A Near Life Experience - Stoic Resilience and the Art of Not Quitting

Hip Hop, Chess, Stoicism, Philosophy, Zen, Sufism and Jiu Jitsu are all discussed in this conversation with Adisa Banjoko.

Adisa is a podcaster hosting “Bishop Chronicles” (@bishopchronicles) which looks at the intersection of Hip-Hop, health, and fitness trends. As a pioneer Hip-Hop journalist, he was one of the first people to interview artists like Eazy E, Tupac Shakur, and Master P. He went on to write three books on the cultural value of rap and create a youth organisation called the Hip-Hop Chess Federation.

He has been a guest lecturer at Harvard, Oberlin, University of Connecticut, and Stanford among others discussing Hip-Hop education.  

As a museum curator he also put together the Living Like Kings exhibition at the World Chess Hall of Fame exploring The Unexpected Collision of Chess and Hip Hop.