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Prodigy and Stitch are out this week, so Kr0nus, The Old Ninja, and Your Boy Blue are holding it down... and they cover a LOT of ground. We open by pouring one out for R&B singer Freddie Jackson ("Rock Me Tonight," "You Are My Lady") and his duet with the late Irene Cara. Then it's on to a friend of Kr0nus finally heading home to San Diego on the USS Abraham Lincoln after a brutal stretch at sea, and a reality check on just how big California's economy really is (hint: it's top four in the world). So, the news. The crew digs into the administration's comments about San Diego and Los Angeles, immigration enforcement, what "martial law" actually looks like, and the upcoming midterms. It's opinionated, it's personal, and it's about what you'd expect from this group. Then it's pop culture overload. GTA 6 hype (plus a throwback to playing Drug Wars on a TI-86), a Black Mirror deep dive (Striking Vipers, USS Callister, Black Museum, and why you keep your phone off you in VR), an 80s sci-fi tangent about the show V, and a full review of HBO's Lanterns with light spoilers. Is it Watchmen meets True Detective? Where was Batman? And is Hal Jordan really gone? Plus some love for Alien: Earth and Raised by Wolves. Real life gets its share too. Gas hit $6.89 a gallon and a $152 fill-up for Kr0nus, streaming prices keep climbing (if you can afford Netflix in this economy...), and Kr0nus scored both a Steam Machine and a Steam Frame off the wait list, which leads to a debate on used PS5 Pro prices and whether anyone would come back from a true Oasis. Kr0nus also updates us on his 3D printing journey, including a drawer print gone sideways and the day he learned AI won't make a copyrighted comic character for you. Blue takes us on a tour of 10th Street American Whiskey Company in San Jose, followed by a crash course on why some whiskey has an E and some doesn't, with a little Japanese whisky and Oban for good measure. Then the weekly check-ins: Blue's improv class (he laughed so hard he got a headache), an art and wine festival, Kr0nus's road trip and his grand niece's first birthday at Sesame Place, and The Old Ninja diving into Gears of War: E-Day while waiting on the Battlefield 6 Halloween update with a Dead Space crossover. Come follow us: http://www.beenhadproductions.squarespace.com/bthanbti SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/bthanbtiI Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BthanBTI/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bthanbti Twitter: @BthanBTI iTunes: https://itun.es/i6SJ6Pw YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackerThanBlackTimesInfinity Rescue + Residence https://www.rescueresidence.org/ Donate: https://www.givebutter.com/R_R_Champions

C Prodigy, Kr0nus, The Old Ninja, and Your Boy Blue pull up for another one — Stitch sits this episode out. This week: a tribute to Dennis Haskins (Mr. Belding) and a detour into how child-actor labor laws shaped shows like Saved by the Bell, plus how often teens get cast as "adults" on screen. That rolls into a frank talk about nudity and adult content norms on TV — Green Lantern, Oz, and Watchmen all get name-checked, with a deep dive on Oz specifically. On the nerd side: a critical look at the Injustice comics and animated movie, a long, nostalgic breakdown of Netflix's A Different World reboot (HBCU pride, the set design, the fashion, the theme song's history), and a full rundown of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run. Gaming talk covers the Witcher 3 remaster and the gap between the Final Fantasy VI and VII remake treatments. The crew doesn't shy away from the heavy stuff this episode — a candid conversation about race and representation (sparked by Kr0nus's shirt), gas prices and the politics behind them, immigration enforcement and detention conditions in the U.S., and a global look at resource scarcity and rising international tension. That includes a measured discussion of an Iranian singer's sentencing and why the crew pushes back on using stories like that to claim moral high ground while similar issues go unaddressed at home. They also touch on the Cornell fraternity assault case as part of a broader conversation about accountability. Lighter stuff to close it out: Kr0nus shows off his new 3D printer (dragons, articulating cats, a working fidget spinner, and more), Your Boy Blue recaps a Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure trip (shoutout to the Stardust dueling coasters and the live-action Bourne-style stunt show), and the group trades movie and TV recommendations — the horror-comedy They Will Kill You, a Mahershala Ali revenge thriller, and HBO's Lanterns. Personal updates round things out: travel plans, a completed round of therapy, Battlefield 6 talk (including Halloween Dead Space crossover rumors), and more. Come follow us: http://www.beenhadproductions.squarespace.com/bthanbti SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/bthanbtiI Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BthanBTI/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bthanbti Twitter: @BthanBTI iTunes: https://itun.es/i6SJ6Pw YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackerThanBlackTimesInfinity Rescue + Residence https://www.rescueresidence.org/ Donate: https://www.givebutter.com/R_R_Champions

This week we talk about G4TV, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, missing E3, Lanterns, Wolverine, Valheim, Trump, AI, PBS, and more! Come follow us: http://www.beenhadproductions.squarespace.com/bthanbti SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/bthanbtiI Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BthanBTI/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bthanbti Twitter: @BthanBTI iTunes: https://itun.es/i6SJ6Pw YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackerThanBlackTimesInfinity Rescue + Residence https://www.rescueresidence.org/ Donate: https://www.givebutter.com/R_R_Champions

This week we talk about 9/11 stories, Lindsey Clancy, Wolverine, using AI, geriatric politicians, politics, Blue does improv, and more! Come follow us: http://www.beenhadproductions.squarespace.com/bthanbti SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/bthanbtiI Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BthanBTI/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bthanbti Twitter: @BthanBTI iTunes: https://itun.es/i6SJ6Pw YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackerThanBlackTimesInfinity Rescue + Residence https://www.rescueresidence.org/ Donate: https://www.givebutter.com/R_R_Champions

This week we talk about chimps, Hideo Kojima dropping Sony, Xbox drops the ball with cloud gaming, Gen X childhoods, Gamescom, Blood of the Dawnwalker, Battlefield 6, High on Life 2, Lanterns, and more! Come follow us: http://www.beenhadproductions.squarespace.com/bthanbti SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/bthanbtiI Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BthanBTI/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bthanbti Twitter: @BthanBTI iTunes: https://itun.es/i6SJ6Pw YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackerThanBlackTimesInfinity Rescue + Residence https://www.rescueresidence.org/ Donate: https://www.givebutter.com/R_R_Champions

RIP Dolly Parton and Tim Curry. This week we talk about Spiderman punching Jake Lang in the face, Bleach Thousand Year Blood War, anime history of fillers, Xbox Digital Entitlement, Target Minstrel Clown costume, Ali-G, Blackface, questionable US military attacks, flash flood in Nepal, Lanterns, and more! Come follow us: http://www.beenhadproductions.squarespace.com/bthanbti SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/bthanbtiI Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BthanBTI/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bthanbti Twitter: @BthanBTI iTunes: https://itun.es/i6SJ6Pw YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackerThanBlackTimesInfinity Rescue + Residence https://www.rescueresidence.org/ Donate: https://www.givebutter.com/R_R_Champions

This week we talk about Kr0nus had a birthday, GTAVI, missing launch nights, ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs, Chainsmoker Cat, Gears of War E-Day Beta, The War with Iran, Rogue, D23, and more! Come follow us: http://www.beenhadproductions.squarespace.com/bthanbti SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/bthanbtiI Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BthanBTI/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bthanbti Twitter: @BthanBTI iTunes: https://itun.es/i6SJ6Pw YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackerThanBlackTimesInfinity Rescue + Residence https://www.rescueresidence.org/ Donate: https://www.givebutter.com/R_R_Champions

This week we talk about Spider-Man Brand New Day, digital media, PlayStation, burning media, arcades, third spaces, fighting games, Pokémon Vending Machines, Nee Doh, Kelis, A Different World, HBCU's, Brandon Tatum, Blue being on American Idol, and more! Come follow us: http://www.beenhadproductions.squarespace.com/bthanbti SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/bthanbtiI Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BthanBTI/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bthanbti Twitter: @BthanBTI iTunes: https://itun.es/i6SJ6Pw YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackerThanBlackTimesInfinity Rescue + Residence https://www.rescueresidence.org/ Donate: https://www.givebutter.com/R_R_Champions

Prodigy is out this week. This week we talk about Sohpie Cunningham, Black Panther 3, SDCC, Blade, Neuromancer, Dungeon Crawler Carl, voice actors, professional wrestling, Brandon Tatum vs. 20 Black Liberals, Scifi, President Curtis, Rick and Morty, King of the Hill, and more! Come follow us: http://www.beenhadproductions.squarespace.com/bthanbti SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/bthanbtiI Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BthanBTI/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bthanbti Twitter: @BthanBTI iTunes: https://itun.es/i6SJ6Pw YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackerThanBlackTimesInfinity Rescue + Residence https://www.rescueresidence.org/ Donate: https://www.givebutter.com/R_R_Champions

This week we talk about Mitch McConnell, Billionaires suck, Fauci, Covid, Odyssey, a lot of politics, datacenters again, going postal, 90's censorship, Bruno Mars, and more! Come follow us: http://www.beenhadproductions.squarespace.com/bthanbti SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/bthanbtiI Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BthanBTI/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bthanbti Twitter: @BthanBTI iTunes: https://itun.es/i6SJ6Pw YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackerThanBlackTimesInfinity Rescue + Residence https://www.rescueresidence.org/ Donate: https://www.givebutter.com/R_R_Champions

This week we talk about Chainsmoker Cat, smoking, SDCC, Odyssey, comic book movies, Avengers: Doomsday, Clayface, the Tate's go to jail, Underworld, and more! Come follow us: http://www.beenhadproductions.squarespace.com/bthanbti SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/bthanbtiI Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BthanBTI/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bthanbti Twitter: @BthanBTI iTunes: https://itun.es/i6SJ6Pw YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackerThanBlackTimesInfinity Rescue + Residence https://www.rescueresidence.org/ Donate: https://www.givebutter.com/R_R_Champions

This week we talk about Mitch McConnell dead or alive, Lindsey Graham, Pete Hegseth, TRT, Evil Dead Burns, Horror movies, and more! Come follow us: http://www.beenhadproductions.squarespace.com/bthanbti SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/bthanbtiI Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BthanBTI/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bthanbti Twitter: @BthanBTI iTunes: https://itun.es/i6SJ6Pw YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackerThanBlackTimesInfinity Rescue + Residence https://www.rescueresidence.org/ Donate: https://www.givebutter.com/R_R_Champions

This week we talk about Mitch McConnel (Dead or Alive), Datacenters, AI, the Mandela Effect, Nolan Wells, The State of Gaming Greed, Cell Phone Tech, digital content ownership, the Furious, and more! Come follow us: http://www.beenhadproductions.squarespace.com/bthanbti SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/bthanbtiI Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BthanBTI/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bthanbti Twitter: @BthanBTI iTunes: https://itun.es/i6SJ6Pw YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackerThanBlackTimesInfinity Rescue + Residence https://www.rescueresidence.org/ Donate: https://www.givebutter.com/R_R_Champions

This week we talk about LGBTQ entertainers, birthright citizenship, representative government, Reconstruction, Poverty reduction, the World Cup cultural exchange, Consoles going to digital only, piracy, and more! Come follow us: http://www.beenhadproductions.squarespace.com/bthanbti SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/bthanbtiI Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BthanBTI/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bthanbti Twitter: @BthanBTI iTunes: https://itun.es/i6SJ6Pw YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackerThanBlackTimesInfinity Rescue + Residence https://www.rescueresidence.org/ Donate: https://www.givebutter.com/R_R_Champions

Prodigy is out this week. This week we talk about Father's Day, is Batman ethical, Gotham, Disclosure Day, Prodigy is in the Bay, Prime Rib spots in the Bay Area, winning the lottery, clear aligners, GTAVI, the Steam Machine, how much PC components cost in the 1990's, and more Come follow us: http://www.beenhadproductions.squarespace.com/bthanbti SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/bthanbtiI Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BthanBTI/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bthanbti Twitter: @BthanBTI iTunes: https://itun.es/i6SJ6Pw YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackerThanBlackTimesInfinity Rescue + Residence https://www.rescueresidence.org/ Donate: https://www.givebutter.com/R_R_Champions