17. Amanda Seales on Community In the Age of Social Media

Welcome to another episode of our podcast Abolition, Liberation, Solidarity, A Here4TheKids Production.

Today, Saira welcomes Amanda Seales to the podcast: actor, comedian, author, podcast host, and so much more. You may know her from the HBO comedy series Insecure, her comedy specials, her radio show The Amanda Seales Show or her podcast Small Doses.

While most of Hollywood has been either openly pro-Israel or silent on Israel and America’s genocide of Palestinians, Amanda has been the exact opposite- speaking the truth to her millions of followers on a daily basis. She’s a fierce advocate for social justice, for collective liberation – for those in Palestine, Sudan, Congo, and for Black and Brown folks here in the USA.

In this conversation, Amanda discusses the challenges of building true community in the era of social media and her decision to step away from Instagram.

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Abolition, Liberation, Solidarity is produced and edited by

Heath Racela

. Our host and executive producer is

Saira Rao

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