Seasoned Sessions

Seasoned Sessions

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Seasoned Sessions is a weekly discussion where two of Seasoned’s producers – Hanifah and Ada – chat about the Black news and trending topics of the week. From music and entertainment to politics, Ada and Hanifah’s conversations delve into topics that are sometimes overlooked in media, and the Seasoned Sessions podcast will celebrate blackness in spaces where it's often uncredited. Seasoned is a channel dedicated to creating and sharing content that resonates with the Black British experience.

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Seasoned Sessions

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Society

Podcast website

www.buzzfeed.com

Latest episode

Oct 24, 2026

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Episodes

97. Beyoncé 18.06.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions! This week, we chat about Beyoncé dropping the news that we have a 16-track album coming our way, Lizzo removing an offensive lyric from her latest single “Grrrls”, Love Island, and more. Get in touch with us at  @seasonedsessionspod, @adaenechi, and @its_hanifahh . Have a great week!

96. Lori said it's hot girl summer ft Maya Franklyn 11.06.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions! In this episode, we’re joined by Seasoned’s first-ever intern, Maya Franklyn. This week, the three of us talk about Jamal Edward’s mother confirming his cause of death, Lori Harvey and Michael B. Jordan’s breakup, and more. Get in touch with us at  @seasonedsessionspod, @adaenechi, and @its_hanifahh . Have a great week!

95. Elvis 🤝 Jack Harlow 04.06.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions! In this week’s episode, we chat about A$AP Rocky’s comments on being a new dad, Lil Uzi Vert weighing in on the discussion on Jack Harlow & white privilege, the platinum jubilee, and more. Get in touch with us at  @seasonedsessionspod, @adaenechi, and @its_hanifahh . Have a great week!

94. When did schools stop being safe places? 28.05.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions! In this week’s episode, we talk about the Netflix documentary Our Father, a boy who lost his finger feeling bullies, the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and more. Get in touch with us at  @seasonedsessionspod, @adaenechi, and @its_hanifahh . Have a great week.

93. Has anyone ever told Cara Delevingne to shut up? 21.05.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions! In this week’s episode, Ada’s back from her holiday so we catch up about her time in LA and Las Vegas, the stampede at Lovers & Friends festival, and Cara Delevingne’s odd behaviour towards Megan Thee Stallion at the Billboard Music Awards. Get in touch with us at  @seasonedsessionspod, @adaenechi, and @its_hanifahh . Have a great week!

92. Can you get catfished in 2022? Ft Imara Oshibanjo 14.05.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions! In this week’s episode, while Ada’s on holiday, Hanifah’s joined by Seasoned’s newest addition, Imara. We talk about Ncuti Gatwa being named the new Doctor Who, a 12-year-old boy who was attacked by a woman with a paddle, and the return of Catfish UK. Get in touch with us at  @seasonedsessionspod, @adaenechi, and @its_hanifahh . Have a great week!

91. Why wasn't the Met Gala, Met Galaling? 07.05.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions! In this week’s episode, we talk Ada being listed on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list, this year’s Met Gala, and a Black British non-verbal teenager being detained at an immigration centre. Get in touch with us at  @seasonedsessionspod, @adaenechi, and @its_hanifahh . Have a great week!

90. Start listening to Black women 30.04.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions! In this week’s episode, we talk about Megan Thee Stallion’s interview with Gayle King, the recent sexual misconduct allegations against Tim Westwood, and more. Get in touch with us at @seasonedsessionspod, @adaenechi, and @its_hanifahh . Have a great week!

89. Country music, bail money and sex myths 23.04.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions! In this week’s episode, we talk about A$AP Rocky being arrested, a reporter criticising Anthony Mackie for presenting the Country Music Television awards, myths about sex that we used to believe, and more. Get in touch with us at  @seasonedsessionspod, @adaenechi, and @its_hanifahh , and Ada’s shoutout this week is TikToker @theeboy_12. Have a great week!

88. Some things should be left in the bedroom 16.04.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions! In this week’s episode, which we recorded from home, the UK’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, rapper Maino opening up about his roleplays with white women, and more. Get in touch with us at  @seasonedsessionspod, @adaenechi,  and  @its_hanifahh.  Have a great bank holiday!

87. Soft Life Only 09.04.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions! In this week’s episode, we talk about the recent debate about Ciara’s choice to settle down with the apparently “square” Russell Wilson, the British woman who died after eating a synthetic weed gummy, and more. Get in touch with us at  @seasonedsessionspod, @adaenechi, and @its_hanifahh. Have a great week!

86. What happened to "chat shit get banged"? 02.04.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions! In this week’s episode, Hanifah returns and we talk about; The Oscars and all the drama surrounding the night, The US passing a bill – named for Emmett Till – making lynching a federal hate crime, and more. Get in touch with us at  @seasonedsessionspod, @adaenechi, and @its_hanifahh. Have a great week!

85. Tommy from Power or Sully from Top Boy? ft Dionne Grant 26.03.2022

Welcome back to another episode of Seasoned Sessions. This week joining Ada we have Dionne Grant to talk all things Top Boy, Child Q and Jamaica making the decision to remove the queen as their head of state. - and if you're wondering why these descriptions aren't as good it's because Hanifah usually writes them and I'm struggling.

84. Child Q, white feminism and childhood dreams ft Ikran 19.03.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions! Ada is joined by fellow Seasoned team member Ikran! This week we talk about Jane Campion's demonstration of white feminism, the awful revelation of a teenage girl getting stripped searched by the Met Police and what we wanted to be growing up. 

83. Stop using Black trauma for entertainment 12.03.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions! In this week’s episode, we talk about; International Women’s Day and the gender pay gap, Prince William commenting that it’s “alien” for his generation to see conflict in Europe, an upcoming Broadway opera about the murder of Emmett Till, and more. Get in touch with us at  @seasonedsessionspod,   @adaenechi, and @its_hanifahh. Have a great week!

82. Why is everyone over sharing these days? 05.03.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions! In this week’s episode, we talk about; Women’s History Month, the crisis in Ukraine, Zoë Kravitz’ sharing how she got into character for the new Batman film, and more. Get in touch with us at @seasonedsessionspod, @adaenechi, and @its_hanifahh. Have a great week!

The Euphoria Special Episode You Didn't Ask For 02.03.2022

Euphoria's second series came to a close, so of course, we couldn't help but break it all down! Get in touch with us at @seasonedsessionspod, @adaenechi, and @its_hanifahh. Have a great week and we'll see you back on Saturday for our regularly scheduled programming!

81. God Save The Queen 26.02.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions! In this week’s episode, we talk about; Jason Lee’s blog Hollywood Unlocked publishing a story falsely claiming that Queen Elizabeth had died, the untimely passing of music legend Jamal Edwards, Netflix’s Kanye West documentary Jeen-Yuhs , and more. To mark the season finale of Euphoria , we’ll also be having a bonus midweek episode, so make sure you tune in for t...

80. It's too expensive to live these days 19.02.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions! In this week’s episode, we talk about; Ada’s trip to Iceland, Prince Andrew’s £12m settlement to Virginia Giuffre, the constant rise in living costs, and of course – what we think will happen in the penultimate episode of Euphoria. Get in touch with us at  @seasonedsessionspod,  @adaenechi, and @its_hanifahh. Have a great week!

79. Euphoria theories have us in a chokehold 12.02.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions! On this week’s episode we talk about; the Brit awards, the Oscars nominees, Joe Rogan apologising for using the n-word on his podcast, and of course Euphoria. Get in touch with us at  @seasonedsessionspod,   @adaenechi, and @its_hanifahh . Have a great week!

78: Thandiwe’s having a Will Smith moment 05.02.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions, and Happy US Black History Month! This week, we talk about Rihanna’s baby announcement, Thandiwe Newton apologising to her dark-skinned colleagues, Euphoria, and more. Get in touch with us at @seasonedsessionspod , @adaenechi, and @its_hanifahh. Have a lovely week!

77. It's 2022 and people still need to be educated on consent 29.01.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions! In this week’s episode, we talk about; the death of Regina King’s 26-year-old son Ian, Lauren Smith-Fields – a 23-year-old whose death was initially ruled an accident, but is now being investigated as a crime, and why Ari Lennox has said she’s no longer doing interviews (hint: misogyny has a lot to do with it). Get in touch with us at  @seasonedsessionspod,...

76. André Leon Talley, influencers and obviously Euphoria 22.01.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions! In this week’s episode, we talk about the unexpected death of André Leon Talley, the comeback of 2010 fashion, and social media culture, after blogger Stephanie Yeboah shared a photo with her boyfriend and was met with a mass unfollowing. Get in touch with us at  @seasonedsessionspod,   @adaenechi, and @its_hanifahh. Have a great week!

75. We guess Drake also keeps hot sauce in his bag 15.01.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions! There’s a lot to unpack this week – we chat about “Euphoria” and our predictions for the second season, Ray J recommending men wear dark underwear to hide skid marks, the rumour that Drake allegedly used hot sauce as birth control, and more. Get in touch with us at  @seasonedsessionspod,   @adaenechi, and @its_hanifahh. Have a great week!

74. Have people forgotten how bad the slave trade was? 08.01.2022

Welcome back to Seasoned Sessions! This week, we talk about Twitter Discourse, the four people who toppled the Edward Colston statue during 2020’s BLM protests being cleared, Tristan Thompson’s most recent cheating scandal, our New Year's Resolutions, and more. Get in touch with us at  @seasonedsessionspod,   @adaenechi, and @its_hanifahh. Have a great week!

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