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This time it's not Dpalm's fault the world has gone to shit when he's on the Insanity Check. Kriss has been avoiding some of these topics for a while but since the Insanity Check is going on a two week break, we finally have to cover it. Semi-good news? Bill Cosby is going to jail for rape. It's still only 3 - 10 years (and he won't come close to even serving 3) but at last his rapist ass is in jail. And no, this isn't the case to use when talking about racial disparities in the criminal justice system. In lesser positive news, Brett Kavanaugh is going to be put on the Supreme Court. Hope is a lie and this FBI investigation is just a cover for Jeff Flake and other terrible republicans to have an excuse when they confirm him next week.

Topics:

* Kavanaugh has  GoFundMe cause...why not

* Bill Cosby IS a rapist

* Clean up your friends list: You can't be a good person surrounded by terrible people

* Cosby hated the very people that are defending him

* Hope is a Lie: The FBI Investigation into Kavanaugh is a fraud

* Lindsay Graham is terrible

* Kanye gonna Kanye: He's always been terrible

* Great Moments in White Privilege

* Elon Musk gets sued by the SEC cause he was trying to impress his girlfriend

* Do You Even Sci-Fi Bro?

* Houston Mayor doesn't want sex doll brothel to open

Guest: Dpalm

* @Dpalm66

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You already know what this is. If you were thinking that Malcolm D Lee's Girls Trip would maybe make Night School, that includes Tiffany Haddish and Kevin Hart, would be a good follow up...you'd be wrong. This film is a mess and easily forgettable. It is also without a complete story. There are so many characters in this film and most of them have no character development. Characters are just there with no dialogue and no real purpose. The film just has no idea what it wants to be.

Listen as Brandon and Ashley break down where this film went wrong.

A group of troublemakers are forced to attend night school in hope that they'll pass the GED exam to finish high school.

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Kriss is joined by Joi to review, The Hate U Give which is based off of a young adult novel by the same name written by Angie Thomas. The film is directed by George Tillman Jr and stars Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall and Russell Hornsby.

Now films based off of young adult novels don't have the best track record. Matter of fact, most are lazy and just downright awful. The Hate U Give isn't one of those films. It tackles some serious issues in the age of protests against police violence and Black Lives Matters and doesn't shy away from treating its target audiences as mature young adults. Add in an absolutely outstanding performance by Russell Hornsby and this is a film you're definitely going to want to check out.

Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right.

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Kriss is back with another episode of the Insanity Check to cover this week's dose of insanity in the world. This week he's joined by Aaron from the Black Astronauts Podcast Network.

Topics:

* Telltale Games shuts down

* The Blue Check Wars: A white woman is a curator for the Hip Hop exhibit in the NMAAHC and folks lost their minds

* Everyone is hypocritical, own up to it

* The problem with "social media influencers" and building brands off culture 

* People are starting to realize Youtube is a breeding ground for white nationalist/supremacist radicalization

* Great Moments in White Privilege

* Nordstrom's is selling "poverty chic" 

* White guy kidnaps and sexually assaults native woman; serves no jail time 

* Paul Gosar's siblings cut a political ad AGAINST him 

Guest: Aaron

* Website

* @Ashy3Classy

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The Doctor and Shanna are joined by Moji from the TV Movie Mistress podcast to discuss Netflix Original Switched. This Japanese drama follows Ayumi and Zenko, two teen girls with drastically different lives who switch bodies. With the help of her friend Kaga, Ayumi tries to get her body back from Zenko who doesn't want to give up the popular girl's life or her boyfriend, Mizumoto. It's a twisted, teen drama that we think you'll enjoy.

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Kriss and Dpalm are back with another Character Corner episode. This time its Part 1 of a two part series on the Robins. We’ve covered most of the Robins already in previous episodes like Batman's Rogue Gallery, Tim Drake,  all the Batgirl episodes and our three part Batman series. But we’ve never really dug deep into each of the Robins and gone into their differences and how they tell the larger story of Batman.

We’re starting with Dick Grayson and Jason Todd not just because chronologically they were the first two robins but also because they represent the larger issues we’ve seen with Batman & DC Comics when they get translated to movies and TV. Everyone knows Dick Grayson is the first Robin but the reality is, by the time most of us were reading comics and aware of Batman, Grayson was far removed from being Robin. Same could be said for Jason Todd. Jason was first introduced in 1983 and was killed off in 1988. The first two Robins came and went before most people today were even 10. And that’s where we see DC getting into trouble. The mantle of Robin is almost just as important and divisive as Batman. There isn't another sidekick character in which you have 4-5 drastically different character holding the title and all of them are just about important. Dick, Jason, Tim/Stephanie and Damien.

We’re gonna go through each Robin and talk not just about some of their key issues but really dive into how they’re different from each other, and the role they play in Bruce/Batman’s life. First up...the heir & the prodigal son: Richard & Jason.

Key Issues:

• First Appearaances
  • Detective Comics #38 - First appearance of Dick Grayson/Robin
  • Tales of the Teen Titans #44 - First appearance of Dick Grayson as Nightwing
  • Batman #357 - First appearance of Jason Todd (Pre-Crisis)
  • Batman #366 - First appearance of Jason Todd as Robin (Pre-Crisis)
• Early Years
  • Batman Year 3
    • Batman #436 - 439
  • Batman Chronicles: The Gauntlet - Dick's final test from Batman
  • Robin Year 1 - Chuck Dixen and goes really well with his Batgirl Year One book
  • Dark Victory - Sequel to The Long Halloween and retells the origin of Dick Grayson
• Enter Jason Todd
  • Batman #408 - First appearance of Post-Crisis Jason Todd
  • Batman #410 - Post-Crisis Todd's first appearance as Robin
  • New Teen Titans vol 2 #20
  • Nightwing Year One
  • Batman #416 - Jason & Dick meet for the first time; Bruce admits to why he replaced Grayson
• Death of Jason Todd
  • Batman #422
  • Batman #424 - Does Jason kill Garzonas or not?
  • Batman #426 - 429 - Death in the Family
• Batman Prodigal
  • Batman #512
  • Shadow of the Bat #32
  •  
  • Detective Comics #679
  • Robin Vol 4 #11
  • Batman #513
  • Shadow of the Bat #33
  • Detective Comics #680
  • Robin Vol 4 #12
  • Batman #514
  • Shadow of the Bat #34
  • Detective Comics #681
  • Robin Vol 4 #13
• Nightwing series
• Return of Jason Todd
  • Red Hood The Lost Days
  • Under the Red Hood
• Battle for the Cowl
• Batman & Robin
  • Volume One
  • Volume Two
  • Volume Three
• Grayson
• Red Hood and the Outlaws (Rebirth)

Other Batman Related Episodes:

• Batman Rogue Gallery: https://www.mtrnetwork.net/character-corner/dc/character-corner-rogue-war-part-1-batman-villains/
• Tim Drake: https://www.mtrnetwork.net/character-corner/dc/character-corner-tim-drake-the-detective/
•  Batgirl
  • Barbara Gordan and Stephanie Brown: https://www.mtrnetwork.net/character-corner/dc/batgirl-barbara-gordon-stephanie-brown-character-corner/
  • Cassandra Cain & Kate Kane: https://www.mtrnetwork.net/character-corner/dc/heir-bat-cassandra-cain-kate-kane/
• Batman
  • Batman Part 1: https://www.mtrnetwork.net/character-corner/dc/batman-the-dark-knight-part-1-bill-the-bat-character-corner/
  • Batman Part 2: https://www.mtrnetwork.net/character-corner/dc/batman-part-2-the-many-cowls-of-the-bat-from-the-small-to-big-screen/
  • Batman Part 3: https://www.mtrnetwork.net/character-corner/dc/batman-part-3-the-man-behind-the-mask-from-grant-morrison-to-tom-king/
• Teen Titans Part 1: https://www.mtrnetwork.net/character-corner/dc/teen-titans-part-1-teen-titans-vs-deathstroke/

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Kriss and Dpalm are back with another Character Corner episode. This time its Part 1 of a two part series on the Robins. We’ve covered most of the Robins already in previous episodes like Batman's Rogue Gallery, Tim Drake, all the Batgirl episodes and our three part Batman series. But we’ve never really dug deep into each of the Robins and gone into their differences and how they tell the larger story of Batman.

We’re starting with Dick Grayson and Jason Todd not just because chronologically they were the first two robins but also because they represent the larger issues we’ve seen with Batman & DC Comics when they get translated to movies and TV. Everyone knows Dick Grayson is the first Robin but the reality is, by the time most of us were reading comics and aware of Batman, Grayson was far removed from being Robin. Same could be said for Jason Todd. Jason was first introduced in 1983 and was killed off in 1988. The first two Robins came and went before most people today were even 10. And that’s where we see DC getting into trouble. The mantle of Robin is almost just as important and divisive as Batman. There isn't another sidekick character in which you have 4-5 drastically different character holding the title and all of them are just about important. Dick, Jason, Tim/Stephanie and Damien.

We’re gonna go through each Robin and talk not just about some of their key issues but really dive into how they’re different from each other, and the role they play in Bruce/Batman’s life. First up...the heir & the prodigal son: Richard & Jason.

Key Issues:

First Appearances 

Detective Comics #38 - First appearance of Dick Grayson/Robin

 

Tales of the Teen Titans #44 - First appearance of Dick Grayson as Nightwing

 

Batman #357 - First appearance of Jason Todd (Pre-Crisis)

 

Batman #366 - First appearance of Jason Todd as Robin (Pre-Crisis)

 

Early Years 

Batman Year 3 

Batman #436 - 439

 

Batman Chronicles: The Gauntlet - Dick's final test from Batman

 

Robin Year 1 - Chuck Dixen and goes really well with his Batgirl Year One book

 

Dark Victory - Sequel to The Long Halloween and retells the origin of Dick Grayson

 

Enter Jason Todd 

Batman #408 - First appearance of Post-Crisis Jason Todd

 

Batman #410 - Post-Crisis Todd's first appearance as Robin

 

New Teen Titans vol 2 #20

 

We're all the way back, as we're in full fall swing talking Fantasy Football, sing the praises of the WNBA Finals, and learn about team tennis. Plus, we get more lies from Urban Meyer, the return of America's favorite college football team, and finally talk about Syracuse football on the show. I know.

Guest: Ashanti - @NotTHATAshanti

 

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Kriss is back with another episode of the Insanity Check to cover this week's dose of insanity in the world. This week he's joined by Bacon from the ADDSpace Podcast. This episode starts off extremely nerdy and no apologies will be made.

Topics:

* Seattle Weather

* Kriss and Bacon stan for Captain Benjamin Sisko, the greatest TV Dad ever

* The old Star Wars trilogy has a lot of holes in it

* Boba Fett was a worthless character

* Forced Diversity isn't a thing

* Brett Kavanaugh pulls out a binder full of women

* Reproductive rights go beyond cisgender women

* Great Moments in White Privilege

* Teacher rapes 14 year old, gets no jail time and keeps her teaching certificate

Guest: Bacon

https://www.twitch.tv/thebaconzilla

 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/lostinpandemonium

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A Simple Favor is yet another great movie featuring women from Director Paul Feig. Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively are great individually and amazing together. The film blends the comedy elements with the more serious thriller aspect extremely well without sacrificing the tone or being distracting. This is a film that will have you both laughing and paranoid about how well you actually know your "best friend".

Kriss and Phenom break down what makes this film work so well.

 

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