

Black Girl Nerds
Black Girl Nerds
Black Girl Nerds is the intersection of geek culture and Black feminism. If you love comic books, movies, tech, gaming then the BGN Podcast is right up your alley! Black Girl Nerds features interviews from the best of the best in entertainment, so if you're a fan of pop culture and love nerdy things check out what BGN has in store for you!
Episodes
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Dec 22, 2016 • 10min
#BGNPodcast Extra: Emayatzy Corinealdi Interview
We are proud to present to you an insightful and inspiring interview with actor Emayatzy Corinealdi best known for her role as Ruby in Ava DuVernay's Middle Of Nowhere and the role of Belle in Roots. You can currently catch the 2016 miniseries of Roots on Hulu and Middle of Nowhere for streaming on Netflix.
In this one-on-one interview with Caron, Emayatzy discusses the origin of her beautiful name, her work in the entertainment industry, what it was like working with actors on the set of Roots and provides words of wisdom for women.
Sit back and relax to this great interview featuring an actress who is on the horizon making waves in film community!
Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

Dec 18, 2016 • 49min
#BGNPodcast Extra - Rogue One Discussion
Jamie, Joelle and Kayla chat about their takeaways regarding the latest release from the Star Wars franchise, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. We give you the good, the bad and the ugly!
Warning: Spoilers
Music by John Williams and Trailer Music Weekly

Dec 17, 2016 • 32min
The Walking Dead Recap: Carl's Biscuits
Kayla and Mel and Jamie recap these mid-season episodes with funny and witty banter! See you in Feb!
Hosted by Kayla and Mel
Edited by Jamie Broadnax
Music by Bear McCreary

Dec 10, 2016 • 11min
#BGNPodcast Extra - An Interview with Riz Ahmed
We decided to drop an exclusive interview during our hiatus just in time for the new film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story starring actor Riz Ahmed who plays the role of Bodhi Rook. The movie will be released in theatres nationwide December 16th!
Interview hosted by Jacqueline
Edited by Jamie Broadnax
Music by Trailer Music Weekly

Nov 30, 2016 • 39min
#BGNPodcast Recap: S7 Ep 6 - Zombie Cobbler
Kayla and Mel and Jamie recap this week's episode about the latest story arc featuring Tara and a new community found in the zombie apocalypse.
Hosted by Kayla and Mel
Edited by Jamie Broadnax
Music by Bear McCreary

Nov 19, 2016 • 1h 19min
BGN #97 | Jean Grae, Moana, and Beyond TV Series
Segment 1: Hip hop artist Jean Grae chats with us about her prolific impact on the music industry and gives her opinions about the post-election.
Hosted by Jamie, Grace and Tora
Segment 2: Actress Auli'i Cravalho of Disney's Moana chats about her new role as a Disney princess and the playing a character that will reach several women of color.
Hosted by Joelle
Segment 3: At NYCC we did a roundtable interview with the creative team behind the new series Beyond, scheduled to premiere in 2017. Tim Kring, David Eick and Burkely Duffield chats with us.
Segment 1 edited by: Jamie Broadnax
Segment 2 and 3 edited by: MR Daniel mrdaniel.net
Music by Sammus and Jean Grae

Nov 18, 2016 • 44min
#BGNPodcast Recap: S7 Ep 4 - Ezekiel's Struggle Wig
Kayla and Mel and Jamie recap this week's episode about Negan's wrath on the group, redneck cons, and Ezekiel's struggle wig.
Hosted by Kayla and Mel
Edited by Jamie Broadnax
Music by Bear McCreary

Nov 12, 2016 • 2h 8min
BGN #96 | Monstress, The Few and Moonlight
Segment 1: Writer Marjorie Liu talks about her work on Monstress and how inclusive characters shape the way fans read comics.
Hosted by Joelle
Segment 2: Vincent Jerome star of "The Few" talks about the superhero series on a one-on-one interview with Kay B.
Hosted by Kay B
Segment 3: Jacqueline, Joi and Leo chat about the popular indie film Moonlight that has received major critical acclaim.
Segment 1 edited by: MR Daniel mrdaniel.net
Segment 2 and 3 edited by: John Bauer
Music by: Sammus and SkyBlew

Nov 10, 2016 • 1h 34min
BGN Podcast Extra - 2016 Presidential Election
The election season is finally over and we share our thoughts on the declared winner Donald J. Trump and what this means for women of color. This is a panel hosted by Jamie Broadnax featuring Kay B, Joi, Caron, Tora, Kristin and Mel.
Edited by: Jamie Broadnax
Music by: Sammus

Nov 5, 2016 • 32min
BGN #95 | Nerdy History, Superheroines and WOC In Comics
Segment 1: A'Lelia Bundles, the great-great granddaughter of Madame CJ Walker discusses her 30 year history as a TV executive, her community outreach work and her role as a museum curator preserving the legacy of Madame CJ Walker.
Hosted by: Jamie, Marqueeda and Joi
Segment 2: Kyla Frye is the star of the new superhero series The Few and tells us what's it like to be an action hero.
Hosted by: Kay B
Segment 3: Regine L Sawyer leads a panel at NYCC called Women of Color in Comics: Race, Gender & the Comic Book Medium. With panelists: Barbara Brandon-Croft, http://womenincomics.wikia.com/wiki/BarbaraBrandon-Croft @BBrandonCroft
Carol Burrell editor/writer/artist SPQR Blues http://womenincomics.wikia.com/wiki/CarolBurrell @spqrblues
Che Grayson, filmmaker/comic book writer (Rigamo) http://chegrayson.com/ @FandomFox
Jules Rivera, writer/artist http://julesrivera.com/ @julesrivera
Camille Zhang, editor/writer http://www.camillazhang.com/ @illathekilla
[moderator] Regine Sawyer, editor/writer/publisher http://lockettdown.com/ Founder/Coordinator http://www.womenincomicscollective.org/ @LockettDown
Recorded by: MR Daniel
Segment 1 edited by: Jamie Broadnax
Segment 2 edited by: John Bauer
Segment 3 edited by: MR Daniel mrdaniel.net
Music by: Sammus, SkyBlew and Shubzilla