Read feedback about our Episode 183: Mid-Season Premieres show where a listener realize we kept calling Magnitude from Community, Pop Pop and another listener joins DeAna in her hatred of Anthony Mackie.  

In Nerdtastic News, NBC eyes "The Wiz" as it's next live musical and Anika Noni Rose options the "Bone Street Rumba' series by Daniel Jose Older for film/tv.  Our Black Owned business this week is Amelda's Butterwho provides bath and body products such as body butter and sugar scrubs.  

We review Selma this week plus discuss the Oscar snub and Anthony Mackie's comments concerning Selma Oscar Snub.  Thoughtout show, DeAna feels smugged that her dislike of Anthony Mackie has been, once again, proven right.

Viola Davis in talks to play Amanda Waller in Suicide Squad movie and next fall DC Comic character, Vixen, will star in CW Animated series.  SpawnPointBlog holding a #BlackLivesMatter Gaming Against Police Brutality event on January 17-18. All donations will go to Eric Garner fund and The New York Lawyers Guild.  We checked out the latest trailers for Ant-Man and Avengers: Age of Ultron.  We discussed the mid-season premieres of Sleepy Hollow, Archer, Galavant, Marvel's Agent Carter, Empire, and Jane the Virgin.

Chicago Public Library plans to lend out Wi-Fi to help with digital divide. We discuss Scarlett Johansson accepting lead role in Ghost in the Shell live action remake. What are the ramifications of white-washing a canon Japanese female character?  Inda Lauryn hosting The Shadow of 100 Years: Black Film Representations Since Birth of a Nation Livetweet Event next month with discussions of the complex depictions of black lives and communities in the flims.  Wishing a Happy Birthday to Hayao Miyazaki and our very own angry hobbit, Jamie. The ladies talked about what they did over the holiday break and any awesome nerdy gifts. 

We read through some twitter feedback about Episode 179: #DEMSLAGSBEREADIN.  We realize just how much trolling we can get from own audience.  Next, we discuss the Graveyard Shift Sisters's article about Colorism in Sci-Fi and how dark-skinned characters from books suddenly turn very light in the movie adaptations.  Our co-host, Jamie, brought up the question "Does every African-American story have to be positive?" on twitter and we discuss the topic in more detail on the show.

We read through some twitter feedback about Episode 178: Black Nerd Respectability Politics. Next discuss the FKA Twigs video "Papi Pacify" and how Azealia Banks keeps pulling us in with gems like "Igloo Australia" but lose us with her rant how Bill Cosby is victim of "conspiracy". Lastly, we review the comic book "Outcasts of Jupiter #1".  If you're interested in purchasing a digital pdf, please go tohttp://www.cokercoop.com/outcasts-of-jupiter/. 

Sharon shares the exclusive preview of Storm #6 on our NNN G+ Community page.  JP gives an overview of click-jacking which is an technique that tricks an user into interacting with an attacker's web page.  An user can implement X-Frame Options on their website to combat a portion of User Interface (UI) redress attacks.  Stanford University implements a text messaging program which sends tips to parents on simple & fast ways to engage their kids in reading.  The study found that the program helped boost students' literacy.  Next we discuss Jurassic World & Star Wars: The Force Awkaens movie trailers.    Will Smith gets cast as Deadshot in Suicide Squad movie.  Lastly, we complain about all of the extra hashtags floating around on twitter using AAVE (i.e #dembows).

On our NNN G+ Community page,  Sharon from Nerdy Little Secret shared an article about filmmakerStewart Throndike.  Then, we went into defining what is Black Nerd Respectability and explaining why it's bullcrap.

We try to celebrate Melissa's birthday but she is turnt up somewhere. Listener asks about Janelle Monae's vision of The Metropolis Suite and 8-Bit Animal tries to make fetch happen with a particular 90s TV show. Discuss being black while nerding problems plus tv shows we are watching and others... we rather just wait to marathon.

Discuss Bayonetta on Wii U, TitanFall, and little bit of Destiny 

Topics: In honor of Halloween, the ladies sit down to discuss scary movies, books, and monsters.