Black Girl Nerds

In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we welcome actor Celia Rose Gooding, star of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Celia Rose Gooding made their Broadway debut and rose to prominence for the role of Mary Frances "Frankie" Healy in the rock musical Jagged Little Pill for which they won a 2021 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and were nominated for a 2020 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical, becoming one of the youngest nominees in the category at age 20. Gooding plays the role of Nyota Uhura in the Paramount+ original series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Host: Ryanne Edited by: Jamie Broadnax Music by: Sammus

In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we welcome former PlayStation creative veteran and the driving force behind the company Liithos to talk about his comic book series Trace War. With over 25 years of experience. During his tenure, he played a crucial role in helping develop some of Sony's most popular and successful gaming franchises, including Syphon Filter, Resistance, Uncharted, and Days Gone.  He's chatting about the thrilling new post-apocalyptic sci-fi world of Trace War in this episode. Hosted by: Ryanne Edited by: Jamie Broadnax Music by: Sammus

In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we welcome actor Shinelle Azoroh. Shinelle can next be seen in the feature film, Bruiser, as the female lead opposite Trevante Rhodes and Shamier Anderson. Prior to premiering at TIFF, the film was picked up by Disney’s Onyx Collective and will premiere on Hulu in 2023. She received great reviews for her lead role in Apple TV’s Swagger, which The Hollywood Reporter named one of the 10 Best Shows of 2021.  Host: Ryanne Music by: Sammus 

In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we welcome actors Mike Colter and Antonio Fargas to discuss their latest film Murder City. The film follows Neil (Mike Colter), a cop and dedicated family man with a glimmer of warmth behind his otherwise coarse husk. Financially down on his luck, Neil decides to take a job selling a load of dope with his deadbeat father, Graham (Antonio Fargas), which turns out to be a DEA trap. Mike Colter has been nominated for two back-to-back Critics Choice Awards (Lead Actor in a Drama Series) for his role as priest-in-training “David Acosta” on the streaming series Evil, which is currently airing its third season. Antonio Fargas is a legend in the film, television and theater industry. He is a remarkable talent who has portrayed a wide and vast array of characters throughout his long and storied career. His unforgettable characters “Huggy Bear” in Starsky & Hutch, “Bunky” in Shaft, “Link Brown” in Foxy Brown and “Lindy” in Carwash, clearly established Fargas as a bona fide icon. Murder City is currently streaming on Tubi. Host: Jamie Music by: Sammus Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we welcome actor  Teyonah Parris and author Blair L.M. Kelley. Segment 1: Actor Teyonah Parris is best known for portraying Monica Rambeau in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the Disney+ series WandaVision. She will appear in the upcoming film The Marvels reprising the role of Monica and she can currently be seen in the Netflix film They Cloned Tyrone co-starring John Boyega and Jamie Foxx. Hosted by: Jamie Segment 2: Blair LM Kelley, Ph.D. is an award-winning author, historian, and scholar of the African American experience. A dedicated public historian, Kelley works to amplify the histories of Black people, chronicling the everyday impact of their activism. Kelley is currently the Joel R. Williamson Distinguished Professor of Southern Studies at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the incoming director of the Center for the Study of the American South, the first Black woman to serve in that role in the center’s thirty-year history. Kelley’s newest book, Black Folk: The Roots the Black Working Class, begins with the question “What does it mean to be Black and working class?” Hosted by: Ryanne Music by: Sammus Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we welcome directors Kelley Kali and Numa Perrier. Segment 1: Kelley Kali has a new film called Jagged Mind which made its premiere this past week at the 27th Annual American Black Film Festival in Miami Beach. The psychological thriller is currently streaming on Hulu. Host: Jamie Segment 2: Numa Perrier is the director of the Netflix film The Perfect Find, her first studio movie. She made her first feature debut at SXSW with her film Jezebel. The Perfect Find debuts June 23rd. Host: Jamie Music by: Sammus Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we bring you Jersey Club Queen UNIIQU3 (Cherise Gary) and actor Jordyn Curet of Star Wars: Visions. Segment 1: UNIIQU3 is probably best known for her song with TT the Artist "Off The Chain," which was sampled by Chloe Bailey and Murda Beatz for her debut solo single "Have Mercy." In addition to being one of the progenitors of Jersey Club, UNIIQU3 also has a strong focus on building community, especially in her hometown of Newark, NJ. Host: Ryanne Segment 2: n a galaxy far far away the talented actress, Jordyn Curet, has joined the cast of Star Wars: Visions Volume 2. Alongside Daveed Diggs and Anika Noni Rose, she plays ‘Livy” for the second installment of the popular series, which premiered on May 4th and is currently streaming Disney+. But there's more to Jordyn than just her amazing acting skills. Outside of acting, she is passionate about making life better for kids like herself.  Host: Ryanne Music by: Sammus Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we welcome actor Rome Flynn. He stars in the series With Love currently streaming on Prime Video. With Love is a romantic dramedy centered on siblings Lily and Jorge Diaz as they navigate big life changes and rely on their equally big family to get them through. Flynn appeared in the second season of Netflix’s superhero drama, Raising Dion as Tevin Wakefield, a former long-distance runner and Olympic track coach who becomes Dion’s trainer and mentor.  Host: Ryanne Music by: Sammus Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we welcome multi-hyphenate Keith L. Underwood, creator of the comic series 'Califia and the Timeless Sentries'. Keith L. Underwood is an independent public relations expert with over twenty years in the communications industry. He is an international advertising and marketing strategist, content creator, media writer, brand manager, print and digital media consultant, event coordinator, and creative director. In 2014, Underwood was the founder and digital content creator of WarriorsOfWonder.com, a digital media platform featuring the latest news, reviews, and info centering on diversity in the comic book genre. In 2016, Underwood created Califia and the Timeless Sentries. Califia and the Timeless Sentries is a science fantasy property about Califia, a Nubian Amazon queen after whom the state of California was named, who joins forces with other legendary heroes to fight cruelty and injustice in a world where time, space, science, and sorcery defy the laws of nature. The Califia and the Timeless Sentries science fantasy, motion comic web series is currently available on YouTube @califiacomics. Host: Ryanne Music by: Sammus and SkyBlew Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast we welcome actor Crystal Renee’ Hayslett of BET's Sistas and TV showrunner Tze Chun of Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai.  Segment 1: Crystal Renee’ Hayslett is an actor and featured in Will Packer Productions and Universal Pictures feature film Praise This, released on Peacock on April 7.  Crystal also stars as ‘Fatima’ in Tyler Perry’s Sistas and its spinoff Zatima. Season 6 of Sistas will premiere on BET 5/31. Host: Ryanne Segment 2:  Tze Chun is Executive Producer and Showrunner of the Gremlins animated prequel Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai for Warner Bros Animation and Amblin which premieres on May 23rd on Max, and served as Showrunner and Executive Producer of Boots Riley’s upcoming Amazon Prime show I'm A Virgo which premieres in June 2023. Host: Jamie Music by: Sammus Edited by: Jamie Broadnax