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Referential is hosted by Dr. Khaliden Nas to have serious conversations about frivolous topics!Each episode takes you on an academically informed deep dive into pop culture and media that never skips out on a stupid joke. Subscribe & join Dr. Khaliden Nas (and the occasional guest!) as we dive into conversations about identity, representation, Blackness, queerness (and so much more) across the cultures that we make; and the cultures that make us.Artwork by Valentine M. Smith. Music by Pampered Fists & Anzahlung.Find out more at www.alsopurple.com
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Referential is hosted by Dr. Khaliden Nas. The show has published 56 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "X-Men ‘97 (S2 Prep) S1 EP4 ‘Motendo / Lifedeath, Part 1’(with Ash Alleyne & Victor Alexander)" (25 June 2026, 50 minutes), "X-Men ‘97 (S2 Prep) S1 EP3 ‘Fire Made Flesh’ (with Ash Alleyne & Connor Goldsmith)" (24 June 2026, 64 minutes), and "X-Men ‘97 (S2 Prep) S1 EP2 'Mutant Liberation Begins' (with Ash Alleyne, Omar Holmon & Tiffie Starchild)" (23 June 2026, 46 minutes).
Referential publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 61 minutes across 56 episodes.
Booking probability for Referential is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Referential requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Referential's contact route on record: verified email.
Dr. Khaliden Nas hosts Referential, a tv podcast with 56 episodes published.
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Episode #6
<h2>Prepare for S2 by listening back to our S1 recap discussions with some of your favourite comic book nerds across the internet</h2><p><br></p><p>________________</p><p>'97 Sessions' (Crossover with Ash Alleyne from...
<h2>Prepare for S2 by listening back to our S1 recap discussions with some of your favourite comic book nerds across the internet</h2><p><br></p><p>________________</p><p>'97 Sessions' (Crossover with Ash Alleyne from...
<h2>Prepare for S2 by listening back to our S1 recap discussions with some of your favourite comic book nerds across the internet</h2><p><br></p><p>________________</p><p>'97 Sessions' (Crossover with Ash Alleyne from...
Episode #3
<h2>Prepare for S2 by listening back to our S1 recap discussions with some of your favourite comic book nerds across the internet</h2><p><br></p><p>________________</p><p>'97 Sessions' (Crossover with Ash Alleyne from...
<p><br></p><p>AMC's The Vampire Lestat is out! So, we're Re-upping my convo with the amazing Derrick Austin about Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, the first attempt at adapting the story and the first 2 seasons of AMC's...
<p>Dropcall #10</p><p><br></p><p>Victor and I sit down with Carolynn Bain! Carolynn is the founder of Brighton's 'Afrori', The UK's only Black owned bookshop specialising in books by Black authors.</p><p>Afrori recently...
<p>Dropcall #9</p><p>Ashley and Victor came to visit me in my new flat and I decided to record it. Chaos ensues.</p><p>Topics covered include:</p>Victor hates K-Pop Demon HuntersAshley and Khaliden loved K-Pop Demon...
<p>New Series!</p><p>MIXepisodes: Where I'm joined by past guests and new to talk about, what I’ve been, calling their ‘cornerstone album’. We go in depth and track by track on some of our favourite musical projects to...
Episode #13
<p>*'Or why we're skipping Scream 7'</p><p>Drop Call #8</p><p>Victor and I did not watch Scream 7 and tell you all about why. Then we talk about our history with the Scream franchise</p>Distracting yourself.Haden...
<p>Drop Call #7</p><p><br></p><p>Victor watched Emerald Fennell’s 'Wuthering Heights' and gives me his review before we unpack Netflix’s new documentary series ‘Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model’ about Tyra...
<h1>Part 2!</h1><p><br></p><p>It is currently 2026, I initially wanted to put this series out a lot quicker! (Many these conversations I’ve been holding on to for a few months now!) I’ve been feeling a little guilty...
<h3>"We will not give in. We will not give up. We will not bow. We will not beg. We will not capitulate. We will survive." - Sarah Savage (Trans Pride Brighton CEO)</h3><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Captured sounds and...
Episode #11
<p>Drop Call #6</p><p>Victor and I try to make sense of why 2026 is starting with all the queers getting ‘cancelled’. </p><p><br></p>“Cancellation”Memetic Pile OnsGinger Minj Vs The WorldEscape from Gag CityBowen Yang...
<h1><br></h1><h1>Video available to view on the Spotify app or YouTube </h1><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>_________</p><p>'The Imperial Sessions Part 2' Conversations on Fascism & Media </p><p>/</p><p> Video Episode...
<h1>RE-RELEASE</h1><p><br></p><h2>A lot of you joined us since the first days of the pod so I figured I'd re-up the first ever test episode of REFERENTIAL recorded with the one and only Miss Sundi for those of you who...
<p>Drop Call #5</p><p>Victor and I review Pillion and catch up on all the gay media that's been hitting 'the discourse'</p>SPOILERSPillionDudley in the closetHeated Rivalry (again)Fujoshis Vs Jordan FirstmanGay v Queer...
Episode #9
<p>Drop Call #4</p><p>Victor and I were convinced by the gay internet to watch Heated Rivalry. </p><p>Listen try to us process the experience</p>CockyHockeyBoysYuri in OttowaWestern BLDemon Twink MediaSubs and Doms and...
<p>Drop Call #3</p><p>Ash and I got together to interview Alexander Pavlis the writer and creator of the indie series 'The Cages'. We talk about the work that went into making S1 and the kickstarter for...
Episode #18
<h1>PART 2!</h1><p>(slight Act 2 spoilers from 54:15 to 57:11)</p><p><br></p><p>Tangent episode #17</p><p><br></p><p>REFERENTIAL rings in the new year with a 2 parter on the latest film adaptation of Act 1 of Wicked...
<h1>PART 1!</h1><p><br></p><p>REFERENTIAL rings in the new year with a 2 parter on the latest film adaptation of Act 1 of Wicked!</p><p>Welcome back to the ‘Session of The Witch’!</p><p>[an ongoing miniseries of...
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comics writer, Dark Horse
Senior Director, Corporate, Brand, and Employee Communications, Conservative Environment Network
Professor of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London
executive vice president and president of the global Divergent Solutions business at Jacobs, CFAY FFSC Relocation Program
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