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Nam Kiwanuka & Her Relationship With Doubt

Season 1, Ep. 1

EPISODE 1: Nam Kiwanuka is a host on Canada's TVO and is well known for her work in the 2000s as a VJ for Much Music. In the meantime she has done a TED talk, been the editor of an African business magazine and has had two kids. She and Nana aba are honest with each other about being scared while succeeding, and give each other pep talks on whatsapp when the kids are in bed. In this podcast, Nam talks about how she got where she is, power posing and not being above small jobs to get what she wants.

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