What Would the Ancestors Say with Amanda Seales

About this episode

Lara and Michael discuss Amanda Seales' new book and the challenges she faces in her career.

This week Lara and Michael reconnect with artistic intellectual Amanda Seales to talk about the release of her book What Would the Ancestors Say. We dive into the attempts to cancel Amanda from performing standup, how recommitting to the written word is revolutionary in a time when everything is controlled by crypto-fascist oligarchs, and Amanda calls Lara jolly.

People in this episode

Hosts: Lara E., Mikey B.

Guest: Amanda Seales

Topics covered

• book release
• cancellation
• standup comedy
• revolutionary writing
• crypto-fascism

Keywords

• Amanda Seales
• cancellation
• standup
• crypto-fascism
• writing

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: What Would the Ancestors Say

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