Welcome to the latest episode of our Mid Week in Review show currently under the auspices of Afronerd Radio. Don't forget to set your calendars and clocks for this Wednesday at 7:30pm when your hosts, Dburt and Captain Kirk unravel the following current event laden mysteries (no "Scooby snacks required): in the ultimate case of reefer madness- we attempt to compare the intelligence quotients of an Alaskan news reporter versus a UPS worker losing their jobs over their love for the Wacky Tobacky; British Afropunk/Urb-Alt artist, FKA Twigs receives racist tweets from "Twilighters" who dislike her dating actor, Robert Pattinson; an unquestionable case of police misconduct gets caught on dash cam and an officer goes to jail; more revelations relating to last week's breach in White House security; as if the NFL didn't need have enough PR woes, a new report from the Department of Veterans Affairs’ brain repository, 76 out of the 79 deceased NFL players examined were found to have suffered from CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) brain disease; Dburt notes that his casual obervance of the foibles of the millennial generation are proving to be truer and more quantifiable than ever; NYC's first lady, Chirlane McCray is in the middle of a PR nightmare because of her assistant's personal life and lastly, a podcast highlighting the Dr. John McWhorter penned New Yorker magazine piece on jazz great, Louis Armstrong reminds us of the immortal adage, "the more things change, the more things stay the same." Call the show live at 646-915-9620.
I am more than amused by the prospect of a battle of wits ... though I fear that with you as an opponent... the struggle might well be brief-Victor Von Doom