Nina Talks With Darius & Akeda

Happy Holidays and welcome back to another episode of Nina Talks! This episode we have a bonus treat for you all: the story of Dat Nigga Nick, written and told by Darius Calliet. Be sure to head over to our YouTube channel to check out the video accompanying the story! This episode we're joined by Cami Thomas, a director, documentary photographer and marketing consultant. We have an amazing conversatoin about Cami's experiences traveling, her documentary Smoke City, and how the events following Mike Brown's murder shaped her and her creative journey. You can find Cami on Instagram @camicruzthomas, or check out her work on her website camithomascreative.com. As always, thanks for tuning in!

Welcome back to another episode of Nina Talks! For our Nerd Out, we talk about the psychology of social media and chat about the ways that social media influences us. For our Roll Up, we talk about code switching and the ways that we code switch in our lives. After our smoke break we're joined by Bay Area product designer and entrepreneur Maya Patterson. You can follow Maya on Instagram @mayapatterson and hit the link in her bio to join the Gold List.

Welcome back to another episode of Nina Talks! For this week's Nerd Out, we talk about some of our favorite fictional and non fictional body modifications such as tattoos, robotic arms and more. For our Roll up, we revisit the male hygiene conversation that we pranked Darius with for real and chat about some of the ways we stay oh so fresh and so clean. As always, thanks for tuning in and we'll see you next week!

Welcome back to another episode of Nina Talks! For this week's Nerd Out we talk about the latest episodes of the anime My Hero Academia. We follow up with a Roll Up discussing the recent lawsuit filed against the CEO Juul claiming that the company knowingly distributed contaminated Juul pods. As always, thank you for listening and tune in next week!

Welcome back to another episode of Nina Talks! For our Nerd Out this week, we chat about the Joker movie and revisit our conversation about how DC can rebrand by focusing on their villains instead of their heroes. For our Roll Up, we talk about what money is, where it get its value from, and how we interact with money as a society. As always, thanks for tuning in and we'll catch you next week!

Welcome back to another episode of Nina Talks! For our Nerd Out this week we talk about some of our favorite games throughout our childhood and for our Roll Up we talk about our experiences leveling up our cooking skills. After our Smoke Break we're joined by our guest Timothy Moore, a St. Louis based creative director and producer, for a conversation about everything from his growth as an entrepreneur to why he doesn't drink 2% milk. Thanks for watching and tune in next time!

Welcome back to another episode of Nina Talks! We start this week's episode off with a Nerd Out focusing on the rapid development of phone games in the last few years. Now that smartphones have become the norm, more and more kids are ditching traditional hand held gaming devices for iPhone games that have amazing quality compared to the simple games we had on our phones growing up. For our Roll Up, we talk about some of the pros and cons of buying black. We mention some different resources people can use to buy black such as the website Bold Xchange, as well as mention some of our favorite black owned business that we patron. As always, thank you for listening!

Welcome back to another episode of Nina Talks! For this week's Nerd Out we talk about the new iPhone release and how much cellphones have changed since they first became a mainstream piece of tech in the mid-2000's. For our Roll Up, we talk about the various methods we've used over the years to smoke weed, from tin can pipes to gravity bongs. As always we hope you enjoy the episode!

Welcome back to another episode of Nina Talks! For our Nerd Out we talk about tech labor laws, and how companies like Uber and DoorDash are trying to avoid legitimizing their drivers to save on money. For our Roll Up, we talk about the state of comedy and have a conversation about Dave Chapelle's most recent stand up, as well as Robin Thede's A Black Lady Sketch Show on HBO. For our guest portion, we're joined by visual artist and clothing designer Sean Alexander, who tells us about how started his brand, Brllant Mnds, and got into art and clothing. As always, thank you for joining us for another episode!

Welcome back to another episode of Nina Talks! In this week's Nerd Out, we give reviews on Fire Force, Dr. Stone and Demon Slayer, three of the most popular new anime out right now. For our Roll Up, we talk about the rapidly growing CBD industry and how it basically functions as a pilot program for marijuana legalization. As always, thank you for tuning in!

Welcome back to another episode of Nina Talks! In this week's episode, we switch things up and start with our Roll Up segment where we give a recap of Darius' wedding and all the festivities that come with getting married. For our Nerd Out segment, we share our thoughts on the Amazon Prime series The Boys, a dark super hero thriller with some interesting parallels to the anime My Hero Academia. As always, thanks for tuning in!

Welcome back to another episode of Nina Talks! This episode we start with a quick recap of our Gas & Goku event and then transition into our Nerd Out, where we talk about what we think DC can do to help them stay relevant in an era of Marvel dominance. For our Roll Up this episode, we talk about some of our experiences with "first world" problems. After our smoke break, we're joined by filmmaker and director David Kirkman, whose Static fan film has racked up over 800K views on Youtube! David drops some Nina Talks gems before we wrap up the episode with our Album of the Week. As always, thank you for tuning in, and we'll see you next time!

Welcome back to another episode of Nina Talks! For our Nerd Out this episode, we talk about ways to fine tune your hustle to make sure that your business runs as smoothly as possible. For our Roll Up segment, we talk about the importance of being humble, and reflect on some life experiences that taught us the value of humility. As always, make sure to subscribe to Nina Talks wherever you listen to podcasts, and we hope you enjoy the episode!

Welcome to another episode of Nina Talks! For our Roll Up segment, we talk about the recent XXL cypher and who some our favorite spittas were. For our Nerd Out, we talk about this history of Gas & Goku, an event that started as a small get together with a few other like minded stoner anime heads, and has now grown into a full on event that we've hosted at larger venues in the city. As always, be sure to like and subscribe to our channel on whatever platform you use to listen to podcasts, and thanks for listening!

Welcome back to another episode of Nina Talks! For this episode's Nerd Out, we talk about big tech and its influence on society and culture. For our Roll Up segment, we decided to do a roll call of some of our favorite fictional/non-fictional black women for no other reason than black women are amazing. After our smoke break, we're joined by Tonina Saputo, a St. Louis singer, songwriter and bassist who has toured internationally and whose music was featured in a playlist curated by President Barack Obeezy Obama. As always we want to thank all of our listeners for tuning in, and we hope you enjoy the episode!

Welcome back to another episode of Nina Talks! We got extra baked this episode so you'll probably wanna do the same. We officially titled the segments of the first half of show the Nerd Out and the Roll Up to help guide your listening and viewing. For this week's Nerd Out, we talked about some of our favorite villains and their character alignments. For our Roll Up, we chatted about weed and alcohol, and some of the experiences we've had drunk vs high. For our guest portion, we were joined by Justin & Ryan, the owners of the St. Louis Hop Shop. We talked about their journey opening the store, things they learned in the process, and we asked some great either/or questions before getting into our albums of the week. As always, be sure to become a Patron for more great bonus content, like & subscribe the YouTube channel, and we'll see you next month for another episode!

We've got a great bonus episode for y'all! In this episode we talk about a recent experience we had at a Magic the Gathering tournament getting whooped by some 12 year olds, and we lament the state the 1% have left our society in...smh. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Welcome back to another episode of Nina Talks! In this episode we cover a range of our favorite films in a few categories: n*gga movies, stoner movies, anime movies, and action flicks. Over the smoke break, check out the trailer for the short film CYCLE, written and directed by our guest this episode, Jon Alexander. Hope you enjoy the episode! Become a patron! https://www.patreon.com/ninaproductions Check out the Albums of the Week & More! https://nina-productions.com/nina-tal...

Welcome to the season 3 premier of Nina Talks! In this episode, we start our conversation with a quick recap of the anime Mob Psycho 100, then transition to a break down on the phenomena known as "n*gga logic". All of our Nina Talks episodes are now also available on YouTube as video content, so be sure to check out our Nina Productions YouTube channel to watch!

Welcome to the season finale of Nina Talks! As we wrap up the season, we just want to say thank you to everyone that has been listening! Our season three release date is TBD, but rest assured, we'll be back. For our finale episode, we're joined by Benny & Moe, the faces behind the @politecoolery podcast, an amazing podcast also based out of St. Louis. In this episode, we talk about our respective podcast journeys, the importance of consistency, and different ways we engage in self care. Even though it will be a bit until we return, if you love the podcast, make sure to give us a five star rating on iTunes, or a like and repost on Soundcloud! See you next season!