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Side Effects of Watching the Coup as a Black American (with Brandon Victor Dixon)
4418
This week we take a peak into the minds of America's black folks as we watched the attempted "Coup on Capitol Hill" unfold.
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Jan 13, 2021 |
Side Effects of a Reset
3109
This week, we ctrl-alt-delete for a new year.
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Jan 06, 2021 |
The Small Doses Keep and Dump List 2020 (Part 2)
2575
2020 has been a doozy, but it wasn’t a full wash. And we’re wrapping up this year letting you know why, in Part 2 of our Keep and Dump list!
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Dec 30, 2020 |
The Small Doses Keep and Dump List 2020 (Part 1)
2403
2020 has been a doozy, but it wasn’t a full wash. And we’re wrapping up this year letting you know why. Come back next week for part 2!
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Dec 23, 2020 |
Side Effects of Living Together
3269
This week, we commiserate on what it means to cohabitate.
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Dec 16, 2020 |
Side Effects of Being a Woke White Guy (with Jesse Mechanic)
4501
This week we talk to writer Jesse Mechanic about the road to impactful allyship.
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Dec 09, 2020 |
Side Effects of Gratitude
3145
This week, we explore the art appreciation and why it’s a masterpiece.
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Dec 02, 2020 |
Side Effects of Expectations
2618
This week, we get realistic about what we want from everybody, including ourselves.
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Nov 18, 2020 |
Side Effects of Hope
2990
In the wake of the election, this week we celebrate what possibility looks like from sea to shining sea.
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Nov 11, 2020 |
SD Revisited: Side Effects of Free Speech (with Natasha Korgaonkar)
5187
In the wake of this momentous election, we revisit an episode from the archives where we got into the nitty gritty of the 1st Amendment. My friend Natasha Korgaonkar, former lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, gets on the mic to clear up choice, freedom, and the difference in consequences when folks are exercising their rights vs. folks just runnin their mouths!
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Nov 04, 2020 |
Side Effects of Inspiration
2000
This week we seek to spark the inner flame that gives each of us the momentum to keep on moving.
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Oct 28, 2020 |
Side Effects of Community
2383
This week, we come together to identify what makes community and why it’s so important to preserve it.
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Oct 21, 2020 |
Side Effects of Surgery
1640
This week I talk getting your mind and body right after going under the knife.
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Oct 14, 2020 |
SD Revisited: Side Effects of Toxic Relationships
4144
This week we take another look at toxic relationships and how we can be a compassionate co-pilot to navigating out of them!
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Oct 07, 2020 |
Side Effects of Being Outspoken
1850
This week we revisit why now, more than ever, being outspoken is so imperative and how to find your voice.
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Sep 30, 2020 |
Side Effects of Self-Care
2736
This week, we identify 5 ways to fight that funk that we’re all in.
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Sep 23, 2020 |
Side Effects of White Privilege (with Layla Saad)
3796
This week we talk to author Layla Saad about how talking to white people about racism can be exhausting AF.
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Sep 16, 2020 |
Side Effects of Checking In
2650
This week we drop a pin on where we’re at in the world right now.
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Sep 09, 2020 |
Side Effects of Apologies (with Sonya Renee Taylor)
3550
This week we get honest about apologizing with author Sonya Renee Taylor, founder of The Body Is Not An Apology.
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Sep 02, 2020 |
Side Effects of Black Voters (with LaTosha Brown)
4277
This week, we talk to organizer and political strategist LaTosha Brown about why Black votes and voters matter, and what it means to take the power.
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Aug 26, 2020 |
Side Effects of Hosting the BET Awards (Part 1)
6034
This week we run it back to that one time I hosted the 2020 BET Awards to give you the behind the scenes and drama and tea on how the innovative ground breaking show came to life!
With guests: Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon, Renee Sanganoo, Bryon Javar, and Nicky B!
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Aug 19, 2020 |
SD Revisited: Side Effects of Communication
3819
This week we re-introduce and revisit the conversation about how we have conversations.
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Aug 12, 2020 |
Side Effects of Raising Gen Z (with Sunny Hostin)
3792
This week, Sunny Hostin, lawyer and host of The View, let's us in on the fun and the fails of raising Gen Z kids!
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Aug 05, 2020 |
Side Effects of James Baldwin (with Eddie S. Glaude Jr.)
5133
This week, we talk to Eddie S. Glaude Jr., author of Begin Again, about the depth, value, and necessity for James Baldwin and his work in our current time.
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Jul 29, 2020 |
Side Effects of Black Cinema (with Desmond Thorne)
3246
This week, we delve into the deep canon of Black cinema with Desmond Thorne, film expert and host of Adventures in Black Cinema, the debut show on the Smart Funny and Black podcast network.
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Jul 22, 2020 |
Side Effects of Feelings
3071
In true Cancer season fashion, it’s only right that we not only get in our feelings, but get real about why so many of us are scared of them.
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Jul 15, 2020 |
Side Effects of Journalism (with Errin Haines)
3847
This week, we connect with Errin Haines, journalist at The 19th (https://www.19thnews.org/), to assess where journalism as a medium exists in the current media landscape.
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Jul 08, 2020 |
Side Effects of Voting (with Tiffany D. Cross)
5236
This week, we are joined by author and journalist Tiffany D. Cross, and uncover a bunch of ways we affect voting and voting affects us that we never considered.
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Jul 01, 2020 |
Side Effects of Being a Black Man in Hollywood (with Blair Underwood)
4464
This week, we talk to iconic actor Blair Underwood about what it means to be brotha in showbiz.
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Jun 24, 2020 |
Side Effects of Black Motherhood (with Tika Sumpter)
4046
This week, actress Tika Sumpter joins us to speak on creating a much-needed sweet space for Black mamas.
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Jun 18, 2020 |
Uprising: A Small Doses Forum (Part 2)
3095
Part 2 of our first Small Doses Forum, where we discuss the multiple ways in which the nation's eruption of consciousness can effect change.
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Jun 11, 2020 |
Uprising: A Small Doses Forum (Part 1)
4095
In part 1 of our first Small Doses Forum we discuss the multiple ways in which the nation's eruption of consciousness can effect change. Come back next week for part 2.
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Jun 04, 2020 |
Side Effects of Being a Black Intellectual (with Marc Lamont Hill)
5498
This week, author, professor, and pundit Marc Lamont Hill joins us to illuminate the realities and sometimes contradictions of being smart, funny, and Black.
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May 27, 2020 |
Side Effects of Living Alone
2702
This week, I take a solo look at livin’ solo.
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May 20, 2020 |
Side Effects of Politics (with Angela Rye)
4151
This week, CNN correspondent Angela Rye schools us on the necessities of being politically engaged and why your vote matters.
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May 13, 2020 |
Side Effects of Covid-19 on the Black Community (with Joy Reid)
4086
This week Joy-Anne Reid, journalist and host of AM Joy, let’s us in on the unspoken conversations around how Corona is indiscriminately impacting Black America.
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May 06, 2020 |
Side Effects of New Orleans (with PJ Morton)
3855
This week, we bounce down to the Big Easy with musician and community leader PJ Morton to learn about all things NoLa.
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Apr 29, 2020 |
Side Effects of Values
2757
This week I get down in the dirt with what makes up the soil that you grow from as a person, and how it affects the way we interact with the world.
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Apr 22, 2020 |
Side Effects of Being A Boss (with Issa Rae)
3848
This week, we get awkward with writer, producer, actress Issa Rae about how confidence and being insecure make a leader.
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Apr 15, 2020 |
Side Effects of Traveling Alone
3418
This week I take y'all on a ride of the do's, don'ts, and dopeness of hittin the road solo!
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Apr 08, 2020 |
Side Effects of Uncorked (with Prentice Penny)
5030
This week, writer, director, and Blackspert, Prentice Penny joins us to decant the process of making his new hit Netflix film, Uncorked. Warning: spoilers ahead!
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Apr 01, 2020 |
Side Effects of Quarantine
2719
This episode we talk about what everybody is talking about, BEING STUCK INSIDE THE GOT DANG HOUSE!
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Mar 25, 2020 |
Side Effects of Writing for TV (with Kenya Barris)
3076
On this week’s show, we connect with writer extraordinaire Kenya Barris on creating your favorite -ishes and the nuance of nuance. Kenya's new show #blackaf debuts on April 17th on Netflix!
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Mar 18, 2020 |
Side effects of Black Festivals (with Brandon McEachern)
3354
This week, we sit with Brandon McEachern, creator of Broccoli City Festival, and talk all the reasons why safe spaces for black celebration are necessary.
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Mar 11, 2020 |
Side Effects of the Hyphy Movement (with Mistah F.A.B.)
4503
This week we get down to Town Biz with Oakland MC and entrepreneur, Mistah F.A.B. to talk Bay Area things and the Hyphy Movement.
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Mar 04, 2020 |
Side Effects of Being an LA Transplant (with Adrienne Houghton)
4705
This week, we're joined by my The Real cohost Adrienne Houghton to talk leaving the mean streets of NY for La La Land.
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Feb 26, 2020 |
Side Effects of Hair (with Dickey)
4522
This week, we sit down with Dickey, texture guru, author, founder, and creator of Hair Rules to dive into the texture paradigm of black girl tresses.
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Feb 19, 2020 |
SD Replay: Side Effects of Fuckboys (with James Bland)
4580
This Valentine's Day, we have an episode from the archives! We go in on the whos, whats, and whys of Fuckbois - in an effort to rid the world of them - with James Bland, star/creator/producer of the digital series “Giants”.
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Feb 12, 2020 |
Side Effects of Being an Empath
3664
This week, we explore the tortured soul of being a hypersensitive person and how to find peace.
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Feb 05, 2020 |
Side Effects of Everything! Everything? Everything. (Part 2)
1943
In continuation of last week's episode, we're answering any questions you have about anything!
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Jan 29, 2020 |
Side Effects of Everything! Everything? Everything. (Part 1)
2227
In celebration of our 100th episode, we're answering any questions you have about anything!
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Jan 24, 2020 |
Side Effects of Being on The Real
2747
This week go behind the scenes and in the mind of my first week as the new cohost on daytime talkshow The Real.
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Jan 17, 2020 |
Side Effects of Moving On
2249
This week, we talk about how to clear out our proverbial closets of the real-life baggage we’re leaving in the last decade.
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Jan 11, 2020 |
10 Things Amanda Learned This Decade (Part 2)
2200
This week, we close out the year with part 2 of our top 10 things Amanda learned in this decade!
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Dec 25, 2019 |
10 Things Amanda Learned This Decade (Part 1)
1991
This week, we close out the year with part 1 of our top 10 things Amanda learned in this decade! Come back next week for 5-10!
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Dec 20, 2019 |
Side Effects of Insecure Men - Live! with Alice Smith
5041
This week we go Live! and get honest about the sources, repercussions, and realities of men who lack confidence.
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Dec 12, 2019 |
Side Effects of the Age of Influence
3711
This week we discuss how we contribute to and drown out the noise that’s guiding our path.
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Dec 05, 2019 |
SD Replay: Side Effects of the Holidays
3826
This week, we have a re-release from last year, where we get festive for that special time of year full of funny style family members, exes resurfacing, and of course, holiday cheer!
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Nov 28, 2019 |
Side Effects of Getting Your Life Together with Sasheer Zamata
4143
This week we’re joined by comedian Sasheer Zamata (SNL, “The Weekend” film) to talk getting real with the real ways you can get re-focused.
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Nov 20, 2019 |
Side Effects of Virginity
2924
This week we enter into virgin territory.
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Nov 13, 2019 |
Side Effects of Being Misunderstood
3604
This week, we attempt to understand how to be a paradox without becoming a pariah.
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Nov 06, 2019 |
Side Effects of Being a Black Lesbian with Sam Jay
3862
This week, comedian/writer Sam Jay (SNL) graciously shares her personal experience to give us some insight into a nuanced space of sexual identity.
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Oct 30, 2019 |
Side Effects of the Creative Process
3440
This week, I do a deep dive into the how-to of bringing an idea to fruition.
Pick up your copy of my book Small Doses: Potent Truths for Every Day Use at a bookstore near you!
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Oct 23, 2019 |
Side Effects of doing LeVar Burton's podcast, Stories With Friends!
3325
This week, Amanda guests on LeVar Burton's podcast, LeVar Burton Reads: Stories With Friends! In Stories with Friends, LeVar invites one of his friends to sit down for a conversation inspired by a short story or another piece of literature, giving them an excuse to talk about art, life philosophies, politics, and so much more. In this episode, LeVar talks with Amanda about Scholastic book fairs, Dorothy West's story "Mammy", and making space for intellectual conversation.
This episode, along with all of the Stories With Friends episodes, is available on Stitcher Premium! You can get a free month of Stitcher Premium if you sign up with the code 'LEVAR' at stitcherpremium.com
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Oct 17, 2019 |
Side Effects of Professionalism Part 2
3404
This week, we continue our conversation and answer your questions about working in the work place.
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Oct 09, 2019 |
Side Effects of Professionalism Part 1
3184
This week, we write the handbook on how to work in the workplace.
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Oct 02, 2019 |
SD Replay: Side Effects of Being a Black Woman in Hollywood (with Cree Summer)
4689
This week, in honor of the iconic Cree Summer (“A Different World”) being an incredible guest on the most recent Smart Funny & Black, we're rereleasing the episode of Small Doses that we did together, where Cree drops ALL THE GEMs about the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of being a sista in Hollywood!
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Sep 27, 2019 |
Side Effects of Fatherhood (with Dwayne “DW” Wright)
3967
This week we’re joined by bass player, Music Director for, “Smart Funny & Black”, and father of two boys, Dwayne “DW” Wright to get a millennial parenting POV on how to be the world’s greatest Dad.
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Sep 18, 2019 |
Side Effects of Money
2913
Some people got to have it.Some people really need it.This week we talk why we, do things, good things, do bad things with it; the almighty dollar!
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Sep 12, 2019 |
Side Effects of Cancel Culture
3686
This week we examine why we’re so quick to Diddy crop people these days and ways we can change to create change.
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Sep 04, 2019 |
Side Effects of Ambition (with Amanda de Cadenet)
2222
This week I’m joined by a fellow namesake, and friend, Amanda de Cadenet (host of, “The Conversation”) to discuss how and why being an overachiever can get under everyone’s skin!
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Aug 28, 2019 |
Side Effects of Being Difficult
3492
This week, we delve into the tough part of being labelled a tough cookie.
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Aug 21, 2019 |
Side Effects of Addiction (with Raphael Saadiq)
4256
This week, music icon and legend Raphael Saadiq sits down to talk addiction, a reoccurring theme on his new album Jimmy Lee, available August 23.
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Aug 14, 2019 |
Side Effects of going on Tour Again
3258
This week I give the sweet (and not so sweet) and low down of the Smart Funny & Black: U Kno the Vibeonics 101 tour
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Aug 07, 2019 |
Side Effects of Cannabis with Fab 5 Freddy
4329
This week we sit down with the legend himself Fab 5 Freddy to talk about his Netflix film “The Grass is Greener” and get lifted on all things Mary Jane!
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Jul 24, 2019 |
Side Effects of Triggers
3374
This week we look down the barrel of those pesky occurrences that remind us of traumas and explore how to manage our own and others’!
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Jul 17, 2019 |
Side Effects of Shame with Jameela Jamil
4941
This week, Jameela Jamil, comedian and star of NBC's The Good Place cuts through the fat on shame, shaming, and how to shame shaming.
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Jul 10, 2019 |
SD Replay: Side Effects of Being a Cancer
2508
This week, in honor of my birthday, we're bringing back an episode from last year for the uber sensitive, oh so loyal, consummate homebodies, THE CANCERS! It's all about the crybaby creatives of the zodiac, and what’s it’s like to be us, know us, and love us!
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Jul 04, 2019 |
Side Effects of Being a Workaholic (with Chris Redd) LIVE from Clusterfest!
4043
This week, coming at you from Clusterfest for the first ever live episode of Small Doses, Chris Redd joins us to talk about being a workaholic.
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Jun 27, 2019 |
Side Effects of Knowing Your Worth (with Yamaneika Saunders) Part 2
3672
This week, we continue our conversation with comedian Yamaneika Saunders about what it means to value yourself and not be shortchanged.
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Jun 20, 2019 |
Side Effects of Knowing Your Worth (with Yamaneika Saunders) Part 1
4263
This week, comedian Yamaneika Saunders joins us to discuss what it means to value yourself and not be shortchanged. Come back next week for the rest of our conversation.
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Jun 12, 2019 |
Side Effects of NGMFU
2064
First it was an Instagram post, now it’s a hit song. Behold, the story behind, N****s Got Me F'd Up.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/n-s-got-me-fd-up/1466138222?i=1466138234
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Jun 06, 2019 |
Side Effects of the Game of Thrones Finale
1614
Winter has come and gone, but there’s still so much left to say.
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May 30, 2019 |
Side Effects of Reading with LeVar Burton - Part 2
2567
A continuation of our conversation with the man, the myth, the legend LeVar Burton, about literature, life and Geordi La Forge.
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May 22, 2019 |
Side Effects of Reading with LeVar Burton - Part 1
3001
This week, the man, the myth, the legend LeVar Burton joins us to talk about literature, life and Geordi La Forge. Come back next week for Part 2!
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May 15, 2019 |
Side Effects of Being a Token (with Sal Masakela)
4078
This week, Sal Masakela, host/modern-day Black renaissancer, joins us to discuss the nuances attached to the unique position of being in a unique position.
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May 08, 2019 |
Side Effects of Communication
3690
This week, we begin a conversation about conversations.
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Apr 24, 2019 |
Side Effects of Game of Thrones
3518
I swore by the old Gods, and the new, that when Winter came we would dedicate an episode to the most epic television show of all time. As a Lannister always pays its debts, I too keep my word!
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Apr 17, 2019 |
Side Effects of Self-Care (with Christina Rice)
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This week we keep the good vibes rolling with our guest, Christina Rice founder of OmNoire, a social wellness community for women of color, as we explore the ways and hows of what it truly means to take care of you!
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Apr 10, 2019 |
SD Replay: Side Effects of Dating an Artist (with Lauren London)
4746
In honor of the tragic passing of Nipsey Hussle, we pay tribute with a re-airing of this episode featuring Lauren London, actress and wife of the slain rapper/entrepreneur/visionary.
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Apr 04, 2019 |
Side Effects of Pursuing Positivity
2735
This week, we explore how to lighten the mood, bring out the sun, and smell the flowers while still maintaining a realist view on this real-ass life.
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Mar 27, 2019 |
Side Effects of Being a Radical Black Artist (with Tongo Eisen-Martin)
5019
In this episode, Tongo Eisen-Martin gets on the mic to wax poetic about what it really means to be a creative change agent.
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Mar 21, 2019 |
Side Effects of The Red Pill Podcast
5309
This week, I visit Van Lathan’s (TMZ) The Red Pill podcast to address the false headline spread by BlackSportsOnline.com and discuss the bigger conversation around women challenging toxic masculinity.
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Mar 14, 2019 |
Side Effects of Narcissists (with Candice Thompson)
4547
This week we’re joined by comedian Candice Thompson to discover the truth behind the mystery of your friendly neighborhood egomaniac.
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Mar 06, 2019 |
Side Effects of Fame
3389
This week we take the glam out of the glamorous life in exchange for kicking the actual facts of celebrity.
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Feb 27, 2019 |
Side Effects of Family (with Sharufa Rashied-Walker)
4483
This week, designer Sharufa Rashied-Walker (JINAKI.net) sits down with us and relates on what makes your relatives more than just blood and your friends more than just homies.
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Feb 20, 2019 |
Side Effects of Being A Comedian Part 2
2343
Amanda continues the conversation going with DMTs on where to find the funny and how to let it find you.
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Feb 13, 2019 |
Side Effects of Being A Comedian Part 1 (with Roy Wood Jr.)
3627
This week, one of Amanda’s favorite comedians, Roy Wood Jr. (Daily Show), stops by to dig into where to find the funny, and how to let it found you. Come back next week for Gem Droppin’ and DMTs!
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Feb 06, 2019 |
Side Effects of Pan Africanism, Part 2 (with Noma Dumezweni and Michaela Coel)
2776
Part 2 of our episode with Noma Dumezweni (Hermione “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”) and Michaela Coel (“Chewing Gum”) on what it means to be a part of and a believer in the black diaspora.
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Jan 31, 2019 |
Side Effects of Pan Africanism, Part 1 (with Noma Dumezweni and Michaela Coel)
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In this episode, we bring Noma Dumezweni (Hermione “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”) and Michaela Coel (“Chewing Gum”) together for a three sided convo on what it means to be a part of and a believer in the black diaspora. Part 2 coming next week!
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Jan 23, 2019 |
Side Effects of a Crush
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This week is for the undercover lovers who are in long distance likes with the people sitting next to them.
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Jan 17, 2019 |
Side Effects of Social Media (with Tess Finkle)
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This week we’re joined by my publicist, Tess Finkle of Metro PR to explore how likes, hashtags, retweets and more have come to rule our analog lives in this digital world.
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Jan 09, 2019 |
Side Effects of Self Doubt (with Jordan Carlos)
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This week, Jordan Carlos (Guy Code, The Nightly Show) joins us and keeps it really fucking honest about questioning your own worth and how to not let it stop you.
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Jan 02, 2019 |
Side Effects of Being a Cat Lady
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This week is for all my folks who know that even tho they get a bad rap for being sketchy, and clawing you if you scratch em wrong, our feline friends make awesome companions! Meow!
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Dec 26, 2018 |
Side Effects of the Holidays
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This episode we get festive for that special time of year full of funny style family members, exes resurfacing, and of course, holiday cheer!
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Dec 19, 2018 |
Side Effects of Doing a Special
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I did a standup special, muhfuckas! January 26th on HBO.
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Dec 12, 2018 |
Side Effects of Dating an Artist (with Lauren London)
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This week, we are joined by actress Lauren London to unpack the complex intricacies of dating a creative, aka a weirdo.
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Dec 05, 2018 |
Side Effects of Not Having Kids
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This week we discuss what life is like in the no kids lane, and the unique exchanges, lifestyle, and expectations that come along with choosing not to procreate.
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Nov 28, 2018 |
Side Effects of Travel (with Demetria Lucas)
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This week your other favorite source for self help from the hip and travel maven, Demetria Lucas talks the fun of jet setting and the value of getting out of your comfort zone and broadening your perspective!
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Nov 21, 2018 |
Side Effects of Being an Oreo (with Michael James Scott)
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This week, Broadway star Michael James Scott joins us to talk what it is to be a black person but not embraced by the black community because of a difference in vernacular and class status.
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Nov 14, 2018 |
Side Effects of Toxic Masculinity Pt. 2
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This week, we continue the conversation on toxic masculinity (without Dondre), and touch on what makes a man-basher, dealing with mansplainers, and cleansing society's waters of toxic masculinity.
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Nov 07, 2018 |
Side Effects of Toxic Masculinity, Pt. 1 (with Dondré Whitfield)
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This week, “Queen Sugar,” and “The Cosby Show’s” Dondré Whitfield joins us to go head to head in a 2pt extravaganza episode identifying, challenging, and dismantling, the beast of patriarchy.
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Oct 31, 2018 |
Side Effects of College (with Ashley Blaine Featherson)
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This week we’re getting scholarly on y’all!! “Dear White People’s” Ashley Blaine Featherson joins us to talk all things collegiate and the pros/cons of heading off to got a higher learning!
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Oct 24, 2018 |
Side Effects of Living in Modern America
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It’s no secret that this country is submerging into trying times. This week we discuss how the dysfunctional state of the union is affecting the state of our mental health and ways to manage it.
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Oct 17, 2018 |
Side Effects of Moving
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In honor of Amanda upgrading from her apartment to a house this week’s episode is all about the stress, the excitement, and necessity of moving!
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Oct 10, 2018 |
Side Effects of Style (with Bryon Javar)
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This episode we take it to your closets and the runway, talking all things fashion and flavaful with our guest, stylist to the stars, Bryon Javar!
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Oct 03, 2018 |
Side Effects of Loneliness
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If ya think you’re lonely now...then you need to listen to this episode. We cozy up to the realities of feeling like an island and how to manage the vulnerability without letting it influence poor decision making!
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Sep 26, 2018 |
Side Effects of Great Sex
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Aww sookie sookie now, this episode we smack it up flip it rub it down and get into the ins and outs (and ins and outs) of experiencing Sexcellence at its highest degree!
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Sep 19, 2018 |
Side Effects of Ending a Frienship (with Toni Trucks)
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This week we’re joined by CBS “Seal Team’s”, Toni Trucks as we get into the sad reality of handling the hows, whats, and timing of when a friendship has run its course.
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Sep 12, 2018 |
Side Effects of Going on Tour
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We’re back! A lot can happen in a month, especially when you’ve been touring the country, and Amanda has got all the good, the bad, and the funny on taking her show, Smart Funny & Black, to the masses!
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Sep 05, 2018 |
Side Effects of Being in Your 30s
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On our last episode of the season, we pay homage to the decade of your 30s! If you’re wondering if you’re where you should be, how you’ll get where you going, or simply if 30 really is the new 20, we speak on it and hopefully help you get closer to figuring it out!
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Aug 01, 2018 |
Side Effects of Being Woke (with Kendrick Sampson)
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This week we welcome actor/activist, Kendrick Sampson (HTGAWM; Vampire Diaries) and discuss self care, hoteps, idealism, and the many things that come with being alert to the (side)ways of the world!
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Jul 25, 2018 |
Side Effects of a Breakup
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We’ve all been there and know what it’s like. The tears, the drunk texts, the sad music. Yup! This episode will hit home for a lot of folks as we dig into the dark dank place of the end of a relationship and how to get back to the light!
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Jul 19, 2018 |
Side Effects of Having Anxiety
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In an effort to address the topic without genralizing it since, it shows up different for everyone who suffers from it, this week, is a super personal episode all about specifically Amanda's anxiety, how it impacts her life, how she manages it, and what she's learning about it!
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Jul 11, 2018 |
Side Effects of Being Outspoken (with Luvvie Ajayi)
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This week’s, “Side Effects of Being Outspoken” keeps it 100 about the professional and personal repercussions of speaking your truth with best selling author, blogger, Luvvie Ajayi, in a mash up episode!
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Jul 05, 2018 |
Side Effects of Being A Cancer
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This episode is for the uber sensitive, oh so loyal, consummate homebodies, THE CANCERS! In honor of my birthday, I’m doing an entire episode dedicated to the crybaby creatives of the zodiac, and what’s it’s like to be us, know us, and love us!
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Jun 27, 2018 |
Side Effects of Free Speech (with Natasha Korgaonkar)
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This episode we take the more serious route to get to the nitty gritty of the 1st Amendment. My friend, Natasha Korgaonkar former lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund gets on the mic to clear up choice, freedom, and the difference in consequences when folks are exercising their rights vs. folks just runnin their mouths!
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Jun 20, 2018 |
Side Effects of Being an Independent Woman
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This episode is for the ladies, doin the damn thang, handlin’ their own biz, and making moves! We’re diving in to the ups, downs, and every where in between of being a woman who can carry her own weight in a world that is waiting for her to get back in...
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Jun 13, 2018 |
Side Effects of Being a Nerd (with Ron Funches)
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This one’s for all my fellow brainiacs out there who want to know everything! Comedian Ron Funches joins and we give you full geek life.
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Jun 06, 2018 |
Side Effects of White Women
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This is an episode that may touch some nerves but is about elevation. In a world where it seems like daily, many white women are exercising their privilege in potentially harmful ways to others it’s time to have a real convo about the past, present, an...
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May 30, 2018 |
Side Effects of Platonic Friendships Pt. 2 (with Brandon Victor Dixon)
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In this part 2 of our platonic friends episode, Brandon Victor Dixon joins us to talk all about the facts and fiction of our own platonic friendship (WE NEVER KISSED WITH TONGUE!), Starbucks fuckery, and of course, hella random moments of breaking out into song.
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May 23, 2018 |
Side Effects of Platonic Friendships Pt. 1 (without Brandon Victor Dixon)
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This is a special 2 pt episode! In part one we get into the nitty gritty from the friend zone to those homie/lover/friendships. In part two my true platonic friend, Brandon Victor Dixon, of “Power” & Judas in the NBC live production of “Jesus Christ Superstar”, sits down with us to talk to truth behind can men and women of the same sexual preference truly ever be, “JUST FRIENDS”!
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May 16, 2018 |
Side Effects of Being West Indian (with Yvette Noel-Schure)
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This episode is dedicated to all my people of Caribbean descent! WAVE YA FLAG! We talk all tings from cultural differences, growing up with West Indian parents, why we have 10 jobs and more! Plus, our Guest, Grenada born Publicist to Beyonce & more, Yv...
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May 09, 2018 |
Side Effects of Owning Your Own Business (with Melody Ehsani)
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This week we’re dealing with the ups and downs of Being you’re own CEO! With guest, designer Melody Ehsani, we get to the nitty gritty on runnin your own biz, how to check folks who don’t respect your come up, when to check out, and more!
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May 02, 2018 |
Side Effects of Being a Multihyphenate
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For anyone with hella passions or trying to figure out their passion this episode is for you. We take a look at the life of the Jack of all Trades, advise on how not to be a master of none, and put you on to finding your skeleton key.
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Apr 25, 2018 |
Side Effects of Toxic Relationships (with J. Winans)
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This week we wade into the murky triflin’ shady waters of them folks that bring you nothing but trouble! R&B artist and producer, J Winans stops thru to share how he’s used music and turned those negatives into positives!
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Apr 18, 2018 |
Side Effects of Being Broke (with Retta)
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This episode tackles the wackness of lacking funds. Retta, Star of NBCs “Good Girls” and “Parks and Recreation” stops thru and we get down to the nitty gritty of being the broke friend, dating while broke, and not letting being broke, break you!
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Apr 11, 2018 |
Side Effects of Being an Only Child
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This episode we get into the solo dolo world of the only child. Dispelling the myth of an ability to share, breaking down what alone time really means, how annoying “I could tell you were” really is, and what folks like us miss out on and gain by havin...
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Apr 04, 2018 |
Side Effects of Fuckboys (with James Bland)
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Y’all been waiting for this one! In an effort to rid the world of them. We go in on the whos, whats, and whys of F***bois! Chiming in is, James Bland star/creator/producer of digital series “Giants”.
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Mar 28, 2018 |
Mini - Phrases I Hate
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This mini episode is all about over uses phrases that I can’t stand! From “Can I Pick Your Brain?” to “Do You date regular guys?” and more I explain why they get under my skin and drive me up the wall!
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Mar 21, 2018 |
Side Effects of Working With Your Friends (with King Bach)
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This week we talk all about the pros and cons of working with the homies! Actor and comedian King Bach slides through to talk about internet vs. IRL peeps, figuring out which family members are cool to work with, and DM'ing Beyoncé!
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Mar 14, 2018 |
Side Effects of Being an Extrovert
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This episode is for all the folks who’ve been told they’re “too much” “extra” or “doing the most”! We shed light on why makes a show off, speak on how to handle folks who think your personality is too big and answer the question when do extroverts ever...
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Mar 07, 2018 |
Side Effects of Being a Realist
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Are you a pessimist? Or are you simply objective? This week we go to a whole new level of real and get in the mindset of folks who see through the lens of logic, explore how to be the “truth teller friend”, and how to awaken the inner realist in you!
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Feb 28, 2018 |
Side Effects of Being a Black Woman in Hollywood (with Cree Summer)
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This episode of Small Doses is a special one. Iconic actress and voice over artist, Cree Summer (“A Different World”) drops ALL THE GEMs about the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of being a sista in Hollywood!
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Feb 21, 2018 |
Side Effects of the Ho Phase (with DeWanda Wise)
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This week we talk sexual freedom and how that phase impacts women’s bodies, relationships, and perspectives! DeWanda Wise, star of Netflix & Spike Lee’s, “She’s Gotta Have It,” spills the tea on how playing the risqué role of Nola Darling impacted her marriage and more!
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Feb 14, 2018 |
Side Effects of Being Type A (with John Early)
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This show is dedicated to the high functioning folks! We’ll gem drop on perfectionists vs. overachievers, give insight on dealing with these kinds of persons, and laugh it up with Search Party’s John Early!
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Feb 07, 2018 |
Side Effects of Being an Innovator (with Robert Glasper)
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This episode is all about folks taking a leap into the creative unknown! We talk how to stay motivated and keep your ideas fresh and get some insight on moving to the beat of your from Jazz/Hip Hop virtuoso, Grammy Award winner, Robert Glasper!
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Jan 31, 2018 |
Side Effects of Sexual Harassment (with Corinne Fisher and Krystyna Hutchinson)
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This episode speaks to the where, whys, and whats of the current household topic of Sexual Harassment. We also, gem drop on when a Holla becomes Cat Call, and Guests Corrine and Krystyna of the famed, “Guys We F@#ked” podcast, come thru to share their thoughts & experiences on the topic!
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Jan 24, 2018 |
Side Effects of The Curve (with Bresha Webb)
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This week on Small Doses, it's all about giving and receiving Rejection. Find out how to know if you've been curved or dissed, how to perfect using the curve with people you're doing business with, and actress/comedian Bresha Webb (Marlon) shares her s...
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Jan 17, 2018 |
Side Effects of Insecurity
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Welcome to Small Doses with Amanda Seales! In our first episode, we're talking all about insecurity, covering everything from arrogance vs. confidence, feeling insecure in relationships, body image, and much more.
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Jan 10, 2018 |