EPISODE · Dec 20, 2018 · 2H 28M
Facebook Scandal; Banking While Black; More on the Spiderverse; MWIR 7pm
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The Yuletide edition of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review (MWIR) podcast returns with even more to discuss this Wednesday at 7pm eastern. The topics to be covered are: Facebook reportedly shared their users' private messages with a myriad of fellow tech companies-Amazon,Netflix and Microsoft with issues of consent being in question; another DNWB (Doing Nothing While Black) case comes into focus.....this time a Black man attempting to cash a modest (and authenticated) check at a local Bank raised suspicions and therefore a requisite 911 call; perhaps spoiler talk for the newly released Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse; legendary actress/director, Penny Marshall passes due to diabetic complications; more deliberation on whether whites (or white models) can wear Black Panther movie (or by extension Black cultural IPs) or not; what do you do if you are an African-American football player with a recent multi million dollar contract who is about to marry a young woman who might be a racist-we ponder the question; Pulitzer prize winning author, Alice Walker is under fire for supporting an allegedly anti-semitic writer; Disney exec hints that we might still see Marvel Netflix shows on Disney+ in the near future; Lastly, superstar, Will Smith shows us his "human" form in the forthcoming Aladdin reboot and twitter clowns. Call LIVE at 646-915-9620.
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The Yuletide edition of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review (MWIR) podcast returns with even more to discuss this Wednesday at 7pm eastern. The topics to be covered are: Facebook reportedly shared their users' private messages with a myriad of fellow tech companies-Amazon,Netflix and Microsoft with issues of consent being in question; another DNWB (Doing Nothing While Black) case comes into focus.....this time a Black man attempting to cash a modest (and authenticated) check at a local Bank raised suspicions and therefore a requisite 911 call; perhaps spoiler talk for the newly released Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse; legendary actress/director, Penny Marshall passes due to diabetic complications; more deliberation on whether whites (or white models) can wear Black Panther movie (or by extension Black cultural IPs) or not; what do you do if you are an African-American football player with a recent multi million dollar contract who is about to marry a young woman who might be a racist-we ponder the question; Pulitzer prize winning author, Alice Walker is under fire for supporting an allegedly anti-semitic writer; Disney exec hints that we might still see Marvel Netflix shows on Disney+ in the near future; Lastly, superstar, Will Smith shows us his "human" form in the forthcoming Aladdin reboot and twitter clowns. Call LIVE at 646-915-9620.
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Facebook Scandal; Banking While Black; More on the Spiderverse; MWIR 7pm
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