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Karen Hunter Is Awesome!

Roderick Morrow’s “Nerd” Origin Story

Karen Hunter Is Awesome!

Women's Empowerment Network

Women, Business, Society & Culture, Female Empowerment, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Karen Hunter, Entertainment, Women's Empowerment Network, Finances, Entrepreneurship

5.0685 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Roderick Morrow shares his "nerd origin story," recounting how a childhood fascination with comic books like The X-Men and Spider-Man evolved into a lifelong passion for complex, socially relevant narratives featuring Black heroes created by visionaries like Dwayne McDuffie.

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0:00.0

Well, welcome to Karen Hunter's awesome.

0:11.4

I'm Karen Hunter and on my radio show on Sirius XM on Fridays, one of the best days.

0:17.0

I love Fridays.

0:18.0

I love Fridays because Roger Morrow usually joins us on a Friday and he's just like joy personified. He's like warm chocolate chip cookies and milk, like a cold glass of milk. I can't if that were a person, it would be him. He's also the black guy who tips. Let me welcome to the podcast. Oh, this is a switch.

0:40.4

Hey, how you doing, Karenaren thank you for having me had early morning to you thank you yes i said can you get up early he said yes

0:46.0

i'm up i'm going to the gym and i love your commitment i've over the several years we've been

0:51.1

rocking together i've seen the transformation in you physically, which we've talked about.

0:55.5

And I've gotten to know you a little bit.

0:57.4

So on Fridays, we do a what to watch list.

1:00.2

And you had recommended something a couple of months ago.

1:03.5

And I was like, okay, I keep seeing it.

1:06.8

And it was like, number one on prime or whatever.

1:08.9

And I was like, let me check it out.

1:10.7

But before we get to invincible,

1:13.7

I wanted to get your,

1:15.2

I don't know if I want to categorize it as a nerd origin story

1:18.2

or when was the first time you knew you were this guy?

1:23.7

What was your entree?

1:25.0

What was your, what was that, that drug of choice?

1:28.6

What was the?

1:29.8

I feel like, so I was always, as a kid, you know, like nerd is kind of built into being a kid because,

1:38.0

especially if you came up in the 80s, because all the cartoons and toys were nerdy.

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