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Minority Korner

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Episodes

Total: 349

MK 70: We See You Oscars... and We Need to Talk (Political and Commercials of the Oscars, Who Are Actually Winning Awards, Campbell Soup, Paula Abdul, Denzel Washington, Bill Paxton)

2017/3/3

Is it really Hooray for Hollywood in this episode of Minority Korner? Yes, James and Nnekay are cele

MK69: A Star is Born! Get Nasty! (69 Boyz, Fashion Week & Activism, U.K. Period Dramas & POC U.K. Actors, David Oyelowo, Idris Elba, Sisqo, Christian Sirano, Naeen Khan, SmartGlamour, Mariah Carey, Naomi Campbell v. Tyra, Party Lines, Dating Apps, Reverse

2017/2/24

Time to GET NASTAY, because it's our 69 episode... mmmm.... In this episode you will discover the or

MKEP68: The People vs. Brother Outsider & The Wall (O.J. Simpson, Bayard Rustin, Mexican-American Massacre, Texas Rangers, Ryan Murphy)

2017/2/17

Nnekay needs a theme song for her soon to be half hour sit-com, and James has got one for her! James

MK67: What's Up Korner Kids!!!!!! (Super Bowl, Lady Gaga, Sundance, Mel B, Chicago, Pomo Afro Homo, Self Care, and William Monroe Trotter)

2017/2/10

This week we are on FIRE! THE SUPER BOWL came and went, but we're not here to talk about sports... w

MK66: Cocktails and Soup and Sandwiches (Roxane Gay, Women's March, Male Feminist, Reality Dating, STEM, American Gods, Ashley Judd)

2017/2/3

This week we are coming in hot, hot and fresh like a Thai Breeze. That's right Nnekay just got back

MKEP65: Round 2...FIGHT!: Star Wars Lady Wars (Rouge One, Coded Gay Characters, Books for Black Teens & You, Carrie Fisher, Black Authors Galore, Moonlight, TV Shows With Gay Characters)

2017/1/27

The gloves. Come. Off. It is our 2nd annual fight! And this might be the one that breaks the Korner

MKEP64: Lace Up Your Boots its Inauguration Day! (The O.A., The History of Christmas, Ancient Egyptians, Combating Casual Racism, Immigration, Ask Minority Korner Anything, Outlander, "Passing")

2017/1/20

It's time to "get Jazzy with it" in 2017! It's Inauguration Day! We hope you got some boots for the

MKEP63: And I Will Always Love You... Gay Africa! (History of Homosexuality in Africa, The Bodyguard the Musical, Mariah Carey, #BLMKidnapping? , Vivica A. Fox, Shaun King, Frank Ocean, The West End)

2017/1/13

James is back from his holiday in the U.K. and he brings news: In England the hottest ticket in town

MKEP62: 2017 #NoDrama W/Special Guest Shantira Jackson (2017 Resolutions, Ali Wong, Shemar Moore, Lee Daniels, Second City, Improv, Chicago, Journalism, Black Comics)

2017/1/6

Happy New Year! We made it to 2017! What are your New Year's Resolutions? Nnekay and James share the

MKEP61: The Ghost of Christmas Past... Reframes 2016 (Combating Depression for LGBTQ Action Items, 21 Black Voices of 2016, Sisqo, How to Stand up to 'isms', Lady Suspense Thrillers, Halle Berry, Issa Rea, Solange, Jesse Williams, John Legend, and Many Mo

2016/12/30

In Patti La Belle fashion we are late for Christmas, and so was Mos Def according to Nnekay when s

MKEP60: You Got Kwanzaa'd! (A Kwanzaa Special) (Kwanzaa, Oprah & Gayle, Ashanti #NotMyPrincess, Brandy vs. Monica, Charlie Brown Christmas, The Grinch)

2016/12/23

Prepare to get Kwanzaa'd America as it's the first annual Minority Korner Kwanzaa special! Join Nnek

Eryka Baduizm & The New Renaissance (Buddhist for Social Justice, Trevor Noah, Michael Che, Spring/Winter Break, Intersectional Charities, bell hooks, Trans Charities, Prison Reform, Reproductive Rights, Henry Wallace, Special Thanks Eryka Badu)

2016/12/16

The Royal Court of Minority Korner is pleased to present this heartwarming, sexy, enlightening episo

MKEP58: A Miracle in Kristmas Kwanzatown Villiage (Gamergate Predicted Trump? Climate Change & What You Can Do. Alt Right, Twitter vs. Hate Speech, Mike Pence & Hamilton, Mark Antony, Black Lives Matter, Anita Baker)

2016/12/9

We're still in Chicago, and it's still pretty magical! We are mesmerized by how clean this windy, co

MKEP57: LIVE From the Chicago Podcast Festival! (Windy City, Peter Thiel, #SanctuarySchool Protest, #Tamponsfortrump, Chicago Christmas Village, Jack Falahee, Bill Clinton Sex Tape?)

2016/12/2

We are LIVE! With a real studio audience and everything, recording from the Legendary Steppenwolf Th

MK56: Werk 2 Da Beat: Election Action Items, Protest Songs, Safety Pins, Moonlight, Marvel

2016/11/18

This week Nnekay and James are still trying to process the election... they're letting Pierce Brosna

MKEP55: STAY. FIRED. UP! (Election 2016, Veteran's Day, White Folks Get to Work, History of Black Veterans, Native Americans in WWII, West World, Walking Dead, Election Victories, Cleveland Mascot, Ask Us Anything)

2016/11/11

We are here for you Korner Kids. Let's unpack this election. James was there at ground zero of what

MKEP54: A Verry Patti Korner- Where My Background Singers?!?! (Patti LaBelle, Femphobia, Black Podcast, Sounding Gay, Barrack Obama, Hell Houses, Halloween, The White House, That's So Raven, Jay Z vs. Kanye West, History of Trick o' Treat)

2016/11/4

It looks like Christmas has come early with a Flash Back Friday Patti LaBelle Holiday Presidential C

MKEP53: Dedicated To Noah Witke (13th, Birth of A Nation, Female Nobel Prize Winners, Nate Parker, Lewis Latimer, Jennifer Aguilera, 3rd Debate, Lady Gaga, Oprah, Nasty Women)

2016/10/28

James was boy on a train last week but not as crazy, or as exciting. We've both watched '13th' Ava D

MKEP52: Best Of Minority Korner Frankenstein Style (Queer History, Tiger Mandingo, Slave Tetris, Bees/Birth/Bears, Gretta Garbo, Poz Phobia, KKK, Latino History, Luke Cage, MC Skat Kat, Janet Jackson)

2016/10/21

Due to some personal tragedy and trauma, we don't have a full NEW episode but we have Frankenstein'd

MKEP51: Explicit to the Maxx!!! (Pussygate, Luke Cage, Basket of Deplorables, Black Folks & Mental Health, 90s Jingles, Han Solo Movie, Disney Princesses)

2016/10/14

This week we are taking it to the Maxx (our explicit nature that is)!!! James and Nnekay are all up