This Week In Nerd News

By Black Nerd Problems

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Welcome to This Week In Nerd News, your one-stop shop for all the diverse pop-culture news from the past week. Got stories? Use #TWINN on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook. This Week In Nerd News is part of the Black Nerd Problems podcast network.

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Episode Date
Why There Won't Be a Sequel or DLC for Baldur's Gate 3
Apr 05, 2024
Victoria and Keith Talk Dune 2, Isaac Asimov, and Sci-Fi Classics
Mar 24, 2024
Victoria and Mikkel Ask if ATLAB is Worse Without Sokka's Initial Sexism
Feb 28, 2024
How Corporate Greed is Hurting Nerd Entertainment
Jan 28, 2024
The Anime Episode - Everything Keith and Mikkel Are Looking Forward to in 2024
Jan 16, 2024
Victoria, Mikkel, and Keith's Favorite Media of 2023
Dec 23, 2023
Percy Jackson, ATLAB, and Other Post-Potter Fantasy
Nov 29, 2023
Every Live-Action Adaptation Victoria and Keith Are Excited (and Confused) About
Nov 19, 2023
Scott Pilgrim, Invincible, and YuYu Hakusho Announcements
Nov 05, 2023
Baldur's Gate 3 and Everything Else We're Excited About
Oct 18, 2023
Zachary Levi and Stephen Amell's Anti-Strike Comments
Sep 18, 2023
Mikkel and Keith Catch Up on the Writers Strike
Sep 13, 2023
Mikkel and Keith Explain What Hollywood Is Getting Wrong About AI
Jun 09, 2023
Victoria and Mikkel Explain the WGA Writers Strike
May 26, 2023
Keith Tries to Sell Mikkel on 'Doctor Who' (and Ranks His Favorite Doctors)
May 09, 2023
Everything About Warner Bros Discovery Makes Mikkel Sad
Apr 12, 2023
This Week In Nerd News - Angela Bassett and Tone Policing After the Oscars
Apr 09, 2023
Ted Lasso and 4,000 Hours of Destiny 2
Mar 03, 2023
The Dark Side of Competition Shows and Capitalism.
Feb 28, 2023
Victoria and Keith Try to Make Sense of the New DCEU
Feb 17, 2023
Hulu's 1619 Project, Netflix's African Queens: Njinga, and Polite Society
Jan 30, 2023
What Happened With Wizards of the Coast and Dungeons and Dragons?
Jan 27, 2023
The New Era of DC Movies and Video Games
Dec 19, 2022
The Best Animation Coming Soon
Dec 14, 2022
James Gunn and Peter Safran's DC Takeover
Dec 09, 2022
Hercules and the Live-Action Adaptations We Want
Nov 13, 2022
Moon Girl Is Coming, and It's Awesome
Oct 05, 2022
Everything Cool You Missed From Disney's D23
Sep 19, 2022
King Kong, Spiderwick, and More Adaptations No One Asked For
Sep 08, 2022
The Disasters at Warner Bros, Discovery, and DC
Aug 23, 2022
Victoria, Keith, and Mikkel Return From C2E2!
Aug 18, 2022
The Legacy of Nichelle Nichols
Aug 11, 2022
Everything You Missed From San Diego Comic-Con
Aug 08, 2022
It's Black Folk Versus Vampires In 'Day Shift'
Jul 26, 2022
'Trigun' Is Back, Baby! And 'The Devil Is a Part-Timer'!
Jul 20, 2022
This Week in Nerd News is Back!
Jul 12, 2022
Give Us More Ghibli!
Mar 16, 2022
Keith and Victoria Play 'Who Asked for This?'
Mar 13, 2022
Everyone's Favorite Game Show and New Trailers
Mar 09, 2022
Should 'Futurama,' 'Ren & Stimpy,' and 'Firestarter' Be Resurrected?
Feb 24, 2022
Wordle, Black Girl Magic, and Black Boy Joy
Feb 21, 2022
Black 'Friends' and the Ongoing Editing (and Misinterpretation) of 'Fight Club'
Feb 17, 2022
The Most Exciting Cartoons and Animation Coming in 2022
Jan 27, 2022
More Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey Racism Coming to TV
Jan 24, 2022
Everything We're Excited (and Cautiously Optimistic About) in 2022
Jan 13, 2022
What We Loved Most in 2021's Nerd Culture
Jan 10, 2022
Spider-Man's Pop Culture Takeover
Dec 14, 2021
Who's in the WB Version of Super Smash Bros.?
Nov 28, 2021
Will We Ever Get a Good Anime Adaptation?
Nov 20, 2021
William Evans and Omar Holmon on 'Black Nerd Problems: Essays'
Oct 31, 2021
Is Mario a Republican Now?
Oct 08, 2021
Chris Nolan Takes His Talents Elsewhere and Victoria Still Hates Capitalism
Sep 26, 2021
What's All This About Parasocial Relationships?
Sep 26, 2021
What Happened with #ADayOffTwitch?
Sep 23, 2021
Reacting to MLK Experience in Fortnite
Sep 21, 2021
Being Driven Mad by Madlibs
Sep 07, 2021
Anime Acquisitions and 'How I Met Your Mother' Hot Takes
Aug 27, 2021
Questionable Celebrity Cleanliness and 'Jeopardy!' Hosting Headaches
Aug 23, 2021
Wibbly-Wobbly, Time-Wimey Heel Turns
Aug 05, 2021
Clubhouse Takes Clout Chasin' Public and Racist Sports Teams
Jul 28, 2021
Expanding Universes and the Ethics of Posthumous AI Use
Jul 27, 2021
More Madlibs and Our DnD Origin Stories
Jul 12, 2021
Our Annual Birthday Episode! Plus More Madlibs and Streaming Wars Winners
Jul 01, 2021
Should E3 Stay Digital? Also, Let's Play Madlibs!
Jun 23, 2021
Geeked Week, Pride, and EA's Data Breach
Jun 14, 2021
Did We Really Let Logan Paul Ruin Boxing?
Jun 07, 2021
'Sandman' Casting, Geeked Week, and Reboot Roundup
Jun 04, 2021
Sequels, Spinoffs, and Reboots and...Goats with Accents...?
May 26, 2021
Should We Audition for 'Legends of the Hidden Temple'?
May 17, 2021
MCU Films through 2023 and Netflix's 'High on the Hog'
May 10, 2021
E3, Comic-Con, and the Future of Conventions After COVID
Apr 10, 2021
Wait, is Suicide Squad Good?, and Discord is Worth All the Money
Mar 29, 2021
What's New on Netflix, Upcoming Novel Adaptations, and PowerPuff Girls
Mar 23, 2021
'Avatar' Will Return and Paramount+ [Re]Enters the War
Mar 01, 2021
Demon Slayer S2, Craig of the Creek Spinoff, and Victoria's History Watchlist
Feb 28, 2021
The Last of Us, Sonic 2, and Borderlands Castings
Feb 17, 2021
Sandman, Borderlands, and Victoria's GameStop Rant
Feb 04, 2021
Pokémon's Anniversary, Cap Returns, and Netflix's 52 in 52
Jan 24, 2021
Epic, Ghibli, and the Necromancy of Quibi
Jan 19, 2021
Our End-of-Year Episode! This *Year* In Nerd News
Jan 01, 2021
Pearl's Black History, Naomi's Arrival, and HBO Max's Big Flex
Dec 07, 2020
What's the Best Story for 'Black Panther 2'?
Nov 26, 2020
Pop Culture Rehab After the Longest Tuesday Ever, This Week In Nerd News
Nov 10, 2020
Animaniacs Is Back and Quibi Is Dead, This Week In Nerd News
Oct 27, 2020
A Black Bisexual Woman Detective in Supernatural Noir, This Week In Nerd News
Oct 22, 2020
No One Asked for This
Oct 05, 2020
Which Funimation and Crunchyroll Returns Have You Most Excited?
Sep 28, 2020
How Do You Manage as an Anti-Rowling Harry Potter Fan?
Sep 21, 2020
PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and DC's New Hire
Sep 15, 2020
Mario Royale, Fresh Prince, and John Boyega Gets It Off His Chest
Sep 07, 2020
The Batman, Fall Guys, and the Future of Cinema
Aug 26, 2020
Judas and the Black Messiah, DC Layoffs, Tech Giants vs Fortnite
Aug 17, 2020
Diversity In Comics, Bruce Lee's Warrior, and Emmy Noms
Aug 06, 2020
Eisner Awards, SDCC News, and Who Asked for "Rodham"?
Jul 27, 2020
Usagi Yojimbo, Project Power, and NBC's Peacock
Jul 20, 2020
Quibi, Batwoman, and Gotham PD
Jul 15, 2020
What Kind of Nerd Are You? (A Very Special Musical Episode)
Jul 07, 2020
Over the Moon, Little Voice, and Animated Blackface
Jun 30, 2020
Cyberpunk 2077, DC's Digital Convention, and Star Trek: Lower Decks
Jun 24, 2020
Destiny 2, PlayStation 5, and the Future of Comics
Jun 16, 2020
The Pop Culture Self-Care Episode
Jun 08, 2020
DC's Nubia, Netflix's Big Summer, and Central Park
Jun 02, 2020
Tuca & Bertie, Da 5 Blood, and the Snyder Cut
May 25, 2020
Playstation Studios, Unreal Engine 5, and Percy Jackson
May 21, 2020
HBO Meets Crunchyroll! Plus Gaming News and Boba Fett
May 12, 2020
Hercules, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and Universal vs AMC
May 06, 2020
Nadiya's Time to Eat, Hollywood, and A Secret Love
Apr 28, 2020
SDCC Canceled, Justice League Dark, and Saved by the Bell Returns
Apr 20, 2020
The Anime Episode
Apr 14, 2020
Peninsula, Mrs. America, and Levar Burton Reads
Apr 09, 2020