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Yep, we have more deaths and channeling the late rock/funk icon, Prince Rogers Nelson, It's (Been) Another Lonely Christmas!  Let's demand that 2017 not continue the madness and mayhem of the proceeding year!  Check out a new episode of The Mid Week in Review (MWIR), most certainly powered by Afronerd Radio airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm ET.  Join your hosts Dburt and Capt. Kirk as they address the following (mid) week topics: Fox' Bill O'Reilly recent took umbrage with liberals wanting to dismantle the 'white" establishment (even as a Black Conservative does the establishment have to be white?..curious); just what is prompting the rash of "mall brawls" across the country in multiple cities by teens during the holiday season?; former Denver Nuggets professional basketball coach, George Karl had some rather unflattering things to say about some of his player according to his new book entitled, Furious George; there appears to be a fantasy matchup afoot-who would win in a presidential contest of champions, the

Yep, we have more deaths and channeling the late rock/funk icon, Prince Rogers Nelson, It's (Been) Another Lonely Christmas!  Let's demand that 2017 not continue the madness and mayhem of the proceeding year!  Check out a new episode of The Mid Week in Review (MWIR), most certainly powered by Afronerd Radio airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm ET.  Join your hosts Dburt and Capt. Kirk as they address the following (mid) week topics: Fox' Bill O'Reilly recent took umbrage with liberals wanting to dismantle the 'white" establishment (even as a Black Conservative does the establishment have to be white?..curious); just what is prompting the rash of "mall brawls" across the country in multiple cities by teens during the holiday season?; former Denver Nuggets professional basketball coach, George Karl had some rather unflattering things to say about some of his player according to his new book entitled, Furious George; there appears to be a fantasy matchup afoot-who would win in a presidential contest of champions, the

Check out our upcoming Christmas Eve broadcast, citizens!  As the curtains begin to close on 2016, why not listen to special X-Mas Eve edition of  Afronerd Radio'sGrindhouse, airing this Saturday at 6pm ET.  Join your favorite podcast "Royal Flush Gang" (Claire Lanay, the "Uncanny" Daryll B., Capt. Kirk and Dburt) as they unwrap/unbox varied pulp and pop culture phenomena this week: our impressions of the trailers for Blade Runner 2 and the fourth season of Sleepy Hollow hitting the cyberverse; Dburt discovers several new Netflix shows engendering geek cred-Guillermo Del Toro's Trollhunters, The OA and Travelers; Star Wars actress, Carrier Fisher has a health scare and our thoughts are with her;  the BAFTAs, the UK version of the Oscars have set some pretty interesting guidelines when it comes to diversity (if you want to be nominated); the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has some new and varied inductees; a Comics Alliance piece highlights recent remarks by a DC movie producer indirectly illustrating what's wrong

Check out our upcoming Christmas Eve broadcast, citizens!  As the curtains begin to close on 2016, why not listen to special X-Mas Eve edition of  Afronerd Radio'sGrindhouse, airing this Saturday at 6pm ET.  Join your favorite podcast "Royal Flush Gang" (Claire Lanay, the "Uncanny" Daryll B., Capt. Kirk and Dburt) as they unwrap/unbox varied pulp and pop culture phenomena this week: our impressions of the trailers for Blade Runner 2 and the fourth season of Sleepy Hollow hitting the cyberverse; Dburt discovers several new Netflix shows engendering geek cred-Guillermo Del Toro's Trollhunters, The OA and Travelers; Star Wars actress, Carrier Fisher has a health scare and our thoughts are with her;  the BAFTAs, the UK version of the Oscars have set some pretty interesting guidelines when it comes to diversity (if you want to be nominated); the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has some new and varied inductees; a Comics Alliance piece highlights recent remarks by a DC movie producer indirectly illustrating what's wrong

Happy Holidays!  Check out the latest episode of Afronerd Radio'sGrindhouse podcast, airing this Saturday at 6pm ET.  Listen to your podcast "Hellfire Club" (Dburt, the "Uncanny" Daryll B., Claire Lanay and Capt. Kirk) tackle the following pulp/pop issues:  famed graphic novel editor and writer, Joseph Illidge (DC, Milestone, Verge Entertainment) stops by to discuss his latest endeavors at Lion Forge comics; educator, comic creator and illustrator (Octavia Butler's Kindred graphic novel adaptation) John Ira Jennings drops in to shed light on his 5th annual and ever expanding Black Comic Book Festival at the historical Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, NYC; our impressions of this weekend's release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in the wake of a $29M Thursday night takedown; comedy legend, Margaret Cho has an email run-in with Dr. Strange's Tilda Swinton over Asian representation and whitewashing; is Margot Robbie morphing into a DC version of Jennifer Lawrence (as Rogue) with the rece

Happy Holidays!  Check out the latest episode of Afronerd Radio'sGrindhouse podcast, airing this Saturday at 6pm ET.  Listen to your podcast "Hellfire Club" (Dburt, the "Uncanny" Daryll B., Claire Lanay and Capt. Kirk) tackle the following pulp/pop issues:  famed graphic novel editor and writer, Joseph Illidge (DC, Milestone, Verge Entertainment) stops by to discuss his latest endeavors at Lion Forge comics; educator, comic creator and illustrator (Octavia Butler's Kindred graphic novel adaptation) John Ira Jennings drops in to shed light on his 5th annual and ever expanding Black Comic Book Festival at the historical Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, NYC; our impressions of this weekend's release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in the wake of a $29M Thursday night takedown; comedy legend, Margaret Cho has an email run-in with Dr. Strange's Tilda Swinton over Asian representation and whitewashing; is Margot Robbie morphing into a DC version of Jennifer Lawrence (as Rogue) with the rece

Krampus is in full effect!  Howdy, loyal citizens and welcome to the latest episode of Afronerd Radio's Mid Week in Review (MWIR) airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm ET.  Join your hosts, Capt. Kirk and Dburt as they shed light on the following (mid) weekly topics:  Trump continues to skirt controversy with every position he fills for his new adminstration.  The President-elect also met with recently hospitalized  (for alleged mental duress) hip hop artist, Kanye West for an alleged entrepreneurial ambassadorship, of sorts (?); Dburt has theories relating to popular Blaze commentator, Tomi Lahren and her predictable rise in the public sphere; hip hop artist, Lupe Fiasco gets accused of hate speech with his Soundcloud release, entitled N.E.R.D.; African American female Chemistry Phd earns grant to research rape investigation methods; and while Kanye met with the President-elect, it should also be noted that football legends Jim Brown and Ray Lewis "broke bread" with somewhat favorable thoughts; NYPD's "precision p

Krampus is in full effect!  Howdy, loyal citizens and welcome to the latest episode of Afronerd Radio's Mid Week in Review (MWIR) airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm ET.  Join your hosts, Capt. Kirk and Dburt as they shed light on the following (mid) weekly topics:  Trump continues to skirt controversy with every position he fills for his new adminstration.  The President-elect also met with recently hospitalized  (for alleged mental duress) hip hop artist, Kanye West for an alleged entrepreneurial ambassadorship, of sorts (?); Dburt has theories relating to popular Blaze commentator, Tomi Lahren and her predictable rise in the public sphere; hip hop artist, Lupe Fiasco gets accused of hate speech with his Soundcloud release, entitled N.E.R.D.; African American female Chemistry Phd earns grant to research rape investigation methods; and while Kanye met with the President-elect, it should also be noted that football legends Jim Brown and Ray Lewis "broke bread" with somewhat favorable thoughts; NYPD's "precision p

Listen to the latest intallment of Afronerd Radio's Grindhouse airing this Saturday at 6pm.  Join your Podcast "Young Allies" (the "Uncanny" Daryll B., Claire Lanay, Capt. Kirk and Dburt) as they warm up the Mystery Wagon and decode this week's pop culture issues:  our thoughts about  a few new in succession trailer releases (i.e., Spiderman: Homecoming, War for The Planet of the Apes) including a more intense international Assasin's Creed hitting the cyberverse; Ryan Reynolds is looking for internet fan assistance in hopes of coaxing Hugh Jackman to sign off on a Deadpool/Wolverine teamup film; our impressions of last week's Westworld finale and expectations for Season 2; new Kickstarter campaign alert-Harriet Tubman: Demon Slayer! Is there a limit to comic book retconning?  Dburt ponders the new take on Batman's origin goes viral and angers some fans;  a new Newsarama piece highlights the online success of LINE webtoon, a digital comics publisher that purportedly earns 100K per month (with membership platf

Listen to the latest intallment of Afronerd Radio's Grindhouse airing this Saturday at 6pm.  Join your Podcast "Young Allies" (the "Uncanny" Daryll B., Claire Lanay, Capt. Kirk and Dburt) as they warm up the Mystery Wagon and decode this week's pop culture issues:  our thoughts about  a few new in succession trailer releases (i.e., Spiderman: Homecoming, War for The Planet of the Apes) including a more intense international Assasin's Creed hitting the cyberverse; Ryan Reynolds is looking for internet fan assistance in hopes of coaxing Hugh Jackman to sign off on a Deadpool/Wolverine teamup film; our impressions of last week's Westworld finale and expectations for Season 2; new Kickstarter campaign alert-Harriet Tubman: Demon Slayer! Is there a limit to comic book retconning?  Dburt ponders the new take on Batman's origin goes viral and angers some fans;  a new Newsarama piece highlights the online success of LINE webtoon, a digital comics publisher that purportedly earns 100K per month (with membership platf

Howdy, folks!  Check out a new episode of The Mid Week in Review podcast, airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST, thanks to Afronerd Radio Machine Works. Join your hosts, Dburt and Capt. Kirk as the team unravels the following (mid) weekly dilemmas:  our impressions of HBO's Westworld finale, more theories and expectations/predictions for season 2; a newly minted Black Santa....the first for Minnesota's Mall of America receives of deluge of hateful online comments channeling Fox correspondent, Megyn Kelly's famed assertions that St. Nick is White! (just, wow); and after watching both Sir Anthony Hopkins' performance in the aforementioned Westworld and the Black Santa nontroversy, Dburt deduces that President-elect Donald Trump has somehow remixed his own version of the sci-fi series in real time! Raceworld!  We'll elucidate..but you're not going to want to miss the pop culture connection!; is there such a thing as free will?  or are we all unconsciously (and sub consciously) programmed?  Dburt discovers a fascin

Howdy, folks!  Check out a new episode of The Mid Week in Review podcast, airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST, thanks to Afronerd Radio Machine Works. Join your hosts, Dburt and Capt. Kirk as the team unravels the following (mid) weekly dilemmas:  our impressions of HBO's Westworld finale, more theories and expectations/predictions for season 2; a newly minted Black Santa....the first for Minnesota's Mall of America receives of deluge of hateful online comments channeling Fox correspondent, Megyn Kelly's famed assertions that St. Nick is White! (just, wow); and after watching both Sir Anthony Hopkins' performance in the aforementioned Westworld and the Black Santa nontroversy, Dburt deduces that President-elect Donald Trump has somehow remixed his own version of the sci-fi series in real time! Raceworld!  We'll elucidate..but you're not going to want to miss the pop culture connection!; is there such a thing as free will?  or are we all unconsciously (and sub consciously) programmed?  Dburt discovers a fascin

And so the Holiday Season begins!  Greetings, folks and welcome to another episode of The Grindhouse Podcast (airing this Saturday at 6pm EST), thanks to the good folks at Afronerd Radio! Listen to your favorite Podcast "Minoriteam" (Claire Lanay, Daryll B., Capt. Kirk and Dburt) as they discuss the following topics: our impressions of the CW Network's 4 day crossover extravaganza featuring heroes from The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow and the newly minted Supergirl; a Virginia school district (Accomack County) has temporaily banned classic novels such as To Kill a Mockingbird and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn due to parental concerns; legendary actor, Billy Dee Williams (Brian's Song, Mahogany) reprises his Two-Face role in The Lego Batman Movie; in video game news, Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite (#4) may actually be happening with more revelations expected this weekend (the game may have "X" clusions); the CW's Riverdale trailer hits the cyberverse in lieu of its January 2017 premiere; IO9.com's Evan N

And so the Holiday Season begins!  Greetings, folks and welcome to another episode of The Grindhouse Podcast (airing this Saturday at 6pm EST), thanks to the good folks at Afronerd Radio! Listen to your favorite Podcast "Minoriteam" (Claire Lanay, Daryll B., Capt. Kirk and Dburt) as they discuss the following topics: our impressions of the CW Network's 4 day crossover extravaganza featuring heroes from The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow and the newly minted Supergirl; a Virginia school district (Accomack County) has temporaily banned classic novels such as To Kill a Mockingbird and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn due to parental concerns; legendary actor, Billy Dee Williams (Brian's Song, Mahogany) reprises his Two-Face role in The Lego Batman Movie; in video game news, Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite (#4) may actually be happening with more revelations expected this weekend (the game may have "X" clusions); the CW's Riverdale trailer hits the cyberverse in lieu of its January 2017 premiere; IO9.com's Evan N

Let's cut the to the chase, folks!  Welcome to a new episode of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review (MWIR) airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST.  Join your hosts, Capt. Kirk and Dburt as they discuss the following (mid) week issues: our impressions of the life, death and legacy of Fidel Castro; Why is an analysis of Castro so complicated?   And is there a racial component pertaining to how the long standing Cuban regime is being evaluated?; recent data asserts that Black gay males make more than their straight counterparts and allegedly their salaries are on par with White straight males (huh?); more post Trump election meltdowns are being reported;  scientists from China's Shanhai Jiao Tong University have caused a stir by creating "precog" algorithims that can differentiate between law abiding citizens and criminals based on facial features;  Dburt laments the demise of Black talent with the recent airing of The Soul Train Awards; in a long overdue "Blue Area" segment, Yale University is slated to honor their

Let's cut the to the chase, folks!  Welcome to a new episode of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review (MWIR) airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST.  Join your hosts, Capt. Kirk and Dburt as they discuss the following (mid) week issues: our impressions of the life, death and legacy of Fidel Castro; Why is an analysis of Castro so complicated?   And is there a racial component pertaining to how the long standing Cuban regime is being evaluated?; recent data asserts that Black gay males make more than their straight counterparts and allegedly their salaries are on par with White straight males (huh?); more post Trump election meltdowns are being reported;  scientists from China's Shanhai Jiao Tong University have caused a stir by creating "precog" algorithims that can differentiate between law abiding citizens and criminals based on facial features;  Dburt laments the demise of Black talent with the recent airing of The Soul Train Awards; in a long overdue "Blue Area" segment, Yale University is slated to honor their

Let's "chop it up" over nerd culture, folks-in between post Turkey Day leftovers!  Why not wine and dine over pop culture vivisection courtesy of Afronerd Radio's Grindhouse, airing this Saturday at 6pm EST.  Listen to the musings of your favorite podcast "League of Realms," (Claire Lanay, Daryll B., Capt. Kirk and Dburt) as they bring their unique brand of pop culture to discuss the following topics: Snowpiercer moves from French graphic novel to film to TNT TV pilot, all while maintaining it's Korean roots (finally!); legendary actor, Angela Bassett is a welcome addition to the already stellar cast of Marvel's Black Panther film; the crew dissects some of the online theories surrounding HBO's Westworld as we may have to wait several years for season 2; according to the Comics Beat website, a new political newspaper entitled RESIST! has put out an open call for comic/pulp submissions as a response to the recent election of Donald Trump;  legendary actress and pop culture's "mom," Florence Henderson passes at

Let's "chop it up" over nerd culture, folks-in between post Turkey Day leftovers!  Why not wine and dine over pop culture vivisection courtesy of Afronerd Radio's Grindhouse, airing this Saturday at 6pm EST.  Listen to the musings of your favorite podcast "League of Realms," (Claire Lanay, Daryll B., Capt. Kirk and Dburt) as they bring their unique brand of pop culture to discuss the following topics: Snowpiercer moves from French graphic novel to film to TNT TV pilot, all while maintaining it's Korean roots (finally!); legendary actor, Angela Bassett is a welcome addition to the already stellar cast of Marvel's Black Panther film; the crew dissects some of the online theories surrounding HBO's Westworld as we may have to wait several years for season 2; according to the Comics Beat website, a new political newspaper entitled RESIST! has put out an open call for comic/pulp submissions as a response to the recent election of Donald Trump;  legendary actress and pop culture's "mom," Florence Henderson passes at

Happy Thanksgiving Eve, folks! Check out the latest installment of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review (MWIR) podcast airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST. Join your hosts, Dburt and Capt. Kirk as they tackle this (mid) week's current issues:  Mr. Andre Cymone-premiere musician/producer, one of the architects of the "Minneapolis Sound," and former bassist and close friend of the late musician, Prince makes his second appearance on the Afronerd Radio Machine. The music legend stops by to discuss not only the tragic passing of his friend, but also his latest musical endeavors and his thoughts about what Black music/culture means in today's current political landscape; unfortunately the cases of racial animus in the wake of Donald Trump's presidential ascendency continue to mount (i.e. an Alt Right gathering vows allegiance to Donald Trump with Nazi references and the preservation of white culture); the cast of the Broadway hit, Hamilton had a few very public words for Vice-president elect, Michael Pence when he a

Happy Thanksgiving Eve, folks! Check out the latest installment of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review (MWIR) podcast airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST. Join your hosts, Dburt and Capt. Kirk as they tackle this (mid) week's current issues:  Mr. Andre Cymone-premiere musician/producer, one of the architects of the "Minneapolis Sound," and former bassist and close friend of the late musician, Prince makes his second appearance on the Afronerd Radio Machine. The music legend stops by to discuss not only the tragic passing of his friend, but also his latest musical endeavors and his thoughts about what Black music/culture means in today's current political landscape; unfortunately the cases of racial animus in the wake of Donald Trump's presidential ascendency continue to mount (i.e. an Alt Right gathering vows allegiance to Donald Trump with Nazi references and the preservation of white culture); the cast of the Broadway hit, Hamilton had a few very public words for Vice-president elect, Michael Pence when he a