Micheaux Mission

Vincent and Len go over the 2022 Academy Award nominations, give a final assessment of Lifetime's Janet Jackson , see how one gets from D'Urville Martin to Barbra Streisand then (00:49) take seat at a jazz joint to meet Sammy Davis Jr. as A MAN CALLED ADAM. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Micheaux XL as Len and Vincent miss WKRP 's Howard Houseman, answer listener mail, discuss TV habits of the loved and loving and then (00:19) engage in a lively debate about Lifetime's Janet Jackson and (01:02) review The Hughes Brothers' mini-epic Dead Presidents. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for a...

Len and Vincent have it out over the ultra-violent A Clockwork Orange , find a Marvel Cinematic role for Denzel Washington, leapfrog from D'Urville Martin to Jack Nicholson AND Michael Jackson. (00:53) Then they turn their attention to Gordon Parks' Leadbelly and the fun stops cold (despite the 'wondrous' Art Evans). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information abo...

It's James Earl Jones' birthday which means Star Wars trivia which leads to the new Shakespeare adaptation The Tragedy of Macbeth which gets us into Six Degrees of D'Urville Martin to Jennifer Aniston and William Holden which takes us to Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke WITH Macy Gray in Antoine Fuqua's Training Day . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information a...

Vincent and Len discuss the absence of Chapstick from pleasant society, the mystery of Baltimore’s famed Lake Trout sandwich, and crab-eating 101. Then Vincent deflates Len’s bubble with his “D’Urvilliany” and Len is equally disappointed by Richard Pryor’s JoJo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling ; though Debbie Allen is right! (00:39) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for inf...

Vincent and Len share their thoughts on the legacy and the films of Sidney Poitier, who passed away at the age of 94 on Jan 6th 2022. The Men of Micheaux talk about his iconic roles in films such as In The Heat of The Night, A Raisin in The Sun, his less popular yet no less poignant work in Paris Blues, Brother John and A Warm December , his comedic turns with Bill Cosby and Harry Belafonte, and e...

The Men of Micheaux pay tribute to the year of Soylent Green and the passing of actor-producer Max Julien (1933-2022) before this week's Six Degrees of D'Urville Martin has them waxing nostalgic about Grandpa Al Lewis of The Munsters fame and The Lone Ranger aka actor Clayton Moore. And they still find time to review (00:41.25) Juice (1992) by Ernest Dickerson and featuring the acting debt of Tupa...

Vincent and Len close out 2021 by correcting an omission from last week’s Philly Tree of Hip-Hop, find their way into a chat about the Gabor Sisters, discuss how many movie degrees separate D’Urville from Marilyn, reveal their Ultimate Christmas Music and Movie Playlists, AND THEN settle into a review of 2007’s This Christmas , featuring a menacingly and pleasantly distracting Idris Elba and Regin...

Len quizzes Vincent on the ‘tree’ of Philly Hip-Hop, play 6 Degrees of D’Urville Martin all the way to Hugh Bonneville (?) and (00:29) review Netflix’s Jingle Jangle, A Christmas Journey (2020). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Joanne Griffith of American Public Media is a very good sport about some tech difficulties as well as Vincent's unabashed stalling on the 6 Degrees of D'Urville and his blond actor woman blind spot then (00:43) shares her love of Hidden Figures (2016). Oh, the math of it all! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data...

The Men of the Micheaux Mission hold a panel discussion a the virtual IDIC Podcast Festival in July 2021 highlighting the toxicity of Star Trek: The Next Generation ’s Geordi La Forge’s relationship (ick!) with Dr. Leah Brahms. Vincent and Len flex their Trekker bonfides while calling out the problematic matters of consent prevalent in these 90s episodes that resonate still today. Hosted by Simple...

Len and Vincent engage on the life of the Cornish hen and the treachery of pigs, answer and listen to mail from the Missionaries, get stopped on the way from D’Urville Martin to Viola Davis and (00:35) review the Christmas classic Trading Places (1983). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Vincent and Len read their listener mail then get into another round of Six Degrees of D’Urville Martin . The Men them lament the loss of intellectual chat on television before Len gets really riled up about the award-winning Raoul Peck doc about author James Baldiwn, I Am Not Your Negro . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of...

Vincent and Len read listener mail and reminisce over Love, American Style from the 70s. They show appreciation for Love Life on HBOMax and it sparks a debate over iPad access…sorta. A new game show is born - Six Degrees of D’urville Martin and then it’s finally time to review 1967’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner , starring Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy, and Katharine Hepburn (50:30). Hosted by Sim...

The crew of The Beat Connection podcast (Alexa Gold, Azrael DiCaprio and Shizz Shiz) join the Mission to discuss the methodology behind their excavation of hip-hop's greatest beats and samples to unearth their melodic roots and explain how DJ Premier stands shoulder to shoulder with Dr. Dre producer-wise. Then (00:21) we discuss colorism in Netflix's The Harder They Fall and get to our review (00:...

Actor/comedian and now author Tommy Davidson sits with the Men to share his thoughts on comedy, Bruce Lee, and Sammy Davis Jr. In fact, 'Stevie Wonder' serenades Vincent for his birthday! And 'Cream Corn' of Black Dynamite gives the Mission a special 'moment'. Then (00:49) Vincent and Len get into their review of Spike Lee's hard-to-find Jungle Fever . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See...

Vincent indulges Len’s impulse to review the Michael Jackson Disney short film Captain EO as a ‘horror’ film. And then they open up (47:42) on Grace Jones in Vamp . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It’s Vincent and Len talking about Big Daddy Kane vs KRS-One in an epic Verzuz . The Men also discuss the ‘torch’ that’s been passed to Yahya Abdul-Mateen, review listener mail and (29:00ish) share differing views on 2021’s rendition of Candyman . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Len celebrates his sister’s first published work in Queens Who Defied The Odds . The Men share interesting thoughts about Us and get into a fun Versus debate about KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane, Duke Ellington, James Brown and more. Somehow Bing Crosby slips into the conversation about the movie roadmap for The Road to 300 just before (42:17-ish) getting into their review of Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde . Queens...

Vincent is easily distracted with talk of The Foundation on Apple TV, 100% Rotten Tomato scores for The Tragedy of MacBeth and the upcoming VZS: Krs-One v Big Daddy Kane bu all chatter leads to (25:48-ish) our review of 2019’s Us . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We celebrate the release of Sankofa on Netflix, through the work of Ava Duvernay’s Array Films, look at groundbreaking anniversaries in hip-hop and rock and lament the passing of filmmaker Melvin Van Peeples before (30:19) getting into their review of 1945’s morality drama Go Down, Death! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of...

This week, we're sharing an episode of Some of My Best Friends Are...  The show is hosted by Khalil Muhammad and Ben Austen, two best friends who grew up together on the South Side of Chicago in the '80s. Khalil is Black; Ben is white. They invite listeners into their conversations about the absurdities and intricacies of race in America. Mixing anecdotes, entertaining storytelling, and thoughtful...

Listener mail reopens the convo about Rappers Who Act as well as sets the stage for a mini- Spock Adjacent chat about the cast of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . Vincent is absolutely insane for all things Shakespeare and (34:15) we review the slept-on 90s comedy The Wood . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data f...

Len agrees that Nia Long is the finest actress in Hollywood history and has receipts to prove it (shout out to comedian Ryan Davis @ryandaviscomedy for ‘printing them out’). The Men talk about the themes of Nia DaCosta’s Candyman then (31:25-ish) dive into another selection in the Micheaux Collection - 1935’s Murder In Harlem . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for info...

The Micheaux Mission remembers the late Michael K. Williams, answers messages from the Missionaries and (24:34) review the race satire DROP SQUAD. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.