MamaTokTok's A Different Take with AB Mambo
58 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWe’re connecting the world through conversation. Sharing diverse perspectives on everyday issues from everyday people around the world.
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Episodes
Lead Like A Girl with Dalia Feldheim
April 22, 2021 11:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBWhat does it mean to act like a girl, throw like a girl and run like a girl? Just ask Dalia Feldheim, Global Speaker, Corporate Consultant and part of the team behind P&G’s wildly popular “Like A Girl” campaign first seen at the 2015 Super Bowl. Support the show
Lead Like A Girl with Dalia Feldheim
April 22, 2021 11:00 - 58 minutes - 40.6 MBWhat does it mean to act like a girl, throw like a girl and run like a girl? Just ask Dalia Feldheim, Global Speaker, Corporate Consultant and part of the team behind P&G’s wildly popular “Like A Girl” campaign first seen at the 2015 Super Bowl. Support the show
How To Start A Business Even From Your Deathbed with Dr. Enaka Yembe
December 31, 2020 08:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBAB chats with Dr. Enaka Yembe about how her defining moments led her to open her own business, and get started on her weight loss journey. Support the show
Sexual Harassment & The Culture of Silence with Kiran Bassi
December 15, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBAB chats with Kiran Bassi, talent acquisition lead at Dixa about experiencing sexual harassment in the workplace, speaking out and the unexpected clash with her family. Support the show
Sexual Harassment & The Culture of Silence with Kiran Bassi
December 15, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBAB chats with Kiran Bassi, talent acquisition lead at Dixa about experiencing sexual harassment in the workplace, speaking out and the unexpected clash with her family. Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/mamatoktok)
Daddy’s on Death Row... with RhyAnne Clark
December 06, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBOn this week’s episode, AB chats with RhyAnne Clark, Executive Assistant at Microsoft about growing up with her father on death row. Support the show
Daddy’s on Death Row... with RhyAnne Clark
December 06, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBOn this week’s episode, AB chats with RhyAnne Clark, Executive Assistant at Microsoft about growing up with her father on death row. Support the show
Career Pauses/Graceful Exits with Kelli Cross
November 01, 2020 14:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBAB chats with Cross Connection Boss and ex Corporate Exec, Kelli Cross about interrupting her fire hot career. Here’s why and how she did it. Support the show
She Was Worried About Posting A LinkedIn Photo
November 01, 2020 10:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBAB chats with Jessica-Joan Richards about fat-shaming. Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/mamatoktok)
Too Fat For Work? Jessi Fought Back
November 01, 2020 10:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBAB chats with Jessica-Joan Richards about fat-shaming and handling the weight brigade. Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/mamatoktok)
Fat-Shamed, She Fought Back with Jessica-Joan Richards
November 01, 2020 10:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBAB chats with Jessica-Joan Richards about fat-shaming and handling the weight brigade. Support the show
Fat-Shamed, She Fought Back
November 01, 2020 10:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBAB chats with Jessica-Joan Richards about fat-shaming and handling the weight brigade. Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/mamatoktok)
Losing His Child; Fighting to Save Others with Ron Garber
October 19, 2020 17:00 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MBAB chats with Ron Garber about how losing his daughter to 4HL became his defining moment and a catalyst for creating the Yaya Foundation to help grow research into this rare disease. For more information or to donate, visit www.yayafoundation4HL.org Support the show
A Global Career/Leading Through Crises with Eunice de Carvalho
October 09, 2020 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBAB chats with Eunice de Carvalho, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Unitel, about her defining moments - global leadership, leading during crises and single parenting. Support the show
A Global Career/Leading Through Crises with Eunice de Carvalho
October 09, 2020 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBAB chats with Eunice de Carvalho, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Unitel, about her defining moments - global leadership, leading during crises and single parenting. Support the show
Finding Home as an Undocumented Immigrant with Qian Julie Wang
October 01, 2020 12:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBIn this first episode of Season 2, AB chats with lawyer and first-time author, Qian Julie Wang about her childhood as an undocumented immigrant in America, racism, DACA and her forthcoming memoir, Beautiful Country: Memoir of an Undocumented Childhood (forthcoming 2021). Support the show
Autism & Abandonment with Antoinette Njombua-Fombua
September 30, 2020 04:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBMamaTokTok hosts Nurse and Life Coach, Antoinette Njombua-Fombad for an intimate chat on abandonment, motherhood and parenting a child with autism. She’s the owner of W.I.T.H.I.N., a life coaching services business. To learn more about Antoinette and her work, visit her website at https://www.healloveandgrow.com Support the show
Tarot & Divination with Lecturer, Writer & Harvard Alum T. Susie Chang
September 29, 2020 23:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBMamaTokTok hosts T. Susie Chang - Smith College lecturer, Harvard alum, writer and longtime food critic - to discuss the origins, uses and limits of Tarot. For more information on Susie, visit www.tschang.com Support the show
Single-Parenting Daddy Style with Justin Ergler
September 19, 2020 12:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBMamaTokTok hosts Justin Ergler, Legal Director and single dad about the joys and realities of being a single father. Support the show
Single-Parenting Daddy Style with Justin Ergler
September 19, 2020 12:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBMamaTokTok hosts Justin Ergler, Legal Director and single dad about the joys and realities of being a single father. Support the show
Education: STEM, Coronavirus and Parental Rules of Engagement
August 28, 2020 21:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBIn this all new episode, I chat with guest Sam Neo, a Singaporean educator On teaching kids during the pandemic, the role of parents in education, and the role of math and science in a post Covid world. Sam is a veteran educator who specializes in math and science for secondary students. Support the show
Education: STEM, Coronavirus and Parental Rules of Engagement
August 28, 2020 21:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBIn this all new episode, I chat with guest Sam Neo, a Singaporean educator On teaching kids during the pandemic, the role of parents in education, and the role of math and science in a post Covid world. Sam is a veteran educator who specializes in math and science for secondary students. Support the show
Child Sexual Abuse Looks Something Like This with Manyi Anabor (Part 3)
August 28, 2020 18:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBSupport the show
Child Sexual Abuse Looks Something Like This with Manyi Anabor (Part 2)
August 28, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MBSupport the show
Child Sexual Abuse Looks Something Like This with Manyi Anabor (Part 1)
August 19, 2020 07:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBSexual abuse survivor, Manyi Anabor, chronicles her experience of domestic sexual abuse in her book, Cactus in a Calabash and on this special edition of MamaTokTok’s A Different Take. Cactus in a Calabash is available in the Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1089416962/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_api_i_g4mpFbYT5ESMV Support the show
From San Francisco (USA): Ali Assareh on Attitude, Immigration, Loss, and Therapy
August 15, 2020 17:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBAli Assareh is Senior Counsel at The Clorox Company. AB caught up with him to discuss their joint experiences as immigrants, the loss of his beloved brother and why attitude really is everything. Support the show
From India: Leadership, Love and Caste with Suman Mishra
August 15, 2020 12:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBIn this episode, AB Mambo and Suman Mishra discuss loving across India’s caste lines, leading in a large, male-dominated corporation and in a pandemic. Mishra is the Senior Vice President, Group Strategy at multinational conglomerate, Mahindra. She has been recognized by The Economic Times as one of India’s 40 under 40. Support the show
Colorism: #UnfairandLovely by Abam Mambo, Founder of MamaTokTok
August 05, 2020 12:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBWatch the video on https://youtu.be/lpUAlWW0b-E Support the show
A Japanese-Iranian American Couple Talk Marriage
August 05, 2020 03:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBIn Part 4 of Love, Loss and Healing, we meet Masayo Nobe and Ali Assareh, two San Francisco-based lawyers who are making marriage work on their terms. Support the show
Race Relations, Privilege and Gender Equality
August 04, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 48.5 MBA candid conversation with Lisa Thomas, CEO Samata Capital on race, gender and privilege in America post-George Floyd. Support the show
Domestic Violence: An African Perspective
June 26, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBThree women sit down with MamaTokTok to unpack domestic violence in the aftermath of a murder-suicide. Featuring: Emilia Ngwi Awahmukalah Dr. Mbu Waindim Yaya Tasha Also watch it on our channel at: www. YouTube.com/c/MamaTokTok Support the show
Love, Blended Families, Weight & Beauty with Nelly Fon
June 19, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBPart 3 of the 4-part Love, Loss and Healing series. I sit down with Nelly Fon for a candid conversation around modern marriage and blended families, our weight struggles and what makes us beautiful. Support the show
Her Fiance Cancelled Their Wedding... Here's Her Story with Georgette Kang
June 15, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 44 MBPart 2 of our 4-part June series on Love, Loss and Healing. Georgette relives the time her wedding was cancelled, its aftermath, and how she healed. This puts the loss in our series title. Support the show
Andre Kemayou on Police Brutality and the Role of the Creative
June 11, 2020 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBFounder and Curator of the African Creative, Andre Kemayou joined me to discuss police brutality, his definition of 'the creative' and the creative's role in modern society. Follow him on instagram at @theafricancreative Support the show
Wendy Luhabe on Mentoring and Leadership
June 05, 2020 05:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBEntrepreneur and pioneer Wendy Luhabe discusses her passion for mentoring, and why the world must do more and better to prepare women for leadership roles in the 21st century leader. Wendy’s extensive corporate career and social justice have led her to be recognised as one of the 50 Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World and as a Global Leader by World Economic Forum. She’s often invited to conferences as a subject matter expert and on leadership. Support the show
Rachel N. Adams on Self-Love, Anger and Power In a Time of Crisis
May 31, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 52.7 MBThis episode kicks off our 4-part series on Love, Loss and Healing throughout the month of June. Opening the series with self-love, guest Rachel Nyaradzo Adams shares insights on self-love, anger and making sense of our personal and collective reaction in the wake of George Floyd's death. Awareness. Wounds. Rage. Self-discovery. We cover it all this week. Rachel is the Founder and Managing Director of Narachi Leadership and the former Associate Director for Africa at Yale University. A lea...
Nicole Mahabir on Spirituality, Yoga and Being Present
May 29, 2020 22:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBNicole Mahabir keeps us reflective and grounded during these Covid-19 times. We talk about being present, connecting to our breath and how to start a meditation practice. She's a yoga therapist, ayurvedic specialist and the Founding Director of Jai Wellness, a yoga and ayurvedic center based in Toronto and Bali. For more information on her work and to get more information on yoga and ayurveda, visit www.jaiwellness.com Support the show
Supermodel Maria Borges on the fashion world, financial independence and dreaming big
May 22, 2020 04:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MBIn this episode of MamaTokTok’s A Different Take, AB chats with the stunning Maria Borges about her journey from Luanda to fashion superstardom, financial independence, that night on the Victoria’s Secret runway, and what she really thinks about Naomi Campbell and Giselle Bundchen. Support the show
Kelly Mealia on Being the Boardroom Oga, Weightlifting and Identity
May 21, 2020 12:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBKelly Mealia traces her journey as a biracial woman in Birmingham through Latin America to Africa where she is Partner and Chair of the Board at Africa Oil & Power. We talk being young, female and brown in the boardroom, her passion for weightlifting and operating in Africa's energy sector. Support the show
Compulsive. Addicted. Who, Me?
May 07, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBAn unflinching conversation on compulsiveness, addiction and grief. Featuring guest, Anjali Vasudevan.
Compulsive. Addicted. Who, Me? With Anjali Vasudevan
May 07, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBAn unflinching conversation on compulsiveness, addiction and grief. Featuring guest, Anjali Vasudevan. Support the show
Size Matters, the Model 'Asian' and What Your Body Language Is Really Saying with Adele Hung
May 01, 2020 03:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBStraight-talking Adele Hung talks stereotyping "Asians", what your body language is really saying about you, and how size influences social interactions. The speech pathologist, former entrepreneur, orator and corporate leader brings a witty perspective on what it means to grow up "Asian," looking at the world from below 5 feet, and offers tips on how to mind what you're communicating. Support the show
Unmasking Masculinity with Harry Fon and Joshua Byrd, Esq.
April 24, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBMamaTokTok sat down with two incredibly smart and opinionated men to share their views on masculinity in the modern era. Chicago-based database analyst, Harry Fon, and Atlanta-based lawyer and professor, Joshua Byrd keep it all the way real on masculinity and how it manifests in self-hood, manhood and romantic partnerships. Support the show
Living and Laughing Out Loud with Dr. Emelda Ntinglet-Fomanka
April 24, 2020 03:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBThree times married, the optimistic and big-hearted, Dr. Emelda Ntinglet-Fomanka lives and laughs out loud. MamaTokTok caught up with the educator, real estate entrepreneur and data analyst on finding happiness, her third marriage, growing up polygamous and a hefty dose of straight talk. Follow her on her blog at https://www.emeletsblog.com/ Support the show
Akshata Confronts the Divorce Stigma
March 27, 2020 03:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBAs she navigates life post-divorce, Akshata discusses the stigma and isolation that still attaches to divorcees and single parents. Support the show
Sam Adegoke Keeps It Real on Fame, Growing Up Naija and Toxic Masculinity
March 12, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBThis week, MamaTokTok connects with Sam Adegoke, the actor who plays Jeff Colby on TV series, Dynasty. I asked and Sam answered; with candor, humor, and mischief, we discuss his passion for acting, growing up a Nigerian PK (pastor's kid); his big break and transforming Jeff Colby. In his more reflective state, he unpacks toxic masculinity. But of course, Sam wouldn't be Jeff Colby if there were no surprises. Hint @iammariaborges A brand ambassador for StandToEndRape, Sam partners with the...
Feminism and the African Woman with Mbu Waindim, Ph.D. - International Women's Day Special 2020
March 06, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBMamaTokTok sits down with Mbu Waindim, Ph.D. about feminism in the African context. Dr. Waindim, Cameroon's first known aerospace engineer, speaks candidly about challenging the patriarchy, finding her voice and empowering women. Support the show
On Faith, War and Answering God's Call - Nkaze Chateh, Ph.D.
February 27, 2020 15:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBThis week on MamaTokTok's A Different Take, meet Dr. Nkaze N. Chateh, a Cameroonian-born, US-based conflict resolution specialist turned missionary. Nkaze takes us on a riveting journey from Rocky Mountain, North Carolina to Syria and Iraq as she describes what it means to answer God's call. To learn more about her work or to support her mission, visit https://myvocationislove.com/about-my-mission Support the show
Designer Safietou Seck on Fashion, Womanhood and Confronting Depression
February 21, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBSenegalese-based fashion designer, Safietou Seck sat down with MamaTokTok to discuss her journey from economist to fashion designer, her line Sarayaa and the joys and challenges of developing and marketing a luxury line in Africa. We also discussed her struggle with depression, how Sarayaa saved her and why she's on a mission to normalize conversations about mental health in our communities. Listen and subscribe. Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/mamatoktok)
From Dakar: Designer Safietou Seck on Fashion, Womanhood and Confronting Depression
February 21, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBSenegalese-based fashion designer, Safietou Seck sat down with MamaTokTok to discuss her journey from economist to fashion designer, her line Sarayaa and the joys and challenges of developing and marketing a luxury line in Africa. We also discussed her struggle with depression, how Sarayaa saved her and why she's on a mission to normalize conversations about mental health in our communities. Listen and subscribe. Support the show