Zero Generation
For the dreamers who left home. Explore the joys and hidden tragedies of coming of age again as a Black immigrant in a foreign land.
Podcasting since 2024 • 18 episodes
Zero Generation
Latest Episodes
Black Tax, Baby Bills, & Big Dreams ft. Derrick Oigiagbe
Money requests don’t stop just because you got on a plane. In fact, they usually get louder. We sit down with Derrick Oigiagbe, Head of Product Security at Netflix Games, to talk frankly about black tax, firstborn pressure, and the art o...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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39:53
Love Across Borders: Marriage, Migration, & Building Family Abroad ft. Nkem Akinsoto
What does it take to build a life that holds both where you’re from and who you’re becoming? We sit with writer and public health professional Nkem Akinsoto — known to early 2010s readers as romance author Myne Whitman — to unpack...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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32:44
The Audacity to Stay: Thriving in Nigeria When Everyone Else Left ft. Kemi Onabanjo-Joseph
What if the boldest move isn't leaving, but choosing to build where others see only exits? We sit down with McKinsey Partner and thought leader, Kemi Onabanjo-Joseph, to explore conviction, career, and community as the real engines of a ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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46:03
Neither Here Nor There (But Everywhere): The First-Gen American Experience ft. Kehinde Winful
What if belonging isn't something you prove but something you live? We sit down with Kehinde Winful — attorney, novelist, and proud Nigerian-American — to unpack the messy middle between two homes and two careers. From getting placed in ESL for...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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29:45
From Third Culture Kid To Behavioral Scientist: Code Switching, Reinvention, & Finding Home ft. Tayo Rockson
Reinvention isn’t a branding trick, it’s how you keep your center when the ground keeps moving. On this episode, I sit down with Tayo Rockson, a third culture kid turned behavioral scientist, TEDx speaker, and author, to unpa...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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35:14