BlerdTalk with Bola and Whitney

Today's episode your blerd girls review the film Origin by Ava DuVernay. We are Blerding Out about  Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Barbarian, the Moana 2 teaser, Brahmastra Part One: Shiva, What If Season 2, and Bridgerton Season 3 teasers. Our anime updates are on KhromaKon, the Spy x Family film trailer, the Naruto fan animation, and the Avatar: The Last Airbender live action series. Review Timestamp : 31:24 Ava DuVernay Interviews https://9fvb.short.gy/AvaInterview1 https://9fvb.short.gy/AvaInterview2  Isabel Wilkerson Interviews  https://9fvb.short.gy/IsabelInterview1  https://9fvb.short.gy/IsabelInterview2   Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun            Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshun Show Notes by Bola Hanson Audio engineering by Whitney Booker Show Contact Info: Subscribe to our email newsletter: blerdtalkbw.ck.page Email: blerdtalkbw@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBW TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@blerdtalkbw YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@blerdtalkbw Bola’s contact info: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triplefqueenb YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@triplefqueenb Whitney’s company contact info: Email: whit@lumenavi.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios

On today's episode we are reviewing the critically acclaimed film American Fiction. We are Blerding Out about Kpop band BlackSwan, anime Spy x Family, anime music, Marvel's Echo and Max’s True Detective. Our Topics in Blackness discussed on the pod were the Jonathan Majors case and the Kat Williams Club Shay Shay interview. Review Timestamp 40:33 Erasure by Percival Everett - the novel American Fiction is adapted from. BlackSwan-Music Video https://9fvb.short.gy/BlackSwan  Jonathan Majors Interview  https://9fvb.short.gy/JonathanMajorsInterview  Kat Williams Interview https://9fvb.short.gy/KatWilliamsInterview  Article about American Fiction Ending https://9fvb.short.gy/AmericanFictionEnding  American Fiction Cast Panel https://9fvb.short.gy/AmericanFictionCastPanel  Jeffery Wright and Sterling K. Brown video https://9fvb.short.gy/JefferyWrightSterlingKBrownvid Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun            Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshun Show Notes by Bola Hanson Audio engineering by Whitney Booker Show Contact Info: Subscribe to our email newsletter: blerdtalkbw.ck.page Email: blerdtalkbw@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBW TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@blerdtalkbw YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@blerdtalkbw Bola’s contact info: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triplefqueenb YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@triplefqueenb Whitney’s company contact info: Email: whit@lumenavi.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios

Happy New Year Folks! For our first episode of the year we are reviewing the new The Color Purple film from 2023 with a guest, our blerd friend, Jane Samuels. We are Blerding Out about Tooth and Claw Podcast, This American Life Podcast, book The Covenant of Water, the Temu shopping app, the film Saltburn, Xena: Warrior Princess, Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story documentary,  Hulu series Black Cake and Small Island. Episode Mentions: Oprah and the Color Purple Journey documentary on Max:  https://9fvb.short.gy/OprahColorPurple Review Timestamp 1:01:58  Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun            Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshun Show Notes by Bola Hanson Audio engineering by Whitney Booker Show Contact Info: Subscribe to our email newsletter: blerdtalkbw.ck.page Email: blerdtalkbw@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBW TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@blerdtalkbw YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@blerdtalkbw Bola’s contact info: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triplefqueenb YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@triplefqueenb Whitney’s company contact info: Email: whit@lumenavi.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios

Today's episode we review Wonka. We are Blerding Out about Christmas in general. That includes all the songs, decor, music, movies, activities and family time. Listen for a list of our favorite Christmas songs and movies. See some unique Christmas songs below. Review Timestamp  25:00 Non problematic version of "Baby It's Cold Outside" from Netflix movie Love Hard: https://9fvb.short.gy/j1jZmy “How Many Kings” - Downhere https://9fvb.short.gy/WNHXYP “Merry Christmas” - Ed Sheeran and Elton John https://9fvb.short.gy/8Pyouo “River” - Joni Mitchell https://9fvb.short.gy/0ML9AH  Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun            Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshun Show Notes by Bola Hanson Audio engineering by Whitney Booker Show Contact Info: Subscribe to our email newsletter: blerdtalkbw.ck.page Email: blerdtalkbw@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBW TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@blerdtalkbw YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@blerdtalkbw Bola’s contact info:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triplefqueenb YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@triplefqueenb Whitney’s company contact info :Email: whit@lumenavi.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios

Today's episode we are reviewing the new Christmas film Candy Cane Lane. We are Blerding Out about Netflix shows Big Mouth and Human Resources, the Janelle Monáe song “Make Me Feel”, RVA Explore Tour’s Tacky Light Tour, Christmas Tea at the John Marshall Ballrooms and On the Air Radio Players Christmas play “A Hearthside Holiday”. Our Topics in Blackness are bad hair braiders and Black food documentary High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America season 2. Review Timestamp 26:58 Janelle Monáe - “Make Me Feel” https://9fvb.short.gy/MakeMeFeel On The Air Radio Players  https://9fvb.short.gy/OTARP  Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun            Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshun Show Notes by Bola Hanson Audio engineering by Whitney Booker Show Contact Info: Subscribe to our email newsletter: blerdtalkbw.ck.page Email: blerdtalkbw@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBW TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@blerdtalkbw YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@blerdtalkbw Bola’s contact info: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triplefqueenb YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@triplefqueenb Whitney’s company contact info: Email: whit@lumenavi.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios

On today's episode we are reviewing Killers of the Flower Moon in honor of Native American Heritage Month. We are Blerding Out about Thanksgiving, Dance Candy Band performance, the final season of The Crown, Six the musical, Murder on the Orient Express, the film Men, Loki season 2, and The Marvels film backlash. *Correction Lily Gladstone is from the Blackfeet tribe not Osage Review Timestamp 31:45 Documentaries on the Osage Murders https://9fvb.short.gy/LVWJpr https://9fvb.short.gy/TK35pG Contextualized explanation of why Osage Women married White Men https://9fvb.short.gy/ylyuW7 The Take Analysis on the film https://9fvb.short.gy/b8QYNK  Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun           Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshunShow Notes by Bola HansonAudio engineering by Whitney Booker Show Contact Info:Subscribe to our email newsletter: blerdtalkbw.ck.pageEmail: blerdtalkbw@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBWTikTok: http://tiktok.com/@blerdtalkbwYouTube: https://YouTube.com/@blerdtalkbw Bola’s contact info:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triplefqueenb YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@triplefqueenb Whitney’s company contact info:Email: whit@lumenavi.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios

Today's episode we review The Marvels with special guest Shola Hanson. We are Blerding Out about Thai BL show I Feel You Linger in the Air, Teen Wolf: The Movie, Shah Rukh Khan action films Jawan and Pathaan, and the end of the Actors Strike. Captain Planet Meme https://9fvb.short.gy/CaptainPlanentMeme

On today's episode we review the Hulu original series The Other Black Girl. We are Blerding Out about the Lola Akerstrom book Everything is Not Enough, horror film Five Nights at Freddy's, and series The Haunting of Hill House, and The Fall of the House of Usher. 

Happy October Blerds. Today's episode is on Netflix's Lupin Part 3. We are Blerding Out about Fall activities like apple picking at The Market at Grelen and Carter Mountain Orchard; the pumpkin patch at Chesterfield Berry Farm; and Fall festivals such as the 2nd Street Festival, and the Richmond Folk Festival. Additional Blerd Outs are wheel throwing, the Broadway musical Frozen and the film Chevalier. Market at Grelen https://9fvb.short.gy/MarketGrelen Carter Mountain Orchard https://9fvb.short.gy/CarterMtOrchard Chesterfield Berry Farm https://9fvb.short.gy/ChesterfieldBerryFarm Hand and Thrown Ceramics Studio https://9fvb.short.gy/HandThrownCeramics

In today's episode we are reviewing DC's Blue Beetle. We also talk about the Writers, Actors, and Auto workers' strike. We are Blerding Out about Bob Hearts Abishola, RVA LIT FEST, Netflix movie The Mother, the Interview with the Vampire series, and Netflix anime Ooku: The Inner Chambers.  Review Timestamp 39:00Cast Interviewhttps://9fvb.short.gy/H72MOF Director interview https://9fvb.short.gy/58LtlE Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun           Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshun Show Notes by Bola Hanson Audio engineering by Whitney Booker Show Contact Info: Subscribe to our email newsletter: blerdtalkbw.ck.page Email: blerdtalkbw@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBW TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@blerdtalkbw YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@blerdtalkbw Bola’s contact info: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triplefqueenb YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@triplefqueenb Whitney’s company contact info: Email: whit@lumenavi.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios

In this throwback, rerun episode we discussed the heisty, thrilling Netflix show, Lupin. We also talked about new shows and movies coming out soon, Covid restrictions lifting, and the Juneteenth Dirty South Exhibit at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.41:01 90's Anime Cartoons05:01 Intro to Episode Lupin07:01 Languages and Subtitles08:01 "Dragostea din tei"  https://9fvb.short.gy/Gt5heU 10:17 Netflix and Foreign Films11:31 Workin' Moms on Netflix14:38 Live Action Cowboy Bebop teaser  ⁠https://9fvb.short.gy/cowboybebopliveaction 16:42 Blerd Out Bola - Opening Up, Restrictions Lifting19:19 Blerd Out Bola 2 - Juneteenth Dirty South Exhibit VMFA22:24 Future Movies and TV Coming Out24:43 Omar Sy's Background26:19 Lupin Inspiration- Arsène Lupin26:31 Lupin Show Plot32:26 Characters33:22 Lupin: the Heist Drama36:13 Master of Disguise35:01 Favorite Things About Lupin55:11 Sexiness of Omar Sy56:58 Racism in Lupin1:02:36 The Finale1:14:36 RatingIntro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun           Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshunShow Notes by Bola HansonAudio engineering by Whitney BookerShow Contact Info:Subscribe to our email newsletter: blerdtalkbw.ck.pageEmail: blerdtalkbw@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBWTikTok: http://tiktok.com/@blerdtalkbwYouTube: https://YouTube.com/@blerdtalkbw Bola’s contact info:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triplefqueenb YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@triplefqueenb Whitney’s company contact info:Email: whit@lumenavi.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios

Today's episode we are reviewing the blockbuster smash hit movie of the summer, Barbie. We are Blerding Out about Jo Koy Netflix Specials, the Book Bar RVA Lit Fest, Marvel's Secret Invasion*, Netflix's Heart of Stone, Boruto: Two Blue Vortex manga, Naruto Clue, My Happy Marriage*, Hulu's The Bear, Amazon's The Peripheral, and HBO's The Last of Us.  Review Timestamp 28:04 *Wrong name was said on the podcast correction in the notes RVA Lit Fest https://9fvb.short.gy/75RVALitFest Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun           Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshun Show Notes by Bola Hanson Audio engineering by Whitney Booker Show Contact Info: Subscribe to our email newsletter: blerdtalkbw.ck.page Email: blerdtalkbw@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBW TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@blerdtalkbw YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@blerdtalkbw Bola’s contact info: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triplefqueenb YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@triplefqueenb Whitney’s company contact info: Email: whit@lumenavi.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios

In today's episode we review the controversial film The Flash. We are Blerding Out about fishing, the Roy Wood Jr. Comedy Show, electric car charging, the Manifest series finale,Yendidi Ghanaian Restaurant, and the Virginia Beach Funny Bone.  Review Timestamp 30:35  Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun            Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshun Show Notes by Bola Hanson Audio engineering by Whitney Booker Show Contact Info: Subscribe to our email newsletter: blerdtalkbw.ck.page Email: blerdtalkbw@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBW TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@blerdtalkbw YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@blerdtalkbw Bola’s contact info: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triplefqueenb YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@triplefqueenb Whitney’s company contact info: Email: whit@lumenavi.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios

Bola is out for this episode, so Whitney is instead joined by guest host Liqua. We Blerded Out about so many things that we broke this episode into two parts! In this week's episode we review The Blackening. To listen to our Blerd Out super episode, check out episode 72 from last week.  Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun            Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshun Show Notes by Bola Hanson Audio engineering by Whitney Booker Show Contact Info: Subscribe to our email newsletter: blerdtalkbw.ck.page Email: blerdtalkbw@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBW TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@blerdtalkbw YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@blerdtalkbw Bola’s contact info: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triplefqueenb YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@triplefqueenb Whitney’s company contact info: Email: whit@lumenavi.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios

Bola is out for this episode, so Whitney is instead joined by guest host Liqua. We are Blerding Out about so many things that we broke this episode into two parts! In this week's episode we are Blerding Out about romance novels, including Kresley Cole and Sherrilyn Kenyon; other favorite authors, Tamora Pierce; and favorite book series, The Darkangel Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce, and The Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix. We also Blerd Out about pro wrestling, period pieces, Rick and Morty, and TV show Yellowjackets. We also discuss Jonathan Majors and the video evidence that was posited may exonerate him. We review The Blackening in part two, episode 73.   Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun            Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshun Show Notes by Bola Hanson Audio engineering by Whitney Booker Show Contact Info: Subscribe to our email newsletter: blerdtalkbw.ck.page Email: blerdtalkbw@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBW TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@blerdtalkbw YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@blerdtalkbw Bola’s contact info: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triplefqueenb YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@triplefqueenb Whitney’s company contact info: Email: whit@lumenavi.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios