Small Doses with Amanda Seales
Amanda Seales
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!
Episodes
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Oct 22, 2025 • 48min
Side Effects of Seeding Our Ancestral Futures (with Sophia Bazile)
This week, we are joined by futures literacy and foresight researcher Sophia Bazile to contemplate the types of ancestors we want to be, putting theory into practice in our communities, how living outside of the US expands your perspective, and the importance of holding on to your curiosity.For more content, subscribe to our Youtube and Patreon!
Oct 15, 2025 • 48min
Side Effects of Israel (with Abby Martin)
This week, we are joined by journalist Abby Martin to discuss how Israel's crimes long predate Netanyahu, the way the media hides Israeli society's view of Palestinians, and why Americans should should be paying attention to what happens abroad.For more content, subscribe to our Youtube and Patreon!
Oct 8, 2025 • 51min
Side Effects of Combating Erasure (with Savannah Wood)
This week, artist and Executive Director of Afro Charities Savannah Wood joins us to discuss the functional purpose of archives, why digitizing isn't a replacement for physical media, how independent Black newspapers across the country are staying afloat, and why it's so important to have a record of what our ancestors cared about in their own words.For more content, subscribe to our Youtube and Patreon!
Oct 1, 2025 • 52min
Side Effects of The Caribbean Diaspora (with Fiona Compton)
This week, we talk to artist and historian Fiona Compton about multiculturalism within the Caribbean, what tourists get wrong, and the differences between the Black American and Black Caribbean experiences.For more content, subscribe to our Youtube and Patreon!
Sep 24, 2025 • 60min
Side Effects of Challenging The Administration (with Prem Thakker)
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.For more content, subscribe to our Youtube and Patreon!
Sep 17, 2025 • 50min
Side Effect of Speculating A Black Future (with Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah)
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.For more content, subscribe to our Youtube and Patreon!
Sep 10, 2025 • 1h 1min
Side Effects of Black Resistance (with Kellie Carter Jackson)
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.For more content, subscribe to our Youtube and Patreon!
Sep 3, 2025 • 54min
Side Effects of Intuition (with Sarah Gregg and Jill Ritchie)
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.ipaThe 22 Question MethodFor more content, subscribe to our Youtube and Patreon!
Aug 27, 2025 • 1h 1min
Side Effects of The African Perspective (with Ahmed Kaballo)
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.For more content, subscribe to our Youtube and Patreon!
Aug 20, 2025 • 54min
Side Effects of How Neuroscience Saves Relationships (with Martin Ali Simms)
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.For more content, subscribe to our Youtube and Patreon!
