We hope that our faithful listeners are still enjoying their respective holiday festivities, however a mid week dose of Afronerd Radio can't hurt either! Stop by afronerdradio.com this Wednesday at 7pm (EST) as Dburt and Captain Kirk dissect the following current event laden topics: for our vaunted Blue Area segment, African-American World War II veteran, Carl Clark is scheduled to receive the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal this coming January and a unique educational initiative coming out of the Oakland, CA public school system is targeting young Black males in an effort to augment academic achievement; more on the need for a Black cultural shift/re-branding; mounting scientific evidence shows that neurological changes occur in the human brain while praying; why is Kwanzaa so polarizing?; Dburt waxes on how the "value" of Black/Brown life must be increased based two local tragedies that did not involve people of color; the release of the new Jordan sneaker causes national chaos and is the new independent film,Pariah, an altered version of 2009's Precious? Call in live at 646-915-9620!