theblerdgurl Podcast with Karama Horne

If you are an avid player of The Sims, a life simulation game that let’s players design the lives of simulated characters and watch as they “live” out their scripts, then you know that game has change a lot over the last 20 years. This episode I talk to guest Amira Virgil (aka @Xmiramira) who got tired of seeing the same light or shite characters with the same hairstyles, slothing music and scenar...

If you are a fan of Milestone’s most famous character Virgil Hawkins, then this is the episode for you. Vita Ayala (( New Mutants, Shuri) , is the new writer on the series Static Season 1 , and I talked to them about what it was like updating the character and how they got the gig.  The debut of Milestone’s original Static #1 was almost 30 years ago. (No he’s not a young Black Lig...

Welcome back to another episode of theblerdgurl podcast! This episode I had the pleasure of speaking with actor and CW Black Lightning  star Cress Williams. Now last episode I spoke with actress Erika Alexander who played Perenna on Black Lightning , but that’s not the first time Erika and Cress have worked together. In fact, his second acting role ever was as Terrence “Scooter” William...

Erika Alexander is known for her roles on the Emmy nominated series Living Single , the Oscar Award Winning movie Get Out , the CW’s Black Lightning and Wu-Tang: American Saga on hulu. In this episode of the podcast we discuss her work as a producer on Good Trouble the CNN documentary about the late Rep. John Lewis and she co-created at the comic book series Concrete Park along with artist T...

If you are a writer or an aspiring writer or a fan of horror this is the episode for you. This is another throwback theblerdgurlLIVE episode but it’s one that is actually pretty timely because this week it was announced that my guests Tananarive Due and her husband and writing partner Steven Barnes are going to be Executive Producers on a new show coming to Shudder called Horror Noire . Now...

This little podcast interview is a conversation that I had with the creator, co-writer and animator LeSean Thomas about Netflix Animation’s Yasuke . A trippy mech fantasy anime loosely based on the real life Black samurai of the same name. He co-produced the project with award-wining actor Lakeith Stanfield and Grammy Award winning visionary artist and musician Flying Lotus . The show was wr...

Welcome back to THEBLERDGURL podcast ! I always wanted to make THEBLERDGURL LIVE show available in podcast form, but I kind of got overwhelmed by how popular it became and the craziness of 2020 in general. But for those of you still subscribed, or those of you who are new to the podcast I’m reposting past episodes in there entirety along with a few other interviews that are unreleased. This...

Welcome to a bonus episode of theblerdgurl Podcast! In this interview, I get a chance to talk to Star Trek: Discovery executive producer and Creator Alex Kurtzman along with co-executive producer and director Olatunde Osunsanmi.  So I’m really really excited to bring you this episode because, since the season 3 finale dropped, we were free to talk about the whole season. We talked about...

Hey Star Trek fans guess what? I had an amazing chat with David Ajala , the new star of Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 . He plays Cleveland Booker , the rogue pilot that Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) meets when she crash lands in the future after the events of the season 2 finale. In this timeline, there is no federation…or is there? If Ajala looks familiar, that’s because he has bee...

On World Science Day a couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to speak with a woman reshaping the image of Black women in science, Raven Baxter. (a.k.a. “Raven the Science Maven”) . I first heard about Raven when her music video Big Ole Geeks , a “science parody” of Megan Thee Stallion’s Big Ole Freak , popped up on my Twitter feed last summer. Needless to say it b...

If you are a fan of the HBO’s Lovecraft Country, then this episode is for you. This week my guests the hosts of the official HBO Lovecraft Country Radio podcast . Ashley C. Ford and Lovecraft Country writer Shannon Houston. Every week on their show they break down each episode of Lovecraft Country after it airs. But on this podcast epsiode we are going to break down some of our favorite mome...

My latest guest is someone I’ve actually known for a  few years now, Keith Knight. Keith is an American cartoonist and musician known for his comic strips The K Chronicles, ink, and The Knight Life. While his work is humorous and universal in appeal, he also often deals with political, social, and racial issues. The new show Woke is based on his life and some of the people in it. I have...

This is the podcast edition of the premiere episode oftheblerdgurlLIVE in podcast form. It’s edited slightly for clarity, and there is a transcript available below! It was great having April back and I was able to get the scoop on her new venture Ensemble with Overture Global! We also talked about some great Scifi shows we’re watching on streaming. Please take a listen and let me know...

Did you know that if you go to a protest, take pictures and share them on social media, not only can your location be tracked, but the location and identities of everyone whose face you’ve shown in a video can also be traced? Did you know that if you are recording a crime or some other form of injustice, that if you change the name of the file when you download it, it might be inadmissib...

So today my guest today is actor, writer and playwright Malcolm Barrett. Many of you remember him as Lem from Better off Ted and Rufus from the sci-fi show Timeless but he’s also a playwright and rapper, (his alias is “Verbal”.) In addition, he’s also the co-founder and artistic director of the nonprofit Los Angeles-based Ammunition Theatre Company. You may have also seen him o...

You’ve already heard me rave about the new indigenous zombie movie  Blood Quantum  on Shudder . This week’s podcast interview was with the director, Jeff Barnaby, about the film and his experiences as an indigenous director. Barnaby came up with the concept of  Blood Quantum  back in 2007. But no one was going to give a young director, fresh out of film school with only a coupl...

My interview this week is with the creator and cast of a brand new show dropping on May 1 on Amazon Prime called Upload . It takes place in a future where after your physical death your consciousness can be uploaded into a program that is sort of a digital heaven.  No, it’s not related to Altered Carbon . This is kind of a philosophical, romantic comedy, murder mystery. It was...

Whenever Denys Cowan is mentioned within comic book circles, most people immediately start talking about Milestone Media, the groundbreaking company that Cowan and his childhood friend Derek Dingle would co-found along with Michael Davis and the legendary Dwayne McDuffie.  But Cowan was contributing to comics long before his Milestone days. He began his career at the tender age of 14 as an in...

My last episode was a bit of a departure, because I really wanted to address the COVID 19 pandemic and I also wanted to get you resources for dealing with the situation. If you missed that episode, please go back and take a listen, because a lot of the tips are still valid. Please let me know on social if those were helpful to you. We can’t cure heard from some of you already about it. But as alwa...

I pre-empted this week’s interview to share with you a special episode of the podcast that deals directly with COVID-19, the realities of the situation and some steps you can take to get through the shutdown. So if you feeling overwhelmed, confused, or can’t take any more Netflix lists of things you should watch, this episode is for you. I think some of the info here is so important, A...

My guest this week is actress and producer Simone Missick. Now most of you geeks out there remember Simone from her role as live-action comic book character Misty Knight from Marvel’s Luke Cage , The Defenders and Jessica Jones on Netflix. Her career has really taken off since then and she’s currently starring in A ll Rise as the lead! As Judge Lola Carmichael. She’s also currently starring a...

Today’s guest is Marc Bernardin. If you are a blerd, you’d better put some respect on this man’s name! Marc has been a professional geek since before many of you were born. With a career that spans a couple of decades, Marc, is both an award-wining journalist and Hollywood scriptwriter. He worked for Entertainment Weekly for over a decade moving all the way up t...

Hanelle Culpepper is an accomplished director in her own right. She has directed TV in Hollywood for years. She’s done plenty of action and genre shows like Sleepy Hollow, Supergirl and The Flash. But Hanelle has been thrust into the spotlight over the past month because she directed the pilot episode of Picard, the new series on CBSAllAccess that brought back Patrick Stewart into the role of Jean...

My guest this week is actress Parisa Fitz-Henley. I first saw Parisa on Marvel’s Luke Cage on Netflix when she played Luke’s wife Reva. You remember, the one that Jessica Jones killed while being controlled by the Purple Man? (I still feel some kind of way about that. She is best known for playing Fiji the resident witch on Midnight: Texas, a show that was a lot of fun, but sadly, was&nb...

So, the Oscars are this weekend. And this is important because of who my guest is this week. It’s none other than April Reign. The creator of the #Oscarssowhite hashtag, businesswoman, activist, mom and so much more! She joined me a couple of weeks ago for a chat the week the Oscars were announced. So we are clearly going to be talking about movies and entertainment and the state of the indus...