Sak Pase, Xin Chao and "What up!" to all our loyal listeners.  Check out a new episode of Afronerd Radio's Grindhouse, airring every Saturday at 6pm EST. Listen to the latest musings of your favorite podcast "Black Lantern Corps" (the "Uncanny" Daryll B., left coast correspondent, Claire Lanay, Capt. Kirk and Dburt) as they wax about the following topics:  the long awaited Netflix Defenders TV series premiered this weekend and the crew give their opinions; we get a glimpse of The Punisher series at the close of the Defenders; the trailer for Toho film studios' Godzilla anime film, Godzilla: Monster Planet hit the cyberwebs in lieu of a 2018  Netflix release; when comic book mythology has its "singularity" moment-Marvel's HYDRA logo was seen during last week's racist Unite the Right Rally; the music streaming service, Spotify kicks off White Nationalist/Hate themed bands from their playlist (now, why can't we see corporate hip hop get the same treatment for the same reason?)-and isn't Hate speech (as vile as it is) protected under our constitution?; could Sense8 actually get a 3rd season, courtesy of the site, XHamster?; Dburt, who is routinely as late as Barry Allen, has just discovered Rick and Morty (and McDonald's Szechuan sauce) ; as Spiderman goes animatedl will there ever be reboot that doesn't require rehashing the character's origin?;  more on Dark Matter's penultimate season 3 episode;  a new Black Lightning  comic book series by Tony Isabella is in development; more on John Ridley\s American Way sequel and lastly, impressions of DC's latest animated effort, Batman and Harley Quinn.  Call in LIVE at 646-915-9620.

Sak Pase, Xin Chao and "What up!" to all our loyal listeners.  Check out a new episode of Afronerd Radio's Grindhouse, airring every Saturday at 6pm EST. Listen to the latest musings of your favorite podcast "Black Lantern Corps" (the "Uncanny" Daryll B., left coast correspondent, Claire Lanay, Capt. Kirk and Dburt) as they wax about the following topics:  the long awaited Netflix Defenders TV series premiered this weekend and the crew give their opinions; we get a glimpse of The Punisher series at the close of the Defenders; the trailer for Toho film studios' Godzilla anime film, Godzilla: Monster Planet hit the cyberwebs in lieu of a 2018  Netflix release; when comic book mythology has its "singularity" moment-Marvel's HYDRA logo was seen during last week's racist Unite the Right Rally; the music streaming service, Spotify kicks off White Nationalist/Hate themed bands from their playlist (now, why can't we see corporate hip hop get the same treatment for the same reason?)-and isn't Hate speech (as vile as it is) protected under our constitution?; could Sense8 actually get a 3rd season, courtesy of the site, XHamster?; Dburt, who is routinely as late as Barry Allen, has just discovered Rick and Morty (and McDonald's Szechuan sauce) ; as Spiderman goes animatedl will there ever be reboot that doesn't require rehashing the character's origin?;  more on Dark Matter's penultimate season 3 episode;  a new Black Lightning  comic book series by Tony Isabella is in development; more on John Ridley\s American Way sequel and lastly, impressions of DC's latest animated effort, Batman and Harley Quinn.  Call in LIVE at 646-915-9620.

Hundalasiliah, to our ever growing and consistent listenership!  Check out Afronerd Radio's latest episode of the Mid Week in Review (MWIR) airing this Thursday at 7pm eastern standard time.  Join your hosts, Capt. Kirk and Dburt as they bring their unique brand of analyses to the following topics: noted consumer products giant, Procter amd Gamble, are causing a stir with their new ad tackling racial profiling; discussions centered around a boycott against the NFL are starting to surface due to no team wanting to hire activist/athlete Colin Kaepernick in the wake of his highly publicized stance against police brutality; a Google software engineer's anti-diversity memo has created storm for the prolific tech company; President Trump threatens North Korea.......with "fire, fury amd frankly power" as the world holds its breath hoping that this doesn't spell the end (of everything!!)/  Call LIVE at 646-915-9620.

Hundalasiliah, to our ever growing and consistent listenership!  Check out Afronerd Radio's latest episode of the Mid Week in Review (MWIR) airing this Thursday at 7pm eastern standard time.  Join your hosts, Capt. Kirk and Dburt as they bring their unique brand of analyses to the following topics: noted consumer products giant, Procter amd Gamble, are causing a stir with their new ad tackling racial profiling; discussions centered around a boycott against the NFL are starting to surface due to no team wanting to hire activist/athlete Colin Kaepernick in the wake of his highly publicized stance against police brutality; a Google software engineer's anti-diversity memo has created storm for the prolific tech company; President Trump threatens North Korea.......with "fire, fury amd frankly power" as the world holds its breath hoping that this doesn't spell the end (of everything!!)/  Call LIVE at 646-915-9620.

Greetings, Konichiwa with a side order of cornbread and greens, people!  It's another Grindhouse installment and it airs this Saturday at 6pm eastern.  Listen to your favorite podcast "Rough Riders" (Capt. Kirk, Claire Lanay, the Uncanny Daryll B and Dburt) as they utlilize their power rings to decode the following pop/pulp topics:  the racebending of a character can cause controversy and it appears to start at the top of Zazie Beetz' (Domino) Afro;  Stephen King's Dark Tower premieres and underwhelms; Detroit appears to be having the opposite reaction with high praise and Rotton Tomato approval;  the Game of Thrones servers were recently hacked allowing the release of scripts and HBO employees personal data as well as other HBO TV series info (oh and a GOT episode was leaked as well allegedly not part of the hack); director/actor, Mario Van Peebles (New Jack City) has a new Syfy supernatural series entitled, Superstition slated for a fall '17 release; and in non cinematic genre news , hip hop artists, Andre 3000 causes a  hullabaloo by stating that he doesn't want to be a rapper at age 50 (but Mick Jagger albeit not a rapper is stll going strong at 74); CW\s Legends of Tomorrow not only has a strong Vixen arc (think Wakanda light) but the writers are campaigning for a Constantine appearance;  Bruce Willis channels Charles Bronson and The Punisher with the release of the Death Wish trailer on the internets; Dburt loses it by finding out that Prince could have been in Luke Cage as David Bowie was also offered a part in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (damn, damn, damn); comic writer, Jonathan Hickman confirms what we already knew about the FF and lastly, Ta-Nehisi Coates weighs in on the Confederate debate.  Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620.

Greetings, Konichiwa with a side order of cornbread and greens, people!  It's another Grindhouse installment and it airs this Saturday at 6pm eastern.  Listen to your favorite podcast "Rough Riders" (Capt. Kirk, Claire Lanay, the Uncanny Daryll B and Dburt) as they utlilize their power rings to decode the following pop/pulp topics:  the racebending of a character can cause controversy and it appears to start at the top of Zazie Beetz' (Domino) Afro;  Stephen King's Dark Tower premieres and underwhelms; Detroit appears to be having the opposite reaction with high praise and Rotton Tomato approval;  the Game of Thrones servers were recently hacked allowing the release of scripts and HBO employees personal data as well as other HBO TV series info (oh and a GOT episode was leaked as well allegedly not part of the hack); director/actor, Mario Van Peebles (New Jack City) has a new Syfy supernatural series entitled, Superstition slated for a fall '17 release; and in non cinematic genre news , hip hop artists, Andre 3000 causes a  hullabaloo by stating that he doesn't want to be a rapper at age 50 (but Mick Jagger albeit not a rapper is stll going strong at 74); CW\s Legends of Tomorrow not only has a strong Vixen arc (think Wakanda light) but the writers are campaigning for a Constantine appearance;  Bruce Willis channels Charles Bronson and The Punisher with the release of the Death Wish trailer on the internets; Dburt loses it by finding out that Prince could have been in Luke Cage as David Bowie was also offered a part in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (damn, damn, damn); comic writer, Jonathan Hickman confirms what we already knew about the FF and lastly, Ta-Nehisi Coates weighs in on the Confederate debate.  Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620.

Let's just dive right in, people! Check out the latest installment of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review (MWIR) airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST.  Join your hosts, Dburt and Capt. Kirk as they discuss the following issues:   our impressions of the ever growing #noConfederate campaign versus news that filmmaker/comic creator, Aaron McGruder has a new Amazon series, entitled Black America that many are likening to being a counter narrative to the HBO series; another one bites the dust,  Long Island, NY bred hedge fund manager, Anthony "The Mooch" Scaramucci lost his position as WH press secretary after just two weeks; and in more WH news, President Trump gets critiqued for remarks many perceive to give the police carte blanche in the mistreatment of crime suspects; as if Comic Con wasn't enough, just what is the deal with Politicon? Drs. John McWhorter and Glenn Loury discuss race and IQ on a recent The Glenn Show podcast (Dburt has some thoughts).  And lastly, why are Americans throwing out their TVs? And if that's the case, what's showing up as the TV alternative?  Call the hosts LIVE at 646-915-9620.

Let's just dive right in, people! Check out the latest installment of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review (MWIR) airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST.  Join your hosts, Dburt and Capt. Kirk as they discuss the following issues:   our impressions of the ever growing #noConfederate campaign versus news that filmmaker/comic creator, Aaron McGruder has a new Amazon series, entitled Black America that many are likening to being a counter narrative to the HBO series; another one bites the dust,  Long Island, NY bred hedge fund manager, Anthony "The Mooch" Scaramucci lost his position as WH press secretary after just two weeks; and in more WH news, President Trump gets critiqued for remarks many perceive to give the police carte blanche in the mistreatment of crime suspects; as if Comic Con wasn't enough, just what is the deal with Politicon? Drs. John McWhorter and Glenn Loury discuss race and IQ on a recent The Glenn Show podcast (Dburt has some thoughts).  And lastly, why are Americans throwing out their TVs? And if that's the case, what's showing up as the TV alternative?  Call the hosts LIVE at 646-915-9620.

Howdy, from the crew of the Starship: Afronerd!  Listen to the latest meanderings of your favorite podcast Ultimate Avengers (Claire Lanay, Dburt, Capt. Kirk and the Uncanny Daryll B) this Saturday at 6pm eastern-courtesy of Afronerd Radio's Grindhouse.  The topics for this sonic buffet are:  comedian, Hari Kondabolu tackles the need for accurate representation while debunking Indian-American stereotypes with his TruTV doc, The Problem with Apu; in "further evidence that Skynet is unavoidable" news, Facebook positioned two A.I. computers together in a conversation during deep learning experiment and they developed a language incomprehensible to humans;  a recent issue of Suicide Squad has garnered controversy about whether Batman can be classified as a "meta-human" ;  and in truly Hollywood fashion, the WB may be angling Wonder Woman for Oscar consideration; Supergirl actor, Jeremy Jordan (Winn) causes a twitter stir with LGBTQ by joking that Supergirl and Lena Luthor would not be sapphically shipped;  with more heat being levied against the GOT writers of Confederate, a piece from The Root provides alternative TV treatments; MIT PHD candidate (and Blerd no doubt), John Urschel opts out of the NFL probably due to CTE risks (acronyms for everyone!!) ;  do the SDCC '17 Captain Marvel revelations imply a different direction for the MCU post phase 4?; is Marvel bereft of ideas with its upcoming 1,000,000 BC crossover event storyline? And lastly, atheism appears to have won out in the new Star Trek: Discovery series as the word "god" has been banned! (Mr. Roddenberry would be proud).  Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620!

Howdy, from the crew of the Starship: Afronerd!  Listen to the latest meanderings of your favorite podcast Ultimate Avengers (Claire Lanay, Dburt, Capt. Kirk and the Uncanny Daryll B) this Saturday at 6pm eastern-courtesy of Afronerd Radio's Grindhouse.  The topics for this sonic buffet are:  comedian, Hari Kondabolu tackles the need for accurate representation while debunking Indian-American stereotypes with his TruTV doc, The Problem with Apu; in "further evidence that Skynet is unavoidable" news, Facebook positioned two A.I. computers together in a conversation during deep learning experiment and they developed a language incomprehensible to humans;  a recent issue of Suicide Squad has garnered controversy about whether Batman can be classified as a "meta-human" ;  and in truly Hollywood fashion, the WB may be angling Wonder Woman for Oscar consideration; Supergirl actor, Jeremy Jordan (Winn) causes a twitter stir with LGBTQ by joking that Supergirl and Lena Luthor would not be sapphically shipped;  with more heat being levied against the GOT writers of Confederate, a piece from The Root provides alternative TV treatments; MIT PHD candidate (and Blerd no doubt), John Urschel opts out of the NFL probably due to CTE risks (acronyms for everyone!!) ;  do the SDCC '17 Captain Marvel revelations imply a different direction for the MCU post phase 4?; is Marvel bereft of ideas with its upcoming 1,000,000 BC crossover event storyline? And lastly, atheism appears to have won out in the new Star Trek: Discovery series as the word "god" has been banned! (Mr. Roddenberry would be proud).  Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620!