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Showing the World its Blerds and -ish - Black News Channel

By Candace J. Semien, The Drum News / Jozef Syndicate Reporter @jozefsyndicate It’s Blerd-ish!. It’s hilarious. That’s it. That’s the story. Well, there is more to it than that, of course, but words in an article alone could not fully capture the experience listeners and guests have when Keith Cooper and Mark Wallace take on the podcast airwaves to broadcast their show, Blerd-ish! This Baton Rouge-based duo has the energy of two cousins arguing over the best baller, clapping each other, and throwing verbal jabs with hilarity. Their laughter, vernacular, and wordplay flow into an hourlong podcast on the best […]

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