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New Afronerd Radio Podcast Airing 8.15.18



We’re going straight for the fictional jugular! It’s the Mid Week in Review airing every Wednesday at 7pm eastern, thanks to the good folks at Afronerd Radio Machineworks!  Listen to your podcast crew favs “chop it up” about the following topics: former White House aid and reality show contestant, Omarosa Manigault is causing a stir with her new book, Unhinged and she gets rewarded by Trump with a “dog” slur tweet;  legendary music executive, Lyor Cohen (Def Jam, YouTube) recently shook the internet with a recent Breakfast Club interview in which he gave a duplicitous response to questions concerning his support for artists that promote illicit drug use;  in pop culture news-there’s new Spock casting for Star Trek: Discovery S2;  Londoners are testing 3 screen immersive theaters as a way to combat viewers that are “Netflix-ing it and chilling”;  a black owned cryptocurrency firm called “Wacoinda” in seeking a trademark might be hearing from Marvel’s legal department;  Dburt is thinking about a new hashtag campaign….#getoncode; positive thoughts and best wishes go to American Icon, Aretha Franklin who is in hospice care due a cancer diagnosis:  impressions of  Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen team up in new Green Book trailer;  thoughts about the return of the Fantastic Four (in print…#1 was released last week)m courtesy of writer, Dan Slott; And lastly, Fortnite Twitch gamer/streamer, Ninja is getting criticized for not playing with female gamers (#me2 concerns).  Call in LIVE at 646-915-9620.


And while you wait for another funky, fiery fact finding mission(ary) podcast, check out some African Americana classics from Aretha Franklin and Don Shirley (depicted by the aforementioned Mahershala Ali in Green Book) with some assistance from some dude called Duke Ellington..(cue my humor):