Episodes
We're STILL trying to work out our tech problems on the other side (getting close!) so we're still here @Blogtalk! Tune in to hear the latest musings from Team Afronerd via our Mid Week in Review (MWIR) airing this Wednesday at 7pm eastern. The topics to be dissected are:  unfortunately, more COVID-19 discourse, except we wax about what will change socially and infrastructurally post coronavirus; frequent Afronerd Radio guest, noted comic creator/editor, Joseph Illidge has his unfortunate...
Published 04/22/20
Published 04/22/20
We're STILL trying to work out our tech problems on the other side (getting close!) so we're still here @Blogtalk! Tune in to hear the latest musings from Team Afronerd via our Mid Week in Review (MWIR) airing this Wednesday at 7pm eastern. The topics to be dissected are:  unfortunately, more COVID-19 discourse, except we wax about what will change socially and infrastructurally post coronavirus; frequent Afronerd Radio guest, noted comic creator/editor, Joseph Illidge has his unfortunate...
Published 04/22/20
We're still testing equipment at the revised platform, so again, bear with us. But as you, the (Afronerd Radio) show must go on! Listen to Monday's Grindhouse podcast at 8pm where we dissect the following issues:  Unfortunately, the COVID-19 crises cointinues and there are tangential concerns afoot:  Africans are being ousted from stores and apartments in China for reasons unknown (pick one-race, unfounded coronavirus claims, etc); US Surgeon General, Jerome Adams is under fire for using...
Published 04/14/20
*Please bear with us as we move plaforms.  In the interim, listen to the latest installment of Afronerd Radio's Mid Week in Review (MWIR) airing tonight at 7pm easter,  The issues being covered are: more trials and tribulations concerning NYC's handling of the COVID-19 crisis, including a new report that now Blacks, POC and folks in the lower economic strata appear to be disproportionately affected by the virus (nope..melanin is not a buffer); BET gives their response to the COVID pandemic ...
Published 04/08/20
The journey continues and so does the Afronerd Radio Machine's Mid Week in Review (MWIR)!  Tune in to a new broadcast airing this Wednesday at 7pm eastern.  The topics being placed on the "grill" are:  addressing some issues we failed to get to during Monday's Grindhouse; including more COVID-19 NYC (and beyond) developments; now Marvel has suspended digital comic production.  Is that a maneuver to halt the demise of the brick and mortar comic shoppes? Or is the plan that Comics Hub is...
Published 04/01/20
While we're still in between formats, tune in to the latest Grindhouse (on a MONDAY!)-airing at 8pm eastern-powered by Afronerd Radio MachineWorks.  The topics?-more COVID-19 NYC updates (Dburt fantasizes about purchasing a HAZMAT decontimination chamber for ALL visitors from now on) and miscellaneous stories; due to self quarantine conditions-just what TV streaming shows are you watching?  And speaking of streaming Dburt waxes about Black self pride and potential circular business (sorta)...
Published 03/31/20
We have been off the air for a few weeks due to the NYC COVID pandemic, but we're back at BlogTalk (temporarily) until we formally transition to a new format.  So check out the latest Mid Week in Review episode from Afronerd Radio Machineworks-airing this Wednesday at 7pm.  Th etopics up for grabs are:  picking up where we left off from this past Monday's Grindhouse;  unfortunately, there's still more COVID-19 talk as we address how Black barbershops are being affected by this pandemic;  The...
Published 03/25/20
*A Few More Shows Before the Move-A Special Afronerd Radio "Grindhouse" Broadcast Airing This Monday 8pm eastern:  Your Friendly Neighborhood AFROnerdists Return! Topics on the grill tonight are:  COVID-19 discussion and our thoughts about NYC being the national epicenter of the virus; COVID's effect on the economy, especially entertainment (MCU/Worlds of DC films canceled?)...Wonder Woman 1984 slated to be streamed?; Are White Supremacists Using the virus as a bioweapon?;  Our impressions of...
Published 03/24/20
Hey Folks, we're black for more!  Check out the latest episode of Afronerd Radio's Mid Week in Review airing this Wednesday at 7pm eastern.  The topics to be exhaled ARE: legendary mathematician and physicist, Katherine Johnson depicted in the hit film, Hidden Figures, passes at 101; addressing topics that were missed during our last Grindhouse podcast-including our thoughts about Amazon's Hunters streaming series; the Candy Man reboot teaser and the Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam...
Published 02/27/20
Check out a new installment of Afronerd Radio's Grindhouse podcast airing this Sunday at 6pm eastern.  Your "friendly neighborhood" AFROnerdists will shed light on the following issues:  favored guest and noted graphic novelist, David Walker (Naomi, Bitter Root) stops by to discuss his latest project, The Hated and the accompanying Kickstarter campaign;  Amazon's Hunters (S1)-executive produced by Jordan Peele (Us, Get Out) premiered this week and we give you our thoughts; DC co-publisher,...
Published 02/23/20
It's another stellar episode of Afronerd Radio's Mid-Week in Review (MWIR) airing this We​dnesday at 7pm eastern.  Listen to your favorite AFROnerdists unpack this (mid) week's latest topics: a sneak peak of Robert Pattinson's somewhat comic book accurate batsuit (according to Kevin Smith) hit the cyberwebs recently; African American owned bank, OneUnited released a new Harriet Tubman debit card that some are deeming to be in poor taste;  a black University of Virginia student is raising...
Published 02/20/20
Let's get to it!  Welcome to Afronerd Radio's latest Mid-Week in Review podcast airing this Wednesday at 7pm eastern.  Listen to your friendly neighborhood AFROnerdists wax about the following issues: thoughts about the importance of Black History Month (BHM)..is it still necessary?; maybe....a SUMMATION on the Gayle/Oprah/Susan Rice vs Black Male contigent regarding Kobe Bryant's legacy (no back and forth!);  former NY mayor and  Democratic presidential hopeful, Mike Bloomberg has a past...
Published 02/13/20
Yep, it's Black History Month (BHM) and unfortunately we had tech isues during Wednesday's MWIR, so let's start our engines for tonight's Grindhouse show airing 6pm ET. Listen to your favorite AFROnerdists analyze the following issues:  our ruminations on BHM (what does it mean to the Afronerd team, is the acknowledgement still relevant/necessary?; audience opinions); the tragic Kobe Bryant saga continues with Gayle King's controversial interview with WNBA great, Lisa Leslie and public...
Published 02/09/20
Simply put, it's Black History Month (BHM) and it's also time for a new Mid-Week in Review (MWIR) podcast airing this Wednesday at 7pm eastern. Listen to your favorite AFROnerdists analyze the following issues:  our ruminations on BHM (what does it mean to the Afronerd team, is the acknowledgement still relevant/necessary?; audience opinions);  Marvel premiered a Disney+ trailer showing flashes of The Falcon & Winter Soldier, Wandavision and Loki during the Super Bowl;  And what about...
Published 02/06/20
It's a new Mid Week in Review (MWIR) and it airs this Wednesday at 7pm eastern.  Join your AFROnerdic hosts for fun fact finding mission whereby we potificate on the following topics:  more news and our impressions regarding the latest communicable disease scare-the coronavirus;  and now the British nerds have yet another change in the Doctor Who mythology when purportedly a black woman revealed herself to be an alternate time traveler; just when you think an older Picard irks some Trek...
Published 01/30/20
Listen to new episode of Afronerd Radio'sGrindhouse podcast-airing every Sunday at 6pm eastern.  Join your friendly neighborhood podcasting team as they unpack about the following issues: the highly anticipated first episode of CBS All Access' Picard premiered this past week and we give our impressions; stemming from a recent Twitter discussion:  Is it important for comic book/sci-fi transalations to stick to canon in order for those films to be successful?; speaking of graphic novel...
Published 01/26/20
Time to get black on the saddle, AFROnerdists! Join your favorite podcasters for a new installment of Afronerd Radio'sMid- Week in Review (MWIR) show, airing this Wednesday at 7pm eastern. The topics up for grabs are: friend of the show, graphic novelist/editor, Joseph Illidige has upcoming graphic novel series entitled, MPLS Sound about a fictional Minneapolis band in the vein of Prince and The Revolution; a recent Blerds Online piece waxes about the travails of blerds being misperceived as...
Published 01/23/20
Welcome to our MLK Holiday episode of The Grindhouse podcast-powered by the Afronerd Radio engine airing this Sunday at 6pm eastern. The topics tackled this go around are: our impressions of the eigth annualBlack Comic Book Festival held at the famed Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, NY; Apple TV's The Banker is back on (streaming) schedule with a premiere date slated for March 2020;  Netflix drops an African spy thriller entitled Queen Sono due out in February;  once...
Published 01/19/20
We’re black for more!  Check out the latest episode of Afronerd Radio’s Mid-Week in Review podcast airing this Wednesday at 7pm eastern.  Your favorite AFROnerdists will be waxing about the following topics:   per usual, we will pick up where we left off from our last Grindhouse podcast;   Sony’s Morbius trailer finally makes it to the cyberwebs; another a slightly more fleshed out Black Widow trailer also premiered; maybe DC/CW finally figured out this geek world, huh?  Impressions of the...
Published 01/16/20
We're black at it again, AFROnerdists!  Listen to a new Sunday Grindhouse podcast this afternoon at 6pm (eastern) sharp.  Your con(per)sistent podcasters will be discussing the following topics:  noted director, Scott Derrickson is exiting from the highly anticipated Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness due to oft hackneyed "creative differences" tagline (but it might be real this time); comedienne/talk show host (The Real), Loni Love caused a stir last week due to controversial...
Published 01/12/20
Greetings to our loyal and growing listenership!  Pull up a seat and pour yourself a fresh Dorothy Dandridge while you listen to the latest edition of the Mid-Week in Review (MWIR) airing tonight at 7pm eastern.  Join your favorite AFROnerdists as they wax about the following subject matter:  burgeoning actress, Awkwafina not only wins a Golden Globe but also raises concerns that her ascendency might be in part due to Black cultural appropriation; respected actor, Christian Bale (The Dark...
Published 01/09/20
Welcome to our first Grindhouse show for 2020 and in playing into the double entendre aspect of this particular year-blerd culture must continue to be promoted with even more vigor, hence a clarity of vision. Join your favorite AFROnerdists this Sunday at 6pm eastern to discuss the following topics: our thoughts about a recent spate of violent attacks against some in the Jewish community from sectors within black society. What are the origins of this perceived animus and what can be done to...
Published 01/05/20
Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for the New Year to all of our "stalwart" listeners and AFROnerdists!  Check out our last Grindhouse podcast for 2019 airing tonight at 6pm eastern.  Tonight's show is a pretty simple one......your loyal podcasters will be discussing the "Year in Review" especially as it concerns black pop, science fiction, politics and blerd culture (i.e. Jordan Peele's US/Twilight Zone remix; Watchmen, the growing popularity of Black/POC comic conventions, TRUMP, comic books,...
Published 12/29/19
As we head full swing into Holiday Week, let's not forget that we still have a Grindhouse podcast to air....specifically, this Sunday at 5pm eastern.  The issues to be unpacked?  EVERYTHING: our impressions of the (final?) film in the Star Wars saga, The Rise of the Skywalker; comedic legend, Eddie Murphy returns to SNL after a 35 year "hiatus" (because of, you know...superstardom and all that); more on the penultimate episode of S1 of Disney+'s Mandalorian series; Christopher Nolan returns...
Published 12/22/19