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Legally Clueless

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Legally Clueless is a weekly podcast by Kenyan media personality & social activist: Adelle Onyango!! Here, she documents her raw human journey as an evolving unapologetically African woman. The podcast is a space where people get to know just how okay it is to not know or not have it all figured out. It is also a space where Africans share stories from their lives; stories that teach, make us cry, make us laugh - real, authentic African stories. The #LegallyClueless hotline is +254768628790

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  1. Who Are You Outside of Work? Rethinking Purpose & Career Identity | Mid Week Tease

    What if your job disappeared tomorrow? Who would you be? In this week’s Midweek Tease, we unpack a powerful idea inspired by my recent conversation with Odunoluwa Longe on Differen…

    09:24
  2. Period Pain Was Ruining My Life PART 2 | Legally Clueless Ep 366

    In Part 2 of Keziah Mumbi’s story, we move from suspicion… to diagnosis. After nine years of severe period pain, fainting, vomiting, job loss, and being dismissed by multiple docto…

    43:40
  3. She Had 14 Days to Run For Office | Difference She Makes

    What happens when a woman steps into a leadership position that has only ever been held by men? And what happens when she decides to run… just two weeks before elections? In this e…

    33:23
  4. Maybe You’re Not Delusional | Mid Week Tease

    What if you’re not unrealistic… What if you’re remembering what’s possible? In this week’s Mid Week Tease, I unpack something that stopped me in my tracks during my conversation w…

    11:54
  5. Period Pain Was Ruining My Life PART 1 | Legally Clueless Ep 365

    For years, Keziah Mumbi was told her pain was “normal.” At 12 years old, she began experiencing extremely heavy periods, severe cramps, vomiting, fainting, and anemia. She was goin…

    40:13
  6. Stop Shrinking Yourself: Why Women Downplay Their Power & How to Expand Anyway | Mid Week Tease

    Are you shrinking yourself to feel safer, more lovable, less intimidating? In this episode of The Mid Week Tease, Adelle reflects on the quiet ways women, especially African women,…

    14:23
  7. From Grief To Laughter PART 2 | Legally Clueless Ep 364

    In Episode 364 of the Legally Clueless Podcast, Kenyan stand-up comedian Rahab Kihuha shares Part 2 of her story, a powerful continuation that explores sobriety, motherhood, womanh…

    36:55
  8. She Built Her Own Law Firm After a Toxic System Tried to Break Her | Difference She Makes

    In this episode of Difference She Makes, we explore how professional excellence becomes a quiet but powerful form of resistance inside deeply gendered institutions. Our guest, Ruth…

    26:16
  9. Why Treating Yourself Is Essential For Emotional Wellbeing | Mid Week Tease

    What if “treating yourself” isn’t indulgence but a psychological necessity? In this week’s Mid Week Tease, Adelle reflects on how she’s learned to intentionally place joy into her…

    15:12
  10. From Grief To Laughter PART 1 | Legally Clueless Ep 363

    In Episode 363 of the Legally Clueless Podcast, Kenyan stand-up comedian Rahab Kihuha shares Part 1 of her powerful story, a deeply honest journey through grief, addiction, mental…

    38:21
  11. Why Workplace Policies Matter: Power, Silence & Justice for Women | Difference She Makes

    In this episode of Difference She Makes, we turn our focus to policies, the internal rules that determine whether institutions protect people in practice or only on paper. Adelle O…

    29:00
  12. Postpartum Panic Attacks, Body Changes & Learning to Start Again | For Mannerless Women

    Pregnancy and postpartum don’t just change a woman’s body they change her mind, her strength, and her sense of self. In this episode of For Mannerless Women, Adelle Onyango is join…

    35:47
  13. Abandoning Your Emotional Needs in Relationships | Mid Week Tease

    Many women don’t struggle because they’re “too emotional.” They struggle because they’ve learned to abandon their emotional needs to keep connection. In this episode of Mid Week Te…

    19:17
  14. Why I Chose to Be Childfree as a Kenyan Man PART 2 | Legally Clueless Ep 362

    In Episode 362 of the Legally Clueless Podcast, we share Part 2 of William Genga’s story, a Kenyan man who chose to be childfree and eventually underwent a vasectomy at 27, after y…

    36:52
  15. How Kenya’s Constitution Became A Tool for Women’s Power | Difference She Makes

    Kindly take this short survey, your responses help shape future episodes of Difference She Makes and track how these stories are landing: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/diffshemake…

    37:32
  16. When Shame Turns Life Into a Performance | For Mannerless Women

    What happens when shame quietly teaches you to perform instead of be? In this episode of For Mannerless Women, Adelle Onyango sits down with Kenyan comedian, activist, and writer J…

    01:07:14
  17. The Loneliness After Boundaries | Mid Week Tease

    Setting boundaries is often framed as empowering and it is. But what we don’t talk about enough is what comes after. The quiet. The emotional exhaustion. The loneliness that settle…

    16:16
  18. Why I Chose to Be Childfree as a Kenyan Man PART 1 | Legally Clueless Ep 361

    In Episode 361 of the Legally Clueless Podcast, we share Part 1 of William Genga’s story, a Kenyan man who made the decision to be childfree at a very young age and spent years def…

    33:20
  19. Becoming a Shame-Free Woman: Desire, Pleasure & Personal Liberation | For Mannerless Women

    In this episode of For Mannerless Women, Adelle Onyango sits down with writer, filmmaker, and cultural commentator Abigail Arunga for an expansive, deeply honest conversation about…

    47:35
  20. Choosing A Life Others Didn’t Imagine For You: Being Childfree | Mid Week Tease

    What does it mean to choose a life that doesn’t come with a ready-made script? In this episode of Mid Week Tease, we sit with the quiet, complex reality of being childfree, not as…

    16:26
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