— Be a part of Africa’s biggest talk concert on Sunday, April 27, 2025. #WithChudeLive - with Chimamanda Adichie, Pastor Jerry Eze, Funke Akindele, Falz and Bovi Ugboma! Register now on https://www.felefun.com/events/with-chude-live. Watch all new and old full episodes here: www.withchude.com Buy ‘How Depression Saved My Life’, #TheDailyJoy and #TheDailyVulnerable books here: shop.withchude.com Donate to the work here: partner.withchude.com Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://youtub...
Apr 26, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 28
— Be a part of Africa’s biggest talk concert on Sunday, April 27, 2025. #WithChudeLive - with Chimamanda Adichie, Pastor Jerry Eze, Funke Akindele, Falz and Bovi Ugboma! Register now on https://www.felefun.com/events/with-chude-live. Watch all new and old full episodes here: www.withchude.com Buy ‘How Depression Saved My Life’, #TheDailyJoy and #TheDailyVulnerable books here: shop.withchude.com Donate to the work here: partner.withchude.com Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://youtub...
Apr 19, 2025•31 min•Season 7Ep. 27
Today, I celebrate 50 Nigerian TV icons that paved the way for me. Frank Olize Levi Ajuonuma Yinka Craig Sadiq Daba Abike Dabiri Funmi Iyanda Agatha Amata Cyril Stober Gina Harry John Momoh Teni Aofiyebi Kenny ‘Keke’ Ogungbe Dayo ‘D-One’ Adeneye Alero Edu Adesuwa Onyenokwe Ohi Alegbe Nonye Osi Chukwudi Okolie-Ugbaja Elaine Otuije Mariam Anazodo Jumobi Adegbesan Adaobi of MBI Tosin Dokpesi Emma Ugolee Comfort Okoronkwo Lilian Agbaso Eyiyemi Pratt Kehinde Young-Harry Ireti Doyle Tosin Ajayi Isaac ...
Apr 19, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 26
“I spent 40,000 dollars on IVF only to lose the baby. I wanted to die!” “I had a couple of miscarriages and I got a surrogate, I was tired of trying.” Where else would you hear these kinds of truths about ‘infertility’? These kinds of deep vulnerability and authenticity and raw, unfiltered honesty? This special episode to help men and women struggling with having kids is now up on withChude.com. These guests are doing a service. They are sharing deep truths that connect with people facing these ...
Apr 16, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 25
“I ask myself sometimes if I am going to live long… whenever God decides that I am going to die, I am going to die and I am cool with that.” This is a 19-year-old talking. It’s the Afrobeats star, Khaid - who was signed by content creator, Sidney Talker in 2022. For the first time ever, he speaks (even if with a lot of fear) about the gang war in his hood that almost killed him last year and left him in the hospital for a long time after life-threatening internal bleeding. Those dramatic photos ...
Apr 09, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 24
Everyone loves Chimezie Imo. A love cemented after Breath of Life and the AMVCA Trailblazer of 2024 prize that everyone was rooting for him for … after he wasn’t nominated for any of the prizes at all. But Chimezie tells me he doesn’t care about these accolades—he just wants to act and make money. He recalls how his first acting role as a child left an entire room in tears at his RCCG parish in Abuja. He ran to his mom and declared, “I want to be an actor.” From that moment on, he never looked b...
Apr 05, 2025•15 min•Season 7Ep. 23
One of the most powerful women in African media shares her story with me today. This is the woman who broke major Chibok stories, amplifying it to the world via CNN, and has since continued to give life to countless stories—including EndSARS and many more. But Stephanie Busari tells me her life hasn’t been all rosy. Yes, she has won every highly coveted journalism award, including an Emmy, but she has also faced immense tribulations. She lost her mother in 2022 - rushing to London to watch her s...
Mar 29, 2025•15 min•Season 7Ep. 22
The powerful, viral-before-the-internet praise song ‘Today’ came from a place of pain and hurt and tribulations - and the singer, Pastor Wale Adenuga tells me the story today. He is the singer of hits songs including - — Olowogbogboro with Nathaniel Bassey — You alone are worthy, Lord — Lord because of me And many others. He tells me how he learnt to have faith in God even when he lost everything - and what he thinks about Nigerians changing the lyrics from ‘when trouble comes my way’ to ‘when s...
Mar 22, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 21
The brightest stars working in the media today - not entertainment, not content creation; but my one true love, media - join me in this stemwinder of a panel to ask me questions from the 25 years of my career. From Jay On-Air who everybody knows to Flourish Ubanyi who you may not have heard of but who hosts the biggest faith-based podcast from Nigeria, they came loaded. It is a masterclass in building a career, making a success and staying relevant in the media - and in life. Part 1 of the full ...
Mar 19, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 20
The brightest stars working in the media today - not entertainment, not content creation; but my one true love, media - join me in this stemwinder of a panel to ask me questions from the 25 years of my career. From Jay On-Air who everybody knows to Flourish Ubanyi who you may not have heard of but who hosts the biggest faith-based podcast from Nigeria, they came loaded. It is a masterclass in building a career, making a success and staying relevant in the media - and in life. Part 1 of the full ...
Mar 19, 2025•12 min•Season 7Ep. 20
Is Babangida a Bad Man? I spoke with one of Nollywood’s most critically acclaimed producers—known for hits like Mirror Boy, Last Flight to Abuja, and Badamasi—about Nigerian’s former head of state Ibrahim Babangida, and he insists Babangida is a good man. Born in 1985 when IBB took over office, I’ve long held a grudge against Babangida, the man who annulled Nigeria’s most peaceful election, “democratized corruption” and ordered the killing of his best friend. And why own up to his biggest mistak...
Mar 08, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 19
Yale, Harvard, LSE, Oxford and others. Working on presidential elections in Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria, Kenya, Sierra Leone and others. Big Brother, The Apprentice, Idols, Got Talent. And CNN, Aljazeera, BBC. The Future Awards reaching 26 countries across Africa over the past 19 editions. From the Nigeria Media Merit Awards to African Business of the Year. Forbes 30 under 30 to the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards. 20 years, this year, of RED | For Africa, with its group of companies that include...
Mar 05, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 18
“Anywhere my ex-husband saw me he would beat me. “He beat me so much, I became an alcoholic - but I couldn’t leave because of the shame that people will say I couldn’t keep a man.” For the first time on TV, veteran actor Ayo Adesanya - who was so big she was already lead star on Most Wanted, where Genevieve had her first minor role - finally speaks in detail about her abusive relationship that made her leave the industry for a very long time - and how she found the courage and the will to return...
Mar 01, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 17
This was an incredible honour. To have the legendary newscaster and TV host, Cyril Stober sit down to interview me for my celebration of 25 years in the media, and my 40th birthday. I have worked in the media since I was 15 - from my first job on the NTA - and in this conversation we go deep into a career across print, radio, online, film and television; working from the NTA to MBI to Channels TV, and from TEMPO Magazine to Thisday to NEXT. He grilled me o! - Why did I start so young - what was ...
Feb 26, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 16
After his contract with Naira Marley’s label expired in 2022, Fabian Blu disappeared from the public space after releasing four singles under Marlian Records. He is speaking for the first time to the media about his time at the label and royalties over the past five years that he says he is owed. He says he has not been paid a penny and when he threatened to sue them to court, Naira Marley laughed in his face. He tells me about the suffering and punishments he said endured during his time under ...
Feb 22, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 15
For the very first time, Mohbad’s wife Omowunmi Aloba is granting an interview. She says the bullying her husband suffered, her son Liam is now suffering it. From Naira Marley to her father-in-law. She speaks of death threats and attempted poison. She also fully explains why the DNA test has not been done to verify the father of her child. Today. 5pm. YouTube. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 19, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 14
After the release of the monster hit ‘Caro’ with Wizkid, L.A.X (Damilola Afolabi) became a huge star. And he was only 18. He tells me the story of how he got that big break, how Wizkid changed his life… and why everything slowed down because his parents insisted he finish school and does his NYSC. Whatever that may have done to his momentum, he says he has no regrets. Returning to Nigeria, growing up with his grandmother taught him wisdom. We talk about: ● Why he left Wizkid, and why his leaving...
Feb 15, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 13
I watched Teniola in Unbroken and immediately I knew she was a star, from then she’s gone on to feature in some of my favorite movies. But in December, she finally had a global star vehicle befitting of her massive talent with ‘Christmas in Lagos’. In this interview she talked about the journey from being behind the camera, wanting desperately to be in front where she knew she belonged but having little opportunity - especially because very few people believed in her talent. How she got here is ...
Feb 12, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 12
"I would like to judge my father (Sir Shina Peters) for how he treated my mother (Clarion Chukwurah Abiola), but I’m not in the position to.” “The newer generation of Afrobeats artistes saw me as the old guard and was just like ‘we are tired of you’.” — With these two statements, you already see how deep we got in this conversation. For the very first time ever, the greatest music video director of my generation - who avoids interviews like the plague - opens up like he has never done ever befor...
Feb 08, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 11
What makes people think of suicide? What makes even a successful, famous person consider committing suicide? How do you avoid getting to this point? How do you recover if you get to this point? And how can you help people you love or know who have arrived at this terrible point? My guests over the years have shared deeply and honestly about this - and we have a special YouTube episode with some of the most powerful stories. It's now up on @WithChude on YouTube and on withChude.com. Let me know y...
Feb 05, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 10
“They were contemplating cutting off my legs in the hospital emergency room.” Victony (Anthony Ebuka Victor) says as a child, his parents were away all the time, they left him on his own, and he was very lonely. That, he says, has completely reshaped his life. He has had to rely on himself to take care of himself emotionally and mentally, but it has also helped him build the resilience to face life - including the infamous accident that landed him in a wheelchair. In this conversation, he shares...
Feb 01, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 9
For years people have been asking me: What’s your own story? This year, I am finally saying yes and sharing a part of my story. The part I think the world needs to hear today. When my show hit its stride, I stopped saying yes to interviews because I wanted to focus on listening, on hearing, on being a channel for others. I wanted to have something significant to say to the world before speaking again. I believe that time has come. My book ‘How Depression Saved My Life’ will be out in April 2025 ...
Jan 29, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 8
I don’t have guests twice on my show - unless there is a deeply compelling reason. Pastor Bolaji Idowu is only the second guest I have gotten back on the show. Because, I attended the Next Level Prayer Conference in London last year and I was blown away. He has been a brother for over a decade, but to actually see him on stage minister to tens of thousands of souls who had come for freedom and healing was to see a man transformed. Today, on the eve of the NLP Conference in Lagos, I sat with him ...
Jan 25, 2025•32 min•Season 7Ep. 7
After leaving Nigeria in 2017 to make a better life for himself in America, Tolu Michael suddenly collapsed from a heart condition. The doctor said if he had been just 5 minutes late, he would have died. That literally life-changing situation made him realise how short and fleeting life is. Because of it, he has written 8 books in the past four years, and he has developed a business that transforms the lives of people like who immigrate to America and don’t know the first thing to do. This is a ...
Jan 22, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 6
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Jan 18, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 5
The enfant terrible of the food industry is my guest today! The fear of Opeyemi Famakin is the beginning of wisdom for chefs, restaurants, food bloggers and content creators everywhere. But how he got here is incredibly inspiring. He tells me that he heard the voice of God literally and clearly telling him this is his path, and so he quit his job as a senior editor in his twenties to do this thing that no one else had ever done on this scale before. After saying no to one high-paying job, he wen...
Jan 15, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 4
“I give you one year and you will fail in this industry.” That’s what the man who trained Lateef Adedimeji in the Yoruba movie industry told him after his training. Today, on our show, Lateef has a message for that man, who is still alive and still in the industry. He face; that same lack of faith for his viral Lisabi movie. Lateef says all the people whopromised to support him, the ones he actually expected to support him, all abandoned him. “There was nobody.” But his wife Mobimpe stood by him...
Jan 11, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 3
“People say we are barren because we’ve been dating for 10 years and don’t have a child” — Kassia and KellyRae #BBNaija Promo caption #BBNaija’s Kassia broke up with the winner winner Kelly Rae because he wasn’t being responsible about money. Then later he tried to break up with her because he thought she deserved better and he couldn’t provide for her. Little did he know that in 2024, both of them would enter the Big Brother house and become millionaires in a matter of months. They talk about -...
Jan 08, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 2
Frank Edoho is regarded by many as the greatest TV host alive - but this interview was not about ‘Who Wants To Be A Billionaire?’ It’s about the Frank Edoho you’ve never heard about - and the exclusive stories he has never told anyone anywhere. Like the details of how the sponsors of ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?’ called him to a meeting in Ikoyi, Lagos to fire him because his wife had accused him of being a wife-better. Frank says that never happened, he was in fact the victim, and till today...
Jan 04, 2025•13 min•Season 7Ep. 1
How do you escape a toxic relationship or marriage? How do you even identify it in the first place? What are the signs? What do you do when you are in it? And how do you rebuild your life when you come out of it? My guests over the years have shared deeply and honestly about this - and we have a special YouTube episode with some of the most powerful stories. It’s now up on @WithChude on YouTube and on withChude.com. Let me know your thoughts below. ❤ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...
Jan 01, 2025•13 min•Season 6Ep. 76
