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Smut Book Club 15: That's Not The Title of THIS Podcast
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04:42: Mel’s niece is on Wattpad! 08:38: Join our Patreon Pitch War & Live stream get togethers! 11:55: The RWA Bankruptcy 21:01: TikTok for SBC 22:09: PSA 22:24: BookTok, Dark Romance, Murder, Racism, & Bloodlands 29:42: Fiction, Reality, AI, and Media Literacy 38:00: TikTok Shop 41:37: Race, Book sales, and a subscription service’s failure. 50:07…
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Nerdgasm Noire 50: Traditional Gamer Wife Presents
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00:00 Dead Boy Detectives & the Supernatural prequel, The Winchesters 07:15 New Show! JP, Angry Black Woman. The Traditional Gamer Wife spin-off! 09:35: Welcome to the Chaos Show! 10:48 NNN as Living Single 12:58: Melissa tried to watch the animated reboot of Good Times 16:39: Futurama^3 & Disenchantment 18:55: Communal Millennial Regret 21:40: Gov…
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This is Not a RN’s Idea of a Good Time(s) Your six favorite nerds are not here for this reimagining of Good Times. Not only is it chock full of stereotypes and tired tropes, it isn’t even remotely funny. 00:34 The “Good Times” trailer and show 10:30 JP tries the “Say Something Nice” Challenge 10:49 No one else participates in the challenge 15:00 BT…
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Smut Book Club 14: Interview with Nicole Falls
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Melissa chats with Nicole Falls. Check out https://nicolefalls.com/booksxnic for all her books and https://theshopbynicolefalls.com/ for merch! Support Nicole & keep up with her on https://www.patreon.com/nicolefalls 03:30: Going into Women’s Fic, New Year, New Ci: A Novel 06:10: What are the two tropes that you could read forever? 07:26: F*ck and …
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Nerdgasm Noire 48: They Not Like Us (ft Ms Noreen)
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What’s Rap Beef to a Senior Citizen Pastor? Ms. Noreen, a much beloved friend of the show and Jesus enthusiast, knows who Drake is, but not how we got here. It’s up to De, JP, Melissa, and Maria to fill her in on the Kendrick and Drake Beef. Strap in as our neurospicy brains dive into the context of the most exciting rap beef of the 2000s; This is …
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Smut Book Club 13: Interview with R.M. Virtues
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In this episode Melissa talks with one of her favorite romance authors! Special Guest, Author R.M. Virtues - https://www.rmvirtues.com/ Books by R.M. Virtues 2:02 Intro 4:59 Self Publishing 7:46 “Keep Me Close: Gods of Hunger #2” 11:58: Fancasting the book 12:18 The Influence of Pose 13:12 Aphrodite, The Goddess of Love 15:22 Disability & Hephaestu…
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00:00 Greetings, Catching Up, & Baked Goods Dissertation 09:09 A sip of the new NNN show, “Flavors” 16:30 A byte of the NNN show, “Traditional Gamer Wife” 21:50 How you like your eggs? “Evenly Yolked” 24:00 Hanukkah Cake 26:15 Pork Bacon Supremacy! 27:47 Can Turkeys Fly? 29:46 Twitch Streams projecting game play on to body parts 32:49 Melissa is Jl…
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Nerdgasm Noire 46: Every Straight Girl Has One Girl
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Once again we have a very out there episode of Nerdgasm Noire for y’all. We talk about upcoming movies and shows we’re excited about seeing, why all of the rappers are up in arms, as well as deciding which nepo babies are keepable and which we could do without. Also Team Queer tries to recruit Jamie to their team. We just need Natasha Lyonne to als…
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Nerdgasm Noire 45: The Toks and the Tiks
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So… maybe we’re getting old…. This week we talk about the wildest choice for music in the trailer for children’s movies, The Grammys, Universal deciding to take all their music off TikTok, and we also expressed the need to teens to have safe spaces to be teens and not be harassed by adults. Remember Teen Clubs? Yeah the 90s/00s were a weird time. 0…
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Smut Book Club 12: You Did This To Yourself (ft. Tres Tiffany)
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Smut Book Club 12: You Did This To Yourself (ft. Tres Tiffany) We’re here. We’re finally doing it. On today’s episode we get into some of the KU reads that we hate to love, love to hate, and couldn’t even finish. These are the books that we wouldn’t dare share on our Goodreads and authors we’ll never read again. Be warned, a lot of these are VERY b…
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Nerdgasm Noire 44: The Episode Where Melissa Invents Wine Spritzers
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Let’s talk about the OSCARS! (And also movies in general) In this episode we talk about what movies were nominated for Oscars, our first thoughts on The American Society of Magical Negroes and American fiction, and other movie related topics. Come check it out! 1:00 Oscar Talk! 1:45 Was "Barbie" Oscar Worthy? 5:57 F*** American Fiction! 7:37 Societ…
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Nerdgasm Noire 43: It's Only for a Season
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1:01 We're back! How was your New Years? 9:14 Jonathan Majors King 18:54 Katt Williams 30:15 Comedians In Dresses 33:07 Thou shall not deny Scary Spice 39:13 TV Talk 53:35 The Thickening of Mark-Paul Gosselaar 55:50 Percy Jackson 01:03 Hades 2 01:04 BREAKING NEWS 01:09 Find us online! Check out our carrd to see where you can find us! https://nerdga…
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In this episode, Mel and Maria talk about the book they read this week, The Grim Reaper’s Lawyer! The Grim Reaper's Lawyer by Mea Monique7:20 Book Summary 9:24 Good Read Reviews 11:03 World Building 20:33 Audiobook 21:27 The Sequel "The Missing God's Lawyer" 25:16 Coming to the small screen? 23:39 Who is this book for? 30:24 Fancasting! 36:32 Book …
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Nerdgasm Noire 42: Two Fifths and a Possible
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Melissa & Maria are Sad Girls! They reminiscence on Andre Braugher (RIP Captain Holt) & the loss of Black celebrities. Chat about Christopher Pike's works & "In the Heat of the Night". JP joins to discuss the Cait Corain review bombing controversy and Elon gets roasted by his own AI! Check out our carrd to see where you can find us! https://nerdgas…
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Gabi Mosely has us. Shanola Hampton has us. Are we rooting for Sir or Trent? The answer is yes. We might have found our new Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder and Shonda isn’t even involved. Come listen! Also, a new show called A Diverse Mess is starting soon on the Nerdgasm Noire Patreon, and we let Jamie and Melissa give us short(ish) previe…
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Smut Book Club 10: Every Kink That Could Be Kinked (and other things that made us DNF a book);
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Hey, this is De writing the description here and if you’re not a monster-fucker, this episode might be a LOT. If you ARE a monster-fucker, this episode might be a LOT. I’ll warn you it’s VERY gross. No forreal, it’s disgusting. Melissa and Storm read Thick Beef by Layla Fae and decided this was going to be the first book on Smut Book Club that gets…
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Nerdgasm Noire 40: If You Like It, I Love It
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Hey everyone! This week we play another game of Guess Who’s Coming to Juneteenth and talk about Keith Lee and how someone is going to get their ass beat playing around with him. We also talk about Found, what constitutes lightskintedness, and go onto a lot of tangents that even we don’t really know what’s going on. Check out our carrd to see where …
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Nerdgasm Noire 39: Guess Who's Coming to Juneteenth
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In this episode the ladies come up with a new game show, Guess Who’s Coming to Juneteenth, a show where we try see if we know who is Black or not. We also talk about the new Doctor Who and whether or not we are excited for it, or dreading it. Also, you know we’re going to talk about Will and Jada and how we actually don’t know as much about their r…
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Hey everyone! So… just like the title suggests we went into a bit of a chaos spiral in this episode. Melissa talks about commercial jingle conspiracy theories, we find out that DayQuil and NightQuil actually don’t work, JP and De talk about Big Bad Con and attempt to get the rest of the crew excited about a game, and we try and end on a happy note …
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Hey everybody! On this episode of Nerdgasm Noire we talk about the potential end to the WGA strike, and what that might mean for some of the streaming services. We also talk about The Circle, a show that De is pretty sure is supposed to be a horror thriller, it just doesn’t know it yet. We also talk about the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce rumors. T…
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Smut Book Club's Smut Book Club 1: A Taste of her Own Medicine
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Hey everybody, Welcome to the inaugural episode of Smut Book Club’s Smut Book Club, a book club where me and Melissa read our long list of romance novels and talk about them in the only way we know how, messily. Melissa also shoots some ideas for the jingle for this particular podcast. It goes about as well as you think. This week Melissa and De re…
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Smut Book Club 9: Office Hours and More (ft. JP Fairfield)
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In this episode of Smut Book Club, Mel is joined by JP to talk about the book Office Hours by Katrina Jackson. They also talk about tropes that they do and don’t like in romance, and also the intrigue of foreign translated romances. Office Hours - https://www.katrinajacksonauthor.com/curriculumvitae Girls with Slingshots - https://www.girlswithslin…
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Nerdgasm Noire 36: Morals Are for Losers
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Hey everybody! So this week Melissa had a LOT of questions about Drew Barrymore and the WGA strike. We also talk about how EVERYONE used to have a talk show. We also talk about how Angelica Ross’ terrible experience with Ryan Murphy and Emma Roberts. We also get into a conversation about how art is being taken over by AI and what that means for the…
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Nerdgasm Noire 35: Definitely Not a Smut Book Club Episode
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Hey everyone! This might sound like a Smut Book Club episode, but it’s a Nerdgasm Noire episode. We promise. In this episode we talk about what constitutes tall (so that when Jamie becomes a dictator and shut down all the tall people), whether or not Storm is an enabler and what level of heat and weird we’re willing to deal with in a romance/erotic…
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Smut Book Club 8: Maybe Some Yums Need To Be Yucked
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Hey everyone! On this episode of Smut Book Club, Melissa and De talk about some booktok drama and explain that there are certain boundaries you shouldn’t cross. Plus we talk a little bit about our Patreon Only Smut Book Club episodes that are coming soon! Have you read the book? Tell us what you think about it on social media by checking out our ca…
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Hey everyone! This week on Nerdgasm Noire, Melissa has a few questions about how the internet is interpreting the Lizzo situation, we give Jamie her flowers and hear about her time at the NABJ conference, and we reminisce about folding chairs… for no reason whatsoever…. As well as the good ol’ days of livejournal (and xanga, and myspace, and…) Come…
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Hey everyone! In this episode we talk about breadlosers, men being abusive (again), and Janelle Monae and Meghan Thee Stallion at Essence Fest. Come join the fun! Make sure to check out our card to see where you can follow the show. https://nerdgasmnoire.carrd.co/ Also make sure you join our new discord channel and hang out with the community! disc…
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Nerdgasm Noire 32: Harold French Last Name
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Hey everyone! This week we talk about a LOT of serious stuff, including the lost OceanGate vessel, and some drama in the entertainment industry from actors going to trial for abusive behavior, or showrunners who squander the talents of great actors for power trips. We also have some fun talking about the shows we’re watching and what we’re looking …
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Smut Book Club 7: Super Chill Episode (w/ De)
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Welcome! This month, Melissa brings in De as a special guest! They tell us about their thoughts on the Under the Kilt series by Melissa Blue as well as some of their favorite romance tropes. This month’s book Under the Kilt Series by Melissa Blue Have you read the book? Tell us what you think about it on Twitter @NerdgasmNoire. You can also find is…
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Nerdgasm Noire 31: Himself In Every Movie
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Hey everyone! So we had to explain to Maria how The Rock wanted to be the Kevin Feige of DC. I know that's a lot of proper nouns, but bear with me. We also worked out the correct way to say House of Dragons. Enjoy! Check out our carrd to see where you can find us! nerdgasmnoire.carrd.co/ Also make sure you join our new discord channel and hang out …
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Nerdgasm Noire Explains: WGA/SAG-AFTRA Strike
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Nerdgasm Noire 30: Male Beauty Standards
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Welcome back! You’d think after another long break we’d have calmed down a bit but we’re back at it again, being extra! In this episode, we talk about actors who are accused of abuse, the Slow Death of Twitter and the many mistakes Netflix has made since the beginning of 2023. Check out our carrd to see where you can find us! https://nerdgasmnoire.…
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Hello! The world of comic book movies/tv shows is ever expanding. Marvel's What If...? series started off with a bang and reminds us why Chadwick Boseman was one of the greatest to ever do it, Suicide Squad is even more ridiculous than the last one and dare we say good? Shang-Chi isn't getting Disney+ premier release and instead wants to see who is…
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Smut Book Club 6: Stunt A Lil Bit w/ Beverly Jenkins
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This month, Melissa speaks with the legendary romance author Beverly Jenkins! Listen as they talk about how Ms. Beverly weaves history into her stories, how hard it is sometimes to just sit and write, and about what's the best order to read all of Beverly Jenkins books in. Also they make a good case for why Beverly Jenkins books would make great mo…
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Hello! We've been waiting for 'til the end of Loki to talk about it and here it is! Come listen to us talk about how we feel about the series, our theories for season 2, and whether or not Loki and Sylvie are... y'know. You can follow us on twitter @NerdgasmNoire Also make sure you join our new discord channel and hang out with the community! disco…
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Nerdgasm Noire 27: We Saw These Cancellations Coming
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Hello! Come listen to the girls talk this week about the cancellation of Lovecraft Country (who didn't see that coming?) as well as the myriad of shows that are getting cancelled on network television. We also talk a little bit about Allison Mack and her involvement in NXIUM. You can follow us on twitter @NerdgasmNoire Also make sure you join our n…
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We're back! A lot has happened since we've been gone. They've announced the cast of Sandman, the new Loki series started, and we found out that Batman.... well you'll hear about it on the show. You can follow us on twitter @NerdgasmNoire Also make sure you join our new discord channel and hang out with the community! discord.gg/7DqMZSyENJOY! Intro …
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Nerdgasm Noire 25: Whatchu Need a Last Name For?
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On this episode we get into the Superman and Lois television show (both the show and the behind the scenes problems), Gal Godot revealing a confrontation she had with Joss Whedon, and a statue that we are either very proud of or offended by as Black people. We also get our treacherous white people fix with the series Cruel Summer from Hulu. You can…
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The hit FX show Pose is coming to an end, but it seems like the drama from this last season is happening not on the show, but instead in real life. Also Falcon and the Winter Soldier happened.... Yup..... Come listen to us talk about TV drama You can follow us on twitter @NerdgasmNoire Also make sure you join our new discord channel and hang out wi…
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Nerdgasm Noire 23: So Much Sin, You Gotta Watch Again
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Hello! This week the ladies to try and keep it chill and have a more lightweight conversation.... Sort of.... In this episode Nerdgasm Noire discusses the new Amazon Original series Invincible as well as the return of My Hero Academia. They also discuss the controversy around the Lil Nas X video for Montero (Call Me By Your Name) (spoiler alert: pe…
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Nerdasm Noire 22: Metric or Imperial 10?
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Well this is a doozy of an episode. This episode us girls talk about the unfortunate BLM Celebrity Chat Room and some regretful (or GREAT) streaming decisions we've made, including Behind Her Eyes, I Care Too Much and Ginny & Georgia. We also talk a bit about giving back to local charities and mutual aid organizations. If you have a little bit of m…
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Smut Book Club 5: I Don't Like Romance w/ Jamie
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This month Melissa speaks with fellow Nerdgasm Noire member Jamie about the book Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw. The book is a collection of short stories that is definitely worth a read. This month’s book The Secret Lives of Church Ladies - Deesha Philyaw Jamie’s Recommendations Slapboxing with Jesus - Victor LaValle Brown Sugar B…
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Nerdgasm Noire 21: The WandaVision Episode
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The series is over! So us girls decided to talk about how we feel about the entire series, what we like, what we didn't like and what we think the impact is. Warning there are DEFINITELY SPOILERS in this episode so if you haven't seen all of WandaVision definitely don't listen to this episode until you do. You can follow us on twitter @NerdgasmNoir…
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Nerdgasm Noire 20: It's Late But It's Here
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Disney+ is coming out with a bunch of new series in the next year. Get ready to throw more money at our corporate overloards. Also the group gets excited about Mortal Kombat and discusses Charisma Carpenter's recent talks about the abuse she endured on Buffy/Angel. You can follow us on twitter @NerdgasmNoire Also make sure you join our new discord …
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Smut Book Club 4: We All Have Legitimate Reasons To Be A Mess w/ Nichole Perkins
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On this month’s episode of Smut Book Club Melissa speaks with writer, podcaster and all around fun person Nichole Perkins! The two of them talk about the book Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole which has everything they both could ever want in a romance novel, complicated heroines, grumpy but genuinely good heroes and Black girls finding love while on …
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Nerdgasm Noire 19: AARP 2: Aging Adults Required P-Word
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Part 2 of our DOOZY of an episode. Here we continue our conversation by talking about the Wendy Williams biopic and documentary, the new Lupin series from Netflix and the Kenya Buress Presents Kenya Buress' Image Awards by Kenya Buress (Sponsored by the NAACP). Enjoy! You can follow us on twitter @NerdgasmNoire Also make sure you join our new disco…
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Uh oh.... looks like we had a doozy of an episode this week. Consider this episode and the next episode like a left and right TWIX. Only they aren't exacty the same. In this episode we talk about Idris Elba's deal with Crunchyroll for an Afrofuturist Anime, what we think the new Kingdom of Wakanda series is going to be about, our thoughts and feels…
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Smut Book Club 3: Black Girl Squee with Didi
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Soft voices and giggles. No this isn't a romance reading podcast, it's a podcast where we talk about romance novels. That doesn't mean we can't be a little shy about it. Come listen to Melissa talk with Didi of Black Girl Squee about the novels of Melissa Blue. Does Melissa regret getting rid of her Kindle Unlimited subscription? Don't ask. You can…
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Nerdgasm Noire 17: Big Lesbian Energy
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Congratulations America! We have a new President, we're still in a pandemic and so far our government is.... well it's a government. In this episode we talk a bit about the Inauguration and the new Batwoman. We also talk a bit about Wandavision on Disney+ and the 50+ new movies Netflix is coming out with this year (we also wonder why Netflix is doi…
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Nerdgasm Noire 16: WW(hy Did This Movie Happen?)84
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New Year, New..... well fuck. Despite the weird week we had (and have been having) in the US, us girls still managed to get together and talk about NERD SHIT! Join us as we lament WW84 (it's not good, trust us on this one) as well as parse out our feelings about eh DC Universes(?) as a whole along with our thoughts on Bridgerton and the new Pixar m…
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