10 episodes

Hosted by the Editors of The New Obsidian, Flash Reviews are quick, fun, but deep dives into new releases in music, television, movies, books, and pods.

Hosts Jason Taylor, Kim Burton-Laurance, and Ron Cadet, have wide ranging artistic tastes but have one thing in common--an appreciation for excellence. Flash Reviews will entertain you and steer you to some excellent artistic experiences, so tune in!

Flash Reviews The New Obsidian

    • TV & Film

Hosted by the Editors of The New Obsidian, Flash Reviews are quick, fun, but deep dives into new releases in music, television, movies, books, and pods.

Hosts Jason Taylor, Kim Burton-Laurance, and Ron Cadet, have wide ranging artistic tastes but have one thing in common--an appreciation for excellence. Flash Reviews will entertain you and steer you to some excellent artistic experiences, so tune in!

    An Obsidian Flash Review: American Fiction

    An Obsidian Flash Review: American Fiction

    A humorous and biting commentary on the paradox of Black Excellence, and a majestically high-quality American story, that is multi-layered, provocative, beautiful, affirming, and funny. 

    • 28 min
    An Obsidian Flash Review: Chronicles of a Diamond by the Black Pumas

    An Obsidian Flash Review: Chronicles of a Diamond by the Black Pumas

    Black Pumas represent Black Excellence in music. This hard to classify performing duo lays down music tracks that sound out of the box, yet oddly familiar.

    • 17 min
    An Obsidian Flash Review: They Cloned Tyrone

    An Obsidian Flash Review: They Cloned Tyrone

    Think Superfly meets The Matrix. Go deep in this comedic sci-fi conspiracy. So much more beneath the surface of this apparent plot line. You'll be laughing and then be like "what??"

    • 24 min
    An Obsidian Flash Review: The Power

    An Obsidian Flash Review: The Power

    Watch out. What if the tables were turned, and women had physical dominance over men? The global thriller poses that very question and we look into it...

    • 27 min
    An Obsidian Flash Review: The Stoop

    An Obsidian Flash Review: The Stoop

    The Stoop is a well-produced, thoughtful, funny, and poignant podcast series that covers issues from a Women's perspective, a Black perspective, and most surely, a human perspective. Well worth subscribing to!

    Join us for our Flash Review where the ladies of The Stoop get four rocks.

    • 19 min
    An Obsidian Flash Review: I Wish You Would from Trevor Noah

    An Obsidian Flash Review: I Wish You Would from Trevor Noah

    Trevor Noah is a visionary. Exiting The Daily Show at the top, Noah returns to his comedian roots in the Netflix special "I Wish You Would".

    Join us for our Flash Review where Trevor gets four and a 1/2 rocks.

    • 21 min

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