Black & A Half

Comedian and Daily Show writer Josh Johnson came on this week to promote his new podcast the Josh Johnson Show and talks to Samantha and Silas about the Democratic National Convention, the current state of comedy and life in NYC, and he tells us how he got to NYC. Josh also answers the Seven Questions

Sharise Nicole Williams, former beauty pageant contestant, former rock star, and current renaissance woman, joined Samantha and Silas to talk about The Fresh Prince reboot, The Kamala Harris VP selection, and discuss her origin story.  Silas reviewed the films "Work It" and "Only". Sharise answered the Seven Questions.

Comedian Jeff Horste joins the show to talk with Samantha and Silas about his new dedication during Covid, Hot Topics including; Is getting more money to be unemployed bad?  Are community bubbles the future?  and the new Nike Ad that is moving the country. Silas reviews the new Netflix film Seriously Single. Jeff tells us his origin story and he answers the 7 questions

Streamer and comedian Jessi MIlestone joins Samantha & Silas to talk hot topics including baseball players catching COVID, Biden getting ready to choose his running mate, an unexpected discussion of Israel,  and a brief look at the Emmy Nominees, and Silas reviews two films; My Spy and Banana Split. Jessi answers the 7 questions.

Director of the film The Outrider, Aaron Carlson, joins Samantha & Silas for this week's episode.  They get into a philosophical discussion about "the calling" of art, they discuss hot topics such as Trump's secret police, AOC being called some bad words on the hill of the capitol, and Keanu Reeves showing his renaissance man status writing a comic book. Also, the social media post of the week, Silas reviews the new film Desperados on Netflix. Then they learn about Aaron Carlson's origin story that led him to write and direct his newest feature film. Lastly, Aaron answers the Seven Questions. 

This week, Samantha and Silas welcome new Emmy Winner Dwayne Colbert to the show. They talk his journey from Math Major to visual artist, to actor, to now award winning writer.  They also discuss in hot topics; Reopening of school, the Lady A battle, and the new Black Batwoman. Silas gives his streaming recommendation of the film LoveBirds. Plus, Dwayne answers the Seven Questions.

On this week’s episode, comic Erin Ingles drops in with Silas and Samantha and they discuss; raspberries, the end of Black Friday, the USA being banned from travelling Europe, and the recently released musical on Disney + - Hamilton! Silas reads his favorite post of the week and makes his weekly streaming suggestion. 

Then they get into Erin’s origin story into comedy and she answers The Seven Questions. 

This week, comedian Mike Devore stops by to talk to Silas and Samantha about neighbors, the effects of change on the brain, and hot topics including;  the Disneyland changes to Splash Mount, Bubba Wallace, Sacha  Baron Cohen's recent pranks, Nerd News, streaming television & movie picks of the week.  Plus Mike answers the 7 questions. 

Musician and Composer, Matt Jorgensen reunites with Silas and Samantha. Matt was the composer for the short film G.A. that Silas and Samantha wrote together. Today they talk about hot topics of Starbucks back and forth with BLM apparel,  how hollywood should move forward with COVID 19 in new works, the firing of Flash regular Hartley Sawyer and what redemption should look like. Plus, Nerd News; The PS5 release, Series suggestion of the week, Social Media Post of The Week, then on to Matt's origin story and The Seven Questions. 

Seattle Film Critic John Reviewer joined Samantha & Silas to talk about the shared experience of Black America over the last couple weeks. They cover their feelings on what has been happening, their perspective, and some defining moments they had. They also discuss some films and television shows you should watch to understand the Black experience.