The RAP (Rob Anthony Podcast)
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Sports, travel and pop culture as told by Sports Writer, Travel Advisor and lover of pop culture Rob Anthony
The RAP (Rob Anthony Podcast)Mar 23, 2023
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Review of Saltburn and Early Oscar Picks
Saltburn is an amazing and provocative film that looks at outrageous wealth, family and friendship and betrayal. This movie will make you laugh, gas and squirm. It arrives in theaters November 17th. I’ll also be diving into some early Oscar Awards Season projections.
Nov 08, 202316:02
Review of the movie “The Burial”
Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones team up for a fantastic legal drama that will be coming to a screen near you this October. “the burial” is one of the best films I’ve seen this year and I’ve seen just about everything.
Sep 23, 202311:39
It’s a Barbie World
Episodes with music are only available on Spotify.
Giving the audiences something they can feel, Barbie and Oppenheimer crush the box office
Jul 23, 202310:50
Sexy Red has her delivery rejected
Rapper Sexxxy Red delivers goods for kids going to Prom at a St Louis High School and parents are angry at the arrangement…. I discuss this topic in depth on this episode.
Jul 19, 202316:10
Screens and Streams
Reviews for They cloned Tyrone, The Tutor, Wham!, Talk to me.
Jul 16, 202311:31
Joy Ride Is a Joy Ride
A review of possibly the funniest movie of the year thus far. It’s a story about friendship. Imagine Girls Trip but in China. Imagine Bridesmaids with Asian women but with no puppies or Melissa McCarthy. It’s worth your 2 hours! 4.5 stars from me !
Jun 21, 202307:45
Double Review new Spider-Man and Transformers #RiseofTheBeast
Summer is off to a roaring start and folks are running not walking back to the movies. And black star power has a say in it.
Jun 07, 202318:41
Reviews of The Flash and Little Mermaid
Summer movie season is here and there are plenty of great movies to check out and here we get it going for you with a double feature of movie reviews. Enjoy!
May 26, 202314:03
Funny Female Frenzy (Women’s History Month Special)
Comediennes Angela Robinson, The Gwynn Factor, Demi Chang, Althea McFarlane join us to talk comedy and their experiences in the industry.
Mar 27, 202344:33
A travel chat with fellow travel advisor Kamara Love.
Love and I talk about travel being a way to heal, her favorite travel destinations and how she became a travel advisor, and she gave advice to aspiring entrepreneurs
Mar 24, 202323:45
Talking Divorce with one of Cordell and Cordell’s finest.
We had an opportunity to talk Divorce and how to be prepared for it and how one shouldn’t be afraid to get married due to anxiety about the divorce process. Walking us through this was Cordell and Cordell’s Rebecca DeVincent a Senior Litigation Attorney based in Richmond but licensed in DC and Virginia.
Mar 23, 202324:52
A break down of “Selective Outrage” Chris Rock’s latest Netflix special
A deep dive on the live show recorded March 3rd in Baltimore, MD live by legendary comedian Chris Rock as Netflix’s first live streamed event. I examine some of the jokes and some of the reaction. Let us know your thoughts by Tweeting @MrRobAnthony on Twitter.
Mar 12, 202322:50
Reviewing the Dave Chappelle special (The closer)
Episodes with music are only available on Spotify.
Throwback content reviewing an older comedy set. Breaking down why folks were upset and or offended by some of Dave Chappelle’s jokes about the LGBT community in his comedy special “The Closer” on Netflix
Mar 11, 202321:25
A talk about Masculinity and femininity
Is there an agenda to emasculate black men? What is masculinity and how should we define it? Also we chat about femininity and where has it gone? Have changing roles in the the home maybe affected femininity? We chat about that and more.
Mar 03, 202301:03:48
Screens and Streams (Creed 3)
Michael B Jordan makes his directorial debut in this movie. He does an outstanding job navigating this flick. This movie has everything, sad moments, great training montages, a fantastic heel turn from Jonathan Majors. Friendship, betrayal, family. Highly recommend going seeing this movie get more details by listening to the podcast.
Mar 02, 202307:45
Screens and Streams (Cocaine Bear the Review)
A fun 80’s based romp. This film is very loosely based on a true story. Drug dreamer drops dope over the mountains. A bear gets to the drugs and in the movie insanity ensues. In real life the bear is found dead from ingesting the Coke. The movie version doesn’t follow that path. Check out this review there are no spoilers. Enjoy everyone.
Feb 23, 202307:17
Movie Review Quantumania
New review for Marvel’s newest chapter of their Cinematic Universe. A big step up for Ant Man as he introduces us to Kang the Conqueror.
Feb 16, 202310:19
Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher star inYour place or mine” a fun romantic comedy. We review it!
Netflix is releasing a fun comedy with Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher two of our old favorites in a cute romantic comedy. Heavier on comedy than on romance. New York and LA are the backdrops for this long distance love story. Also in this film are Zoey Chao, Wesley Kimmel (nephew of Jimmy Kimmel), Jesse Williams, and Tig Nataro. Two long time friends who dote on each other from long distance end up swapping residences for a week (New York and LA are the back drop). Kutcher’s character ends up being a temporary caretaker for Witherspoon’s young son, while she goes off to New York to take an accelerated college program so she can earn a certificate which she hopes will help her earning power. So take a listen to this review and see if “Your place or mine” is worth your time. Spoiler alert 🚨, it is!!! Lol but listen to this pod anyway.
Feb 07, 202308:14
Reviews for Knock at the Cabin, You People and Shotgun Wedding
3 films, one podcast! Rob Anthony reviews 3 movies in one podcast. 2 are available via streaming, 1 is in the movie theater. Listen and get Rob the Reviewer’s insight before watching these films.
Feb 03, 202315:29
Plane (Movie review episode)
Action movie starring Gerard Butler and Mike Coulter. 2 hours and a great time hear my full review and let me know your thoughts.
Jan 11, 202307:05
Legacy of Coach Prime
Coach Deion Sanders is headed for University of Colorado what legacy does he leave at Jackson State and more l…
Dec 03, 202215:37
Pop culture report Lebron on Jerry Jones, TJ Holmes affair, Kanye ❤️‘s Hitler, and more
Pop culture news and reactions
Dec 02, 202216:05
Two for one Rob Reviews
Knives out : Glass Onion. The sequel to Knives out has hit theaters and will be on Netflix shortly. Rob gives his opinion on the new film. And “Wednesday” a self titled series about the daughter of the Addams family has hit Netflix and all of the episodes are available for streaming Rob gives his opinions.
Nov 28, 202213:23
Rob Reviews “The Fablemans”
This is a review of the new Steven Spielberg film the Fablemans. It is loosely based coming of age story of Steven Spielberg’s childhood and teenage years. Lots of Jewish Culture, lots of fun film making scenes. Plus a nice dose of family drama. I love this movie and I believe you will. I’ll tell you why in this review.
Nov 23, 202206:36
Community let’s talk about anti Semitism
Several prominent African Americans have gotten tripped up making anti semitic remarks. On this episode I talk about why what Ye said is Anti Semitic, and why you should not agree with him or repeat his remarks.
Oct 21, 202217:39
Comedians Aries Spears and Tiffany Haddish are in hot water over inappropriate video involving kids.
A disgusting video revolving around child molestation has started making its way around social media. Involving a small child and comedians Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears. In this episode Rob breaks it all down from the beginning.
Sep 04, 202218:01
Review of “Mike”
An authorized Docudrama about the life of Mike Tyson on Hulu. Mike Tyson is upset about this story coming out as he is executive producing a movie/series about his life starring Jamie Foxx that has yet to find a broadcast home. Tyson believes this film will undercut his and he’s upset that he’s not being paid for his story. I talk about that and the first couple of episodes of this show on Hulu.
Aug 25, 202209:27
Don’t bite the apple 🍎on these big MLB contracts
Rob Anthony explains why paying big contracts to young stars is generally NOT a great investment.
Jul 28, 202218:59
A review of Jordan Peele’s “Nope”
Rob gives an in depth review of the movie, “Nope” without spoiling the end. So no spoiler alerts just giving movie goers a basic setup of the film to give them an idea of what this movie is and is not. Rob gives this movie 3.5 stars out of 5 find out why by checking out the pod.
Jul 24, 202217:51
Rob’s returns after a couple months hiatus.
I talk Kyler Murray in his new contract. The Derek Jeter documentary, “The Captain” and reaction to the first episode. I also talk about the recent controversial comments from TD Jakes.
Jul 21, 202214:34
DL Vs Monique
Who was supposed to be the headliner?
May 31, 202215:25
The NIL/Pay for play debate
Nick Saban brought all the smoke saying that schools are paying for players and using boosters to buy recruits and going outside of the scope of NIL deals. Is he right? Does it matter or do you just wanna see players get paid?
May 20, 202219:21
Airline wars
Explaining JetBlue’s attempt to buy Spirit.
May 19, 202209:04
The legacy of Kevin Samuels.
Reaction to the death of dating influencer and Image Consultant Kevin Samuels.
May 06, 202223:53
Travel Therapy : Cancun
I visited the Hilton Cancun in Mexico as part of a Land Forum with my Travel Agency Host Avoya Travel. I’ll talk about mask rules. My time at Hilton Cancun and some things you need to know about traveling to Mexico.
May 04, 202223:01
Money Talks w/ financial advisor Ashanti Tranese
We talk how to start your savings, how to start investing, when to buy a home and more on this Episode of the RAP
Apr 11, 202232:56
A trip to Cuba anyone ? This is the first edition of the Travel Therapy version of the RAP
We talk to Danielle Linares a Cuban Travel Specialist and the founder of Absolutely Cuba which helps visitors/travelers have an immersive, authentic and memorable experience on the island.
Apr 08, 202225:36
Pop culture report
Christian Obumseli murder and Chloe from Chloe and Halle drops a new single “Treat me” that has Al Gore’s internet going nuts. We will break it all down for you.
Apr 08, 202212:00
Sony film in association with Marvel “Morbius” Review
Check out my review of this film starring and produced by Jared Leto.
Apr 07, 202206:20
A slap we’ll never forget (The Oscars)
Will Smith slaps Chris Rock live on the air at the Oscars. My personal reaction.
Mar 28, 202217:50
Talking fitness with The Good Folks from A Wild Physique.
We touch on using fitness to ease depression, anxiety, stress. How to fight/prevent ED using fitness, Resistance training vs Cardio. HIIT workouts. Muscle confusion and more.
Mar 25, 202213:37
Russell Wilson gets traded
Discussing the Russell Wilson trade to the Denver Broncos.
Mar 09, 202211:03
The Batman an early sneak preview review (with no spoilers)
A sneak peek into Matt Reeves directed version of Batman starring Robert Pattinson (Batman), Jeffrey Wright (Detective Gordon), Zoe Kravitz (Selena Kyle aka Cat Woman), Colin Farrell (The Penguin), and Paul Dano (The Riddler).
Mar 03, 202212:04
Review of Belair
I review the first three episodes of new Peacock show Bel Air a reimagining of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Feb 18, 202209:53
NBA trade deadline
I’ll talk about the Brooklyn Nets trade of James Harden for Ben Simmons and the Hometown Washington Wizards trade with the Dallas Mavericks.
Feb 10, 202210:16
The NFL’s Coaching diversity issues continue. Does the Rooney Rule still work?
Brian Flores files a law suit and sends the NFL into a tizzy about diversity and the Rooney Rule. Coach Flores knows this lawsuit might ruin his chances over every coaching in the NFL again but feels like taking this chance is worth it if helps the process for minority coaching candidates.
Feb 02, 202216:44
Return of One Time
Keith Thurman makes his return to the ring after a lengthy lay off and a loss to Manny Pacquiao. I’ll talk about his next opponent and how we got here
Feb 01, 202206:31
Why does Eric Bieniemy not have a job as an NFL Coach yet ?
4 years of dominance as an OC yet no job offers. Why? I dig into my theories as of why I think he’s not a coach yet.
Jan 29, 202213:34
NFL Championship Sunday Picks
I give my AFC and NFC Championship picks for this weekends games.
Jan 28, 202206:13
The Truth behind why Washington Football Teams name needed to be changed, and who did the work.
There’s been a narrative that the changing of Washington’s name was done by people other than Native Americans. That it only changed because of Corporate Pressure. That this name change only happened because of Cancel Culture. I take a look inside of the efforts of activists inside the Indigenous community and how they were able to push this effort across the finish line.
Jan 27, 202224:11