Dose of Duality

Dec 14 2023 39 ep. 53 mins

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Every beautiful human is made up of many sides. Public Persona, Private Person. Partner, Independent Human. Creative, Professional. Strong, Vulnerable. Fighter, Lover. On this ever-evolving journey of life, co-hosts Deja Riley + Alicia Ferguson invite you to listen to the Dose of Duality podcast. Together we’ll move through conversations that explore opposing viewpoints, look at both sides of situations and showcase how a variety of emotions and multiple perspectives can coexist within every experience. Wellness, culture, relationships, social issues and more will all be explored together and celebrated. You’ll spend time with very special guest hosts and guests along the way - bringing you a weekly Dose Of Duality.

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Ep 36 | Healing From Politics

Dec 14 2023 56 mins

What happens when you are the story and are telling the story? Gerren Keith Gaynor, White House correspondent and Managing Editor of Politics for The Grio, covers the current state of politics as a journalist. As a black queer man he has had to balance what that means in reporting the stories of our country and world while processing them personally in real time. Upon his graduatio

Ep 35 | Healing From Burnout

Dec 07 2023 63 mins

Entrepreneur, wellness leader, philanthropist and media personality, Tai Beauchamp, like always delivers gems with a gratitude filled tone. Join us on this throwback last recording before Deja’s maternity leave where we discuss how to use burnout for your benefit. Tai is on a quest with her movement, Morning Mindset With Tai, to elevate the wellness of black women. We discuss bur

Ep 34 | Healing Through Forgiveness

Nov 30 2023 54 mins

Join Alicia and Alechia, Triggered AF Podcast cohost, as they discuss why picking your partner is the most important decision and how dating is not trash, but how we date is trash. Learn more about the playbook they’ve created for meeting potential dates (airport lounges y’all!). Sometimes the act of forgiveness helps us reconcile with a trigger and sometimes the act of forgive

Ep 33 | Healing Through Food

Nov 23 2023 56 mins

Today we sit down with marketing professional turned viral cooking sensation, Alex Hill. From instant Cafe Bustelo, to apple cobbler to jollof rice, food tells the stories of our lives and Alex realized early on how food is so closely tied to emotions. Inspired by her mom’s cooking from an early age, Alex’s experimentation turned into flavorful, comforting (and sometimes spicy!

Ep 32 | Healing Through Writing

Nov 16 2023 58 mins

We need a minute y’all! As we explore healing this season, we may need a few pauses, deep breaths and “run that backs” as we get into these profound conversations. It was our honor to sit with Jonathan Jones and learn more about how he developed his personal journaling practice and how it helped to give him space to remove the imposed boundaries within the pages. Jonathan is

Ep 31 | Healing Through Language

Nov 09 2023 60 mins

Yerp or Yert. Out Of Pocket or For Real For Real. Death and life is in the power of the tongue. The lingo and the language of our people has been scrutinized and judged by other groups and cultures against their “norms”. In this powerful conversation we discuss the nuances in languages, labels, perception, culture and community. Marvin Malone’s compelling TED Talk on Speaking

Ep 30 | Stewards Of Our Healing

Nov 02 2023 50 mins

We’re back! Season 3 kicks off with a healthy conversation about the topic of healing. We’ll be focusing on healing of all types this season. And as our new intro says, it might get a little messy. But the learning, the healing and the beauty lies in the mess. From when to break up with your therapist to our take on Love Is Blind, this episode has a little bit of everything. De

Season 3 Trailer

Oct 12 2023 2 mins

Season 3 is here! As we get ready to drop Season 3 and for Deja to bring baby Izy into the world, we are excited about our Dose Of Duality family growing in every way. This season we will be diving into healing. This is not a light topic. It requires holding the mirror up and dissecting traumas, behavior patterns and flaws. Often messy and sometimes painful, healing is necessary fo

Ep 29 | Dose Of Growth, Compilation Episode

Oct 05 2023 30 mins

Grief, doubt, fear . . . . growth. The life experiences we and our guests have endured are masterclasses in evolution and growth. As we prepare for Season 3, we bring you a Dose Of Growth. We know the only constant is change. And we know the only way to become stronger is on the other side of the breakdown. Hear excerpts from our episodes with Kayla Jeter, Nikki Kimbrough, Matt Jam

Ep 28 | Dose Of Identity, Compilation Episode

Sep 21 2023 49 mins

Identity. Are we born with it or is it shaped? Does society define it for us or do we define it for ourselves? Join us as we bring you the first Dose Of . . . Episode where we flashback to meaningful conversations we’ve had around one specific topic. This episode centers around identity. From a lover and a storyteller to a boundary-breaking integrator to a queer, Catholic Nigeria