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Coffee Pump Podcast

Coffee Pump Podcast

Sajid Vayani 115 Episodes Aug 23, 2026

Welcome to "Coffee Pump" the caffeinated podcast where we brew memorable moments! Join us as we chat with fascinating folks each episode. Grab your cup of joe and get ready to pump up your life!

Episodes

Sin Tax, Poisoned Elephants & Life After Quitting Your Job - Fareed Khimani | Coffee Pump (E121)
Sin Tax, Poisoned Elephants & Life After Quitting Your Job - Fareed Khimani | Coffee Pump (E121) Aug 23, 2026 01:36:46 Konnichiwa Fam,Fareed Khimani is back, and this one goes from a sin tax nobody can explain to a conversation about identity that I wasn't ready for. He's working inside government now doing comms for the Ministry of Agriculture, he's rebranding Kenyan tea, and he leaves for Karachi this month to direct a documentary on brain health. Then, near the end, he turned it around on me and asked who I act
Khat, Donor Money & Being Told To Quit - Emmanuel Kisiangani & Bashir Halaiki | Coffee Pump (E120)
Khat, Donor Money & Being Told To Quit - Emmanuel Kisiangani & Bashir Halaiki | Coffee Pump (E120) Aug 23, 2026 02:15:35 Konnichiwa,On this episode Emmanuel Kisiangani and Bashir Halaiki come through and we go from totally unserious to uncomfortably honest. We get into what donor money actually funds, why the beggar on the roundabout will still be there next year, and then the part I didn't plan on saying out loud: the people closest to me have told me to shut this podcast down.We talk about:– Mortal Kombat for podc
Funeral Startups, Retiring At 45 & The Moon Landing Fight - Joab Ogato | Coffee Pump (E119)
Funeral Startups, Retiring At 45 & The Moon Landing Fight - Joab Ogato | Coffee Pump (E119) Aug 16, 2026 02:45:50 Konnichiwa Fam,On this episode Joab Ogato from ​⁠The Couch Connect Podcast comes through, and it turns into one of the most chaotic conversations we've had. He's an assistant professor at McMaster working on his second PhD in regenerative medicine, he sold every stock in his name to buy SpaceX on day one, and he retires in 2035 whether the numbers work or not. We also spent a good half hour arguin
Selling Prawns, Building Web Empires & The Coming AI Reset - Moses Kemibaro | Coffee Pump (E118)
Selling Prawns, Building Web Empires & The Coming AI Reset - Moses Kemibaro | Coffee Pump (E118) Aug 11, 2026 02:11:19 Konnichiwa! On this episode I sit down with Moses Kemibaro, one of the people who actually built Kenya's internet industry. He got his first computer at 11, was selling internet connections in Mombasa before most people knew what it was, started what became OLX in East Africa, and got hired by a global company purely off the strength of his blog. We also get into the morning he opened his laptop t
Violence For Hire, Goon Economy & Odipo Dev - Odanga Madung & Darius Okolla | Coffee Pump (E117)
Violence For Hire, Goon Economy & Odipo Dev - Odanga Madung & Darius Okolla | Coffee Pump (E117) Aug 7, 2026 01:52:52 Konnichiwa Fam,On this episode Odanga Madung comes back and brings Darius Okolla, head political economist at Odipo Dev, and we spend most of it on the research nobody else in Kenya is doing. They spent a year inside the goon ecosystem, and what they found is that violence here is now a product with a demand side, a supply side, middlemen and a pricing structure. We also get into why Kenya was onc
Andrew Tate, Celebrity Sacrifices & Quitting A Safe Job - Eric Mutiso | Coffee Pump (E116)
Andrew Tate, Celebrity Sacrifices & Quitting A Safe Job - Eric Mutiso | Coffee Pump (E116) Aug 5, 2026 01:57:09 Konnichiwa Fam, On this episode, Eric Mutiso of ​⁠ Every Other Time With Eric and I finally do a proper one-on-one in the studio, and it goes everywhere. We start with the Andrew Tate documentary and what unchecked influence actually costs, get into celebrity sacrifices and selling your soul, then spend a good chunk on the real stuff: why property in Nairobi doesn't add up for guys our age and wha
Goons, Legalising Weed & Fixing Kenya's Broken Systems - Boniface Mwangi | Coffee Pump (E115)
Goons, Legalising Weed & Fixing Kenya's Broken Systems - Boniface Mwangi | Coffee Pump (E115) Aug 4, 2026 01:28:57 Konnichiwa Fam,On this episode I sit down with Boniface Mwangi, activist, photojournalist, and 2027 presidential candidate. This is the conversation that finally pulled me into politics. We get into why he believes economic thieves should be hanged publicly, the goon economy running Kenyan politics, his terrorism charges, and what he'd actually do with the presidency.We talk about:– How politics t
Cocaine, Magic Mushrooms & Beautiful Camels - Fareed Khimani | Coffee Pump (E114)
Cocaine, Magic Mushrooms & Beautiful Camels - Fareed Khimani | Coffee Pump (E114) Aug 4, 2026 01:15:47 Konnichiwa Fam, On E114, I sit down with Coffee Pump Regular, Fareed Khimani. Fareed is an Ad director, former radio man, and addiction counselor at Full Circle, who is also a recovering addict with 23 years of active addiction behind him. We start light with his ad work and the creative process, then the conversation goes somewhere we've never taken the show before: his first line of cocaine in a
Wine Secrets, Sommelier Exams & Food Pairing Myths - Spencer Fondaumiere | Coffee Pump (E113)
Wine Secrets, Sommelier Exams & Food Pairing Myths - Spencer Fondaumiere | Coffee Pump (E113) Aug 4, 2026 02:11:32 Konnichiwa Fam,On this episode I sit down with Spencer Fondaumiere, one of only two ASI diploma sommeliers on the entire African continent, and a fellow St. Mary's boy. From getting suspended for streaking and stealing altar wine, to playing rugby for Kenya, working night shifts in a bread factory, and finally landing in Cape Town's wine world, his journey is anything but ordinary.On this episode,
Freemasonry, The Pineal Gland & Reptilians - Matthew Frietze | Coffee Pump (E112)
Freemasonry, The Pineal Gland & Reptilians - Matthew Frietze | Coffee Pump (E112) Jul 21, 2026 01:51:41 Konnichiwa Fam, On E112, I sit down with Matthew Frietze, a 32nd-degree Freemason, actor and oracle based in New Mexico, for one of the most fascinating conversations we have had on the show.I came across Matthew on Instagram, fell down the rabbit hole, and reached out. What followed is a wide-ranging talk about what Freemasonry actually is versus the Illuminati myth people attach to it, how he jo
Election Games, Creating Laws & Why Kenya Is Broke - Hon. Rahim Dawood | Coffee Pump (E111)
Election Games, Creating Laws & Why Kenya Is Broke - Hon. Rahim Dawood | Coffee Pump (E111) Jul 21, 2026 01:42:58 Konnichiwa Fam, On E111, I sit down with Honourable Rahim Dawood, Member of Parliament for North Imenti, for my first real conversation about the one thing this podcast has stayed away from, politics.I have taken some heat for not engaging with it, and since politics runs through every conversation in this country, I wanted to learn from someone I could relate to. Rahim is refreshingly open about
Cold Calls, Yellow Pages & The Art of Sales - Fredrick Rugo | Coffee Pump (E110)
Cold Calls, Yellow Pages & The Art of Sales - Fredrick Rugo | Coffee Pump (E110) Jul 14, 2026 01:26:43 Konnichiwa Fam,On E110, I sit down with Fredrick Rugo, A Senior Sales Manager at iColo Data Centers, my work brother of six years, and one of the best salesmen I know.This one started with a listener asking us to do an episode on how to actually sell, and Fred is the guy for it. From no shoes at 13 and one of 18 children, to becoming one of the sharpest sales veterans in the country, his story is

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