Contemplations
Season 1
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by Marlon Johnson
This first episode introduces the podcast, and what it's all about: growth. We introduce the motivations for the associated book, The Contemplations of Jansah Kwabena, and dive into Chapter One. Why does the world seem so hard and how do we build our resolve to act rightly?
In this episode, host Marlon Johnson is joined by his very first guest, Francis Okyere. They focus on Chapter One's emphasis of helping young people prepare for the many roads ahead. The conversation settles onto the theme of wisdom: how it is shared, the mentors and influences of their own youth, and the best advice they received.
Host Marlon Johnson continues the conversation with guest Francis Okeyere - mentors, advice and the great influences on their lives.
We continue on to Chapter 2 of the book, where a confused Kwabena repeatedly laments: "I do not understand the Creator".
Host Marlon Johnson dives deeper into Chapter 2 in a conversation with guest Eusi Fraser - suffering makes up a great part of the human condition. Can we get closer to understanding why this is so, and possibly find how suffering fits into our Creator's plans for mankind?
It's graduation season! We skip to end of the book, to The Exhortation, a speech given to young men and women who have successfully completed their village's Maturity Trials. Be bold, and take changes, says Kwabena. Growth comes from choices.
Graduation season brings opportunities for new roads, directions and communities. My guest, newly graduated Lucas Brunson, joins me to reflect on how his life experiences so far have prepared him for the journey ahead.
Chapter 3 moves us into considerations of the central focus of our lives. How do we choose what core principles to build our lives around? Do we actually choose, or does it just 'happen' to us as life's experiences push us this way and that? Also, what approach do we take toward building platforms for the next generations' benefit? What should those platforms consist of? How do we help them preserve, improve and pass these platforms onward, for years to come?