Shows
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