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Ep 7.0: Sophomore Slump

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2019 93:20


We’re in a slump ourselves. ________________________ Welcome back to This is Not Real! In this episode we talk about sequels that fell flat. Flat Stanley Flat. ________________________ Mentioned in this Episode Movies/Shows: Avengers: Endgame, John Wick 3, Always Be My Maybe, Tuca & Bertie, BoJack Horseman, Rick and Morty, Chambers, The Order, Immortals, The Society, The OA, Big Little Lies, The Inventor, Watchmen, Westworld, Black Mirror, Game of Thrones, Games of Thrones: The Last Watch, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Veep, ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’, The Batman, Cosmopolis, Guava Island, Killing Eve, Lion King 2, Pocahontas 2, Mulan 2, Lion King ½, Aladdin (2019), Spider-Man 2, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Vampire Diaries, Gilmore Girls, Buffy, True Blood, Sons of Anarchy, Legend of Korra, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Heroes, Twin Peaks, Peaky Blinders, Parks and Rec, Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief, My So-Called Life, High School Musical 2, Cheetah Girls 2, Mad Max: The Fury Road, Firefly, The Covenant Music: Cellophane by FKA Twigs Books & Comics: Coyote DogGirl by Lisa Hanawalt, Twilight: New Moon by Stephanie Meyer, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard, The Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling ________________________ Put Me On: A Song of Ice and Fire: Audiobook, The Houses of Westeros, You Are a Bada** by Jen Sincero

Episode 6.0: Big, Blue and Beautiful

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019 125:14


The ocean is too darn big. It’s no wonder Marlin couldn’t find Nemo. Sheesh. ________________________ Welcome back to This is Not Real! In this episode we talk about our nerdy love for nature documentaries! Skip ahead to 50 minutes to get to the good stuff (Nature Doc Talk) ________________________ Mentioned in this Episode Movies/Shows: Little, Us, The Twilight Zone: Mirror Image, The Twilight Zone (2019), Homecoming (Beyoncé), The Lion King (2019), Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, Akira, The Eternals, Lara Croft, Salt, Chewing Gum, Crazyhead, Super Simple Love Story, Guava Island, Cinderella (1997) (2004) (2015) (Sony), A Naked Singularity, Star Wars: The Rise of the Skywalker, Veep, 10 Things I Hate About You, Sylvie, Hustlers, Oceans Eight, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Big Mouth, Love, Death and Robots, Blue Planet, Blue Planet II, Life, Our Planet, Planet Earth, Planet Earth II, Frozen Planet, Ponyo Music: Solange, Old Town Road (Lil Nas x Billy Ray Cyrus) Books & Comics: Book inspired by ‘The Deep’, Low Websites: The Yeehaw Agenda ________________________ Put Me On: Films made by Black Women!, Eternal Sunshine (App)

Episode 5.2: Litertary Adaptations

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2019 70:37


He's Da One™. ________________________ Welcome back to This is Not Real! In this episode we wrap up our talk of Black Panther with a deep dive on the comics and a chat about fanfic and other literary adaptations! ________________________ Mentioned in this Episode Books & Comics: Jungle Tales, Fantastic Four (Comic), Panther’s Rage, Black Panther Book 1: A Nation Under Our Feet, World of Wakanda, Killmonger Websites: Fanfiction.net, Archive of Our Own (AO3), Wattpad ________________________ Put Me On: The Black Youth Project 100, Black Trans Media, Trans Women of Color Collective, Audre Lorde Project, Baltimore Transgender Alliance, Libby (App)

Bonus 1: Buss Down GoTianna

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2019 43:53


It's time to play a game of thrones. GoT is BACK people. Get ready. In this bonus episode we discuss our predictions for the final season of Game of Thrones. Godspeed, for the night is dark and full of terrors.

Episode 5.1: Lord Give Me The Strength (of de Blek Penther)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 101:23


I think we all have a lot to say. ________________________ Welcome back to This is Not Real! In this episode we talk all things Black Panther! In part one we talk current events, award show nonsense, and the movie magic of Black Panther. ________________________ Mentioned in this Episode Movies/Shows: Captain Marvel, Wonder Woman, Superman, The Punisher, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Umbrella Academy, Jesus Was My Homeboy, All That (Remake), Ma, Us, Hannibal, Black Earth Rising, Chewing Gum, The Twilight Zone (Remake), Black Mirror, Men in Black: International, Suicide Squad, Birds of Prey, Arrow, Turn Up Charlie, The Best of Enemies, Black Panther, Little, Iron Man, Captain America, Ragnarok, Spider-Man: Homecoming Music: Boasty (feat. Idris Elba), Kacey Musgraves Books & Comics: The Outsider (Read by Will Patton)

Episode 4.0: Mr. Miyazaki

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2019 76:50


The man is a genius. ________________________ Welcome back to This is Not Real! In this episode we talk all things Miyazaki! ________________________ Mentioned in this Episode Movies/Shows: The Adventures of Hols, Prince of the Sun, Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, Animal Treasure Island, The Flying Ghost Ship, Gulliver's Space Travel, Panda! Go Panda!, Puss in Boots, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Ponyo, The Wind Rises, Never-Ending Man Books & Comics: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Howl’s Moving Castle, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Monstress ________________________ Put Me On: The Gospel According to Andre, MET Resource, Earliest Depiction of Black Love (A Kiss), I Was a Cable Guy (I Saw the Worst of America)

Episode 3.2: Where Is The (Black) Love?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2019 84:47


Yes I’m still talking about frogs. #BlackLove ________________________ Welcome back to This is Not Real! In part two of our Black Love episode we give you a timeline of black love on screen and chat about our hopes and dreams for black love stories in the future. ________________________ Mentioned in this Episode Movies/Shows: Carmen Jones, Claudine, She’s Gotta Have it (1986) & (2017), A Different World, Poetic Justice, Jason’s Lyric, Love Jones, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, The Best Man, Love and Basketball, Girlfriends, Carmen: A Hip Hopera, Brown Sugar, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Beyond the Lights, Noah’s Arc, Fences, Moonlight, Insecure, If Beale Street Could Talk, Rafiki, How to Get Away With Murder, Scandal, Being Mary Jane, Power, Empire, Nappily Ever After, Why Did I Get Married?, The Cosby Show, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Black Lightning, Set It Off, Black Panther, Cinderella Music: Ella Fitzgerald, Mary J Blige, The Carters, India Arie, Chaka Khan, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Beyoncé, Janelle Monae, Kanye West, Bruno Mars, Khalid, The Jackson 5, The Temptations, JohnnySwim, Leon Bridges, Alicia Keys, Jazmine Sullivan, Lauryn Hill Books & Authors: Zane & Purple Panties, Toni Morrison, Nayyirah Waheed, Alysia Harris, Jasmine Mans, Song for Anninho by Gayl Jones, James Baldwin, Nikki Giovanni, The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory (Listen to an interview w/her on The Nod Podcast) , Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nappily Ever After by Trisha R. Thomas ________________________ Put Me On The Belles, We Need Diverse Books, Yalitza Aparicio Tweet, Naked Attraction, Everyone is Talking About Moonlight but Our Interview is the Best (CodeSwitch Podcast), Black Panther back in Theaters!

Episode 3.1: To Barry, With Love

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2019 60:04


Barrenger Jenkins: The Story of a Scorpio ________________________ Welcome back to This is Not Real! Happy Black History Month!!! In the first part of this two part special, we talk a bit about current events and Barry Jenkins! ________________________ Mentioned in this Episode Movies/Shows Redline, Queen Sugar, Detroit, Pose, Fyre Fraud, FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, Steven Universe, The Ted Bundy Tapes, You, Parks & Recreation, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile, Siempre Bruja, My Josephine, Medicine for Melancholy, Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk Music & Podcasts Rebellion In Detroit, Still Processing, Serial Books & Plays If Beale Street Could Talk, In Moonlight, Black Boys Look Blue

Episode 2.0: A Year in Review (2018)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2019 119:28


The Good the Bad and the Garbage of 2018! ________________________ Welcome back to This is Not Real! In this episode we talk about the things we watched and read and loved (and hated of course) in 2018. Jess says 2018 was the year of absurdism. Sammi is a little more positive. ________________________ Mentioned in this Episode Movies/Shows: Sorry To Bother You, Proud Mary, Breaking In, Black Panther, Ready Player One, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse, Aqua-Man, The Green Book, The Upside, Charmed, Where Hands Touch, Loving, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, 10 Things I Hate About You, A Cinderella Story, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Serial, Westworld, Widows, If Beale Street Could Talk, Predator, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Game of Thrones, Us, The Twilight Zone (w/Jordan Peele), The Lion King, Little, Surviving R. Kelly, Birdbox, Joker, Walk the Line, Cold Pursuit, Miss Bala, Brick, Looper, Roma, Deadly Class, Nightflyers, Star Trek Discovery, Misfits, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Travelers, Altered Carbon, Inuyasha, Akira, Ouran High School Host Club, Aggretsuko, Naruto, Attack on Titan, Dragon Ball Z, Pokémon Music: Soulja Boy (Tell ‘Em), Beyonce (Beychella), Nao, Paramore (After Laughter Tour), Dirty Computer, Books, Papers, and Comics: Eloquent Rage, The Hate U Give, Well Read Black Girl, Tereneh Idia (Pittsburgh City Paper), Deadly Class ________________________ Upcoming: Museum of African Civilizations, Queen and Slim, Deadly Class, New Selena Show, Us, The Umbrella Academy, Running With the Devil/Mandy, Little, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Unsolved Mysteries, Disney “Hakuna Matata” Lawsuit, Fortnite “Carlton Dance” Lawsuit, JoJo re-releasing her albums Special Shoutout to Brian Tyree Henry!!! ________________________ Put Me On The Gospel According to André, Met Resource, Microfilm of Black Love “Something Good: Negro Kiss”, “I Was A Cable Guy. I Saw The Worst Of America.”

Episode 1.2: A Tale of Two Tituba's

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2018 71:32


Spoiler Alert: She's not even black! ________________________ Welcome back to This is Not Real! In this episode we finish our talk about black witches in media. We chat about the first black witch we've ever seen, studied, and loved! We also discuss just what it takes to be a black witch on screen. ________________________ Mentioned in this Episode Our Witchy Timeline: The Wiz (Glinda {Lena Horne} Evillene {Mabel King} [1978]) The Crucible (Tituba [1996]) The Craft (Rochelle [1996]) Twitches (Camryn and Alex [2005]) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Calypso [2006]) True Blood (Lafayette [2008]) The Vampire Diaries (Bonnie Bennet, Emily Bennet [2009]) American Horror Story: Coven (Marie Laveau & Queenie [2011/2013]) Teen Wolf (Marin Morell [2011]) The Secret Circle (Melissa Glaser [2011]) Akata Witch (Sunny, Orlu, Chichi, Sasha [2011]) The Originals (Esther Mikaelson, Davina Claire The Harvest Girls [2013]) Salem (Tituba [2014]) Bayou Magic (Jewell Parker Rhodes [2015]) Children of Blood and Bone (Tomi Adeyemi [2018]) The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Prudence Night, Lady Blackwell, and Ambrose Spellman, and maybe Roz ;)[2018]) Charmed (Macy Vaughn [2018]) Put Me On: Widows, Jackie Aina [We Need to Talk About Skin Bleaching], Akwaeke Emezi short story [Muzik De Zumbi], Letterboxd, and Sleepless

Episode 1.1: The Black Witch Project

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2018 67:27


Charmed could stand to be a little more charming. ________________________ Welcome back to This is Not Real! In this episode we talk about black witches in media. Because this is such a broad subject for us, we’ve broken the episode into two parts! In part one we catch up! Sammi’s been reading and Jess has been binging Sabrina, so there is fun to be had. We compare Charmed and the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (CAOS) and chat about what’s been going on in mediatown. There are plenty of projects to be excited about! ________________________ Mentioned in this Episode Movies/Shows: Moonlight, Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, The Runaways, Iron Fist, Lion King, Game of Thrones, Robin Hood, Gladiator, 300, If Beale Street Could Talk, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Charmed, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, The Vampire Diaries Books & Comics: New Gods, La Gaurdia, Shuri, Who Fears Death, Kabu Kabu, Akata Witch, How Long Til Black Future Month, If Beale Street Could Talk

Episode 00: Pilot

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2018 55:20


Episode 00: Pilot Venom was great you guys are just mean. ________________________ Welcome to This is Not Real! For our inaugural episode we figured we ought to introduce you to us. Our friendship, the shows, movies, music, comics, and genre's we love. We also talk about The Hate U Give, and compare the movies Venom and Predator. ________________________ Mentioned in this Episode Movies/Shows: The Hate U Give, Children of Blood and Bone, The Vampire Diaries, Twilight, Game of Thrones, Thor Ragnarok, Black Panther, Venom, Predator Books & Comics: The Hate U Give, A Blade so Black, Children of Blood and Bone Music: Beyoncé, Nao (Adore You/Location[Live at Urchin Studios])

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