Almost everyone in the corporate space can relate to sending out application after application to no avail. If you have ever been in that situation, then this episode is for you. On this all-new episode of Banter and Chill podcast, Ini-Baby sits with Efetobore, an Incident Manager at a multi-national to discuss the job market, best practices for job applications, and overall career progression. There’s a lot to learn laced with the light-hearted banter that is Banter and Chill’s...

Female friendships are honestly the gifts that keep giving. As a woman, sometimes all you need out of life are the friends you make along the way so gather your girlfriends, grab a bottle of wine, and enjoy this all-new episode on female friendships. Enjoy🥂 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/banternchill/message

"Valentine is coming, where's your boyfriend?" For some of us, this season of love will be filled with "awwwnn" while for others, the pressure is definitely gonna get worser. Regardless of the group you fall into, this new episode is gonna make a great addition to your valentine plans. Veronica and Ini baby sat down to have a feel-good chat about modern day love and dating on this all new episode of Banter and Chill podcast. Listen and enjoy 😉 --- Send in a voice message:...

Music has been many things for many people this year and it's the one thing we can hold onto despite it all. In this episode of Banter and Chill podcast, Inibaby and EMK discuss the good, and the bad and the "try again next year" in 2023 Nigerian secular music. Enjoy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/banternchill/message

You know what they say, all work and no play makes Banter and Chill podcast a Boring podcast🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️. On today's episode of the podcast, we are throwing away all forms of seriousness and indulging in a fun, laid-back games session. If you have missed any episode in the past, do not miss this one because it is guaranteed to get a few laughs out of you. Listen and enjoy🫶🏻 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/banternchill/message

Which is it for you? "I turned out fine" or "my parents were doing their best". Then there are those who cannot relate because their childhood was actually pretty chill. Now we're adults and we will be parents one day(some of us are parents already). How would you raise your kids? Would you be sparing the rod? Or making sure your child is not spared? Would you raise your kids like your parents raised you or you want to do better? Inibaby dives into this riveting topic with a brand new...

As it is, the cost of living is enough to kill the living. The price of everything has gone up exponentially while income is still where it is. Which begs the question: Can the poor really breathe or are they being suffocated? In this all-new episode of Banter and Chill with Ini Baby, Kelechi and I dive into the current cost of living crisis and what it means for sapa to become a household name. As always, listen and enjoy🤗 --- Send in a voice message:...

Friendship is a necessity in life, as the saying goes ‘no man is an island’. Life and responsibilities sometimes pose constraints on adult friendships. One has to decide if the friendship is worth the struggles or if loneliness is the way to go. Join Ini Baby and Hope as they talk about the struggles of adult friendships in this captivating new episode of Banter and Chill podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/banternchill/message

All work and no play makes Ini baby a boring baby so on this new episode of Banter and Chill podcast, we're having a "would you rather" session! Watch Lee and Ini throw "Would you rather" questions at each other while judging each other's weird choices, lol. Listen and enjoy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/banternchill/message

A 9-5 is one major chronicle of being an adult. To some it might seem like the worst part of being an adult and to others it is the essence of being an adult. You will question many things; “is it worthwhile?”, “can it put food on my table?”, “Can I still be a baller?”, “Should I just start my own business?”. Sit tight as Ini Baby and her guest, Ini Usoro, take us into the hustle and bustle of the 9-5 life vs the creative life in this all-new episode of Banter and Chill podcast. ---...

Friends with benefits to some can be seen as a way of being intimate with someone without the emotional burden and commitment, to others it's an agreement between cowards who are scared to feel vulnerable with someone else. Ultimately are open relationships so different in comparison to friends with benefits? In this all-new episode of Banter and Chill podcast, Ini Baby deep dives with her first guest, Iris, into the reality of friends with benefits vs open relationships, possible reasons,...

For the second episode of season 2. We’re dissecting life outside #nysccamp. This is a deep dive into the good(if there’s any😆), the bad and the ugly! Don’t forget to share as you listen. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/banternchill/message

For most Nigerian youths, NYSC is a rite of passage into the labor market and it is almost synonymous with puberty. But is it really as glamorous on the inside as it looks on the outside? In this all-new episode of Banter and Chill podcast, Ini Baby deep dives into the reality of NYSC, with a focus on the camping experience. You will hear from her and a host of others about the good, the bad, and the ugly about NYSC camp. Listen and enjoy🫶 --- Send in a voice message:...

2022 is coming to an end and almost everyone is taking inventory of their year while making plans toward goals for 2023, impressive sturv actually. Pause! One thing you always skip is shedding all that misogyny you carry around with you. Before you start to tussle with me, some of you are not guilty while the rest of you... Oh, I am definitely judging. It's the last episode for the year so trust me to shake tables and burst your eyeglass with it.  So, tune into my latest episode where i...

Toxic relationships... You've either been in one, know someone who has or just heard about them. There is one question that stands out though, why do people struggle to leave? On today's episode of the pod, I give you four reasons why.  Listen and let me know if you learned anything new🫶 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/banternchill/message

Have I ever told you I write? Well on some days when I am not too lazy, I actually come up with pretty interesting stories. For this new episode, I am gracing your ears with a reading of one of my short stories. I ask again, have I ever told you I write? Well, you can listen for yourself and let me know if I'm good at it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/banternchill/message

The plan was to have a stable career by 25, earning 6 figures and married with a house and like one child. I feel like almost all of us had those plans, but life happened, and we grew up.  When life happens to you, the line between work and personal life can be blurred. You do not know where one starts and the other ends. In this new episode, Ini baby analyses work-life balance and how to nail it the way adulthood is nailing you😅 Listen and let me know what you think. --- Send in a...

The last time, the focus was on listening skills. This time around, let us analyze Speaking skills! In the words of Bobrisky "some of you, your mouth is too loose!". Did he/she lie? No! The problem is not that you talk a lot, the problem is you don't know how to talk. By default, most of us can speak but how do you convey your thoughts/opinions? If you fail at speaking, there will be gaps in communication. In this new episode, Ini baby dissects how to approach effective speaking so you can...

It is a human thing to want to be heard, but do we grant people that same grace? When having a conversation, do you hear what is being said to you? beyond hearing, do you actively listen? do you actually comprehend what you listened to? In as much as hearing is something most people can do by design, listening has to be practiced with intent. In this particular episode, Ini baby discusses the DOs and DON'Ts of listening to help you improve your listening skills.   Enjoy. --- Send in a...

Why is there such a stigma attached to not getting it right the first time? or the second time? or even the third time. We glamourize starting strong and finishing gracefully but when will we have conversations about failing? about having to go back to the drawing board? about having to try again? In this episode of Banter and Chill, Ini baby analyses the importance of taking breaks and pausing if you need to before coming back to finish what you started. Listen and let me know if this is...

Do you believe the rod of correction is what it would take to make your child straight? Or do you believe dialogue is the way while they figure out their sexuality? In this episode of Banter and Chill, join Ini baby and a host of others as we share our opinions on questions surrounding children and the topic of sexuality. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/banternchill/message

Have you ever been going through anything and someone tells you, "there is light at the end of the tunnel"? I can relate to how much you feel like rolling your eyes at that statement. There's too much emphasis on the light at the end of the tunnel and very little emphasis on how you cope in the tunnel. In the new episode of the Banter and Chill podcast, I give my own tested and tried (aka amateur) ways to cope during depressive episodes in your life. Listen and let me know if this helps...

Are you your baby's baby or should I mind my business? But, would it really be a podcast without unsolicited opinions? In this episode, I talk about one-sided relationships, red flags, and the signs that you are about to see shege with that your favorite person. Listen and enjoy. Music by Music_Unlimited and  AudioCoffee from pixabay.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/banternchill/message

Some things are better left unsaid but what if you do need to say them? We all have those conversations that we avoid and put off until the very last minute when things are starting to really go bad. Just in case no one ever told you, leaving things unsaid does not always make you the bigger person. Sometimes, all it does is make your chest swell like garri from holding in all the anger and hurt. In this episode, I will be discussing difficult conversations and how to navigate them. Listen...