Real Hot Blerd Pod

Jan 15, 2026 · 42m

Episode Details:Remember last episode when we did our “shout out to my timeline” segment? Well have we got a show for you! A lot has happened since our last episode dropped, so we spend most of this episode talking about current events, including the shooting in Minnesota and the kidnapping of Maduro. Seriously, y’all…why the f*ck is this our timeline?!Suggested Readings:Kwame Nkrumah, Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism (London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1965)Walter Rodney, Decolonial Marxism : essays from the Pan-African revolution (New York: Verso, 2022 Reprint)Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1973)Manning Marable, How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America: Problems in Race, Political Economy, and Society (Boston: South End Press, 1983)Achille Mbembe, Necropolitics (Durham: Duke University Press, 2019)Episode Audio:Track: I Am OK — Vishmak [Audio Library Release]Music provided by Audio Library PlusWatch: • I Am OK — Vishmak | Free Background Music ... Free Download / Stream:https://alplus.io/i-am-ok

Jan 2, 2026 · 42m

We’re back!! We’re kicking off this episode with a little debrief about what we were up to since our last episode since we took December off from recording. Now it’s a new year…depending on who you ask, so we also briefly discuss the origins of the Gregorian calendar and our groundings for 2026. To kick off 2026, we decided to switch it up a bit with a positive twist to why is this my timeline…shout out to this timeline! We talk Zohran Mamdani, some Trump setbacks, and the importance of organizing on the local level. SPOILER ALERT: We finish the episode with a discussion of the Stranger Things series finale and some thoughts on cathartic violence. Episode Music:Track: I Am OK — Vishmak [Audio Library Release]Music provided by Audio Library PlusWatch: • I Am OK — Vishmak | Free Background Music ... Free Download / Stream:https://alplus.io/i-am-ok

Nov 20, 2025 · 41m

In this episode, Dani and Jazzy interview their first guest on the pod—film maker, educator, and creator—Sarah Oberholtzer (or Sarah O.). Sarah shares about the abolitionist writer’s room and their film series, “We Call Each Other” which explores themes of public safety, crisis, community response, and abolition. In this conversation Sarah uncovers the motivations for creating this film series while detailing the significance of their faith and their commitment to caring for the whole person of all involved in the writing and filming process. We hope this episode inspires you, as we were certainly inspired, and we invite you to follow the journey of the first installation of the “We Call Each Other” film series as it is currently making its world debut in film festivals and a digital release later this year.Trailer for the film:https://vimeo.com/1055374177Social Media for the film:instagram.com/wecalleachotherEpisode Music:Track: I Am OK — Vishmak [Audio Library Release]Music provided by Audio Library PlusWatch: • I Am OK — Vishmak | Free Background Music ...Free Download / Stream:https://alplus.io/i-am-ok

Nov 7, 2025 · 18m

In today’s Blerd Werk episode, Dani shares her presentation “Hobbstown Oral History Project: Descendent’s as the Stewards of Cultural Memory” from this year’s New Jersey Historical Commission conference. In the presentation she talks about the history of the neighborhood her family founded in New Jersey and why it is important to preserve such histories. Episode Music:Track: I Am OK — Vishmak [Audio Library Release]Music provided by Audio Library PlusWatch: • I Am OK — Vishmak | Free Background Music ... Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/i-am-ok

Oct 23, 2025 · 46m

Exciting update: we’re no longer doctoral students, we’re doctoral candidates! In this episode we share what the journey has been like so far in our degree programs. We also talk about the ways that fascist governments often target academics, especially in the humanities. Works ReferencedThe Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi CoatesWomanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil by Emilie TownesThe Undercommons: Fugitive Planning and Black Study by Fred Moten and Stefano HarveyEpisode MusicMusic: Freaky Halloween by Alex-Productions / alexproductionsmusic License: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://audiolibrary.com.co/alex-prod...Music promoted by Audio Library: • Cinematic, Spooky, Instrumental No Copyrig...