Mind Your Own with Lupita Nyong'o
5.0/5
Critic Rating
Lupita Nyong’o knows what home feels like. But where exactly is it? In Mexico, where she was born? Kenya, where she grew up? Or the States, where she’s spent the past 20 years? Like Lupita, millions of Africans are spread out across the globe following family, searching for love, building futures and creating stories. It's these stories – wild and messy, intimate and joyous – that she wants to hear. Welcome to Mind Your Own, a storytelling podcast navigating what it means to belong, all from the African perspective. Join Lupita as she shares tales of her own and dives into the live...
Critic Reviews
Score: 5
Reggie Ugwu • New York Times • Dec 6, 2024
"...delivers funny, surprising and heart-rending tales from the modern African diaspora....Nyong’o does much more than present here, opening each episode with an unusually candid personal story that sets the table for the yarn to come."
Score: 5
Fiona Sturges • Financial Times • Oct 6, 2024
"Black Panther star Lupita Nyong’o tells wild and moving stories in Mind your Own…"
Score: 5
Lauren Passell • Podcast The Newsletter • Sep 30, 2024
"...her pacing that is perfect, her control of language, and you get the sense that as she is telling you she is really tapping into something, reliving the story in her own head. The production is great, too. It made me feel like I was sitting next to Lupita and her storytellers in a room with nothing else in it. There’s a really powerful story Lupita tells..."
Score: 5
Hannah Verdier • The Guardian • Sep 19, 2024
"...what’s really interesting is Nyong’o talking about how uncomfortable it felt to lose her accent for the American market, before finding her authentic voice again."
