EPISODE · Sep 10, 2014 · 2H 4M
Current Event Madness @Afronerd Radio, During The Mid Week @7:30pm!
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Top of the morning (or is that evening) to our ever consistent listening audience. Welcome to the umpteenth edition of Afronerd Radio's Mid Week in Review airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm (EST). Join your hosts, Capt. Kirk and Dburt as they dispel the latest current event inspired mysteries such as: their thoughts relating to the revised Ray Rice domestic violence decision; amazingly, two Atlanta Hawks racism scandals (GM Danny Ferry's alleged "African" as a pejorative remark and owner, Bruce Levenson's infamous email); Youtube wunderkind, Marques Brownlee is the go to tech expert for the cyberwebs (it doesn't hurt to have Google stamp of approval); and in yet another Atlanta sports franchise race faux pas, are the Braves moving to get away from the Black urban community?; Did Oprah and Iyanla Vanzant fall prey to minstrel promotion by interviewing a man of color who fathered 34 children with 17 women?; Hollywood actresses get hacked with the release of private nude photos that were uploaded to their respective smartphones and as an aside, The Root ponders why the same cyber-violation of Black actresses didn't appeal to the media. Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620. Excelsior!
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Top of the morning (or is that evening) to our ever consistent listening audience. Welcome to the umpteenth edition of Afronerd Radio's Mid Week in Review airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm (EST). Join your hosts, Capt. Kirk and Dburt as they dispel the latest current event inspired mysteries such as: their thoughts relating to the revised Ray Rice domestic violence decision; amazingly, two Atlanta Hawks racism scandals (GM Danny Ferry's alleged "African" as a pejorative remark and owner, Bruce Levenson's infamous email); Youtube wunderkind, Marques Brownlee is the go to tech expert for the cyberwebs (it doesn't hurt to have Google stamp of approval); and in yet another Atlanta sports franchise race faux pas, are the Braves moving to get away from the Black urban community?; Did Oprah and Iyanla Vanzant fall prey to minstrel promotion by interviewing a man of color who fathered 34 children with 17 women?; Hollywood actresses get hacked with the release of private nude photos that were uploaded to their respective smartphones and as an aside, The Root ponders why the same cyber-violation of Black actresses didn't appeal to the media. Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620. Excelsior!
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Current Event Madness @Afronerd Radio, During The Mid Week @7:30pm!
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