You're about to get lit up! Cast members Travis, James, and Aaron come together to talk about Jefferson Pierce aka Black Lightning, his history, his lack of support from DC, as well as his tv show, the political and racial impact!

Changing a character's race is a very controversial subject. That doesnt stop us from diving straight into it and talking about what we think is the pros and cons of changes like that taking place! From MJ to Kid Flash we dig into it and a couple of other good things as well like Space Wakandans!

This week, Travis, Jasmine, and James revisit the Netflix exclusive anime Cannon Busters as cast members Mela Lee, Kenn Michael, and Kamali Minter join for a special episode talking about the series, the struggle of being a person of color in voice acting, and more!

Special Outro song:

Regardless by Bradley Denniston and Kevin Beggs.

Cover performed by:

Jayn @littlejayney & Master Andross @masterandross

Theme song created by Dvvmfvc in partnership with Shoot The Breeze Media.

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This week, we talk about black representation in video games! From CJ to Bayek of Siwa, we dig into it and the stereotypes of black characters, and the capitalistic tactics from developers.

We bust through with the cannon at the hoe down as we gush about the Netflix anime Cannon Busters! We also talk about the idea of a Black Batman and some Super Smash Bros!

James gets to nerd out as on the first character spotlight episode we talk about the half man, half machine that is Cyborg! Plus we talk a bit of news like the new Netflix Exclusive anime Cannon Busters, the current Spider-Man news, and the Avengers Video Game trailer!

On this second episode of Blerd Grounds, we sit down and just chill. We talk about how we got into the nerdy things we love and talk about how many of the black nerd community struggle when it comes to loving the things they do.

And we're finally here! Episode 1 of this brand new show where starting off we ask the question, why there is a lack of solo titles for people of color in comic books? We go over some history and dig into the discussion and also give you a hint at the next episode!

In this second preview episode, castmates James and Travis talk about black legacy heroes and how they can be done wrong and how they can done the right way

In our first preview episode, we talk about the cultural significance of Black Panther. The character, the comic, the movie, and the characters that were changed for the modern audiences.