Small Doses with Amanda Seales - Podcast Rankings and reviews

I think Amanda Seales is a gift, and all the people she brings on the show are incredible and brilliant. Side effects of Haiti truly outraged me and made me feel robbed of the true history of Caribe all my life as a Dominican American. It is crucial that we shout from the rooftops the true history-reality of Ayití and the power and goodness that the country is. Growing up marginalized in the US i never f*d with the xenophobia against Haitians by the DR and the rest of the world. I know we must "love one another and support each other" as Black Antilleans. I love all Seales' podcast and speaking her truth. I love and appreciate and hope i can take what i learn from these podcasts to make a difference in my community! Empowering. Also if Dr Albert made a podcast i'd listen to every episode religiously.

I know Amanda is brilliant, yet somehow she continues to elevate my viewpoints and further the conversation by adding points I hadn’t yet considered or even know were options. Even when she’s cracking jokes about how a particular instrument can make one more attractive (to most—not us) makes me ponder. She’s not wrong.

This was such a good episode! I really like how she took us on the ride from Hollywood to politics and how it relates. Like the episodes with Chris Smalls about the labor unions, she really breaks it down for those of us who don’t know. She always pushes the conversation forward. Excellent episode as always.

I am so very sorry that this happened to you. I also commend you for your bravery in sharing your story. I experienced much of the subtle and not so subtle victim shaming that you describe. In my case I knew my assailant, he was someone I considered a “friend.” While most of my friends were supportive, I had one person ask me if I was certain that he had assaulted me, “because he seems so nice.” Another blamed me for “bringing the problem into the neighborhood” by talking about it. Another said that it was hard to believe me because I chose not to go to the police. Because we know just how helpful the police are in these situations. The reason I didn’t report it to the police was that similar to you (and many other victims of sexual assault, I had the experience of questioning my memory of details of the event. The reason this happens isn’t simply that we don’t want to believe that it happened, or that we are lying; trauma actually changes the structure of the brain causing foggy memories of traumatic event details. I was also afraid that if I was questioned and not believed, that I would start doubting what had happened to me. And since it was a he said/she said situation and because it wasn’t a “rape” according to the legal definition of rape, I was fairly certain that I wouldn’t be believed and I just didn’t feel strong enough to face that on top of the assault. It’s interesting that the whole time I’ve been writing this I’ve felt the need to explain and justify my choices. When someone is a victim of burglary we don’t ask them why they had stuff in their home that would make people break into their house to get the stuff. We still have so very far to go.

Amanda Seales is and always has been a real one. Don’t come here if you’re not ready to listen and grow and question yourself. Don’t come here if you’re not ready for laughs and cackles in the middle of the gym when you’re listening, but also don’t come here if you’re not ready to be made to feel a little uncomfortable sometimes. She’ll push you and say it like it is. She doesn’t conflate opinions with facts. She gives space for dissent, respectfully. But she won’t compromise who she is, and especially won’t back down from advocating for those who need a voice. Amanda for Prez.