IKIGAI PRO

Benjii, between getting steps in as his watch bugs him to, talks about what he thinks is going to be popular in 2020, a pre New Years resolution, exercise and just some general stuff he notices avoiding the news. Another weirdly wonderful, shambolic, unscripted podcast.

Benjii, between getting steps in as his watch bugs him to, talks about what he thinks is going to be popular in 2020, a pre New Years resolution, exercise and just some general stuff he notices avoiding the news. Another weirdly wonderful, shambolic, unscripted podcast.

In the era of the arcade cabinet, Konami was not merely content with the home console. Alongside their Contra, Castlevania and Metal Gear franchises, the company also earned licenses to pop culture phenomenons X-Men, The Simpsons and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, transforming those three into side-scrolling beat 'em ups.  In 1990 though, four years after the release of the movie, Konami unleashed Aliens to video arcades around the world. More akin to a run and gun than a side-scrolling beat 'em up, it was one of the first ventures the Alien series made in the arcades. Audio taken from original "Nostalgia Kills" video, currently available on IKIGAI PRO's YouTube channel.

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Struggling to think of a topic to discuss for this week's episode, Benjii instead discuses about what went wrong with the 10 year anniversary of MUZAI Records and how it corresponds to his own demotivation and subsequent motivation getting into a good place again.

Struggling to think of a topic to discuss for this week's episode, Benjii instead discuses about what went wrong with the 10 year anniversary of MUZAI Records and how it corresponds to his own demotivation and subsequent motivation getting into a good place again.

How long has it been since we've put up a podcast? Benjii returns from a long, long sabbatical (nee: playing video games) to discuss about the recent discovery of Ruggero Deodato's nasty piece of work, "Cannibal Holocaust" on his Amazon Prime membership. This podcast does include swearing and discusses topics which may upset some people. 

Is Cancer Research UK's latest campaign about obesity being a leading cause of cancer fat shaming? Maeve and Benjii vent about health in a post consumer wasteland.

Is Cancer Research UK's latest campaign about obesity being a leading cause of cancer fat shaming? Maeve and Benjii vent about health in a post consumer wasteland.

The upstart podcast tag team of Benjii and Jamie return, this week giddy over the block announcements for the 2019 edition of New Japan's G1 Climax. KENTA vs Ibushi? Okada vs. Tanahashi? All as group matches? We have no reason to book a fantasy tournament now given New Japan have practically done it. The pair also touch upon wXw/Ringkampf/Imperium/Ilja Dragunov crossovers, Chris Brooks in Japan and thank Chris Jericho. Thank you Mr. Jericho.

Benjii and Jamie T return after a period of reflection (and hiding from each other because they might have the WWE 24/7 belt), discussing the monumental occasion that was AEW's "Double or Nothing", the appearance of Jon Moxley and just how when wrestling is good, it is really, really good.

The tag team are joined by Casual Arthur this week for the "casual" wrestling fans perspective on things - including our top five favourite wrestling finishers, AEW/ITV news (nee: excitement), a farewell to Lucha Underground and another rant on the WWE and their wildcard system.

It's a big weekend for British Wrestling as PROGRESS holds their annual Super Strong Style 16 Tournament, with Jamie Taylor and Benjii discussing the line up and marking out for not only Chris Brookes and Ilja Dragunov but someone we already believe is the MVP of wrestling this year - "The Product" David Starr.  The tag team also discuss Jon Moxley's return (to where though is the question), Goldberg's announcing he'll be part of the next WWE Saudi Arabia show and the holy grail of carry jobs being screened at Starrcast 2019: Tom McGee vs. Bret Hart. 

Have you or a friend wanted to get rich quick? Sign up to IKIGAI PRO's live webinar where we give you the five basic things in order to create your customer funnel and a secret sixth trick which 90% of people neglect and have used to enhance their UI/UX. We are as bored of those boosted posts as you are... and Benjii finds the whole aspirational influencer to be incredibly disingenuous. The duo also chat Rammstein, Avengers: Endgame (again), Attack on Titan and the latest Game of Thrones fan theory. Spoilers - spoilers by the truckload.  

It's been a short week and we've had a rare spot of very nice weather here in the UK. That meant we were too busy eating Calypsos and wearing handkerchiefs over our scalps. But we didn't roll our trouser legs up. That would be daft. So we cut together some clips from the last few episodes to keep up appearances. If Vice can rehash articles on social media, we can rehash moments we enjoyed from Season 2. Regular programming to return next week. Sorry/Not sorry.

Hands up who expected to hear the words "The Viking Experience" on WWE television this week? Anyone? Anyone at all? Anyone in the Yorkshire area fancy going to York for their Viking experience? It seems that Vince McMahon doesn't like many things he's not had an imprint on, and on this week's show, Jamie and Benjii discuss the litany of things Vince has done to his product and try and come to terms with why. This episode is for you, Kid Lykos #thankyoulykos

Everyone is talking about how amazing Disney+ is going to be, with original programming from the Star Wars franchise, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Simpsons on demand and even Sister Act 3! But Benjii's not always the optimist IKIGAI PRO makes him out to be and discusses with Jamie some of his concerns with the House of Mouse takeover. Plus - Shazam, Hellboy, Kim Kardashian, Avengers: Endgame leaks and given that Game of Thrones has started again, the start of a weekly "fan theory" corner. 

For a show that was over seven and a half hours long, Benjii and Jamie Taylor are pretty impressed they managed to cut their podcast down to less than three hours. But on the second ever Two Mouths of Doom, the tag team go through their thoughts on Wrestlemania 35 and some of the events that took place over Wrestlemania Weekend - including NXT Takeover, G1 Supercard and a rather aggressive take on Ring of Honor's schmozz booking of their tag team title match. We're with you on this one, Tama!

The original IKIGAI PRO podcast is finally back after a few weeks off air. Jamie and Benjii discuss Helen Mirren's recent comments disparaging Netflix, Jackie Chan eroticism, Elon Musk bringing dank memes to the table, changes to IKIGAI Pro and a few more tidbits in this weeks IKIPRO-Cast!