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The Mics Are Open
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A slightly skewed look at life through the lens of a group of radio presenters in Nairobi, Kenya. Every week G Money, Calvin, Neville, Ashley and Andy Young chop it up on topics that they probably have no expertise in, but some how it works! The Mics Are Open is a random journey that meanders through five very different lives. These guys are so good, you might even think that they are friends in real life!
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#347 - What Do You Mean I'm Not On Your Green Circle?
2w ago01:25:05Tap to summarizeG Money is MORTIFIED that he isn't on Calvin's Green Circle on IG and the gang chop it up about who's on their green circle and why. Aggrey from Turkana passes by and we debate the weeks news circle.
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Episode 4 - Thinking About How Mom Loved - The Correction
3w ago00:03:43Tap to summarize"This is a special series I'm running called The Correction. It lives separately from TMAO but I wanted to bring it here first. Here's Episode 04."
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Episode 03 — Ms Rose Showed Love
3w ago00:04:40Tap to summarize"This is a special series I'm running called The Correction. It lives separately from TMAO but I wanted to bring it here first. Here's Episode 03."Episode 03 — The Correction with G MoneyMs Rose showed love by doing things. I watched that. I learned it. I became it.My grandmother didn't talk about love in the abstract. She showed it — food on the table, shoes on your feet, a roof that didn't move. Ms Rose's love was a verb, not a noun. And she was the most powerful person I have ever known.So I became her. The utility. The constant showing up. The need to be useful to earn my place.But somewhere in this episode I ask a question I can't stop sitting with — is there a difference between showing love through doing, and only feeling worthy when you're doing something?Same behaviour. Very different root.That's Entry 03 of The Correction.The Correction is a podcast about unlearning the habit of leading with utility — and learning to just be present instead. New episodes every Monday and Thursday.
Transcribe →#347 - 7 Years Deep! The Mics Are Still Open
4w ago01:36:38Tap to summarizeAfter 7 years in the cut the squad are reminiscing with a few guests. Grauchi passes through and we launch the new listener website www.themicsareopen.com - Enjoy!
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Episode 02 — Someone Asked Me What I Do For Fun
Apr 2000:04:59Tap to summarize"This is a special series I'm running called The Correction. It lives separately from TMAO but I wanted to bring it here first. Here's Episode 02."Someone asked me a simple question. I couldn't answer it. Not because I didn't want to — but because I realised that everything I do is also work. This is Episode 02 of The Correction. The Correction drops every Monday and Thursday. Full series at conradgray.com
Transcribe →#346 - Choking The Monkey in Space!" - The Mics Are Open
Apr 1701:41:58Tap to summarizeAshley is back, looking like a million dollars, the conversation ranges from Kenyan DJs, to the recent Space mission to what it would feel like busting a nut in space.Random, yes.
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Episode 01 — I Don't Have Friends. I Have Collaborators
Apr 1600:04:48Tap to summarize"This is a special series I'm running called The Correction. It lives separately from TMAO but I wanted to bring it here first. Here's Episode 01."The one that started everything.A few weeks ago I sat in a therapy session and two words came up — hyper competent. My therapist said it like a diagnosis. My first instinct was to take it as a compliment. And then she finished the sentence.This is Episode 01 of The Correction. I read the first entry in the series and talk around it — what was happening when I wrote it, what I didn't write, and where this thread is going.No guests. No agenda. Just honest.The Correction drops every Monday and Thursday.Read the full series at conradgray.com
Transcribe →#345 - We Love Kanye!!!! - The Mics Are Open
Apr 1001:20:06Tap to summarizeThe title says it all, this week the lads chop it up about Kanye being banned in the UK, does racism play a role in how the "industry" has tried to cancel him. We talk about the War in the Middle East, who is the true aggressor and we have an equal amount of Nonsense
Transcribe →#344 - Finally!! I'm Getting Married!!
Apr 301:21:49Tap to summarizeThe lads chop it up this week as they nominate Calvin for marriage and plan his wedding! The conversation ranges from Sakaja, to whether it's truly possible for a man to love a women he hasn't struggled with.
Transcribe →#343 -Older Mandem Are Taking Your Women!!
Mar 2701:22:55Tap to summarizeWhat did we talk about this week? A whole lot of "stuff" - Calvin tries to banter guys about football, G deflects successfully. Meanwhile G is mad at a 120K bill, Andy is wilding as usual and calls out Ashley! Its a mad thing!
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