, speaker, and multidisciplinary creative based in Toronto. I have a passion for storytelling and a deep curiosity about how we can build spaces for openness and vulnerability, particularly for young black men.