Tim discusses growing up between the U.S. and Nigeria. He tells us how he balances being both a physician and an accomplished music composer, why Nigerians tend to have such high levels of self-confidence, and gives his opinion on the contentious cultural debate over which African country has the best jollof rice.

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• 00:00-Intro
• 00:35-Tim Intro
• 02:30-Where in Nigeria are your parents from?
• 05:15-Language association
• 09:55-Education
• 15:05-Tim's path to medicine
• 19:50-Balancing medicine and music
• 24:05-Nigerian exceptionalism
• 27:35-Visiting Nigeria
• 28:54-What was it like growing up between the two countries?
• 31:20-What brought your parents back and forth between the two countries?
• 34:35-Working as a physician in Africa
• 40:30-African American
• 52:04-Jollof rice
• 53:57-Favorite foods
• 01:01:47-Favorite musicians
• 01:07:47-Favorite saying or expression
• 01:09:34-Where's your happy place in Nigeria?
• 01:11:35-Outro

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