YOLO With Benson Ekpo
This is #YOLO With Benson Ekpo, the Lifestyle Podcast. A destination for lifestyle enthusiasts to learn, and create all round conversation about finding their personal freedom via Fashion, Travel, Culture, Food & Self Development. I started this podcast to prove how rewarding it can be to take a break through life’s journey and think about YOU! Freedom for me is about designing a life I'm so passionate about I can't wait to wake up in the morning everyday. I hope to inspire you with my adventure stories and lifestyle tips to start living your best life, however, wherever.
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April 16, 2020 • 68 min
In this episode, we are joined by the super creative and very talented food photographer Abimbola, who shares her passion and dedication of capturing the best drool worthy images. Three years ago, Ambimbola knew nothing about cameras and aperture and all the tech stuff. Today she is working with some of the biggest food and lifestyle brands in Abuja to tell their stories.
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April 11, 2020 • 1 min
Hey there amazing person, we are honoured and proud to announce that your favourite podcast YOLO with Benson Ekpo, the show that helps you find your personal freedom via travel and adventure, is returning for a second season, Mark your calendars for April 17th, 2020, we can't wait to start creating with you!
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March 30, 2020 • 37 min
*This episode was pre-recorded on the 27th of February 2020, before the global lockdown ensued.* In this episode, we are joined by perhaps one of the warmest souls I have met in all of my travels, I connected with our guest a few weeks ago while exploring the Republic of Benin. She is an international development worker with Dimagi- an international organization on a mission to build technology that improves the efficiency and qual...
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March 3, 2020 • 45 min
This week’s guest I connected with while traveling through Cotonou, in the Republic IG Benin. He was sat by the pool and I overheard him and his colleagues having the post progressive conversations around travel and sustainable lifestyle, I knew I had to connect with him. Brian is an American born to mexican immigrant parents, working in international health consulting, based in Washington DC. He’s been In Cotonou over the last 10 ...
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February 29, 2020 • 15 min
Happy New Year #InsaneArmy, I am most excited to get back into recording after the holiday break and to bring you the first podcast episode of the decade. On this New Year's & New Decade special episode we discuss a particular phenomenon I came across for the first time not too long ago. The experience of it is nothing new, but the revelation was just something else. We explore the danish cultural phenomenon called HYGGE, ...
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November 2, 2019 • 58 min
From conquering bullies in high school to meeting the Queen, sitting on the same board as Prince Harry and supporting thousands of young persons across the globe to scale their progressive, problem solving ideas, this week’s guest is an example of what it means to be a part of the #InsaneArmy.
On this episode, i am joined by Gambling addiction campaigner and Queen’s Young Leader Award winner, Adam Bradford, a young social entrepre...
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October 3, 2019 • 24 min
In this episode, I sit down and explore the concepts of the anti-bucket list. How it affects our future.
Bucket list is a lost list of activities someone wants to do before he or she dies is often called a bucket list. A bucket list is essentially a list of things you want to do before you die. They can be serious and important or fun and adventurous.
The anti-bucket-list explores the things that we don’t to ever experience. I w...
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September 20, 2019 • 19 min
Ever wondered what it’s like to live a life of lightweightness? (That’s not a word, I know!) In this episode, I breakdown what it really means to be a minimalist, the concept and philosophy of it and how you can declutter your life.
Being a minimalist means you value yourself more than material things. It means making decisions based on what you need instead of getting everything you want. It does not mean the things you buy are c...
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September 20, 2019 • 27 min
Today I recount a conversation with a stranger where we shared ideas on how more young millennials and Gen Zs can over come the big scary monster that inhibits is from doing stuff.
This weeks #NotificationSquad shoutout goes to @thejoshuaseyi
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Get to know me | What weird thing would I do with a $100k? | scariest thing I’ve done for fun - Bad.
September 20, 2019 • 24 min
In the first episode, I sit down and answer some of your burning questions about me and why I started the show. I walk you through the story of what inspired it and my future plans for the show.
I also share my thoughts on sustainable tourism and simple things you can start doing to offset your carbon footprints and make impact to communities you visit.
PSA:
05:20 - The country I spoke about here is Nepal, not Peru.
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September 13, 2019 • 2 min
Hey there amazing person, welcome to my spanking new podcast, the show that helps you find your personal freedom via travel and adventure. Mark your calendars for October 20th, 2019, i can't wait to start creating with you!
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