#PPJ | Genuine Pretending: Authenticity in the age of Social Media
Release Date: 02/26/2025
#ppj We Don't Talk About Failure Enough
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Honorable members We greet you all. As you all know we like to share from our lives and for the most part... We share the best of ourselves. We tell stories about challenges only after we've overcome them... In a sense, we cruise past our failures and head to lessons.. In the episode today we try to sit with failure... Define what it means for us, what it looks like and how we frame it the grand narratives of our lives. Most especially tackling the question... Can a person a human being be a failure or just fail in some endeavours? As always we'd love to hear from you... How do you deal with...
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#ppj | The Easy Way Out?
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Fresh from our discussion on access, this week Primah hosts the pod and has us talking.... "Shortcuts". Everyone one loves a good short cut home or life hack to get something faster in this world obsessed with speed and efficiency... However there's a contradiction at play, we also shame people for taking the easy way out - avoiding a tough conversation, leaning on a relationship or network of relationships to land a job or opportunity. Today we try to unpack how we make this judgments and ask ourselves if there's anything wrong with taking the easy way out... Or if sometimes, the long...
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"Addiction is Not a Moral Failing" | Deconstructing Mental Health with Dr. Acan. Part 2
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Is addiction a choice or a disease? Why is there so much shame and stigma around it? In this crucial episode of Deconstructing Mental Health, we tackle the difficult questions surrounding substance use and abuse. Join Joel, Allan and their guest Dr. Innocent Acan, a medical doctor and psychiatry masters student, as she breaks down the science of addiction, challenges the myth of it being a moral failing, and explains its deep connection to mental health. This conversation is essential for anyone who has struggled personally, loves someone who is struggling, or simply wants to understand this...
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#ppj Intersectionality | Going Beyond a single story
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Hey folks... Question.. How do your multiple identities—like gender, tribe, or ability—shape your access to healthcare and education? In today's episode, the guys dive into intersectionality—the concept that our overlapping identities define our lived experiences. Hosts Pumla, Primah, Joel, and Allan discuss how recognizing this in Uganda’s context is crucial for building equitable policies in SRHR and other essential services from education, to employment and even social acceptance. We ask: How have your own identities affected your access to services? This episode is Sponsored by The...
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#ppj | Challenging Tradition : When is it time for change?
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Pumla throws down a challenge: name 3 cultural or societal practices we've personally outgrown or believe our community needs to rethink. From family rituals and gender roles to weddings, funerals, and money habits – nothing's off limits! In this episode, the podcast team takes turns sharing their picks, explaining why these traditions feel ripe for change and exploring the resistance holding us back. Plus, we dive into your responses from social media! What practices do YOU think are due for a major makeover?
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Challenging Tradition : When is it time for change?
What The Theory
Pumla throws down a challenge: name 3 cultural or societal practices we've personally outgrown or believe our community needs to rethink. From family rituals and gender roles to weddings, funerals, and money habits – nothing's off limits! In this episode, the podcast team takes turns sharing their picks, explaining why these traditions feel ripe for change and exploring the resistance holding us back. Plus, we dive into your responses from social media! What practices do YOU think are due for a major makeover? Comment below!
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Deconstructing our understanding of Mental Health | Episode 1: What is Mental health!?
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In the 1st of a series of conversations around mental health , we examine the Biopsychosocial approach to well being, Alternative Therapies for treating mental anguish, as well as ask whether psychology is more of an art than a science. The guest for this show is Dr Innocent Acan ( @I_I_Acan on Twitter), a medical doctor and psychology student who also happens to be a really great writer. We're grateful for her time and sorry not sorry for all the bad jokes we are both going to drop on these conversations.
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#PPJ | Healing - A Mental Health check-in
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This episode finds us at the honorable’s home on Labor Day. We catch up on each other's well-being, enjoy some time at Mama Tejass's domicile, and do a mental health check-in. We speak about what we’ve learned about trauma, about how we navigate the work of healing so we don’t bleed on others, and take a quick test using Nancy McWilliams' 10 signs of mental health. If you or someone you love is struggling, please contact someone. Your mental health journey is not something to be ashamed of…it’s just a reflection of experiences and environment. There is always hope. And...
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The Pastor and the Prodigal : How to be Christian today.
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Karl Marx called religion the soul in soulless conditions. It's our expressiom of the almighty... And that expression matters as it either liberates all or causes us to look to the world to come instead of the world we're in The disembodied voice of Allan hosts two old friends who were once church boys, Reverend Captain Gideon and some guy called Joel, to a special debate that has a prodigal and a pastor asking each other what it means to be Christian today Does belief actually make us fail to do what God wants which is to love people and this world and bring justice? Why do we pray about what...
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#PPJ Adulting: Trap or just Poor Choices?
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In this episode, PPJ dives into the realities of adulting - is it really a scam, or are we just making poor choices? We share unprepared moments, broke stories, and debate whether adulting is as hard as people let on, or are we just romanticising childhood too much? Share your experiences and thoughts in the comment section below.
info_outlineThis episode we talk about becoming super famous you guys!!! Oh Gosh, how are we going to deal with fame ?!;-) No, but thank you for making us one of the most trending podcasts in the country. We value you spending time with us as we use the show as an excuse to just hang out….