Well, this has been a rough week for the Afronerd Radio machine with the passing of His Royal Badness but our infrastructure's component will continue to be powered not only by music but also by his vaunted work ethic and creativity..whew!  Check out our latest Grindhouse segment this Saturday airing at 6pm EST when your favorite Podcast Avengers (the "Uncanny Daryll B., Claire Lanay, Capt, Kirk and Dburt) discuss current pop/pulp cultural phenomena: more on the passing of iconic musician, Prince (but look out for a definitive Afronerd Radio Prince retrospective coming up on Sunday); some details have come forward regarding the Agents of SHIELD spinoff series, Marvel's Most Wanted; Orphan Black returns for season 4 (and Game of Thrones S7); thoughts about Marvel/Disney removing The Inhumans from their release schedule; the Krypton prequel Syfy series is still a go; the trailer for Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua's Magnificent Seven remake hits the cyberwebs; we never did speak about Nicole Beharie's exit from Sleepy Hollow and by extension the seemingly limited minority lifespan in sci-fi/ fantasy IPs (Sembene in Penny Dreadful?) ; the Rust video game causes racial angst and controversy the CW premieres the new Containment series after The Flash; RDJ/Iron Man is a safe bet for the new Spider-Man but maybe not Michael Keaton and lastly, SHIELD's Chloe Bennet talks about diversity at Marvel.  Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620.

A true "hit and run" impromptu broadcast!  Prince Rogers Nelson passes!  The Afronerd Radio machine was literally POWERED by the icon's music, personal style and work ethic.  We mourn, discuss and jam a little!  Wow.

A true "hit and run" impromptu broadcast!  Prince Rogers Nelson passes!  The Afronerd Radio machine was literally POWERED by the icon's music, personal style and work ethic.  We mourn, discuss and jam a little!  Wow.

What's up, folks! Welcome to the latest edition of our Mid Week in Review podcast, powered by the Afronerd Radio machine.  Join Dburt and Capt, Kirk this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST as they decipher this (mid) week's "Davinci coded" topics:  our impressions on the recent release of 2.6 terabytes of data known as the "Panama Papers" regarding thousands of individuals and companies hiding trillions in offshore bank accounts; legendary hip hop pioneer, Afrika Bambaataa has multiple past molestation claims being levied against him; a recent Vox article affirms that White gamers are adverse toward a new video game that forces players to utilize minority/brown hued male and female avatars;  the folks at Buzzfeed apologize for highlighting an edgy viral campaign entitled, "27 Questions Black People Have For Black People"; Bill O'Reilly gives us more of his thoughts on the Black lower tier when interviewing Republican presidential frontrunner, Donald Trump about how to address Black underclass joblessness and lastly, why isn't any one talking about Africa's first superhero TV show, Jongo?  Well let's try to rectify that conundrum!  Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620.

What's up, folks! Welcome to the latest edition of our Mid Week in Review podcast, powered by the Afronerd Radio machine.  Join Dburt and Capt, Kirk this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST as they decipher this (mid) week's "Davinci coded" topics:  our impressions on the recent release of 2.6 terabytes of data known as the "Panama Papers" regarding thousands of individuals and companies hiding trillions in offshore bank accounts; legendary hip hop pioneer, Afrika Bambaataa has multiple past molestation claims being levied against him; a recent Vox article affirms that White gamers are adverse toward a new video game that forces players to utilize minority/brown hued male and female avatars;  the folks at Buzzfeed apologize for highlighting an edgy viral campaign entitled, "27 Questions Black People Have For Black People"; Bill O'Reilly gives us more of his thoughts on the Black lower tier when interviewing Republican presidential frontrunner, Donald Trump about how to address Black underclass joblessness and lastly, why isn't any one talking about Africa's first superhero TV show, Jongo?  Well let's try to rectify that conundrum!  Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620.

Howdy!  Let's get to the point-straight with no chaser, please!  Welcome to the latest episode of Afronerd Radio'sGrindHouse podcast, airing this Saturday at 6pm EST.  Your favorite Podcast Enterprise crew (the "uncanny" Daryll B., Claire Lanay, Capt. Kirk and Dburt) beams in to discuss the latest going ons in pulpdom: we interview comic creator, Paul Louise-Julie regarding his latest work, The Pack (African Lycanthropes? BUY IT!); our impressions of this week's release of the Doctor Strange trailer as well as photos of Scarlet Johansson's forthcoming Ghost in the Shell-are both films displaying digitized bias by having White actors appropriating Asian culture and phenotypes?; are theater owners really considering giving a free pass to moviegoers who would like to text while a film is in progress; Nate Parker's Birth of a Nation trailer hits the cyberwebs this past week; and now the second issue of Ta-nehisi Coates' Black Panther tops the retailers' advance reorder list; and it appears that the call for diversity has been answered in the Sony/Marvel Spiderman: Homecoming reboot with its multi-racial casting additions (and then there's Birdman-Batman's Michael Keaton).  And lastly, the crew will address additional comic, video game  and pop culture news that occurred this week.  Call live at 646-915-9620.

Howdy!  Let's get to the point-straight with no chaser, please!  Welcome to the latest episode of Afronerd Radio'sGrindHouse podcast, airing this Saturday at 6pm EST.  Your favorite Podcast Enterprise crew (the "uncanny" Daryll B., Claire Lanay, Capt. Kirk and Dburt) beams in to discuss the latest going ons in pulpdom: we interview comic creator, Paul Louise-Julie regarding his latest work, The Pack (African Lycanthropes? BUY IT!); our impressions of this week's release of the Doctor Strange trailer as well as photos of Scarlet Johansson's forthcoming Ghost in the Shell-are both films displaying digitized bias by having White actors appropriating Asian culture and phenotypes?; are theater owners really considering giving a free pass to moviegoers who would like to text while a film is in progress; Nate Parker's Birth of a Nation trailer hits the cyberwebs this past week; and now the second issue of Ta-nehisi Coates' Black Panther tops the retailers' advance reorder list; and it appears that the call for diversity has been answered in the Sony/Marvel Spiderman: Homecoming reboot with its multi-racial casting additions (and then there's Birdman-Batman's Michael Keaton).  And lastly, the crew will address additional comic, video game  and pop culture news that occurred this week.  Call live at 646-915-9620.

Greetings, folks!  Welcome to the latest episode of the Mid Week in Review podcast powered by the Afronerd Machine, airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST.  Join your hosts, Dburt and Capt. Kirk as they tackle the following (mid) week topics:  the crew finally weighs in on not only former President Bill Clinton's remarks (and apology...sort of) regarding Black intraracial violence but also retired football player, Ray Lewis' likeminded comments regarding Black Lives Matter; Dburt gives his thoughts on documentary filmmaker, Ken Burns' new two-part PBS special on baseball legend, Jackie Robinson; another racial non-troversy erupts involving NYC mayor, Bill de Blasio and Democratic presidential frontrunner, Sec. Hillary Clinton.

Yet another example of necessity being the mother of invention- a New Jersey Institute of Technology student uses a 3D printer to create his own braces correcting his malocclusion for $60 (raising the ire of the dental community); theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawking is working on his own Star Trek reality-a 100 million dollar laser space probe project which could lead to interstellar travel and lastly, Fox News' O'reilly Factor (The Blacks, facial tattoos and Trump)...nuff said.  Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620.

Greetings, folks!  Welcome to the latest episode of the Mid Week in Review podcast powered by the Afronerd Machine, airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST.  Join your hosts, Dburt and Capt. Kirk as they tackle the following (mid) week topics:  the crew finally weighs in on not only former President Bill Clinton's remarks (and apology...sort of) regarding Black intraracial violence but also retired football player, Ray Lewis' likeminded comments regarding Black Lives Matter; Dburt gives his thoughts on documentary filmmaker, Ken Burns' new two-part PBS special on baseball legend, Jackie Robinson; another racial non-troversy erupts involving NYC mayor, Bill de Blasio and Democratic presidential frontrunner, Sec. Hillary Clinton.

Yet another example of necessity being the mother of invention- a New Jersey Institute of Technology student uses a 3D printer to create his own braces correcting his malocclusion for $60 (raising the ire of the dental community); theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawking is working on his own Star Trek reality-a 100 million dollar laser space probe project which could lead to interstellar travel and lastly, Fox News' O'reilly Factor (The Blacks, facial tattoos and Trump)...nuff said.  Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620.

Game On! (Ok, that's our attempt at channeling Johnny Storm, folks).  Welcome to the latest episode of The GrindHouse, powered by the Afronerd Machine-airing this Saturday at 6pm EST.  Join your "Podcast Enterprise" crew (Dburt, the "Uncanny" Daryll B., Claire Lanay and Dburt) for this week's new interstellar fact finding mission: best selling author/race man, Ta-nehisi Coates' (The Atlantic) Black Panther comic is released this week with impressive sales and reviews; the trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story hits the cyberwebs; the WB intimates that they may release an extended R-rated three hour version of Batman vs Superman to the theater circuit to help bolster it's lagging box office numbers; Bleeding Cool highlights a 3 part interview with noted CNN analyst and politico, Van Jones regarding his longtime affinity for comicdom (yes, he's a Blerd);  Marvel's Cloak and Dagger appear to be getting the TV series treatment at Freeform, formerly ABC Family; Wonder Woman: Earth One dropped this week with positive reviews but not without controversy regarding racial/sexual and gender-political changes and lastly, The Mission's (Comic Book Resources) Joseph Illidge posists that DC had to "die" in order for there to be a "rebirth."  Call our hosts live at 646-915-9620.