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The Village Needs
to Talk
If you're part of the conversation…
this is for you.
Podcast
The questions children are afraid to ask their parents. The things parents do not know how to say to their children. The subjects couples avoid until they become a crisis.
Real people. Real talk.
The kind of conversation your auntie hears in the kitchen and finally brings to the table.
What people are talking about
Real conversations. Real topics. Real people.
Money, family and obligation
Marriage, power and modern relationships
Kenya vs Uganda: the things we joke about
Parents and children
Men, women and emotional wellbeing
Health, dignity and SHA
Gen Z, work and power
Education around the kitchen table
Safety, silence and the village
In My Kitchen with Yvonne
A kitchen table for New Africa and the Diaspora
50+
Episodes
10k+
Listeners
Yvonne Buluma-Samba
Host, In My Kitchen with Yvonne
Kenyan educator and economist. Yvonne hosts conversations for New Africa and the Diaspora: the ones who left, the ones who stayed, and the ones building between two worlds. It feels like sitting at a kitchen table with your auntie, where nothing is off limits, everything is spoken with love and honesty, and the topics are the ones our communities actually talk about.
Recurring kitchen-table formats
Auntie, Be Honest
A guest brings one difficult question and Yvonne answers it honestly together.
What the Children Want to Ask
Anonymous questions from young people to parents, teachers and leaders.
What Parents Cannot Say
Parents share the fears, mistakes and realities they normally hide.
The Village Vote
One provocative question put to the audience.
What Your Auntie Heard
Anonymous real-life dilemmas, changed to protect identities.
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Where support ends and exploitation begins, and why saying no feels impossible.
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Expectations of strength and the cost of never showing exhaustion.
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Is Paying School Fees Enough to Make You a Present Father?
The difference between providing and being present in a child's life.
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What Children Are Afraid to Ask Their Parents
The questions children carry in silence and why they never get asked.
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Gen Z, Respect and the Right to Question Authority
The generational clash over respect, hierarchy and speaking up.
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Kenyan Wives versus Ugandan Wives: What Is Behind the Joke?
The cultural stereotypes, the truths, and the jokes that reveal deeper tensions.
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Should You Stay Together for the Children?
The honest truth about staying, leaving and what children really need.
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Who Really Rules the Home?
Power, tradition and the unspoken hierarchy inside every Kenyan household.
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Where Kenyans actually go for help and why.
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The Diaspora Is Tired. Can They Say No?
The weight of expectation from home and the right to rest.
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CBE: Are Parents Listening to Their Children's Talents?
What competency based education means at the kitchen table.
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A few of you asked about something to support the kitchen…
So we kept it simple.
Just something small if you're part of this.
If that's you… you're part of the village.