Len quizzes Vincent on the ‘tree’ of Philly Hip-Hop, play 6 Degrees of D’Urville Martin all the way to Hugh Bonneville (?) and (00:29) review Netflix’s Jingle Jangle, A Christmas Journey (2020).

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Joanne Griffith of American Public Media is a very good sport about some tech difficulties as well as Vincent's unabashed stalling on the 6 Degrees of D'Urville and his blond actor woman blind spot then (00:43) shares her love of Hidden Figures (2016). Oh, the math of it all!

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The Men of the Micheaux Mission hold a panel discussion a the virtual IDIC Podcast Festival in July 2021 highlighting the toxicity of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Geordi La Forge’s relationship (ick!) with Dr. Leah Brahms. Vincent and Len flex their Trekker bonfides while calling out the problematic matters of consent prevalent in these 90s episodes that resonate still today.

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Len and Vincent engage on the life of the Cornish hen and the treachery of pigs, answer and listen to mail from the Missionaries, get stopped on the way from D’Urville Martin to Viola Davis and (00:35) review the Christmas classic Trading Places (1983).

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Vincent and Len read their listener mail then get into another round of Six Degrees of D’Urville Martin. The Men them lament the loss of intellectual chat on television before Len gets really riled up about the award-winning Raoul Peck doc about author James Baldiwn, I Am Not Your Negro.

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Vincent and Len read listener mail and reminisce over Love, American Style from the 70s. They show appreciation for Love Life on HBOMax and it sparks a debate over iPad access…sorta. A new game show is born - Six Degrees of D’urville Martin and then it’s finally time to review 1967’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, starring Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy, and Katharine Hepburn (50:30).

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The crew of The Beat Connection podcast (Alexa Gold, Azrael DiCaprio and Shizz Shiz) join the Mission to discuss the methodology behind their excavation of hip-hop's greatest beats and samples to unearth their melodic roots and explain how DJ Premier stands shoulder to shoulder with Dr. Dre producer-wise. Then (00:21) we discuss colorism in Netflix's The Harder They Fall and get to our review (00:51) of a 'dressed-up' Pam Grier in Sheba Baby.

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Actor/comedian and now author Tommy Davidson sits with the Men to share his thoughts on comedy, Bruce Lee, and Sammy Davis Jr. In fact, 'Stevie Wonder' serenades Vincent for his birthday! And 'Cream Corn' of Black Dynamite gives the Mission a special 'moment'. Then (00:49) Vincent and Len get into their review of Spike Lee's hard-to-find Jungle Fever.

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Vincent indulges Len’s impulse to review the Michael Jackson Disney short film Captain EO as a ‘horror’ film. And then they open up (47:42) on Grace Jones in Vamp.

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It’s Vincent and Len talking about Big Daddy Kane vs KRS-One in an epicVerzuz. The Men also discuss the ‘torch’ that’s been passed to Yahya Abdul-Mateen, review listener mail and (29:00ish) share differing views on 2021’s rendition of Candyman.

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