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The Busy Being Born Podcast#77: Building What the System Missed: Dr. Kiptolo Boit on Sport, Ethical Leadership and Youth DevelopmentIn this episode, we sit down with Dr. Kiptolo a 2025 BD Top 40 Under 40 honoree, former national swimmer, sports scientist, and founder of Next Gen Multi Sport Academy to unpack what it really takes to develop athletes in systems that often fall short.
Dr. Kip reflects on his journey through competitive swimming, from intensive training in South Africa to representing Kenya internationally, and the repeated funding gaps, broken promises, and governance failures that ultimately wore him down and led him to step away from elite sport. His experience mirrors a wider issue in Kenyan athletics: abundant talent, but i...
2026-02-051h 51
The Busy Being Born Podcast#76: Aligning Smiles and Returning Home to Care: Dr. Wanjiru Stuhler on Orthodontics, Public Health & Building with Intention
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Wanjiru Stuhler, an orthodontist who spent nearly two decades training and practicing in Europe before returning home to Kenya to build her life’s work.
Dr. Wanjiru shares her journey through rigorous German dental training, navigating licensure back home, and the intentional seven-year process that led to the launch of Stuhler Orthodontics in Nairobi just weeks ago. Her story is one of patience, precision, and choosing long-term impact over rushing milestones.
Beyond the clinic, we explore her deep commitment to public health education. From teaching children the impor...
2026-01-131h 54
The Busy Being Born Podcast#75: 2025 Wrap up: Culture Check, Music, AI & the Road to 2026In this end of year episode, the Busy Being Born crew is joined by Thuita and Monski and reflect on the cultural moments that defined the year 2025. From the evolution of African music and storytelling to the accelerating influence of AI, shifting political realities, and what lies ahead.
We talk about Kenyan and African music, celebrating hip hop, reggae, and cross-border sounds alongside a renewed focus on live performance and intentional artistry. The conversation also explores how audiences are consuming shows on television, differently gravitating toward quality, emotional depth, and culturally resonant stories.
We then...
2025-12-311h 54
The Busy Being Born Podcast#74: Beyond Roles: Amwayi Tsuma on Identity, Mindfulness & Compassionate LivingIn this reflective and grounding conversation, we sit down with Amwayi Tsuma to explore what it means to live beyond fixed identities and social roles. Drawing from personal experience, Buddhist philosophy, and daily mindfulness practice, Amwayi invites us into a gentler, more honest way of being with ourselves and others.
We talk about how letting go of labels like “leader,” “husband,” or “achiever” can reveal a deeper sense of self; one rooted in awareness rather than performance. Amwayi shares how this shift transformed his relationships, helped him navigate addiction and habitual patterns with compassion, and opened space for healthie...
2025-12-221h 57
The Busy Being Born Podcast#73: Grace in the Unfolding: Omondi Ochuka on Gratitude, Grief and Redefining StrengthIn this deeply moving conversation, we sit down with Omondi Ochuka: a writer, teacher and author to explore his powerful journey through loss, and the lifelong work of healing. Rooted in creativity, community, and a quiet defiance of conventional masculinity, Omondi’s journey unfolds through stories of family, identity, and the lifelong work of becoming.
He talks about his new memoir, Precursor: An Unfolding, which blends personal stories and poetry on healing, vulnerability, and masculinity. Growing up on the autism spectrum, he navigated academic challenges, resistance to unjust school systems, and found his voice through journaling and crea...
2025-12-102h 35
The Busy Being Born Podcast#72: Finding Home Again: Sylvia Karanja on Migration, Faith & Reconnection
In this deeply personal and layered episode, the Busy Being Born duo sits down with Sylvia Karanja, founder of Corner 254 and Media Light Agency, to unpack the courage, clarity, and calling behind her return to Kenya after over a decade in the U.S.
With openness and warmth, Sylvia opens up about her migration journey. From navigating family responsibilities and career restarts abroad, to rediscovering identity and purpose through faith, storytelling, and entrepreneurship. Her decision to move back to Kenya in August 2024 marked not just a physical return, but a spiritual and emotional homecoming.
The conver...
2025-11-111h 58
The Busy Being Born Podcast#71: Framing the future: Mark Maina On Skill, Storytelling & Building a Legacy in FilmIn this inspiring and insightful episode, the Busy Being Born duo sit down with filmmaker Mark Maina, whose journey from computer science student to award-winning storyteller traces the beautiful intersection of discipline, creativity, and vision.
Mark shares how a deep curiosity for technology led him to filmmaking, a path that took him from the University of Nairobi to international recognition at the Cannes Film Festival. Along the way, he studied at Germany’s Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, worked as Head of Post-Production at Nigeria’s EbonyLife, and ultimately returned home to Kenya to build MGreen Entertainment, a studio blend...
2025-10-252h 09
The Busy Being Born Podcast#70: On Friendship: Money, Marriage & the Meaning of True ConnectionIn this rich and layered conversation, the Busy Being Born crew unpack the philosophy, practice, and pitfalls of friendship. Drawing on personal stories, cultural wisdom, and even biblical references, they explore what makes a friend, how friendships are tested, and why some bonds endure while others fade.
From money matters that complicate trust, to the delicate balance of marriage as friendship, to the strategies for cultivating authentic bonds in busy adulthood. This episode is a full-spectrum meditation on how we show up for one another.
The conversation weaves through reliability, joy, and emotional safety as core m...
2025-09-161h 40
The Busy Being Born Podcast#69: No Guest but Nuggets - Performance Anxiety, Parenting Wins & Five Years of GrowthIn this candid and reflective “No Guest but Nuggets” episode, the Busy Being Born duo engage in a deep, unfiltered conversation marking five years of podcasting, personal growth, and creative evolution.
Recording from a new studio (wrestling the thrill of improved lighting and the surprise of performance jitters), they open up about what life has looked like lately: parenting wins, shifting priorities, health experiments, and creative milestones.
From Kigondu directing "Kifo Kisimani" (On stage this August 2nd and 3rd at Jain Bhavan), working on high-profile translations, and prepping television premieres, to the joy of Kamande’s six-year...
2025-07-2859 min
The Busy Being Born Podcast#68: Maureen Kunga on Music, Law & Self-DiscoveryIn this richly layered episode, the Busy Being Born duo is joined by Maureen Kunga, an award-winning singer, songwriter, and advocate of the High Court, best known as one-third of the beloved Kenyan music group Elani.
Maureen opens up about her journey of self-discovery, navigating the dual identity of being an introvert in a spotlight-driven industry. From her early years in Lang’ata to singing on global stages, Maureen traces the winding path of following her passion while balancing law school and societal expectations.
She shares the behind-the-scenes story of Elani’s formation, the struggles they faced...
2025-06-121h 33
The Busy Being Born Podcast#31: Alice in Wakanda land too – On parenting, productivity, buds and rebirthIn this episode, the BBB hosts are stoked to have the gracious Alice Kombani in the studio. Their first second time guest, wapi nduru wewe!! They talk life in the first world, shifts, parenting, poetry, productivity and more! They explore what ‘home’ really is and the cultural, social and societal differences and expectations. Taking quite a bit of time on lessons and choices around parenting in a faster futuristic world where systems work, they explore FinTech, sports, performing arts and other global opportunities for the younger generation. On being home, they speak of barefoot bliss, bull fighting, farming, mutura, muth...
2022-07-211h 59
The Busy Being Born Podcast#23: Peter Kawa on Exertion, Filmmaking and Christmas LoveIn this episode, the duo hosts the purpose-driven and award-winning creative that is Peter Kawa. Sharing stories and gems from his journey gracing screens and stages years upon years; the episode highlights the importance of having a sense of purpose navigating through building a career and/or industry, faith, fatherhood and so much more! His conversation with Kamande and Kigondu spotlights themes and lessons around perseverance, business, art, sacrifice, turning points and epiphanies. Kawa shares exclusives from his experience making and being part of award-winning projects, moments of collision between his convictions and career, escapades from Bungoma to Morroco and...
2021-12-091h 30