Black Girl Nerds

In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast we interview the team behind the new docuseries 'Light & Magic' on Disney+. Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan takes viewers on an adventure behind the curtains of Industrial Light & Magic, the special visual effects, animation, and virtual production division of Lucasfilm. Featured in the interviews are Lawrence Kasdan (Director), Phil Tippett (Visual Effects Supervisor at ILM), Janet Lewin (Senior Vice President and General Manager of ILM) and Dennis Muren (Consulting Creative Director of Industrial Light & Magic). Host: Ryanne Music by: Sammus Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we welcome  Emmanuel ‘E-Man’ Noisette to discuss his reaction of the 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' trailer and the impact of #RecastTChalla.  The fandom is divided on the storyline of T-Challa and on this episode both host and guest have alternate perspectives on where they want to see Marvel go!  Host: Jamie and Ryanne Music by: Sammus Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we welcome VR creator Ashley Briley. World Builder Ashley Briley made “Den of Horrors,” a successful Horizon Worlds horror experience that was building up traction and excitement in the Horizon Worlds community. Meta reached out to her to gauge her interest in the project without revealing its ties to the Nope film. As soon as Monkeypaw and Universal saw “Den of Horrors” they were blown away and asked to work with the creator of the world. Ashley agreed and formed a group of diverse creators (Samantha Nunoo, Matt Torres and Kevin Dixon) to help her kick off building.  Host: Jamie Music by: Sammus Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we interview comic book creator Tim Fielder. Tim Fielder is an Illustrator, concept designer, cartoonist, and animator born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and raised in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He has a lifelong love of Visual Afrofuturism, Pulp entertainment, and action films. Tim has worked over the years in the storyboarding, film visual development, gaming, comics, and animation industries for clients as varied as Marvel Comics (‘Dr Dre: Man With A Cold Cold Heart’), The Village Voice, Tri-Star Pictures (‘The Mothership Connection’), to Ubisoft Entertainment (‘Batman: Vengeance). Host: Ryanne Music by: Sammus Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we geek out with multi-hyphenate Diallo Riddle best known for his work on shows 'Sherman's Showcase' and 'South Side'.  He received an Emmy Award nomination for his work on the 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' and two NAACP Image Award nominations, one for his writing on 'Sherman’s Showcase' and the other for his directing on 'South Side'. Host: Jamie Edited by: Jamie Broadnax Music by: Sammus

In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds Podcast we chat with Emmy nominated host Baratunde Thurston. Baratunde is a visionary known for his thought-provoking conversations where he integrates his one-of-a-kind humor and insight to shine light on the world’s complex nature within themes of race, politics, technology and more. His compassionate voice offers a grounded honesty in which he displays during America Outdoors where Baratunde will spend quality time with an array of characters whose outdoor lives are shaped by where they live. The series includes various episodes that cover various topics from modern homesteaders living alongside grizzlies  in Idaho, to Black surfers catching waves on Long Island. Baratunde will reveal a deeper understanding of our passionate yet complicated relationship with the outdoors.   Host: Jeanine Edited by: Jamie Broadnax Music by: Sammus

In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we chat with actor Jay Pharoah, star of the Lionsgate film 'Private Property' currently released.   This tense and gripping neo-noir thriller walks the fine line between reality and deception. Stuck in a marriage to a rich Hollywood producer (Jay Pharoah, “SNL”), struggling actress Kathryn (Ashley Benson, “Pretty Little Liars”) finds herself attracted to Ben, her new gardener. Then, she meets Ed, the eccentric millionaire who’s just moved in next door, and a BBQ turns into a drunken party. Kathryn awakens to discover that Ben and Ed have been hiding secrets, and that her home — and life — may now be in grave danger. Host: Stacey  Music by: Sammus Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we chat with PBS host Danielle Bainbridge. Danielle was the researcher, writer, and host of the PBS Digital Studios web series 'The Origin of Everything' which focused on highlighting unusual and under-told histories. Outside of her academic work, she is also a writer of creative nonfiction, fiction, and drama. Her first play "Curio" premiered at UPenn and was featured in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2018. She is beginning work on her first independent documentary in 2022. She is also currently writing two books: 'Refinements of Cruelty', a book about 19th-century sideshow and freak show performers who were born into slavery and 'How to Make a New Nation', a general audience history book about performances of nationalism in newly independent nations in the wake of post-colonial movements worldwide in the 20th century. Host: Ryanne Music by: Sammus Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we welcome Dr. Sade R. Brown.  She's a Project Scientist at Owens & Minor. She helps to create, test, and review medical devices that are beneficial to the patient’s well-being. However, outside of her career, she takes joy in teaching financial literacy and educating others on the importance of passive income. She educates teens/adults to learn how to invest and trade stocks, buy smart real-estate, set-up short-term rentals, and retail arbitrage (e-commerce). Host: Jamie Music by: Sammus Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

This week's episode of Black Girl Nerds podcast welcomes you to join us to listen to our take on the Netflix series 'Ozark'. The series wrapped in April 2022 with mixed reactions online. If you are a die-hard fan of the series, tune in to this week's episode and tweet with us @bgnpodcast to let us know how you felt about 'Ozark'. Host: Jamie Co-host: Mimi Music by: Sammus Edited by: Jamie Broadnax