Inside a Bubble

This episode dives into matters of the mind. Imagine a world where you aren’t in full control of your mind, what would it mean for you and the people around you? We tell three stories about bipolar affective disorder and what it means to live with it.

Bisi Adedun

Mo Isu

Itoro Bassey

Mo Isu

Itoro Bassey

Blue Dot sessions

Music by Jad Abumrad

Nublu by Donna loves music

Gymnopedies by Kevin Macloed

Hans Zimmer

Resources mentioned in this episode

Mary believes that her parents will literally die if they realise how much sex she has. It's a small part of a second life she has while she lives with them. In today's episode, people tell us their secrets. The things about their lives that they have never told their parents.

Featured Stories 

0:00 Billboard (I have sex)

5:35 Act 1: My parents never found out about my carryover

13:24 Act 2: One Last Secret

21:45 Act 3: What do you say after that?

Bisi Adedun

Mo Isu

Ayotunde Kayode Dada
Sandra Ugwu

Blue Dot sessions

Nublu by Donna loves music

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On today's episode, we talked to Muslim women about the hijab; about why they wear or don't wear the hijab. This led us to tell a story that's more than just a piece of clothing but about how people find meaning for themselves. 

Bisi Adedun

Mo Isu

Blue Dot sessions

Long by Molife

Nublu by Donna loves music

Toy House by Joey Pecararo

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Adam and Eve met at a book club, talked for a while and eventually started dating. But with a catch. It would be an open relationship. Now, it's been over a year since they last spoke, even though they tried their best to make it work. 

On today's episode, more stories about heartbreak and relationships ending. 

Bisi Adedun

Mo Isu

Blue Dot sessions

Nublu by Donna loves music

Coast to Coast by Joey Pecararo

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Aisha is Muslim and Igbo, which is not an intersection that people see all the time in Nigeria. Her existence has become a conversation starter in many situations, a conversation she doesn't want to have.

In today’s episode, we feature stories from people talking about their backgrounds and how it has shaped them. Listen to Aisha’s story and more.

Featured Stories 

0:00 - Billboard (What is this story about) 

4:40 - Act 1 (An origin story about love)

13:15 - Act 2 (It’s not a big deal. People keep saying it’s a big deal. It’s really not. It’s not a big deal. It-is-not-a-big-deal)

 24:20 - Act 3 (Whose choice was it?)

Bisi Adedun

Mo Isu

Itoro Bassey

Sandra Ugwu

Blue Dot sessions

Nublu by Donna loves music

Toy House by Joey Pecararo

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Jason experienced one of the most difficult changes we can go through as individuals. A change in fundamental belief. He found that changes as big as this one affect not just us, but the people around us.

In today’s episode, we feature stories from people that have experienced big life changes. We have people tell us about how they handled those changes and how it affected their lives. Listen to Jason’s story.

Featured Stories

0:00 - Billboard (Starting with change)

5:24 - Act 1 (Things can get worse)

15:02 - Act 2 (When you lose your faith, we all lose your faith)

The new season of inside a bubble starts airing on April 2nd. With the second season, we are telling more stories about people living different versions of similar experiences. Featuring more ambitious reporting and more personal stories. Here's a preview of what to expect in the new season.

Hosts

Bisi Adedun

Mo Isu

Ayotunde Kayode Dada

Sandra Ugwu

Itoro Bassey

Blue Dot sessions

Nublu by Donna loves music

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Producer Mo Isu reads a poem titled 'My first love' and tracks down stories that connect with the theme of the poem. From his production experiment where he practises telling stories with his own voice.

Produced and Narrated by Mo Isu

Louver, A little powder, first results, Kikeriin by Blue Dot Sessions

Special moment by Dixxy

My Lady Carey Dompe performed by JGrosz

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Anxiety, depression and other mental health issues are conversation topics that only happen behind closed doors and in dark corners. Away from the open because people are too scared to talk about these issues. In today's episode, we feature stories from people about their relationships with anxiety and depression. We have people tell us how they have coped with living with these things and all the in-between. 

Today's episode in the final episode of our first season and also the final episode for our host Seyi Oluboba.

Getting help for your Mental Health

@MentallyAwareNG 

Jones has lived in Lagos all his life and in that time has experienced quite a lot; from being robbed to hearing someone get shot. But he still loves the city. Today's episode features stories of Lagos told by Lagosians.

Bisi Adedun

Seyi Oluboba

Seyi Oluboba

Mo Isu

Ayotunde Kayode Dada

Mo Isu

Edet Ekpo

Blue Dot sessions

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Edet and his brother spent over 4hrs anticipating a robbery which they had heard rumours about from neighbouring places, these 4+hrs came with sounds of gunshots and terrified screams before the police arrived at 4 am, That and more Inspired this episode titled 'that was a close call.' In it, we feature stories from different people on the almost, nearly and dare I say miraculous close calls.  Some which they were personally involved in and some involving family members

Bisi Adedun

Seyi Oluboba

Mo Isu

Edet Ekpo

Mo Isu

Edet Ekpo

Nublu

All songs courtesy Blue Dot Sessions

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Society is built on trust contracts. Every day, we enter into at least one trust contract. In today's episode, we explore the trust contract you get into when you order and Uber rides.

We feature stories from passengers about their experiences with Uber drivers and also stories from drivers about their experience driving.

Bisi Adedun

Seyi Oluboba

Mo Isu

Edet Ekpo

Mo Isu

Edet Ekpo

The inside a bubble podcast put out its first episode in November last year and has so far put out one episode every other week. In today's episode, we tell a small part of the story about how we started and how we are making episodes. Come listen to what it's like inside our bubble.

Bisi Adedun

Seyi Oluboba

Edet Ekpo

Mo Isu

Edet Ekpo

Mo Isu

Nublu

Louver, Milkwood by Blude dot sessions

Toy Houses

AshamaluevMusi

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Over 40,000 students apply to Harvard every year and Harvard has an acceptance rating of just over 4.5% of those applicants. Thats a lot of rejection letters and every rejection letter can be said to have the same format.

What is the format for dealing with rejection? Accepting rejection tells stories of ordinary people and how they have dealt with rejection and the growth that comes with it.

Bisi Adedun

Seyi Oluboba

Extras: Ayodebola Ogunyemi, Oluwadara Oluwatoye

Mo Isu

Edet Ekpo and Mo I

Nublu

Bad Karma by Axel Thesleff

Breathe by Cxllin

Toy Houses

Soft drama by AshamaluevMusic

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“… For the greatest fear of death is always that it will pass us by. And leave us there alone.”  The words of novelist Fredrick Backman from his novel A man called Ove. Being left alone is something some would call a nightmare until you go behind the wall. In this week's episode, we hear 4 different people talk about being alone in ways that not only question the general concept but also shed more light on how different people define the word.

Hosts: Bisi Adedun and Seyi Oluboba

Producer: Edet Ekpo

Writer and Co-producer: Mo Isu

Music

Nublu

What do you want to be? 

That question has always felt very limiting. Like there could be only one answer and that answer could never change. 

In this episode, you will hear stories from people who don’t have a single answer and whose answers change multiple times. They talk about their careers, where they came from, where they are and where they are going to. 

This is career day like they don’t do it in schools

Episode Crew

Hosts: Seyi Oluboba and Bisi Adedun

Producers: Mo Isu and Edet Ekpo

Episode Summary

“Falling in love is like falling asleep. It’s slow at first and then all at once.”

In this episode, we explore what it means to fall out of love. Movies and Books have over told the stories of ‘happily ever after’ and not enough about ‘they were not meant to be together.’

Episode Crew

Hosts: Bisi Adedun and Seyi Oluboba

Extra: Edet Ekpo

Producers: Bisi Adedun and Mo Isu

Writer: Mo Isu

Music in this episode

Nublu

Henry Green - Electric Feel

Toy Houses

AshamaluevMusic

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Some things are difficult to talk about. Failure is one of those things. Considering that it is something that everyone has some experience with, it’s a wonder that we still feel so alone when we think about our failures.

In this episode, we had guests talk about their stories of failure and how they felt towards the idea of failing. We also talked about some fears of our own.

Hosts: Seyi Oluboba and Bisi Adedun

Producer and Writer: Mo Isu

Music in this episode

Podcasts are currently on a fast rise. In 2019 alone, Apple recorded 220,000 new podcasts. Inside a bubble was one of those podcasts. In this episode, host Seyi, gives an introduction to podcasts. She runs through what podcasts are with a brief history, gives us some context into the types of podcasts in Nigeria and the people that listen to them and shares a little glimpse of what episodes from inside a bubble will look like.

This is the first episode of Inside a bubble’s maiden season and it features voice notes of people sharing their stories about the podcast they listen to. There is also a mini-feature on NYSC camp

Main Host: Seyi Oluboba

Asst Host: Bisi Adedun

Producer and Writer: Mo Isu

Music in this episode:

Axel Thesleff - Bad Karma

Nublu

Cxllin - Breathe

Jarico - Island

Joey Pecoraro - Toy Houses

Featured samples:

Steve Job’s 2005

I said what I said podcast opening

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It has been three months since our last episode and we have spent all that time working on a new episode. Starting on March 27th, we will put out a new episode every two weeks. Watch out this space and listen to this trailer to find out what to expect

Episode Crew

"Hark how the bells. Sweet silver bells. All seem to say. Throw cares away. Christmas is here,"

The portrayal of Christmas in media tends to be simple. There are certain things we have come to expect when the season rolls around: the songs,  the carols, the decorations, the movies. It tends to tell a familiar story. In this Christmas bonus episode, we let people, the ones that aren't invested in maintaining any idea of Christmas, talk about how they experience the period. Some of the stories are what you would expect, some are not. Some people like Christmas and some people don't. And every now and then, something completely unrelated to the season comes and warps how you feel about it.

This week inside a bubble, we ask the question: "Do they know it's Christmas in Lagos?"

Productivity is one of those topics that people think about a lot... but from a distance. Starting a podcast, we thought that productivity would be a very crucial nut to crack. The 'Inside a bubble" team is made up of young, fresh out of Uni adults, and we are trying to build something great with this podcast. We realised that knowing how to be productive would be important, so we killed two birds with the same stone. We tried to figure out a productive way to make podcast episodes and also made an episode documenting the process. 

In this pilot episode, we experimented with the format this podcast would take. We talked to people from just about as many works of lives as we could squeeze into 25 minutes. There is a content creator, a facebook ad creator, a software engineer, students and a fashion designer to mention a few. What we found is that all of these people do very similar things to get and stay productive.

This is not a self-help episode. We were trying to find a method for ourselves and in the spirit of involving the audience in our creative process, we made this pilot.