Ovie Soko

Castaway

Laura Whitmore + Mags Creative

Comedy, Arts, Society & Culture

4.6 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode welcomes the very first Love Islander into the Castaway ranks - the brilliant Ovie Soko! Ovie captured the hearts of the nation on Love Island and since then he’s modelled, started his advice-driven podcast ‘Ask Ovie’ and still finds time to play professional basketball for the Shiga Lakestars in Japan.

Naturally, Ovie brought some brilliant podcast suggestions to the table, including the food based Off Menu, sharing how the hosts reacted to some of his questionable choices when he was a guest on the podcast. Ovie also divulges his love for ‘Who We Be Talks’ and chats about the important role the podcast plays in promoting the best in Black British music, fashion and culture. Laura and Ovie also found time to talk about podcasts stateside, the business savvy ‘Earn Your Leisure’ and the captivating conversations that unravel on ‘Drink Champs’. An episode full of Castaway firsts today!

Ovie’s recommendations:

Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster

Who We Be TALKS_

Earn Your Leisure

Drink Champs

Listen to Ovie’s podcast:

Ask Ovie

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0:59.3	Hello and welcome. Oh, hold on one second. Sorry.
1:01.6	Oh, I've got a text.
1:07.9	Hey. Yes, today's castaway welcomes the very first Love Islander into the ranks.
1:11.1	How did we got this for without Love Islander? This isn't just any Love Islander. This is the brilliant Ovi Soko. I had the joy of being invited onto his podcast last
1:16.4	year. But go back to 2019 when Ovi first captured the hearts of the nation appearing on
1:22.3	Love Island. Since then, he has modeled, started that podcast, Ask Ovi,
1:33.8	and still finds time to play professional basketball for the Shiga lakesters in Japan,
1:36.2	which is where he's based when we do this podcast.
1:38.6	There was a lot to catch up on, I'm not going to lie.
1:43.1	Now, naturally, Ovi has brought some brilliant suggestions to the table of menu,
1:46.8	the hilarious food-based podcast, that Ovi has appeared on himself.
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