Podak Purple

Join the ‘-ianas’ & the special ‘Nerd about Town’ blogger, Stephanie Yeboah as they talk about dealing with dating as plus-sized women, working as a freelancer, & Quadiana’s new job!

There's nothing better than Podak Purple guests and, with Koffi, 1/2 of the Unartiste Podcast, and Jermaine, genius designer, in the hot seat, the third instalment of the Sexpisode series explores the routine of pre-sex prep, hygiene and owning your kinks.

We're still talking about sex in this episode and we talk first times, getting over the shame and "watching". We have a wonderful guest in the person of Nana Darkoa a.k.a. Sexiana, founder of Adventures from the Bedroom of African Women and Director of Communications & Media of Association for Women's Rights in Development, who reminds us to embrace our sexy, in spite of our internalized insec...

What is a Back Hoe? Click play to find out.

Cashiana, Quadiana and Kidiana climbed out of the post-Independence Day fog to talk body positivity, sugar daddies and the dysfunction that is R Kelly. This special International Women's Day episode celebrates women of all walks of life. Listen to find out who was the "Lower Lower" of the day.

A year has gone by already and PP alumni, Sergeant Thickums (Helen) and the Kid(Mame), come back to update us on life a year later. In this episode, we find that we're a little less optimistic about love, but more so about other experiences in life, including Kidi and future creative projects. We also chime in on Caster Semenya, John Dumelo, Jussie Smollett and other discussions currently going on...

Podak Purple explores the scam that is adulthood in the Ghanaian context with return guests Nana Adwoa (@ nadwoasey ) and Anita(@ anivick101 ) of Hacking Adulthood (@ HackingAdulthood ).

Nana Adwoa (@ nadwoasey ), Nana Adwoa @ MsAjay (@ Ms_AAjay ) and Anita(@ anivick101 ) join Podak Purple to share why you shouldn't watch Tyler Perry movies, their corporate pet peeves and the decision to take the route less traveled in building a career. Check out Ajay's new book "Final Fling" here: t.co/BCQdHEcpMN

We celebrate International Women’s Month a week late, but at Podak Purple, every month is women’s month. It’s three times the trouble when Siran and Mansa join Pokuaa to talk Cardi B’s blow up, the combined nightmare of Ghanaian healthcare and childbirth, and sisterhood. It’s more or less a gushfest between 3 friends, but if you want a dose of girlpower, block off an hour or so and hop into this e...

It's a thickums convention at Podak Purple headquarters with Helen (@ FlavaFlavswife , IG: ordinaryfitgirll) and Mame (@ mamestastes ). We discuss creative outlets, being an intentional asshole and going vegan. Helen loves her 9-5 and definitely ISN'T tweeting her way through her way through her breakup with Idris Elba during working hours. Mame shares her discoveries about the linkage between foo...

Podak Purple is back, and this time she brought some friends with her to Rush City, Nima. Taylor, Cyril, Donald (of @ GoldCoastReport ) and Abankwa join us to relive the best and worst of Valentine’s Day in Ghana and define African romance. Turns out Donald is a baby boy with high standards and Abankwa wants to fight capitalism on the beach with a special someone. Taylor doesn’t rate the tradition...

A girl walks into a bar; in this episode, we discuss how normal everyday activities can become a nightmare for women, the need for a change in how we view sex workers and power struggles with law enforcement. Josie explains how androgyny does nothing to prevent sexual harassment and Rita tells us when she realized that a little cleavage pushes her below bar food on the social hierarchy of Accra ni...

This is part 2 of the conversation with the Black Girls Glow collective. Listen to the ladies as they continue telling their story. 

Podak Purple is a podcast series that celebrates unapologetic womanhood; an ode to the hit song "Bodak Yellow" by the queen of "Being Yourself" Cardi B. Each episode features host, Pokuaa, and a panel of diverse guests, as they pick apart different issues that women encounter daily, especially the ones that get stuffed into a bag, put in a box, locked in a safe, buried underground .... you get the...