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Yoruba Proverbs with Bidemi Ologunde

Yoruba Proverbs with Bidemi Ologunde is a thought-provoking podcast that uses timeless Yoruba proverbs to interpret today’s world. Each episode connects contemporary events to Yoruba cultural perspectives, exploring values, norms, traditions, and everyday wisdom. Through stories, explanations, and real-life examples, host Bidemi Ologunde promotes the Yoruba language, highlights its richness and relevance, and invites listeners—whether fluent speakers or curious learners—to reflect, learn, and proudly preserve Yoruba heritage.

AI and the Yoruba Language

34 mins; December 13, 2025

Yoruba Cosmology and the UFO Question

23 mins; November 08, 2025

76. Olójúkan kì í tàkìtì òró.

23 mins; November 11, 2023

75. What Jagun Jagun Says About Power, Honor, and Yoruba Memory

24 mins; October 28, 2023

74. Can AI Preserve Òwe, or Only Copy It?

26 mins; October 14, 2023

73. Ojú kì í pón babaláwo kó bèèrè ebo àná.

24 mins; September 30, 2023

72. Oju baba ara; awon bi oju; asoro da bi agba

17 mins; September 16, 2023

71. Ohun ti ko to okoo ki i je agba niya

12 mins; September 02, 2023

70. Ofin ni yo so ara e; iyawo ti nna omo iyale

13 mins; August 19, 2023

69. O ye eni gbogbo ko so pe isu o jina, ko ye alubata

14 mins; August 05, 2023

68. "O ru ládugbó ò nrerá; kí ni ká so féni tó ru Òrìsà-a Yemoja?"

13 mins; July 29, 2023

67. "Ó bó lówó iyò, ó dòbu."

23 mins; July 15, 2023

66. "Níbo lo forúko sí tí ò njé Làmbòròkí?"

10 mins; July 01, 2023

65. "“Mo mò-ó gún, mo mò-ó tè,” niyán ewùrà-á fi nlémo."

15 mins; June 17, 2023

64. "Mélòó l’èjìgbò tí òkan è njé Ayé-gbogbo?"

14 mins; June 03, 2023

63. "Lásán kó là n dé etù; ó ní eni tórí è mbá etù mu."

16 mins; May 20, 2023

62. "Kò-sí-nílé kì í jagun enu tì."

15 mins; May 06, 2023

61. "Kò sí mi lájo àjo ò kún: ara è ló tàn je."

15 mins; April 29, 2023

60. "Kí ni ó ya àpón lórí tó fisu síná tó nsúfèé pé “bí a ti nse ni inú mbí won?”"

13 mins; April 15, 2023

59. "Kíni ànfàní-i kètèkètè lára kétékété à-gùn-fesè-wólè?"

9 mins; April 01, 2023

58. "Kàkà kí kìnìún se akápò ekùn, olóde a mú ode è se."

12 mins; March 18, 2023

57. "Ká ríni lóde ò dàbí-i ká báni délé."

16 mins; March 04, 2023

56. "Ibi tí a fi iyò sí ló nsomi sí."

10 mins; February 18, 2023

55. "ìrùkèrè kì í yan ifá lódì; oge, dúró o kí mi."

20 mins; February 04, 2023

54. "Ìpàkó onípàkó là nrí; enieléni ní nrí teni."

14 mins; January 21, 2023

53. "Ilé-ni-mo-wà kì í jèbi ejó."

14 mins; January 07, 2023

52. "Igúnnugún bà lé òrùlé; ojú tó ilé ó tó oko."

16 mins; December 28, 2022

51. "Ibi tí a ti npìtàn ká tó jogún, ká mò pé ogún ibè ò kanni."

15 mins; December 21, 2022

50. "Gbogbo òrò ní nsojú èké."

12 mins; December 14, 2022

49: "Gbogbo egbé nje Má-yè-lóyè, ò nje Sáré-pegbé."

15 mins; December 07, 2022

48. "Eye tó fi ara wé igún, èhìn àdìrò ní nsùn."

20 mins; November 30, 2022

47: "Eran kí la ò je rí? Òpóló báni lábàtà ó ba búrúbúrú."

14 mins; November 23, 2022

46: "Eni tí a ò fé nílùú kì í jó lójú agbo."

15 mins; November 16, 2022

45: "Eni tí a gbé gun elédè, ìwòn ni kó yò mo; eni tó gesin, ilè ló mbò."

17 mins; November 09, 2022

44: "Ení dádé ti kúrò lómodé."

18 mins; November 02, 2022

43: "Egbé eni là ngúnyán ewùrà dè."

23 mins; October 26, 2022

42: "Èèyàn bí òbo lòbo nya láso."

13 mins; October 19, 2022

41: "Èsúrú se fújà ó té lówó oníyán..."

22 mins; October 12, 2022

40: "Eégún wolé, ó ní òun ò rí Ejonto; Ejontó ní, “Àkísà ni, àbí kíní wolé?""

16 mins; October 05, 2022

39: "Dìgbòlugi-dìgbòlùùyàn, kò jé ká mo ajá tòótó."

32 mins; September 28, 2022

38: "Bí ojó ewúré ba pé, a ní kò sí ohun tí alápatàá lè fi òun se."

18 mins; September 21, 2022

37: "Bí olóde ò kú, òdee rè kì í hu gbégi."

19 mins; September 14, 2022

36: "Bí ojú bá rí, enu a dáké."

15 mins; September 07, 2022

35: "Bí kò sí tòbùn èèyàn, ta ni ìbá jí lówùúrò tí kó bójú sásá?"

16 mins; August 31, 2022

34: "Bí elébo ò bá peni, àsefín ò yeni."

17 mins; August 24, 2022

33: "Bí a kò bá tó baba omoó se, a kì í pe alákàrà."

19 mins; August 17, 2022

32: "Bí a kò bá tíì jókòó, a kì í nasè."

13 mins; August 10, 2022

31: "Bí a bá ti lè se là nwí; a kì í yan àna eni lódì."

10 mins; August 03, 2022

30: "Bí a bá mbá omodé jeun lóko, gànmùganmu imú eni ní nwò."

15 mins; July 27, 2022

29: "Ayò àyòjù làkèré fi nsé nítan."

13 mins; July 20, 2022

28: "Àáyá yó níjó kan, ó ní ká ká òun léhín òkánkán."

15 mins; July 13, 2022

27: "Aso àfòfún ò jé ká mo olówó."

13 mins; July 06, 2022

26: "Aròlèkè ò ro bàtà; gbédó gbédó ò ro ojúgun."

10 mins; June 29, 2022

25: "Apá èkúté-ilé ò ká awùsá; kìkìi yíyíkiri ló mo."

12 mins; June 21, 2022

24: "Àmòtékùn-ún fara jo ekùn, kò lè se bí ekùn."

14 mins; June 15, 2022

23: "Alásejù ní ngbébo kojá ìdí èsù; a-gbé-sàráà-kojá-mósálásí."

21 mins; June 08, 2022

22: "Àkùko adìye fi dídáji sàgbà; ó fi sísu-sílè sèwe."

19 mins; June 01, 2022

21: "Àjepò ni tàdán."

18 mins; May 25, 2022

20: Proverbs with a Special Guest - Wuraola Trebble (Nee Ogunsanya).

19 mins; May 18, 2022

19: Proverbs with a Special Guest - Olayinka Ejirinde.

19 mins; May 11, 2022

18: Proverbs with a Special Guest - Faramade Ogunlesi.

17 mins; May 04, 2022

17: Proverbs with a Special Guest - Oluwatobi Oladeji.

16 mins; April 27, 2022

16: Proverbs with a Special Guest - Yewande Aiyerin.

10 mins; April 20, 2022

15: Proverbs with a Special Guest - Olayinka Abisoye.

10 mins; April 13, 2022

14: "Àgbà kì í sorò bí èwe."

11 mins; April 06, 2022

13: "Àgbà kán se béè l’Ógùn; Yemoja ló gbé e lo."

10 mins; March 30, 2022

12: Proverbs with a Special Guest - Jeremiah Ifeoluwa Oyewole.

17 mins; March 23, 2022

11: "Adétèé sòrò méjì, ó fìkan puró; ó ní nígbàtí òún lu omo òun lábàrá, òún já a léèékánná pàtì."

7 mins; March 16, 2022

10: "Abánijeun bí aláìmora, ó bu òkèlè bí ègbón ìyá rè."

11 mins; March 09, 2022

9: "A pè ó lómo erín-màgbon, ò nyò; shé ìwo lo mi àgbon?"

8 mins; March 02, 2022

8: "A n sòrò olè, aláboyún ndáhùn; odiidi èèyàn ló gbé pamó."

9 mins; February 23, 2022

7: "A ngé e lówó, ó mbo òrùka."

10 mins; February 16, 2022

6: "A kì í yàgò fún “Mo gun esin rí.”"

6 mins; February 09, 2022

5: "A kì í mú oko lónà ká sèmélé; tajá teran ní mbúni."

6 mins; February 02, 2022

4: "A kì í kórira òfón-òn ka finá bo ahéré."

5 mins; January 26, 2022

3: "A kì í fi orí wé oríi Mokúsiré; bí Mokúsiré bá kú láàárò, a jí lálé."

7 mins; January 19, 2022

2: "A kì í dàgbà má láyà; ibi ayé bá báni là n je é."

7 mins; January 12, 2022

1: "A kì í bá oba pàlà kí okó oba má sánni lésè."

10 mins; January 05, 2022

Introduction (Start Here)

12 mins; December 22, 2021

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