Episodes
Happy Festivus, AFROnerdists!  Welcome to another fiery and informative edition of Afronerd Radio'sThe Grindhouse podcast-airing every Sunday at 6pm.  Listen to your faithful blerdcentric broadcasters wax prolific about the following issues:  noted actor, Orlando Jones (Madtv, Sleepy Hollow) has some pointed things to say about his firing from American Gods (S3) new showrunner on his thoughts about black anger as a source of motivation for change; The Banker's release on Apple TV is tentative...
Published 12/15/19
Another straight with no chaser moment!  Listen to a new installment of Afronerd Radio’sMid Week in Review (MWIR) podcast airing this Wednesday at 7pm eastern.  The topics to be dissected by your favorite AFROnerdists are:  thoughts about the latest Ghostbusters reboot trailer; impressions of the CW’s Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover event-episodes 1 thru 3; more on HBO’s Watchmen, including the penultimate show from this past Sunday;  a domain thief/influencer is facing 14 years for...
Published 12/12/19
Listen to a new installment of The Grindhouse podcast (engineered by the Afronerd Radio machine) every Sunday at 6pm.  Your ever consistent AFROnerdist podcasters will be unpacking the following phenomena:  cleaning up some issues we failed per the lastMid Week in Review (MWIR) broadcast; our expectations for tonight's Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover event linking all of the CW superhero shows;  we have to ask....is Star Wars a fatigued franchise or are the hefty cash receipts, the rise...
Published 12/08/19
TIME CONSTRAINTS, PEOPLE!  Check out the latest episode of Afronerd Radio’s Mid-Week in Review podcast airing tonight at 7pm eastern.  Listen to your resident AFROnerdists unravel the following (mid) weekly mysteries:    back to back spy thriller trailers for Black Widow and James Bond’s No Time to Die hit the cybernets within the last 24-48hrs and we give you are thoughts; there’s even more post Queen & Slim fallout to discuss; Senator Kamala Harris drops out of the Democratic...
Published 12/05/19
And so X-mas will be upon us before you know it.....but in the interim, check out the latest episode of Afronerd Radio'sThe Grindhouse-airing every Sunday at 6pm eastern. Check out the latest observations by your resident AFROnerdists as it relates to this week new topics:  giving our impressions of Lena Waithe's highly touted Queen & Slim film, released this Thankgiving holiday;  As the Harley Quinn animated series makes its debut on the DC Universe streaming format, Titans finishes up...
Published 12/01/19
Bullet points:  It’s the pre Turkey day edition of The Mid-Week in Reviewairing tonight at 7pm eastern.  Check out the latest musings of your AFROnerdists as they discuss the following topics: our impressions of the hotly contested , debated and controversial  6th episode of the Watchmen TV series entitled  “This Extraordinary Being”; more Michael B Jordan as Supes talk;  does rapper, Post Malone’s recent AMA win in the Rap category spell the beginning of the end of black participation in hip...
Published 11/28/19
Getting to the point faster than (black) Wally West!  It's the Grindhouse podcast (underwritten by the Afronerd Radio machine) and it airs tonight at 6pm eastern.  Listen to your favorite AFROnerdists discuss these ensuing topics:  the premiere for Apple TV's highly anticipated film, The Banker, starring Marvel alumni Samuel L Jackson and Anthony Mackie (oops even Nicholas Hoult is an X-Man) was abruptly canceled due to sex abuse allegations;  Dburt checked out Chadwick Boseman post Black...
Published 11/24/19
Welcome to a new episode of The Mid Week in Review podcast!  Powered by the Afronerd Radio STEAM engine and airing this Wednesday at 7pm eastern.  Your esteemed AFROnerdists will unpack the following topics:  revisiting last Sunday's Grindhouse episode (more fallout from the Kaepernick workout; Far Sector Green Lantern comic; Russo's DC vs Marvel doc, Eddie Murphy's Beverly Hills Cop Netflix sequel, Lou Ferigno vs Professor Hulk); Rick & Morty S4 just gets better and weirder; actor, Henry...
Published 11/21/19
It's another stellar Grindhouse episode powered by the Afronerd Radio machine and airing every Sunday at 6pm eastern.  Listen to your favorite AFROnerdists wax fantastic about the following: activist/athlete, Colin Kaepernick changed locations for his formal NFL tryout in an effort to play for the NFL once more and as expected not without controversy;  Dburt checked out director, James Mangold's testosterone/gas fueled historical sports drama, Ford v. Ferrari this weekend; more Eddie Murphy...
Published 11/17/19
Let's jump off the diving board, AFROnerdists!  Tune into our latest installment of the Mid Week in Review (MWIR) powered by the Afronerd Radio STEAM engine and airing every Wednesday at 7pm sharp.  The topics to be decoded are:  impressions of the highly touted Disney + streaming service, especially its Star Wars spinoff series, Mandalorian (and Marvel's Expanding Universe);  our impressions of all the alleged Mat Reeves' Batman casting news including a possible racebend for Batgirl; ...
Published 11/14/19
Check out our latest edition of Afronerd Radio'sThe Grindhouse podcast airing every Sunday at 6pm sharp.  Your resident AFROnerdists will tackle the following blerd (and not so blerdy) issues: unfortunately in the advent of the Trump era, there are just too many race related stories to list- a billionaire's wife is named in a lawsuit for her usage of the "n-word';  #ADOS gets ready for its closeup via a recent NY Times piece; "It's OK to be White" signs drape a memorial for Tennessee...
Published 11/10/19
Straight topics, Straight fire and Straight to the point!  Listen to a new installment of Afronerd Radio's Mid Week in Review (MWIR) airing every Wednesday at 7pm sharp.  Your favorite AFROnerdists will be discussing the following phenomena:  a California teacher dons blackface (and rapped...yuck) in a failed attempt at imitating the hip hop artist/actor, Common;  is DC channeling Marvel 2.0 with their upcoming 5G project?;  even more minstrel stories are coming in concerning Popeye's popular...
Published 11/07/19
Greetings, AFROnerdists!  Due to time constraints, we're just going to straight to the chase.  It's Afronerd Radio'sThe Grindhouse podcast airing tonight at 6pm sharp. Listen to your favorite podcasters discuss the following pop/pulp issues:  our impressions of the long awaited and somewhat controversial film, Harriet which premiered this weekend to mixed reviews;  has the Terminator franchise been revitalized successfully for the sixth time?  We shall see. Legendary and extremely funny...
Published 11/03/19
Getting it in once AGAIN!  Join your favorite AFROnerdists for another fact finding mission at the Grindhouse, as powered by the Afronerd Radio STEAM (science, tech, engineering, art & math) engine!  The topics to be unpacked this week are: legendary comedian, Eddie Murphy returns to true form in Netflix' Dolemite is My Name; is Hawkeye actor, Jeremy Renner on the outs from the MCU because of violent abuse allegations being asserted in his current divorce proceedings?; black Twitter...
Published 10/27/19
Straight with no chaser!  It’s Afronerd Radio’s Mid Wid Week in Review (MWIR)  airing tonight at 7pm eastern.  Join your favorite  (ahem only) AFROnerdists as they discuss the following pop/pulp/political issues:  our impressions of last week’s premiere episode of the greatly anticipated HBO Watchmen series.  Was it really the Wokeman as some critics are claiming?  And what about the Tulsa 1921 opening?;  thoughts about Black Lightning’s third season; cleaning up dropped topics from our last...
Published 10/23/19
Afronerd Radio's Grindhouse podcast airs weekly-every Sunday at 6pm eastern. Listen to your friendly neighborhood AFROnerdists as they wax about this week's popular issues: Oscar winning actor, Regina King as Sister Night in upcoming Watchmen series battles racism; And Supes fights the Klan in comics; finally getting around to commenting more on Batwoman and S2 of DC Universe's Titans; now AMC theaters have a streaming service? when will it end? (unless we can see films still in...
Published 10/20/19
What's up, fellow AFROnerdists!  Check out our latest installment of The Mid Week in Review, engineered by Afronerd Radio STEAM engine. Listen to your favorite podcasters deliberate on the following data:  legendary music producer, Pharrell Williams is causing quite a stir with his new GQ magazine cover that posits that there is a "new" masculinity afoot;  a new study asserts that there has been a steady rise in black teen suicide attempts, especially among girls; like clockwork, another...
Published 10/16/19
We're black at again, people. It's another Grindhouse podcast airing this Sunday at 6pm eastern, Join your favorite AFROnerdists as they dissect the following hot topics this past week:  rumor has it that Netflix' Lucifer (formerly with FOX) is slated to be part of CW highly anticipated Crisis crossover event arc (yes....he's a DC imprint); on the heels of the Texas Amber Guyger trial, the lone star state has another case that rings eerily similar this time resulting in the death of a...
Published 10/13/19
Howdy, folks!  Check out the latest Mid Week in Review podcast as powered by the Afronerd Radio STEAM engine-airing this Wednesday at 7pm eastern.  Join your favorite AFROnerdists as they tackle the following issues:  stopping by for a second appearance, social critic, Brooklynite and "NY Style" podcaster Gerald "G-Moody" sits in to weigh in on the social media fauna and give our audience an update on his popular show, This That & The Third;  we finally provide more insight on the Amber...
Published 10/09/19
It's New York Comic Con weekend, so it's a safe bet that Afronerd Radio's Grindhouse will have plenty to discuss!  The broadcast airs TODAY at 6pm eastern. Listen to the musings of your favorite AFROnerdists as they cover the following issues:  the aforementioned NYCC '19 event (trailers, panels, merch, previews etc); somehow Dburt was able to check out Joker and he has spoiler free thoughts; the power of social media: the first annual ADOS conference makes history but what does it all mean?...
Published 10/06/19
Check out the latest "pre-NYCC" (New York Comic Con) '19 Mid Week in Review podcast airing this Wednesday at 7pm eastern.  The topics to be covered by your favorite AFROnerdists are: expectations for this upcoming NYCC as well as proposed panels, previews and appearances; the unveiling of a NYC statue depicting a (modern era) young black male on a horse perplexes Dburt and other cyber critics; legendary opera singer, Jessye Norman passes at 74; should/can Purple Rain be remade?;  thoughts...
Published 10/02/19
The Mid Week in Review (MWIR) airs this Wednesday at 7pm eastern and like clockwork, is powered by the Afronerd Radio STEAM engine! Join our regular AFROnerdist podcasters as they discuss the following topics: the team addresses some of the issues we missed from Sunday's show; rumor has it that esteemed actor, Jeffrey Wright has been tapped to play Commissioner Gordon in Matt Reeves' upcoming Batman film; oh and Jonah Hill might be part of the cast as well; after President Trump's (or is it...
Published 09/25/19
Afronerd Radio'sGrindhouse podcast airs every Sunday at 6pm. Join the AFROnerdist team as they tackle the following conundrums: Joker actor, Joaquin Phoenix walks out of an interview when asked if his film could inspire similar violent acts; filmmaker, JJ Abrams' (with son, Henry) Spider-Man #1 debuted this week and it's not quite what readers expected;  How do you lose your job on your day off?  Ask Antonio Brown; oh and that same question can be asked of Shane Gillis; the LA Times has an...
Published 09/22/19
Welcome to the latest installment of our Mid-Week in Review podcast airing tonight at 7pm eastern.  Join your favorite AFROnerdists as they unpack the following topics:  with new Boondocks designs hitting the internets, will the sensibilities also be revised to adjust to current PC culture;  the cast for the forthcoming Mortal Kombat reboot has been revealed; Jimmy Olsen #3 appears to be channeling one of Dburt’s favorite Golden Age EC comic books;  Bendis’ Superman will reveal his secret...
Published 09/18/19
Well, we're black to the grind(house) AGAIN!  Check out our latest podcast episode as powered by the Afronerd Radio STEAM engine-airing today at 6pm eastern.  Join your regular calvacade of AFROnerdist podcasters as they wax about the following issues:  highlighting the upcoming Oni Press graphic novel series, The Black Mage,  Is it fair to liken it to a "black" Harry Potter?;  it seems that comedian, Bill Burr is following fellow humorist, Dave Chappelle with a Netflix special that takes on...
Published 09/15/19