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Sep 2023
27m 8s

Losing your wife and son ft. Global Boga

BBC RADIO 1XTRA
About this episode

In July 2020, Nicole Thea - a popular content creator and YouTuber - died, along with her unborn son, Reign, who she was eight months pregnant with. Her husband Global Boga joins us to share how he’s been coping three years on, and to tell us about the Nicole Thea Foundation.

After Nicole died, her inquest found she had an underlying heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. It’s also known as HCM… but, what is it? And how do you find out if you’ve got it? Doctor Khadija Owusu pays the pod a visit to tell us about the condition and also how we can all better look after ourselves.

For this special episode, De-Graft is joined by guest co-host Jonelle Awomoyi. You might recognise her as a BBC News Tik Tok presenter and co-host of the Reliable Sauce podcast!

De-Graft mentioned at the start of this episode that we wanted to hear from you. Please get in touch and let us know what you think of the pod or what you want to hear on it. Our WhatsApp number is +44 0330 123 9480. Remember to start your message with IYDK, to make sure we see it. Presenters: De-Graft Mensah and Jonelle Awomoyi Producer: Kamilah Mclnnis Sound: Kamilah McInnis and Dave O’Neill Senior News Editor: Sam Bonham

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