The Mid Week in Review Airs 5.1.19 Keeping in tune with the corporate mantra, Keep it Simple Stupid (KISS)-our listeners know the drill. It's Wednesday and 7pm eastern. The podcast is the Mid Week In Review and it's powered by the Afronerd Radio Engine! And like Thanos (or Bruce Banner or is that Tony Stark?) we'll provide you with topics in a SNAP!: obviously we'll be discussing the long awaited Avengers: Endgame film and it's record 1.2B global weekend box office takedown; legendary director and Spike Lee mentee, John Singleton passes at the age of 51; the real life story an Islamic scholar from West Africa is enslaved in North America not only sounds like 12 Years A Slave the sequel but also further debunks the notion that all slaves were illiterate or came from indigent origins; a tech job ad specifically asked for a Caucasian applicant and the internet (rightfully) imploded; thoughts about the Bel-Air Youtube drama reboot treatment that caught Will Smith attention; thoughts about Youtube's Cobra Kai S2; well the Flash movie trailer hits the net (I mean Sonic the Hedgehog!); More details are revealed about The Obamas' Netflix programming; And lastly, the writers of Endgame have thoughts about Moon Knight entering the MCU (can't we get a Blade project off the ground first?). Call LIVE at 646-915-9620.
Those vaunted time constraints, people. We're getting straight to the point. It's Wednesday and it's another hot topic Mid Week in Review (MWIR) podcast-airing 7pm eastern. Join your favorite AFROnerdist podcast crew as they extrapolate their opinions for your pleasure relating to the following topics: Maryland gets its own Black owned movie theater and folks are traveling many miles to patronize (hopefully this idea expands); Prince's unfinished memoir to be released soon; a former CBS executive discloses her disappointment with her previous employer regarding race; NEWS FLASH! Wonder Woman #1 circa 1942 has been discovered to be quite racist, sexist and every other "ist" (ha!); the long standing video game, Mortal Kombat has always been controversial for it's over the top violence but who would have thought in it's eleventh outing a pro-black scenario for the Jax character would rankle some folks; Will Smith and Ang Lee's Gemini Man trailer hit the cyberwebs this week; thoughts about the under the radar Black superhero/sci-fi flick, Fast Color starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw; what it means to be a "Morehouse man" maybe going through a change by 2020; And lastly, highlighting 10 year old math prodigy, Esther Okade. Call in LIVE at 646-915-9620. *Maybe we'll discuss early Avengers: Endgame reviews.....maybe. Fast Color and Gemini Man trailers:
The Mid Week in Review airs 4.3.19 The Mid Week in Review airs every Wednesday at 7pm eastern. It's an integral part of the Afronerd Radio engine and it's steered by your favorite podcast stewards, Capt. Kirk, Daryll B. and Dburt. The topics up for grabs this evenining are: our thoughts about the execution style killing of hip hop artist and entrepreneur. Nipsey Hussle; Avengers: Endgame (3 hours runtime?) tickets are officially on sale and available (if you're lucky); Jordan Peele's Twilight Zone reboot debuted this week, courtesy of CBS All Access; Thor: Ragnarock director, Taika Waititi has been tapped to helm the live action version of the Anime classic, Akira and it looks likeit will NOT be a white washed project (whew!); we never did talk about Netflix' Love, Death and Robots or On My Block S2...we will this time!; we also forgot to talk about the Gotham/Batman prequel, Pennyworth TV series trailer; filmmaker, Jim Jarmusch (Ghost Dog!) has a zombie mocie starring Bill Murray, Danny Glover, Steve Buscemi and Adam Driver? The Dead Don't Die...Dburt is intrigued to say the least...dammit Iggy Pop and RZA?; please don't tell me that Joaquin Phoenix' Joker might be yet another DC film that surprises and surpasses audience expectations; Lastly, does Marvel have something cooking for the Deathlok character? Movie? Disney+? Call LIVE at 646-915-9620.
