Benard has a special guest and childhood friend, Benie Kofi, to continue the GROWING UP AFRICAN series. (1:04) Intros. (1:42) Content creation. (5:22) Ups and downs of content creation. (15:17) Roots and upbringing as an immigrants and having duality hardships as kids moving to a new place. Addressing childhood immigrant trauma. (32:28) Did your journey evoke the career choices? (34:49) How was returning to Zambia and the experiences as well as sharing our takeaways. (40:10) Outros."
Sep 02, 2023•41 min•Season 4Ep. 18
Benard bring back Caleb Esuke on to continue the Growing Up African series. Caleb touches on what’s it like growing up with Cameroonian and Black roots, Cultures, Education and much more
Aug 18, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 17
Benard is back after almost 2 years! Updates on the show as well as the state of the podcast.
Aug 17, 2023•7 min•Season 4Ep. 16
Benard continues the “Growing up African in America” series by bring Earwin’s Tapè and Leo Samba. They are two brothers whose parents are from the Ivory Coast. They share their stories growing up, navigating through college, the positive and negative of growing up in those environments, and so much more! Time stamps: (0:45) - intro (2:41) - how we met and high school (10:00) - college life stories (25:20) - how our upbringing in an African household molded us (33:50) - are there negative effects...
Sep 07, 2021•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 15
Benard is joined today by Georgie Mugī, host of the podcast: ”Chit Chattin”, as he kicks of a new series for season four entitled “growing up African in America.” Podcast starts (1:06) (2:24)- how Georgie started her podcast (6:38) - “stickwidditness” (11:56) - growing Kenyan and adjusting to living in America (14:45) - stories being in school. (21:12)- compare contrast (36:46) - my name is my name (55:34) - podcast aspiration (60:49) - airwaves picks: peace by mannywells ft. Tems and essence by...
Aug 31, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 14
Benard returns to give a brief overview of the status of the show and the direction moving forward. Follow on Instagram at @upintheairpodcast1 Listening to the show on Apple podcasts? Leave a review and Rate the Show!
Jul 25, 2021•10 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Benard brings Luke Winstel of the Luke Winstel Show on and talks about how it is running a one host show, how to be consistent with content, Sports and how to get started with your own podcast, and more. Links to Luke's Podcast and more: https://linktr.ee/lukewinstelshow
Aug 17, 2020•29 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Season 3 Premiere with special guests Brad and Josh from Featured picks. (1:27) Intro/What is Feat Pics? (6:58) How has the pandemic affected their output of episodes and other challenges? (13:52) New debut segment called "Up" (17:46) Music Talk. (35:48) What entertainment they've gotten into during the quarantine. (44:11) Outro. Check out their podcast: Feat. Picks on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Connect with them on Instagram @featuredpicks. Enjoy this podcast? Rate, Subscribe and Share.
Jul 20, 2020•47 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Benard brings Zach Morgan on the show to talk Georgia Bulldogs football. His experiences going to UGA, what is it like to be at Georgia during game day, The 2019 Georgia Football season recap and outlook for next season, and much more.
Jan 17, 2020•35 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Benard brings Shane Baker, a music artist, to talk music. His beginnings as an artist, making purpose-driven art, and more.
Dec 23, 2019•45 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Benard brings back return guests Caleb and Jonathan to talk about music and how their thoughts on how their upbringings help shape their music taste and more.
Dec 12, 2019•34 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Benard brings Caleb Esuke to talk about his involvement with the African American Initiative Program at Georgia College. The state of the podcast and direction.
Dec 04, 2019•27 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Benard brings back Earl and Zach to talk baseball and the changes that are happening in the MLB and much more.
Jul 18, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Benard brings Evan and talks about Free agency,The Lakers, Lebron, AD, Kyrie, and much more.
May 31, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Benard brings on his two guests Zach Cannon & Earl Frye to talk baseball, the state of it, and much more.
Apr 07, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Benard brings Evan and Jonathan to talk about everything basketball.
Jan 28, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Benard brings on Taylor to talk about YoungLife, being a senior and much more.
Dec 15, 2018•25 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Benard and Eric dive into Atlanta United's MLS Cup Win. Is the Atlanta Curse a myth? Talking Falcons, Hawks, Georgia Football & the College Football playoffs.
Dec 11, 2018•52 min•Season 1Ep. 1
