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The Skinne Bekke Podcast

Nabeelah Khan, Shaheena Links

💩 kak praat💗 dating and relationships🙌🏽 brown girl magic🤬 lots of swearsIf you are winging your entire fucking life- that"s okay. Because, same! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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00:34:58

🎙️SEASON 2: EPISODE 8: HOW WRITING HELPED ME HEAL ✨

The Skinne Bekke Podcast ·

2025/09/09

From the first scribbles in a hidden journal to finding my voice in stories nobody ever told about us—writing became my safe space, my mirror, my medicine. 🖊️💭In this episode, we open up about:✍🏽 Writing the words you struggle to say out loud.✍🏽 The stories missing from books, but living in our communities.✍🏽 Facing pain on the page—and finding healing in the mess.✍🏽 How words have the ability to connect you to others, and not just yourself.Because sometimes, the page is the only place that

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00:27:21

🎙️Season 2: Episode 7: Why do people lie? 🤥

The Skinne Bekke Podcast ·

2025/09/02

From harmless white lies to compulsive deception, we’re digging into the truth behind dishonesty. Is radical honesty the answer—or a disaster waiting to happen? Join us for an honest conversation about lies, trust, and everything in between!But also don't be a liegbek man! It's really not lekker.

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00:46:07

🎙️EPISODE 6: “The Friendzone” – Narnia, but make it...

The Skinne Bekke Podcast ·

2025/08/26

We’re back, and this week we’re diving headfirst into the icy waters ❄️ of the so-called friendzone. Spoiler alert: it’s not a magical land ✨, it’s just… friendship.Why do some of you insist on pitching a tent ⛺ there like it’s Rocking the Daisies? 🎪🙃 We’re breaking down why being “nice” 😇 doesn’t earn you romance 💘, why friendship is a blessing 🙌 (not a punishment 🚫), and how this whole trope is dripping in patriarchy 👑.Shaheena has a mini-meltdown 😵‍💫 (iconic ✨), Nabs is so done 🙄 with

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00:47:30

🎙️Season 2: Episode 5 - "Are mother and daughter...

The Skinne Bekke Podcast ·

2025/08/19

🌸 Motherhood, daughterhood, and everything in between 🌸 Fraught. Fragile. Worth fighting for. 💔✨Can love carry us through the things we inherited… and the things we’re still learning to let go of? 🕊️From fraught bonds to healing ones — this week we unpack the raw, complex, and oh-so beautiful journey of mother–daughter relationships: 💭 Are they destined for conflict? 💭 Do they ease with time or with motherhood? 💭 And what happens when generations — unhealed and healing — live under one

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00:37:31

🎙️Season 2: Episode 4 - "Adolescence"

The Skinne Bekke Podcast ·

2025/08/12

Some stories don’t let you sleep at night — this is one of them.We’re diving deep into Netflix’s Adolescence, exploring gender-based violence, the manosphere, and a generation of boys lost in a world that feels more dangerous every day. A generation raised on the internet. Who’s to blame? How do we save our kids from the harsh, very real, and dangerous realities of this world? Can we? Wys me because honestly I am not sure {crying emoji}This episode is heavy, raw, and too important to ignore.How did

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00:35:29

🎙️Season 2: Episode 3 - "Am I the problem?"

The Skinne Bekke Podcast ·

2025/08/05

🎙️ NEW EPISODE DROP 🎙️Chatting to men… but not looking for a relationship. Hoekom?!? Speks? Boontjies? Stop it!We’re talking:💭 The ego boost — are we just here for validation?😅 Lonely, bored or low-key insecure? Let’s unpack.🧪 A little social experiment — is it wrong to test your boundaries on someone else?We’re not saying we are the problem… but maybe, maybe we’re not not saying it either 👀

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00:41:31

🎙️Season 2: Episode 2 - "Jack in the box exes"

The Skinne Bekke Podcast ·

2025/07/29

🎙️ NEW EPISODE DROP 🎙️Just when you’ve moved on, healed, and started thriving… POP! 👀 That one ex appears out of nowhere like it's their full-time job.Why do they always resurface? We’re unpacking:🧟‍♂️ What is dead may never die – why won’t they let go?🦈 Can they smell your happiness like sharks smell blood?📩 Sliding into DMs while they’re boo’d up – make it make sense.💭 Regret hits different when you fumble the dream woman.Grab your earphones and join us for laughs, rants, and some real

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00:33:19

🎙️Season 2: Episode 1 – “Mothering Men”

The Skinne Bekke Podcast ·

2025/07/22

We’re back! Season 2 kicks off with us finding our feet, offering opinions no one asked for, and sounding like we’re in the bath sipping on non-alcoholic drinks.We're leading with honesty, exposing our desperation, and owning the roles we played — portraying the mother instead of the partner. Enablers? Maybe.But also... why are the manne like this?!We’re tired of being Barb the Builder.We can’t be your mom and your sex-kitten, bru. Be so for real.Links to Oona Arlo's

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00:17:37

🎤 We got Coldplayed - Bonus Episode

The Skinne Bekke Podcast ·

2025/07/21

Imagine going to a Coldplay concert for the vibes and hours later you are the meme. Caught on camera with your side piece. On 16 July in Boston, the kiss cam caught Andy Byron (billionaire tech CEO nogal) and Kristen Cabot (his HR lady nogal) looking rather cosy — except they’re both married… just not to each other. Yoh.Next thing, Andy's hiding behind glass?! like bru was caught outside the mosque during trawie. His wife drops his surname and disappears off socials. LinkedIn turns into IG

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00:58:01

That's a wrap! Season 1 is kla! We're answering...

The Skinne Bekke Podcast ·

2022/04/29

Our last episode is going live today and it's a whole mess hahahaha!You sent us some of your problems and we reacted to them and then spoke a whole bunch of nonsense in-between.Thank you so much for joining us for our first season and for all the support. We are so grateful to each and every listener. Season two planning is underway and we're so excited to share more with you soon!To our Muslim listeners, good luck with the last few days of the fast. To everyone else, enjoy the long weekend! It's

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01:10:59

Mental health struggles in the coloured community

The Skinne Bekke Podcast ·

2022/04/21

This episode comes with a TRIGGER WARNING my Skinne Bekkies.If these are terms ignite memories of experiences you are working hard to heal from, leave you feeling vulnerable and uncomfortable, then please skip this episode:-Gaslighting-Mental illness-Suicide-Poverty and Mental Wellness-Childhood traumaAs three women of colour with different experiences and struggles with mental health, we explore the complexities around how we firstly identify the problem and then seek treatment.As women of colour

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00:47:45

Cheaters gonna cheat, can you stay after the trust...

The Skinne Bekke Podcast ·

2022/04/09

Cheaters gonna cheat. Once a cheater always a cheater? Have you ever been cheated on or are you the one wearing the stripes? See what I did there? In this episode we're talking ALL things cheating.Emotional cheating vs physical cheating, is there a difference - which is worse? Betrayal,rejection and the breakdown of trust,can relationships survive it? What would you do?Your bff is being cheated on? Crickets or are you spilling? Nabs seems to think that everyone is capable of cheating. Do you agree

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00:50:04

Toxic friendships, playground politics and when to...

The Skinne Bekke Podcast ·

2022/04/04

It’s time for introspection! Do you have friends that leave you feel drained, emotionally unsupported, envious, or just generally meh? Today we’re talking about toxic friends. We explore how we, as women, develop toxic friendship traits from the playground, all the way though to high school and we never really leave those high school days behind. What role do we play in toxic friendships? Sometimes what feels like a problem is a result of something happening internally, within ourselves. Join us and

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00:46:30

Islam + Dating After Divorce

The Skinne Bekke Podcast ·

2022/03/28

Welcome to episode 4! We've got big things to talk about during this episode, specifically the treacherous dating landscape after a divorce for a Muslim woman.What's it really like in these Attar perfumed streets and how are we supposed to navigate it? Do I become a second wife? How do I manage having a blended family? But what we really wanna know - should we give up and become the cat lady with 10 dildos? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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00:35:46

Online snooping, cancel culture, sanitising abusive...

The Skinne Bekke Podcast ·

2022/03/21

Welcome to episode 3! We're covering a lot!Has being bis, or as it is known in colloquial terms, being nosy and curious become more acceptable?We are always looking for people to spill the tea and we love spilling the tea ourselves. I mean we're called Skinne Bekke for a reason. In the past being bis was hard, but now with us sharing so much of our lives it is easier to dish up the dirt on acquaintances, colleagues and our crushes that we are spying on. Let's dig in to find out when being bis is

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00:38:35

Hello Darlings? More like adios millions

The Skinne Bekke Podcast ·

2022/03/13

In this week's episode we're talking about Hello Darlings, Tasneem Moosa and the role influencers have to play in the trust we, the consumers, place in brands.Tasneem 'Taz' Moosa and the uncle who took your CV 2 years ago to 'see what he can do', are very much in the same WhatsApp group.Just like we handed over our newly edited CV’s with our best selfie on the cover page, in faith and hope, some of us handed over the kroon, ‘Here, take my money Tazz’ we said.We waited in hope of a holiday, and

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00:37:54

Online dating, nice guys, red flags and all that trauma

The Skinne Bekke Podcast ·

2022/03/04

Our #1 Episode is LIVE and in it we dissect the shit show that is online dating.We talk about The Tinder Swindler and how quickly people with no clue came with their judgeragge Judge Judy gedagtes, unwarranted advice and opinions and seemed to miss the point entirely.We discuss Nice Guys who can be found waiting in the ‘friendzone’ - what is that even?- waiting for you to have an epiphany and come to the realisation that he is The one for you. Also trades fake human decency as social currency with

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00:02:58

The Skinne Bekke Teaser

The Skinne Bekke Podcast ·

2022/02/23

Welcome to our chaos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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