- 296
- Episodes
- 4
- Transcribed
- 28
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
- 3M
- YouTube views
About Hard N.O.C. Life
"Hard NOC Life" is the flagship podcast of The Nerds of Color and Hard NOC Media. We cover pop culture with a different perspective. Watch it on your screen, hit "play," and check this.
- Publisher
- Hard NOC Media
- Category
- society & culture · tv & film
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 24 Mar 2017
- Latest episode
- 15 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
4 of 296 episodes have a transcript.
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Dominic Mah on How Sports Betting, Mina Kimes, and Asian American Identity Inspired his Novel 'JQK'
31 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
J. Alphonse Nicholson and Jasmine Cephas Jones on 'Lanterns' and Superheroes Surviving Systemic Racism
19 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
'Camp Rock 3' Star Casey Trotter on Daring Drumming
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Dominic Mah on How Sports Betting, Mina Kimes, and Asian American Identity Inspired his Novel 'JQK'
Published 15 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And, uh, because those are two of my favorites, they're just, they're probably better examples, but you know, the, the crime filler format is a vehicle for all these other things we want to discuss. Um, and there's a protagonist, an unlikely hero in this case is a Asian American woman named Penny. And she, uh, is, uh, a sports fanatic and kind of, uh, Las Vegas casino rat, and she ends up trying to chase down this serial killer who is killing star athletes for we don't know why. And she has one special trick, because she's not a cop or a detective. Her special unlikely hero trick is that she has perfect aim, just like Hawkeye or Bullseye, like superhuman marksmanship. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Hard N.O.C. Life
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- Dominic Mah
- J Alphonse Nicholson
- Jasmine Cephas Jones
- Casey Trotter
- Vivica A Fox
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 3,306,491
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 22 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.3 / 5
- 6 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 82 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 93
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 92
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