Well, here we are again, with the untimely passing of an icon, Whitney Houston. We, here at Afronerd.com and AfronerdRadio.com send our sincerest condolences to friends, family and fans of this truly legendary artist. In the midst of this tragedy, Afronerd featuring Captain Kirk will continue to persevere and we implore you pull up a chair and listen to our latest broadcast airing tonight at 7pm eastern standard time. The topics on the table this evening are: of course, our thoughts on Whitney Houston's death; picking up on our Blue Area segment (The Root's highlighting of young innovators of color) from last week's show; Michele Bachmann, Michele Bachmann (reminds me of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman)...the congresswoman is in the line of fire with radio broadcaster, Howard Stern and additionally, Bachmann and former game show host, Chuck Woolery had some interesting things to say about Civil Rights and if time permits,football great, Tony Dorsett is suing the NFL for their alleged failure to address retired players' mental and physical problems many attribute to their days while in the employee of the league. Again, not the show to miss!