090 Ian Thiongo of Iko Nini Returns to Challenge Everything You Know about Money, Politics & Sports

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Ian Thiong'o, co-host of the Iko Nini Podcast, came back and we had a chat on life with some unapologetic heat. The conversation spirals through everything from AI remixing Gangster’s Paradise and Albania experimenting with a virtual minister, to Ian’s unexpected baking era and the chaotic birth of Iko Nini with Mwafreeka. He gets real about fatherhood, single motherhood, and the growing pressure from an audience that wants Iko Nini to fit a mold he refuses to obey.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:30 Gender and Supporting Chelsea football club
00:03:50 Ian’s episode was a blessing to The Couch Connect
00:08:00 The effect of Big Ted preaching on the pod and calling Fresh
00:09:10 The power of Money
00:14:45 Differentiating Friends
00:21:00 Being pushed to legacy media vs digital media
00:29:14 AI on Coolio’s Gangster Paradise
00:31:06 Albania and trying out an Virtual ‘AI-made’ Minister
00:36:58 Ian the baker, Mwafreeka’s involvement and The Birth of Iko Nini
00:49:22 The harshest baking client
00:59:24 The birth of Ian’s 17 yr friendship with Mwafreeka
1:28:00 Interning at Ghetto Radio without Pay
1:36:37 President Moi Driving The Kenya-Made Nyayo Pioneer Car
1:40:34 Fixing Raila’s Landrover
1:47:25 The story behind Ian’s puns, jokes and The Wind Unit
2:00:30 A crash course to Becoming Responsible for My Child
2:14:18 Thoughts on Single Motherhood
2:41:55 A big Iko Nini audience expects the show to go in a certain direction
3:02:03 Final Remarks and Outro