In Nerdtastic News, Idris Elba lands a role in the new Star Trek movie, 'Breaking' features Ariell Johnson who is building a comic shop and coffehouse, and 'Tut' series brings back our favorite couple (Dacey forever!).  The Black Owned Business of the Week is 2 Chic Designs selling your handbag & accessory needs.  Our main topics this week is ALL ABOUT DA REBOOTS BABY!!!   Breaking down our thoughts on reboots of Xena: Warrior Princess, Jem: The Movie, Heroes (Heroes Reborn), and Reboot.  

What shows/movies do we NOT want a reboot for? 
What shows/movies do we WANT a reboot for?

In Nerdtastic News, Marvel pays homage to Hip-hop with variant covers of classic album covers andBuzzfeed has a new twitter account called @Cocoabutterbf which features articles focusing on black and brown folks.  The Black Owned Business of the Week is the awesome Women of Color in Romance tumblr that highlights romance novels with women of color leads.  Our main topics this week is the situation on Bravo where Andy Cohen called Amandla Stenberg the 'Jackhole of the Day' for her comment to Kylie Jenner about appropriation.

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In Nerdtastic News, Ava DuVernay will not be directing the "Black Panther" movie and Michael K. Williams landed roles in "Assassins Creed" and "Ghostbusters" movies. The Black Owned Business of the Week is ALL ABOUT INDA!! Check out her music show, The Black Swan Collective, on MixCloud and her new podcast,Black Girl Squee, with her co-host DustDaughter.  Thanks Inda for shouting us out in your article "These 5 Podcasts Led by Black Women Keep Me Company... and Give Me Life" posted at xoJane.   Our main topics this week are Rihanna's #BBHMM video, white women's tears over #BBHMM video, Bill Cosby, Magic Mike XXL, and Jamie killed another phone.

In Nerdtastic News, we discussed the Claudia Rankine's fifth book, Citizen, which calls up the reality of everyday racism through prose. The Black Owned Business of the Week is Ini Vibez.  This Esty shop specializes in accessories such as earrings, bangles, and rings.  Our main topic this week is review of the book Panther In the Hive by Olivia A. Cole.

In Nerdtastic News, the CW is developing a new Hawkgirl solo series, Vin Diesel is going to play 'Kojak' in the movie reinvention of the classic tv series, Black women science fiction writers we all should know, Miles Morales is offically the new Spider-Man and the tv show, Hannibal, has been cancelled. The Black Owned Business of the Week is Lady Fay Hair who offers afforable hair extensions that aloow women to protect their natural hair while expressing their personal style. 

This week we discuss well written female characters.  Our guests, Chris & Na'amen, from The Adventures of Yellow Peril and The Magical Negro podcast come on the show to help us out! What makes a well written female character? Let's think beyond just physical strength and the Bechdel Test.  What female characters came this close to being well written but fall short?

Topics:  In Nerdtastic News, we discussed Anne Petry who is the first Black woman to sell over a million books with her 1946 novel called "The Street". The Black Owned Business of the Week is Firebrand Candles based in Detroit, MA specializing in scented candles.  Our main topic this week is show down between older Cartoon Network versus current Cartoon Network animated shows. 

Old Vs. New Cartoon Network

Shareef Jackson writes article telling us how hip-hop can teach you to code.  Our main topic this week is tech news on Apple, Microsoft, and Google.  We also review the TV Upfronts for Fox, NBC, CBS, ABC, and The CW.

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Check out the Podcasts for Beginners panel held at Wiscon 39 this year.

So you want to start a podcast. You have a computer, a mic, and Skype. What else do you need? What does good editing software cost? Where’s the best place to host? How do you get your podcast listed in all the right places? A panel of seasoned podcasters is ready to answer your questions, give great advice, and probably pop their Ps.

Panelists: Shareef Jackson, Apple Cider, De Ana, Jamie Nesbitt Golden, JP Fairfield

For more information on Wiscon, go to wiscon.info

The Black Owned Business of the Week is Indigofera, specializing in bath, body and hair products. All the smell goods!

Our main topic this week is our experience at Wiscon.  We discussed the panels we were on, panels we liked, and panels we kinda side-eyed.

Nerdgasm Noire live at Wiscon 39!  We had drunk nerd debates & gave out prizes!