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Rave with Mara

Maranatha Abutumaranatha.curious.page
A millennial, sharing unsolicited opinions of happenings in Nigeria. Talks about society, culture, women and girls, books, movies, relationship thoughts, and popular and unpopular opinions of our life experiences.
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Episodes

The "Love, Money and Relationship" Episode

In this week's episode, I went to the park with Razzboi, a YouTuber and content creator, and we discussed how messy the dating pool is right now. Please remember to share your thoughts on the issues we discussed while listening to the podcast. Could you rate the podcast 5 stars everywhere you listen and leave a review? Also, remember to watch the video on YouTube, like it, and comment on it. Share it with all your friends, family, and colleagues. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ6MMfA...

Oct 18, 202440 min

The "In-group" episode

In this week's episode, I discuss in-group, focusing on Huw Edwards, P. Diddy, and Feminism for white women and women of colour. I also discuss the CNG tricycles FG is trying to give Nigerian Youths. Finally, I talk about books by Nigerian authors and movies I recommend. Please remember to share your thoughts on the issues we discussed while listening to the podcast. Kindly rate the podcast 5 stars everywhere you listen and leave a review. Also, remember to watch the video on YouTube, like, comm...

Oct 11, 202434 min

Emily in Paris Season 4 Review

Emily in Paris is an American romantic comedy-drama Netflix series created by Darren Star. The series stars Lily Collins an aspiring marketing executive Emily Cooper, an American who moves to Paris to provide an American point of view to a French marketing firm. I hope you enjoy this episode, with my French intro😁 Remember to like and subscribe on YouTube. See you next weekend for another amazing video https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ6MMfAfFItTDjgy9hfRM5g Check me on Social Media » Email: ra...

Sep 27, 202412 min

Trivia Questions with Vania and Razzboi.

Vania and Razzboi joined me on this hilarious episode to answer some trivia questions on general knowledge. The second part will be better enjoyed on YouTube. I hope you enjoy this episode. If you do, kindly leave me a thumbs up, leave your thoughts in the comment section, and share the video. Remember to like and subscribe on YouTube. See you next weekend for another amazing video https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ6MMfAfFItTDjgy9hfRM5g Check me on Social Media » Email: ravewithmara@gmail.com »...

Sep 27, 202427 min

Tokunbo | Movie Review

This is a movie review of Tokunbo, the Nollywood film on Netflix. An ex-car smuggler is given a limited number of hours to deliver a government official’s daughter to her captor, or else his family will suffer the consequences. I hope you enjoy this episode. If you do, kindly leave me a thumbs up, leave your thoughts in the comment section, and share the video. Remember to like and subscribe on YouTube. See you next weekend for another amazing video https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ6MMfAfFItTD...

Sep 13, 202414 min

Stop Gender-Based Violence

This is in response to the recent cases of femicide across Africa: Dr Moumita was brutally beaten and raped after her shift at a hospital; Ugadan Olympic athlete, Rebecca Cheptagei was set ablaze in front of her two kids by her ex-boyfriend; a 14-year-old girl was assaulted with a pestle by a 15-year old boy in Nigeria; Christiana Idowu was found murdered by a person she thought was a friend; a 300l student was kidnapped and murdered in FUNAAB These are just a few cases of women-killing. Watch a...

Sep 06, 202417 min

Is it serving God or Foolishness?

This week, I talked about the church, people's consecration, and how the church is not helping its congregation in this difficult time. I hope you enjoy this episode. If you do, kindly leave me a thumbs up, leave your thoughts in the comment section, and share the video. Remember to like and subscribe on YouTube. See you next weekend for another amazing video https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ6MMfAfFItTDjgy9hfRM5g Check me on Social Media » Email: ravewithmara@gmail.com »Instagram:https://www.i...

Aug 30, 202418 min

The World Population versus the Prospect of Finding Love

This week, I am dissecting the options that may become available to women currently, and even in years to come because of the current world population of female-to-male ratio. Some of these things are an increase in queer, polygamy, polyamory, open relations, and more women choosing to remain unmarried. I hope you enjoy this episode. If you do, kindly leave me a thumbs up, leave your thoughts in the comment section, and share the video. Remember to like and subscribe on YouTube. See you next wee...

Aug 23, 202416 minSeason 3Ep. 16

Supacell Series

Supacell is a series featuring a group of five black people from South London (a delivery driver, a gang leader, a nurse, a financially struggling father and a drug dealer), who discover they have acquired superpowers because of their family history of sickle cell. I hope you enjoy this episode. If you do, kindly leave me a thumbs up, leave your thoughts in the comment section, and share the video. Remember to like and subscribe on YouTube. See you next weekend for another amazing video https://...

Aug 09, 20245 min

The "House of Gaa" Episode

This is a movie review of an indigenous Yoruba film House of Gaa, produced and directed by Bolanle Austin Peters, of what seemed to be taken from a true life event. I hope you enjoy this episode. If you do, kindly leave me a thumbs up, leave your thoughts in the comment section, and share the video. Remember to like and subscribe on YouTube. See you next weekend for another amazing video https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ6MMfAfFItTDjgy9hfRM5g Check me on Social Media » Email: ravewithmara@gmail...

Aug 07, 20247 minSeason 3Ep. 15

The Fear of Starting Over

This week, your girl is here speaking about the fear of starting over. How that can make us fold or withdraw so hard into ourselves? A lot of us are so unhappy about our careers, relationships, and general affairs of our daily living that it forces us into depression, yet we are so afraid of our self-perceptions and social anxiety. I also spoke about how to overcome this fear. I hope you enjoy this episode. If you do, kindly leave me a thumbs up, leave your thoughts in the comment section, and s...

Jul 26, 202429 minSeason 3Ep. 14

Where did all my money go?

I am back this week as a finance babe after discovering last week that a lot of us are the "broke" friends. So on this week's pod, I talked about how you can manage your money even as a low or middle-income earner in Nigeria. I spoke about budgeting, having an emergency fund, having a savings account, and how to navigate your finances as a provider without thinking you are wicked. I hope you enjoy this episode. If you do, kindly leave me a thumbs up, leave your thoughts in the comment section, a...

Jul 19, 202444 minSeason 3Ep. 13

Mixed Income Friendships

How do we navigate mixed income relationships? How do you share joyful thoughts with your friend who is going through a crazy/sad phase? Let’s discuss. I hope you enjoy this episode. If you do, kindly leave me a thumbs up, leave your thoughts in the comment section and share the video. Remember to like and subscribe on YouTube. See you next weekend for another amazing video https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ6MMfAfFItTDjgy9hfRM5g Check me on Social Media » Email: ravewithmara@gmail.com »Instagra...

Jul 12, 202440 minSeason 3Ep. 12

Funmilayo Ransom-Kuti Review

In this week's video, I talked about why women especially in Nigeria think that they must hide the fact that they want to get married or even have a child or two. And I spoke a bit about the movie Funmilayo Ransom-Kuti. I hope you enjoy this episode. If you do, kindly leave me a thumbs up, leave your thoughts in the comment section and share the video. Remember to like and subscribe on YouTube. See you next weekend for another amazing video https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ6MMfAfFItTDjgy9hfRM5...

Jun 28, 202425 minSeason 3Ep. 11

Indecent dressing

In this week's video, I shared my views about our weird behaviours as Nigerians that we think are okay. Stopping people on the way to embarrass people for indecent dressing, rape culture, wanting a submissive wife and what a Christain behaviour should be. I hope you enjoy this episode. If you do, kindly leave me a thumbs up, leave your thoughts in the comment section and share the video. Remember to like and subscribe on YouTube. See you next weekend for another amazing video https://www.youtube...

Jun 21, 202420 minSeason 3Ep. 8

The "Setting boundary with your family" Episode

In this week's pod, I talked a bit about my week, the book I read "Love's Present" by Emem Bassey. I also spoke about the man who broke things off with his girlfriend because her family was broke. Is finance a genuine reason not to marry someone? I also talked a bit about setting boundaries in your home and around finance with your family. Remember to like and subscribe on YouTube. See you next weekend for another amazing video https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ6MMfAfFItTDjgy9hfRM5g Check me on...

Jun 17, 202434 minSeason 3Ep. 9

The Best movies right now

This week's pod talks about some movies I saw recently and I wanted to recommend some of them. Movies like The Idea of you, Argylle, Postcards, Flawsome, Dear Diane, Unexpected places, Chemistry, meet me halfway, Maia, Momiwa, cold as ice, 5 days in November and the checklist. The best Korean series right now is Queen of Tears and Love Song for Collision. I hope you enjoy this episode. If you do, kindly leave me a thumps up, leave your thoughts in the comment section and share the video. Remembe...

Jun 08, 202430 minSeason 3Ep. 8

The "My life is shit right now" Episode

This week's pod talks about my being away from social media and coming back to chaos. I spoke about the new Nigerian national anthem, Niger state Imams marrying off a hundred young girls, the prices of stuff in Nigeria and the shits going on in my life. I hope you enjoy this episode. If you do, kindly leave me a thumbs up, leave your thoughts in the comment section and share the video. Remember to like and subscribe on YouTube. See you next weekend for another amazing video https://www.youtube.c...

May 31, 202443 minSeason 3Ep. 7

A taste of Sin and Afemefuna | Movies Review

This week's pod talks about a review of some of the movies I saw recently that I enjoyed. Afemefuna, A taste of Sin, Mea Culpa, Dune - part 1 and 2, Anukulapo - rise of the spectre, Iwaju, and Casa de Novia. I hope you enjoy the video. If you do, kindly leave me a thumps up, leave your thoughts in the comment section and share the video. Remember to like and subscribe on YouTube. See you next weekend for another amazing video https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ6MMfAfFItTDjgy9hfRM5g Check me on S...

Apr 19, 202427 minSeason 3Ep. 6

Forgiveness is Not the same as Reconciliation

This week's video talks about what forgiveness is, how to forgive, what forgiveness means, how different it is from reconciliation, how to forgive your friends and freeing yourself from anxiety and hurt. Have you ever heard the expression, ‘To err is human; to forgive, divine?’ Surprisingly this well-known phrase does not come from the Bible but a poem by the English poet Alexander Pope I hope you enjoy the video. If you do, kindly leave me a thumps up, leave your thoughts in the comment section...

Apr 12, 202416 minSeason 3Ep. 5

The Internet is not real

This week I spoke about the internet. What makes it real and what makes it so unreal. Remember to like and subscribe on YouTube. See you next weekend for another amazing video https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ6MMfAfFItTDjgy9hfRM5g Check me on Social Media » Email: ravewithmara@gmail.com »Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/ravewithmarapodcast » Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maraabutu/ » Twitter: https://twitter.com/Maraabutu » Tiktok: https://tiktok.com/maraabutu

Mar 23, 202423 minSeason 3Ep. 4

My partner is not my best friend

This week's video begins with me changing my state of origin to Abia for obvious reasons stated in the video. On politics corner, I spoke about Tinubu delegating two of his sons to represent us in the UAE. Then I dove into the question for the week sent in by a listener; should your fiance or fiancee/husband or wife be your best friend? Should you feel a type of way if you are not their bestfriend? What really is best friend and should that be different from the position of lover? Remember to li...

Mar 15, 202434 minSeason 3Ep. 3

The "Purity Culture" Episode

In this episode, I spoke about what purity culture means, how it is instigated by religion and culture, some of the issues around christain couples enjoying sex after marriage and pleasure for women. Enjoy the episode! Please rate the podcast everywhere you listen, share, and leave comments telling me how much you love the episode! Rating the podcast means even more people find out about the podcast. Click the link to write into the podcast https://forms.gle/y1jEJD7edFixStTD7 Please follow on th...

Mar 01, 202414 minSeason 3Ep. 2

The Counsellor | Movie Review

This is a Nollywood movie recommendation for "the counsellor", "life" and "thicker than water". These are movies I think you should see. Enjoy the episode! Please rate the podcast everywhere you listen, share, and leave comments telling me how much you love the episode! Rating the podcast means even more people find out about the podcast. Click the link to write into the podcast https://forms.gle/y1jEJD7edFixStTD7 Please follow on the following platforms; Instagram: @maraabutu Instagram: @ravewi...

Feb 28, 20247 min

Welcome Chat for Season 3

Did you miss me? I know it seemed like forever ago, but I’m back!!! Welcome to Season 3 episode 1. This video is a welcome chat, updating you all about what's been going on since the last time I spoke to you guys, my plans for this new year and overall gist. Enjoy the episode! Please rate the podcast everywhere you listen, share, and leave comments telling me how much you love the episode! Rating the podcast means even more people find out about the podcast. Click the link to write into the podc...

Feb 23, 202422 minSeason 3Ep. 1

S2EP40: The "Season Two Finale".

In this episode, I spoke about all the important things that happened on this podcast this 2023 and my Spotify wrap. I wish you a merry Christmas and a prosperous new year. See you on 23rd February 2023! Please rate the podcast everywhere you listen, share, and leave comments telling me how much you love the episode! Rating the podcast means even more people find out about the podcast. Click the link to write into the podcast https://forms.gle/y1jEJD7edFixStTD7 Please follow the following platfo...

Dec 08, 202344 minSeason 2Ep. 40

S2EP39: The "Can cultism really serve any good?" Episode

In this episode, I spoke about cultism in Nigeria, using the film "Lugard" as a reference point, I discuessed what being confrontational with your friends should be like, and about my dying career as an author. Enjoy the episode! Please rate the podcast everywhere you listen, share, and leave comments telling me how much you love the episode! Rating the podcast means even more people find out about the podcast. Click the link to write into the podcast https://forms.gle/y1jEJD7edFixStTD7 Please f...

Nov 24, 202345 minSeason 2Ep. 39

S2EP38: The "Women are not conditioned to give men gifts" Episode

In this episode, I spoke about the issue with women and not giving men gifts, my general thoughts on giving gifts with a return of gifts in equal measure, asking a man for transport fare to a date, and setting clear boundaries with baby daddy to avoid okafor's law. Enjoy the episode! Please rate the podcast everywhere you listen, share, and leave comments telling me how much you love the episode! Rating the podcast means even more people find out about the podcast. Click the link to write into t...

Nov 17, 202333 minSeason 2Ep. 38

S2EP37: The "Jappa wave: Decidophobia" Episode

In this episode, I spoke about my fear of deciding to jappa and staying back in Nigeria, how that may mean a completely different career path/life than what I truly want, yet feeling unaccomplished with my lack of indecision. Enjoy the episode! Please rate the podcast everywhere you listen, share, and leave comments telling me how much you love the episode! Rating the podcast means even more people find out about the podcast. Click the link to write into the podcast https://forms.gle/y1jEJD7edFi...

Nov 10, 202343 minSeason 2Ep. 37

S2EP36: The "Let me save your money for you" Episode

In this episode, I discussed my weekend experience, and the story of a hairdresser stripped of her money by her husband. Enjoy the episode! Please rate the podcast everywhere you listen, share, and leave comments telling me how much you love the episode! Rating the podcast means even more people find out about the podcast. Click the link to write into the podcast https://forms.gle/y1jEJD7edFixStTD7 Please follow on the following platforms; Instagram: @ravewithmarapodcast Spotify: Rave with Mara ...

Nov 03, 202347 minSeason 2Ep. 36
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