EPISODE · May 21, 2014 · 2H 4M
Keeping It Somewhat Local! This Wed on The Mid Week in Review @7:30pm
from Afronerd Radio · host Afronerd Radio
Konbanwa to our learned and metaphysically fit listening audience! Welcome to another fiery fact finding mission, courtesy of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm. Join your hosts, Dburt and Captain Kirk as they discuss the following current event laden issues: Dburt finally checked out Godzilla and they became great friends; Chirlane McCray, the First Lady of New York causes a stir when she disclosed that her foray into motherhood was not a natural fit (and did NY media report her story fairly?) ; and in yet another local NY/Long Island political dust up, a liberal Nassau County legislator is being called to resign for stating that an adjacent neighborhood was bad "because African-Americans live there”; a Black Voices piece reports that the job market discriminates against recent AA college grads; hopefully (and finally) we'll get a chance to discuss a NY Times article that highlighted a proposal to add PC coding to the elementary school curriculum; Ahmir Thompson aka Questlove has written a rather provocative six part essay, courtesy of Vulture.com on the failures of current Hip Hop culture and lastly, is "Hood Disease" a real phenomenon? Call the show live at 646-915-9620!
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Konbanwa to our learned and metaphysically fit listening audience! Welcome to another fiery fact finding mission, courtesy of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm. Join your hosts, Dburt and Captain Kirk as they discuss the following current event laden issues: Dburt finally checked out Godzilla and they became great friends; Chirlane McCray, the First Lady of New York causes a stir when she disclosed that her foray into motherhood was not a natural fit (and did NY media report her story fairly?) ; and in yet another local NY/Long Island political dust up, a liberal Nassau County legislator is being called to resign for stating that an adjacent neighborhood was bad "because African-Americans live there”; a Black Voices piece reports that the job market discriminates against recent AA college grads; hopefully (and finally) we'll get a chance to discuss a NY Times article that highlighted a proposal to add PC coding to the elementary school curriculum; Ahmir Thompson aka Questlove has written a rather provocative six part essay, courtesy of Vulture.com on the failures of current Hip Hop culture and lastly, is "Hood Disease" a real phenomenon? Call the show live at 646-915-9620!
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