The Grindhouse Podcast Airs 3.17.19 It's the Grindhouse podcast airing Sundays at 6pm eastern and powered by the mighty Afronerd Radio engine! The topics to be placed on our podcast barbecue grill this week are: once fired GOTG director. James Gunn has been rehired by Disney to helm the third Galaxy installment (and he gets to stay on the Suicide Squad 2 gig as well); the late iconic author/poet/actress/activist trended on twitter due to 30 year old resurfaced video clip that has folks on social media divided about respecting elders and their honorifics; hopefully the FINAL Avengers: Endgame trailer hit the webs and thankfully, we still don't know what's going on; the animated anthology series, Love, Death & Robots premiered on Netflix this weekend-we give our thoughts; in the wake of the aforementioned Gunn rehiring, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson (shh....) quietlyreturns to Star Talk and Cosmos; in what sounds like a recipe for disaster, Flash actor (and inexperienced writer), Ezra Miller will co-write the forthcoming Flash script with noted comic book writer, Grant Morrison; our thoughts about the horrific New Zealand mass killing and the alleged White nationalism that lit the fuse for the massacre; Dburt has a conniption about the latest Grapevine podcast and perhaps more thoughts on the college admissions scandal. Call LIVE at 646-915-9620.
The Mid Week in Review Airs 3.13.19 Check out a new installment of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review (MWIR) podcast, airing this Wednesday at 7pm eastern. Gather around the virtual "campfire" and listen to the Afronerd crew wax prolific about the following topics: we address some topics that we missed per the last episode; FOX News media personality, Tucker Carlson appears to be in hot water (with colleague Judge Pirro to a lesser degree) over racist/homophobic/sexist remarks he made more than a decade ago; a scandal involving the Hollywood elite and captains of industry asserts that they paid high six and seven figures in a huge college admissions cheating scandal; more possible TV shows are scheduled to premiere on Disney+, including What If? Marvel animated series; actor, Tatiana Maslany may be expanding the Orphan Black universe on AMC with a new chapter to her previous and beloved 5 season TV series; more on Captain Marvel as a potential 1B box office appears possible; more on the "cancel culture" temperature of today's environment; And lastly, when will #metoo get to Italy? (to chastise female judges' ruling). Call LIVE at 646-915-9620.
The Grindhouse Airs 3.10.19 Howdy, AFROnerdists! You know the drill-it's The Grindhouse podcast as engineered by Afronerd Radio airing every Sunday at 6pm eastern. Join us as we discuss the following pop/pulp culture topics: writer/graphic novelist, Kwanza Osajyefo stops by to discuss the companion Kickstarter project to his highly successful BLACK comic entitled simply, WHITE; Marvel's latest MCU movie, Captain Marvell premiered this weekend and we give you our non spoiler impressions; a new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology asserts that the prospect of driverless autos doesn't bode well for darker skinned pedestrians; horror genre filmmaker, Jordan Peele might have another blockbuster movie on his hands based on US' SXSW audience response; CW's Arrow, the show that launched the Berlanti-verse, will air it's final season (#8) with an abbreviated 10 episodes; more on Suicide Squad 2 and Idris Elba's casting; and with the passing of actor, Luke Perry, the NY Post highlights the angst of Generation X; more on R. Kelly via CNN's usage of a body language expert; more on Rupert Wyatt's Captive State. And lastly, Meet the Skrulls #1 comic release sounds like the premise for a TV series (prediction?). Call LIVE at 646-915-9620. Straight to the review.......
And then there's the alternate R. Kelly interview, courtesy of SNL:
The Grindhouse Airs on Sun, 3.3.19 What's good, folks! We're back, live and direct for another broadcast adventure! Listen to a new installment of Afronerd Radio's Grindhouse podcast, airing this Sunday at 6pm eastern. The topics up for grabs this week are: a recent Harvard Law alum in a NY Times op-ed took umbrage with former POTUS Barack Obama's timber with young Black boys via his Brother's Keeper initiative; legendary filmmaker, Steven Spielberg seeks to ban Netflix films from Oscar awards consideration; why do the trailers for Netflix' forthcoming Love Death + Robots anthology series look like a upgraded version of Heavy Metal from the 80s (we hope); sometimes a comic panel is just that....not the end of Marvel Comics(hopefully); finally getting back to the discussion of the future of black superhero movies; Netflix' OA returns courtesy of a S2 trailer; and then there's that latest Dark Phoenix trailer (trying hard to channel the MCU as the Disney/Fox merger finalizes); is the n-word used in Wakanda? (doubtful); more on Aquaman 2 being allegedly slated for a 2022 release and lastly, more news about the return of Universal's Dark Universe and DC's new opinion on NOT doing shared universe superhero films. Call LIVE at 646-915-9620. Oh and then there's our belated first impressions of Alita: Battle Angel:
