Overnight Wisdom
Overnight Wisdom is a show where Chisom Udeze, an award-winning economist and business leader, engages in deep and reflective conversations about leadership, business growth, and societal challenges. The podcast explores topics like purpose, power, identity, and resilience through solo episodes or interviews with global change-makers. It offers personal stories, research-based insights, and practical strategies for leading with courage and building a meaningful life. New solo episodes drop every Wednesday, with occasional guest conversations on Sundays.
Episodes
Stop Calling It Supremacy — It’s Terrorism | Part 7: Christianity Was a Weapon of Conquest
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In Chapter 7 of the series, Chisom turns to the institution that blessed all of it, the church. The claim is that Christianity was not incidental to white terrorism but its moral machinery and a material instrument of conquest, the apparatus that turned terror into salvation so the people carrying it out believed the
Stop Calling It Supremacy — It’s Terrorism | Part 6: Slavery Never Ended
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions. In Chapter 6 of the series, Chisom turns to the Black American experience itself and argues that it is not a closed chapter of history but the longest-running case of white terrorism on earth. The claim is that slavery in America never ended, it changed clothes, renaming itself in every generation while the line of
Stop Calling It Supremacy — It’s Terrorism | Part 5: The Compound in Black Womanhood
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In Chapter 5 of the series, Chisom turns to what the operating system does when it compounds. The claim is that compounding is multiplicative, not additive: when rac!sm meets patriarchy meets ant!-Blackness, the result is not the sum of three harms but a third condition that neither rac!sm nor patriarchy alone becaus
One Year In — A Reflection on Lessons Learned from Hosting Overnight Wisdom Podcast.
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.One year of Overnight Wisdom. Whew!On May 28th, 2026, my podcast turned one. One year of conversations, solo reflections, tech issues, learning in public, and occasionally wondering why I added one more thing to my already full life.Here are 8 things I’ve learned:1. Start before you are ready. Your first episode does
Stop Calling It Supremacy — It’s Terrorism | Part 4: Racism as the Operating System.
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In episode 4 of the series, Chisom turns to the operating system that white terrorism built: racism. The chapter opens with the precise distinction between racial prejudice and racism: prejudice is what individuals carry, racism is what happens when racial prejudice meets systemic power. The chapter traces the constr
On Our Shared Humanity, Leadership, & System’s Change — Logan McClure Davda, CEO of TED
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In this episode of Overnight Wisdom, Chisom sits down with Logan McClure Davda, CEO of TED, for a layered conversation on leadership, systems change, joy, motherhood, power, and what it means to remain human while building institutions that shape the world.Logan reflects on her path from mission-driven work in East A
Stop Calling It Supremacy — It’s Terrorism | Part 3: The Settler Structure
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In Chapter 3 of the series, Chisom turns to the present tense. Settler colonialism is not a phase that European empires went through and emerged from. It is a structure that continues to operate, on every populated continent, in 2026. The chapter opens by naming the three forms of white terrorism’s modern operation:
Stop Calling It Supremacy — It’s Terrorism | Part 2: From Bodies to Borders.
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In Part 2 of a series, Chisom traces the long history of white terrorism in Africa as one continuous story rather than a list of incidents. Twelve and a half million Africans were forcibly transported across the Atlantic between 1501 and 1866. Roughly 1.8 million died during the Middle Passage itself. The trade built
Stop Calling It Supremacy — It’s Terrorism | Part 1: Language Change
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In Part 1 of a series, Chisom challenges the term “white supremacy” and proposes a language change: it is white terrorism. She traces the term to its 1824 origins, maps the papal bulls that gave genocide divine authority between 1452 and 1493, and shows how the Doctrine of Discovery is still embedded in U.S. and inte
Designing for Survival: Business, Babies, and What Keeps Us Human with Lexi Montee Busch
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.This is a conversation about what it means to build something that meets people at one of the most vulnerable thresholds of life.In this episode, I sit down with Lexi Montée of Happiest Baby for a layered conversation on parenting, leadership, product, loss, resilience, and the moral weight of innovation. We talk abo
The Men Who Drug Their Wives
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In March 2026, a CNN investigation exposed a global network of men teaching each other how to drug and assault their wives and partners. This episode examines what the investigation uncovered, why this keeps happening, and what women need to know.We discuss the infrastructure enabling this violence — from pornographi
Imposter syndrome is not a syndrome. It’s internalised systemic failure.
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions. In this episode, Chisom challenges the concept of ‘imposter syndrome’ and argues it’s not a personal failing — it’s internalised systemic failure. Using her Three Clarities Framework, she traces the origins of the term, exposes how it pathologizes individuals instead of diagnosing racist and sexist systems, and prov
Radical Justice with Nani Jansen Reventlow
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.What does radical justice actually require of us?Not just systems change. Not just representation.But a willingness to interrogate everything — including ourselves.In this episode of Overnight Wisdom, Chisom sits down with Nani Jansen Reventlow — human rights lawyer, founder of Systemic Justice, and author of Radical
Patriarchy and The Women Who Keep It Alive: A Colonial and African Lens
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.Patriarchy doesn’t just survive because men enforce it. It survives because women uphold it too—not out of cruelty, but because the system made survival depend on compliance. In this episode, Chisom traces the root cause of patriarchy (agriculture, private property, and the control of reproduction), shows how colonia
How to Do Meaningful Work Without Losing Yourself with Attia Taylor
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.How do you do meaningful work… without disappearing in it?This week on Overnight Wisdom, Chisom speaks with Attia Taylor, founder of Womanly Magazine, musician, artist, and health advocate, about what it means to build work that is intentional, community rooted, and deeply human. They talk about identity, service, cr
The Manosphere Is a Business Model — Radicalization for Profit.
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.Chisom reviews Louis Theroux’s Netflix documentary Inside the Manosphere and diagnoses what it missed — and what it got right. Using her Three Clarities Framework, she talks about the missed opportunity in that the documentary did not name the systems driving manosphere radicalization: economic precarity, algorithmi
Gender Equality Is Designed For Some White Women
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions. It’s Women’s History Month, and most of what we call “gender equality” was never designed for all women. In this episode, Chisom uses the Three Clarities Framework to diagnose who gender equality actually serves, who it erases, and why surface-level representation without structural change is just performance. She b
Why Working Harder Isn’t Working: The Three Clarities You Actually Need
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions. In this episode of Overnight Wisdom, Chisom Udeze reflects on the questions many women and leaders are asking right now: What does it really take to progress? How do you build a company without burning out? And how do you stay grounded in who you are while navigating systems that weren’t designed for you?Drawing on
Do Less. Lead Better. The Identity Shift That Changed Everything with Cecilia Flatum
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.What happens when the strategy that made you successful… stops working?In this episode, I sit down with Cecilia — CEO of Deloitte Norway — for a necessary conversation about leadership under pressure, identity clarity, and the dangerous myth that more effort always equals better results.When geopolitical instability
How to Take Off the Mask and Lead Like Yourself with Thorey Proppe
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.Have you become someone you don’t recognize?Maybe leadership has made you harsh. Aggressive. Detached.Maybe you’ve learned how power works in spaces that weren’t designed for you—and the game changed you.Maybe you’re exhausted from wearing a mask, performing the version of yourself you think will succeed.This episode
Money Is Power: The Wealth Habits That Make You Rich with Ken and Mary Okoroafor
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In this conversation, Ken and Mary Okoroafor unpack what it really means to build wealth — from mindset to habits to legacy. Having achieved financial independence by age 34, the couple reflects not just on the how, but on the who they had to become to get there.What began as a blog evolved into a full-fledged moveme
Disrupting Porn with Sex: Cindy Gallop on Identity, Power, and Sexual Agency
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In this bold and radically honest episode, Chisom Udeze sits down with legendary brand innovator and sextech entrepreneur Cindy Gallop, founder of Make Love Not Porn. Together, they explore themes of identity clarity, leadership, power, sexual agency, and culture change — all through the lens of someone who refuses t
Who Are You Without the Title? Leadership, Identity, and Clarity with Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In this episode of Overnight Wisdom, Chisom Udeze sits down with Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir, the former Mayor of Reykjavík, Iceland’s former Minister of the Interior, Chair of Women Political Leaders, and the founder and Chair of the Reykjavík Global Forum — to reflect on a leadership journey that was never planned,
The One Clarity You Can’t Lead Without
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.After a decade of working with leaders globally, Chisom kept seeing the same pattern: capable people failing in predictable ways. Not because they lacked skills or strategies — but because they lacked Identity Clarity.In this solo episode, Chisom introduces the sharpened 2026 focus of Overnight Wisdom and explains wh
Focus Your Power. Silence the Noise with Kubbra Sait.
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.Kubbra Sait on Identity, Power & Writing Yourself WholeWhat happens when you stop contorting yourself to fit into the world—and instead begin to build a life that fits you?In this deeply honest conversation, actor and author Kubbra Sait joins Chisom to reflect on her journey toward identity clarity—from surviving
Overnight Wisdom, Year One: The Reflection Episode
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In this episode, Chisom reflects on the journey of creating Overnight Wisdom — a podcast that began as an experiment in curiosity and connection and evolved into a global platform for truth-telling, wisdom, and courageous storytelling.Since launching on May 28th 2025, Chisom has released 30 consecutive weekly episode
Networks, Rituals, Artifacts, and Language: Culture as a Living System with Jonathan Akwue
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In this conversation, Chisom speaks with Jonathan Akwue about legacy, leadership, creative capital, and the business of culture. From his serendipitous family origin story to leading one of the most culturally influential agencies in the world, Jonathan shares the personal and professional threads that shaped his jou
Why Most Goals Fail — And How the Three Clarities Framework™ Can Fix That
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In this solo episode, Chisom Udeze shares a powerful extension of her leadership framework — The Three Clarities™: Identity Clarity, Context Clarity, and Power Clarity. After over a decade of working with leaders and organizations across the world, she reveals why most goals fail — not for lack of ambition, but for l
The Three Clarities Every Leader Needs to Build Trust, Direction, and Power
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In this one of a kind solo episode, Chisom Udeze breaks down a decade’s worth of research and lived experience into one of the most important frameworks for modern leadership: the three clarities every leader needs — identity clarity, context clarity, and power clarity.With honesty and precision, Chisom challenges th
Values Driven Leadership: How to Lead Through Fear, Resistance and Power with Dr. Poornima Luthra
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In this powerful, emotionally honest and matter of fact episode of Overnight Wisdom, Chisom Udeze is joined by the brilliant Dr. Poornima Luthra — educator, acclaimed author, and thought leader on inclusive leadership — for a deep and necessary conversation about what it really takes to lead with values in an uncert
Aligned Leadership: The Work Behind the Role with Astrid Sundberg
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In this heartfelt and unfiltered conversation, Chisom Udeze sits down with Astrid Sundberg, Executive Director of Operation Smile Norway to explore the evolution of leadership, from corporate ambition to mission-driven impact.Astrid brings over 30 years of experience across scale-ups, start-ups, and global organizat
Recognizably You: The Power of Authentic Leadership with Thandi Dyani
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In this episode of Overnight Wisdom, Chisom Udeze is joined by Danish-South African ecosystem builder and leadership strategist, Thandi Dyani, to explore the evolving nature of leadership in a world shaped by disruption, cultural complexity, and systemic change.Together, they unpack:Why great leadership isn’t a title
Fear Is a Companion, Not a Stop Sign with Chisom
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In this solo episode of Overnight Wisdom, Chisom sits with 11 questions sent in by listeners — thought provoking, and personal.Questions like:— How do you know when to start or stop?— Is there a strategy or blueprint for building a business?— How do you navigate fear, failure, and the weight of doing too much?She als
Hope is a Strategy: Radical Responsibility as Courage with Sayantani Saha
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.A Post-Summit Reflection with Chisom Udeze & Sayantani SahaIn this raw and deeply honest episode of Overnight Wisdom, Chisom Udeze and Sayantani Saha sit down together—post-Diversify Summit—to unpack the emotional, financial, and logistical weight of pulling off the largest equity-focused gathering in the Nordics
Unboxable: On Art, Permission and Joy with Shruti Ganguly
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.Shruti Ganguly is a filmmaker, writer, and creative entrepreneur whose work spans continents, cultures, and causes. In this episode of Overnight Wisdom, Shruti opens up about the life-altering loss that led her from banking to film, the complexities of navigating identity across geographies, and the discipline of bui
Beauty Is Political: The Untold Cost of Survival with Dr. Yaba Blay
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In this deeply reflective and expansive conversation, Dr. Yaba Blay — cultural critic, scholar, and author — joins Chisom Udeze to explore identity, race, and beauty through the lens of lived experience, history, and consciousness.Born in New Orleans to Ghanaian parents, Dr. Blay shares how growing up between culture
This Is What Failure Taught Me with Chisom
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In this solo episode, Overnight Wisdom host Chisom Udeze steps away from her usual seat as interviewer to share her own story — the lessons, losses, and wisdom behind about two decades of building.From founding a school in Nigeria, to leading global consulting work, to creating one of her companies, HerSpace — a wome
Produce. Protect. Restore. Reduce with Wanjira Mathai
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.Wanjira Mathai is a formidable force in environmental advocacy, dedicated to advancing sustainable and equitable development across Africa and beyond. With over two decades of leadership experience, she has become a global voice for climate resilience, restoration, and social justice.She is the Managing Director for
God Will Provide? How Religion Is Failing Nigerian Politics with Prince Mbanefo
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.What does it really mean to lead Nigeria into the future?In this candid and fiery conversation, I sit down with my childhood friend, Prince (or Ifeanyi “Ify”, as I’ve always known him), to unpack the complex realities of Nigerian politics, religion, and identity.We explore the deep fault lines that shape leadership i
The Price of Integrity: Duty, Accountability and a Million-Dollar “No” with Dayo Okusami
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.Dayo Okusami is a partner at TEMPLARS, and one of Nigeria’s most respected transactional lawyers — a negotiator who lives where international practice meets local complexity. Born in Lagos and raised between Nigeria and the United States, Dayo returned to Nigeria early in his career with a conviction: that Nigerian i
How to Be Brave in a Burning World with Sayantani Saha
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.Courage in Action: Leadership in a Fractured WorldIn this episode, recorded live at the Nobel Peace Center, Chisom Udeze and Sayantani Saha sit with the messy, urgent questions of our time: What does it mean to lead with courage in a world unraveling? How do we hold hope when governance is fragile, apathy is rising,
African Awakening: Why Decolonizing the Mind Is Africa’s Greatest Revolution with DJ Bwakali
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.DJ Bwakali is a Kenyan writer, journalist, and pan-African organizer whose work spans climate advocacy, governance reform, and citizen media. He co-founded the Africa Youth Initiative on Climate Change and the Africa Youth Trust, and now hosts African Awakening, a platform dedicated to decolonizing education and mobi
Hip Hopera: The Art of Audacity and Breaking Boundaries with Babatunde Akinboboye
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.Babatunde Akinboboye is a Nigerian-American baritone and the creator of Hip Hopera — a groundbreaking fusion of classical opera and hip hop that has redefined how audiences experience both art forms. Born in the United States and raised partly in Lagos, Babatunde’s dual heritage has deeply shaped his identity and art
Music as Medicine: On Grief, Purpose, and Connection with Lujang De’Nyangos
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.Lujang De’Nyangos is a South Sudanese artist whose journey through grief, displacement, and cultural fusion has shaped his sound and purpose. He discovered the healing power of music after the death of his father, realizing it was therapy not just for himself but for others. Having lived in South Sudan, Uganda, Egypt
Echoes of Becoming: Art, Boundaries, and Emotional Freedom with Thaïs Sala
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.Thaïs Sala is a singer/songwriter, producer and cultural curator. She grew up between Marrakech and the UK before pursuing studies in Montreal, where she integrated a community of musicians with whom she continues to hone her sonic identity. An audiovisual addict, she approaches her craft through “sight, sound and so
Savoring Heritage: the Rise of Zimbabwean Cuisine with Chef Kudakwashe Makoni
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.Chef Kuda is a Zimbabwean culinary visionary whose work transforms food into a powerful medium for storytelling, cultural reclamation, and connection. As the founder of Kandiro, his celebrated pop-up dining experience, he brings Zimbabwean flavors to global tables — reimagining traditional dishes while honoring their
Beyond the Classroom: Lessons on Identity, Motherhood, and Purpose with Joy Mbakwe
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.This episode is a conversation about truth, visibility, and the emotional weight of teaching and motherhood. Joy Mbakwe share some reflections of what it means to live as a Black woman in the UK, raising children and educating other people’s children while navigating systems that were never designed with them in mind
This Is Not Your Typical Wellness Story. Rebel, Healer, Disruptor with Tendai Angela Rokkones
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.This episode of Overnight Wisdom with Tendai Angela Rokkones is a radiant, soul-baring conversation between two women who hold deep reverence for self-discovery, ancestral wisdom, and spiritual reclamation.Tendai, Zimbabwe’s first Black certified female yoga teacher, shares her remarkable journey from studying law to
The Cost of Courage and the Beauty of the Middle with Chisom
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In this solo episode of Overnight Wisdom, host Chisom Udeze reflects on the journey of building something from the ground up. With a guest unexpectedly absent, Chisom seizes the moment to explore the unseen weight of courage, the sacredness of the middle ground, and the emotional cost of starting anew. She speaks can
Reinvention & Resilience with Lord Lamba
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.Lord Lamba, born Kelvin Anagbogu, is a well known Nigerian digital storyteller. Known for his viral comedy skits that mirror the chaos, charm, and contradictions of everyday life, he has built a digital empire with over 13 million followers across platforms. But behind the laughter is a man shaped by survival, discip
They Fired and Jailed Her. This is What Happened Next with Linda Masarira
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In this profound episode, Chisom sits with Zimbabwean political activist, human rights defender, and founder of the Labour Economists and African Democrats (LEAD) party, Linda T. Masarira. From her early days as a labour rights advocate and train driver to becoming one of Zimbabwe’s most fearless political voices, Li
Rejection as Fuel for Success with TwinsDntBeg
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.In the next episode of Overnight Wisdom, we sit with Ghanaian creative duo TwinsDntBeg - Samuel and Emmanuel Appiah Gyan - whose photography has not only captured presidents and celebrities but also the vibrant pulse of African identity.From rejected music demos to the halls of global influence, their journey is one
Hope Is Not a Strategy: Clarity and Defiance in Politics with Jameson Timba
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.Today’s guest is Jameson Timba, a steadfast advocate for democracy whose name has become synonymous with courage, conscience, and conviction in Zimbabwe’s political narrative. A former Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister and a current leading figure within the Citizens Coalition for Change, Timba ha
Redrawing Medicine - Healing, Humanity and Representation with Chidiebere Ibe
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.Today’s guest is Chidiebere Ibe, medical student, trailblazing medical illustrator, and a global voice for representation in healthcare. His work is deeply intentional, illustrating not just anatomy, but humanity. You may know him from his now iconic image of a Black fetus that rippled across the world, awakening a
The Audacity to Be: Reclaiming Joy, Belonging and Voice with Lola Akinmade
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.Today’s guest is Lola Akinmade, a Nigerian-born, U.S. raised and Sweden-based author, travel storyteller, photographer, and creative force whose work moves across borders and hearts. Through her bestselling novels, award-winning photography, and global expeditions, Lola captures the fullness of life with honesty, rev
On Grief, Art, and Finding Light Again with Michael Aboya
We'd love to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.Today’s guest is Michael Aboya, a self-taught Ghanaian photographer whose work doesn’t just capture images - it captures truth. With a lens attuned to emotion and a soul deeply invested in storytelling, Michael has emerged as one of Africa’s most celebrated visual artists. His photographs, rich with tenderness, digni
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