EPISODE · Sep 9, 2018 · 2H 18M
Burt Reynolds; Iron Fist S2; Personal Space/#Me2; Serena Loss-The Grind 6pm ET
from Afronerd Radio · host Afronerd Radio
Well, the temperature has dropped with the quickness in NYC and that's our cue to adjust to the seasonal change. In the interim, listen to the latest episode of Afronerd Radio's Grindhouse airing this Sunday at 6pm eastern. The topics to be analyzed are: legendary comedic action star, Burt Reynolds passes at 82; and on the other side of the age spectrum rapper/musician, Mac Miller dies from a drug overdose at 26; our early impressions of Netflix' Iron Fist S2; Dburt waxes about the notions of personal space, hair touching, culture and #metoo after a video showing a White woman touching a Black woman's hair goes viral; tennis great, Serena Williams loses the US Open but not without controversy; more pictures are released from Marvel's forthcoming Captain Marvel film; director, Steve McQueen returns to form (12 Years a Slave was 5 years ago) with his new heist film, Widows starring Viola Davis, Liam Neeson and Daniel Kaluuya; what about that NY Times "anonymous" article that outs President Trump as incompetent (who knew? ha) and former President Obama's response; NYPD and IBM have collaborated on skin tone and ethnicity recognition software for CCTV surveillance-Civil Rights advocates call foul; And lastly, per usual, the crew will attempt to pick up on stories we failed to address on last podcast. Call LIVE at 646-915-9620
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Well, the temperature has dropped with the quickness in NYC and that's our cue to adjust to the seasonal change. In the interim, listen to the latest episode of Afronerd Radio's Grindhouse airing this Sunday at 6pm eastern. The topics to be analyzed are: legendary comedic action star, Burt Reynolds passes at 82; and on the other side of the age spectrum rapper/musician, Mac Miller dies from a drug overdose at 26; our early impressions of Netflix' Iron Fist S2; Dburt waxes about the notions of personal space, hair touching, culture and #metoo after a video showing a White woman touching a Black woman's hair goes viral; tennis great, Serena Williams loses the US Open but not without controversy; more pictures are released from Marvel's forthcoming Captain Marvel film; director, Steve McQueen returns to form (12 Years a Slave was 5 years ago) with his new heist film, Widows starring Viola Davis, Liam Neeson and Daniel Kaluuya; what about that NY Times "anonymous" article that outs President Trump as incompetent (who knew? ha) and former President Obama's response; NYPD and IBM have collaborated on skin tone and ethnicity recognition software for CCTV surveillance-Civil Rights advocates call foul; And lastly, per usual, the crew will attempt to pick up on stories we failed to address on last podcast. Call LIVE at 646-915-9620
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