Shelf Conscious: ‘The Real Black Series’ with Deeez Action Figures
This week on Shelf Conscious, Keith welcomes action figure photographer and collector, Greg from the Instagram account Deeez Action Figures!
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Hard NOC Life 221: There are 96,000 ‘Loki’ Variants ‘In the Heights’
This week on Hard NOC Life, Britney, Keith, and Dominic discuss In the Heights and Loki.
Robin from ‘Stranger Things’ is Getting a Prequel Podcast Series and Novel
Robin Buckley was introduced to the world of Stranger Things in the third season and quickly became a fan favorite. Now the character, who is portrayed by Maya Hawke, will be getting her own prequel podcast and book. The news was announced at Netflix’s Geeked Week.
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Shelf Conscious: ‘Holy Frick’ with Cincy Nerd
This week on Shelf Conscious, Keith welcomes popular YouTuber Cincy Nerd!
Hard NOC Life 220: Issa Rae is Spider-Woman
This week on Hard NOC Life, Britney basks in the glory of her favorite superhero, Spider-Woman, finally getting shine as the crew — aka Keith and Dominic — break down news of Issa Rae’s casting in the Spider-Verse sequel, plus sneak peeks at Shazam: Fury of the Gods and Michael Keaton in The Flash.
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FDI Cast 112: Belle Was Wrong
We dive into what Disney villain we actually want to see a movie about.
The Middle Geeks Episode 27: ‘We Are Lady Parts’ Review
We are SO excited to discuss Nida Manzoor’s We Are Lady Parts, a British series featuring a punk rock band of all Muslim women of color, including MENA women, premiering today on Peacock TV! What did we love particularly about this series, and how well does it handle representation? We also discuss the news of the additional Sandman for Netflix, including the Lebanese Razane Jammal, American Eid debuting on Disney+, and much more!
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Shelf Conscious: ‘Making it Up’ with Larry Hama
On a new episode of Shelf Conscious, Keith welcomes legendary G.I. Joe creator, Larry Hama!
Hard NOC Life 219: Lin-Manuel Miranda! + The ‘Eternals’ Trailer Reaction
On a new Hard NOC Life, Keith finally talks to Lin-Manuel Miranda about adapting his first musical, In the Heights, for the big screen. But before that, he is joined by Dominic, Britney, and Shawn to break down the Eternals trailer.
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Southern Fried Asian: The Chow Brothers
Southern Fried Asian closes out AAPI Heritage Month by welcoming Keith’s brother, Raymond Chow, to piece together their family’s Southern Fried origin story.
FDI Cast 111: The One Featuring Keith Chow
The one and only Keith Chow stops by to talk toys and make sure we’re behaving.
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Shelf Conscious: ‘Schrödinger’s Tigerzord’ with William Bruce West
On the inaugural episode of Shelf Conscious, Keith welcomes fellow collector — and OG NOC — William Bruce West!
Hard NOC Life 218: The Animated Series
Dominic, Britney, and Keith break down all of the recently announced animated series, including a slate of DC series on HBO Max and a trio of Asian American-led series on Netflix. They also discuss Kevin Feige’s revelation that whitewashing is bad, and Dominic speaks with author Claire Light about her upcoming book, Monkey Around, and the pop culture relevance of the Monkey King.
FDI Cast 110: The One About Keith Chow
We pay tribute to the boss man, The Real Chow.
See the Official Trailer for Peacock’s ‘Dr. Death’
The new Peacock original series, Dr. Death, will star Joshua Jackson, Alec Baldwin, Christian Slater, and AnnaSophia Robb. Based on Wondery’s hit podcast, Dr. Death is inspired by the terrifying true story of Dr. Christopher Duntsch (Jackson), a rising star in the Dallas medical community. We do not have an official release date yet, but it is set to begin streaming this summer.
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Hard NOC Life 217: ‘Snake Eyes’ Trailer Reaction
Dominic, Britney, and Keith react to the official Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins trailer and why Henry Golding’s portrayal of the character is so meaningful. They also watched a short behind-the-scenes feature and differentiate between the G.I. Joe comics and cartoons, and Keith explains why he no longer cares if Iron Fist is Asian American anymore.
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FDI Cast 109: Staring Down the Green Ranger
Brandon has the best post second dose story ever.
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The Middle Geeks: Tala Ashe of ‘DC’s Legends of Tomorrow’
Tala Ashe, who plays our favorite TV superhero Zari Tarazi, joins Swara for a discussion of the next Legends of Tomorrow episode, “The Ex-Factor!” They talk about the importance of Iranian, MENA, and Muslim representation, where Zari’s journey goes this season, and the experience of working on a show as exciting as Legends. Enjoy!
This is a podcast form of the interview published here for The Nerds of Color.
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Barry Jenkins and the Cast of ‘The Underground Railroad’ Talk About the Powerful Limited Series
Colson Whitehead’s novel The Underground Railroad is a necessary reading for the ways it transcends a violent history and navigates the magic of self determination and Black personhood. The novel, published in 2016 and winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book awards for fiction, follows the life of Cora and Caesar, two slaves in 19th century Georgia who take on the treacherous journey that is their freedom. The novel is bold, loving, and powerful, and with its serving as the basis for director Barry Jenkins’ (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk) Amazon series by the same name, it has become necessary viewing.
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Hard NOC Life 216: Marvel’s Fantastic Phase Four and ‘Venom’ Too
Dominic, Britney, and Keith break down Marvel’s Phase Four announcement video, as well as the trailer for Sony’s Venom sequel. Later, Keith talks to his Secret Identities partner Jerry Ma about his new Kickstarter project, The Monkey King.
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Bonus Hard NOC: Chiara Aurelia Discusses Episode 4 of ‘Cruel Summer’
Chiara Aurelia portrays Jeanette Turner, a nerdy and sweet high schooler who wants more from life, in Freeform’s highly anticipated new drama Cruel Summer. I got to speak with the actress all about the series and episode 4, “You Don’t Hunt, You Don’t Eat,” before it aired so beware: we will be getting into spoilers. New episodes of the series air Tuesdays at 10 PM EDT/PDT on Freeform and are available the next day on Hulu.
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Hard NOC Life 215: How to Be ‘The Good Asian’ with Pornsak Pichetshote
For AAPI Heritage Month, Dominic and Keith are joined by writer Pornsak Pichetshote to talk about his new book, The Good Asian!
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