67. Mark of the Hawk: Hollywood, Propaganda, and the Battle for African Independence
Did you know that Sydney Poitier once starred as a Nigerian anti-colonial leftist? Can an obviously anti-communist film also be entertaining, commendable, and even (somewhat) accurate? In this episode...
8 Aug 1h 28min
66. Feeding Bottle Billionaire Club (FBBC): Origins of Nigerian Oligarchs Episode One
Nigeria is the world’s poverty capital. But while acknowledging this poverty, rarely do we in the same breadth discuss the other toxic byproduct of Nigerian capitalism: billionaires. The 2025 Oxfam re...
17 Juli 1h 14min
65. Assuming NDC is "Re-registered”
In the light of Peter Obi and Kwankwaso leaving the promising but still born ADC (African Democratic Congress) to join the NDC (Nigeria Democratic Congress), we track the latest developments regarding...
4 Juli 1h 23min
64. Insecurity, Protests and The Nigerian Left
In this episode, we examine the Nigerian protest culture, why it has not fundamentally transformed the political terrain while delineating theoretical and practical strategies. In the face of heighten...
11 Juni 1h 25min
63. OAU and Nigeria's Millennial Left
In this episode which we recorded a day after the passing of Professor Biodun Jeyifo (the founding president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)), we host Juwon Sanyaolu. Juwon is a co-...
28 Feb 1h 33min
62. State of the Nation: Nigeria in 2026
We start this episode discussing the latest international and local developments in the last few months. We begin with the massive display of wealth in the midst of growing inequality in the South Eas...
6 Feb 59min
61. Confessions of an Ex-APC Marxist
In this episode, we pick the brains of an ex-APC insider Tabia Princewill (@TabiaPrincewill) , a former editor of The Guardian. She runs us through her journey as a returning diasporan, her entry into...
3 Jan 1h 23min
60. Oblee Economy: Class, Gender Wars, and the Case against Detty December ft. P0liticalbaby (@Mao_0k)
In our latest episode, we host the the amazing PoliticalBaby (@Mao_0k), a cultural theorist, video essayist and scholar of contemporary Nigerian anthropology. We start off discussing the constraints o...
15 Dec 20251h 19min
