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Joshua Berglan Podcaster

Joshua T. Berglan is a visionary multimedia creator and social empowerment leader, renowned globally as "The World's Mayor." As an award-winning producer, internationally bestselling author, and pioneering show host, Joshua is spearheading a transformative movement at the intersection of media literacy, accessible Education, and community empowerment.

His ground-breaking works include the game-changing book "Media Company in a Box: Independent Media in the 4th Industrial Revolution," providing a roadmap for ethical media entrepreneurship leveraging emerging technologies like AI and the metaverse. Joshua's raw, redemptive memoir "The Devil Inside Me" chronicles his journey overcoming addiction and Trauma.

The World's Mayor Experience, Joshua's innovative media platform, features empowering content tailored for under-served groups like at-risk youth, Mental Health communities, formerly incarcerated individuals, abuse survivors, human trafficking victims, and disabled people. As a proud advocate from these marginalized backgrounds himself, Joshua is dedicated to amplifying unheard voices through media skills training and accessible business mentorship.

While his inspirational books are available at bookstores worldwide, Joshua has made "Media Company in a Box" freely accessible at public libraries globally, exemplifying his commitment to democratizing vital knowledge. As a SCORE mentor, he provides pro-bono Coaching to entrepreneurs and nonprofits.

Through immersive virtual experiences, online academies, published works, advocacy initiatives, and an upcoming worldwide touring show, Joshua Berglan is sparking a people-powered renaissance - equipping a global community of ethical storytellers and digitally literate changemakers to reshape societal narratives for the better.

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The Highway and the Voice: Why African Trade Needs Media to Move

Roads can move products.Ports can move shipments.Trucks can move harvests.But only trust can move people.In Episode Five of The World’s Mayor Experience, Joshua T. Berglan speaks from Limbe, Cameroo…

Roads can move produ…

Roads can move products.Ports can move shipments.Trucks can move harvests.But only trust can move people.In Episode Five of The World’s Mayor Experience, Joshua T. Berglan speaks from Limbe, Cameroon about one of the most overlooked pieces of African trade infrastructure: media.Trade platforms need roads, financing, logistics, documentation, Technology, and market access. But if farmers do not understand the platform, buyers cannot see the proof, investors do not trust the system, and communities never hear the story, adoption will remain slow.Media creates trust.Media provides education.Med…

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The Shopkeeper Revolution: Feeding the Communities That Feed the World

In this episode of The World’s Experience, Joshua T. Berglan speaks from Limbe, Cameroon with a deeply personal message about vision, purpose, tremors, disability, building in silence, and refusing …

In this episode of T…

In this episode of The World’s Experience, Joshua T. Berglan speaks from Limbe, Cameroon with a deeply personal message about vision, purpose, tremors, disability, building in silence, and refusing to give up on the assignment God placed inside your heart.Joshua connects his own journey of hardship, media, disability, and purpose to a larger conversation about Africa’s agricultural future. This episode explores why local Retail, shopkeepers, organic farming, seed sovereignty, regenerative agriculture, and clean food systems matter for Cameroon, Afrique, and the world.The Shopkeeper Revolut…

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How Africa Grows the World’s Food but Farmers Still Can’t Afford Seeds

How can a continent grow the world’s food, feed global industries, supply luxury products, and carry the world’s raw materials… while many farmers still cannot afford the seeds for the next seas…

How can a continent …

How can a continent grow the world’s food, feed global industries, supply luxury products, and carry the world’s raw materials… while many farmers still cannot afford the seeds for the next season?In this episode of The World’s Experience, Joshua T. Berglan speaks from Limbe, Cameroon, about one of the most urgent conversations of our time: agriculture, farmers, food sovereignty, regenerative systems, ownership, and why Africa must control more of the value chain.This is not just about farming.This is about freedom.This is about ownership.This is about whether Africa will continue to b…

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The 19-Year-Old Sovereign Creator: Maxtyper's Phone-Made Pop Empire – A teenage pop artist from Cameroon proves you don't need a label — just a phone and the refusal to quit.

Every once in a while a hidden gem stops you in your tracks. Maxtyper (OJONG Loic) is a 19-year-old singer-songwriter from Cameroon making pop music in a country where everyone told him only Afrobeats…

Every once in a whil…

Every once in a while a hidden gem stops you in your tracks. Maxtyper (OJONG Loic) is a 19-year-old singer-songwriter from Cameroon making pop music in a country where everyone told him only Afrobeats matters — and he's doing it with nothing but a smartphone, BandLab, SoundCloud, and TikTok.In this episode, Joshua T. Berglan broadcasts live from Limbe, Cameroon and sits down with one of the most undeniable young voices on the continent. They talk about the song "Save Me" (written in one sitting after a breakup), what it costs to create art nobody around you understands, and why building your…

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The 19-Year-Old Sovereign Creator: Maxtyper's Phone-Made Pop Empire – A teenage pop artist from Cameroon proves you don't need a label — just a phone and the refusal to quit.

Every once in a while a hidden gem stops you in your tracks. Maxtyper (OJONG Loic) is a 19-year-old singer-songwriter from Cameroon making pop music in a country where everyone told him only Afrobeats…

Every once in a whil…

Every once in a while a hidden gem stops you in your tracks. Maxtyper (OJONG Loic) is a 19-year-old singer-songwriter from Cameroon making pop music in a country where everyone told him only Afrobeats matters — and he's doing it with nothing but a smartphone, BandLab, SoundCloud, and TikTok.In this episode, Joshua T. Berglan broadcasts live from Limbe, Cameroon and sits down with one of the most undeniable young voices on the continent. They talk about the song "Save Me" (written in one sitting after a breakup), what it costs to create art nobody around you understands, and why building your…

Listen · 20:10
Cocoa, Coffee & the Hidden Math of African Trade | Cameroon Prices, Farmers & Community Power

Most people see cocoa and think about chocolate.Most people see coffee and think about a cup in the morning.But behind cocoa and coffee is a hidden world of pricing, buyers, transport, warehouses, por…

Most people see coco…

Most people see cocoa and think about chocolate.Most people see coffee and think about a cup in the morning.But behind cocoa and coffee is a hidden world of pricing, buyers, transport, warehouses, ports, exporters, global markets, documentation, currency, risk, and profit.In this episode of The World’s Mayor Experience, Joshua T. Berglan comes to you from Limbe, Cameroon to break down cocoa and coffee pricing as a real-time teaching tool for farmers, youth, communities, local traders, cooperatives, and future entrepreneurs.When cocoa is quoted internationally at one price, why does the farme…

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The Farmer Is the First Investor: Why Africa’s Producers Deserve More Than Sympathy

In this powerful episode of The World’s Mayor Experience, Joshua T. Berglan comes to you from Limbe, Cameroon for a conversation Africa needs — and the world needs.Before there is chocolate, coffe…

In this powerful epi…

In this powerful episode of The World’s Mayor Experience, Joshua T. Berglan comes to you from Limbe, Cameroon for a conversation Africa needs — and the world needs.Before there is chocolate, coffee, rice, sugar, palm oil, cassava, maize, cocoa, or any commodity moving through billion-dollar markets, there is a farmer. There is land, labor, weather, risk, faith, and investment.The farmer is not the last person in the value chain. The farmer is the first investor.This episode reframes farmers not as poor people waiting for charity, but as economic architects, producers, nation builders, and …

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The Creator Economy is Here: You Are a Media Brand | Limbe, Cameroon

🌍 The future isn’t big-budget Hollywood — it’s YOU.From the beautiful shores of Limbe, Cameroon, I’m here to remind you: Every single person and every business is now a media brand. Not gia…

🌍 The future isn�…

🌍 The future isn’t big-budget Hollywood — it’s YOU.From the beautiful shores of Limbe, Cameroon, I’m here to remind you: Every single person and every business is now a media brand. Not giant corporations — one-person media organizations.That future isn’t coming. It’s already here.You don’t need a massive following. You don’t need a big budget. AI and free technology have leveled the playing field. Your story, your talent, your Wisdom, and your experience are now your greatest assets — and the tools to share them and monetize them are completely free.Hollywood is shiftin…

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The Donor's Dilemma: Why the Charity Industry Failed You Too

If you have been giving to charities for years and feel cynical about the lack of real change, your fatigue isn't selfish—it is diagnostic. And if you are a creator in a developing nation waiting fo…

If you have been giv…

If you have been giving to charities for years and feel cynical about the lack of real change, your fatigue isn't selfish—it is diagnostic. And if you are a creator in a developing nation waiting for the world to notice you, the system wasn't built to empower you; it was built to keep you dependent.In Episode 2 of The World's Mayor Experience, Joshua Tah-Lah Berglan reports live from Dada Estates in Limbe, Cameroon. We are dismantling the $200 billion international aid architecture that punishes the exact outcome it claims to want, and introducing a new model: Digital Sovereignty.From Bafut …

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The $200 Billion Failure of Charity (And How We Fix It) | The Sovereign Franchise

The international aid sector is a $200 billion industry that has structurally failed. When the cameras and grant cycles leave, communities are left in a state of dependency. But what if we stopped tre…

The international ai…

The international aid sector is a $200 billion industry that has structurally failed. When the cameras and grant cycles leave, communities are left in a state of dependency. But what if we stopped treating marginalized people as victims and started treating them as creators?Welcome back to The World's Mayor Experience! In this episode, host Joshua T. Berglan breaks down a radical new business plan: "The Sovereign Franchise." This isn't a charity; it's a global sovereign media network designed to replace NGO dependency with permanent economic sovereignty through the Creator Economy and Web3 tec…

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The Royal Echo Village: Sovereign Franchise, Not Charity | World’s Mayor Experience with Princess of Bafut

In this powerful, unscripted conversation, Joshua T. Berglan and Princess of Bafut pull back the curtain on the Royal Echo Village — a bold new model that’s part media empire, part cultural sanctu…

In this powerful, un…

In this powerful, unscripted conversation, Joshua T. Berglan and Princess of Bafut pull back the curtain on the Royal Echo Village — a bold new model that’s part media empire, part cultural sanctuary, and 100% sovereign.Why build a franchise instead of a charity? Why put solar panels before walls? How does “Media Company in a Box” turn everyday voices in Bafut into multiple revenue streams without selling their souls?From preserving 52 years of royal Legacy and indigenous wisdom to creating Africa’s next Entertainment capital, this episode dives deep into the complete business plan, …

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From Seminary to Physics Author: Chibuike James Michael Okeke on Faith, Science & Media Sovereignty | World's Mayor Experience

What happens when a 27-year-old Nigerian-born physicist — raised in Bamenda, Cameroon — writes two published physics books while studying for the priesthood, with almost no resources and constant …

What happens when a …

What happens when a 27-year-old Nigerian-born physicist — raised in Bamenda, Cameroon — writes two published physics books while studying for the priesthood, with almost no resources and constant opposition? You get one of the most inspiring conversations Joshua T. Berglan has had since arriving on African soil.In this completely unscripted episode of The World's Mayor Experience, Joshua sits down with Chibuike James Michael Okeke — author of Mechanics Made Easy for Advanced Level Students and A Prolegomena to Advanced Level Physics — just one hour after meeting him for the first time.…

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