In light of our 100 epsiodes, here are 40 facts about the podcast. Enjoy:
1. First Recording Location- American University's School of Communication (Washington DC)
2. First Published Episode- Dec 1, 2018
3. Highest Downloaded Episode- Ep 073: Learning From Lanre (as at October 21, 2020)
4. Surprising Episodes- Ep 082 (Tales fro Molossia w/President Kevin Baugh), Ep 058- Soul Anarchist (w/Paul Duane)
5. Most Loyal Listener- Chukwuma Chris Nkwontah a.k.a @mrchukwumaz (from Toronto)
6. First remote recording (few weeks before COVID lockdown)-Episode 052 (Hacking Immigration w/Jim Hacking)
7. Theme Music Credit- Makesense a.k.a @makesenseproducer (A Nigerian producer who produced for free).
8. Early Popular Episodes (above 100 lsitens)- Ep 027- From Sialkot with Love (w/ Natasha Barlas), Ep 011 - Straight Outta Saudi (w/ Ghada Alrefia)
9. Fan Favorite Guest- Immigration Lawyer Jim Hacking (Episode 052)
10. Most Covered Country- India (6 episodes)
11. Top 3 episodes: Ep 073 (Learning from Lanre), Ep 068 (Citizenship), Ep 077 (Black Klansman)
12. First Sponsor- Manscapped
13. How long I've sought a guest to be on the podcast- 1.4years
14. Public Pages: Facebook, Twitter, IG, Swell, Minds.com, Pintrest, Patreon, (Coming Soon-OnlyFans + Linkedin)
15. My website: CultureCLassPodcast.com
16. Cool Website Features: Voice Note + Blog
17 Average Rating on Apple Pod: 5 Stars
18. Who do we look up to (Producer- Chris Morrow, Single Host- Joe Rogan, Team- Defunct Loose Talk Podcast, Multiple Hosts- Abadesi & Micheal from Techish)
19. Why we publish episodes on Mondays: Loose Talk Podcast published on Mondays + Grad School Schedule
20. Equipment: Zoom H4n Pro or Zoom Podtrak P4 & Dynamic Mics
21. Who Have I Tried to Get as a Guest: The Rock (Hawain Roots), Melania Trump (Slovenia)
22. First iteration of the Podcast: African Immigrants In America talking shop
23. Previous Podcast Names: The Returnee Podcast, Culture Shock Podcast
24. Co-hosts Auditioned: Kaelin Lynch (Kentucky), Yvonne Onyeabuchi Okafor (Nigeria) & Tofunmi Illori (Nigeria)
25. Funny Places I've recorded: Las Vegas Hotel Room, Public libraries
26. Who designed Old Logo: Nosa Iyare
27. Who designed New Logo: Nosa Iyare
28. First platform Podcast wa spublished on: Soundcloud (Apple came 10 epsiodes in and Spotify almost 30 episodes in)
29. When did you first think of starting your own podcast- 2017
30. Why were ealier episodes shorter?- We used a platform called Spreaker at the time. We could only afford the 45mins recording tier.
31. What else do you do besides the podcast: 2 jobs + Grad school & a pending transportation business
32. First Ever Guest- Episode 10 (What Holiday w/Molly Igoe).
33. First International Guest (Ep 11- Straight Outta Saudi (w/ Ghada Alrefia)-Published Feb 21, 2019
34. First Vulnerable Epiosode (made me start taking interviews more seriously)- Ep 020- Human (w/ K.Potter)
35. Media stuff before the Podcast- WhatsUp Mag, PlayMode Magazine, PlayModeMusic, People of Culture
36. Why yellow for the podcast theme/logo- Love Black & Yellow contrast (thanks WizKhalifa)
37. Have I ever censored content- YES (Episodes talking about Pakistan and Afghanistan)
38. Have I refused an edit (YES- A girl who got back with her boyfriend and wanted an episode taken down)
39. Akward place I found a guest- On a city bus in Washington DC
40. Cities I've recorded episodes in- Washington DC, Denver, Sydney, LasVegas
