How Come Nobody Loves You!? ft. Julie Adenuga | Black British Anthems, Valentine’s Day Weddings & Friendship Chaos

About this episode

Rita Balogun and Julie Adenuga discuss Valentine's Day weddings, Black British music anthems, and the chaos of friendship in this humorous episode.

Welcome back to Faking Adulthood, the podcast where we try (and often fail) to be proper adults. 🎙️ This week Rita Balogun is joined by broadcaster and cultural tastemaker Julie Adenuga for one of the funniest and most chaotic episodes yet. From debating Valentine’s Day weddings to ranking our favourite Black British music anthems, this episode is basically two best friends chatting nonsense, arguing, laughing and pretending we know how to navigate adulthood. In this episode we talk about: • Weddings on Valentine’s Day (14th February) – romantic or a terrible idea? • Our top Black British anthems and cultural moments • Friendship debates and random adulting struggles • Why Julie might secretly enjoy coming back to the podcast If you enjoy funny podcasts, Black British culture, friendship conversations and relatable adulting chaos, you’re in the right place. Faking Adulthood is the home of the fake adults – honest conversations about life, culture, relationships and growing up (badly). Subscribe and follow for new episodes every week. Follow us please! @fakingadulthood Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Rita Balogun

Guest: Julie Adenuga

Topics covered

• Valentine's Day weddings
• Black British culture
• friendship
• adulting struggles
• music

Keywords

• Valentine's Day
• weddings
• Black British anthems
• friendship
• adulting
• comedy
• culture

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Black British music anthems

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