Brown & Black Podcast
1) One Battle After Another: A Brown & Black Breakdown
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another got the casting right, but did it get Latinos and Blacks right? People are still talking about the film One Battle After Another. We breakdown how Paul ...Show More
2) Bad Bunny and the NFL’s First All-Spanish Halftime Show
This week on Brown & Black, we drop an Off the Cuff episode on the breaking news that Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl halftime show. This marks the first-ever Spanish-language halftime show on ...Show More
3) The Viral Rant That Exposed White Identity
Many white Americans face a contradiction: they love Black and Latino culture, but don’t like Black and Latino people. Dr. Barnor Hesse of Northwestern University calls this “White Voyeurism.” It’s p...Show More
4) Is Off-Broadway’s MEXODUS the Next 'Hamilton'?
Did you know The Underground Railroad went South and America spent 200 years hiding it? In this episode, we talk to Nygel Robinson and Brian Quijada, creators of the Off-Broadway musical MEXODUS, whic...Show More
5) Spike Lee, Denzel, and the Black Film Marketing Problem
Spike Lee and Denzel Washington, two of Hollywood’s biggest stars, reunite for A24's Highest 2 Lowest (in theaters August 15). But you wouldn’t know it from the marketing. Its low-profile rollout has ...Show More
6) Emmys 2025: A Brown & Black Breakdown
How can the Latino star of Disney's Andor, the best-reviewed show in the Star Wars franchise, be snubbed by the Emmys? In this episode, we pull back the curtain on how the voting process really works...Show More
7) Summer Movies 2025: Jurassic World: Rebirth / Materialists
This July weekend, we review two of the biggest summer movies of 2025: Jurassic World: Rebirth and The Materialists. Mike breaks down why Jurassic World is stuck in a loop of reboots and clichés, eve...Show More
8) Why Sacrilege's Nyasha Hatendi Chose Horror to Speak His Truth
In this episode, we welcome Nyasha Hatendi, the creator, writer, director, and producer of Audible's new audio horror drama, Sacrilege: Curse of the Mbirwi. He opens up about his motivations for creat...Show More
9) 'Sacrilege: Curse of the Mbirwi': An Audio Drama Analysis
In this special sponsored episode, we're partnering with Audible for our first-ever audio drama analysis, breaking down the groundbreaking supernatural thriller "Sacrilege: Curse of the Mbirwi" starri...Show More
10) Is Ryan Coogler's 'SINNERS' Too Black for Hollywood?
This week we deconstruct Ryan Coogler’s SINNERS from a Latino and Black perspective. It's a film that is creating deep cultural conversations about Black originality and the business of Black culture ...Show More