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This appears to be another straight with no chaser moment!  Listen to the latest episode of Afronerd Radio's Grindhouse, airing this Saturday at 6pm EST.  Join your Podcast "The Crew" (Claire Lanay, her doppelganger, Daryll B., Capt. Kirk and Dburt) as they wax about the following issues: the highly anticipated film, Birth of a Nation by actor/director, Nate Parker might be derailed due to rape allegations levied against the filmmaker 17 years ago; it appears that actress, Zendaya Coleman may be playing Peter Parker's love interest, Mary Jane Watson in next year's Spiderman: Homecoming and the ethnic switch also appears to be controversial (shocker!); Marvel teen hero imprint, Runaways finds a home on HULU's streaming service; further evidence that comics influence cognition-Marvel is set to release STEAM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Arts and Math) inspired variant covers; and after viewing the fan made Firefly animated trailer, how long will it take for an actual commercial product/version?; reportedly a wel

This appears to be another straight with no chaser moment!  Listen to the latest episode of Afronerd Radio's Grindhouse, airing this Saturday at 6pm EST.  Join your Podcast "The Crew" (Claire Lanay, her doppelganger, Daryll B., Capt. Kirk and Dburt) as they wax about the following issues: the highly anticipated film, Birth of a Nation by actor/director, Nate Parker might be derailed due to rape allegations levied against the filmmaker 17 years ago; it appears that actress, Zendaya Coleman may be playing Peter Parker's love interest, Mary Jane Watson in next year's Spiderman: Homecoming and the ethnic switch also appears to be controversial (shocker!); Marvel teen hero imprint, Runaways finds a home on HULU's streaming service; further evidence that comics influence cognition-Marvel is set to release STEAM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Arts and Math) inspired variant covers; and after viewing the fan made Firefly animated trailer, how long will it take for an actual commercial product/version?; reportedly a wel

Afropunk is coming, folks! More specifcally, next week.  In the interim, why not check out the latest episode of Afronerd Radio's Mid Week In Review (MWIR) airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST.  Join your hosts, Dburt and Capt. Kirk as they discuss this (mid) week's current event laden issues:  Gold medalist, Gabby Douglas continues to weather criticism from literally both sides-Black Women regarding her appearance and White racists for....well....being; famed womens HBCU, Spelman College is considering matriculating transgender females to their student body; another traffic stop resulting in the death of a Black male by police, this time in Milwaukee, Wisconsin causes riots, chaos and the customary media attention; comedian, Larry Wilmore loses the Nightly Show to cancellation; another Google algorithim proves unfavorable to Blackness; Dburt questions author, Mychal Denzel Smith's new book, Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education and other purveyors of victimization  (and wh

Afropunk is coming, folks! More specifcally, next week.  In the interim, why not check out the latest episode of Afronerd Radio's Mid Week In Review (MWIR) airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST.  Join your hosts, Dburt and Capt. Kirk as they discuss this (mid) week's current event laden issues:  Gold medalist, Gabby Douglas continues to weather criticism from literally both sides-Black Women regarding her appearance and White racists for....well....being; famed womens HBCU, Spelman College is considering matriculating transgender females to their student body; another traffic stop resulting in the death of a Black male by police, this time in Milwaukee, Wisconsin causes riots, chaos and the customary media attention; comedian, Larry Wilmore loses the Nightly Show to cancellation; another Google algorithim proves unfavorable to Blackness; Dburt questions author, Mychal Denzel Smith's new book, Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education and other purveyors of victimization  (and wh

Keeping in line like the Nike brand-Let's just do it!  Check out our newest episode of The Grindhouse, powered by the Afronerd Radio Machine-airing this Saturday at 6pm EST.  Listen to your Podcast "Shadow Cabinet" (Dburt, Capt. Kirk, Left Coast Correspondent Claire Lanay and the "Uncanny" Daryll B) as they tackle the following pulp culture conundrums: Netflix releases an extended Luke Cage trailer on the internets right before the September 30th airdate; and speaking of Netflix, the classic hip hop NY period drama, The Get Down premieres; it appears that Aquaman's seminal villain, Black Manta will make it to the big screen (but the question remains...will a man of color be cast?); DCEU News (allegedly the JL cast react to Suicide Squad bad reviews; TV and silver screen Flashes should race according to Ezra Miller; a fan might be suing over SS's false Joker advertising); is Netflix exploring a White Tiger series (definitely time for a Latin superhero series!) or is this just another rumor to go along with the

Keeping in line like the Nike brand-Let's just do it!  Check out our newest episode of The Grindhouse, powered by the Afronerd Radio Machine-airing this Saturday at 6pm EST.  Listen to your Podcast "Shadow Cabinet" (Dburt, Capt. Kirk, Left Coast Correspondent Claire Lanay and the "Uncanny" Daryll B) as they tackle the following pulp culture conundrums: Netflix releases an extended Luke Cage trailer on the internets right before the September 30th airdate; and speaking of Netflix, the classic hip hop NY period drama, The Get Down premieres; it appears that Aquaman's seminal villain, Black Manta will make it to the big screen (but the question remains...will a man of color be cast?); DCEU News (allegedly the JL cast react to Suicide Squad bad reviews; TV and silver screen Flashes should race according to Ezra Miller; a fan might be suing over SS's false Joker advertising); is Netflix exploring a White Tiger series (definitely time for a Latin superhero series!) or is this just another rumor to go along with the

Let's just dig in, shall we?  Check out our latest MWIR (Mid Week in Review) podcast engineered by the good folks at Afronerd Radio Machine Works, airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST.  Join your hosts, Dburt and Capt. Kirk as they decode the following (mid) week issues:  a recent study from the Corporation of Enterprise Development posits that it could take 228 years for the African-American community to catch up and/or amass the same wealth as their White counterparts; an extended Netflix Luke Cage trailer hits the cyberwebs as we inch closer to its Sept. 30th premiere date; another spate of possible police misconduct cases seep into the public's consciousness (the death of a young suburban Baltimore mother and the wounding of her child; a video of a young Black woman calling the police on the police goes viral and the death of an unarmed Chicago car thief raises the ire of the local community); Black female Olympians vy for the gold in Rio. And lastly, a recent Atlantic article provides an excellent histori

Let's just dig in, shall we?  Check out our latest MWIR (Mid Week in Review) podcast engineered by the good folks at Afronerd Radio Machine Works, airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST.  Join your hosts, Dburt and Capt. Kirk as they decode the following (mid) week issues:  a recent study from the Corporation of Enterprise Development posits that it could take 228 years for the African-American community to catch up and/or amass the same wealth as their White counterparts; an extended Netflix Luke Cage trailer hits the cyberwebs as we inch closer to its Sept. 30th premiere date; another spate of possible police misconduct cases seep into the public's consciousness (the death of a young suburban Baltimore mother and the wounding of her child; a video of a young Black woman calling the police on the police goes viral and the death of an unarmed Chicago car thief raises the ire of the local community); Black female Olympians vy for the gold in Rio. And lastly, a recent Atlantic article provides an excellent histori

We're just going to jump into the frey this time, folks!  It's our weekly and infamous Grindhouse podcast as engineered by Afronerd Radio Machine Works!  Listen to your Podcast Task Force X (the Uncanny Daryll B., Claire Lanay, Capt. Kirk and Dburt) this Saturday at 6pm EST as they wax about the following: our impressions of this weekend's release of the highly anticipated Suicide Squad (hint: thankfully, NOT Bats vs Supes quality); actress, Hayley Atwell is still repping for Agent Carter; more news regarding the "retooling" of Sleepy Hollow's fourth season in the wake of actress, Nicole Beharie's departure;  a Luthor joins the cast of the CW version of Supergirl; and just what is up with director David Ayers'  "F*%$ Marvel!" remark?:  the return of Christopher Priest with his take of DC's Deathstroke;  Disney/ABC and Lucasfilm are in talks to craft a live action Star Wars TV show;  filmmaker Ava DuVernay bears the distinction of being the first Black female director to helm a 100m film;  artisans at the Smit

We're just going to jump into the frey this time, folks!  It's our weekly and infamous Grindhouse podcast as engineered by Afronerd Radio Machine Works!  Listen to your Podcast Task Force X (the Uncanny Daryll B., Claire Lanay, Capt. Kirk and Dburt) this Saturday at 6pm EST as they wax about the following: our impressions of this weekend's release of the highly anticipated Suicide Squad (hint: thankfully, NOT Bats vs Supes quality); actress, Hayley Atwell is still repping for Agent Carter; more news regarding the "retooling" of Sleepy Hollow's fourth season in the wake of actress, Nicole Beharie's departure;  a Luthor joins the cast of the CW version of Supergirl; and just what is up with director David Ayers'  "F*%$ Marvel!" remark?:  the return of Christopher Priest with his take of DC's Deathstroke;  Disney/ABC and Lucasfilm are in talks to craft a live action Star Wars TV show;  filmmaker Ava DuVernay bears the distinction of being the first Black female director to helm a 100m film;  artisans at the Smit

Greetings, people.  We're back, live and direct, after last Wednesday's unavoidable preemption.  Join Dburt and Capt. Kirk for this week's latest installment of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review (MWIR), airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST. The topics on the menu are: the team plays "catch up" with some of the issues that we were unable to address (our opinions of both the Republican and Democractic National Conventions; the critique levied toward FLOTUS for her slavery remark during her highly touted speech; Republican presidential hopeful, Donald Trump vs the Gold Star Khan military family); basketball icon, Michael Jordan weighs in on BLM, the national violence debate all while donating two million dollars; the minstrel brothers, Nick Cannon and Shad "Bow Wow" Moss advise millennials NOT to vote in this election (just when North Carolina courts struck down voter registration laws targeting blacks) ; Malia Obama gets her moment in the sun (of controversy) by skipping the DNC, attending Lollapalooza and twer

Greetings, people.  We're back, live and direct, after last Wednesday's unavoidable preemption.  Join Dburt and Capt. Kirk for this week's latest installment of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review (MWIR), airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST. The topics on the menu are: the team plays "catch up" with some of the issues that we were unable to address (our opinions of both the Republican and Democractic National Conventions; the critique levied toward FLOTUS for her slavery remark during her highly touted speech; Republican presidential hopeful, Donald Trump vs the Gold Star Khan military family); basketball icon, Michael Jordan weighs in on BLM, the national violence debate all while donating two million dollars; the minstrel brothers, Nick Cannon and Shad "Bow Wow" Moss advise millennials NOT to vote in this election (just when North Carolina courts struck down voter registration laws targeting blacks) ; Malia Obama gets her moment in the sun (of controversy) by skipping the DNC, attending Lollapalooza and twer

Greetings to our growing and ever steadfast listernership!  Welcome to the latest episode of Afronerd Radio'sGrindhouse, airing this Saturday at 6pm EST.  Listen to your favorite Podcast "Howling Commandos" (Claire Lanay, Daryll B., Capt. Kirk and Dburt) wax about this week's latest goings ons in pulp culture:  the crew continue the conversation about more reveals coming fromlast week's SDCC '16; more on Star Trek: Beyond as well as expectations for the forthcoming CBS Trek online streaming series; another IWM (Impossible White Man) movie trailer hit the cyberwebs, the Zhang Yimou helmed The Great Wall starring Matt Damon; hat tip to Bleeding Cool for their piece highlighting the recent hires of Black female writers at DC and Marvel; pics of Tyler Hoechlin in the DC 52 Supes suit standing next to Melissa Benoist hit the net; The Mary Sue site places focus on the #BlackSpecFic twitter tag which provides the dismal and raw numbers regarding the lack of writers of color in mainstream publishing companies and the

Greetings to our growing and ever steadfast listernership!  Welcome to the latest episode of Afronerd Radio'sGrindhouse, airing this Saturday at 6pm EST.  Listen to your favorite Podcast "Howling Commandos" (Claire Lanay, Daryll B., Capt. Kirk and Dburt) wax about this week's latest goings ons in pulp culture:  the crew continue the conversation about more reveals coming fromlast week's SDCC '16; more on Star Trek: Beyond as well as expectations for the forthcoming CBS Trek online streaming series; another IWM (Impossible White Man) movie trailer hit the cyberwebs, the Zhang Yimou helmed The Great Wall starring Matt Damon; hat tip to Bleeding Cool for their piece highlighting the recent hires of Black female writers at DC and Marvel; pics of Tyler Hoechlin in the DC 52 Supes suit standing next to Melissa Benoist hit the net; The Mary Sue site places focus on the #BlackSpecFic twitter tag which provides the dismal and raw numbers regarding the lack of writers of color in mainstream publishing companies and the

Let's just jump into the fray, shall we?  Check Out our latest episode of Afronerd Radio's Grindhouse, airing this Saturday at 6pm EST.  Listen to your Podcast "Justice League Dark" as they whip up mystical incantations regarding the following topics: our impressions on the various revelations coming out of San Diego Comic Con 2016 (i.e. Netflix trailers of The Defenders, Luke Cage and Iron Fist; more details on Ghost Rider casting for SHIELD, Justice League cartoon and American Gods trailers, a Black Panther comic spinoff written by famed feminist educator/scribe, Roxane Gay and more);  actress/comedienne, Leslie Jones (Ghostbusters) goes to hell and back just by inhaling Twitter hate; Dburt watches the new Netflix 80s sci-fi/horror homage series, Stranger Things by the Duffer Brothers; the animated Futurama series gets the live action fan film trailer treatment; Marvel's Miss America finally gets her own series....just not at Marvel (shh,,,it's at Image-All-America Comix) ; a Black doll maker, Malaville (fo

Let's just jump into the fray, shall we?  Check Out our latest episode of Afronerd Radio's Grindhouse, airing this Saturday at 6pm EST.  Listen to your Podcast "Justice League Dark" as they whip up mystical incantations regarding the following topics: our impressions on the various revelations coming out of San Diego Comic Con 2016 (i.e. Netflix trailers of The Defenders, Luke Cage and Iron Fist; more details on Ghost Rider casting for SHIELD, Justice League cartoon and American Gods trailers, a Black Panther comic spinoff written by famed feminist educator/scribe, Roxane Gay and more);  actress/comedienne, Leslie Jones (Ghostbusters) goes to hell and back just by inhaling Twitter hate; Dburt watches the new Netflix 80s sci-fi/horror homage series, Stranger Things by the Duffer Brothers; the animated Futurama series gets the live action fan film trailer treatment; Marvel's Miss America finally gets her own series....just not at Marvel (shh,,,it's at Image-All-America Comix) ; a Black doll maker, Malaville (fo

Hey Folks! Check out the latest episode of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review (MWIR) airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST.  For brevity's sake, the topics to be discussed this (mid) week are:  The Republican National Convention started this week and as expected...it commenced with multiple controversies: aspiring FLOTUS, Melania Trump is accused of plagiarizing the current First Lady's '08 DNC speech;  Congressman Steve King (Iowa) causes a stir by affirming that racial "sub groups" did not contribute as much to civilization when compared to Europeans and/or Western culture; former NYC Hizzoner, Rudy Guiliani screamed his approval of Donald Trump for president; Dburt delves deeper into his notion of the necessity of African-Americans to explore a version of the UK Brexit-simply a BLEXIT; we begrudingly highlight some more race stories or racial spin as promoted by our media and lastly, Netflix explores 80s sci-fi/horror nostalgia with their first season premiere of Stranger Things.  Call live at 646-915-9620.

Hey Folks! Check out the latest episode of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review (MWIR) airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST.  For brevity's sake, the topics to be discussed this (mid) week are:  The Republican National Convention started this week and as expected...it commenced with multiple controversies: aspiring FLOTUS, Melania Trump is accused of plagiarizing the current First Lady's '08 DNC speech;  Congressman Steve King (Iowa) causes a stir by affirming that racial "sub groups" did not contribute as much to civilization when compared to Europeans and/or Western culture; former NYC Hizzoner, Rudy Guiliani screamed his approval of Donald Trump for president; Dburt delves deeper into his notion of the necessity of African-Americans to explore a version of the UK Brexit-simply a BLEXIT; we begrudingly highlight some more race stories or racial spin as promoted by our media and lastly, Netflix explores 80s sci-fi/horror nostalgia with their first season premiere of Stranger Things.  Call live at 646-915-9620. 

Our thoughts and condolences go out to the victims of the recent Nice, France terror attack-keep the faith and stay on the watch. Greetings to our REALLY growing listenership and welcome to the latest installment of Afronerd Radio's GrindHouse podcast-airing this Saturday at 6pm sharp!  Join your "Podcast Watchmen" as they tackle the following issues:  we're going to get this right, even if it hurts us-Ms. Bamidele Sogbesan, CEO of the Nigerian based comic company, Vortex. Inc stop by to discuss West African comics/Blerdom; yet another iconic Marvel death has occurred in the latest Civil War II crossover event (hint: you really don't want to make him angry); augmented reality videogaming has taken over the summer season as Pokemon Go captures a nation (and characters); we finally discuss second season sci-fi with the return of Mr. Robot, Killyjoys and Dark Matter;  popular artist, Frank Cho walks off of Greg Rucka's Wonder Woman project over "censorship" and "political agendas" concerns; as the Wonder Woman f

Our thoughts and condolences go out to the victims of the recent Nice, France terror attack-keep the faith and stay on the watch. Greetings to our REALLY growing listenership and welcome to the latest installment of Afronerd Radio's GrindHouse podcast-airing this Saturday at 6pm sharp!  Join your "Podcast Watchmen" as they tackle the following issues:  we're going to get this right, even if it hurts us-Ms. Bamidele Sogbesan, CEO of the Nigerian based comic company, Vortex. Inc stop by to discuss West African comics/Blerdom; yet another iconic Marvel death has occurred in the latest Civil War II crossover event (hint: you really don't want to make him angry); augmented reality videogaming has taken over the summer season as Pokemon Go captures a nation (and characters); we finally discuss second season sci-fi with the return of Mr. Robot, Killyjoys and Dark Matter;  popular artist, Frank Cho walks off of Greg Rucka's Wonder Woman project over "censorship" and "political agendas" concerns; as the Wonder Woman f