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Joshua T. Berglan
The World's Mayor
I listen for the story beneath the headline, give it a voice, and build media people can own.
I investigate hidden systems, broadcast the stories underneath them, and teach people to tell their own. I live and work in Cameroon — and the reporting, the broadcasts and the workshops are building toward sovereign media hubs that communities own outright.
Omni-Media Architect & Advocacy Actuary · Four-time #1 international bestselling author · UN speaker · Tah-Lah
, Bafut Kingdom
Joshua T. BerglanStories without borders · Media without permission
The Persona
The World Is My Constituency.
The name is a responsibility: go where the stories are, listen without superiority, ask better questions, and use media to return dignity, voice, and ownership.
The World's Mayor is not a political office. It is Joshua T. Berglan's public identity as a listener, connector, advocate, storyteller, and builder across borders.
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Listen Beyond the Label
People are more than diagnoses, headlines, mistakes, status, nationality, or circumstance. The real story begins where the easy label ends.
02
Tell What Systems Hide
I follow the evidence, the money, the ownership, and the human consequences—while protecting the complexity that makes truth worth hearing.
03
Build What People Own
A story should create more than attention. It can become a book, broadcast, body of knowledge, platform, opportunity, and legacy.
Media & Library
Books. Broadcasts. The Complete Archive.
One organized gateway into the body of work behind The World's Mayor: broadcasts, books, articles, archives, credentials, field dispatches, and independent media frameworks.
Broadcast Library · Eight Original Shows
The Broadcast Hub
Investigations, interviews, justice, spoken word, memoir, human transformation, flagship broadcasts, and unfiltered conversations—organized in one clear broadcast destination.
Looking for everything?
The complete Media & Library directory also organizes articles, the longform archive, credentials, newsletters, field dispatches, resources, and creator frameworks.
Begin with the current investigative series, then enter the complete broadcast collection for eight original shows spanning evidence, interviews, justice, spoken word, memoir, and transformation.
Featured Investigative Series
The Shadow Files
Evidence-led investigations following documents, data, money, ownership, resources, technology, and human consequences from Cameroon across Africa and the world.
The broadcasts reveal what I investigate. The books reveal what I have survived, learned, questioned, and built. Together, they explain the voice behind The World's Mayor.
Featured Book · Second Edition
The Devil Inside Me
A revised, expanded, and unfiltered memoir of trauma, addiction, identity, abuse, accountability, survival, faith, and the long fight to reclaim a life. This is not separate from the public work—it is the human story beneath it.
#1 bestseller in four countries · Eight festival awards for the screen adaptation
The distinction is not that I do many unrelated things. It is that the same gift—finding meaning inside complex human experience—moves through four connected forms.
Investigative Broadcaster
I connect evidence to lived experience, making complex systems understandable without turning people into spectacle.
Author & Storyteller
I turn testimony, trauma, recovery, identity, faith, and possibility into stories that invite honesty and transformation.
Voice Artist & Host
Through narration, interviews, podcasting, speaking, and spoken word, I create space where people feel heard rather than processed.
Omni-Media Architect
I connect story, content, publishing, broadcasting, offers, and owned platforms into systems that do not depend on borrowed attention.
The Story
The Credentials Are Not the Story.
I investigate, broadcast, publish and teach — and I build the systems that let other people do the same. I am an Omni-Media Architect and Advocacy Actuary, creator of The World's Mayor Experience and the Media Company in a Box framework, and sole architect of The Sovereign Franchise: 500 sovereign media hubs worldwide, starting in Cameroon, built from the ground up under my direct orchestration.
First · Eighteen Years
Before Media, There Was Service
I spent more than eighteen years serving people with complex disabilities — work that shaped how I see human potential: not as a diagnosis or a circumstance, but as a story waiting for the right tools. That conviction runs through everything I have built since.
Then · Brand & Global Markets
Product, Manufacturing, Distribution
My path moved through medical aesthetics and skincare — product development and global distribution for a publicly traded skincare company — where I learned brand architecture, manufacturing, and international markets from the inside.
Then · Eleven-Plus Years
Then Came the Microphone
I became a four-time #1 international bestselling author, an award-winning film producer and voice-over talent with 126+ IMDb credits, a United Nations speaker, and a SCORE Certified Mentor — building broadcasts, books, and platforms that reached audiences worldwide.
But the credentials are not the story. The story is what they were built from: addiction, homelessness, an HIV diagnosis, incarceration, trauma, and neurodivergence — and the transformation that followed. My core teaching came from surviving my own wreckage.
“Sell the scar, not the wound.”
Processed pain becomes proof, wisdom, and intellectual property. That is why the methodology transfers — it is autobiographical before it is theoretical.
Today I live and work on the ground in Cameroon. I have personally taught my workshops across six Cameroon cities — Limbe, Tiko, Souza, Bafut, Bamenda, and Yaoundé — and serve a planned replication node in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda. The Fon of Bafut conferred on me the royal title Tah-Lah
— “Father of the Land.” The organizations I have worked with are honored as field deployments; the hubs now rising — beginning with the Royal Echo Village in Nchum, Bafut Kingdom — are mine to build.
I am not simply a media personality. I am an architect — of platforms, of frameworks, and of the belief that the people the world writes off are the ones who will build what comes next.
“He first makes a safe space by embracing his vulnerability and makes you feel seen, heard… Joshua is not simply a broadcaster; he is a Cultural Alchemist. He takes the leaden weight of broken narratives and refines them into the gold of advocacy. He is also an Advocacy Actuary… turning data into stories.”
Eight Film Festival AwardsEight wins and three nominations across documentary, web series, voiceover, and podcast work.
Four #1 International Bestselling BooksPublished work rooted in testimony, identity, transformation, and media ownership.
126+ IMDb CreditsProfessional screen, voice, production, and media experience that can be independently reviewed.
UN Speaker · SCORE Certified MentorPublic leadership, professional mentorship, and global teaching grounded in practical application.
View all eight festival awards
Accolade Global Film Competition2021 Award of Recognition — Christian · The Devil Inside Me
Impact Docs Awards2021 Award of Recognition — Best Voice Over · The Devil Inside Me
Virgin Spring Cinefest2021 Silver Award — Best Documentary · The Devil Inside Me
Vegas Movie Awards2021 Award of Prestige — Best Voice Over · The Devil Inside Me
Lonely Wolf International Film Festival2021 Festival Award — Best Podcast · A Conversation with Joshua T Berglan & Joe Schirmer
Beyond the Curve International Film Festival2021 April Award — Best Web Series Pilot (Main Category) · The Devil Inside Me
Beyond the Curve International Film Festival2021 BCIFF Award of Excellence — Best Web Series Pilot · The Devil Inside Me
Bright International Film Festival2021 Winner — Best Narrative Documentary · The Devil Inside Me
The full record also includes three 2021 nominations and eleven professional certifications. Every award can be reviewed through IMDb or the complete credentials portfolio.
“Just two weeks after getting the book and implementing the strategies, my honey business gained more visibility… And not just visibility I got paying clients. I also used the same principles to create a free website for my Forex academy and, within the same week, enrolled two students.”
Njoya SusanBusiness owner · Cameroon
“Within a short period of time I have been able to create things I was struggling with like my website and payments. He help me see things out of the box and increase my view. He is incredibly kind and generous.”
Ngum VeraWorkshop participant
“It is clear why Mr. Berglan is known worldwide as ‘The World’s Mayor’. He is deeply dedicated to empowering individuals through service management, media insights, and impactful talent development. An exceptional mentor!”
David UdohGoogle review
“One of the most wonderful humans I’ve ever met. This man’s purpose, dream, vision, drive, and dedication to making the world a better place are outstanding. He is truly being the change he wants to see in the world.”
Nathaniel AllenbyGoogle Local Guide · 45 reviews
Every review above is public on my Google profile, posted by the people who sat in the room. Read them in full — or add your own if we have worked together.
This is where I live and work: reporting, teaching, listening, distributing books, documenting human stories, and standing up hubs so people can build media with the tools already in their hands.
The ground keeps the work honest. It forces every idea about dignity, storytelling, technology, ownership, and opportunity to meet real people and real conditions. I have taught these workshops in person across Limbe, Tiko, Souza, Bafut, Bamenda and Yaoundé.
Cameroon is the reporting base. Africa is the field. The world is the beat.
I accept a limited number of aligned professional engagements where listening, voice, storytelling, production experience, or independent-media thinking can materially change the outcome.
Speaking · Hosting · Voice Work · Story Development · Production · Workshops · Owned Media Strategy · Media Company in a Box
Begin with the Media & Library for the complete body of work, The Shadow Files for current investigations, the Broadcast Hub for eight original shows, or the Bookshelf for memoirs and books.
What is The Sovereign Franchise?
The Sovereign Franchise is my build of 500 sovereign media hubs worldwide, starting in Cameroon. Each hub runs on the Media Company in a Box framework, so a community can produce and own its media without borrowed permission or borrowed attention. The flagship is the Royal Echo Village in Nchum, Bafut Kingdom, with a planned replication node at Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda.
What is The World's Mayor Media & Library?
It is the organized gateway to my books, broadcasts, articles, longform archive, credentials, newsletter, field dispatches, free builder challenge, and independent media frameworks. It exists so visitors can see the complete body of work without having to guess where everything lives.
What will I find inside the Broadcast Hub?
The Broadcast Hub organizes eight original shows spanning investigations, interviews, justice, spoken word, memoir, human transformation, flagship broadcasts, and unfiltered conversation. It is the central broadcast library for The World's Mayor Experience.
Where can I find Joshua's books and audiobooks?
The Experience Bookshelf organizes my books and publishing work. The Devil Inside Me — Second Edition has its own page with the available hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats.
How can I verify Joshua T. Berglan's awards and media credits?
Open the complete award record on this page, review my IMDb profile, or visit the official Awards & Credentials portfolio. The homepage names all eight festival awards and links directly to the supporting records.
How can I follow the newest broadcasts and field stories?
Visit The Broadcast Hub, subscribe to my YouTube channel, and join News From The World's Mayor for new investigations, interviews, broadcasts, books, and field reporting from Cameroon.
Can people sponsor books, workshops, or field work in Cameroon?
Yes. Support through the Cameroon mission helps underwrite books, workshops, training, transportation, materials, and field delivery for people and communities that could not otherwise access the work.
Does Joshua T. Berglan accept professional engagements?
Yes. I accept a limited number of aligned engagements involving speaking, hosting, voice work, story development, production, workshops, and owned media strategy. Professional work is introduced immediately above.
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