EPISODE · May 14, 2014 · 1H 32M
Listen to Afronerd Radio's Mid Week in Review-Wed @7:30pm
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Keeping matters terse, welcome to the latest edition of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review! Join Dburt and Captain Kirk this Wednesday at 7:30pm (EST) as they unravel the following topical mysteries: picking up what we failed to address from our last broadcast-the Bring Back Our Girls campaign as it relates to the vicious Nigerian kidnapping tragedy (as well as the media, FLOTUS and Ann Coulter's involvement) ; football player, Michael Sam made history last week, as the St. Louis Rams made him the 249th overall choice in the 2014 NFL draft...but not without controversy; and dovetailing off of the Sam controversy, just what is the state of Black masculinity from image to reality (can traditionalism be preserved without trampling over the rights and agenda of other protected classes?); Batman vs Superman director, Zack Snyder reveals the Batfleck suit and Batmobile via tweet; we begrudglingly discuss the latest in minstrel affairs-the Jay-Z/Solange Knowles tiff (a very brief discussion); Dburt revisits the dumbest Wheel of Fortune contestant fiasco and lastly, from the NY Times Opinion Pages, educators, writers and technologists debate whether computer coding should be included as part of the elementary school curriculum. Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620.
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Keeping matters terse, welcome to the latest edition of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review! Join Dburt and Captain Kirk this Wednesday at 7:30pm (EST) as they unravel the following topical mysteries: picking up what we failed to address from our last broadcast-the Bring Back Our Girls campaign as it relates to the vicious Nigerian kidnapping tragedy (as well as the media, FLOTUS and Ann Coulter's involvement) ; football player, Michael Sam made history last week, as the St. Louis Rams made him the 249th overall choice in the 2014 NFL draft...but not without controversy; and dovetailing off of the Sam controversy, just what is the state of Black masculinity from image to reality (can traditionalism be preserved without trampling over the rights and agenda of other protected classes?); Batman vs Superman director, Zack Snyder reveals the Batfleck suit and Batmobile via tweet; we begrudglingly discuss the latest in minstrel affairs-the Jay-Z/Solange Knowles tiff (a very brief discussion); Dburt revisits the dumbest Wheel of Fortune contestant fiasco and lastly, from the NY Times Opinion Pages, educators, writers and technologists debate whether computer coding should be included as part of the elementary school curriculum. Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620.
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