EPISODE · Dec 24, 2015 · 1H 33M
Our Pre-Xmas Eve Podcast: Harvey Blooper; Twitter vs Dr Tyson & More, Wed@7:30pm
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Seasons Greetings, people! Join us for our penultimate Xmas/Mid Week in Review podcast airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST, courtesy of the Afronerd Radio machine! Take a sip of eggnog and listen to Dburt and Capt. Kirk wax poetic about this week's (mid) week current issues: comedian/entrepreneur Steve Harvey finds himself in Twitter Hell due to a flub during his hosting of the Miss Universe contest; noted astrophysicist,Dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson also finds himself in a Twitter troll war because of his time honored science fiction/science fact tweets about certain films. Unfortunately, he chose to poke fun at the latest Star Wars movie; and yet, in more Blerd news, the prospect of a Black Hermione for an upcoming Harry Potter play is causing a stir (on Twiter....AGAIN); Capt. Kirk and Dburt trade opinions on the new Star Wars versus Quentin Tarantino's forthcoming, Hateful 8 film; CBS gets critiqued for censorship due to a televised focus group comprised of American Muslims who questioned US foreign policy in the Middle East. And lastly, our thoughts on President Obama's modern take on media access with his upcoming appearance on Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Call in live at 646-915-9620.
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Seasons Greetings, people! Join us for our penultimate Xmas/Mid Week in Review podcast airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST, courtesy of the Afronerd Radio machine! Take a sip of eggnog and listen to Dburt and Capt. Kirk wax poetic about this week's (mid) week current issues: comedian/entrepreneur Steve Harvey finds himself in Twitter Hell due to a flub during his hosting of the Miss Universe contest; noted astrophysicist,Dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson also finds himself in a Twitter troll war because of his time honored science fiction/science fact tweets about certain films. Unfortunately, he chose to poke fun at the latest Star Wars movie; and yet, in more Blerd news, the prospect of a Black Hermione for an upcoming Harry Potter play is causing a stir (on Twiter....AGAIN); Capt. Kirk and Dburt trade opinions on the new Star Wars versus Quentin Tarantino's forthcoming, Hateful 8 film; CBS gets critiqued for censorship due to a televised focus group comprised of American Muslims who questioned US foreign policy in the Middle East. And lastly, our thoughts on President Obama's modern take on media access with his upcoming appearance on Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Call in live at 646-915-9620.
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Our Pre-Xmas Eve Podcast: Harvey Blooper; Twitter vs Dr Tyson & More, Wed@7:30pm
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