Ep. 014 Shabani Binyangi

Creative Director Shabani Binyangi joins Xavier to discuss music, religion, inspiration, flow state, celibacy, sex, relationships, origins and turning points, projects and events, identity politics, conversation, creativity, acting and dancing, phones, social media, alcohol, success, drugs, evolution of the Adelaide scene, personal evolution, homeschooling and much, much more. 

00:00:00 – introduction

00:01:10 – value of religion and getting yourself in order

00:08:20 – music and its impact

00:11:45 – create, design, inspire, direction + ‘testing’ ; ‘made.by.us’

00:21:50 – origins of the coffee dates podcast

00:25:55 – aligning purpose with your mission

00:28:40 – football(soccer) and its impact on life

00:32:25 – achieving flow state and mental health 

00:35:55 – we can disagree, identity politics and conversation

00:46:02 – impact of phones on relationships and sexuality

00:51:10 – we are still little kids

00:53:20 – events +‘nurture your inner child’, ‘steelo flow’

00:58:20 – acting in ‘talk to me’

01:00:50 – evolution of adelaide + ‘steelo flow’ continued

01:06:00 – psychology and reading

01:09:00 – skill of being articulate and self-improvement 

01:18:20 – turning points in life and realising change was needed

01:29:50 – alcohol and smoking

01:32:50 – psychedelic curiosity and the human mind

01:45:10 – reading/working with people

01:47:20 – ‘icurvision’ + fashion week

01:53:00 – what is success and meaning 

01:57:00 – the art of war 

02:01:55 – goals this year and reading habits ‘the way of the superior man’

02:11:00 – celibacy, relationships, and the cheapening of sex

02:27:10 – presence, demeanour, and body language

02:30:45 – celebrities 

02:36:50 – training in martial arts

02:43:10 – parenthood, the feminine energy, celibacy pt.2 

02:48:40 – conclusion 

Disclaimer - episode contains drug references, explicit language, sexual references, mature themes.