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Wayne M., Studio, Aug 2024
Jun 05, 2025•6 min
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My people suffer for lack of knowledge
Willis O., BLM Jeevanjee, April 2025
May 04, 2025•3 min
Ep#66: Parasite Movie Review
In this quick episode, Tony speaks with Bonface G, Ian O, and Ricky about Bong Joon-ho, Quentin Tarantino and a few other topics. -SPOILER WARNING for Parasite (2019); etc. -Recorded May 2022 -Get first access to audio on Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts. And feel free to drop us a line on X/Instagram @televishenipod or by email at thetelevishenipodcast@gmail.com
Aug 02, 2024•38 min
Ep#65: Villains With A Code
In this episode, Tony speaks with Bonface G and Ian O about Trump; Musk's Twitter buyout + Facebook vs Twitter UI + censorship; homelessness; American philanthropy; the hustler narrative + the populism of HE President Dr William Samoei Ruto, CGH, EGH, EBS; Kenyatta II + milk monopoly; great movie & TV villains; consequences and comeuppance in cinema; Dave chappelle + abortion; and many other topics. -SPOILER WARNING for Tenet (2020); Sex/Life; The Wire; Breaking Bad; Westworld; Game of Thron...
Jul 31, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Ep#64: Stuck in the Middle (Pt 3)
For the final hour of the conversation, Simon and Ken discuss clubbing culture, football, monogamy, the search for a good woman/wife, and the effects of the birth control pill in society, among other topics. https://www.instagram.com/kingsimon254/ https://www.instagram.com/mbogokim/ -Recorded June 9 2024 -Get first access to more audio on Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts. And feel free to drop us a line on X/Instagram: @televishenipod or by email at thetelevishenipodcast@gmail.com...
Jul 04, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Ep#63: Stuck in the Middle (Pt 2)
For the second part of the conversation, Simon and Ken discuss the Ruto-Gachagua tiff, tribal politics, incompetence and corruption in the current government, whether they would get into politics, and their writing career pursuit, among other topics. https://www.instagram.com/kingsimon254/ https://www.instagram.com/mbogokim/ -Recorded June 9 2024 -Get first access to more audio on Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts. And feel free to drop us a line on X/Instagram: @televishenipod or by ...
Jun 23, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Ep#62: Stuck in the Middle (Pt 1)
In this episode, Simon and Ken discuss the recent video of a local policeman getting beat, why black people seem to be a step behind the whites, the Kenyan police force and its many shortcomings, men's mental health, the hierarchy of needs, and the self-actualization journey and its sustainability in the long-term. https://www.instagram.com/kingsimon254/ https://www.instagram.com/mbogokim/ -Recorded June 2024 -Get first access to more audio on Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts. And fe...
Jun 15, 2024•55 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Ep#61: Independent Thought (Pt 2)
For the second part of the conversation, Simon, Ken, and Mike discuss how to deal with baddies, marriage, the concept of 'the one who got away,' infidelity, objective vs. subjective truth, and many other topics. https://www.instagram.com/kingsimon254/ https://www.instagram.com/mbogokim/ https://www.instagram.com/mikekumuru/ -Recorded June 2024 -Get first access to more audio on Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts. And feel free to drop us a line on X/Instagram: @televishenipod or by ema...
Jun 05, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Ep#60: Independent Thought (Pt 1)
In this episode, Simon is joined by Ken (and Mike in the background) for a two-hour conversation on many topics. In this first part, they discuss social media and how it shapes thought, (self) discipline, pro-life vs. pro-choice, society's moral laxity today, recent politics, and several other topics. https://www.instagram.com/kingsimon254/ https://www.instagram.com/mbogokim/ https://www.instagram.com/mikekumuru/ -Recorded June 2024 -Get first access to more audio on Spotify, Google Podcasts, an...
Jun 04, 2024•59 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Ep#59: Juja Boys Uprising
In this episode, Tony speaks with Bonface G and Ian O about ambition; women; masculinity; hypergamy; patriarchy; sexism; birth control; double standards; gender wars across cultures; manbashing; population decline; inclusivity; masculinist influencers + Amerix; the collective unconscious; and many other topics. -SPOILER WARNING for There Will Be Blood (2007); Fantastic Beasts & Harry Potter; Euphoria; etc. -Recorded April 2022 -Get first access to more audio on Spotify, Google Podcasts, and ...
Mar 26, 2024•45 min
Ep#58: Preparing For The End
In this episode, Tony speaks with John K about cosmology; physics; the Big Bang; entropy; the ultimate fate of the universe; UFO sightings; entropy; extraterrestrial life; terrestrial worries; the vastness of the cosmos; Bezos + Musk + profligacy; climate change; forest fires; rising sea levels; the Paris Accords; melting ice caps; big money; climate change denial; AI; the next human species; Spotify's recommendation algorithm; CoVID; Cambrige Analytica 2017; big-tech surveillance + political ca...
Feb 16, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Ep#57: 5 Questions with Boni
In this episode, Tony asks Bonface G five questions that span the purview of philosophy, ethics, psychology, personal yearnings, politics, and more. -Recorded Oct 2021 -Get first access to more audio on Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts. And feel free to drop us a line on X and Instagram @televishenipod or by email: thetelevishenipodcast@gmail.com
Jan 09, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Ep#56: Politricks 101
In this episode, Tony and Bonface G delve deeper into victimless crimes; crimes of omission; the recent W Kimani ruling; D Trump's arrest; Kenneth Obado; B Owino; political fugitives; M Kibaki's final senile years; land tussles; Nixon + Jews + Watergate; Bill Clinton; age + J Biden + A Odinga; maandamano; chaos≠ladder; 2017 JKUAT protests; and many other topics. -Recorded April 2023 -Get first access to more audio on Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts. And feel free to drop us a line o...
Dec 01, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Ep#55: Body Title Deeds
In this episode, Tony speaks with Bonface G about the marketing business; DJ Brownskin + penal code + abetting suicide + voyeurism + moral culpability + euthanasia + autonomy; past repealments + legal precedences; and many other topics. -Recorded April 2023 -Get first access to more audio on Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts. And feel free to drop us a line on X and Instagram @televishenipod or by email: thetelevishenipodcast@gmail.com
Nov 16, 2023•36 min•Ep. 5
Ep#54: An Ode to Auteurs
In this episode, Tony speaks with Simon about Quentin Tarantino; guilty (genre) pleasures; franchise vs auteur films; traumatising movies they saw in their formative years; gory internet content; Zac Stacy assault; Denis Villeneuve's hyperrealist sci-fi; the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis; Simon's dreary cinematic palate; American vs European cinema differences; Mad Men's banal slice narrative; Ari Aster's modus + penchant for the macabre; Ann Dowd's versatility; and many other topics. -Recorded on Dec ...
Nov 08, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Ep#53: 2022
In this episode, Tony speaks with Boni about the Chris Kariuki + 1982 coup; Kabila I's assassination; Bashir's ousting; militarisation under Kenyatta II; Merkel's bio + political savvy; military fatigue here + beyond; political campaign statutes; struggles career + academic; time + growing older + aging parents; Clint Eastwood's moralism + Americanism; "Bayhem"; cannabis dependence; Christopher Nolan the neurotic Luddite?; fears + expectations about 2022; social intelligence; work-life balance; ...
Dec 31, 2022•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Ep#52: Better Call Saul + Westworld + Politics + more
In this episode, Simon speaks to Tony (later joined by Brian Yego) about the election petition; the possibility of a protracted hearing; ethnic chauvinism & voting patterns; charisma & what else endears us to unsavory characters; the mind of Kim Wexler; Al Pacino; animation; and many other topics. *SPOILER WARNING* for Better Call Saul's series finale; Westworld: The Choice; Country Queen; Once Upon A Time in Hollywood (2019); The Godfather Trilogy (1972-1990); Seven (1995); The Sixth Se...
Sep 26, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Ep#51: Post-election Talk
In this episode, Simon speaks to Tony about the just concluded general elections, how they rationalized their choices; democracy vs. technocracy; whether higher education is a reasonable requirement for aspiring legislators; prospects for the future; social media & misinformation; addiction; and many other topics. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts. And feel free to drop them a line at: instagram.com/televishenipod twitter.com/televishenipod...
Aug 25, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Ep#50: Q&A
In this episode, Simon & Tony are joined by Mike, Sophie, DJ & Ivy. They respond to listener questions about aliens; ethnicity; COVID vaccines; free will & moral responsibility; social media & attention; their favorite movies; and many other topics. *SPOILER WARNING* for Interstellar (2014), Arrival (2016), The Social Dilemma (2020), etc Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts. And feel free to drop them a line at: instagram.com/televishenipod twi...
Apr 26, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Ep#49: Love & Death
In this episode, Tony and Simon talk about Patrician relationship psychology (adapted from the comedic recordings of Patrice O'Neal); breakups; whether being jilted can be enough reason to redefine one's personal conception of love; Nietzsche's ideas on love; their current views on marriage & child-bearing; the brutal reality of human dimorphism; Eros & the life drive; the rational case for suicide, how they would opt to go if they could choose; family & responsibility; and many othe...
Jan 07, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Ep#47: The Genius of Paul Thomas Anderson
In this episode, Simon and Tony have an in-depth conversation about the films of Paul Thomas Anderson. They talk about the differences between the 1st and 2nd half of his filmography; his complex portrayal of masculinity; his hyperrealistic cinematography & how effectively he places you in the past; the various Freudian complexes on display in Phantom Thread & The Master; the psychological cost of ungoverned greed; latent homoeroticism; corporal punishment; and many other topics. *SPOILE...
Sep 22, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Listener Shoutouts + Q&A Announcement
In this very brief episode, the hosts give a few shoutouts and announce a forthcoming Q&A episode. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify. And feel free to drop them a line at: instagram.com/televishenipod twitter.com/televishenipod
Sep 21, 2021•3 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Ep#46: Journeying Into Marriage
In this episode, Tony and Simon are joined by Brian Sagini, Mike Kumuru, DJ Kobia, Ivy Wangeci, Njooro, and Evans to review the book, "Journeying Into Marriage: How to Choose Your Marriage Partner". They talk in-depthly about dating; hypergamy; the asymmetry between a man and a woman's love; power dynamics in intimate relationships; how to solve the impasse between African tradition & Western egalitarianism; sexual selection & the problem of generalization; gender roles; and many other t...
Sep 11, 2021•1 hr 50 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Ep#45: The Speed of Political Progress
In this episode, Tony and Simon talk loosely about next year's general elections; why we should vote out ALL career politicians; democracy in a multi-ethnic society; potential solutions for corruption; class conflict; voting for the lesser evil vs. 'kuchoma vote'; the seemingly zero-sum contest between economic progress and civil liberties in African countries; the Finance Act of 2021; the BBI; and many other topics. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify. And f...
Aug 09, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Ep#44: MIDSOMMAR Movie Review
In this episode, Tony and Simon break down Ari Aster's Midsommar. They talk in-depthly about its unnervingly colorful visuals; how effectively it manages to indoctrinate both Pugh AND the viewer; Ättestupa & other prehistoric Scandinavian rituals; why Ari Aster should ONLY make horror movies, and many other topics. *SPOILERS WARNING* for Midsommar (2019) Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify. And feel free to drop them a line at: instagram.com/televishenipo...
Jul 31, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Ep#43: Is Netflix Killing Film and TV?
In this episode, Tony and Simon discuss Netflix and its effects on TV and film quality. They also try to capture Martin Scorcese's director's style. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify. And feel free to drop them a line at: instagram.com/televishenipod twitter.com/televishenipod
Jul 21, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Ep#42: Radical Honesty in Relationships
In this episode, Tony speak with Bonface Gitaua about the movie MALCOLM & MARIE; honesty in romantic relationships; selfishness as a virtue; egoism as the default human condition; money & power in relationships; the search for a moral imperative; the role of empathy in moral reasoning; and many other topics. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify. And feel free to drop them a line at: instagram.com/televishenipod twitter.com/televishenipod...
Jul 11, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Ep#41: Routines and Structure
In this episode, Simon is joined by friends, Ivy and D.J. They talk about the Kenyan education system and it's major flaws. They also talk about working from home and the kind of discipline needed for it. Ivy and D.J also run a cat shelter based in Nairobi. Check them out on IG: @snowcatshelterke Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and Stitcher. And feel free to drop us a line at: instagram.com/televishenipod twitter.com/televishenipod...
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Ep#40: Quarter-life Crisis
In this episode, Simon and Tony get a bit personal. They talk about their childhoods and how it affects them as adults. They also question what it means to be happy, meaning of family and their relationships with women. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and Stitcher. And feel free to drop us a line at: instagram.com/televishenipod twitter.com/televishenipod
Mar 22, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Ep#39: THE LITTLE THINGS Movie Review
In this episode, Simon and Tony review the 2021 Crime Thriller - The Little Things. They also briefly talk about Denzel's long career and the few misses he's had. *SPOILER WARNING* for The Little Things (2021) Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and Stitcher. And feel free to drop us a line at: instagram.com/televishenipod twitter.com/televishenipod
Mar 15, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 39
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