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Mike Afolarin became famous for a role. But what he shared with me on set may be the most powerful thing he has ever done.He said many actors are suffering and smiling.Even though Far From Home made him a breakout star, the weight he carries behind the scenes is softer, sadder, and far more complex.He found photography through heartbreak. Work became a way to outrun the pain. One day, he picked up a camera — and that became his healing.He said the women in his life often call him emotionally detached.And right there on set, it clicked.Maybe it wasn’t just about heartbreak. Maybe it began with an absent father.He became the emotional rock for his mother. Somewhere along the way, he forgot how to let others hold him too.He is open to reconciliation. But his father has not reached out.Still, he says everyone needs a father’s love. Not having it made him grow up fast.It shaped his heart. His relationships. His silence.This is Mike Afolarin like you have never seen him before.Watch all new and old full episodes here: www.withchude.comBuy ‘How Depression Saved My Life’, #TheDailyJoy and #TheDailyVulnerable books here: shop.withchude.comDonate to the work here: partner.withchude.comPlease subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/c/chude Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“You need to forgive God.”In this episode, my guests opened up about faith, pain, and the complicated relationship many people have with religion.They shared what it’s like to grow up loving a God you’re told to fear—a God who feels so far away when life hits hard. From the sting of loss, to the scars of abuse, to the heavy weight of grief, they opened up about wrestling with a God who didn’t seem to show up when they needed Him most. It’s raw, it’s real, and it’s a conversation that’ll make you think deeply and see God in a way that's beyond what you have been taught. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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She’s 73. A Nigerian woman. A fighter in every sense of the word.Rosalind Umar didn’t go looking for fame — but somehow, fame found her. And now the internet can’t get enough of her.In her words: “I’m not the stereotypical woman that the average man want to marry. I box. I do martial arts. And I hate the word ‘submissive.’”She speaks with unfiltered truth about life, about aging, about marriage, and about battling a degenerative disease that no amount of gym time, swimming, or exercise could stop — until surgery became her only option.But even in pain, she laughs. She speaks. She lives fully.This is not just a viral moment. It’s a woman reclaiming her story. And it’s one of the most powerful conversations I’ve had.Watch all new and old full episodes here: www.withchude.comBuy ‘How Depression Saved My Life’, #TheDailyJoy and #TheDailyVulnerable books here: shop.withchude.com Donate to the work here: partner.withchude.com Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/c/chude Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“My father was jailed when I was one years old, my mother died in an accident on her way to visit him in prison when I was 4” I spoke with one of Nigeria’s finest actors, and he shared stories from his life that have deeply shaped him—how he loves, how he shows up for the people he cares about, and what motivates him to work.This episode peels off layers beyond the fine actor who is loved in all his films. He shares stories of hurt and injustice his family has faced and why he is very inspired to fight injustice and tell stories. He tells me the reason he married his wife, and why he would advice everyone to marry.He tells me about that time he was falsely accused of being a cult member in university and that event that made him depressed after he was expelled helped him find acting and he’s grateful for that. This episode is deep, raw, honest and exciting and  is now up on withChude.comWatch all new and old full episodes here: www.withchude.comBuy ‘How Depression Saved My Life’, #TheDailyJoy and #TheDailyVulnerable books here: shop.withchude.com Donate to the work here: partner.withchude.com Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/c/chude Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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“I bled for 127 days, I was the woman with the issue of blood”“I lost 55kg in 14 months and I found God”This episode will show you strength, courage, and peace amidst great adversity. Bunmi George tells me deep truths that have formed her to become the person she is from bleeding for days to losing weight, and how that shaped her faith even as a Pastors’ kid. She shares with me the story of losing three of the most important men in her life within 3 weeks her brother, her pastor and her father. This episode is deep and is now up on withChude.com.  Watch all new and old full episodes here: www.withchude.comBuy ‘How Depression Saved My Life’, #TheDailyJoy and #TheDailyVulnerable books here: shop.withchude.comDonate to the work here: partner.withchude.comPlease subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/c/chude Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does it mean… to be told you will never have children?To pray, to hope, to fight—and then, finally, to hold the miracle in your hands.And then—less than 21 months later—they tell you she has cancer. Aggressive. Spreading fast. But this is not a story of death.This is the story of survival.The miracle baby they said was impossible.The one they said wouldn’t come. The one they said wouldn’t stay.And yet, here she is.Still standing. Still smiling. Still fighting.With her mother, Hilda Dickson—who never gave up, even when everything said she should.We sit with a testimony. A miracle. A warrior.Watch all new and old full episodes here: www.withchude.comBuy ‘How Depression Saved My Life’, #TheDailyJoy and #TheDailyVulnerable books here: shop.withchude.com Donate to the work here: partner.withchude.com Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/c/chude Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“I threatened God, and something told me to jump into the water instead of threatening Him.”Popular hit song "Able God" singer, Chinko Ekun—once signed under Olamide’s record label— shares with me how he lost it all.He talks about having one of the biggest hits in Nigerian music history with Able God, and how he never imagined it would blow the way it did. A few years later, the fame turned quiet, and  everything around him fell apart.He moved from a Lagos-based label to a Dubai-based one, searching for a fresh start. But instead of breakthrough, he lost the deal, his money to an investment scam, and his relationship. He talks about how he threatened God at the beach, he said “if you don’t do something, I will bow to another god” and a voice told him to jump into the water instead.From chart-topping glory to silent heartbreak, from threatening God to rediscovering hope.This is a beautiful interview with Chinko Ekun we have never seen him before.And today, he shares how he’s fine despite the loss.Watch all new and old full episodes here: www.withchude.comBuy ‘How Depression Saved My Life’, #TheDailyJoy and #TheDailyVulnerable books here: shop.withchude.com Donate to the work here: partner.withchude.com Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/c/chude Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this deeply personal conversation, Desmond Elliot, actor and politician, sets the record straight, and it’s not what you expect.He opens up about how finding work back then was an extreme sport. “I did a lot of ‘waka pass’ roles,” he says, laughing. But the grind was real and the rejection was even more real.Desmond also shares how a chance introduction to Asiwaju by Adams Oshiomhole completely changed the course of his life. “For some reason, Asiwaju just liked me,” he says, still surprised.He speaks with clarity about being contested against by Olumide Oworu during the 2023 elections. “I wasn’t angry with him,” he says. “I was hurt by the veterans who endorsed him.”From the screen to the streets, from heartbreak to hope, this is Desmond Elliot that you will fall in love with again.Watch all new and old full episodes here: www.withchude.comBuy ‘How Depression Saved My Life’, #TheDailyJoy and #TheDailyVulnerable books here: shop.withchude.com Donate to the work here: partner.withchude.com Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/c/chude Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.