Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) sit down with Keith and MarkDub of the Blerd-ish podcast for a wide-ranging bonus episode marking Blerd-ish's ten-year anniversary. The conversation traces the show's start around the release of Black Panther, its roots in an earlier basketball podcast called Basketball and BS, and its growth into a platform for independent Black comic creators, with mentions of Tribe creators Todd Johnson and Larry Stroman, whose X-Factor designs recently showed up in an episode of X-Men '97, along with Chew and Farmhand creator Rob Guillory and voice actors Phil LaMarr and Kevin Conroy. Keith and MarkDub also walk through the friction of running a Black-centered vendor table at a regional Comic-Con, a debate over whether Image Comics still counts as independent, and book recommendations from independent authors Milton J. Davis and Jason Reeves, including Davis's novel The Black Rose.

The second half shifts into current events and anime. Keith, MarkDub, and Mo AKA Kid Licorish discuss a racist incident at DreamCon in Houston involving a cosplayer dressed as Frieza, while Ode covers a Tennessee news story involving a mother named Kendra Scott who was charged after shooting a man found in her daughter's room. On the lighter side, the group recommends Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, new episodes of My Adventures with Superman and X-Men '97, Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, Zom 100, Rooster Fighter, and the new series Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider, with Mo "Kid" Licorish also announcing plans to rewatch Gurren Lagann from the beginning. Keith and MarkDub close things out with where to find Blerd-ish online and news of an upcoming appearance at Anime Conclave in New Orleans.

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Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray of Queue Points podcast for a bonus crossover centered on Netflix's The Greatest Night in Pop. The conversation traces the recording of We Are the World, covering the roles played by Harry Belafonte, Ken Kragen, Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, and Quincy Jones in assembling the session, along with standout moments involving Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Diana Ross, Cyndi Lauper, and Al Jarreau. The group also discusses points of frustration with the documentary, including Prince's absence, the treatment of Sheila E., and Patti LaBelle missing the recording the year before her own breakout. Before the review, DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray walk through the origins of Queue Points tracing the show's start back to the Salt-N-Pepa Lifetime biopic and the public dispute involving Spinderella. A Time Capsule segment rounds out the front half, with selections including Valentino's 1975 recording of I Was Born This Way, Earth Wind and Fire, A Tribe Called Quest's Stressed Out, and the full catalog of Destiny's Child.

The back half of the episode moves into a hypothetical modern version of the recording, with the group debating a 2026 lineup that includes Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, The Weeknd, and Questlove. Big Mad turns to the impact of the Canadian wildfires on air quality, commentary on Dame Dash carried over from a previous live show, and frustration with anime fans who argue that shows like One Piece, Dragon Ball Z, and Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood contain no political themes. Small Joys closes things out with DJ Sir Daniel's vinyl copy of Black Milk's Ceremonial, upcoming DJ sets at Stereo Atlanta and JB's Record Lounge, and Ode's read of Jessica Cage's Accidents Happen series. DJ Sir Daniel and J-Ray close by pointing to QPoints.com for the weekly podcast and Thursday night Queue Points Live sessions.

Queue Points is the Black Podcasting Award and Ambie Award-nominated music podcast and media platform that celebrates Black music history and culture through smart, entertaining conversation. Hosted by DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray, the show blends music commentary, music history, and pop culture analysis to explore the evolution, impact, and cultural significance of Black music across genres. 

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Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) open with Marvel's announcement that David Johnson will play the new Black Panther in Black Panther III, working through Ryan Coogler's comments on the casting from a Griot article, the Chadwick Boseman legacy woven through Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and the online diaspora war discourse that followed. They also cover Marvel's uneven track record with other Black led projects including Ironheart, Blade, and Secret Invasion, along with speculation about whether Michael B. Jordan could return as Doctor Doom. From there they turn to the backlash facing Black creators who attended an OpenAI retreat, connecting it to Robert Dylan's wrongful arrest after AI facial recognition misidentified him and Fisk University's billion dollar Quantum Leap data center plan.

Ode's Anime Breakdown puts Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood under review as Ode is quizzed on plot details including the character King Bradley. Looking ahead to episode two hundred, they revisit milestones from their first hundred episodes, including their first guests Sam and Dad, Ode's journalism background at the New York Times Institute, and how the show's format and structure shifted over time. Ode raises concerns about unemployment system delays and the Trump administration placing ankle monitors on Haitian immigrants in Ohio, while Mo discusses a payroll dispute with a contracting organization, before both close out with personal updates including a Brooklyn Museum outing and job search developments.

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Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome comic book creator Gerald Goodwin Jr into the Snurdyverse for a bonus episode built around his series Kairu, Slayer of Kaiju. Gerald walks through the premise of a twelve year old granted a symbiotic alien suit that reacts to his emotional state, and traces the idea back to influences including Neon Genesis Evangelion, Blue Beetle, and the classic Stan Lee era of Spider-Man. The conversation moves into his lifelong Godzilla fandom, touching on the Monsterverse films, Godzilla Minus One, the original 1954 Gojira, and Godzilla vs Mothra, along with the atomic bomb metaphor built into the earliest kaiju films. Gerald also breaks down why the kaiju villains in his own comic represent real struggles like anxiety, self doubt, and guilt.

Anime comes up as well, with Gerald crediting Toonami for shaping his early taste and naming My Hero Academia, Attack on Titan, and Dragon Ball among his favorites. Gerald shows rough storyboard art from the upcoming issue six of Kairu for the first time in any interview, revealing a new character they nickname Mr. Steel Yubbage. The episode closes with the recurring mental health check in, a Big Mad segment covering topics like the reception of the Supergirl film and Hollywood's pattern of misreading what made Barbie successful, and a Happy segment where Pop-Tarts and Ratatouille both make an appearance.

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Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) open this episode of Black and Snerdy examining Tomi Adeyemi's public statement distancing herself from Paramount's film adaptation of Children of Blood and Bone. They walk through Adeyemi's account of the toll the production took on her, weigh comparisons to prior creator-versus-studio conflicts involving The Witcher and Mark Hamill's experience writing Luke Skywalker for The Last Jedi, and discuss concerns about the film's Nigerian setting being flattened into a broader continental aesthetic compared to Black Panther's Wakanda. They close the topic by noting Adeyemi's upcoming novel, Siren, and where each of them personally lands on watching the film once it releases.

The conversation then turns to a report that Anthropic destroyed millions of physical books after scanning them to train its AI models, with a rundown of related legal cases including Authors Guild v. Google, Bartz v. Anthropic, and Kadrey v. Meta. Comparisons are drawn to Fahrenheit 451, the Superman villain Brainiac, and Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower while questioning whether digitizing a book justifies destroying the only physical copy. From there they break down Tuskegee University's new dress code under president Dr. Mark A. Brown, weighing it against dress norms at Howard University and Georgetown, before covering a Howard University enrollment controversy involving roughly five hundred students and closing with updates on Law and Order's expanded run on Peacock and Netflix.

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In this bonus episode of Black and Snerdy, Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome Jamie Broadnax, founder and editor of Black Girl Nerds, for a conversation that traces the site's origin back to a 2012 Google search that returned nothing representative of Black women in nerd spaces. Broadnax walks through her path from journalism student to established cultural interviewer, the early business mistakes that reshaped how she runs Black Girl Nerds, and a reversed stance on going it alone that pushed her toward collaboration and community building. The three also dig into her decision to stop undervaluing her own worth in negotiations, inspired by Shonda Rhimes' The Year of Yes, which turns into the episode's recurring refrain to pay Black women and triple whatever the number is. From there the group breaks down what separates a healthy fandom from a toxic one, pointing to the Black fan community around House of the Dragon as a bright spot while calling out the fallout around the Harry Potter franchise's creator, misconceptions about Black cosplayers and roller derby skaters, and the influence of organizations like Black Girl Gamers and Black Girls Code.

The episode closes with a run of segments covering first fandoms, with Broadnax naming X-Men, Mo naming Star Wars, and Ode naming Star Trek and Captain Sisko, along with Broadnax's approach to protecting her mental health through League of Legends and a Black Girl Nerds book club pick called Sista Samurai. During We Big Mad, Broadnax vents about missing an Odyssey press screening, Ode rants about New York City event planners skipping air conditioning during a heat wave, and Mo goes after the trend of AI-generated real life versions of Simba, Chucky, and Kim Possible, tying it back to Netflix's use of AI to recreate Gene Wilder's voice. The hosts wrap with what is making them happy, including X-Men '97, House of the Dragon live chats on Threads, and a trip to Baltimore for crabs and family, before Broadnax plugs blackgirlnerds.com and a meetup planned for San Diego Comic-Con.

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Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome Tanisha Hall, founder of IAS Games and known as Queen It Shall Be, for a bonus episode of Black and Snerdy centered on tabletop games and Black joy. Hall traces her path from childhood game nights with Clue and The Game of Life to founding IAS Games after connecting with the Black Game Makers Association, and she explains why A Different World, rather than The Cosby Show, shaped her sense of HBCU culture given the Cosby Show controversy. The three also swap notes on age-gap relationships, using shared references like Anita Baker and Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" as generational markers, and revisit an ongoing bit about sabotaging each other's Spotify algorithms.

The group plays several rounds of Hall's YouTube trivia series Get to Guessing, moving through the Black Firsts, Black Cartoon Characters, and Black Singer Zodiac Signs categories, with answers touching on Phillis Wheatley, Gordon Parks, Sade, and Chaka Khan. A later segment turns to frustrations with vague dating-app messaging and continued discourse around code switching, followed by a lighter round on what is bringing everyone joy, including news that Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested and face extradition to the UK and reports that George Zimmerman is unhoused. The episode closes with Hall sharing that she lost her home to a fallen tree and is raising funds to rebuild, along with details of her upcoming live game show event.

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On this bonus episode of Black and Snerdy, Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome award-winning stand-up comedian, writer, and activist Sampson McCormick for a conversation that moves from his upbringing in Southeast D.C. to his role as one of the first openly Black queer male comedians, working alongside Andre Kelly. He traces how growing up in Washington, D.C. during its "Chocolate City" era shaped his commitment to community, and explains why building an authentic stand-up career meant creating his own path in film and content creation rather than waiting on late-night television bookings. They revisit an old side project called The Comics You'll Love, a short-lived comedy group that once, complete with a half-remembered museum photo shoot. Sampson also breaks down his film work, including A Different Direction alongside Miss Laura from Queens of Comedy and Daryl Stevens from Noah's Ark, and Love the One You're With on Amazon Prime.

The conversation turns to Sampson's YouTube series profiling Black gay love, created to fill the absence of a blueprint for Black queer men navigating relationships, family, and identity, and to address representation gaps left by media that centers mostly white or interracial gay couples. He names Ryan Coogler, Ava DuVernay, and Issa Rae as creators he would want to collaborate with going forward. The episode closes with a mental health check-in where Mo discusses managing bipolar II with therapy tools, a Big Mad segment covering everything from crowded midday grocery stores to unsanitary buffet habits, and a Big Happy segment where Sampson credits Black resilience and Mo credits reconnecting with an old friend as sources of joy.

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Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome Nick and Maurice of the Blerd By Nature podcast for a wide-ranging crossover conversation. The guests trace their friendship back to NYC wrestling watch parties, an AEW show in Washington, D.C., and the pandemic downtime that pushed them to launch their own show covering wrestling, anime, and current television. From there the group dives into DreamCon 2026, recapping the convention's cosplay scene, the Black-owned brand Ashify, and a public debate over whether the event offers the same networking value as TwitchCon. They also unpack Tomi Adeyemi's public distancing from the Children of Blood and Bone film adaptation and the messy, leak-plagued rollout of Paramount's animated Avatar: The Last Airbender movie.

The back half of the episode covers plenty of ground, including apartment heat troubles, an MTA shuttle bus detour, online criticism of comedian KevOnStage, and a stomach virus outbreak tied to fresh produce. On a lighter note, they trade stories about a Philadelphia cheesesteak trip, a new spot called House of Spells, a beach gathering in New Jersey, and encouraging updates on ongoing job searches. Nick and Maurice close things out by sharing where listeners can find Blerd By Nature across social media, YouTube, and podcast platforms, capping off a conversation that spans pop culture debates, personal milestones, and everyday frustrations.

Nick and Maurice of Blerd By Nature

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Come join The Man With The Plan (Maurice) and Mr. Go With The Flow (Nicholas) as we review and react to Anime, Power Rangers and other TV shows. We'll also discuss other various topics all from the perspective of a couple brothas from NYC.

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Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) open this bonus episode of Black and Snerdy with their mental health check-in segment, joined by Chiquita Johnson. Mo describes managing manic and depressive stretches without health insurance or medication, leaning on years of therapy tools. Chiquita places her mental health at a seven out of ten, naming ongoing work with depression, PTSD, and anxiety after returning to therapy. Ode connects her own difficult stretch to ADHD and trauma responses that surface most in quiet moments. The three then shift into a game called Protag Therapy Session, where they assign mental health diagnoses to beloved television characters.

The diagnoses begin with Martin Payne from Martin, played by Martin Lawrence, whom the group examines for antisocial and narcissistic personality traits alongside his relationship with Gina. Attention turns next to Issa Dee from Insecure, played by Issa Rae, with discussion of avoidant and dependent personality patterns, possible ADHD, and her long friendship with Molly. The episode closes on Blanca Rodriguez from Pose, played by MJ Rodriguez, examined through generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety, and PTSD tied to the ballroom community and the HIV/AIDS era. Throughout, they trade commentary on trauma, resilience, and chosen family as reflected in each character's arc.

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