Wednesday Wisdom with Ayo Sokale
Wednesday Wisdom is a new podcast based on a popular Instagram series hosted by Ayo Sokale. Guests share their inspirational stories of success through brilliantly meandering conversations, all the while sharing pearls of wisdom on topics like representation and diversity.
Ayo Sokale is a BBC presenter, civil engineer and speaker on all things diversity, equality, sustainability and engineering. Ayo is working on her first book, which draws on her experiences of navigating the world as a black, female, autistic woman in STEM and using her coaching credentials to help anyone else who feels 'othered' in today's world to achieve their goals. She is currently a presenter on CBeebies 'Get Set Galactic' which is available on BBC iplayer.
Episodes
9 episodes
Hairdressers Conversations
Join me in conversation at the Hairdresser where we dicuss autism, the black community and being out authentic selves.
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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23:43
Prof (Dr) Anusha Shah
Join me in conversation with Prof (Dr) Anusha Shah in a personal capacity this week! Anusha is the president of Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) and a senior director for resilient cities and the UK climate adaption lead at Arcad...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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37:08
David DeBoer and Wael Farah
Join me in a search for extra-terrestrial life! This week I had a fascinating conversation with David DeBoer and Wael Farah, both space scientists, who shared their incredible insights from their out-of-this-world careers. They share more about...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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54:12
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James Dornor
Join me in conversation with James Dornor, an award-winning systems engineer and founder of 'Driven By Us CIC', which is an organisation that supports allies, ethnic minorities and women of colour in all aspects of automotive and motorsports.&n...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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34:17
Dr Kat Arney
Join me in conversation with award-winning science writer, broadcaster and public speaker Dr Kat Arney. She is the author of three books, the critically acclaimed Herding Hemingway's Cats: Understanding how our genes work, How to Code a Human, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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52:50
Sam McKaylin
Join me in conversation with my co-host from CBeebie's Get Set Galactic, Sam McKaylin! We chat about his path into science, AI, using machine learning to develop cancer treatments and his passion for TV and science communications.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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22:36
Bobby Seagull
Join me in conversation with mathematician and broadcaster Bobby Seagull! He talks about his unconventional career path spanning finance, maths teacher and broadcaster, sharing so much wisdom along the way.
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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38:58
Victoria Coren-Mitchell
Join me in conversation with Victoria Coren Mitchell, writer, poker player and host of BBC Two's lateral thinking quiz show 'Only Connect'. We discuss self-belief, following your own path, eclectic hobbies and so much more. Listen to Victoria's...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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26:19
