The Ben & Jamesa Podcast: Conversations About Community

What holidays will your culture celebrate this season? Join Jamesa, Amine, and Ben as they discuss their own holiday traditions, and the harmful habit of non-inclusivity during the holiday season. 

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Are we really #1? In this episode, Ben, Jamesa, and Amine discuss American Exceptionalism, the thinking errors that come with it, and the importance of recognizing areas of improvement. 

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Who makes the best CEO? Jamesa, Ben, and Amine discuss an article published recently that concluded black women make the best CEOs, despite the headwinds they face on the way there. 

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In this episode, Jamesa, Ben, and Amine talk about the Congo, the lack of news coverage around the situation, and what we can do to support those who need it. 

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How much is the trauma around you impacting your day-to-day life? In this episode, Jamesa and Ben discuss how the trauma that we hear and learn about can impact our own emotional well being. 

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Cats or dogs, Israel or Palestine, Congo and Sudan. The crew discusses how people often pick and choose teams to support, even in news cycles, and how this affects our abilities to see situations cle…

In this episode, Jamesa, Ben, and Amine tackle a number of headlines from the week using the three trees of change, and the healing habit of not taking yourself so seriously.

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The international news that everyone is talking about. This episode of The Ben & Jamesa (plus Amine) podcast focuses on the Israel and Palestine conflict, and how to incorporate the three trees of ch…

Are we curious enough about the headlines we see on a day to day basis? How would being more curious rather than knowing impact our lives? In this episode of The Ben & Jamesa (plus Amine) podcast, th…

The Harmful Habits Podcast is now The Ben & Jamesa (plus Amine) Podcast! We will be continuing our theme of discussing the Three Trees of Change in current events. In today's episode they discuss a t…

Too often, the beliefs we follow are based more on our emotions than logic. In this episode, Jamesa, Amine, and Ben talk about psilocybin as a psychological treatment, more Deb theories, empathy in a…

What is cognitive dissonance and what does it look like around us? In this episode Jamesa, Ben, and Amine talk about cognitive dissonance in current news stories, what it looks like, and how to chall…

New season alert! Ben, Jamesa, and Amine kick off this season by talking about recent headlines like pig kidney transplants, Coach Deion Sanders, the search for the Loch Ness monster, and how so many…

We are back with our season 4 finale! In this episode, Jamesa, Amine, and Ben talk about the prevalence of systemic racism in workplaces. 

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Jamesa, Ben, and Amine kick this episode off by discussing the recent Battle of Birmingham before delving into other current events featuring issues of racism.

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How is violence related to racism? In this episode Jamesa, Ben, and Amine discuss the direct correlation between the beliefs that drive violence/harmful habits and racism.

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How harmful can microaggressions be? Join the conversation as Ben, Jamesa, and Amine describe the impacts microaggressions have on those from different racial backgrounds, and what can be done to nav…

Do you talk to your kids about race? Jamesa, Amine, and Ben discuss strategies on developmentally appropriate race conversations with children of all ages.

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In this episode, Ben, Jamesa, and Amine talk about racism on a spectrum rather than a binary, and how this helps create better opportunities for change. 

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What does it mean to be an ally? Tune in as the Harmful Habits Podcast crew discusses ways to better be an ally to people from marginalized and minority communities!

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