Blerd On The Street

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Mentioned In This Episode:

Scholastic Book Fair

Star Finder! by DK Publishing

What Makes A Hero by Pamela Bobowicz, Eda Kaban (Illustrator)

My Superhero Is Black by John Jennings and Angelique Roche (roe-SHAY)

Amalgam Comics and Coffeehouse

MCU: 

Moon Knight

Spiderman: No Way Home

CW/Spoiler:

Spiderman: Homecoming

Spiderman: Far From Home

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It's Black History Month, so there's lots of white people doing us dirty in the news, and the Blerds use this episode to mostly discuss headlines.

CW:

Mention of the KKK

Discussion of sentencing trial for Daunte Wright's killer

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Blerds Jenna and Jillian soldier on without Lillie, mostly talking about the Plight of the Single Black Woman

Recommended in the episode:

Miss Rochester's Ghost (book)

The Castle School for Girls (book)

The Poster House (museum in NYC)

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The Blerds make their feelings clear on the Spotify controversy. (Transcript below)

Jillian: Hello listeners. Jenna, Lillie, and I would like to take a moment to address some concerns about Spotify that have been in the news lately. If you’ve ever gone to our landing page, you’ll have noticed that Blerd On The Street is hosted by Anchor, which is a Spotify company.

We want to make it clear that we do not condone or support ANY of the statements that Joe Rogan has spread on his show, nor do we altogether think that Spotify has satisfactorily explained their non-actions in the past, toward these inflammatory and, quite frankly, dangerous and racist viewpoints.

Jenna: However, at this time, we are going to continue hosting Blerd On The Street at Anchor. We started our podcast in June of 2021, and have been working to grow our listenership. But, we do not have ad revenue, sponsors, or patrons, so every penny that needs to be spent to produce a quality podcast comes out of our pockets. The tools that Anchor provides for producing and editing Blerd On The Street are essential to us airing the type of episodes you have become accustomed to hearing.

Lillie: Do we wish we could immediately find an alternative to Anchor? Yes! It would be nice if there were more free all-in-one platforms that were specifically geared toward marginalised podcasters, and beginner producers and editors. I’ve looked. I do the majority of the editing and production, and I love it! But, it’s work, and Anchor has the tools to mitigate that work, as I learn.

Listeners, we absolutely support any choices you make about your personal relationship with Spotify and its companies. You can continue to support Blerd On The Street by choosing any other of the podcatchers that we are available on like Stitcher, Apple, Google, Pocketcast, and others.

Jenna: Thank you all, Street Team.

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We're finally finishing our analysis of the Disney+ Marvel show, Loki. Spoilers included.

CW: mention of musophobia, trypophobia, skeletonized remains

Mentioned in this episode:

Mutter Museum

Disney's Encanto

Marvel's Eternals

Deaf Performers: bluejay19xx, itscharmay

Queer ASL Language Program

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The Blerds are back from a little rest and holidaying!

We start off talking about some media we consumed, and offer a few recommendations, then move onto reactions and discussion about some recent headlines. Finally, we close with Jillian presenting some of the funnier profile answers she sees on her dating app.

Mentioned in the episode:

Acorn TVs The Long Call and Vera

Netflix's Arcane: League of Legends and Misha and the Wolves

D&D 5E Actual Play: Death2Divinity

BookishHeaux on Etsy

Writual Tarot Journal

Friendsmas Celebration! Jillian and Lillie introduce Jenna to the old claymation classic, The Year Without A Santa Claus, just to get her reaction. 

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We finally finish out the second half of our Monster of the Week one-shot. 

GM: Lillie

Players: Jillian and Jenna

Today we are joined by our dear friends at The Blerd Bar as we celebrate Blerdsgiving! We keep it light today playing a geeky version of Would You Rather. 

Be sure to support the Blerd Bar: https://flow.page/theblerdbar 

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