EPISODE · May 9, 2018 · 2H 33M
Donald Glover's America; Luke Cage S2 Trailer; FL Graduates Yanked-MWIR 7pm ET
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Howdy, folks! You know what time it is.....so let's just get straight to the facts. Listen to the latest installment of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review (MWIR) airing this Wednesday at 7:00pm eastern. Join the Afronerd Radio podcast crew as they decipher this (mid) week's pop/pulp/politcal issues: resident polymath, Donald Glover not only had an eventful appearance on this past weekend's SNL but he also released a widely popular music video entitled, This is America. We give our impressions (and interpretations); Netflix' season 2 trailer for Luke Cage hits the cyberwebs; the working name for DC's streaming service is the DC Universe but what will it entail?; the University of Florida apologizes for dragging graduating (and dancing) seniors off stage during their commencement cerimony; the crew waxes on a number of stories post the Starbucks arrest that are eerily similar with Blacks/POC getting the police called on them while apparently doing nothing; the Screen Rant website provides theories about what direction the Avengers and the MCU may go beyond the 4th film (and Phase 4); who, what and why is there an "intellectual dark web,"; Chicago Tribune columnist/pundit, Clarence Page's latest op-ed provides greater insight and empathy for "transracial" Black person, Rachel Dolezal in the wake of her new Netflix documentary; NY gubernatorial candidate and erstwhile actress, Cynthia Nixon may be suffering from footinmouth disease due to her marijuana business is proxy for Black reparations analogy and lastly, author Ta-nehisi Coates dissects Kanye West in a blistering Atlantic piece. Call LIVE at 646-915-9620.
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Howdy, folks! You know what time it is.....so let's just get straight to the facts. Listen to the latest installment of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review (MWIR) airing this Wednesday at 7:00pm eastern. Join the Afronerd Radio podcast crew as they decipher this (mid) week's pop/pulp/politcal issues: resident polymath, Donald Glover not only had an eventful appearance on this past weekend's SNL but he also released a widely popular music video entitled, This is America. We give our impressions (and interpretations); Netflix' season 2 trailer for Luke Cage hits the cyberwebs; the working name for DC's streaming service is the DC Universe but what will it entail?; the University of Florida apologizes for dragging graduating (and dancing) seniors off stage during their commencement cerimony; the crew waxes on a number of stories post the Starbucks arrest that are eerily similar with Blacks/POC getting the police called on them while apparently doing nothing; the Screen Rant website provides theories about what direction the Avengers and the MCU may go beyond the 4th film (and Phase 4); who, what and why is there an "intellectual dark web,"; Chicago Tribune columnist/pundit, Clarence Page's latest op-ed provides greater insight and empathy for "transracial" Black person, Rachel Dolezal in the wake of her new Netflix documentary; NY gubernatorial candidate and erstwhile actress, Cynthia Nixon may be suffering from footinmouth disease due to her marijuana business is proxy for Black reparations analogy and lastly, author Ta-nehisi Coates dissects Kanye West in a blistering Atlantic piece. Call LIVE at 646-915-9620.
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