this weekend we celebrate 41 years of Zimbabwean independence from british colonial rule, so i try my hand at telling the colonial history of Zimbabwe, and i conclude the episode by sharing some of the things i love about my homeland. transition music: Muti Mukuru by Mbira Dzenharira outro song: Chisikana Changu Zimbabwe by Dereck Mpofu xx  .  .  .  QueenJoy  Twitter: @CandidSharn  Facebook: @candidsharn  Instagram: @candidsharn  YouTube: Candid Shar'n with QueenJoy  Website: candidsharn.com  Music from Pixabay

get ready for an episode riddled with me saying "month" instead of "season", or "season" instead of "year" etc, lol. i also talk a bit a bit about covid fatigue, and give a shout out to 2-DA-Forum, check them out! happy best month of the year, happy "best season of the month", and happy easter! xx  .  .  .  QueenJoy  Twitter: @CandidSharn  Facebook: @candidsharn  Instagram: @candidsharn  YouTube: Candid Shar'n with QueenJoy  Website: candidsharn.com  Music from Pixabay

after a 3-month hiatus from the podcast, i'm back and in the first episode of the year i am looking back at 2020, and looking forward to 2021. i discuss cybersecurity and lies in the black mirror segment, (s3 e3, shut up and dance), and i have a new additional segment on music, just a quick review of my favs from 2020.  here are the links from my black mirror life advice:  Norton says cover your webcam Forbes.com says cover your webcam  musiiiiiic: my apple music replay 2020 playlist bryan k hlanganani bryan k kure kure bryan k shaina bryan k killing me softly anita jaxson unonzani ishan bhundu pop sounds from the jungle  man, it feels good to be back!  happy listening!  xx  .  .  .  QueenJoy

and it all came down to this final episode...  nardos and i look back over the last two episodes and discuss tayshia's decision on who her fiance will be.  thanks for joining us on this wonderful ride, bachelorette nation! hasta luego!  xx  .  .  .  QueenJoy  Twitter: @CandidSharn  Facebook: @candidsharn  Instagram: @candidsharn  YouTube: Candid Shar'n with QueenJoy  Website: candidsharn.com  Music from Pixabay

omg - we are nearing the end, and it's so sad yet so exciting. we were honoured with two whole episodes this week and they were great - the guys got together to chat with tayshia and chris harrison (and they expressed their discontentment with yosef), the final four were chosen and then filtered down to three (what an L for ben). nardos and i discuss our thoughts on all this and more, plus we have a little chat on men's fashion, inspired by zac c. happy listening! .  .  .  xx QueenJoy Twitter: @CandidSharn  Facebook: @candidsharn  Instagram: @candidsharn  YouTube: Candid Shar'n with QueenJoy  Website: candidsharn.com  Music from Pixabay

lots of cliffhangers in this week's episode of the bachelorette, and we loved it! nardos and i are at it again, giving advice to the men and expressing surprise about/concern over tayshia's decisions! here's that episode of modern love that we mentioned: happy listening!  .  .  .  xx QueenJoy  Twitter: @CandidSharn  Facebook: @candidsharn  Instagram: @candidsharn  YouTube: Candid Shar'n with QueenJoy  Website & Blog: candidsharn.com  Music from Pixaby

nardos and i mourn eazy's not-so-easy date and his ultimate demise on the show. we guess who will be eliminated next and "finalise" our top 4!  happy listening!  .  .  .  xx QueenJoy  Twitter: @CandidSharn  Facebook: @candidsharn  Instagram: @candidsharn  YouTube: Candid Shar'n with QueenJoy  Website: candidsharn.com    Music from Pixabay

nardos and i discuss who the true "grown-ass men" in the house are and who the true "man-children" are.  two notes:  this episode is a late release - it was recorded a week ago, after episode 6 was released. i was experimenting with background music here... if you feel strongly about it in either way, please lmk!    happy listening!  .  .  .  xx QueenJoy    Twitter: @CandidSharn  Facebook: @candidsharn  Instagram: @candidsharn  YouTube: Candid Shar'n with QueenJoy  Website: candidsharn.com  Music from Pixabay

in this week's episode i am joined by my lovely cousin, sekuru, and friend, Tavonga (click here to watch video episode on YouTube). Tavonga and i are really great friends and in this episode we discuss everything from moving from Zimbabwe to the diaspora, police brutality on this side of the world, Shona culture including the topic of roora, aka brideprice, and we also share some stories from when we were growing up.   at some point in the episode i mentioned the song 'Madam Mombeshora' so here it is, and here's a bit of something on the Shona practice of roora for those of you interested in knowing more (this one is for you, dear future husband, in addition to the rest of the readings). Here's a lighter read on it. i once wrote a term paper on roora so let me know if you'd like to read that and i'll happily send it over. happy listening!   .   .   .   xx QueenJoy    Tavonga's LinkedIn: @tavongaroymagwenzi   Tavonga's Instagram: @tavongaroy    Twitter: @CandidSharn  Facebook: @candidsharn  Instagram: @candidsharn  YouTube: Candid Shar'n with QueenJoy  Website: candidsharn.com  Music from Pixabay

covering two episodes at once? WHOA! well, we mostly focus on episode 5 hehe. in this episode nardos and i discuss the last two episodes of our lovely show, the bachelorette. we give our opinions on the newly engaged couple, dale and clare (congrats to them), and we also share our feeling on tayshia's first few days with the guys. we point out some clear favourites and clear nots, discuss what we would carry with us to pass time if we were ever on the show, and we talk safety on dates. happy listening! . . . xx QueenJoy Twitter: @CandidSharn  Facebook: @candidsharn  Instagram: @candidsharn  YouTube: Candid Shar'n with QueenJoy  Website: candidsharn.com  Music from Pixabay

in this episode i talk about some great stuff from the new york times on elections and guns, space debris, santa v covid-19, "break up lines" (v pick-up lines) among other things, and it also comes up at some point that a Dan Brown book gave me my mind its first philosophical stretch (link the book).  i also chat a bit about one of the most popular black mirror episodes: season 3 episode 1, nosedive.  lots of this content came from some interesting reddit threads, so thanks reddit :)  as usual, here are those links i mentioned: new york times - the one on guns new york times - the one on elections happy listening!  xx  .  .  .  QueenJoy  Twitter: @CandidSharn  Facebook: @candidsharn  Instagram: @candidsharn  YouTube: Candid Shar'n with QueenJoy  Website: candidsharn.com  Music from Pixabay

OMG!! OH MY GOSH!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!?!?  clare needs to show some respec! this episode was P-A-C-K-E-D from start to end! clare and dale! zach j! tayshia! this is one of those that is definitely worth watching if you missed it.  nardos and i (mostly i) were busy coming up with stories of how tayshia was on matt adams' season when that season has not even happened yet lol!!  the bachelorette artwork still loading happy listening! xx  .  .  .  QueenJoy  Twitter: @CandidSharn  Facebook: @candidsharn  Instagram: @candidsharn  YouTube: Candid Shar'n with QueenJoy  Website: candidsharn.com  Music from Pixaby

let's talk dating in the time of corona - with my friend, theresa!  ---  this episode is so special to me as i am joined by a very good friend of mine, theresa, and we discuss online dating as well as polyamory and polygamy. we also get side tracked into some of my dating criteria and failures so that's fun (and exposing, lol!)  happy listening!  xx  .  .  .  QueenJoy  Twitter: @CandidSharn  Facebook: @candidsharn  Instagram: @candidsharn  YouTube: Candid Shar'n with QueenJoy  Website: candidsharn.com  Music from Pixaby

we're back with episode 2 and omg so much dumbness and inappropriateness in this episode. we cringed, we laughed, we 'huh'd. we also swooned a bit (well, i did, haha).  happy listening!  xx  .  .  .  QueenJoy  Twitter: @CandidSharn  Facebook: @candidsharn  Instagram: @candidsharn  YouTube: Candid Shar'n with QueenJoy  Website & Blog: candidsharn.com  Music from Pixaby

a necessary follow up to last week's episode  -------  another week, another episode, and this time i am adding some footnotes to last week's episode. i discuss my views on cancel culture, and of course, black mirror (s2 e4)!  as per "uzh", i mention so many links and give so many recommendations, so here they are:  The Social Dilemma, available on Netflix  American Murder: The Family Next Door, available on Netflix  Article on the Stauffers & Rehoming Huxley  Westworld, available on HBO    happy listening!  .  .  .  xx QueenJoy Twitter: @CandidSharn  Facebook: @candidsharn  Instagram: @candidsharn  YouTube: Candid Shar'n with QueenJoy  Website & Blog: candidsharn.com  Music from Pixaby

nardos is back (!!!) and we'll be discussing ALL of the bachelorette season 16 as the episodes come out! If you haven't started watching, get on that! it's promising to be an exciting season. happy listening!  x  x  x  QueenJoy  Twitter: @CandidSharn  Facebook: @candidsharn  Instagram: @candidsharn  YouTube: Candid Shar'n with QueenJoy  Website & Blog: candidsharn.com    Music from Pixaby

a bit of my ramblings on why NOT the usa -democratic or republican, being a "trump-et" is a whole new ball game i'm back from my one week break!! and i'm back feeling like talking a bit about american politics (just a bit). tbh, this episode was just me explaining why the us just ain't the one for me. there are more reasons, but this was just the most recent one on my mind. if you are a us citizen and are not yet registered to vote, please do so and excise your right. if you are an alien like me, well then, vote where you can when the time comes, otherwise just sit back (and share your thoughts with me if you are comfortable) and watch while others vote lol. i think i mentioned the uni people? here's the link anyway The Uni People  here's one of my favourite podcasts: Sadza In the Morning and that great music i mentioned? Shades of Yale  happy listening! . . . xx QueenJoy Twitter: @CandidSharn  Facebook: @candidsharn  Instagram: @candidsharn  YouTube: Candid Shar'n with QueenJoy  Website & Blog: candidsharn.com  Music from Pixaby

nothing to make you laugh quite like hearing about how someone else (me) was embarrassed --- we all have some embarassing stories... well, most of us do, and here are some of mine! they somehow both happened in my first year of college, idk what (if anything) that says about freshman year. if you are easily grossed out then you might wanna skip story #2. here's a link to that video you'll thank yourself for watching: Idols SA Killing Me Softly  here's the link to the youtube channel i mentioned: Living Water at Yale  and here's the link to my most recent blog post: yesterday i cried  happy listening! . . . xx QueenJoy Twitter: @CandidSharn Facebook: @candidsharn  Instagram: @candidsharn  YouTube: Candid Shar'n with QueenJoy  Website & Blog: candidsharn.com Music from Pixaby

chat with bryan k plus discussion on & teasers from his newest album, BIBO WORLDWIDE --- follow this link to watch this video episode. in this episode i am joined by my first profile guest, Bryan K! Bryan, aka Bibo, is a Zimbabwean musician who won the first season of Zimbabwe's version of America's Got Talent, Starbrite, for his incredible vocals and guitar skills! he just launched his newest album, BIBO WORLDWIDE, this last tuesday, september 16! check out his music and socials, and enjoy the episode! Bryan K's newest album: Listen to BIBO WORLDWIDE  Bryan K YouTube: BryanKVEVO  Bryan K Facebook: @BryanKadengu  Bryan K Twitter: @bibobryan  Bryan K Instagram: @bryankofficial  Opening Song: Matida by Bryan K (Apple Music link, Spotify link) Closing Song: video for Heavy Machine by Bryan K (Apple Music link, Spotify link) Happy Listening! . . . xx QueenJoy #ZimbabweanLivesMatter  Twitter: @CandidSharn  Facebook: @candidsharn  Instagram: @candidsharn  YouTube: Candid Shar'n with QueenJoy  Website: candidsharn.com Music from Pixaby, & of course, Bryan K

WARNING: This episode contains accounts of corporal punishment --- Growing up in Zimbabwe, discipline was almost always equated with corporal punishment. In this fairly lighthearted episode I recount a story when I was naughty and was disciplined, and a friend of mine also shares some of his observations on corporal punishment in Zimbabwe. I also discuss black mirror season 2, episode 2, "White Bear" Happy Listening! . . . xx QueenJoy #ZimbabweanLivesMatter  Twitter: @CandidSharn  Facebook: @candidsharn  Instagram: @candidsharn  YouTube: Candid Shar'n with QueenJoy  Website: candidsharn.com  Music from Pixaby