Black and Snerdy Podcast
by Odochi Ibe and Maurice Licorish
The Black and Snerdy Podcast is a weekly pop culture podcast hosted by Odochi Ibe and Maurice Licorish and based in New York City. Listen along every Wednesday as Maurice and Ode discuss nerd shit, sexy nerd ish, with a healthy sprinkling of mental health awareness and keys to destroying white supremacy. Act like you know the deal and tune in!
Episodes
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Bonus: Double Fisting HIStory with Le’Asha Julius
Black and Snerdy welcomes actor, playwright, director and music artist Le’Asha Julius for a bonus episode as Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo “Kid” Licorish (@licorishislegit) trace a career that runs from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and SUNY Purchase to NPR’s Tiny Desk with The…
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Ep 204: Just Read, Please Vote with Percy
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo “Kid” Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome Percy (she/they), a comics, gaming and literature devotee whose fandom began with Sailor Moon and grew through years of high school fandom blogging. Percy explains how New X-Men made Quentin Quire a favorite mutant,...
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Bonus: Just a Little Cartilage with Kai Grayson
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome Kai Grayson to a Black and Snerdy bonus episode, a screenwriter, producer, cosplayer and pro wrestler whose credits include Work It Out Wombats!, The Creature Cases and Genevieve's Playhouse. Kai arrives with blue hair...
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Ep 203: Mo Don’t Sport, Ode Don’t Horror
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo “Kid” Licorish (@licorishislegit) open Episode 203 of Black and Snerdy with a weekend recap featuring Blerd by Nature, then break down Megan Thee Stallion’s debut at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. Mo crowns her “Megan the Pegasus” for wearing the brand’s...
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Bonus: The First Black Man to Survive in Space with D. Frie (The Lando Cal Experience)
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome D. Frie, founder of the SOLC Network and host of The Lando Cal Experience, to a Black and Snerdy bonus episode. D. Frie starts at the beginning: a February 1981 birth in Chicago delayed by the bad brakes on his…
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Ep 202: Frolic More, Men with Keith Benn
Howard alum Keith Benn, host of the Build Different podcast on the Watts Productions Network, returns to Black and Snerdy for the first time since episode 50 to sit down with Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo “Kid” Licorish (@licorishislegit). Keith explains how a producer’s pitch for a…
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Bonus: A Warm, Hard Welcome with S. Carlos Carbon
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome S. Carlos Carbon, co-host of The Blerd Effect podcast and founder of Harlem Cinematic Universe, to this Black and Snerdy bonus episode. Carlos traces his fandom from West Baltimore, where Batman: The Animated Series,...
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EP 201: The Butterfree Effect
Black and Snerdy clears out months of headlines in this bonus episode, as Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo “Kid” Licorish (@licorishislegit) record from opposite coasts, with Mo in Oakland and Ode at home in Brooklyn. Their one-word rapid fire round opens with #EmmysSoWhite after the 2026...
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Bonus: A Cavalcade of the Diaspora with Malcolm McFadden
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome Malcolm McFadden, the writer and founder behind Six Fifteen Comics and the voice of Yo! A Nerd, into the Black and Snerdy universe for a bonus conversation about building an indie comic book universe from the ground…
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Ep 200: Beat a Dead Horse, Bring It Back to Life
Black and Snerdy reaches episode 200 and its five-year anniversary as Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) open the archive for a night of clips, questions, and callbacks. They revisit the Episode 50 celebration with Keith, Ben, and Sam, reopen the "good host...
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Bonus: Dudes With Hard Ons Do Not Understand Self Preservation with Yusuf In The Building
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome Yusuf In The BUILDING of the Relationship Status Podcast for a bonus crossover episode covering podcasting, dating culture, and a deep rewatch of a 1990s Black cinema classic. Yusuf shares the origin of his...
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Bonus: This Is Stupid, But I'm Going to Do It with Casey Muze
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome author, speaker, and Brace No More founder Casey Muze for a bonus conversation built around a phrase Casey Muze repeats after being told a music therapy idea was "stupid": this is stupid, but I'm going to do it. Casey...
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Bonus: Start a Blog, Start a Blog, Start a Blog with Terrance Pryor
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome rock journalist and MP3s and NPCs founder Terrance Pryor for a conversation that traces his path from a college radio host at UCCR through booking tours and writing for NJ Underground and Examiner, all the way to...
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Bonus: Seeing Great Friends Be Great Friends with Cleo and Callie of Melanin Muses Podcast
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcomed Cleo and Callie of the Melanin Muses Podcast for a bonus episode built around Hamilton trivia, anime, and mental health advocacy. The conversation traced how Melanin Muses began during the pandemic, moved through the...
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Bonus: We'll Ray Charles It with Mark Robinson
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) sit down with advertising veteran and author Mark Robinson to discuss his book Pitch Black: The Best Black Ads of the Past Fifty Plus Years. Robinson explains how he assembled a panel of Black creative directors, each assigned…
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Bonus: We Need More Black Male Booty in Film with Marck Angel
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome filmmaker and musical artist Marck Angel to discuss the making of his film Seraphim: The Motion Picture, tracing its origins back to the Trayvon Martin verdict and his 2019 album Angel Dust. Marck Angel walks through…
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Bonus: When This B*tch Dies, I'm Moving to Vegas with Dominic Jordan
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome Dominic Jordon, founder of Slevin Studio, for a bonus episode of Black and Snerdy. Jordon traces his path from an early clothing brand and freelance photo and video gigs into founding Slevin Studio, drawing a…
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Bonus: The 90's, They Were Just Different with Rallo Boykins
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) are joined by stand-up comedian and film critic Rallo Boykins for a conversation that moves through his path from Howard University to stand-up comedy and Instagram film criticism, including his takes on I Got the Hook Up,...
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Bonus: Ginkgo Biloba with Phil the Blerd Explorer
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) sit down with author and world traveler Phil the Blerd Explorer to unpack his journey from a university job board ad to nine years teaching English in South Korea, and eventually a second career as a licensed ESL teacher in...
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Bonus: Because of Fruits Basket With Tiffany Senpai and Davies of Anime Nokori
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome Davies and Tiffany of the Anime Nokori podcast for a wide-ranging conversation on Black and Snerdy. Tiffany opens up about how Fruits Basket helped her rebuild her sense of self after ending an engagement she entered...
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Bonus: I Love a Black Taco, Okay? with Kendrick Tucker
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome comedian and podcaster Kendrick Tucker, host of I Kennot with Kendrick Tucker, for a bonus episode built around reality TV debate and career advice. Kendrick traces his path from watching Unsolved Mysteries as a kid to...
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Bonus: Stop Being the Best Kept Secret With Coach Toci of Mompreneur Academy
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo aka Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) sit down with Coach Toci, founder of Mompreneur Academy, for a conversation on entrepreneurship, branding, and mental health. Coach Toci traces her hustle back to selling CDs and candy as a child, then walks through her path...
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Bonus: Make Sure the Juice Is Worth the Squeeze With Keith and MarkDub of Blerd-ish Podcast
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) sit down with Keith and MarkDub of the Blerd-ish podcast for a wide-ranging bonus episode marking Blerd-ish's ten-year anniversary. The conversation traces the show's start around the release of Black Panther, its roots in…
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Bonus: That Room Must Have Smelled So Funky with Jay Ray and DJ Sir Daniel of Queue Points
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray of Queue Points podcast for a bonus crossover centered on Netflix's The Greatest Night in Pop. The conversation traces the recording of We Are the World, covering the roles played by Harry...
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Ep 199: Ryan Coogler Can Do No Wrong
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) open with Marvel's announcement that David Johnson will play the new Black Panther in Black Panther III, working through Ryan Coogler's comments on the casting from a Griot article, the Chadwick Boseman legacy woven through...
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Bonus: It's GG All The Way with Gerald Goodwin Jr
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome comic book creator Gerald Goodwin Jr into the Snurdyverse for a bonus episode built around his series Kairu, Slayer of Kaiju. Gerald walks through the premise of a twelve year old granted a symbiotic alien suit that...
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Ep 198: Children of Blood and Groan
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) open this episode of Black and Snerdy examining Tomi Adeyemi's public statement distancing herself from Paramount's film adaptation of Children of Blood and Bone. They walk through Adeyemi's account of the toll the…
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Bonus: Pay Black Women and Triple It with Jamie Broadnax (Black Girl Nerds Podcast)
In this bonus episode of Black and Snerdy, Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome Jamie Broadnax, founder and editor of Black Girl Nerds, for a conversation that traces the site's origin back to a 2012 Google search that returned nothing representative of...
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Bonus: A Good Black Time/Don't Trust Trees with Queen It Shall Be
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome Tanisha Hall, founder of IAS Games and known as Queen It Shall Be, for a bonus episode of Black and Snerdy centered on tabletop games and Black joy. Hall traces her path from childhood game nights with Clue and The...
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Bonus: We Are Not Shameful with Sampson McCormick
On this bonus episode of Black and Snerdy, Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome award-winning stand-up comedian, writer, and activist Sampson McCormick for a conversation that moves from his upbringing in Southeast D.C. to his role as one of the first...
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Ep 197: Blerd and Snerd Connection with Nick and Maurice (Blerd By Nature Podcast)
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome Nick and Maurice of the Blerd By Nature podcast for a wide-ranging crossover conversation. The guests trace their friendship back to NYC wrestling watch parties, an AEW show in Washington, D.C., and the pandemic...
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Ep 196.5 Authentic Self: Bonus Convo with Chiquita Johnson (Chronicles of a Virgo Podcast)
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) open this bonus episode of Black and Snerdy with their mental health check-in segment, joined by Chiquita Johnson. Mo describes managing manic and depressive stretches without health insurance or medication, leaning on years...
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Ep 196: Authentic Self with Chiquita Johnson (Chronicles of a Virgo Podcast)
In this episode of Black and Snerdy, Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) are joined by fellow podcaster and friend of the show Chiquita Johnson (Chronicles of a Virgo Podcast) to share her podcast origin, therapy-driven mission, and recent health and…
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Ep 195.5 Watch Out Now - Backstage with WordPlay T. Jay and Icarus Gray (No Rhyme or Reason Podcast)
On this episode of Black and Snerdy, Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo AKA Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) sit down with Wordplay T. Jay and Icarus Gray for a bonus conversation that starts with the origins of their podcasting lane and quickly moves into hip hop culture, generational...
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Ep 195: Give Supreme Her Money with Supreme Sensai
In this episode of Black and Snerdy, Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) talk with Supreme Sensai about DreamCon hosting, creator finances, and postpartum pressures. The panel react to the Pooh Shiesty leaked footage and the Gucci Mane connection, break…
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Bonus: Brick Me With That Bullshit with Jared and D'Marcus (Black Geek Energy)
In this episode, Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo aka Kid Licorish (@licorishislegit) welcome Jared and D'Marcus of the Black Geek Energy podcast for a Pride‑themed round of “This or That” that pits queer icons head‑to‑head. The conversation names and weighs Ryan Wilder versus Renee...
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Ep 194: Get That Hair Off Your Shoulder
In this episode, Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) take on a week of viral culture and personal moments: Lil Nas X’s update after a three‑month rehab stay and his public discussion of a bipolar diagnosis, Beyoncé’s short documentary about Jay‑Z’s multiday...
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Ep 193.5 Watch Out Now - Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die
In this bonus Watch Out Now episode of Black and Snerdy, Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) break down Gore Verbinski and Matthew Robinson’s film Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die with scene‑level attention: the diner setup at Norm’s, Sam Rockwell’s...
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Ep 193: Weaponized Incompetence vs. Just Being Stupid with Matt Scott and Mari Forth
On this episode of Black and Snerdy, Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) celebrate Father’s Day by ranking the most legendary Black dads in pop culture history. They are joined by guests Matt Scott (@MattScottGW) and Mari Forth (@MariTalks2Much) from the…
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Bonus: Negro Sunshine
On this Bonus episode of Black and Snerdy, Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) open in full victory mode as they recap the Knicks winning the NBA Finals and what it felt like watching the city go feral in real time. They talk packed Brooklyn bars, the...
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Ep 192: This Nerd Don't Sport
In this episode of Black and Snerdy, Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) dive straight into the Knicks’ wild Finals run against the Spurs, reacting to the twenty-nine-point comeback, the chaos around Madison Square Garden, Taylor Swift’s courtside cameo, and the...
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Ep 191.5 Watch Out Now - Michael Jackson: The Verdict
Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) examine Netflix’s three‑part documentary Michael Jackson: The Verdict and interrogate why the documentary arrived so close to the new Michael biopic, which the hosts cite as a major box‑office event. They name Leaving…
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Ep 191: Number 2 Pencils
In this episode, Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) discuss a surprise Jay-Z freestyle, play the clip, and break down the bars and implications for Beyoncé’s public posture. They examine the Diddy tape, voice concern for Daphne Joy while offering frank...
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Bonus: Moments of Youth with Gregory Pellerito
In this episode of Black and Snerdy, Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) speak with writer-director Gregory Pellerito about his movie Moments of Youth, a single-night coming-of-age film built around a scavenger-hunt structure and a major traumatic event that is...
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Ep 190: Death By A Thousand Butts
In this episode Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) react to viral moments and heavyweight confessions: Ray J’s knockout against Supa Hot Fire and the photos that followed spark questions about a possible rigged fight and a familiar publicity pattern, while Pope...
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Ep 189 Trader Joe's Of Albums
In this episode, Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) are talking about Drake’s surprise multi-album rollout, reviewing Maid of Honour and Habibti while referencing Iceman and how the new records fit into his catalog. They name specific standouts and...
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Ep 188: Doesn't Even Fulfill Three-Fifths
On this episode of Black and Snerdy, Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) break down the Netflix roast of Kevin Hart, diving into standout appearances from Usher, Pete Davidson, Chelsea Handler, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, while unpacking why the lineup…
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Ep 187: Darktor (Mother's Day Edition)
On this episode of Black and Snerdy, Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) celebrate Mother's Day with an all-new segment called "This or That: Mother's Day Edition," ranking and debating the greatest Black mothers in pop culture history. They kick things off with…
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Ep 186: Context and Guardrails
On this episode of Black and Snerdy, Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) examine the disturbing criminal case involving the artist David (D4VD) and the tragic death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez. They detail how online platforms like Discord and Twitch…
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Ep 185 Enshitification of Everything
On this episode of Black and Snerdy, Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) dive into a chaotic week of national security scares and celebrity heartbreak. The duo kicks things off with a deep dive into the shocking shooting at the White House Correspondents'...
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The Black and Snerdy Podcast is a weekly pop culture podcast hosted by Odochi Ibe and Maurice Licorish and based in New York City. Listen along every Wednesday as Maurice and Ode discuss nerd shit, sexy nerd ish, with a healthy sprinkling of mental health awareness and keys to destroying white supremacy. Act like you know the deal and tune in!
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