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.
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...