Nerdgasm Noire Network

In this episode Melissa talks with one of her favorite romance authors!

Special Guest, Author R.M. Virtues - https://www.rmvirtues.com/

Books by R.M. Virtues

• 2:02 Intro

• 4:59 Self Publishing

• 7:46 “Keep Me Close: Gods of Hunger #2”

• 11:58: Fancasting the book

• 12:18 The Influence of Pose

• 13:12 Aphrodite, The Goddess of Love

• 15:22 Disability & Hephaestus’ Journey

• 22:05 The easiest and hardest parts to write

• 28:48 The backstories in KMC

• 31:35 Rolling The Hard Six: Personal Questions

  • 2 Romance/Erotica Author recs

    • Tasha L. Harrison If She Says Yes

    • Katie Robert Wicked Villains

  • 36:13 Favorite Non-Romance Genre

    • Stephen Graham Jones

    • Sergio Gomez

    • The Exorcist (audiobook)

  • 39:33 Which of your books would you most like to see on screen?

  • 40:41 Favorite character that you’ve written?

  • 42:30 Do you have a character you regret?

  • 43:21 Which of your books is the best introduction to you?

    • “Keep Me Close: Gods of Hunger #2”

  • 45:26 What is your Romance Hot Take?

• 50:23 Promo time!

  • Sing Me to Sleep: A Series of Sacrilegious Events Novel

  • Let Me In : Gods of Hunger #3

  • Love Me Now: Gods of Hunger #4

• 57:05 Find R.M. Virtues online!

  • https://www.patreon.com/rmvirtues

  • @rmvirtues

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Hosts: Melissa, Maria

Producer: De, Jamie, JP, Maria, Melissa, Storm

Writing Team: Melissa, Maria

Editor: De

Audio Production: De

Theme Song: Dreamy provided by Mike (Pound 4 Pound Podcast) & Marion Moore from ALBM Production Design: JP Fairfield

Social Media: Melissa, Storm

00:00 Greetings, Catching Up, & Baked Goods Dissertation
09:09 A sip of the new NNN show, “Flavors”
16:30 A byte of the NNN show, “Traditional Gamer Wife”
21:50 How you like your eggs? “Evenly Yolked”
24:00 Hanukkah Cake
26:15 Pork Bacon Supremacy!
27:47 Can Turkeys Fly?
29:46 Twitch Streams projecting game play on to body parts
32:49 Melissa is Jlo?
37:15 Did Justin Timberlake REALLY cry me a river?
41:12 JC Chasez
44:15 A preview of the new NNN show, “Hearts N*SYNC”
46:05 Adult & Work
47:11 The Lightskint Disrespect
51:45 Smokey Robinson
53:46 Return of the Traditional Gamer Wife
54:26 Kellogg’s ban
56:00 Find us online!

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Hosts: De, Jamie, JP, Maria, Melissa, Storm
Producer: De, Jamie, JP, Maria, Melissa, Storm
Writing Team: De, Jamie, JP, Maria, Melissa, Storm
Editor: De
Audio Production: De
Theme Song: Feelin Good provided by Mike (Pound 4 Pound Podcast) & Marion Moore from ALBM Production
Design: JP Fairfield
Social Media: Melissa, Storm

Once again we have a very out there episode of Nerdgasm Noire for y’all. We talk about upcoming movies and shows we’re excited about seeing, why all of the rappers are up in arms, as well as deciding which nepo babies are keepable and which we could do without. Also Team Queer tries to recruit Jamie to their team. We just need Natasha Lyonne to also join the team.
Come check it out!
0:00: Knuckles Series trailer
4:10: Upcoming entertainment
5:43: Fantastic 4 & DC
9:37: XMen 97 & Star Trek are “Woke”?
16:28: Wicked
18:18 KELLY CLARKSON!
22:49: Blame it on the alcohol
24:54 Country Carter’s impact
30:20: The Easy Listening Misogyny of Drake
38:08 Madame Web & Nepo Babies
43:00 3rd Rock from the Sun
47:00 Jamie Should Interview Chance The Rapper
50:10 Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
51:31: Natasha Lyonne
55:01 Lyshana Lynch
56:42 Mr. & Mrs. Smith
59:38: The Marvels
1:05:20 Ron Pearlman is Zaddy?
1:06:25 True Detective, True Thirst
1:09:54 Finding a Lady Love
1:13:54: From JP to Janelle James
1:15:24: Where to find us online!

Check out our carrd to see where you can find us! https://nerdgasmnoire.carrd.co/

Make sure you join our new discord channel and hang out with the community! discord.gg/7DqMZSy

ENJOY!

Hosts: De, Jamie, JP, Maria, Melissa, Storm
Producer: De, Jamie, JP, Maria, Melissa, Storm
Writing Team: De, Jamie, JP, Maria, Melissa, Storm
Editor: De
Audio Production: De
Theme Song: Feelin Good provided by Mike (Pound 4 Pound Podcast) & Marion Moore from ALBM Production
Design: JP Fairfield
Social Media: Melissa, Storm

So… maybe we’re getting old…. This week we talk about the wildest choice for music in the trailer for children’s movies, The Grammys, Universal deciding to take all their music off TikTok, and we also expressed the need to teens to have safe spaces to be teens and not be harassed by adults. Remember Teen Clubs? Yeah the 90s/00s were a weird time.
0:00 We're old!
3:34 The Grammys Happened
11:30 TikTok vs. Universal
20:57 Find Jamie on TikTok!
23:28 We're SO OLD!
31:36 Speaking of Meth
33:42 It's All Coming Back to Celine Dione
38:49 Gentrification/History with Rap & Celebrity
49:51 Open the Teen Clubs!
53:50 Blue Eyed Samurai
1:00:50 Find Us Online! Check out our carrd to see where you can find us! https://nerdgasmnoire.carrd.co/

Make sure you join our new discord channel and hang out with the community! discord.gg/7DqMZSy

ENJOY!

Hosts: De, Jamie, JP, Maria, Melissa, Storm
Producer: De, Jamie, JP, Maria, Melissa, Storm
Writing Team: De, Jamie, JP, Maria, Melissa, Storm
Editor: De
Audio Production: De
Theme Song: Feelin Good provided by Mike (Pound 4 Pound Podcast) & Marion Moore from ALBM Production
Design: JP Fairfield
Social Media: Melissa, Storm

Smut Book Club 12: You Did This To Yourself (ft. Tres Tiffany)

We’re here. We’re finally doing it. On today’s episode we get into some of the KU reads that we hate to love, love to hate, and couldn’t even finish. These are the books that we wouldn’t dare share on our Goodreads and authors we’ll never read again. Be warned, a lot of these are VERY bad and some of the themes get pretty dark.

3:00: The G.O.A.T.: Theodora Taylor & Her Many Crimes
7:15: Theodora Taylor Favs
26:55 Pride & Prejudice Viking Wolf Changing Series
33:25 Theodora writes herself in
35:26 Shantelle Davis
39:44 The Stepbrother
43:43 Speculations, Points, & Criticisms
50:52 The Maid
57:42 Jamila Jasper
1:00:52 The Black Pearl by Tiffany Patterson
1:02:19 Dragons vs. Werewolves
1:05:06 How old were you when you read your first romance novel?
1:10:45 Cassie Edwards
1:13:57 Plagiarism allegations
1:18:44 Problematic Pairings
1:20:00 The Loyal League Series
1:25:00 Katrina Jackson
1:27:00 Find us Online!

Have you read the book? Tell us what you think about it on social media by checking out our carrd! (https://nerdgasmnoire.carrd.co)

Make sure you join our new discord channel and hang out with the community! discord.gg/7DqMZSy

ENJOY!

Hosts: Melissa

Producer: De, Jamie, JP, Maria, Melissa, Storm
Writing Team: De, Jamie, JP, Maria, Melissa, Storm
Editor: De
Audio Production: De
Theme Song: Dreamy provided by Mike (Pound 4 Pound Podcast) & Marion Moore from ALBM Production
Design: JP Fairfield
Social Media: Melissa, Storm

Let’s talk about the OSCARS! (And also movies in general)
In this episode we talk about what movies were nominated for Oscars, our first thoughts on The American Society of Magical Negroes and American fiction, and other movie related topics. Come check it out!

1:00 Oscar Talk!
1:45 Was "Barbie" Oscar Worthy?
5:57 F*** American Fiction!
7:37 Society of Magical Negroes
23:13 The Very Divisive Tom Ladarius Hanks (The Real White Magical Negro)
28:00 Kid/Family TikToks & Ethics
35:44 Positive Oscar News
38:00 Jamie's Leo DiCaprio Allergy
43:16 Jamie declares her deeply held sexual desire for Paul Giamatti
47:12 Back to the Oscars
46:55 Love for the Mission Impossible
52:56 Coleman Domingo & the erasure of Black Latinxs Folk
1:00:36 The "Pretty Little Things" Plot blows our collective minds
1:08:40 Listening to Richard Dreyfus
1:10:21 The Book of Clarence
1:12:57 Where to find the NNN Crew! Check out our carrd to see where you can find us! https://nerdgasmnoire.carrd.co/

Make sure you join our new discord channel and hang out with the community! discord.gg/7DqMZSy

ENJOY!

Hosts: De, Jamie, Maria, Melissa, Storm
Producer: De, Jamie, JP, Maria, Melissa, Storm
Writing Team: De, Jamie, JP, Maria, Melissa, Storm
Editor: De
Audio Production: De
Theme Song: Feelin Good provided by Mike (Pound 4 Pound Podcast) & Marion Moore from ALBM Production
Design: JP Fairfield
Social Media: Melissa, Storm

1:01 We're back! How was your New Years?
9:14 Jonathan Majors King
18:54 Katt Williams
30:15 Comedians In Dresses
33:07 Thou shall not deny Scary Spice
39:13 TV Talk
53:35 The Thickening of Mark-Paul Gosselaar
55:50 Percy Jackson
01:03 Hades 2
01:04 BREAKING NEWS
01:09 Find us online! Check out our carrd to see where you can find us! https://nerdgasmnoire.carrd.co/

Make sure you join our new discord channel and hang out with the community! discord.gg/7DqMZSy

ENJOY!

Hosts: De, Jamie, JP, Maria, Melissa, Storm
Producer: De, Jamie, JP, Maria, Melissa, Storm
Writing Team: De, Jamie, JP, Maria, Melissa, Storm
Editor: De
Audio Production: De
Theme Song: Feelin Good provided by Mike (Pound 4 Pound Podcast) & Marion Moore from ALBM Production
Design: JP Fairfield
Social Media: Melissa, Storm

In this episode, Mel and Maria talk about the book they read this week, The Grim Reaper’s Lawyer!

The Grim Reaper's Lawyer by Mea Monique
7:20 Book Summary
9:24 Good Read Reviews
11:03 World Building
20:33 Audiobook
21:27 The Sequel "The Missing God's Lawyer"
25:16 Coming to the small screen?
23:39 Who is this book for?
30:24 Fancasting!
36:32 Book Related Challenge
37:56 Vivica Fox
39:10 Critique
41:00 Final Judgement
42:54 Where to find your co-hosts online

Have you read the book? Tell us what you think about it on social media by checking out our carrd! (https://nerdgasmnoire.carrd.co)

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ENJOY!

Hosts: Melissa, Maria
Producer: De, Jamie, JP, Maria, Melissa, Storm
Writing Team: Melissa, Maria
Editor: De
Audio Production: De
Theme Song: Dreamy provided by Mike (Pound 4 Pound Podcast) & Marion Moore from ALBM Production Design: JP Fairfield
Social Media: Melissa, Storm

Melissa & Maria are Sad Girls! They reminiscence on Andre Braugher (RIP Captain Holt) & the loss of Black celebrities. Chat about Christopher Pike's works & "In the Heat of the Night". JP joins to discuss the Cait Corain review bombing controversy and Elon gets roasted by his own AI! Check out our carrd to see where you can find us! https://nerdgasmnoire.carrd.co/

Make sure you join our new discord channel and hang out with the community! discord.gg/7DqMZSy

ENJOY!

Hosts: De, Jamie, JP, Maria, Melissa, Storm
Producer: De, Jamie, JP, Maria, Melissa, Storm
Writing Team: De, Jamie, JP, Maria, Melissa, Storm
Editor: De
Audio Production: De
Theme Song: Feelin Good provided by Mike (Pound 4 Pound Podcast) & Marion Moore from ALBM Production
Design: JP Fairfield
Social Media: Melissa, Storm

Gabi Mosely has us. Shanola Hampton has us. Are we rooting for Sir or Trent? The answer is yes. We might have found our new Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder and Shonda isn’t even involved. Come listen!
Also, a new show called A Diverse Mess is starting soon on the Nerdgasm Noire Patreon, and we let Jamie and Melissa give us short(ish) previews of what to expect. So, if you like reality shows like The Real Housewives of Literally Anywhere, then check it out!

Check out our carrd to see where you can find us! https://nerdgasmnoire.carrd.co/

Make sure you join our new discord channel and hang out with the community! discord.gg/7DqMZSy

ENJOY!

Intro / Outro - Feelin Good provided by Mike (Pound 4 Pound Podcast) & Marion Moore from ALBM Production