Small Doses with Amanda Seales
Starburns Audio
Now in its 7th season, just like its host, artistic intellectual, Amanda Seales, Small Doses podcast is known for its hilarious, honest, and philosophical take on all “Side Effects” of life it tackles. Each episode be edutained by high level topics grounded in down to earth conversations with icons, experts and sometimes, Ms. Seales flying solo. Small Doses podcast raises awareness, piques curiosity, and challenges toxic norms expanding minds with one of a kind convos one episode a time!
Location:
United States
Genres:
Comedy
Networks:
Starburns Audio
Description:
Now in its 7th season, just like its host, artistic intellectual, Amanda Seales, Small Doses podcast is known for its hilarious, honest, and philosophical take on all “Side Effects” of life it tackles. Each episode be edutained by high level topics grounded in down to earth conversations with icons, experts and sometimes, Ms. Seales flying solo. Small Doses podcast raises awareness, piques curiosity, and challenges toxic norms expanding minds with one of a kind convos one episode a time!
Language:
English
Episodes
Side Effects of Challenging The Administration (with Prem Thakker)
9/24/2025
This week, we talk to journalist Prem Thakker about holding the powers that be accountable, corporate influence in the mainstream press, the basic moral compulsion to acknowlege what is happening to journalists in Palestine, and why independant reporting is so important.
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Duration:00:59:53
Side Effect of Speculating A Black Future (with Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah)
9/17/2025
This week, we are joined by author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah to talk about the ways that imagining beyond our present reality can help us get to the nature of what's currently happening around us.
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Duration:00:50:05
Side Effects of Black Resistance (with Kellie Carter Jackson)
9/10/2025
This week, we are joined by Kellie Carter Jackson, author of We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance, to talk the multitude of forms that resistance can take, why violence is always forceful, but force is not always violent, and how to protest effectively while preserving your energy.
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Duration:01:00:53
Side Effects of Intuition (with Sarah Gregg and Jill Ritchie)
9/3/2025
This week, we talk to Sarah Gregg and Jill Ritchie, founders of The Intuitive Psychology Association, to unpack the power of intuition as not only a concept, but a practical skill that can be harnessed to enrich your life.
IG: @we.are.ipa
The 22 Question Method
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Duration:00:54:06
Side Effects of The African Perspective (with Ahmed Kaballo)
8/27/2025
This week, we are joined by Ahmed Kaballo, CEO and co-founder of African Stream, to unpack the sequence of events that led to the media outlet getting deplatformed.
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Duration:01:00:53
Side Effects of How Neuroscience Saves Relationships (with Martin Ali Simms)
8/20/2025
This week, we talk to Neurosequential Sport Specialist Martin Ali Simms about relocating to Mexico at the start of the pandemic, unpacking dissociation and trauma in therapy, developing the D.O.P.E Framework (Develop, Organize, Process, Engage), and the importance of self-regulation for well-being.
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Duration:00:53:42
Side Effects of The Black Bourgeoisie
8/13/2025
This week, I get into the ways white supremacy is used as a currency by the Black bourgeoisie on our descent into fascism
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Duration:00:39:01
Side Effects of a Two-Party System. (with Eugene Puryear)
8/6/2025
This week, we are joined by journalist and activist Eugene Puryear to give historical context to how the US got stuck in a two-party system, clear up misconceptions around 3rd party votes, and imagine a different way forward.
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Duration:00:52:28
Side Effects of Young People Leading the Climate Movement (with Sunrise Movement)
7/30/2025
This week, we are joined by Aru Shiney-Ajay and Dejah Powell of Sunrise Movement, a youth organization with a mission of stopping the climate crisis and winning a Green New Deal, to talk about the ways mass movement momentum can change the Democratic Party for the better.
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Duration:01:03:51
Side Effects of The Politics of Palestine (with Noura Erakat)
7/23/2025
This week, we are joined by activist, attorney, and Rutgers University professor Noura Erakat, to contextualize the ways the US is intrinsicly implicated in the genocide, and how the lies around Zionism mirror the lies around captialsm and racism.
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Duration:00:41:52
Side Effects of Imagination as Resistance (with Ruha Benjamin)
7/16/2025
This week, we talk to sociologist Ruha Benjamin about finding imagination in unexpected places, and harnessing its power to disrupt the status quo.
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Duration:00:48:26
Side Effects of A Kids Book About... (with Jelani Memory)
7/9/2025
This week, we are joined by Jelani Memory, author and creator of the A Kids Book About... series, for a conversation about talking to kids, raising their consciousness, and the power of books.
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Duration:00:45:04
Side Effects of Mainstream Media (with Medhi Hasan)
7/2/2025
This week, we are joined by Medhi Hasan, journalist and founder of Zeteo, to discuss the failures of the media in the era of Trump's 2nd term, America's descent into facism, and how independent journalists are navigating this landscape.
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Duration:00:55:37
Side Effects of The Misrepresentation of Mysticism (with Dayna Lynn Nuckolls)
6/25/2025
This week, Dayna Lynn Nuckolls, The People’s Oracle, joins us to demystify spirituality outside of traditional religious spaces, and discuss the connections between politics and prophecy.
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Duration:00:56:46
Side Effects of Being Young Black and Radical (with Afeni Evans)
6/18/2025
This week, organizer and activist Afeni Evans (@factsandfire) joins us to talk about finding her way to radical politics, the work of the Mass Liberation Project, and the incoming phase of American facism and expansion of white supremacy.
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Duration:01:06:09
Side Effects of Loving Corrections (with adrienne maree brown)
6/11/2025
This week, we are joined by writer, activist, and facilitator adrienne maree brown about ways to communicate within relationships.
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Duration:00:44:17
Side Effects of Socialism (with Claudia De la Cruz)
6/4/2025
This week, we talk to activist and former presidential nominee Claudia De la Cruz about the crimes of capitalism, what socialism and communism really means, and how to imagine a better United States.
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Duration:00:51:40
Side Effects of Divesting From Celebrity
5/28/2025
This week, we unpack notability vs. notoriety, redifining success, and the path to artistic intellectualism.
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Duration:00:36:42
Side Effects of Being In A Hurricane
5/21/2025
This week, I share my experience of living through Hurricane Beryl in Grenada.
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Duration:00:36:13
Side Effects of White Dissent (with Dr. Myriam François)
5/14/2025
This week, we're joined by British journalist and documentary filmmaker Dr. Myriam François to talk about navigating the world as a white Muslim person, the limitations of inter-class allyship, and how the world perceives the current state of US politics.
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Duration:00:51:46