Episodes

  • Side Effects of How Neuroscience Saves Relationships (with Martin Ali Simms)

    Side Effects of How Neuroscience Saves Relationships (with Martin Ali Simms)
    Aug 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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    54 mins
  • Side Effects of The Black Bourgeoisie

    Side Effects of The Black Bourgeoisie
    Aug 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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    39 mins
  • Side Effects of a Two-Party System (with Eugene Puryear)

    Side Effects of a Two-Party System (with Eugene Puryear)
    Aug 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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    54 mins
  • Side Effects of Young People Leading the Climate Movement (with Sunrise Movement)

    Side Effects of Young People Leading the Climate Movement (with Sunrise Movement)
    Jul 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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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Side Effects of The Politics of Palestine (with Noura Erakat)

    Side Effects of The Politics of Palestine (with Noura Erakat)
    Jul 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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    42 mins
  • Side Effects of Imagination as Resistance (with Ruha Benjamin)

    Side Effects of Imagination as Resistance (with Ruha Benjamin)
    Jul 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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    48 mins
  • Side Effects of A Kids Book About... (with Jelani Memory)

    Side Effects of A Kids Book About... (with Jelani Memory)
    Jul 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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    45 mins
  • Side Effects of Mainstream Media (with Mehdi Hasan)

    Side Effects of Mainstream Media (with Mehdi Hasan)
    Jul 2 2025
    This week, we are joined by Mehdi 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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    56 mins