Episode 24: 2026, The Year Of Audacity!

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Happy New Year familyyyyy!!! This is our first episode of 2026, and our first episode since December 10, 2025. We came back with fresh energy, a new look, and one clear theme for the year: AUDACITY!!!We kick things off with the current state of Afrobeats and how the sound has been shifting. Uzor calls it the ss3fication of Nigerian music. Then we pause for the sweetest audacity of all: IGGFY just turned one. One year of gist, hot takes, chaotic storytelling, and you lot showing up episode after episode. We love you, and happy birthday to us. If you’ve been here from day 1, you’re a real one. If you’re a new Gistizen or IGGFYian, welcome. You’ve missed plenty madness, but it’s not too late to catch up.Ever heard of parents who don’t tell kids under five it’s their birthday because money is tight and the child won’t even notice? We get into that, and the bigger conversation behind it too: how kids’ birthday parties sometimes turn into adult hangouts for the parents and their friends, with one confused child in the corner wondering why strangers keep hugging them.And since we’re already in party territory, we talk owambe culture and Mogbo Moya. People attending parties uninvited with full confidence and zero shame. If you’ve ever hosted a party, you already know the exact person we mean. No invite, no shame, straight to the food table. And we’re not even judging, we’re just saying… if 2026 is the Year of Audacity, those people have been practicing.We also talk about the live show, what it felt like being in a room with you lot, and why we’re already thinking about doing it again. There’s something about hearing the laughs in real time that changes everything. And yes, more audacious venues and cities are loading.Then we wrap it the IGGFY way with Beef of the Week. KP has words for a certain CEO who ruined Twitter. Uzor has words for 9–5s. And by the end, we crown it officially: 2026 is the Year of Audacity. Do with that what you will.If you’re listening on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, follow the show and leave us a sw