EPISODE · Dec 27, 2018 · 2H 57M
Special Year in Review Show Incl. Last Minute Controversies & Trailers-Wed 7pm
from Afronerd Radio · host Afronerd Radio
Happy Holidays! Simply our "Year in Review" podcast! Airing this Wednesday at 7pm and steam powered by the Afronerd Radio Machine. Topics to be hashed out are: the main occurrences, trials, trevails and controversies of 2019 in addition to some late developing stories-comedic superstar, Chris Rock gets into a bit of hot water over a 2011 interview with a few of his stand up contemporaries including Louis CK's use/misuse of the N-word (with Rock's perceived "approval"); filmmaker, Jordan Peele's US trailer gets released into the cyberverse with a great deal of excitement; a Black high school student athlete is forced to cut his dreads during a wrestling match to accommodate officials (allegedly); our belated thoughts about the Aquaman film; a recent Vibe piece highlights the mining of Black scholastic/intellectual writing talent by Marvel Comics to redirect and refresh their stories; Richard Roundtree and Samuel L. Jackson return to Shaft; Doom Patrol trailer; THAT Titans finale; is the Isaiah Bradley story ready for some shine via the MCU and lastly, Lebron James' apologies for an anti-semitic rap quote. Call LIVE at 646-915-9620.
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Happy Holidays! Simply our "Year in Review" podcast! Airing this Wednesday at 7pm and steam powered by the Afronerd Radio Machine. Topics to be hashed out are: the main occurrences, trials, trevails and controversies of 2019 in addition to some late developing stories-comedic superstar, Chris Rock gets into a bit of hot water over a 2011 interview with a few of his stand up contemporaries including Louis CK's use/misuse of the N-word (with Rock's perceived "approval"); filmmaker, Jordan Peele's US trailer gets released into the cyberverse with a great deal of excitement; a Black high school student athlete is forced to cut his dreads during a wrestling match to accommodate officials (allegedly); our belated thoughts about the Aquaman film; a recent Vibe piece highlights the mining of Black scholastic/intellectual writing talent by Marvel Comics to redirect and refresh their stories; Richard Roundtree and Samuel L. Jackson return to Shaft; Doom Patrol trailer; THAT Titans finale; is the Isaiah Bradley story ready for some shine via the MCU and lastly, Lebron James' apologies for an anti-semitic rap quote. Call LIVE at 646-915-9620.
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