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Candid Shar'n#15 Upon This House of Stonethis weekend we celebrate 41 years of Zimbabwean independence from british colonial rule, so i try my hand at telling the colonial history Zimbabwe, and i conclude the episode by sharing some of the things i love about my homeland.
transition music: Muti Mukuru by Mbira Dzenharira
outro song: Chisikana Changu Zimbabwe by Dereck Mpofu
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2021-04-1648 minCandid Shar'n#14 Best Month of the Year!get ready for an episode riddled with me saying "month" instead of "season", or "season" instead of "year" etc, lol. i also talk a bit a bit about covid fatigue, and give a shout out to 2-DA-Forum, check them out!
happy best month of the year, happy "best season of the month", and happy easter!
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QueenJoy
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2021-04-0224 minCandid Shar'n#13 Cheers to the Single Life!after a 3-month hiatus from the podcast, i'm back and in the first episode of the year i am looking back at 2020, and looking forward to 2021. i discuss cybersecurity and lies in the black mirror segment, (s3 e3, shut up and dance), and i have a new additional segment on music, just a quick review of my favs from 2020.
here are the links from my black mirror life advice:
Norton says cover your webcam
Forbes.com says cover your webcam
musiiiiiic:
my apple music replay 2020 playlist
bryan k hlanganani...
2021-02-2654 minCandid Shar'nThe Bachelorette s16 The Final Roseand it all came down to this final episode...
nardos and i look back over the last two episodes and discuss tayshia's decision on who her fiance will be.
thanks for joining us on this wonderful ride, bachelorette nation! hasta luego!
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QueenJoy
Twitter: @CandidSharn
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2020-12-2839 minCandid Shar'nThe Bachelorette s16 e10 & e11omg - we are nearing the end, and it's so sad yet so exciting. we were honoured with two whole episodes this week and they were great - the guys got together to chat with tayshia and chris harrison (and they expressed their discontentment with yosef), the final four were chosen and then filtered down to three (what an L for ben). nardos and i discuss our thoughts on all this and more, plus we have a little chat on men's fashion, inspired by zac c.
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2020-12-1757 minCandid Shar'nThe Bachelorette s16 e9lots of cliffhangers in this week's episode of the bachelorette, and we loved it!
nardos and i are at it again, giving advice to the men and expressing surprise about/concern over tayshia's decisions!
here's that episode of modern love that we mentioned:
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xx QueenJoy
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2020-12-1143 minCandid Shar'nThe Bachelorette s16 e8nardos and i mourn eazy's not-so-easy date and his ultimate demise on the show. we guess who will be eliminated next and "finalise" our top 4!
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xx QueenJoy
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Music from Pixabay
2020-12-0300 minCandid Shar'nThe Bachelorette s16 e6 & e7nardos and i discuss who the true "grown-ass men" in the house are and who the true "man-children" are.
two notes:
this episode is a late release - it was recorded a week ago, after episode 6 was released.
i was experimenting with background music here... if you feel strongly about it in either way, please lmk!
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xx QueenJoy
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2020-12-0300 minCandid Shar'nFamily Matters: Shona Culture + Diaspora Life with Tavongain this week's episode i am joined by my lovely cousin, sekuru, and friend, Tavonga (click here to watch video episode on YouTube).
Tavonga and i are really great friends and in this episode we discuss everything from moving from Zimbabwe to the diaspora, police brutality on this side of the world, Shona culture including the topic of roora, aka brideprice, and we also share some stories from when we were growing up.
at some point in the episode i mentioned the song 'Madam Mombeshora' so here it is, and here's a bit of...
2020-11-2000 minCandid Shar'nThe Bachelorette s16 e4 & e5covering two episodes at once? WHOA! well, we mostly focus on episode 5 hehe.
in this episode nardos and i discuss the last two episodes of our lovely show, the bachelorette. we give our opinions on the newly engaged couple, dale and clare (congrats to them), and we also share our feeling on tayshia's first few days with the guys. we point out some clear favourites and clear nots, discuss what we would carry with us to pass time if we were ever on the show, and we talk safety on dates.
happy listening!
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2020-11-1100 minCandid Shar'n#11 What's Your Best "Break-Up" Line?in this episode i talk about some great stuff from the new york times on elections and guns, space debris, santa v covid-19, "break up lines" (v pick-up lines) among other things, and it also comes up at some point that a Dan Brown book gave me my mind its first philosophical stretch (link the book).
i also chat a bit about one of the most popular black mirror episodes: season 3 episode 1, nosedive.
lots of this content came from some interesting reddit threads, so thanks reddit :)
as usual, here are...
2020-10-3000 minCandid Shar'nThe Bachelorette s16 e3OMG!! OH MY GOSH!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!?!?
clare needs to show some respec!
this episode was P-A-C-K-E-D from start to end! clare and dale! zach j! tayshia! this is one of those that is definitely worth watching if you missed it.
nardos and i (mostly i) were busy coming up with stories of how tayshia was on matt adams' season when that season has not even happened yet lol!!
the bachelorette artwork still loading
happy listening!
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2020-10-2800 minCandid Shar'n#10 Online Dating? It's Not That Deeplet's talk dating in the time of corona - with my friend, theresa!
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this episode is so special to me as i am joined by a very good friend of mine, theresa, and we discuss online dating as well as polyamory and polygamy. we also get side tracked into some of my dating criteria and failures so that was fun (and exposing, lol!)
happy listening!
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2020-10-2300 minCandid Shar'nThe Bachelorette s16 e2we're back with episode 2 and omg so much dumbness and inappropriateness in this episode. we cringed, we laughed, we 'huh'd. we also swooned a bit (well, i did, haha).
happy listening!
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QueenJoy
Twitter: @CandidSharn
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Music from Pixaby
2020-10-2100 minCandid Shar'n#9 Cancelling Cancel Culturea necessary follow up to last week's episode
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another week, another episode, and this time i am adding some footnotes to last week's episode. i discuss my views on cancel culture, and of course, black mirror (s2 e4)!
as per "uzh", i mention so many links and give so many recommendations, so here they are:
The Social Dilemma, available on Netflix
American Murder: The Family Next Door, available on Netflix
Article on the Stauffers & Rehoming Huxley
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2020-10-1600 minCandid Shar'nThe Bachelorette s16 e1Nardos is back (!!!) and we'll be discussing ALL of the bachelorette season 16 as the episodes come out!
If you haven't started watching, get on that! it's promising to be an exciting season
2020-10-1500 min
Candid Shar'n#8 It's A Little Politicali'm back from my one week break!! and i'm back feeling like talking a bit about american politics (just a bit). tbh, this episode was just me explaining why the us just ain't the one for me. there are more reasons, but this was just the most recent one on my mind. if you are a us citizen and are not yet registered to vote, please do so and excise your right. if you are an alien like me, well then, vote where you can when the time comes, otherwise just sit back (and share yo...
2020-10-0933 minCandid Shar'n#7 I'll Probably Never Be A Stage Manager (Again?)we all have some embarassing stories... well, most of us do, and here are some of mine! they somehow both happened in my first year of college, idk what (if anything) that says about freshman year. if you are easily grossed out then you might wanna skip story #2.here's a link to that video you'll thank yourself for watching:Idols SA Killing Me Softlyhere's the link to the youtube channel i mentioned:Living Water at Yaleand here's the link to my most recent blog post:yesterday i cried
2020-09-2540 minCandid Shar'n#6 Hanging with Bryan K, Zimbabwean Recording Artist!follow this link to watch this video episode.in this episode i am joined by my first profile guest, Bryan K! Bryan, aka Bibo, is a Zimbabwean musician who won the first season of Zimbabwe's version of America's Got Talent, Starbrite, for his incredible vocals and guitar skills! he just launched his newest album, BIBO WORLDWIDE, this last tuesday, september 16!check out his music and socials, and enjoy the episode!Bryan K's newest album: Listen to BIBO WORLDWIDEBryan K YouTube: BryanKVEVOBryan K Facebook: @BryanKadenguBryan K Twitter: @bibobryan
2020-09-1853 minCandid Shar'n#5 Growing Up in Zim: Corporal Punishment & Discipline Part 1WARNING: This episode contains accounts of corporal punishmentGrowing up in Zimbabwe, discipline was almost always equated with corporal punishment. In this fairly lighthearted episode I recount a story when I was naughty and was disciplined, and a friend of mine also shares some of his observations on corporal punishment in Zimbabwe.I also discuss black mirror season 2, episode 2, "White Bear"Happy Listening!...xx QueenJoy#ZimbabweanLivesMatterTwitter: @CandidSharnFacebook: @candidsharnInstagram: @candidsharnYouTube: Candid Shar'n with QueenJoyWebsite: candidsharn.com
2020-09-1134 minCandid Shar'n#4 It's a Solo Episode, so... Story Time!first of all, i did! i *actually* released an episode on a friday... as i am supposed to, lol!anyway, it's my first solo episode and man, oh man, was i excited to record it! in this episode, i share a story from my time in high school, a story that only my family and very few friends have heard.and then... it's black mirror time! y'all, i felt like i could talk forever when i was doing that segment! i've said this time and time again, but it's just such a good show!
2020-09-0545 minCandid Shar'nBlack Mirror 1.3: The Entire History Of Youa good episode of black mirror deserves an entire episode of its own and oh my... i had to cut out SO much, and even then i couldn't get this "bonus" episode to be as short as I wanted it to be, haha, thanks to nardos bringing up an interesting opinion as we were about to finish recording (we love her so much). in this episode we talk about black mirror season 1 episode 3, an episode that introduces the idea of perfect memory!you can watch black mirror on netflix - there are currently 5 seasons available...
2020-09-0229 min
Candid Shar'n#3 One Chapter Ends: Tchau, MariaThis is a bittersweet episode where we say goodbye to one of our podcast Day Zeros, Maria and also meet a new voice, Roy.We start off talking about where we would have been without the coronavirus, but end up talking about things that, well, I can't even map how we got to. It was supposed to be a 5 minute bonus episode but this is where we landed. There's also a little announcement towards the end re: future episodes!Happy Listening!...xx QueenJoy#BlackLivesMatter#ZimbabweanLivesMatter...
2020-08-2625 minCandid Shar'n#2 On Dating: From Singles, To SinglesIn this episode I am joined again by my lovely housemates, Maria and Nardos, and we are here to give relationship advice (more like just share our ramblings)! So much was said during this episode it was so difficult to decide on just one episode title, so my alternate title is: “Nardos wants game, Maria is not serious” Happy Listening! . . . xx QueenJoy #ZimbabweanLivesMatter Twitter: @CandidSharn Facebook: @candidsharn Instagram: @miss_sharonjoy YouTube: Candid Shar'n with QueenJoy Website: candidsharn.com
2020-08-1439 min
Candid Shar'n#1 Baking Conversations - On Parenting ClassesIt's the first one!! In today's episode we talk about parenting classes while baking a cake for someone we love! Although the conversation did have an "American" leaning, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter in your own context! Happy listening! . . . xx QueenJoy Twitter: @CandidSharn Facebook: @candidsharn Instagram: @miss_sharonjoy YouTube: Candid Shar'n with QueenJoy Website: candidsharn.com
2020-08-0736 min