As the sweltering heat sets upon you, why not pull up a seat in an air conditioned environment and listen to this week's Grindhouse Double feature show? For the first episode (at 6pm), check out the infamous Comic Shoppe with your hosts, Daryll B., Captain Kirk and Dburt. The topics up for grabs are: picking up from last week, can Marvel and Fox "play nice" with using both the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver for their respective upcoming films? ; The Hub channel's gender bending hero, She-zow stirs controversy; our thoughts of Will and Jaden Smith's new After Earth movie-will the critics hurt the box office? ; a Green Lantern scribe gets a chance to pen Ridley Scott's forthcoming Blade Runner sequel and lastly, a fan made Greg Rucka inspired Punisher trailer hits the net. Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620.
Up next, there's Afronerd Radio airing at 7pm. Join Captain Kirk and Dburt as they highlight the following current event laden issues: a new Cheerios commercial featuring a multi racial family causes controversy (in 2013?); the team picks up some topics that were neglected from the last show (i.e. Western IQ's are down by 14 points, Zoe Saldana's Allure remarks, Whites at HBCUs) : the Black Twitter phenomenon and lastly two stories involving the first lady-racist emails may cost a VA official their job and can Mrs. Obama's presence affect the Hollywood image of Black women? AGAIN, stop by at 6pm and then 7pm!