Tings and Things is hosted by Jonathan Mbaya and Simba Tsumba, two lifelong friends. Our Podcast transcends borders and strips away all the filters from the perfectly edited and curated lives we have become accustomed to online. As a duo, we manage to open up a platform to have real conversations that touch upon what it means to live and learn, alongside occasional guest appearances from some of the most dynamic people across industries and our Tings & Things family. We found that through our travel and adventures, our struggles as young adults were not unique to us. Tings and Things was designed to share those experiences since those were not being discussed by traditional media outlets, and alongside our back and forth banter and undeniable chemistry, we have found the perfect formula to exhibit the everyday stories of life in an everyday conversational way.
As people that have recently endured a global pandemic we know that your proximity to certain people can be harmful to you in the long term. There is some behavior you need to avoid like the plague, …
You hear about FOMO a lot these days. We can all relate, whether we see the homies linking up together while we are at a family function. Your uni friends catching your favorite artist in concert, we…
You know this journey to self-discovery is incredible and life is funny because it takes a while for things to click but when they do finally click, the moments of realization are incredible. These a…
This might be a very interesting chat and we have wanted to have it for a while but we were working on the right way to approach all of this. Ideas are not unique and more than one person can decide …
Life is full of distractions, and being able to separate yourself from these distractions is key to elevating yourself one step closer to your dreams. What kinds of things do you need to separate you…
This relationship Game is a very very sticky one. No relationship is perfect and it certainly takes two to tango but let’s focus on you and what you can do to help make things better
"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." – Maya Angelou
Life is not a linear journey by any means. As listeners of the podcast, you know we have been very open about our struggles and how we have been dealing with things. From episode to episode this is s…
From time to time we like to come here and give you some cold hard truths and today feels like one of those days. Some of us shouldn’t be dating and how do you know that you should give this potentia…
Do you remember that song when we were kids “Have patience, have patience, don’t be in such a hurry?” We don’t know why that didn’t translate to adulthood but it didn’t. Sometimes it is okay to be in…
Do you remember that song when we were kids “Have patience, have patience, don’t be in such a hurry?” We don’t know why that didn’t translate to adulthood but it didn’t. Sometimes it is okay to be in…
Your boys are well versed in this long-distance ting and it is becoming more of a reality for us in the world today. How do you navigate the distance between you and your loved one, and make sure you…
As people, we can be rather judgmental and somewhat critical of others. As people that do some stupid things, it is tough to bite your tongue when you see muppetry occurring out here. As you are biti…
So many people are afraid to start and you see people being shackled down by a multitude of things. We aim to encourage, empower and uplift you to know that you can do it, and it really is never too …
We assume that title definitely caught your attention. There is a distinction between; being a nice accommodating person and flat-out people-pleasing. This can manifest itself in a number of differen…
Funny how life changes and evolves as we get older. So much of our formative years were spent on finding the right answer to questions that are irrelevant. As we get further along we have found out t…
Yes, if you are behaving in a very toxic manner, you might be sending out a vibe that draws in those on the same wavelength. But that’s not always true. You might not be a “toxic person” in general. …
Maintaining deep and long-lasting friendships is tough. What does being a true friend look like and how can you be the friend that people have always wanted to have?
Sometimes we feel like self-care is broken and to a certain extent, it is true. We constantly need to assess our self-care and ask if it is working for us. It is important to interrogate this to make…
Fizzling does not take place between two people in a committed, loving relationship. It takes place between two people who are together under unclear terms. They can't properly break up, because the…