Kevin Smith is out on the road.

This year, it's because Dogma has hit his 25th anniversary, so he's touring it because, you know, that's how he rolls.

And when he rolls out into the world, we come back here.

And we do a little thing that I like to call Black Man Beyond.

Because more often than that, I'm by myself to talk about a movie I saw or a TV show that I love or whatever the fuck is happening.

But today, I get to talk to my friend, Akela Cooper. You may or may not know

Kayla Cooper because she's fabulous. You may or may not know her because she's an incredibly

talented writer. You may or may not know her because she likes the podcast on a Friday night,

a little tipsy. But if you know her, you know her because she is a dominating horror screenwriter.

She wrote Megan with a three in it.

She wrote Malignant.

She wrote The Nun 2.

She's been on television shows galore.

And I thought, who better to talk to about Ryan Cougler sinners than my horror friend, Akela?

Hello.

Yeah.

Thank you for having me.

Oh, I love it.

I love it.

I mean, usually when I see Akela, it is either like a football Sunday and one of us is irate or thrilled.

Usually it's irate.

I mean, it's still kind of football related.

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