Bolashade Hanson and Whitney Booker

BlerdTalk with Bola and Whitney

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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.

Be sure to visit the podcast's website and support the creator: blerdtalkbw.blogspot.com

Author

Bolashade Hanson and Whitney Booker

Episodes

16 Captain Marvel 09.04.2019 41:48

00:43 Welcome Back 01:47 Springtime and Weather 03:11 Season Two 03:49 The Black Eyed Peas 04:47 Captain Marvel 06:06 Shazam! - 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 22:36 Us - Winston Duke (Bola’s husband) 24:01 Game of...

15 Bohemian Rhapsody 26.11.2018 53:56

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 &...

14 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 09.10.2018 1:10:12

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 Monste...

13 Folklore, Fairytales, and Fantasy Series, Part 1: Tale of Tales and I Kill Giants 10.09.2018 1:07:54

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 K...

12 Crazy Rich Asians 29.08.2018 1:22:52

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” - My...

11 The Darkest Minds and Sorry to Bother You 14.08.2018 1:12:10

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:...

10 Ant-Man and the Wasp 25.07.2018 1:03:03

https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios Ant-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...

9 Resistance Series, Part 1: V for Vendetta 03.07.2018 1:14:47

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...

8 Ocean's 8 and Girl Power! 18.06.2018 1:33:57

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 Mov...

7 Deadpool 2 04.06.2018 1:37:07

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 Vocabular...

6 Black Heroes 21.05.2018 1:14:17

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- Deart...

5 Avengers: Infinity War 14.05.2018 1:42:40

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...

4 Pixar's Coco 25.04.2018 1:17:04

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...

3 A Wrinkle in Time Movie 11.04.2018 1:15:10

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...

2 Black Panther 09.04.2018 1:27:48

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...

1 What is a Blerd? 09.04.2018 12:51

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