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50 Cent pitched a Power Universe to STARZ executives and he and Courtney Kemp are expanding the world. It started with Power but through Book II: Ghost, we see how Tariq (which we all hated at one point, right?) in control as he works with a family and attempts to pave his own way.

Plus we look to the future with the forthcoming series.

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This week we're remembering Chadwick Boseman and talking about his final film, 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.' We also talk about Marvel's decision not to recast T'Challa. 

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This is the final episode of the year and what a better movie to talk about than one that made us do some reflection. I am talking with Valencia about Pixar's 'Soul' featuring the studio's first ever Black writer-director.

Here's the story on writer-director Kemp Powers.

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As 2020 wraps, it's time for 'best of' lists. Courtney and I talk about a host of titles from our favorite Parasite to recommending new titles to one another. We talk about P-Valley, Selah and the Spades, the Euphoria Special, Little Fires Everywhere and plenty more.

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Movie inspirations come from several places but many are from books but there are others including news articles and, as of recently, Twitter threads. This week, Brianna, from Breezy's Bookcase, joins me to talk about some of her favorite book adaptations including: The Lorax, The Hunger Games, and Precious. Plus we talk about books we want to see made into movies or shows.

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As 2020 wraps, it's time for 'best of' lists. For the first part, I am joined with Janson, of The Weekly Pop Up Podcast, to talk about some of the best things he watched this year. Our lists include titles we watched this year for the first time including Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion on HBO Max.

Plus you hear our best rendition of some of our favorite Hamilton Musical songs. I also explain why this season of Big Brother was important even though it was terrible.

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This week host/YouTuber Nana joins me to talk about HBO's The Undoing, a limited series starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant about "a therapist's life unravels after she learns that her husband might be responsible for a widespread disaster."

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Halloween is in the past but it doesn't mean we can't watch a good spook. This week we talk about Netflix's 'His House' starring Wunmi Mosaku, from HBO's 'Lovecraft Country' and Sope Dirisu from director Remi Weekes.

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This should be an episode where we also talk about our thoughts of Top Gun sequel Maverick but we know how that goes. But this is a great episode, catching up with Tony on how he stumbled upon Top Gun growing up and immediately connected with it.

Plus, as always, we talk about TV shows Tony is watching. To decompress and unwind, he goes to Criminal Minds and The Wire. A show he thinks you all should watch is Starz's P-Valley and SHOWTIME's The Chi.

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This week we talk about the cult NXIVM in HBO's The Vow and Starz's Seduced. In this episode, we talk about sex assault but are not graphic but we want you to be aware that it is discussed.

If you want some background on the group here are two good pieces by the New York Times:

Inside a Secretive Group Where Women Are Branded

Nxivm Cult: Leader Keith Raniere Sentenced to 120 Years

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