Ready Player One; GOT's Historical Accuracy; Doomsday Clock-TheGrind @6pm ET - a podcast by dburt aka Afronerd

Happy Easter to our loyal listenership!  Yep, The Grindhouse Podcast is broadcasting through the holidays and per usual airing this Sunday at 6pm eastern.  Join your ever present Afronerd Radio team as they highlight this week's fresh pop/pulp topics:  Dburt checked out Ready Player One and he shares his impressions; and channeling Ready Player One, a new Slate article asks why exactly does the maturing music aficionado love the music he/she heard as a teenager?; The Mary Sue has a recent piece questioning whether the Game of Thrones' use of sexual violence for the sake of historical accuracy is necessary for viewers' current sensibilities; actress and graphic novelist, Amandla Stenberg (Niobe, Hunger Games) returns with a new dystopic trailer entitled Darkest Minds; more cinematic Afrofuturism appears to be in the works-the YA book, Children of Blood and Bone written by Nigerian-American author Tomi Adeyemi has been optioned for a movie;  Netfix is banned from competing at the Cannes Film Festival;  the first family of Marvel, the Fantastic Four returns (in print form) after a long hiatus;  Dburt is further entralled with DC's Watchmen sequel, Doomsday Clock as issue #4 was released this past week; he also got a chance to check out Shemar Moore's return to procedural TV via CBS' SWAT remake; And lasty, we go more in depth about Infinity War expectations and Dburt's belief that a Marvel reboot might entail a 616 universe version of the heroes.  Call in LIVE at 646-915-9620.

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