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Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for the New Year to all of our "stalwart" listeners and AFROnerdists!  Check out our last Grindhouse podcast for 2019 airing tonight at 6pm eastern.  Tonight's show is a pretty simple one......your loyal podcasters will be discussing the "Year in Review" especially as it concerns black pop, science fiction, politics and blerd culture (i.e. Jordan Peele's US/Twilight Zone remix; Watchmen, the growing popularity of Black/POC comic conventions, TRUMP, comic books, Black Superman possibilities, Queen & Slim and Afropunk festival controversies,streaming vs conventional cinema, The Mandalorian etc) as well as forthcoming 2020 projects/issues- Terry Crews' John Henry, Andre 3000's AMC spy thriller series, Dispatches From Elsewhere and the upcoming Lovecraft Country and Picard TV projects.  Call LIVE at 646-915-9620.           

As we head full swing into Holiday Week, let's not forget that we still have a Grindhouse podcast to air....specifically, this Sunday at 5pm eastern.  The issues to be unpacked?  EVERYTHING: our impressions of the (final?) film in the Star Wars saga, The Rise of the Skywalker; comedic legend, Eddie Murphy returns to SNL after a 35 year "hiatus" (because of, you know...superstardom and all that); more on the penultimate episode of S1 of Disney+'s Mandalorian series; Christopher Nolan returns in the John David Washington scifi-spy trailer for Tenet;  Henry Cavill's The Witcher series premiered on Netflix this weekend to so-so reviews;  iconic sci-fi director, Terry Gilliam (Brazil, 12 Monkeys) had some rather choice things to say about Marvel and Black Panther, specifically (can't have those Black kids dreaming!)  more Watchmen talk: is S1 final? And should it be? Watchmen's Doomsday Clock ended but even that might continue; JK Rowling might have to get off of twitter (even if she's right.....just like Trump sa

Happy Festivus, AFROnerdists!  Welcome to another fiery and informative edition of Afronerd Radio'sThe Grindhouse podcast-airing every Sunday at 6pm.  Listen to your faithful blerdcentric broadcasters wax prolific about the following issues:  noted actor, Orlando Jones (Madtv, Sleepy Hollow) has some pointed things to say about his firing from American Gods (S3) new showrunner on his thoughts about black anger as a source of motivation for change; The Banker's release on Apple TV is tentative but Dburt checked out the first four episodes of Octavia Spencer's Truth Be Told and there may be yet another streaming service to watch out for; two Star Trek: Short Treks were released-The Girl Who Made the Stars and Ephraim and DOT; thoughts about Family Matters and Good Times (with Tiffany Haddish) reboots; still some issues left on the kitchen table from last Wednesday's MWIR;  Clint Eastwood's new Richard Jewell film appears to be faltering at the box office due to alleged sexist portrayal of actor, Olivia Wilde's 

Another straight with no chaser moment!  Listen to a new installment of Afronerd Radio’sMid Week in Review (MWIR) podcast airing this Wednesday at 7pm eastern.  The topics to be dissected by your favorite AFROnerdists are:  thoughts about the latest Ghostbusters reboot trailer; impressions of the CW’s Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover event-episodes 1 thru 3; more on HBO’s Watchmen, including the penultimate show from this past Sunday;  a domain thief/influencer is facing 14 years for gunplay gone wrong; President Trump’s latest campaign ad literally channels Thanos snap, to Marvel’s chagrin;  Microsoft’s Project Scarlett purports that the next X-Box console will be 4 to 5 more powerful than the current generation; former First Lady, Michelle Obama asserts that men don’t have real friends; some Black women saw a different movie than Dburt as it relates to Queen & Slim;  And lastly, the tragic Jersey City Kosher supermarket shooting incident is now being linked to Black Hebrew Israelites (uh oh).  Call L

Listen to a new installment of The Grindhouse podcast (engineered by the Afronerd Radio machine) every Sunday at 6pm.  Your ever consistent AFROnerdist podcasters will be unpacking the following phenomena:  cleaning up some issues we failed per the lastMid Week in Review (MWIR) broadcast; our expectations for tonight's Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover event linking all of the CW superhero shows;  we have to ask....is Star Wars a fatigued franchise or are the hefty cash receipts, the rise of Baby Yoda and Disney +'s Mandalorian asserting something else?; post Black Widow trailer fallout!  the fat shaming of David Harbour's Red Guardian appears to be a thing....; the live action version of Mulan makes it to the internets along with Wonder Woman: 1984;  Call in LIVE at 646-915-9620.

TIME CONSTRAINTS, PEOPLE!  Check out the latest episode of Afronerd Radio’s Mid-Week in Review podcast airing tonight at 7pm eastern.  Listen to your resident AFROnerdists unravel the following (mid) weekly mysteries:    back to back spy thriller trailers for Black Widow and James Bond’s No Time to Die hit the cybernets within the last 24-48hrs and we give you are thoughts; there’s even more post Queen & Slim fallout to discuss; Senator Kamala Harris drops out of the Democratic presidential race (but what about a VP nod?); famed Star Trek scribe, DC Fontana passes at 80; what’s the real deal with Peloton’s latest indoor cycling ad?;  so we’re going to get another Planet of the Apes movie…..courtesy of Disney;  a white Slave Play attendee had a reaction to the play and she let the playwright know that she was triggered;  and lastly, BLACK COMIC(S) ALERT:  there’s two to look out for-Sydney Duncan’s Kill Whitey Donovan (Darkhorse) and The Banks from  TKO Comics.  Call LIVE at 646-915-9620.

And so X-mas will be upon us before you know it.....but in the interim, check out the latest episode of Afronerd Radio'sThe Grindhouse-airing every Sunday at 6pm eastern. Check out the latest observations by your resident AFROnerdists as it relates to this week new topics:  giving our impressions of Lena Waithe's highly touted Queen & Slim film, released this Thankgiving holiday;  As the Harley Quinn animated series makes its debut on the DC Universe streaming format, Titans finishes up S2; hopefully we address some Thanksgiving "leftovers" from our Mid Week podcast; rumor has it Dr. Doom will be the Marvel big bad slated to show up in Black Panther 2;  oh and just what is up with acting legend, Billy Dee Williams' Esquire piece?;  is CBS All Access' Picard just a prelude to a new Enterprise series? Lastly, does DC need to have a "Black Panther" to thoroughly compete with Marvel?  Call LIVE at 646-915-9620.

Bullet points:  It’s the pre Turkey day edition of The Mid-Week in Reviewairing tonight at 7pm eastern.  Check out the latest musings of your AFROnerdists as they discuss the following topics: our impressions of the hotly contested , debated and controversial  6th episode of the Watchmen TV series entitled  “This Extraordinary Being”; more Michael B Jordan as Supes talk;  does rapper, Post Malone’s recent AMA win in the Rap category spell the beginning of the end of black participation in hip hop music (don’t laugh…it happened in Rock & Roll); did NBA athlete, Patrick Patterson put his foot in his mouth about his feeling toward black women or is there more to the story?;  Democratic presidential candidate, Mayor Pete Buttigieg appears to have a minority problem but the good folks (hack!) at The Root aim to help: And thankfully, educator/linguist, Dr. John McWhorter puts the smackdown on the selfsame Root piece; according to BleedingCool.com, there's an Invisible Woman (featuring Elizabeth Banks) movie in

Getting to the point faster than (black) Wally West!  It's the Grindhouse podcast (underwritten by the Afronerd Radio machine) and it airs tonight at 6pm eastern.  Listen to your favorite AFROnerdists discuss these ensuing topics:  the premiere for Apple TV's highly anticipated film, The Banker, starring Marvel alumni Samuel L Jackson and Anthony Mackie (oops even Nicholas Hoult is an X-Man) was abruptly canceled due to sex abuse allegations;  Dburt checked out Chadwick Boseman post Black Panther flick, 21 Bridges; we must tackle Byron Allen's racial discrimination court case against cable giant Comcast and how he's using the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to do it;  doubling down on slavery being a literal horror show (which it was and is), we give our impressions of the new trailer for Antebellum; Dburt's theory of putting "black" in front (or back...think Punk Black or Orphan Black) of something making it "flyer" remains unchallenged-introducing Robert Rising, The Black Lumberjack and his repurposing of NYC wood

Welcome to a new episode of The Mid Week in Review podcast!  Powered by the Afronerd Radio STEAM engine and airing this Wednesday at 7pm eastern.  Your esteemed AFROnerdists will unpack the following topics:  revisiting last Sunday's Grindhouse episode (more fallout from the Kaepernick workout; Far Sector Green Lantern comic; Russo's DC vs Marvel doc, Eddie Murphy's Beverly Hills Cop Netflix sequel, Lou Ferigno vs Professor Hulk); Rick & Morty S4 just gets better and weirder; actor, Henry Cavill (The Witcher) still asserts that he hasn't left the Superman role; You think some fans take issue with a whitewashed version of Alfred Pennyworth's daughter on Batwoman? You're lucky Hollywood didn't give you Julia Roberts as Harriert Tubman (seriously); Judge Joe Brown's Harriet Tubman comments; Lastly, more on media mogul, Byron Allen's heroic court fight against Comcast.  Call LIVE at 646-915-9620.  *Oh and more on the gospel according to Kanye West.  

It's another stellar Grindhouse episode powered by the Afronerd Radio machine and airing every Sunday at 6pm eastern.  Listen to your favorite AFROnerdists wax fantastic about the following: activist/athlete, Colin Kaepernick changed locations for his formal NFL tryout in an effort to play for the NFL once more and as expected not without controversy;  Dburt checked out director, James Mangold's testosterone/gas fueled historical sports drama, Ford v. Ferrari this weekend; more Eddie Murphy at Netflix-the streaming service is set to make a Beverly Hills Cop sequel; actor, Lakeith Stanfield blasts Black media outlets and radio personality, Charlamagne Da God countered with a rebuttal (ahem...Lakeith is correct);  we never did discuss DC Comics' 5G/Black label projects; And one of them happens to be last week's Far Sectorcomic book release featuring a new black female Janelle Monae-esque Afro-futuristic Green Lantern and written by sci-fi writer, N.K. Jemisin;  The Russo Bros are developing a Marvel vs DC doc;

Let's jump off the diving board, AFROnerdists!  Tune into our latest installment of the Mid Week in Review (MWIR) powered by the Afronerd Radio STEAM engine and airing every Wednesday at 7pm sharp.  The topics to be decoded are:  impressions of the highly touted Disney + streaming service, especially its Star Wars spinoff series, Mandalorian (and Marvel's Expanding Universe);  our impressions of all the alleged Mat Reeves' Batman casting news including a possible racebend for Batgirl;  touching on topics we left on the cyber table per the last Grindhouse podcast; Rick & Morty returns for season 4 after almost 2 YEARS.....and we're clearly back in the saddle again;  a revised Sonic the Hedgehog trailer hit the internets with Flash references; as did SCOOB;  did Doctor Sleep put audiences.....to sleep (after a 40 year wait?);  in crazy social engineering news.....what's up with singer Alicia Keys parenting theories?  And then there's T.I.'s thoughts (is he wrong?);  Black owned Industrial Bank expands and c

Check out our latest edition of Afronerd Radio'sThe Grindhouse podcast airing every Sunday at 6pm sharp.  Your resident AFROnerdists will tackle the following blerd (and not so blerdy) issues: unfortunately in the advent of the Trump era, there are just too many race related stories to list- a billionaire's wife is named in a lawsuit for her usage of the "n-word';  #ADOS gets ready for its closeup via a recent NY Times piece; "It's OK to be White" signs drape a memorial for Tennessee U's first black students; Dburt has an epiphany about John Legend's "Baby, It's Cold Outside" remix after revisiting the 50 year old TV series, Room 222 (wokeness for that era?); finally discussing Genndy Tartakovsky's (Samurai Jack) excellent Primal animated series at Adult Swim (AS); and then there's also AS' Wet City; thoughts about bringing back the late actor, James Dean's image via CGI isn't sitting well some of the Hollywood elite;  looks like Disney is campaigning for Avengers: Endgame Oscar consideration after all ; Last

Straight topics, Straight fire and Straight to the point!  Listen to a new installment of Afronerd Radio's Mid Week in Review (MWIR) airing every Wednesday at 7pm sharp.  Your favorite AFROnerdists will be discussing the following phenomena:  a California teacher dons blackface (and rapped...yuck) in a failed attempt at imitating the hip hop artist/actor, Common;  is DC channeling Marvel 2.0 with their upcoming 5G project?;  even more minstrel stories are coming in concerning Popeye's popular chicken sandwhich. Really?;  Jordan Peele like Sean Puffy Combs won't stop...can't stop with yet another exciting series (a la Amazon) entitled Hunters, starring Al Pacino and cadre of  POC nazi hunters; more support and more vitriol appears to be the case for Kasi Lemmons and Cynthia Erivo's Harriet film; thoughts about HBO's Dark Materials; Vh1 stays classy with Cartel Crew reality show entering its 2nd season featuring Emma Coronel Aispuro; And lastly, if time permits, more Scorcese/Marvel & Batman news.  Call LIV

Greetings, AFROnerdists!  Due to time constraints, we're just going to straight to the chase.  It's Afronerd Radio'sThe Grindhouse podcast airing tonight at 6pm sharp. Listen to your favorite podcasters discuss the following pop/pulp issues:  our impressions of the long awaited and somewhat controversial film, Harriet which premiered this weekend to mixed reviews;  has the Terminator franchise been revitalized successfully for the sixth time?  We shall see. Legendary and extremely funny comedian, John Witherspoon (Friday, Black Jesus, The Boondocks) passes at 77; somehow we missed this but rumors are circulating that Will Smith might cast as Mr. Fantastic in an MCU Fantastic Four reboot (please, no!) notwithstanding other Marvel rumors;  HBO Max has purportedly greenlighted (get it?) a Green Lantern series that will not conflict with big screen reboot; more on Watchmen and Godfather of Harlem series;  and perhaps we will address topics we failed to address due to tech from last week's show.  Call LIVE at 646-

Getting it in once AGAIN!  Join your favorite AFROnerdists for another fact finding mission at the Grindhouse, as powered by the Afronerd Radio STEAM (science, tech, engineering, art & math) engine!  The topics to be unpacked this week are: legendary comedian, Eddie Murphy returns to true form in Netflix' Dolemite is My Name; is Hawkeye actor, Jeremy Renner on the outs from the MCU because of violent abuse allegations being asserted in his current divorce proceedings?; black Twitter caused a ruckus over a controversial answer R & B singer, Tank gave during an interview on Angela Yee's Lip Service podcast; animator/graphic novelist, Genndy Tartakovsky returns to Adult Swim post Samurai Jack with a harrowing prehistoric new project, entitled Primal; Dburt adds more pepper to the previous Pharrell Williams GQ cover debacle with an observation on how black men in general are perceived on the magazine's past covers;  Tesla's Elon Musk is foecasting 1000 new solar roof installations a month with his new Sol

Straight with no chaser!  It’s Afronerd Radio’s Mid Wid Week in Review (MWIR)  airing tonight at 7pm eastern.  Join your favorite  (ahem only) AFROnerdists as they discuss the following pop/pulp/political issues:  our impressions of last week’s premiere episode of the greatly anticipated HBO Watchmen series.  Was it really the Wokeman as some critics are claiming?  And what about the Tulsa 1921 opening?;  thoughts about Black Lightning’s third season; cleaning up dropped topics from our last Grindhouse podcast; oh and what about that infamous lynching tweet from POTUS?;  first Gina Rodriguez gets called out for singing an n-word song and now Cher offers to pay legal bills for school security guard who was fired for wanting not to be called the same slur…the schizophrenia continues: the Star Wars: The Rise of the Skywalker trailer hit the cybernets this week; Lastly,  graphic novelist and TV/film writer, Jeph Loeb exits Marvel Television as Exec of VP, post Kevin Feige’s promotion.  Call LIVE at 646-915-9620.

Afronerd Radio's Grindhouse podcast airs weekly-every Sunday at 6pm eastern. Listen to your friendly neighborhood AFROnerdists as they wax about this week's popular issues: Oscar winning actor, Regina King as Sister Night in upcoming Watchmen series battles racism; And Supes fights the Klan in comics; finally getting around to commenting more on Batwoman and S2 of DC Universe's Titans; now AMC theaters have a streaming service? when will it end? (unless we can see films still in theaters...hmm); famed Baltimore lawmaker, Elijah Cummings passes at 68;  they really won't stop shipping Finn and Poe, huh? (ignoring his attraction to Rey); after a recent Breakfast Club interview with legendary Wu Tang muse/ A & R, Sophia Chang, Charlamagne and Chang agreed that hip hop is a youth driven culture and can't be critiqued by elders.....SHOCKER...Dburt disagrees; And lastly, another filmmaking legend, Francis Ford Coppola weighs in on the Scorsese vs MCU debate siding with Mr. Scorsese (I'm sure his nephew, Nicholas

What's up, fellow AFROnerdists!  Check out our latest installment of The Mid Week in Review, engineered by Afronerd Radio STEAM engine. Listen to your favorite podcasters deliberate on the following data:  legendary music producer, Pharrell Williams is causing quite a stir with his new GQ magazine cover that posits that there is a "new" masculinity afoot;  a new study asserts that there has been a steady rise in black teen suicide attempts, especially among girls; like clockwork, another hip hop list (courtesy of the BBC) gets it terribly wrong;  actress/musician, Zoe Kravitz, purportedly has been cast as the new Catwoman in Matt Reeves forthcoming Batman movie;  the transgender woman that was referenced in Dave Chappelle's latest Netflix special has committed suicide; was Atatiana Jefferson armed at the moment she was killed by Fort Worth police?  New evidence may be pointing in that direction;  actress Gina Rodriguez gets caught in an n-word nontroversy for (shocker!) rapping along to a song that has the ex

We're black at again, people. It's another Grindhouse podcast airing this Sunday at 6pm eastern, Join your favorite AFROnerdists as they dissect the following hot topics this past week:  rumor has it that Netflix' Lucifer (formerly with FOX) is slated to be part of CW highly anticipated Crisis crossover event arc (yes....he's a DC imprint); on the heels of the Texas Amber Guyger trial, the lone star state has another case that rings eerily similar this time resulting in the death of a young woman of color; Dburt was thoroughly impressed with DC Universe's Titans Conner episode;  what happened with Will Smith's Gemini Man as well as thoughts about a Fresh Princespinoff ;  The Root has a varied amount of race regression stories to discuss: more on iconic filmmaker, Martin Scorcese doubles down on his recent remarks about Marvel films.  Call LIVE at 646-915-9620.  *incl, miscellaneous thoughts about Batwoman, Raising Dion, Kanye @Howard U etc.