BlerdTalk with Bola and Whitney: Recent Episodes
Bolashade Hanson and Whitney Booker
We are two self-proclaimed Blerds expressing what our black nerdiness is while giving our opinions and observations about society and culture through film, tv, media and whatever else we are Blerding Out about.
In this rerun of our 50th episode we reviewed for the first time a Tollywood Indian movie- Historical Action film RRR: Rise, Roar, Revolt. We also had a special guest - TripleFQueen Bola's sister Shola aka Shawshi. Topics in Blackness was back this episode! We talked about the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever trailer and the Recast T'Challa debate. We were Blerding Out about KinnPorsche the TV Series, Netflix's The Sandman, and Belle the anime film. Join our spirited discussion and dive into Indian Cinema with us.Check out links to some mentions during the episode:Black Girl Nerds Featuring EMan Reviews Episode 308:https://9fvb.short.gy/BlackGirlNerdsEp308Tony Weaver Post Kilmonger Trash:https://9fvb.short.gy/TonyWeaverKilmongerTrashThe Sandman:https://9fvb.short.gy/TheSandmanBelle:https://9fvb.short.gy/BelleOm Shanti Om - Drum reference:https://9fvb.short.gy/OmShantiOmDrumO Re Piya - Singing reference:https://9fvb.short.gy/ORePiyaSingingDirector and Cast Interview:https://9fvb.short.gy/RRRDirectorCastInterview Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshunShow Notes by Bola HansonAudio engineering by Whitney BookerShow Contact Info:Subscribe to our email newsletter: blerdtalkbw.ck.pageEmail: blerdtalkbw@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBWTikTok: http://tiktok.com/@blerdtalkbwYouTube: https://YouTube.com/@blerdtalkbwBola’s contact info:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triplefqueenbYouTube: https://YouTube.com/@triplefqueenbWhitney’s company contact info:Email: whit@lumenavi.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blerdtalk-with-bola-and-whitney/message
Today's episode we are reviewing Monkey Man. We are Blerding Out about Netflix K-Drama Queen of Tears, Akaash Singh YouTube comedy special Gaslit, shopping,Tig Nataro’s special Tig Notaro: Hello Again, Road House the film, Netflix's Physical: 100, and Boy Kills World and the Bad Boys 4, Bad Boys: Ride or Die movie trailers. Our Topics in Blackness are Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter Album and Lizzo’s I Quit IG post.Review Timestamp 52:30Akaash Singh Comedy special- Gaslithttps://9fvb.short.gy/AkaashGaslit Dev Patel Interview https://9fvb.short.gy/DevPatelInterview Monkey Man Articlehttps://9fvb.short.gy/MonkeyManArticle Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshunShow Notes by Bola HansonAudio engineering by Whitney BookerShow Contact Info:Subscribe to our email newsletter: blerdtalkbw.ck.pageEmail: blerdtalkbw@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBWTikTok: http://tiktok.com/@blerdtalkbwYouTube: https://YouTube.com/@blerdtalkbwBola’s contact info:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triplefqueenbYouTube: https://YouTube.com/@triplefqueenbWhitney’s company contact info:Email: whit@lumenavi.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blerdtalk-with-bola-and-whitney/message
On today's episode we are reviewing the Netflix film Damsel. We are Blerding Out about Madame Webb, Imaginary, Swiss Army Man, A Sign of Affection, Netflix series First Wives Club, the Claude Monet Immersive Experience and Zion Kitchen restaurant in DC.
Review Timestamp: 42:53
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This episode we review the film Dune: Part Two. We are Blerding Out about Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, BlkMarket, Disney+ mini series Iwájú and Iwájú: A Day Ahead, Crossroads Arts Center, and the live action Avatar: The Last Airbender. The topics discussed in our Blerd Update segment are: the Avatar: The Last Airbender Netflix series renewal, GalaxyCon, Naruto live action director announced, and the death of Akira Toriyama. Review Timestamp 45:35Artist Lizzie B From the Core Art Studiohttps://9fvb.short.gy/LizzieBCoreArtStudio *Correction Shang-chi director Destin Daniel Cretton Avatar Fakeout Videohttps://9fvb.short.gy/AvatarFakeout Marvel Cancellation Videohttps://9fvb.short.gy/MarvelCancellation Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshunShow Notes by Bola HansonAudio engineering by Whitney BookerShow Contact Info:Subscribe to our email newsletter: blerdtalkbw.ck.pageEmail: blerdtalkbw@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBWTikTok: http://tiktok.com/@blerdtalkbwYouTube: https://YouTube.com/@blerdtalkbwBola’s contact info:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triplefqueenbYouTube: https://YouTube.com/@triplefqueenbWhitney’s company contact info:Email: whit@lumenavi.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blerdtalk-with-bola-and-whitney/message
On today's episode we are reviewing Bob Marley: One Love. We are Blerding Out about Self Reflection, self growth, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Wicked film trailer, and the Song Exploder podcast. Review Timestamp 36:14Wicked Trailerhttps://9fvb.short.gy/Wicked Bad Times at the El Royalehttps://9fvb.short.gy/BadTimesElRoyale Nina Cried Power- Hozierhttps://9fvb.short.gy/NinaCriedPower Song Exploder podcast RSS feed:https://9fvb.short.gy/SongExploder Whitney’s favorite Song Exploder podcast episodes:Siddhartha Khosla - Only Murders in the Building (Main Title Theme) episodehttps://9fvb.short.gy/OnlyMurderstheme Seal - Kiss from a Rose episodehttps://9fvb.short.gy/KissfromaRose Hozier- Nina Cried Power (feat. Mavis Staples) episodehttps://9fvb.short.gy/NinaCriedPowerep Rastafarianismhttps://9fvb.short.gy/Rastafarianism Black Jeopardy https://9fvb.short.gy/BlackJeopardyIntro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshunShow Notes by Bola HansonAudio engineering by Whitney BookerShow Contact Info:Subscribe to our email newsletter: blerdtalkbw.ck.pageEmail: blerdtalkbw@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBWTikTok: http://tiktok.com/@blerdtalkbwYouTube: https://YouTube.com/@blerdtalkbwBola’s contact info:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triplefqueenbYouTube: https://YouTube.com/@triplefqueenbWhitney’s company contact info:Email: whit@lumenavi.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blerdtalk-with-bola-and-whitney/message
Today's episode your blerd girls review the film Origin by Ava DuVernay. We are Blerding Out about Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Barbarian, the Moana 2 teaser, Brahmastra Part One: Shiva, What If Season 2, and Bridgerton Season 3 teasers. Our anime updates are on KhromaKon, the Spy x Family film trailer, the Naruto fan animation, and the Avatar: The Last Airbender live action series. Review Timestamp : 31:24Ava DuVernay Interviews https://9fvb.short.gy/AvaInterview1 https://9fvb.short.gy/AvaInterview2 Isabel Wilkerson Interviews https://9fvb.short.gy/IsabelInterview1 https://9fvb.short.gy/IsabelInterview2 Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshun Show Notes by Bola Hanson Audio engineering by Whitney Booker Show Contact Info: Subscribe to our email newsletter: blerdtalkbw.ck.page Email: blerdtalkbw@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBW TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@blerdtalkbw YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@blerdtalkbw Bola’s contact info: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triplefqueenb YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@triplefqueenb Whitney’s company contact info: Email: whit@lumenavi.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blerdtalk-with-bola-and-whitney/message
On today's episode we are reviewing the critically acclaimed film American Fiction. We are Blerding Out about Kpop band BlackSwan, anime Spy x Family, anime music, Marvel's Echo and Max’s True Detective. Our Topics in Blackness discussed on the pod were the Jonathan Majors case and the Kat Williams Club Shay Shay interview.
Review Timestamp
40:33
Erasure by Percival Everett - the novel American Fiction is adapted from.
BlackSwan-Music Video
https://9fvb.short.gy/BlackSwan
Jonathan Majors Interview
https://9fvb.short.gy/JonathanMajorsInterview
Kat Williams Interview
https://9fvb.short.gy/KatWilliamsInterview
Article about American Fiction Ending
https://9fvb.short.gy/AmericanFictionEnding
American Fiction Cast Panel
https://9fvb.short.gy/AmericanFictionCastPanel
Jeffery Wright and Sterling K. Brown video
https://9fvb.short.gy/JefferyWrightSterlingKBrownvid
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Happy New Year Folks! For our first episode of the year we are reviewing the new The Color Purple film from 2023 with a guest, our blerd friend, Jane Samuels. We are Blerding Out about Tooth and Claw Podcast, This American Life Podcast, book The Covenant of Water, the Temu shopping app, the film Saltburn, Xena: Warrior Princess, Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story documentary, Hulu series Black Cake and Small Island.
Episode Mentions:
Oprah and the Color Purple Journey documentary on Max:
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Review Timestamp 1:01:58
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Today's episode we review Wonka. We are Blerding Out about Christmas in general. That includes all the songs, decor, music, movies, activities and family time. Listen for a list of our favorite Christmas songs and movies. See some unique Christmas songs below.
Review Timestamp 25:00
Non problematic version of "Baby It's Cold Outside" from Netflix movie Love Hard:
https://9fvb.short.gy/j1jZmy
“How Many Kings” - Downhere
https://9fvb.short.gy/WNHXYP
“Merry Christmas” - Ed Sheeran and Elton John
https://9fvb.short.gy/8Pyouo
“River” - Joni Mitchell
https://9fvb.short.gy/0ML9AH
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Today's episode we are reviewing the new Christmas film Candy Cane Lane. We are Blerding Out about Netflix shows Big Mouth and Human Resources, the Janelle Monáe song “Make Me Feel”, RVA Explore Tour’s Tacky Light Tour, Christmas Tea at the John Marshall Ballrooms and On the Air Radio Players Christmas play “A Hearthside Holiday”. Our Topics in Blackness are bad hair braiders and Black food documentary High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America season 2.
Review Timestamp 26:58
Janelle Monáe - “Make Me Feel”
https://9fvb.short.gy/MakeMeFeel
On The Air Radio Players
https://9fvb.short.gy/OTARP
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On today's episode we are reviewing Killers of the Flower Moon in honor of Native American Heritage Month. We are Blerding Out about Thanksgiving, Dance Candy Band performance, the final season of The Crown, Six the musical, Murder on the Orient Express, the film Men, Loki season 2, and The Marvels film backlash.
*Correction Lily Gladstone is from the Blackfeet tribe not
Osage Review Timestamp 31:45
Documentaries on the Osage Murders
https://9fvb.short.gy/LVWJpr https://9fvb.short.gy/TK35pG
Contextualized explanation of why Osage Women married White Men https://9fvb.short.gy/ylyuW7
The Take Analysis on the film
https://9fvb.short.gy/b8QYNK
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshunShow Notes by Bola HansonAudio engineering by Whitney Booker
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Today's episode we review The Marvels with special guest Shola Hanson. We are Blerding Out about Thai BL show I Feel You Linger in the Air, Teen Wolf: The Movie, Shah Rukh Khan action films Jawan and Pathaan, and the end of the Actors Strike.
Captain Planet Meme
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On today's episode we review the Hulu original series The Other Black Girl. We are Blerding Out about the Lola Akerstrom book Everything is Not Enough, horror film Five Nights at Freddy's, and series The Haunting of Hill House, and The Fall of the House of Usher.
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Happy October Blerds. Today's episode is on Netflix's Lupin Part 3. We are Blerding Out about Fall activities like apple picking at The Market at Grelen and Carter Mountain Orchard; the pumpkin patch at Chesterfield Berry Farm; and Fall festivals such as the 2nd Street Festival, and the Richmond Folk Festival. Additional Blerd Outs are wheel throwing, the Broadway musical Frozen and the film Chevalier.
Market at Grelen
https://9fvb.short.gy/MarketGrelen
Carter Mountain Orchard
https://9fvb.short.gy/CarterMtOrchard
Chesterfield Berry Farm
https://9fvb.short.gy/ChesterfieldBerryFarm
Hand and Thrown Ceramics Studio
https://9fvb.short.gy/HandThrownCeramics
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In today's episode we are reviewing DC's Blue Beetle. We also talk about the Writers, Actors, and Auto workers' strike. We are Blerding Out about Bob Hearts Abishola, RVA LIT FEST, Netflix movie The Mother, the Interview with the Vampire series, and Netflix anime Ooku: The Inner Chambers.
Review Timestamp 39:00Cast Interviewhttps://9fvb.short.gy/H72MOF
Director interview https://9fvb.short.gy/58LtlE
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In this throwback, rerun episode we discussed the heisty, thrilling Netflix show, Lupin. We also talked about new shows and movies coming out soon, Covid restrictions lifting, and the Juneteenth Dirty South Exhibit at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.41:01 90's Anime Cartoons05:01 Intro to Episode Lupin07:01 Languages and Subtitles08:01 "Dragostea din tei"
- https://9fvb.short.gy/Gt5heU
10:17 Netflix and Foreign Films11:31 Workin' Moms on Netflix14:38 Live Action Cowboy Bebop teaser
- https://9fvb.short.gy/cowboybebopliveaction
16:42 Blerd Out Bola - Opening Up, Restrictions Lifting19:19 Blerd Out Bola 2 - Juneteenth Dirty South Exhibit VMFA22:24 Future Movies and TV Coming Out24:43 Omar Sy's Background26:19 Lupin Inspiration- Arsène Lupin26:31 Lupin Show Plot32:26 Characters33:22 Lupin: the Heist Drama36:13 Master of Disguise35:01 Favorite Things About Lupin55:11 Sexiness of Omar Sy56:58 Racism in Lupin1:02:36 The Finale1:14:36 RatingIntro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshunShow Notes by Bola HansonAudio engineering by Whitney BookerShow Contact Info:Subscribe to our email newsletter: blerdtalkbw.ck.pageEmail: blerdtalkbw@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBWTikTok: http://tiktok.com/@blerdtalkbwYouTube: https://YouTube.com/@blerdtalkbw Bola’s contact info:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triplefqueenb YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@triplefqueenb Whitney’s company contact info:Email: whit@lumenavi.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios
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Today's episode we are reviewing the blockbuster smash hit movie of the summer, Barbie. We are Blerding Out about Jo Koy Netflix Specials, the Book Bar RVA Lit Fest, Marvel's Secret Invasion, Netflix's Heart of Stone, Boruto: Two Blue Vortex manga, Naruto Clue, My Happy Marriage, Hulu's The Bear, Amazon's The Peripheral, and HBO's The Last of Us.
Review Timestamp
28:04
*Wrong name was said on the podcast correction in the notes
RVA Lit Fest https://9fvb.short.gy/75RVALitFest
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In today's episode we review the controversial film The Flash. We are Blerding Out about fishing, the Roy Wood Jr. Comedy Show, electric car charging, the Manifest series finale,Yendidi Ghanaian Restaurant, and the Virginia Beach Funny Bone.
Review Timestamp 30:35
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Bola is out for this episode, so Whitney is instead joined by guest host Liqua. We Blerded Out about so many things that we broke this episode into two parts!
In this week's episode we review The Blackening. To listen to our Blerd Out super episode, check out episode 72 from last week.
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This week's episode we review Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. We are Blerding Out about birthday activities, Pasta and Paint, Sea Suite Cruise: Paddle Club RVA, Pandora bracelets, the film Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Wednesday season 2, Ted Lasso, Manifest, and Never Have I Ever. Our New Segment is Blerd Out News. Those topics are Boruto Manga Update, Naruto board games, Disney+ Secret Invasion, the Tenoch Huerta sexual assault accusation, The Flash pre-reviews are not good and lastly BlerdCon is next month.
Review Timestamp
36:50
Animation info video
https://9fvb.short.gy/vaASGI
Fantastic Franckey IG profile
https://9fvb.short.gy/PBDxwh
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Today's episode we review the live action version of Disney's The Little Mermaid. We are Blerding Out about the musical Hadestown, band En'novation, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,The Book Bar book swap, and RVA explore tours.
Review Timestamp 46:28
En'novation Band:
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On today's episode we will review Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. We are Blerding Out about Nigerian Traditional Weddings, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, The Color Purple remake trailer and TV show Fantasy Island. Groot Articlehttps://collider.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-3-groot-last-line/ Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshunShow Notes by Bola HansonAudio engineering by Whitney BookerShow Contact Info:Subscribe to our email newsletter: blerdtalkbw.ck.pageEmail: blerdtalkbw@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBWTikTok: http://tiktok.com/@blerdtalkbwYouTube: https://YouTube.com/@blerdtalkbw Bola’s contact info:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triplefqueenb YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@triplefqueenb Whitney’s company contact info:Email: whit@lumenavi.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blerdtalk-with-bola-and-whitney/message
We are reviewing the film Polite Society in honor of Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage month. We are Blerding Out about Sanditon, Queen Charlotte a Bridgerton Story, Vikings season 6 episode 7: "The Ice Maiden", and Vikings season 6 episode 11: "King of Kings". Maar Dala from Devdashttps://youtu.be/UY5pjZkKo5c Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshunShow Notes by Bola HansonAudio engineering by Whitney BookerShow Contact Info:Subscribe to our email newsletter: blerdtalkbw.ck.pageEmail: blerdtalkbw@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBWTikTok: http://tiktok.com/@blerdtalkbwYouTube: https://YouTube.com/@blerdtalkbw Bola’s contact info:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triplefqueenb YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@triplefqueenb Whitney’s company contact info:Email: whit@lumenavi.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blerdtalk-with-bola-and-whitney/message
We are reviewing Makoto Shinkai's 3rd film of his anime disaster trilogy movies, Suzume. Topics in Blackness: recent in the wrong place gun shootings with Ralph Yarl, Jonathan Majors abuse allegations. We are Blerding out about 90's kids throwback, the Puzzle Place and new trailers: Polite Society, Strays, Blue Beetle, and Knights of the Zodiac.Blerdout timestamp - 32:58Movie Review timestamp - 57:30Puzzle Placehttps://www.instagram.com/reel/CpvuXUtPFGC/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=90's Kids Throwback Instagram profilehttps://instagram.com/90skidthrowbacks?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=Polite Society Trailerhttps://youtu.be/TRFM7HQmkH0Blue Beetle trailer: https://youtu.be/vS3_72Gb-bIStrays trailer: https://youtu.be/BzwOLKTbCUwKnights of the Zodiac https://youtu.be/Sko0o_KoBHYArticles on Shinkai's Disaster Trilogy https://www.indiewire.com/2023/04/suzume-makoto-shinkai-animation-crunchyroll-1234827684/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/04/how-your-name-became-japans-biggest-movie-in-years/522279/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/makoto-shinkai-interview-suzume-anime-berlin-2023-1235329404/The 2011 Earthquake in Tohoku region of Japanhttps://www.google.com/search?q=2011+earthquake+in+japan&oq=2011+eart&aqs=chrome.2.0i512l3j69i57j0i512l11.4435j0j4&client=ms-android-google&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8Suzume: Story Explained and Japanese Myths Referenceshttps://youtu.be/yzVdW8Ijnbo Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshunShow Notes by Bola HansonAudio engineering by Whitney BookerShow Contact Info:Subscribe to our email newsletter: blerdtalkbw.ck.pageEmail: blerdtalkbw@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBWTikTok: http://tiktok.com/@blerdtalkbwYouTube: https://YouTube.com/@blerdtalkbw Bola’s contact info:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triplefqueenb YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@triplefqueenb Whitney’s company contact info:Email: whit@lumenavi.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blerdtalk-with-bola-and-whitney/message
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Today's episode we got DCU for you! We are reviewing Shazam! Fury of the Gods. We are Blerding Out about Lin Manuel Miranda's work, the 2023-2024 Broadway in Richmond lineup, the 2023 Oscars/Award Season, and Shadow and Bone Season 2.Review time stamp 41:10 Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
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For Women's History Month we are reviewing Why Do Fools Fall in Love. We are Blerding Out about: Elegant Cuisines Restaurant, Kotaro Lives Alone, Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Rosaline, Shotgun Wedding, You, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and the Romantics.
Review timestamp
37:20
Japanese Institutions
https://youtu.be/LCH5Rl30Z48
Throwaway Children of Japan
https://youtu.be/I50yAoCnA64
Child Abuse and Lack of Foster Care in Japan
https://youtu.be/2HCXGn_SuoE
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This week's episode is getting back to Marvel. We review Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. We are Blerding Out about the Black History Exhibit at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Naruto: Shippuden, Negro Spirituals, and Hulu's The Bear.
Review Timestamp
30:00
Black Men Can't Jump [In Hollywood] podcast You People Episode https://play.stitcher.com/episode/211581735
Three Men Weeping
https://vmfa.museum/exhibitions/exhibitions/ebony-patterson/
Frederick Douglas Exhibit
https://vmfa.museum/exhibitions/exhibitions/isaac-julien-lessons-hour-frederick-douglass/
Quantumania Ending Explained
https://youtu.be/BdsB6_X0V68
Quantumania Full Break Down
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For today's episode we got a film that hits the double whammy for Valentine's Day and Black History Month. We are reviewing Netflix's You People. We are Blerding Out about Naruto: Shippuden, the book Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes, Black trends: Hallelujah Roll Call, The Proud Family reboot, Hulu's The Bear, Apple TV+ show Shrinking and The Grammys. For Topics in Blackness we are talking about the backlash of The Proud Family slaves built this country poem and Beyonce concert tickets.
Review timestamp 38:18
Hallelujah roll call:
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Join us as we review murder mystery film Glass Onion: a Knives Out Mystery. We are Blerding Out about the musical Hairspray, Cyrano, Naruto: Shippuden, Docuseries The Hair Tales, the VMFA Art After Hours party, and Hotel Greene mini golf.
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New Year, New Movie and this time we are getting indie. This episode we are reviewing the critically acclaimed film The Banshees of Inishiren. We are Blerding Out about Netflix's Persuasion, Pressure Cooker, The Park RVA, Apple TV+ movie Swan Song, and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.
Movie review timestamp
34:34
Film Analysis
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Last episode of 2022 and we're keeping the musical theme going for the month by reviewing Netflix's Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical. We are Blerding Out about Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Matilda (1996), The Little Rascals, Troop Beverly Hills, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, old movies, From Scratch, This Christmas, and Christmas time in general. Have a happy New Year!
*Olsen Twins Movie was called It Takes Two
"No guidance" - Chris Brown
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"Someday at Christmas" - Stevie Wonder
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"Grown-Up Christmas List" - Pentatonix feat. Kelly Clarkson
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It's Christmas time and your blerds are getting in the Spirit! Pun intended. We are reviewing the Apple TV+ film Spirited. We are Blerding Out about Christmas movies, books, Leo and Diane Dillion illustrations, Wednesday, Upload, Demon in the Wood, the new season of The Crown, the Harry & Meghan docuseries, the Lensa AI app, and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.
Review timestamp:
31:23
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This week your Blerds get artsy with the unique biopicLoving Vincent. We are Blerding Out about Chincoteague and Assateague Island, Manifest, Wednesday, the Pretty Woman Broadway, Enchanted, Disenchanted and Warrior Nun. Listen in and let's all get Van Garde with Van Gogh.
Movie Review Beginning time stamp
39:43
Making of Loving Vincent
https://youtu.be/QE9Q_7bfHsM
Bola and Matt at Van Gogh Immersive Experience
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It was the Black and world cultural event of the year and your blerd girls were here for it. We bring you our review of the most anticipated film of 2022, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. This episode we are Blerding Out about Black Panther/merch, Manifest, The School for Good and Evil, Savage x Fenty Show Vol. 4, The Watcher, and The Last Kingdom.
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Nigerian Premiere Outfits
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Today's episode we review DC's Black Adam. We have an extended Blerd Out about House of the Dragon. In addition, we discuss The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Hasan Minhaj: The King's Jester, and Leaving the Theater podcast.
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For the Black Adam review skip ahead to 48:00.
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It's October, the month of pumpkin spice, orange leaves, cozy sweaters, and spooky time. So for Halloween, we are reviewing Hocus Pocus 2. We are Blerding Out about Never Have I Ever, Resonate Podcast Conference, Virginia Institute of Contemporary Art VCU, a Lizzo Concert, Beauvine Burger Concept restaurant, new friend Kerri, The Empress, and Netflix's Daredevil. Get spook-ish with us and listen to our review and Blerd Out!
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Hey Blerdnation, this week we are embodying our woman warrior spirit by reviewing
The Woman King. Our guest this episode is our friend Chadney Thompson. We are Blerding Out about the novel In Every Mirror She's Black, Mean Girls the Musical, My Hero Academia, Murder Mystery Dinners and Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls. Listen in to this great conversation on black female excellence!
Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu & Gina Prince-Bythewood Talk The Woman King', Redefining Femininity + More
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We've got anime fever because this week we are reviewing the anime seriesFruits Basket (2019). For Topics in Blackness we discuss the backlash of Blacks in Fantasy media and Black Twitter roasting the death of Queen Elizabeth II. We are Blerding Out about Netflix's Resident Evil series, the Mean Girls Broadway, meeting fellow Blerds, the novel American Royalty, The Nevers and House of the Dragon. Listen and Blerd Out with us!
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Comparison of 2001 v 2019
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We are going back to classic nerdom and reviewing anime film Belle by Mamoru Hosoda. We are Blerding Out about House of the Dragon, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, One Punch Man, Fruits Basket, Wedding Season, Grantchester, and axe throwing. Listen in as we reminisce about our favorite animes past and present.
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Axe Throwing
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Grantchester
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"Anime: Worlds Apart" research paper
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For our 50th episode we are reviewing for the first time a Tollywood Indian movie- Historical Action film RRR: Rise, Roar, Revolt. We also have a special guest - TripleFQueen Bola's sister Shola aka Shawshi. Topics in Blackness is back this episode! We talk about the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever trailer and the Recast T'Challa debate. We are Blerding Out about KinnPorsche the TV Series, Netflix's The Sandman, and Belle the anime film. Join our spirited discussion and dive into Indian Cinema with us.
Check out links to some mentions during the episode:
Black Girl Nerds Featuring EMan Reviews Episode 308:
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdWRpb2Jvb20uY29tL2NoYW5uZWxzLzQ5NDk1NjMucnNz/episode/dGFnOmF1ZGlvYm9vbS5jb20sMjAyMi0wNy0yNjovcG9zdHMvODEyNzMzNA?ep=14
Tony Weaver Post Kilmonger Trash:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CgfQkMSjkmo/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
The Sandman:
https://youtu.be/83ClbRPRDXU
Belle:
https://youtu.be/izIycj3j4Ow
Om Shanti Om - Drum reference:
https://youtu.be/TjUXr560Gu0
O Re Piya - Singing reference:
https://youtu.be/iv7lcUkFVSc
Director and Cast Interview:
https://youtu.be/4nGRhKmnV18
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
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Show Notes by Bola Hanson
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In this episode we review the much anticipated summer blockbuster Marvel installation Thor: Love and Thunder. We are still reveling in the BlerDCon afterglow and Blerding Out about the novel In Every Mirror She's Black by Lola Akinmade Åkerström, and VMFA's Art After Hours event, including MMG Photo Booth. Listen in and Blerd Out with us!
Check out links to some mentions during the episode:
In Every Mirror She's Black:
https://www.lolaakinmade.com/books/
MMG Photo Booth:
https://www.mmgphotobooth.com/
Thor: Love and Thunder breakdown:
https://youtu.be/S1VEZ1Zdu8c
Positive Review:
https://youtu.be/qKDagIGcQ4I
Negative Review:
https://youtu.be/lutYwPDTdh8
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
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We've got a special treat for you Blerdnation! Today's episode was recorded live at BlerDCon where Whitney and Bola gave a panel at BlerDCon. We also did a drawing for one of the attendees to come be our special guests. The winner was Sasha and her husband, Marco. Listen to us Blerd Out about anime we like, all the Marvel movies and TV shows, and our favorite things and highlights from BlerDCon.
Sasha also makes and sells skirts inspired by Japanese fashion. Check her out at IG: @ichigoblack and @ichigoblackbooks for her writing, and www.ichigoblack.com for her merchandise
You can follow her cosplaying husband as well IG: @mr_steal_yo_pokemon
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
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In honor of Pride month we are reviewing Netflix's Single All the Way. We are also Blerding Out about Beyonce's new single "Break My Soul", Netflix's The First Kill, Supernatural, musical Jesus Christ Superstar, Marvel's Ms. Marvel, novel The Love Con by Seressia Glass and a Bourbon Dinner.
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Happy Juneteenth everybody. To commemorate this important holiday we are reviewing the Netflix Docuseries High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America. Join us as we dive into this exploration of history through food and talk about what this freedom means to us. We are also Blerding Out about Classic Bollywood films, Café Beignet, and HBO series The Time Traveler's Wife. Some honorable mentions are Ranking of Kings, Crash Landing on You, classic Korean Dramas, and the novel Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. As always don't forget to Blerd Out!
Check out links to some mentions during the episode:
To learn more about Juneteenth take this fun info quiz:
https://usefultrivia.com/holiday_trivia/juneteenth_trivia.html
African Ancestry:
https://africanancestry.com/
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
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This week we are diving into the MCU multiverse reviewing Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. We are Blerding Out about Downton Abbey: A New Era, Ranking of Kings, and Senior Year.
Check out links to some mentions during the episode:
Mr. Malcolm's List trailer
https://youtu.be/Q8hRCVAZFTs
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
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ANTIDOTE comic, William Lee mapp III, astrid comics, comics at home, Melissa Mejia, Patrick Mejia
Fellow Blerds and Blerd friends, this week we have got a special episode for you. Whitney and I had the pleasure of interviewing writer and creator William Lee Mapp, III. We talked about the first issue of his new crime noir comic, ANTIDOTE. Oh, and we got two goodies for you! The interview will be on the pod and a YouTube video will come out later. You guys don't want to miss this. Come Blerd Out with us!ad the pleasure of interviewing writer and creator William Lee Mapp, III. We talked about the first issue of his new crime noir comic, ANTIDOTE. Oh, and we got two goodies for you! The interview will be on the pod and a YouTube video will come out later. You guys don't want to miss this. Come Blerd Out with us!
Check out links to everything ANTIDOTE:
Astrid Comics
astridcomics.com
ANTIDOTE #1
https://astridcomics.com/product/antidote-1/
Purchase the Kindle Edition of ANTIDOTE #1 on Amazon https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B09LRJDB89/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_09CR85S5GJK531QETDAN
Social Media:
Instagram: @astridcomics
Twitter: @ComicsAstrid
Facebook: @astridcomics
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The word for this week's episode is Comedy because we will be reviewing the action Rom/Com, The Lost City. We are Blerding Out about the musical Fiddler on the Roof, TV series The Last Kingdom and Big Bang Theory, foam airplanes, TV series Half And Half, sitcoms on UPN, TV series Blackish and This is Us, and upcoming Marvel movies. Come Blerd Out with us!
Check out links to some mentions during the episode:
Thor Love and Thunder trailer
https://youtu.be/tgB1wUcmbbw
Haesindang Park
https://youtu.be/SR5LWuwW0gM
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
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Show Notes by Bola Hanson
Audio engineering by Whitney Booker
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Join us as we traverse the multiverse surrealist drama adventure comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once. This week we are Blerding Out about Bridgerton season 2, The Adam Project, Abbot Elementary, The Last Kingdom, SIX the musical, Woke season 2, Summer of Soul, and the Jon Batiste album We Are. Listen in and Blerd Out with us.
Check out links to some mentions during the episode:
A Performance from SIX the musical of the song "Ex-Wives":
https://youtu.be/wtZuO5YyLW8
Summer of Soul:
https://youtu.be/1-siC9cugqA
Summer of Soul on Hulu:
https://www.hulu.com/movie/6f2160ed-eaa2-462a-b495-f61f4f31714d?utm_source=shared_link
"Freedom" John Batiste:
https://youtu.be/3YHVC1DcHmo
Everything Everywhere All At Once talk with filmmakers/cast:
https://youtu.be/3trFt71LXGE
"Here Comes a Thought" from Steven Universe:
https://youtu.be/dHg50mdODFM
Bridgerton season 2 on Netflix:
https://www.netflix.com/us/title/80232398?s=a&trkid=13747225&t=cp&vlang=en&clip=81189027
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
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In honor of Women's History Month we are reviewing the girl power action film The 355. We are Blerding Out about Miss Marvel, The Batman, Bridgerton Season 2, Black Lady Sketch Show, Abbot Elementary, Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, Netflix's Marvel series, and Lillie's of Charleston hot sauces. Catch the Girl Power wave and listen in with us.
Trevor Noah Idris Elba Bond
https://youtu.be/4LdJ67285W0
Lillie's of Charleston Sauces
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B098Q53RNM?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_image&th=1
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
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This week we are getting musical and talking about the adaptation of musicals to film. Our case studies are Netflix's tick, tick... BOOM! and Dear Evan Hansen. We are Blerding Out about The Book Bar, Soul Taco restaurant and HBO Max series Peacemaker. Join our riveting convo and Blerd Out with us!
The Book Bar
https://www.rvabookbar.com/main
Soul Taco
https://www.soultacorva.com/
Dear Evan Hansen Negative Critique
https://youtu.be/wRuK0EcHk2A
Dear Evan Hansen Positive Critique
https://youtu.be/Y4sTkMYYsTs
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
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This is our special minipod episode. We talk about our trip to Roanoke to see the Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design exhibit at the Taubman Museum of Art. It features costumes designed by Academy Award winning designer Ruth E. Carter, and films like Black Panther, Do the Right Thing, Selma, and Dolemite Is My Name. We also talk about the wonderful meal had at the local restaurant Sidecar.
Check out links to some mentions during the episode:
- Ruth E. Carter Afrofuturism in Costume Design Exhibit:
- https://www.taubmanmuseum.org/afrofuturism
- Taubman Museum of Art:
- https://www.taubmanmuseum.org/
- Netflix's Episode of Abstract Season 2 Episode 3: "Ruth Carter: Costume Design":
- https://www.netflix.com/us/title/80057883?s=a&trkid=13747225&t=cp&vlang=en&clip=81008929
- Sidecar Restaurant:
- https://www.sidecarva.com/
- Michael Jackson was an asshole in "Remember the Time":
- https://twitter.com/NYWiseass/status/902616252476256256?t=wiAxeX8Jo6tZfGLttG3MqQ&s=19
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
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Audio engineering by Whitney Booker
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In the spirit of Black History Month, we are reviewing Black is King on Disney+, featuring Beyonce and a slew of African artists like Yemi Alade, Shatta Wale, Tiwa Savage and Buena Boy. We also are Blerding Out about Netflix's High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America, Ali Wong's newest comedy special, HBO Max series Raised by Wolves and Love Life, Hulu's Only Murders in the Building and the Book Bar RVA. Listen in and Blerd Out with us!
Check out links to some mentions during the episode:
- David Copperfield Quote:
- https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/copperfield/quotes/page/5/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThere%20can%20be%20no%20disparity,unsuitability%20of%20mind%20and%20purpose.%E2%80%9D
- Beyonce Interview:
- https://youtu.be/oqOV_dpULyA
- The Making of Black is King:
- https://youtu.be/-qT0KPAk6kU
- Black Men discussion:
- https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4450773268301944&id=110747685637879
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
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Show Notes by Bola Hanson
Audio engineering by Whitney Booker
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This Valentine's Day we are talking about Black Love. We have a double feature in reviewing Amazon Prime's Sylvie's Love, and Needle in a Timestack. Our Blerd Out Topics for this week are: The Black Film Archive; For Colored Nerds Podcast; HBO's Love Life; Target's Black History Month clothes; The Shaved Duck Restaurant; Come From Away, the Broadway musical; Disney's Jungle Cruise; Netflix's Red Notice; and Centaurworld.
The Black Film Archive:
- https://blackfilmarchive.com/
SNL's Black Jeopardy with Chadwick Boseman
- https://youtu.be/hzMzFGgmQOc
The Shaved Duck Restaurant:
- https://www.theshavedduckrestaurant.com/
Encanto Trauma therapist breakdown:
- https://www.instagram.com/reel/CYvJvdJFDmf/?utm_medium=copy_link
Interview with Eugene Ashe, Director of Sylvie's Love:
- https://youtu.be/jgLcP4_gZXs
Director John Ridley Talks 'Needle In A Timestack:
- https://youtu.be/O6PXM55cSjg
Trevor Noah Considers Idris Elba as James Bond:
- https://youtu.be/4LdJ67285W0
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
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Join us as we review Spider-Man: No Way Home. We also revisit Disney's Encanto. Whitney mentions her binge list of weekend Horror films and series and Bola makes Whitney take a Nerd Percentage quiz.
Whitney's weekend horror movie binge watch list:
- Eli
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
- Insidious
- Insidious: Chapter 2
- Insidious: Chapter 3
- Fear Street: Part One - 1994
- Fear Street: Part Two- 1978
- Fear Street: Part Three- 1666
- The Orphanage
- Mama
- Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Buzzfeed Nerd Quiz
- https://www.buzzfeed.com/farrahpenn/what-percent-nerdy-are-you
Romeo and Juliet Nextel commercial:
- https://youtu.be/M-cZtWefN8s
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
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This week's episode we review Disney's Encanto. We also discussed various shows on Apple TV+ such as: Ted Lasso, See, The Morning Show, Servant, and Defending Jacob. We also talked about Amazon Prime Series Modern Love and films Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Boxing Day, and Being the Ricardos. Last but not least was the Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts special on HBO Max.
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Keresimesi! Merry Christmas everyone! Our last episode of the year is here. As advertised, we are reviewing Neflix's A Naija Christmas, produced and filmed in Nigeria. We also Blerd Out about the Van Gogh Immersive Experience, and TV series Hawkeye, Doom Patrol, The Witcher, and Santa Inc. Listen on Christmas day. Deck the halls with Festive Glasses.
Link to Yoruba Christmas Song in this episode
https://youtu.be/hNqWw759rtg
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
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Show Notes by Bola Hanson
Audio engineering by Whitney Booker
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It's the Christmas Season and this month we are coming at you with reviews of new Christmas movies. This week's episode features our review of Netflix's Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey. Other topics discussed are Crocs, Christmas gifts, Christmas music, Christmas movies, Xena: Warrior Princess, Hawkeye and the live action Cowboy Bebop. Listen in and Blerd Out with us!
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This week on BlerdTalk, we have a recurring guest, Jane Samuels, on the pod to discuss the film Promising Young Woman and all the important themes and topics that emerged from the movie. We are Blerding Out about films: tick, tick...Boom!, and Passing; TV series: The Queen's Gambit, Maid, Bones, Centaurworld, and 13 Reasons Why; and music from Adele and Taylor Swift.
Links and extras to check out:
- The Take: "Promising Young Woman, Explained - Look in the Mirror"
- https://youtu.be/XQQd043uyV8
- The Take: "Why Women Love True Crime"
- https://youtu.be/N05Q8yzJhb0
- Molasses Tea: "Promising Young Woman: The Importance of Good Casting"
- https://youtu.be/y3KZZhTM7Bc
Books to check out:
- Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0241428297/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_KRM6RBMF2H27RVARE7B1
- Passing by Nella Larsen
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1694407470/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_4B83GDHNSAGXNR6RM760?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
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In this week's episode we review Marvel's Black Widow. Other topics we discuss are the films The Harder They Fall, and the Twilight series. We also discuss the TV shows I May Destroy You, Sex Education, Lucifer, Legacies, Marvel's What If…?, food service HelloFresh, and Harry Potter merch. Listen in as we sing, talk, and all around Blerd Out.
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We review the new Sci Fi epic, Dune, and also compare and contrast the 2021 film with the 1984 version. Other topics we Blerd Out about are local food truck, Mobile Yum Yum, Halloween costumes, and Netflix series, Squid Game and Midnight Mass.
Links from the show:
Mobile YumYum
https://mobileyumyum1.com/#
Squid Game Parody:
https://youtu.be/vWdHPMhy270
Armie Hammer Vogue Article
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/03/the-fall-of-armie-hammer-a-family-saga-of-sex-money-drugs-and-betrayal
Top 10 Differences Between Dune 1984 and Dune 2021:
https://youtu.be/DKPtDrIRX9s
Dune Explained in Five Minutes (No Spoilers):
https://youtu.be/UMU8FCPYeRw
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In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we reviewed the summer musical, Lin Manuel Miranda's In the Heights. This episode, we are joined by our friend Jane. Join us as we Blerd Out about various TV shows, movies and topics.
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0:00 Rerun intro, and where to watch Pixar's Coco right now
https://www.disneyplus.com/
1:40 Starbucks issue
6:15 Marvin Gaye song
7:08 You should be on American Idol
8:04 Yoko Kanno
9:33 Composing
12:05 Blerding Out- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Whitney)
13:08 Krypton
14:02 “I’m a Dude” from Goodburger
14:38 Blerding Out- Threading eyebrows (Bola)
19:51 Blerding Out #2- Jacuzzi (Bola)
23:41 Pixar’s Coco
24:12 Loving Vincent
27:11 Summarizing Coco
27:58 Hispanic TV and media- Jane the Virgin
29:48 Whitney the show adulterer
30:33 Taxation without representation- Puerto Rico
31:42 The real home wreckers- ICE
33:07 Coco representing hispanic culture
34:02 Day of the Dead
38:50 Main characters
39:58 The colors, the animation
42:20 Youtube video- the skeletons, the spirit animals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkB6dW0uSfQ
44:52 The feels
45:16 “Waterfalls”- TLC
45:37 Tearjerker animated films
46:40 Plot summary
47:10 “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” - The Temptations
47:36 Plot summary continued
53:20 Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions -Individualism vs Collectivistic:
https://geerthofstede.com/culture-geert-hofstede-gert-jan-hofstede/6d-model-of-national-culture/
57:07 Theme: Sacrifice
1:01:01 Theme: Pursuing passions
1:05:30 Dante spirit guide
1:06:49 Research and details
1:08:10 Rating
1:08:51 Suggestions for Hispanic media:
Ugly Betty, Jane the Virgin, Brothers Garcia, One Day at a Time
1:10:29 Had they been black -Barber shop readers story
1:12:44 Read a book song: https://youtu.be/GlKL_EpnSp8
1:13:50 Invocation to Read
1:14:40 Coco giving back- Grammy Music Education Coalition
1:16:16 Pokemon theme song again
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This week we discuss and review Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. We also discuss the Teen Wolf TV series, our vacations, trying new foods, and as always, there will be singing. Join us while we Blerd Out!
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2:07 Reminiscing About Old Cartoons
10:37 Blerd Out Whitney - Teen Wolf TV Show
15:00 Blerd Out Bola- Ben Barnes Music, “Hyrise”:
- https://youtu.be/p7kG5xnAMT8
20:20 Intro to Topic- Ready Player One Movie
23:31 Movie Plot
25:00 Negatives
36:37 Positives
44:34 The Shining Second Key
50:00 The Third Key
54:06 The Annoying Villain
59:30 Representation Matters
1:02:47 The Heartless Villain
1:05:15 Final Thoughts and Ratings
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2:54 Intro to Month's Theme - Video Game Movies
4:53 Intro to Topic - Free Guy
6:13 Blerd Out Bola - Lizzo Song "Rumors"
9:35 TripleFQueen Theme Song
10:30 Ben Barnes' Birthday
10:50 Blerd Out Whitney - Humans TV Show
15:30 AI/VR Dangers and Ethics
18:45 What is Sentient?
26:30 Free Guy Plot
34:45 Other Cast Members & Cameos
42:45 Video Games
49:48 Portal game
53:57 Game Makers
55:25 The Love Story
57:38 Channing Tatum
58:25 Fun Commentary Parody on Video Games and AI
1:03:50 Rating
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1:42 Intro to Raya and the Last Dragon
4:07 Blerd Out Bola - The Olympics
7:09 Simone Biles and Mental Health
11:48 Nigerian Food Cart
13:12 Blerd Out Whitney - BlerDCon
14:55 Bad Comedians
19:55 BlerDCon 2
27:36 The Good Fight
28:57 Creepy Images in Films
31:01 First Impression of Raya
37:07 Story/Plot
53:53 Main Messages
1:02:32 Lesson of Trust
1:09:34 Rating and Final Thoughts
1:10:42 Push to Watch More Animated Films
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2:00 Reboot and Toonami
5:20 Intro to Month's Theme: Animated Dragon
6:45 Reality Show Blues
10:11 Blerd Out Whitney - Masters of the Universe and Masters of the Universe: Revelation
14:16 Blerd Out Bola - Naija Wedding and Amtrak Train
19:24 Hot Pot
22:24 Wish Dragon
23:23 Love of Animated Movies
30:20 First impression of Wish Dragon
34:35 The Story
45:35 Cultural Points
49:10 Characters - Din and Li Na
54:04 Friendship Theme
56:55 Long Learned Lessons
1:04:05 Final Thoughts on Ending
1:06:05 Rating
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0:30 "Rock the Casbah"
4:10 Intro to Episode Cruella
5:00 New Disney Films
7:56 Blerd Out Whitney - Darkangel book series
- https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B0010KIIDU/ref=cm_sw_r_u_apa_glt_fabc_ETB90WH8781A99C39YXT
10:38 Blerd Out Bola - Shadow and Bone book series
- https://smile.amazon.com/dp/125019623X/ref=cm_sw_r_u_apa_glt_fabc_T3HQAFTDY81PDE49KNWY
11:30 Audiobooks
15:58 Writing and Worldbuilding - Leigh Bardugo, Tamora Pierce
- https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/author/ref=dbs_a_w_b005zz8xqs?_encoding=UTF8&asin=B005ZZ8XQS
- https://www.amazon.com/Tamora-Pierce/e/B000APBE82/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
19:00 Cruella's Origin Story
20:28 YouTuber Lindsay Ellis' Video: Villains Have Fun
- https://youtu.be/NeuLEu9ZePc
22:34 Twisted Tales
- http://www.amazon.com/Twisted-Tale-12-book-series/dp/B082MDG348?ref=dbs_m_mng_awm_0000_share
25:00 Sympathetic Villain
27:00 Breaking Down the Film
31:16 Emma Stone
34:00 The Crazy of Cruella
41:00 Plot Points - Pros and Fashion Wars
54:50 Romance? - Estella and Jasper
1:02:10 Rating
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0:40 90's Anime Cartoons
4:00 Intro to Episode Lupin
6:00 Languages and Subtitles
7:00 "Dragostea din tei"
- https://youtu.be/ILtz5nX3_fc
9:16 Netflix and Foreign Films
10:30 Workin' Moms on Netflix
13:37 Live Action Cowboy Bebop teaser
- https://youtu.be/te1kMMogOKk
15:41 Blerd Out Bola - Opening Up, Restrictions Lifting
18:18 Blerd Out Bola 2 - Juneteenth Dirty South Exhibit VMFA
21:23 Future Movies and TV Coming Out
23:42 Omar Sy's Background
25:18 Lupin Inspiration- Arsène Lupin
25:30 Lupin Show Plot
31:25 Characters
32:21 Lupin: the Heist Drama
35:12 Master of Disguise
34:00 Favorite Things About Lupin
54:10 Sexiness of Omar Sy
55:57 Racism in Lupin
1:01:35 The Finale
1:13:35 Rating
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1:45 Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
2:25 Intro into Episode Korean Movies Minari and Parasite
5:58 Where to watch both movies
7:08 Blerd Out: Bola - Ben Barnes
10:50 Ben Barnes Sings
12:54 Shadow and Bone Netflix show and book series
14:43 Blerd Out: Whitney - Fishing
22:35 Minari - Analysis
23:56 Slice of Life Film
30:33 African Doctor
31:45 Minari Male American Dream
34:54 An Immigrant's Tale
40:14 Other Characters in Minari
43:11 Minari Analysis Video:
- https://youtube.com/watch?v=65l-PokSEQI&feature=share
45:35 Final thoughts on Minari
49:22 Parasite
52:22 Parasite Analysis Video by The Take:
- https://youtu.be/ci-gFovSJf0
53:45 Class Dynamics
1:04:21 Message - Danger of Hope
1:10:31 Poor vs Poorer
1:12:13 Parasitic Relationship - Rich vs Poor
1:15:01 Push for Understanding
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1:36 Topic intro Mulan
3:22 “Be A Man”
4:35 Mulan live action reaction
8:27 Chi - conceal, don’t feel
11:13 So many questions
15:24 Controversies around the film
19:24 Liu Yifei
20:25 Why Mulan didn’t work YouTube video:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXjK50kEgvo&t=326s&ab_channel=Sideways
22:48 Replacements
27:52 The Witch
29:55 Likes
36:37 Dislikes
42:39 The Villain
44:15 Better Asian Movies
45:23 Blerd Out - Comedy Specials
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0:39 DMX Songs and Death
1:30 Prince Philip Death
2:28 Intro to topic Judas and the Black Messiah and The United States vs. Billie Holiday
3:43 Blerd Out: Whitney - New Equipment
5:43 Master Class
9:40 Blerd Out: Bola - Rege-Jean Paul not coming back for Bridgerton Season 2
16:10 Black Biopic
18:15 The Parallels
20:06 Institutional Racism
26:00 Whitney's Rating
28:22 Fred Hampton and Jesus
30:00 Bill O'Neal and Judas
34:00 The Sum of Us: What Racism Cost Everyone and How we can Prosper Together by Heather McGee on Audible:
https://www.audible.com/pd/0593207718?action_code=SNGGBWS072717001P&ipRedirectOverride=true
39:09 Watchmen - Tulsa Race Riot
39:50 Words are Powerful
43:00 Daniel Kaluuya
44:00 Black American Actors vs. Black British Actors
52:40 Idris Elba
53:58 Daniel Kaluuya Part 2
55:50 Lakieth Stanfield
57:30 FBI
1:03:52 "This is America" by Childish Gambino music video:
https://youtu.be/VYOjWnS4cMY
1:04:07 Dominique Fishback
1:09:16 Wrapping Up Judas and the Black Messiah
1:15:21 Bola's Rating
1:17:34 Billie's Abuse
1:22:08 Audra Day
1:26:56 "Strange Fruit":
https://youtu.be/Epm0v1px2oM
1:31:13 Pros of Billie
1:33:48 Final thoughts on Both
1:35:18 "Let America Be America" - Langston Hughes:
https://poets.org/poem/let-america-be-america-again
1:36:08 Black History Through Media and Art
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1:19 Welcome to Season 2
2:13 Intro to topic WandaVision
2:22 Whitney - Blerd Out
3:25 Explaining Blerd
4:55 Bola - Blerd Out
8:08 Stop Asian Hate
14:43 Shout Outs - Anna Akana and Iamdulo
16:05 WandaVision - Initial Thoughts
34:28 Episode Breakdown
43:41 Quicksilver Controversy
49:21 The Bad Guy
50:16 Monica Rambeau’s Powers
56:55 Agatha All Along
1:04:45 Scarlet Witch - Wanda’s New Power
1:08:15 A Woman Grieving
1:14:30 WandaVision Rating
1:18:48 Final Thoughts
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00:43 Welcome Back
01:47 Springtime and Weather
03:11 Season Two
03:49 The Black Eyed Peas
04:47Captain Marvel
06:06Shazam!- Zachary Levi
06:45 Whitney and Bola Rate DC movies
08:18 First Impression of Captain Marvel
09:33 Brie Larson - Carol Danvers
11:07 Story
15:17 Other Characters
17:34 Jude Law
19:26 Themes
21:34 Brief Disney Interlude
22:36Us- Winston Duke (Bola’s husband)
24:01Game of Thrones
25:35 Gemma Chan - Minerva
28:18 Back to Themes
29:53Avengers: Endgame
32:14 Movies Coming Out Soon
36:00 Plugging the MCU
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
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01:30 Welcome Back
02:00 Blerding Out Whitney- Broadway trip
02:50 Dear Evan Hansen
06:00 Voices and Bastille
07:35 Ben Platt
08:15 Themes of Dear Evan Hansen: “You are enough”
09:00 THANKSGIVING SONG
11:50 Danny Glover vs Donald Glover
13:21 James Earl Jones- Mufasa
14:57 The Birdcage
15:28 Trevor Noah Netflix special -Son of Patricia
17:10 Black Friday/Cyber Monday
19:20 Election Results & Voting
23:08 Movies!
25:15 MoviePass
26:33 Bollywood wedding Ranveer Singh & Deepika Padukone
28:09 Blerding Out Bola -Queen
31:09 Bohemian Rhapsody - Rami Malek
31:50 Bohemian Rhapsody - The Bitchass
32:31 Freddie Mercury and Aids epidemic
34:30 Freddie & Mary
36:25 Freddie & the band
37:17 Allen Leech- Paul Prenter
39:15 Freddie's Background
42:13 Biopics
46:03 Queen legacy and music
47:14 Taron Egerton
50:28 Final thoughts on Bohemian Rhapsody
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
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1:14 Intro to topic Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
1:39 Original Jumanji movie
2:54 Blerding Out Whitney - Atypical season 2 and Black Mirror
5:56 Dark TV in America
7:59 Blerding Out Bola- Sorry for Your Loss on Facebook Watch
14:45 Ambiguous endings
16:15 Netflix live action Avatar: The Last Airbender
18:17 Jenny Han and Diversity
19:45 Amanda Seals' theory, Adult vs. Grown up
22:17 Monster High
23:57 Blerding Out Bola - Flight of the Conchords is back:
- https://youtu.be/i8iK1rhfYpI
27:13 Blerding Out Whitney - Dark Phoenix trailer
29:53 Captain Marvel
32:08 Well wishes to Hurricane Florence survivors
35:25 “Welcome to the Jungle” - Guns N’ Roses
35:45 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
40:32 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
42:30 Characters, story, RPG games
48:16 The House with a Clock in its Walls
53:37 Plot points and favorite parts
59:11 Had They Been Black
1:01:09 Future movies to come out
1:02:25 Favorite games
1:04:34 Board games we would like to be dropped in
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1:45 Folklore, Fairy Tales, and Fantasy
4:00 Urbantoons
6:00 Blerding Out Whitney - Captain Marvel pictures
8:49 Blerding Out Whitney 2 - Atypical
10:23 Chewing Gum
11:30 Blerding Out Bola - Magic for Humans
15:00 Topics in Blackness - Geoffrey Owens and Trader Joe's
- https://twitter.com/i/moments/1036053342915457024
20:00 I Kill Giants - Fantasy movie or Magical Realism
32:00 Final Thoughts on I Kill Giants
34:00 Mental Health
34:45 Tale of Tales
36:40 Giambattista Basile - First Collection of Fairy Tales: Pentamerone
41:15 Story 1 -The Enchanted Doe
47:30 Story 2 - The Flea
55:00 Story 3 - The Flayed Old Lady
1:00:55 Ending of Tale of Tales - Theme of Obsession
1:02:56 Had They Been Black - Barbara's Behavior
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
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1:24 Introduction of our guest Kimlee
2:23 Blerding Out Bola - Networking events: CreativeMornings and Untold RVA
8:46 Blerding Out Kimlee - Movies: Slenderman, The Meg, Sharknados, To All the Boys I Loved Before
11:53 Netflix adding ads/praising skip button
14:57 Blerding Out Whitney - Dear Evan Hansen
17:50 Blerding Out Whitney 2 - Steven Universe
21:17 Opening Act - “Bao”
21:49 “Danger” - Mystikal
22:29 “Bao” again
30:15 Geert Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions
https://geerthofstede.com/culture-geert-hofstede-gert-jan-hofstede/6d-model-of-national-culture/
33:00 Pitch Perfect
33:52 Crazy Rich Asians
34:23 Constance Wu is from RVA!!!!
https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Who-Plays-Rachel-Chu-Crazy-Rich-Asians-45130865
36:30 First all-asian cast movie since The Joy Luck Club
38:00 Harry Shum, Jr. - Crazy Rich Asians sequels
39:00 Kimlee’s perspective
39:53 Twitter story highlight, “A Personal Story Shows Why Representation Can Be Powerful”
https://twitter.com/lumenavi/status/1030846860729233408?s=09
46:12 Crazy Rich Asians - Traditional RomCom
48:58 Asian tropes in Crazy Rich Asians
50:48 Kdrama- I Do I Do
52.54 Astrid
53:53 Humans
55:00 Astrid Storyline
58:07 Fashion/bachelorette party
1:00:26 The Wedding
1:02:24 No plus size asians
1:03:32 Henry Golding is a fine leading man
1:06:30 Internal struggle of two cultures
1:07:30 Ending - Show, not Tell
1:11:11 Where were the dads?
1:13:0 The claws were out - Grandma and mom
1:17:56 Chinese versions of Pop english songs and Twitter story highlight, “An emotional letter from the director of Crazy Rich Asians convinced Coldplay to let Yellow in the filming”
https://twitter.com/i/moments/1031675628318150657
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
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00:45 Clap for 10 episodes
01:21 Introduction of episode
02:12 Topics in Blackness - Black Panther and Oscar’s new Popular Movie category
- https://www.indiewire.com/2018/08/black-panther-academys-abc-oscar-show-1201992483/amp/
10:22 Topics in Blackness- Lebron James’ I Promise School
12:05 Melania Trump is “Resisty”
- https://twitter.com/i/moments/1025897379482853376
14:30 Blerding Out - BlerDCon
22:05 Malika Warrior Queen
22:40 Weird Enough Productions
34:28 Sorry to Bother You
35:23 Code Switching
39:09 Characters in Sorry to Bother You
48:00 The Darkest Minds - Background info
51:00 The Darkest Minds rating
52:17 The Darkest Minds - The Story
1:0216 The Darkest Minds - Love and sacrifice
1:08:29 The Darkest Minds - Reading the books vs. watching the films
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https://twitter.com/lumenavistudiosAnt-Man and the Wasp
2:00 Blerding Out Whitney - Harlots
7:30 Legion
8:43 Blerding Out Bola - Jesus and Jollof
13:12 Blerding Out Bola - Luke Cage season 2
16:00 Topics in Blackness - John Schnatter racist comments
24:40 Topics in Blackness - Cardi B and Offset new baby
- https://twitter.com/i/moments/1017057689501921280
26:33 Charmed reboot
27:06 Bolas issue with names
28:40 Topics in Blackness - Shea Moisture and Essence Investment Fund
- https://newvoicesfund.com/#community,blerdcon
33:12 Ant-Man and the Wasp - the fun romp
34:24 Transmedia
36:24 Wasp
38:32 Ghost - sympathetic villain
43:47 Janet Van Dyne
47:28 Paul Rudd - funny, sweet, & hot
48:00 Other characters
49:30 Plot points
53:52 Ending scene
59:00 Two glasses
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
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00:53 Why resistance?
2:00 Blerding Out Whitney- Top Shot TV series
4:11 Blerding Out Bola- Luke Cage season 2
5:45 Netflix- Game Over Man
9:52 The Defenders
10:15 Opening words about V for Vendetta the movie
13:10 Theme of fear
13:45 Star Wars
14:26 Jar Jar Binks so annoying
16:20 Star Trek
17:10 Censorship
18:55 Trump audible sigh
20:45 Graphic novel vs. comic book
22:17 V for Vendetta backstory
25:12 V the character
28:15 Evey the character
30:55 V, moral conflict
38:58 Ben Franklin quotes
41:06 Power of words
44:20 Trump comparisons
50:15 Resistance inspires
52:48 Apathy, the new enemy of resistance
55:05 Melania Trump
56:00 Anarchy vs. order
1:00:01 California the nation state?
1:00:51 Comedy/satire as resistance
1:05:18 Hardship to overcome fear
1:06:35 Does resistance beget death?
1:09:18 Our experience with racism
1:12:32 Final thoughts on the V for Vendetta movie
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
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1:50 Topics in Blackness- Issa Rae Comments
3:30 Black Women and Dating
4:29 Singing: Destinys Child - Independent Women
5:22 Black Women Asian Men Dating Apps
6:20 Article
- http://hiphopwired.com/751062/issa-rae-book-quote-on-black-women-dating-asian-men-has-sensitive-twitter-in-their-feelings/
7:37 Hollywood Portrayal of Race
15:16 Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life
16:22 Girl Power
16:48 Go-To Movies
17:40 Blerding Out Bola- Dua Lipa
18:18 Blerding Out Whitney- Dear Evan Hansen
21:21 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
26:08. Twisted Sister - Were Not Gonna Take It
26:48 Girl Power Trailers - The Girl in the Spider's Web
31:15 Girl Power Trailers - Widows, featuring Viola Davis
37:27 Girl Power Trailers - Mama Mia! Here We Go Again
38:00 ABBA - Dancing Queen
40:11 Altos
42:12 Girl Power Trailers - A Star is Born
43:40 Lady Gaga stripped down
46:22 Timing is Everything - Black Panther
48:27 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
51:15 Oceans 8
53:35 Noomi Rapace looks like Michelle Dockery
55:10 The Heist Movie is All About the Heist
59:25 Characters of Oceans 8
1:04:46 Plot Summary and Sandra Bullock, the Leader
1:05:02 Cate Blanchett as Lou
1:06:45 Fence Defined, Sarah Paulson as Tammy
1:08:42 Anne Hathaway as Daphne
1:12:15 Les Mis Sketch on SNL
- https://youtu.be/Pj-D0jc17D0
1:13:38 Helena Bonham Carter as Rose
1:15:28 The Diversity
1:16:23 Mindy Kaling as Amita, the Jeweler
1:19:05 Rihanna as the Hacker, Nine Ball
1:20:16 Mossad Defined
1:22:03 Jane Austen and Jane Eyre
1:23:43 Awkwafina as Constance, the Thief
1:26:16 Final Thoughts
1:26:43 The Heist
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1:26 Avi, formerly of Pentatonix- “Daft Punk”
2:28 Guys with deep voices
4:03 Whitney giving Bola shade
4:27 Deadpool topic intro
5:03 Rolling R’s
5:45 Blerding Out- Whitney Relaxation
9:08 Day Spas
11:05 Massages
11:12 Hot guy qualities
12:46 Singing “Full Moon”- Brandy
14:58 What Whitney does at the gym
16:38 Blerding Out - Bola TV
16:58 Dear White People aka Black Dawson's Creek
17:58 Vocabulary
19:08 Singing “Promiscuous”
20:23 Summarizing Dear White People
26:00 Blerding Out Bola Two- Red Table Talk
28:46 Blerding Out Bola Three- Grandstaff and Stein Restaurant
32:36 Pronunciation fail- Wheel of Fortune: https://youtu.be/npgzz42IEiE
34:01 Inside the restaurant Grandstaff & Stein
35:13 Blerding Out Bola Four- Body Positivity Brunch/ Vision Boarding
37:38 Venturing out alone
38:57 Everybody has issues
40:45 Bola’s vision board https://youtu.be/LxPpPYi3bXk
42:16 Singing “You Are Not Alone” Michael Jackson
43:18 Topics in Blackness- The Royal Wedding
44:44 Happy Days Theme
45:24 The Royal Wedding so Black
51:27 Whitney's mom and Princess Meghan doll
53:00 Final points about the wedding
55:44 Deadpool 2
1:00:15 Story
1:01:08 References & zingers
1:02:37 Cameos X-men
1:04:38 Vanessa
1:07:25 X -Force
1:11:01 Theme: Family/Russell
1:13:30 Bhupinder
1:15:32 Juggernaut
1:17:33 Deadpool moral compass
1:19:48 Negasonic Teenage Warhead long name
1:21:57 Josh Brolin as Thanos vs. Cable
1:24:01 More Deadpool points
1:25:58 Theme: Purpose
1:30:33 Ending and final thoughts on movie
1:32:01 Predictions and time travel issues
1:33:45 Nicholas Sparks films
1:35:00 Call to action
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
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0:37- Black Superheroes
0:57- Looking at Luke Cage and Black Lightning
1:28- Black Renaissance
1:38- Insecure
3:45- 50 Cent multiplying
5:07- Other black TV shows
6:24- Black representation
7:28- Who we identify with
8:04- How black people are portrayed globally
11:27- X-Men
13:06- Bola’s Story- “The Sponge”
14:47- Lost Girl
16:52- Back to X-Men + Heroes
19:27- Why we love superheroes
28:55- Dearth of Black Superheroes
30:50- Luke Cage
31:51- Message to the black man
33:28- Black Lightning
35:28- We need uniforms
37:36- Jefferson Pierce from Black Lightning parallels to Elsa from Frozen
38:66- Cress Williams
39:50- Black Lightning’s wife
41:06- How do both shows depict Blackness
51:09- Underbelly of crime- black villainess
55:30- Real life parallels
1:00:00- Are Luke Cage and Black Lightning reluctant heroes
01:02:33- We need representation
1:05:18- Anissa- the empowered young black hero
1:10:23- Had They Been Black: Alexa laughing
- https://www.fastcodesign.com/90163588/why-alexas-laughter-creeps-us-out?utm_source=postup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Co.Design%20Daily&position=1&partner=newsletter&campaign_date=03092018
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01:26 Blerding Out- Bola (Miami)
02:30 You Should Be Dancing - Bee Geese Gees
02:53 Miami
03:53 Alligators in Orlando
05:42 Bar Hopping in Miami
08:01 Driving in Miami
09:32 What Miami means
10:35 Blerding Out- Whitney- Forged in Fire: Knife or Death
13:14 Dwight from The Office
13:43 Knife or Death Explained
15:02 Blerding Out 2- Bola (The Moth Podcast)
- The Moth: Aryana Rose: https://youtu.be/Zrw_xdNgMLE
18:25 The Moth Explained
19:20 Stories and the Story Lover
21:45 Whitney put Bola on blast
22:43 Uber or Lyft
23:53 Drinking and Kamboucha?
26:06 Topics in Blackness- Kanyes Comments- https://youtu.be/FN-FW_yk5ko
30:53 Slave mentality
34:42 Black people should support each other
36:04 Bolas explanation of why blacks don't support each other
37:37 Whitney- Microcosms of support
39:34 Shawshi Designs plug
41:07 Topics in Blackness- Bill Cosby conviction
42:23 Don't put people on a pedestal
45:00 Me Too Movement
47:33 Conviction means evidence
49:35 13 Reasons Why
51:00 Justice for Victims
52:00 Avengers: Infinity War - DEATH
1:01:13 Theme: Love and Sacrifice
1:05:04 Parallels: Regina and Abraham
1:07:40 Chris Evans hotness
1:09:58 Favorite parts-Girl power fight scenes
1:14:15 No Hulk
1:15:34 Props to Marvels Storytelling
1:29:00 Logical or reasonable
1:31:17 Overall impression & rating
1:36:01 Had They Been Black- Adrift
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0:40 Starbucks issue
5:15 Marvin Gaye songg
6:08 You should be on American Idol
7:04 Yoko Kanno
8:33 Composing
11:05 Blerding Out- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Whitney)
12:08 Krypton
13:02 “I’m a Dude” from Goodburger
13:38 Blerding Out- Threading eyebrows (Bola)
18:51 Blerding Out #2- Jacuzzi (Bola)
22:41 Pixar’s Coco
23:12 Loving Vincent
26:11 Summarizing Coco
26:58 Hispanic TV and media- Jane the Virgin
28:48 Whitney the show adulterer
29:33 Taxation without representation- Puerto Rico
30:42 The real home wreckers- ICE
32:07 Coco representing hispanic culture
33:02 Day of the Dead
37:50 Main characters
38:58 The colors, the animation
41:20 Youtube video- the skeletons, the spirit animals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkB6dW0uSfQ
43:52 The feels
44:16 “Waterfalls”- TLC
44:37 Tearjerker animated films
45:40 Plot summary
46:10 “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” - The Temptations
46:36 Plot summary continued
52:20 Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions -Individualism vs Collectivistic:
https://geerthofstede.com/culture-geert-hofstede-gert-jan-hofstede/6d-model-of-national-culture/
56:07 Theme: Sacrifice
1:00:01 Theme: Pursuing passions
1:04:30 Dante spirit guide
1:05:49 Research and details
1:07:10 Rating
1:07:51 Suggestions for Hispanic media:
Ugly Betty, Jane the Virgin, Brothers Garcia, One Day at a Time
1:09:29 Had they been black -Barber shop readers story
1:11:44 Read a book song: https://youtu.be/GlKL_EpnSp8
1:12:50 Invocation to Read
1:13:40 Coco giving back- Grammy Music Education Coalition
1:15:16 Pokemon theme song again
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshun
Show Notes by Bola Hanson
Audio engineering by Whitney Booker
Show Contact Info:
Email: blerdtalkbw@gmail.com
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSOXQ6Tc_i81DlWSqCC78Ig/featured
Whitney’s company contact info:
Email: whit@lumenavi.com
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0:20- What are you blerding out about
3:21- RENT
7:25- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
8:50- Discussing A Wrinkle in Time
10:17- The Cinematography- colors poppin’
10:40- The Costuming- Beaded Eyebrows
11:24- The Casting
17:03- Music- Sade is my aunty
18:18- The Cons
21:45- 2003 version
23:47- The Pacing
24:34- Spice Girls tangent
25:23- Pacing continued
26:34- 2003 vs 2018
29:40- The Acting
35:10- The Directing
35:44- Themes- Light vs. Dark
36:56- Oprah and Trump
38:55- Be the light
41:26- Bones tangent
42:23- Did the theme come through?
43:47- Frankenstein
- Referenced Extra Credits YouTube video: “Frankenstein: The Sorrows of Young Werter - Extra Sci Fi - #3” - https://youtu.be/55QjR-9RVSE
45:34- Love is for love’s sake
48:48- Meg’s low self-esteem
- Referenced women getting compliments YouTube video: https://youtu.be/hzlvDV3mpZw
- YouTube Ava Duvernay interview segment referenced throughout episode: https://youtu.be/E59O8eqOFZo?t=12m16s
53:07- Black girl leading a white boy
55:30- Disney princes
- Referenced Disney princes video: https://youtu.be/eoDuJUnB7us
57:24- Ava’s political statement
59:58- Red Puppet
1:00:35- Whitney doesn’t like wax museums
- Uncanny valley Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley
1:02:56- Shout out to diversity and inclusion
1:03:50- Charles Wallace’s Hubris
1:06:03- Meg and Mrs. Whatsit
1:08:25- Like isn’t equal
1:11:33- The origin of the IT
1:12:05- Final Thoughts
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshun
Show Notes by Bola Hanson
Audio engineering by Whitney Booker
Show Contact Info:
Email: blerdtalkbw@gmail.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBW
Bola’s contact info:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bolastorybee
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bolastorybee/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSOXQ6Tc_i81DlWSqCC78Ig/featured
Whitney’s company contact info:
Email: whit@lumenavi.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios
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1:15- Topic of the day: Black Panther
2:30- Netflix and Streaming convo
6:30- British period pieces
8:30- Filler episodes
15:15- Back to Black Panther
16:30- Our favorite character
18:54- Breaking down the movie
17:00- Tangent on DC movies
18:58- Depictions of Africans- Bola’s Story
20:59- Foreign films
21:52- Film racial depictions based on books -Whit’s take
23:58- Pan African Film -Analysis of social impact
26:50- Korean response video to Black Panther
28.28- Representation in films
29:12- Black Panther bridging the gap
22:47-Social themes and plot points of Black Panther
47:27- Fight scenes and weapons
49:29- Wkabi
52:42- Fashion of Black Panther
56:36- M’BAKU
59:57- “Black Panther” -everyone should watch
1:03:18- What came first, the comics or the movement
1:07:03- “Black Panther” wrap up- Marvel love
1:11:11- Would You Rather Game
Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun
Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshun
Show Notes by Bola Hanson
Audio engineering by Whitney Booker
Show Contact Info:
Email: blerdtalkbw@gmail.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBW
Bola’s contact info:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bolastorybee
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bolastorybee/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSOXQ6Tc_i81DlWSqCC78Ig/featured
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1:00- Bola and Whitney introduce themselves.
1:30- We explain what our show is.
3:18- We explain what Blerd means to us.
4:00- Tangent reminiscing about Anime.
5:06- Digimon vs Pokemon
6:29- Flight of the Conchords
7:00- Back to Digimon
7:59- Singing
9:00- Conclusion- What is our Blerd?
11:09- Social media
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