Vulgar Geniuses

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Vulgar Geniuses episodes

  • Mateo Askaripour - Black Buck
    Every day is deals day, and today we struck gold with the biggest deal of all. This week, we welcome New York Times bestselling author Mateo Askaripour to talk about his debut novel π‘©π’π’‚π’„π’Œ π‘©π’–π’„π’Œ. After two prior attempts to sell manuscripts, Askaripour found that his passion for storytelling would eventually mesh his imagination and real-life experience in the tech startup world.Β 
    π‘©π’π’‚π’„π’Œ π‘©π’–π’„π’Œ introduces us to a young man named Darren, who finds himself in the seat of opportunity. But this seat disguised as success soon becomes quicksand filled with microaggressions, racism, and soon regret.
    1 hr 2 min
  • One Night In Miami

    If you want something done right, you better have Regina King do it for you. In her feature film directorial debut of the Golden Globe-nominated movie 𝑢𝒏𝒆 π‘΅π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’• 𝑰𝒏 π‘΄π’Šπ’‚π’Žπ’Š, King masterfully wields her camera like that of Thor’s hammer, giving audiences a chance to witness a legend coming into her own behind the silver screen.Β Β 

    Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown celebrate Muhammed Ali becoming the Heavyweight Champion of the World in 1964. Screenwriter Kemp Powers reimagines the conversations and the world-changing decisions that soon followed.Β 

    38 min
  • Judas and the Black Messiah

    Director Shaka King reunites Get Out stars Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield as they deliver Oscar worthy performances in the biopic 𝑱𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π‘©π’π’‚π’„π’Œ π‘΄π’†π’”π’”π’Šπ’‚π’‰. Stanfield plays William O’Neil, a car thief turned informant for the FBI sent in to infiltrate the Chicago Chapter of the Black Panther Party.

    Kaluuya plays 21 year old activist Fred Hampton serving as Chairman of the political movement. This dramatic story retells the moments leading up to the assassination of Fred Hampton, and how the FBI used informants to tear down one of the most powerful movements in America’s History.

    40 min
  • Kosoko Jackson - Yesterday is History
    When Artist Alisha Wormsley coined the phrase, β€œThere are black people in the future,” she must have seen who was coming our way. On today’s show, we sit down with new author, Kosoko Jackson, to speak about his debut novel π’€π’†π’”π’•π’†π’“π’…π’‚π’š 𝑰𝒔 π‘―π’Šπ’”π’•π’π’“π’š, a story about being young, black, and queer based in the world of sci-fi.
    Jackson speaks with us about how he came to write this book, the screen time this novel rightly deserves, and the importance of representation of racial minorities in sci-fi. I’m Dennie, and I’m Veronica, and this is another episode of the Vulgar Geniuses Podcast.
    1 hr 1 min
  • King And The Dragonflies
    It seems that everything Kacen Callender touches turns to pure gold, and in this episode we discuss their most recent award winning crown jewel, π‘²π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π‘«π’“π’‚π’ˆπ’π’π’‡π’π’Šπ’†π’”.
    King is a 12 year old boy who believes that his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly after he unexpectedly passes away. This young adult novel tackles subject matters of grief, homophobia, and racism.
    On today’s episode we are joined by our newest edition to our show, YA book reviewers Briana and Rachel.
    57 min
  • Interior Chinatown

    Set in intersecting realities of truth and television, π‘°π’π’•π’†π’“π’Šπ’π’“ π‘ͺπ’‰π’Šπ’π’‚π’•π’π’˜π’ by Charles Yu is a scathing and hilarious commentary on the racism, invisibility, and erasure of Asians in American History and Hollywood.

    The story takes place in the Golden Palace Restaurant featured in the procedural cop show β€œBlack & White”. Willis Wu plays β€œGeneric Asian Man” but is gunning for the coveted β€œKung Fu Guy” role. He wrestles with making an attempt to sacrifice his dignity to be seen by White America or be seen by his family.

    1 hr
  • Between the World and Me

    π‘©π’†π’•π’˜π’†π’†π’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒆 was a letter written by author Ta-Nehisi Coates to his then 15 year old son. This epistle was Coates' account of what autonomy means in the body of a Black man navigating the streets of West Baltimore as a young boy, Howard University as a blossoming young man, well into fatherhood. Β In this episode of Vulgar Geniuses, we review the star studded HBO adaptation, based on the 2018 staging of the book at Apollo Theater directed by award winning director and Apollo Theater Executive Producer Kamilah Forbes.

    43 min
  • Deesha Philyaw - Secret Lives of Church Ladies
    Deesha Philyaw set the literary world on fire in 2020 with her sexy, powerful, and thought provoking short stories in her book 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕 π‘³π’Šπ’—π’†π’” 𝒐𝒇 π‘ͺ𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉 π‘³π’‚π’…π’Šπ’†π’” Β Her work explores intertwining themes of sex, religion, family, and how the lines of morality are never black and white.
    On this Season 2 premiere of Vulgar Geniuses, we sit down with the incomparable National Book Award Finalist Deesha Philyaw. She talks to us about her writing journey that has launched her on a path to surely becoming a household name.
    1 hr 28 min
  • Hindsight is 2020: A Year In Review

    2020 wasted no time in setting a match to all of our plans this year, but like a phoenix we rose from the ashes and created a place where we could invite you all to come along and escape from the worries of the day. On this season finale of Forks & Fangs we present our year in review. We say goodbye to the wannabe dictator in office, hello to the age of revolution and vaccines, and remember those who we have lost this year. Happy New Year to all of you, and stay tuned to as we say farewell to 2020!

    1 hr 5 min
  • Lovecraft Country Finale w/special guest Jonathan"Fro" Perry.
    When Matt Ruff gave his blessing to Producer/Screenwriter Misha Green, he told her, "It's yours now. Go for it.". Not only did she go for it, she hit a home run! Β On today's episode of FORKS X FANGS we bring in special returning guest, Jonathan "Fro" Perry, as we wrap up our series finale of Tiny Bites discussing episode 9 & 10 of HBO's Lovecraft Country.
    1 hr 37 min

About Vulgar Geniuses

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Welcome to the Vulgar Geniuses Podcast. We are your host Dennie and Veronica. Each month we will be reviewing a different book written by various authors of color.