Black Geek Energy

Oct 14, 2026 · 1h 37m

Some villains are wrong. Some of them just lost the argument because nobody wanted to hear it. Jardo and D'Marcus go through the ones they actually agree with, and they do not agree with each other about all of them.D'Marcus runs Manifesto Match, reading villain philosophies out loud for Jardo to name, from Magneto to Killmonger to Stain to Pain. Then they get into Mr. Freeze as an American healthcare story, Poison Ivy being dismissed because people will not listen to a woman, Black Manta's case against Aquaman, Ursula and that contract Ariel signed, and a real argument about whether every adult in Azula's life failed her or she chose her own path.Follow Black Geek Energy so you never miss an episode, and tell us which villain you agree with.Join the Black Geek Energy community and never miss an episode, newsletter, or bonus content:Subscribe to the Black Geek Energy Newsletter (Substack)Support the Show on PatreonShop Black Geek Energy MerchEmail your questions to blackgeekenergy@gmail.comFollow Black Geek Energy Everywhere:YouTube @blackgeekenergyTikTok @blackgeekenergyInstagram @blackgeekenergyThreads @blackgeekenergyBluesky @blackgeekenergyTwitter @bge_podFacebook @blackgeekenergySpill @blackgeekenergyTwitch @blackgeekenergyMusic Produced by @prodbyffsmikeSupport Our SponsorExperience the transformative benefits of therapy with the world's largest network of experienced and credentialed therapists, available to you whenever you need it the most. BetterHelp's skilled professionals specialize in assisting individuals with a range of issues, including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and relationships. With their flexible approach to communication, you can access therapy on your own terms and connect with a therapist who perfectly suits your needs.As a special offer for our listeners, visit BetterHelp.com/bgepod to receive 10% off your first month.

Oct 7, 2026 · 1h 35m

People love to say comics got political recently. Jardo and D'Marcus go back 85 years and prove that is a lie.They run a game called Banned, Boycotted, or Bad Sales on ten canceled comics, then get into the real history. Superman taking on the Klan in 1946. The Green Lantern panel where a Black man asks Hal Jordan why he has never helped anybody with Black skin. And John Stewart's 1971 debut, where DC's first Black superhero refuses to guard a racist senator and turns out to be the only one who read it right. Plus what Kevin Feige actually said about DEI and the review bombing numbers that show the difference between a review and a campaign.Follow Black Geek Energy so you never miss an episode, and tell us what political comic you loved before you realized it was political.Join the Black Geek Energy community and never miss an episode, newsletter, or bonus content:Subscribe to the Black Geek Energy Newsletter (Substack)Support the Show on PatreonShop Black Geek Energy MerchEmail your questions to blackgeekenergy@gmail.comFollow Black Geek Energy Everywhere:YouTube @blackgeekenergyTikTok @blackgeekenergyInstagram @blackgeekenergyThreads @blackgeekenergyBluesky @blackgeekenergyTwitter @bge_podFacebook @blackgeekenergySpill @blackgeekenergyTwitch @blackgeekenergyMusic Produced by @prodbyffsmikeSupport Our SponsorExperience the transformative benefits of therapy with the world's largest network of experienced and credentialed therapists, available to you whenever you need it the most. BetterHelp's skilled professionals specialize in assisting individuals with a range of issues, including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and relationships. With their flexible approach to communication, you can access therapy on your own terms and connect with a therapist who perfectly suits your needs.As a special offer for our listeners, visit BetterHelp.com/bgepod to receive 10% off your first month.

Sep 30, 2026 · 1h 23m

There's a pattern nobody names out loud. The Black girlfriend shows up, she's smart, she's capable, she has a whole life, and then the writers throw her away. Jardo and D'Marcus break down the disposable Black girlfriend trope.D'Marcus lays out a three question test for spotting it, then they run Amber from Invincible, Valerie Gray from Danny Phantom, Daisy from Static Shock, Iris West, and Storm and T'Challa through it. Turns out a lot of your favorites do not pass.Join the Black Geek Energy community and never miss an episode, newsletter, or bonus content:Subscribe to the Black Geek Energy Newsletter (Substack)Support the Show on PatreonShop Black Geek Energy MerchEmail your questions to blackgeekenergy@gmail.comFollow Black Geek Energy Everywhere:YouTube @blackgeekenergyTikTok @blackgeekenergyInstagram @blackgeekenergyThreads @blackgeekenergyBluesky @blackgeekenergyTwitter @bge_podFacebook @blackgeekenergySpill @blackgeekenergyTwitch @blackgeekenergyMusic Produced by @prodbyffsmikeSupport Our SponsorExperience the transformative benefits of therapy with the world's largest network of experienced and credentialed therapists, available to you whenever you need it the most. BetterHelp's skilled professionals specialize in assisting individuals with a range of issues, including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and relationships. With their flexible approach to communication, you can access therapy on your own terms and connect with a therapist who perfectly suits your needs.As a special offer for our listeners, visit BetterHelp.com/bgepod to receive 10% off your first month.

Sep 23, 2026 · 1h 23m

Nintendo picked the wrong week to test our patience. Jardo and D'Marcus go all the way in on the Switch 2, the pricing, and the Nintendo Direct that reheated old news like Star Fox Adventures.We get into the Wii being the last great Nintendo console, what actually got announced (Monster Hunter Wild, Persona 6, the new Kirby), and a Put You On for the anime short Pretty Please, I Don't Want to Be a Magical Girl, which somehow features a lead pipe beatdown.Follow Black Geek Energy so you never miss an episode, and tell us in the comments if you're still buying a Switch 2.Join the Black Geek Energy community and never miss an episode, newsletter, or bonus content:Subscribe to the Black Geek Energy Newsletter (Substack)Support the Show on PatreonShop Black Geek Energy MerchEmail your questions to blackgeekenergy@gmail.comFollow Black Geek Energy Everywhere:YouTube @blackgeekenergyTikTok @blackgeekenergyInstagram @blackgeekenergyThreads @blackgeekenergyBluesky @blackgeekenergyTwitter @bge_podFacebook @blackgeekenergySpill @blackgeekenergyTwitch @blackgeekenergyMusic Produced by @prodbyffsmikeSupport Our SponsorExperience the transformative benefits of therapy with the world's largest network of experienced and credentialed therapists, available to you whenever you need it the most. BetterHelp's skilled professionals specialize in assisting individuals with a range of issues, including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and relationships. With their flexible approach to communication, you can access therapy on your own terms and connect with a therapist who perfectly suits your needs.As a special offer for our listeners, visit BetterHelp.com/bgepod to receive 10% off your first month.

Sep 16, 2026 · 1h 58m

Most of the time we talk about running games. This time we go behind the screen. Jardo brings on Michael, a FAMU grad and one of the players trying to survive his Dungeon of the Mad Mage campaign, to break it down from the player's side.Michael tells how a Twitter invite turned into a seat at the table and introduces Lenore, his Bladesinger, an Eladrin wizard who thinks magic should be free and does not want to be in this party. They get into playing D&D's deepest megadungeon, an enemies to friends arc that has not turned yet, and a wizard build that might be too strong for its own good. Plus a D&D class trivia game and a Put You On for Kotaro Lives Alone.Join the Black Geek Energy community and never miss an episode, newsletter, or bonus content:Subscribe to the Black Geek Energy Newsletter (Substack)Support the Show on PatreonShop Black Geek Energy MerchEmail your questions to blackgeekenergy@gmail.comFollow Black Geek Energy Everywhere:YouTube @blackgeekenergyTikTok @blackgeekenergyInstagram @blackgeekenergyThreads @blackgeekenergyBluesky @blackgeekenergyTwitter @bge_podFacebook @blackgeekenergySpill @blackgeekenergyTwitch @blackgeekenergyMusic Produced by @prodbyffsmikeSupport Our SponsorExperience the transformative benefits of therapy with the world's largest network of experienced and credentialed therapists, available to you whenever you need it the most. BetterHelp's skilled professionals specialize in assisting individuals with a range of issues, including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and relationships. With their flexible approach to communication, you can access therapy on your own terms and connect with a therapist who perfectly suits your needs.As a special offer for our listeners, visit BetterHelp.com/bgepod to receive 10% off your first month.

Sep 9, 2026 · 2h 15m

We linked up with Ode and Mo from the Black and Snerdy Podcast, dropped the positivity, and turned it into Rant Day, where everybody airs out what really grinds their gears.Jardo goes off on fake job interviews that cancel the position the day after they contact you. D'Marcus is still not over the MCU erasing Kang and he's seeing Doomsday anyway, complaining the whole way. And Mo makes the case that GTA 6 is about to become the excuse the industry uses to kill physical media for good, games and anime alike, with the pre-order numbers already proving it.Go follow the Black and Snerdy Podcast wherever you listen, follow Black Geek Energy, and tell us what grinds your gears in the comments.Join the Black Geek Energy community and never miss an episode, newsletter, or bonus content:Subscribe to the Black Geek Energy Newsletter (Substack)Support the Show on PatreonShop Black Geek Energy MerchEmail your questions to blackgeekenergy@gmail.comFollow Black Geek Energy Everywhere:YouTube @blackgeekenergyTikTok @blackgeekenergyInstagram @blackgeekenergyThreads @blackgeekenergyBluesky @blackgeekenergyTwitter @bge_podFacebook @blackgeekenergySpill @blackgeekenergyTwitch @blackgeekenergyMusic Produced by @prodbyffsmikeSupport Our SponsorExperience the transformative benefits of therapy with the world's largest network of experienced and credentialed therapists, available to you whenever you need it the most. BetterHelp's skilled professionals specialize in assisting individuals with a range of issues, including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and relationships. With their flexible approach to communication, you can access therapy on your own terms and connect with a therapist who perfectly suits your needs.As a special offer for our listeners, visit BetterHelp.com/bgepod to receive 10% off your first month.

Sep 2, 2026 · 1h 39m

If you love anime and video games but never heard the word litRPG, this is the episode that puts you on. Jardo and D'Marcus break down the fastest growing genre in fiction from the ground up.They cover what actually makes a book a litRPG, the history that traces it back to 1978, and the subgenre map from system apocalypse to monster POV. Then they get into the books that hooked them, Dungeon Crawler Carl, He Who Fights With Monsters, Chrysalis, and Life Reset, connect the dots through Solo Leveling and Re Zero for the anime crowd, and tell you exactly where a beginner should start. Plus a Put You On for Saucy Santana and the board game Evolution.Join the Black Geek Energy community and never miss an episode, newsletter, or bonus content:Subscribe to the Black Geek Energy Newsletter (Substack)Support the Show on PatreonShop Black Geek Energy MerchEmail your questions to blackgeekenergy@gmail.comFollow Black Geek Energy Everywhere:YouTube @blackgeekenergyTikTok @blackgeekenergyInstagram @blackgeekenergyThreads @blackgeekenergyBluesky @blackgeekenergyTwitter @bge_podFacebook @blackgeekenergySpill @blackgeekenergyTwitch @blackgeekenergyMusic Produced by @prodbyffsmikeSupport Our SponsorExperience the transformative benefits of therapy with the world's largest network of experienced and credentialed therapists, available to you whenever you need it the most. BetterHelp's skilled professionals specialize in assisting individuals with a range of issues, including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and relationships. With their flexible approach to communication, you can access therapy on your own terms and connect with a therapist who perfectly suits your needs.As a special offer for our listeners, visit BetterHelp.com/bgepod to receive 10% off your first month.

Aug 26, 2026 · 1h 20m

Every 10 episodes we drop the prep and the topic and just talk, and this time it turns into two friends realizing they barely know each other.We quiz each other on siblings, first cars, and first jobs in a round of He Don't Know Me, then get into a real debate about whether that isekai everybody watches is as creepy as Jardo thinks. Plus the 2 Chainz memoir, a litRPG called Life Reset, the new Avatar series, X Men casting and whether Magneto works without the Holocaust, Denzel as the Blue Marvel, and Jardo's fresh beef with Spider-Man.Join the Black Geek Energy community and never miss an episode, newsletter, or bonus content:Subscribe to the Black Geek Energy Newsletter (Substack)Support the Show on PatreonShop Black Geek Energy MerchEmail your questions to blackgeekenergy@gmail.comFollow Black Geek Energy Everywhere:YouTube @blackgeekenergyTikTok @blackgeekenergyInstagram @blackgeekenergyThreads @blackgeekenergyBluesky @blackgeekenergyTwitter @bge_podFacebook @blackgeekenergySpill @blackgeekenergyTwitch @blackgeekenergyMusic Produced by @prodbyffsmikeSupport Our SponsorExperience the transformative benefits of therapy with the world's largest network of experienced and credentialed therapists, available to you whenever you need it the most. BetterHelp's skilled professionals specialize in assisting individuals with a range of issues, including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and relationships. With their flexible approach to communication, you can access therapy on your own terms and connect with a therapist who perfectly suits your needs.As a special offer for our listeners, visit BetterHelp.com/bgepod to receive 10% off your first month.

Aug 19, 2026 · 2h 14m

Before blending hip hop and geek culture was a lane anybody understood, Young Deuces was already building it. The Milwaukee rapper turned Geekset founder and WatchMojo voice pulls up to Black Geek Energy on his birthday week, and we get deep into everything out of D23.We break down the D23 reveals, the Avengers Doomsday theories, and the new X Men casting. Young Deuces gets into how he built Geekset from a thirst for real conversation, the year and a half chase to book Jay Ellis, and the Black Geek documentary he's filming convention to convention to make sure the culture tells its own story first. Plus a keep it or delete it round on comic book video games and the DC versus Marvel debate.Join the Black Geek Energy community and never miss an episode, newsletter, or bonus content:Subscribe to the Black Geek Energy Newsletter (Substack)Support the Show on PatreonShop Black Geek Energy MerchEmail your questions to blackgeekenergy@gmail.comFollow Black Geek Energy Everywhere:YouTube @blackgeekenergyTikTok @blackgeekenergyInstagram @blackgeekenergyThreads @blackgeekenergyBluesky @blackgeekenergyTwitter @bge_podFacebook @blackgeekenergySpill @blackgeekenergyTwitch @blackgeekenergyMusic Produced by @prodbyffsmikeSupport Our SponsorExperience the transformative benefits of therapy with the world's largest network of experienced and credentialed therapists, available to you whenever you need it the most. BetterHelp's skilled professionals specialize in assisting individuals with a range of issues, including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and relationships. With their flexible approach to communication, you can access therapy on your own terms and connect with a therapist who perfectly suits your needs.As a special offer for our listeners, visit BetterHelp.com/bgepod to receive 10% off your first month.