Yes Girls Podcast | Do, Be, Learn Something New

Coffee is life, right? Especially for Claire Baker, who, by the way, almost worships coffee and who is, for this episode, saying YES to learning barista skills and finding out a whole lot more about the details of this world-famous beverage. Be sure to watch the VIDEO DIARY as well! Similar to Season 2, only one of the girls is saying YES to each challenge, and uniquely, this Season features not j...

As the Season 5 debut, the Yes Girls say yes to learning how to rap. But actually, just one of them said YES to this challenge: Akumu. Watch the video log on YouTube after or before listening to this audio episode. Certainly, the perfect way to start a season where each Yes Girl only does half of the challenges (similar to Season 2). But the unique thing this time, though, is that there are more e...

This is probably the most pointless episode you'll listen to from the Yes Girls. Apart from this other one , of course. For this under-10-minuter, Claire and Akumu say YES to exposing their studio mishaps, messes, and mayhem—and not just theirs but those of some experts, too. So yes, it's pointless, but you will definitely get a couple of laughs from it. Enjoy. **************** If you enjoy the po...

For this miniature episode or Yesticle, the Yes Girls, Akumu & Claire, play Truth or Dare, which they'd much rather call Truth or Yes! So in less than twenty minutes, who'll give in to the truth, and who'll give in to the spontaneous & daring Yes? Watch the video version of this episode on our YouTube channel here .   They say YES to exploring whether they've cried recently, their fea...

The Yes Girls' book club is in the studio for this Yesticle! Representing the large group of "yes girls" who make up the actual book club where this podcast was birthed are Muthoni Thuo-Ngunjiri and Freyja Oddsdotir. Muthoni and Freyja join Akumu and Claire to discuss whether they are indeed yes girls, what they would like the originals to say yes to next, what they hope for the podcast in the fut...

Yes People come in many shapes and sizes. And the ones, we mention here are some of the biggest ones the Yes Girls could think of. "Big" meaning "Inspiring x infinity*". Listen in to understand those references. You can also watch this on our YouTube channel here . This is a mini episode also called a Yesticle. Claire and Akumu discuss their definition of a Yes Person, and the two or more people w...

Yup! Yes People, say hello to Yes Parents! This one's for the ages - literally! The Yes Girls sit down with one pair of the Yes Parents to ask some very important questions. For this mini-episode or Yesticle, as we call it, the Yes Girls, Claire Baker and Akumu Fiona, are conversing with Claire's lovely parents, whom we call Mama and Papa Claire. This inter-generational discussion covers favourite...

This is also a video episode which you can watch on the Yes Girls YouTube channel here. ___________________ For this episode, or rather, mini-episode or (much rather) Yesticle, the Yes Girls, Claire Baker and Akumu Fiona lay out all their learnings, lifelong lessons, not-so-shocking disappointments, and unexpected missteps relating to the six Yes challenges completed for Season 4. They share what...

This is a big one. The Yes Girls say yes to doing kizomba! The perfect way to end Season 4! Quick yap correction: Angola is south of DRC and West of Zambia (not East, as said in the episode). It's worth noting that Akumu went into this challenge with Salsa, Bachata, and Merengue knowledge, while Claire went in with some Mexican and Kenyan" swaying of the hips". For this particular YES challenge, t...

For this one, the girls say "yes" to being plant parents, or rather, as Claire calls it, developing their green thumb or green fingers. One of them has some experience going in, albeit traumatic, and the other has (absolutely) none. For the challenge, they each had to acquire two house plants and effectively care for them for 2-3 months. The unique thing about this episode is that there isn't just...

"Is crypto investing or just gambling?" That's the question the Yes Girls set out to answer when they said yes to learning about cryptocurrency alongside Erick Asuma of Kenyan Wallstreet. And because this challenge needed real stakes, they spent two weeks putting some of their own money into Bitcoin, the world's most well-known cryptocurrency, while trying to understand what they were actually get...

"Why CrossFit People Are Like That" is one of the many questions the Yes Girls end up asking themselves before & after saying yes to doing CrossFit for this challenge. And if you know anything about DOING challenges in the Yes Girls' Universe, you already know this meant sweat, confusion, sore muscles, strange terminology, and getting thrown headfirst into something completely new. And boy, wa...

For this second episode of Season 4, the Yes Girls say "Yes" to learning photography! And not just any photography - phone photography or rather mobile photography. A LEARNING challenge means they had to do some theory then down and dirty with the practical aspect of taking amazing photos!  This episode's guest expert is none other than Sam Kaguora.  Sam (a.k.a Kagz) is a photographer, e...

For this first episode of Season 4, the Yes Girls say "Yes" to being yogis or better yet, yoginis! And since this is a BEING challenge, it meant taking charge of more than just a few yoga exercises, yoga poses or handling a couple of minutes of mindfulness meditation. A BEING challenge means so much more than that. And this one certainly did.  It meant merging some not-so-obvious yoga benefit...

In this episode (rather, a mini-episode or Yesticle), the Yes Girls, Claire Baker, and Akumu Fiona are asking themselves the very question they ask so many others: "what have you said yes to recently?" From this, a couple of questions arise. Are they Yes Girls in the true sense of the phrase? Or are they only Yes Girls when it comes to this podcast's challenges and episodes? That's what they attem...

In this episode (a mini-episode or Yesticle), the Yes Girls, Claire Baker and Akumu Fiona, are conversing with the Season 3 No Girl, Freyja Oddsdottir . Freyja was the Season's voice of reason, the no to the girls' yes(es), the challenger to their encouragers, and the wind beneath their wings. So in this one, you'll get to know a bit more about her, what she's about, how she met the Yes Girls, whe...

In this episode (rather, a mini-episode or Yesticle), the Yes Girls, Claire Baker and Akumu Fiona, are doing a mini-book club. It pays ode to their larger book club, where they discuss books and podcasts and where they were conceived a little over three years ago. In this one, they discuss the best books they have read or listened to over the years, plus those they'd want to recommend. They also n...

In this mini-episode or (what they like to call) Yesticle, the Yes Girls, Claire Baker and Akumu Fiona attempt a new kind of challenge. The challenge of convincing each other to take on a new challenge. The rules? This new challenge needs to be something that one of them has said "Yes" to many times over, while the other has mostly said "No" or "Maybe". So, in this quick discussion, they touch on...

In this mini-episode or (much rather) Yesticle, the Yes Girls lay out all their learnings, lifelong lessons, not-so-shocking disappointments, and unexpected missteps relating to the six Yes challenges completed for Season 3. They share what they've learnt from just a little over 3 months of doing, being & learning new things that they'd both never done before.  So, in essence, this episod...

In this final one of Season 3, the Yes Girls say "yes" to DJing! For this DOING challenge, they attempted to step into the shoes of their favourite DJs (and maybe even their worst) and they did this with absolutely zero prior knowledge. Their attempts were driven by the fact that they both thought they knew better or hoped to become better than those who they feel do the DJing craft (and their aud...

In this fifth episode of Season 3, the Yes Girls say "yes" to their most challenging "being" episode yet! They both say "YES" to being activists. But what exactly does being an activist mean? What does it entail, and what are some types of activism? The Yes Girls explore answers to all of these questions, including why activism is important, how to be an activist on social media, and if anyone can...

In this fourth instalment of Season 3, the girls say "yes" to a highly technical and sort-after 21st-century skill! For this LEARNING episode, they attempt to step into the shoes of someone highly skilled. They both say "YES" to learning sound (audio) production. Psst! Sound engineers, watch out! But wait! Is it really sound production they got up to? Or was it sound engineering? Or sound design?...

In this third episode of Season 3, the Yes Girls say "yes" to something everyone who's anyone wants to get better at! This is a BEING episode, meaning they both say "YES" to being organised! But what exactly does it mean to "be organised"? Because it is such a broad topic?! Well, they each approached it from different angles depending on an area of their lives that they thought seriously needed he...

In this second episode of Season 3, the Yes Girls say "yes" to something they've both never done before very consciously. They both say "YES" to learning how to manage their money better! They have never really sat down to think about the money mindsets that control how they handle their money, and how that affects their overall money management skills. So for this episode, they reflect and share...

Tired of playing it safe? The Yes Girls Podcast dares you to say "YES" to stepping outside your comfort zone. Your audacious guides on this wild journey are Akumu Fiona and Claire Baker - two Nairobi-based wanderlusters , affectionately known as the 'Yes Girls'. This bi-weekly documentary-style Kenyan podcast is a rollercoaster of (mis)adventures and YEStifications ranging from the thrilling to th...