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February 28, 2016 BGN #62 | Luvvie, Leslie Harris, Amanda Seales, and A Tribe Called Geek
Segment 1: Luvvie Ajayi, best known from her blog Awesomely Luvvie talks about her work as a digital strategist and working as a social media influencer. Twitter: @luvvie
Co-hosted by Mel and Lauren
Segment 2: Leslie Harris is a writer and filmmaker and known for her film Just Another Girl on the IRT. She discusses what women can do to get funded in the film industry and her experiences with gatekeeping in Hollywood. Twitter: @les24fps
Co-hosted by Kayla, Joelle, and Caron
Segment 3: Amanda Seales is a comedian, VJ, speaker, and entertainer. She chats about her new webseries Get Your Life and her career as a content creator. Twitter: @amandaseales
Co-hosted by Latanya and Joelle
Segment 4: Johnnie Jae is the co-creator of a website for indigenous nerds called A Tribe Called Geek. She discusses why representation is so important and her experience building an online community for marginalized voices. Twitter: @tribecalledgeek
Co-hosted by JN Monk
Amanda Seales segment edited by MR Daniel http://mrdaniel.net
A Tribe Called Geek segment edited by John Bauer
Music By SkyBlew (@heyskyblew) and Sammus (@sammusmusic)

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1 hr 46 min
February 24, 2016 #BGNPodcast Extra - Arjun Gupta
Arjun Gupta is an actor, producer, podcaster, and service member who has appeared in TV shows such as "Nurse Jackie" and "How To Get Away With Murder". His latest work is the SyFy series "The Magicians". He plays the role of Penny a drifter with supernatural abilities that attends a university for spellcasters. Arjun chats with is about his podcast American Desis, his work with the homeless, and the normalization of people of color and marginalized groups in media. Enjoy this #BGNPodcast extra!
Co-hosted by Caron and Afiya
Music by Sammus and Shubzilla

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28 min
February 21, 2016 BGN #61 | Van Jones, Vixen, and SEND ME
Segment 1: Van Jones discusses politics and the current Presidential election. He also chats about his non-profit orgs such as #YesWeCode and bringing the digital community to inner city youth.
Co-hosted by Joelle Monique
Segment 2: Megalyn Echikunwoke the star of the CW Seed series Vixen chats about her role and her upcoming guest star role as Mari McCabe in live action form in Arrow.
Co-hosted by Grace Gipson and Joelle Monique
Segment 3: Steve Harper is the creator of the new webseries SEND ME, about time travel for Black people back into slavery. Liz Femi a star of the series joins us to talk about the show and its message for viewers.
Co-hosted by Joelle Monique and Kayla Sutton
Van Jones segment edited by MR Daniel @mrdaniel_then
SEND ME segment edited by John Bauer
Music By: Sammus, SkyBlew, and Shubzilla

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1 hr 19 min
February 18, 2016 #BGNPodcast Extra - Dr. andré carrington PhD
In a #BGNPodcast extra, host Caron does a one-on-one interview with Dr. andré carrington PhD. He is the author of Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race and Science Fiction.
The discussion is centered around the depiction of people of color within the genre and how the intersections of race, gender, class, and sexuality are represented.
Music By: Sammus

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39 min
February 14, 2016 BGN #60 | Rachel True, April Reign, Colossus, and Hafrocentric
Segment 1: Actress Rachel True chats with Jamie and Ashlee from Graveyard Shift Sisters about her career, health, spirituality and hobbies of tarot card reading.
Segment 2: Creator of the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite, April Reign is interviewed by Jamie, Mel, and Grace and discusses systemic racism within the Academy and the future of the Oscars.
Segment 3: Caron interviews actor Stefan Kapicic star of the new film about Marvel superhero Deadpool. Stefan plays the role of Colossus and also gets personal with Caron.
Segment 4: Jewels Smith is creator of the comic Hafrocentric that unapologetically discusses race, class, and gender in a prolific way. Joelle and Jamie interviews Jewels and features a soundbite from the Hafrocentric mixtape which is found at soundcloud.com/hafrocentric
Rachel True interview edited by John Bauer
Jewels Smith interview edited by MR Daniel http://mrdaniel.net
Music By: Sammus, Shubzilla, and SkyBlew

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2 hr 9 min
February 10, 2016 #BGNPodcast Extra - Militia Vox
#BGNPodcast Extra! Kristin St. John interviews heavy metal rock artist Militia Vox! Frontwoman of Judas Priestess- the world's only all girl tribute to the metal gods Judas Priest, lead singer/songwriter of progressive hard rock band Swear On Your Life, leading lady of Dee Snider's heavy metal horror orchestra "Van Helsing's Curse" and known as the "Rock Goddess" of the Brooklyn based AFROPUNK movement.

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34 min
February 09, 2016 BGN #59 | Agents of the Realm and Twitching While Black
Segment 1: Mildred Louis is creator of Agents of the Realm and webcomic currently available and is now in transition to go to print by a Kickstarter.
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Segment 2: Hosted by Jacqueline Coley at PAXSouth, she chats with Terrence Kershaw aka TKBreezy a Twitch streamer and commentator for Super Smash Bros
Music By: Sammus, Shubzilla, and SkyBlew
Mildred Louis interview edited by MR Daniel @mrdaniel_then

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41 min
February 02, 2016 BGN #58 | Filmmaking, Forward Comix, LootCrate, and X-Files
Segment 1: Filmmaker and actor Victoria Mahoney discusses women of color in filmmaking, the Oscars, and diversity in media.
( segment was scheduled to be Co-hosted by Lauren Warren and due to tech issues Lauren did not appear in the segment)
Segment 2: Jerome Walford founder of Forward Comix and creator of Nowhere Man discusses his latest project Gwan, that allows indie creatives to have a voice.
Co-hosted by: Joelle Monique
Segment 3: Bob Holden the VP of Category Management for Loot Crate. He discusses the company and how their business model.
Hosted by Jacqueline Coley
Music By Sammus
Victoria Mahoney interview and X-Files segments edited by Sound Editor John Bauer
Jerome Walford interview edited by MR Daniel http://mrdaniel.net
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1 hr 49 min
January 27, 2016 BGN #57 | Chescaleigh, #29DaysOfBlackCosplay, and Scary Stories
Segment 1: Comedian, Vlogger, Host, and Writer Franchesca Ramsey talks about social media notoriety, her work on MTV Decoded and how to grow an audience.
Co-hosted by Mel Perez
Segment 2: Jamie narrates a stories from the Alvin Schwartz book "More Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark"
Segment 3: #29DaysOfBlackCosplay is the hashtag of February for Blerd Twitter. Cosplayers Chaka Cumberbatch, Butterfly Samurai, Venus Noire, and Maki Rolle join us to chat about their experiences as Black women in cosplay.
Co-hosted by Terra Cooke
Music By SkyBlew, Sammus and Virus Tails
Franchesca Ramsey interview edited by MR Daniel http://mrdaniel.net

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1 hr 17 min
January 23, 2016 BBC Radio Interview With Jamie Of BGN
This is a special edition recording from BBC Radio on the Oscars boycott controversy and the lack of diversity among nominees.

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12 min

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Black Girl Nerds is the intersection of geek culture and Black feminism. If you love comic books, movies, tech, gaming then the BGN Podcast is right up your alley! Black Girl Nerds features interviews…