8AM Shift

Good morning Shifters!

Joe re-watched the first episode of "The Wire", Jordan watched the first episode of the "Roseanne" re-boot, and both the twain shall meet. They also discuss the Steven Spielberg comments about how Netflix movies should not qualify for the Academy Awards.

In addition Joe and Jordan have a special sit-down conversation with Frazier Tharpe, also an editor from Brooklyn, who waxes about pop culture and TV.

Things we spoke about:

• Tharpe (@The_SummerMan) explains why OTT has in changed our viewing habits, for better or worse but largely for the worse.
• Jordan and Tharpe finally chat about "Sons of Anarchy" -- a running gag between the two of them on Twitter.
• He also gets very honest about "Ready Player One" and "Roseanne."

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Good morning Shifters!

Let’s cut right to the chase: March 2018 has been crazy. The NCAA brackets have been leading the conversation around athletics, however, the socio-political conversation has been dominating the news. In roughly 3 weeks we saw...

• Gun control and reform and the next generation of activists
• A "60 Minutes" interview that will remain in infamy
• Your weird uncle’s Facebook habits that may have inadvertently led to your personal info being leaked to the Mercer’s a la Cambridge Analytica

...and we didn’t do any favors to ourselves by watching "Wild, Wild Country" on Netflix, which sets off a conversation between Joe and Jordan that touched upon everything from the history Oregon to what hip coffee shops symbolize.

That all being said, we decided to speak with Insanul Ahmed, an editor in Brooklyn, NY, who had a lot to say about everything from March For Lives to the last two years in general. It was an incredible conversation full of insight, honesty and introspection coming from a Muslim native New Yorker of Bangladeshi descent. This is an episode you will definitely want to take a moment to listen to and reflect on.

Special thanks to Mo from Brooklyn for providing us with the break music! Check out more of his music HERE.

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Hey Shifters,

Looks like we missed a week because we were hella busy but we are back with another gem.

In this episode we discuss...

• Our affinity for "Paddington" the movie
• How "Paddington" stacks up against "Ted"
• Joe's experience watching the first episode of "The Punisher"
• "The Sopranos" prequel (and the SNL skit that eerily predicted it)
• Our thoughts on Stephen Hawking's passing (R.I.P.) and the subsequent letter that he left for humanity

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Joe and Jordan discuss the 90th Academy Awards, the movies that won and lost, and the actors and actresses whose performances blew them away this past year. Later on Joe and Jordan go back in time, a la "Wayne's World", and review an older recording to see if any of their Oscar Award predictions held up.

The REAL Academy Award Winners...

• Tiffany Haddish and Mya Rudolph
• Black Panther and Rita Moreno (who, like, we totally talked about in a past episode)
• Lakeith Stanfield

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So last week, Joe took a few days off to explore Paris, France with his fiance which left Jordan looking for someone to temporarily replace him. While one would think it was an easy task finding a co-host for one episode, the truth is it's kind of difficult to fill Joe's Vans Sk8-Hi's. Fortunately, Jordan managed to find someone who is practically the spitting image of Joe to record with him.

Topics discussed...

• Parisian food
• Sacré-Cœur
• "Dead Presidents" which is on HBO Go/Now
• "Spider-Man II" (which Jordan, surprisingly, is not a huge fan of) and "Spider-Man: Homecoming"
• How ill Bokeem Woodbine is (you seriously need to watch that episode of "The Sopranos" with him if you haven't)
• How Sean Bean stays dying
• "Menace II Society"

Special thanks to Tyrone Gorin, Asia, Keith and Joe's brother, Mike, for being a part of this podcast!

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Total transparency, we recorded this a little bit before President’s Day. However, we wanted to share our thoughts on the SOTUS from earlier this month and the other current events/pop cultural "nuggets" that came out of it. We also took a moment to interview Dan Johnson, a military veteran who spent over 30 years in the U.S. Air Force. He discusses his life in Brooklyn in the 70's and 80's as a person of Black/Latino descent, how the armed forces put him on a path towards success and of course, who his favorite U.S. president was.

Other things to keep in mind...

• You may or may not want to watch The Purge: Election Year (as of us writing this it's on HBO Go/HBO Now, should you want to view).
• Dan mentions the word "jingo" multiple times. Here's the history of this word if you're interested [LINK].
• Here's more reading on chain immigration for those interested

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Also watch West Side Story! There's a remake underway and Joe and Jordan don't know how to feel about it.

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On this episode, Joe and Jordan recount what it felt like to witness Tom Brady NOT winning a Super Bowl for the third time. Of course, we also go in on some of the ads which we had the pleasure of watching.

If you want to read the Harvard Business Review article which we reference, click HERE.

Winners

• The Eagles
• Cardi B and Amazon
• David Harbour
• Peter Dinklage and Morgan Freeman
• Eli Manning and Odell Beckham, Jr.

Losers

• The Patriots
• The City of Boston
• The City of Philadelphia (you're supposed to be celebrating not rioting!!!!)

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On this episode of the #8AMShift, we dive into some more Netflix gold -- the recent release of The Godfather Trilogy and the Dave Chappelle comedy specials that dropped right before New Year's (Equanimity and The Bird Revelation). We also source some opinions on the recent allegations against Aziz Ansari

• Suggested Reading: https://babe.net/2018/01/13/aziz-ansari-28355

Special Thanks To:

Keith, Media Maker in Downtown Brooklyn

Mark of Other Men Need Help

Andie, Poetess

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Gooooood morning!

8AM Shift is back and this time we're discussing the Netflix original movie "Bright" as well as the fourth season of their series "Black Mirror." Take a guess at which one is better.

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