63. "Lásán kó là n dé etù; ó ní eni tórí è mbá etù mu."

Yoruba Respect Today: Elders, Youth, Greetings, Discipline, and Boundaries

Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde [https://www.linkedin.com/in/bidemiologunde/] examines what respect looks like now through a Yoruba lens, asking how greetings, discipline, voice, consent, caregiving, and boundaries are being renegotiated across generations. When does respect become fear? How can elders guide without silencing? How can young people speak honestly without discarding cultural wisdom? This episode explores how Yoruba families can preserve honor, repair harm, and build relationships where respect survives as love, responsibility, and truth.

Òsó olósòó ò yeni; sòkòtò àgbàbò ò yé omo èèyàn.

Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde [https://www.linkedin.com/in/bidemiologunde/] explores five Yoruba proverbs about reputation, courage, borrowing, unemployment, and honor. What happens when public disgrace only reveals private neglect? Why do some people confront the weak while avoiding their equals? When does borrowing become a costume rather than support? Through historical context and modern anecdotes, this episode shows how Yoruba wisdom still speaks clearly to personal character, family life, leadership, and institutional trust.

Òrò wo ló wà lénu alaso pípọn?

Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde [https://www.linkedin.com/in/bidemiologunde/] explores five Yoruba proverbs about limitation, empathy, responsible speech, credibility, and reputation. What happens when a small weakness disrupts a powerful system? Who suffers quietly while others continue as though nothing has happened? How should elders, leaders, parents, and professionals speak when their words carry public weight? Through historical reflections and modern anecdotes, Bidemi connects fish bones, grazing foals, drunken speech, thieves' families, and dirty clothes to today's workplaces, families, online spaces, and public life. This episode invites listeners to examine their limits, their concern for others, and the character behind their words.

Omo oba Ònà Ìsokùn nfi ehín gé ejò; omo oba kan ní òun kì í jẹ é; ìlú wo lomo oba náà ti wá?

Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde [https://www.linkedin.com/in/bidemiologunde/] explores five Yoruba proverbs about restraint, humility, equality, sudden wealth, and personal responsibility. What does it mean for the owner of the land to tread gently? Why should status give way to necessity during difficult moments? How do we tell the difference between surface resemblance and real equality? Through historical context and modern anecdotes, this episode shows how ancient Yoruba wisdom still explains leadership, ambition, money, and the consequences of forgetting tomorrow.

Òkánjúwà alágbàà ní ngarùn wo eégún

Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde [https://www.linkedin.com/in/bidemiologunde/] explores five Yoruba proverbs about greed, wisdom, human limitation, interdependence, and the revealing nature of sudden success. Why does an elder lose dignity when appetite overpowers restraint? Why does privilege sometimes create even more hunger? What happens when intelligent people forget the limits of knowledge? Through historical scenes and modern anecdotes, this episode shows how ancient Yoruba wisdom still explains leadership, wealth, status, and character today.