Side Effects of the Amber Ruffin Show (with Amber Ruffin)

This week, we talk to sociologist Ruha Benjamin about finding imagination in unexpected places, and harnessing its power to disrupt the status quo.For more content, subscribe to our Youtube and Patreon!

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.For more content, subscribe to our Youtube and Patreon!

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.For more content, subscribe to our Youtube and Patreon!

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.For more content, subscribe to our Youtube and Patreon!

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.For more content, subscribe to our Youtube and Patreon!

This week, we unpack notability vs. notoriety, redifining success, and the path to artistic intellectualism. For more content, subscribe to our Youtube and Patreon!

This week, we’re joined by mastermind and host of the Amber Ruffin Show, Amber Ruffin to talk about, well, the Amber Ruffin Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.