264: Ayo Akinwolere on swimming, racism, and being a world record holder

The Scummy Mummies Podcast

Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn

Kids & Family, Self-improvement, Parenting, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Our guest for this episode is the awesome Ayo Akinwolere - Blue Peter presenter, documentary maker, fitness champion, and all-round bloody good bloke.

He tells us how he went from not being able to swim to crossing the deepest trench of the ocean in just ten weeks. We talk about the cultural divide that separates swimmers and non-swimmers in Britain, and how Ayo is trying to change things. Will he turn Ellie into an open water wanker?

There's some serious chat about Ayo's experience of moving to the UK from Nigeria as a child, and the racism his family faced. We discuss the British class system, and whether meritocracy is a myth.

Then it's back to the usual old nonsense as we share confessions involving a language barrier, an email sent to the wrong person, and a child licking a cake.

You can follow Ayo and his adventures on Instagram - @ayoakinwolere.

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0:00.0	This is what it sounds like when people win big with a national luxury.
0:18.0	Will you be next?
0:22.0	The national luxury.
0:24.0	Could be you.
0:26.0	The rules and procedures apply.
0:28.0	Players must be 18.
0:32.0	Hey Ellie, do you like money and women?
0:34.0	Hell yeah, I love money and women.
0:38.0	Me too, but what sucks is that in the UK there is a gender investment gap of 1.65 trillion pounds.
0:44.0	Many women on average are poor of the men with less in their pensions, savings and investments.
0:50.0	That is crazy man, we all need to talk about this.
0:54.0	I know right, can you believe that on average women have less than half the levels of savings and investments than men?
1:00.0	Outrageous, somebody needs to do something about this.
1:04.0	Well my friend, we are in luck because there is a fabulous podcast called Money Matters by those brilliant people at AJ Bell.
1:12.0	It has all the news, information and inspiring interviews you need to take control of your financial future.
1:18.0	Brilliant, thank you AJ Bell, finally somebody is doing something about this.
1:24.0	Too right, and they also offer a range of educational material including in-person events, articles and a fast growing social presence.
1:34.0	Well this sounds awesome, where can people find them?
1:36.0	Well Ellie, just go to AJ Bell Money Matters.co.uk and listen to the AJ Bell Money Matters podcast which is helping women to feel good investing.
1:46.0	I'm going right now, try to stop me, you can't, no, go on, I've gone, I've left, I'm back, bye!
1:52.0	Yeah!
1:58.0	Hello scumbags, this is the Scummy Mummy's podcast.
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