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The idea behind this podcast is to explore everything that makes us human and to share our stories. On the Vulnerability Podcast, we share our painful stories, our fears and failures, our joy, our successes too, the struggles, the easiness - all of it - with the hope that it will inspire you to share too. There is strength in our humanness. Host: Peace Itimi.
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The Vinyl Playground Podcast

The Vinyl Playground Podcast

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Cheers - This is Alex - your music man, record guy, host and curator of The Vinyl Playground Podcast. Here, I take a look at a rather large collection of records, my family's record collection. 12 record collectors under the same roof, and the music we collectively bought between 1936 and 1987. Originally intended as a personal letter between 2 musical cousins discussing family and music, The Vinyl Playground has bloomed into a "musical family tree" with almost 100 years of recorded music.
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Creativity, bottled within the container of narrative, is a powerful thing that can affect change in people’s lives. Yet, in the new digital ontophany and tech reality, how have the Arts, in terms of writing, concept art, filmmaking been affected by these changes, and in turn, how can artist affect change in this new creative space? This podcasts seeks to look past the tools and the techniques of digital art and begin to examine what we create digital art for, and if we can indeed affect cha ...
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AKA "Love and the Campus Fuzz," this is a 45-second segment of upcoming TVP Episode 8 - HS Freshman: First Love. Cheers! Alex is the owner of "The Vinyl Playground," the online, mail-order vinyl LP record shop. The items you see in these videos are all for sale, via the internet, at: https://www.discogs.com/seller/thevinylplayground/profile No copy…
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Fall, 1984 - I was a newly-minted high school freshman, surrounded by the then-current Top 40 (Prince, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper, etc.). My ear, however was tuned to the music of nearly 20 years earlier - the music of the 1960s. And mixed in with the music? First love. First kiss. Last suspension from high school. Yup - lo…
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Fast recollection of the afterglow following my first kiss, freshman year high shcool, 1984. It was a doozy - and part of me is still "stuck on stupid." Cheers! Alex Oliver is the owner of "The Vinyl Playground," the online, mail-order vinyl LP record shop. The items you see in these videos are all for sale, via the internet, at: https://www.discog…
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Episode 4: The Crest of a New Wave. I recount, recall, and remember some of the first "new" music I heard via radio and television in 1979 - 1981. This included music by Blondie, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, The Police, and Pretenders. The Vinyl Playground Podcast takes a look at a rather large collection of records, my family's record collect…
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This episode focuses primarily on my discovery of 1960s pop music, as a 12 / 13 year old in early 1980s Los Angeles. Music by The Dave Clark 5, Spanky and Our Gang, John Fred, Neil Diamond, The Kinks, and The Animals. Alex is the owner of "The Vinyl Playground," the online, mail-order vinyl LP record shop. The items you see in these videos are all …
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1982. Age 13. Junior high school. Teenage love. Friendship, and betrayal. Acne, and more record money for vinyl LPs. It's a story as old as time - love "short circuits" the brain of young man. The musical soundscape of the times included songs by J. Geils Band; Human League, The Righteous Brothers, Patti Austin (with James Ingram); The Who; The Isl…
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Summer, 1978. Age 9. My family movies, and I get my first glimpse of "it" - the family record collection. At the time, it was 42 years worth of collecting. Be prepared to share memories and my varied musical soundscape of the times: songs by Frankie Valli, Gerry Rafferty; Tower of Power, The Beach Boys; Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, Chicago and Sant…
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In this new episode of the Vulnerability Podcast, I share my thoughts and opinions about entering new seasons of life and how I have been coping with navigating my life and my feelings. I also share practical wisdom on how to upgrade one's quality of life, through asking for help, relying on community and showing up for one's self. It's been so lon…
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It's over 7 months since my last podcast episode release. A lot has happened to and for me in that time. There's been a lot of changes and growth and tears and Joy. I am learning me again, finding myself again and totally loving this me. In this episode, I talk about entering a new season, how unsexy the process was and all the things I have learne…
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There is rarely love without pain, whether it is the relationship with your parents or a lover or a friendship that ends. A lot of times, relationships hurt. On this episode, you’d hear a couple of these stories. Careful, you might cry--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tvp/message…
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When we were kids, we could not wait to be adults, but we sure as hell weren’t prepared for it all. The bills, decision making, relationships, finding a place to live and the cost of furnishing etc. In this episode, a couple of my friends shared their significant ‘Adulting is kicking my ass’ stories.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.s…
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One thing is clear, our generation is evolving. We are more open, more accepting, more aware and much more comfortable with labels. On this episode, I had a conversation with two friends - Tega and Kush - and we talked about monogamy and polyamory. What it means, where they stand, how their previous relationships have been affected by their stance …
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Some people are lucky enough to get a handle of their life early - to figure out what they want to do and to begin that journey. Some are even luckier to never have to doubt their identity, to not lose everything and or ever have to start again. Debola Ajayi wasn't that lucky. At 22, he had his life figured out but five years later, he lost everyth…
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On this episode, Peace Itimi sits with Phidelia Imiegha as she shares the story of losing her mum. Phidelia talks about her she has dealt with / handled her grieving process in the last 5 years, how it affected her mental health and her relationship with God; and the things you should never say to someone who just lost someone close to them. This i…
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Season 2 of the vulnerability podcast explores the dark, deep and vulnerable stories of ‘upwardly mobile’ young Nigerians. On this first episode, Peace Itimi sits down with Chief Osaretin and Victor Fatanmi as they share their education journey. They talk about their individual struggles & lessons learned so far. Find out which of them dropped out …
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Everyone has a story ...or two: Season 2 of the vulnerability podcast explores the dark, deep and vulnerable stories of ‘upwardly mobile’ young Nigerians. The stories you typically won’t see featured on social media posts or news features or interviews; the stories that remind us of our humanness; the stories that make us who we are - that show our…
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In this episode, Yvonne and Peace deep dive into adult relationships. How important is frequent communication and vulnerability in their friendships? How good are they at sustaining friendships for a long time? Is it bad to let people go often? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tvp/message…
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If there is one thing Yvonne and I have in common, it is that we have received a lot of NOs in life so far. We are go-getters and so we are always trying out for stuff - new jobs, grants, scholarships etc and this year we have been rejected back to back. On this episode, we share our stories and how we deal with rejection. --- Send in a voice messa…
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In this episode, we talked about how a vision board exercise made us think hard about our current financial situation and how it doesn’t even look like what we envision for ourselves in the next five years (lol). We talked about money and peer pressure, money and lagos living amongst other things. We also shared some advice (we tried not to but cou…
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New from Tanya Villano Photography... Cherish Sessions... special, reduced-rate photo sessions for terminally ill or elderly pets. Saying goodbye to a beloved pet is so difficult. The beautiful images captured at this session will celebrate your special bond and the love you share, as well as highlight all those details you love about your pet... t…
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