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"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Welcome to "What's Good?", where I tackle a myriad of subjects: From Film/TV to Music, to Tech, Race & Society; Current Affairs and many more, through my eyes and the eyes of the writers I read. So if you take an interest in anything I feel like talking about any given week, along with the occasional interview with Friends of 5E, then this is your podcast. A 5EPN Original.
Episodes
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.258 - Arts Funding & Adapting To Winter
In a week where: Oklahoma 13-year-old believed to be first person ever to beat Tetris. South Africa accuses Israel of Genocide via the ICJ. At least 95 people…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.257 - Cannabis, Africa; The 90s & Hating
In a week where: Maine disqualifies Trump from presidential primary ballot. A 7.6 magnitude earthquake hits Japan, tsunami warning follows. Junior Doctors…
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor30 Questions - Tayah
Friend of 5E Tayah comes through to answer 30 Questions through the BFI Southbank background noise! Peep my prior interview w/ Tayah here. Thank you for…
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor30 Questions - AMIR. (Feat. YawnyBlew)
Friend of 5E AMIR. comes through to answer 30 Questions, with collaborator YawnyBlew tagging along for self-proclaimed "Emotional Support"! Spin my interview…
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorEp.256 - "Moral Courage" W/ Anthony Feinstein
For the 1st time in WG history, I'm not hosting! For this very special interview, I got my friend; ISOS Alum and Freelance Journalist Brandon Hill to come…
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor30 Questions - YawnyBlew
Friend of 5E and artist YawnyBlew comes through to answer 30 Questions. Spin my 1st interview w/ YB here. Spin my interview with YawnyBlew & collaborative…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.255 - Farage, Palantir & The Marvels
In a week where: Israel & Hamas agree on a four-day ceasefire & hostage releases. Dublin is set ablaze after three children & one woman are stabbed. Oscar…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.254 - Cruise Ships & Killers Of The Flower Moon
In a week where: Sean Combs settles a civil case within 24 hours of being accused of rape and severe physical abuse by former girlfriend Cassie. OpenAI CEO Sam…
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorEp.253 - "We Have The Language" W/ Tayah
It's a cold Saturday night and I just got out of watching the late Horace Ové's "Pressure" at the BFI South Bank. A while after, I began an interview inside…
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorEp.252 - "The Struggle For The People's King" W/ Dr. Hajar Yazdiha
If you know me, you know I love substantive conversation. So when I was given the opportunity to read a book and talk to the author of said book, I jumped at…
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Ep.251 - Polycrisis & Hasan Minhaj
In a week where: Blaxploitation legend Richard Roundtree dies aged 81. South Africa beats New Zealand for the Rugby World Cup. Actor Matthew Perry dies aged…
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Ep.250 - Modern Slavery & Reclaiming Stories
In a week where: Labour win two more by-elections in formerly Tory constituencies. World Cup winner Sir Bobby Charlton dies aged 86. Over 100k people March…
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorEp.249 - "DREAMBIIG" W/ YawnyBlew & AMIR.
Friend of 5E YawnyBlew returns to the show with his collaborator: Fashion Photographer by day, Producer by night AMIR. They have a joint project coming Monday…
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Ep.248 - Short Films, Banksy & Gaza
In a week where: Rudolph Isley, founding member of the Isley Brothers, dies aged 84. Microsoft completes Activision Blizzard acquisition for $68.7B. Australia…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.247 - 1.5 Degrees, Voice Actors & Children of Men
In a week where: Israel declares a state of war after Hamas launches attacks & takes hostages. Over 2,000 die in a 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.246 - "War On Motorists" & Black British Voices Report
In a week where: Actor Michael Gambon dies aged 82. Duane “Keffe D” Davis is arrested and charged with murder of Tupac Shakur. HS2 to Manchester is scrapped…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.245 - Photojournalism & Cultural Appropriation
In a week where: A police officer is to be charged with the murder of Chris Kaba. Rupert Murdoch steps down as chair of Fox & News Corp. Pro-EU protestors…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.244 - Online Safety Bill, Inconvenience & dream hampton
In a week where: TikTok fined €345m for breaking EU data law on children’s accounts. Russell Brand is accused of Rape; Sexual & Emotional Abuse. Sir Horace Ové…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.243 - Comment Journalism, Suits & Ezra Collective
In a week where: Wandsworth Prison escapee Daniel Abed Khalife is recaptured in Chiswick. A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hits Morocco. UK goes through seven days…
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Ep.242 - Doomerism, Optimism & Subway Surfing
In a week where: More than 150 schools in England close after having a type of potentially dangerous concrete. India successfully launches their 1st Spacecraft…
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorEp.241 - "Everything Is Black Culture" W/ Tee Max
Last week, I hit up a couple of exhibitions in London. One of which was "The Ascension Years" in the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton which highlighted the…
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorLong Read - Tarantino & Racism
For this Long Read, we head to Okayplayer for "The Quentin Tarantino Situation: Using Racism as a Literary Device" by Abe Beame. If you've seen a Tarantino…
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Ep.240 - Temu, Tortured Artists & Dwyane Wade
In a week where: Wildfires in Hawaii kills 90+, the deadliest in US history. Government announces crackdown on gender-neutral toilets. "Black Godfather"…
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Ep.239 - Hip-Hop Is 50 Years Old
In a week where: Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan is sentenced to three years in jail. At least 30 die & over 100 injured after train derails in Pakistan. Niger…
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorEp.238 - "Allow Things To Just Be" W/ JFlames & ASON
In November 2016, I conducted my first interview for The 5th Element. The people I talked to are the people I talk to for this personally special episode…
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorEp.237 - "Renaissance's Gay Nephew" W/ YawnyBlew
For this interview we talk to a Queer Songwriter - hailing from North Bronx, NY - whose recently gone out to make a career of his own after years of being in…
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Ep.236 - Actor's Strikes & Bruce Lee
In a week where: The Biden Administration to forgive $39 Billion in student debt. Carlos Alcaraz beats Novak Djokovic for Wimbledon; 2nd Major title. Victoria…
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Ep.235 - Personal Brand Paradox & Tori Bowie
In a week where: UK Government loses legal challenge over giving WhatsApp messages to COVID inquiry. Meta releases Threads. The average world temperature…
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorEp.234 - "A Note On Quarters" W/ Tambo & Bones' Matthew Xia, Rhashan Stone & Daniel Ward
We have a special WG interview for you to enjoy! Last month, I was invited to see a play in Theatre Royal Stratford East called "Tambo & Bones", written by…
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Ep.233 - Spider-Verse & Topping The Charts
In a week where: The five victims in the OceanGate sub implosion will be honoured with two museum ceremonies. Russian PMC Wagner Group stage a one-day mutiny…
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorLong Read - Black Liberation
For this Long Read, we head to The Atlantic for "A Blueprint For Black Liberation" by Dara Mathis. The piece traces Dara's roots in a Detroit Christian…
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorLong Read - Forgotten Members of Windrush
For this Long Read, we head to The Conversation for "Invisible Windrush: how the stories of Indian indentured labourers from the Caribbean were forgotten" by…
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Ep.232 - UBI/UBS & UK Freestyle Videos
In a week where: American East Coast is plunged in smoke after a wildfire in Canada. Donald Trump is indicted for federal crimes. Boris Johnson steps down as…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.231 - Podcasting @ 20 & Windrush 75
In a week where: An Indian official is suspended after draining an entire reservoir to retrieve his phone. A train crash in India kills more than 280 and…
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Ep.230 - Recycling, Bad Poetry & Chronotypes
In a week where: Tina Turner dies aged 83. Ron DeSantis confirms he's running for US Presidency. Erdoğan wins the Presidential runoff. Chipmaker Nvidia cracks…
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Ep.229 - National Conservatism & Fake Features
In a week where: NFL player, actor & activist Jim Brown dies aged 87. Study by One Earth concludes that Fossil Fuel firms owe $209B a year in climate…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.228 - Protest Clampdown & Brixton Academy
In a week where: Eurovision comes and goes. The Turkish Presidential election goes to a runoff. The BAFTA TV Awards go down. Vice files for bankruptcy. World…
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Ep.227 - Timbaland, Writers Strike & Tiredness Of Life
In a week where: The English Local Elections goes down. Napoli win Serie A for the first time in 33 years. The WHO declare COVID-19 no longer a global health…
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Ep.226 - Female Music Producers & "Dear Mama"
In a week where: Jerry Springer dies aged 79. A massive fire erupted at an oil depot on the Crimean Peninsula over the weekend. "The Super Mario Bros. Movie"…
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Ep.225 - June Givanni, Thatcher & 10 Foot
In a week where: Dominic Raab resigns as Deputy PM. It's been 30 years since the murder of Stephen Lawrence. India passes China to become most populous…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.224 - Hip-Hop Media & The Bay Area Sound
In a week where: Jazz Pianist Ahmad Jamal dies aged 92. The Dominion/Fox News trial is settled after day one of the trial. Over 100 Animal Rights protestors…
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Ep.223 - TERF Island, Dorothy Ashby & Grey
In a week where: Cancer and heart disease vaccines ‘ready by end of the decade’. Jon Rahm wins The Masters. Classified US Intelligence documents leak on…
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Ep.222 - Donald Glover & Nitrous Oxide
In a week where: Trump is indicted. Oscar Pistorius and Charles Bronson are denied parole. Connecticut and LSU win NCAA National Basketball championships…
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Ep.221 - The Splinternet & Finding Purpose
In a week where: World Athletics bans transgender women from competing in international track and field competitions. France has multiple protests go violent…
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorEp.220 - "Eclectic" W/ Mystic
In one of the more free-flowing interviews I've had so far, I talk with California born & raised MC - The DU Goddess - Mystic. We talk about her beginnings…
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Ep.219 - Sex Education & Mixed By Erry
In a week where: Sunak & Macron announce a new detention centre in France. Russia attack Ukraine with hypersonic missiles. BBC suspend Gary Lineker after his…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.218 - The Romcom Effect & Trugoy The Dove
In a week where: Jazz Saxophonist Wayne Shorter dies aged 89. Matt Hancock's WhatsApp texts are leaked. Boris Johnson has put his father, Stanley, forward for…
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Ep.217 - Artificial Digging & The Cockney Dialect
In a week where: R Kelly & Harvey Weinstein rack up more prison time. James Bond books are being rewritten in sensitivity measures. UK & EU finally agree on a…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.216 - Roald Dahl, Shamima Begum & Influencers
In a week where: Bruce Willis is diagnosed with Dementia. Facebook & Instagram will implement a paid verification feature a la Twitter Blue. Turkey & Syria are…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.215 - British R&B & Measuring Love
In a week where: 15 people are arrested after violence outside hotel housing asylum seekers. 1/3 of De La Soul, Trugoy dies aged 54. The US shoots down more…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.214 - "Failing Up" & BookTok
In a week where: A Chinese Spy balloon drifts into the US. Netflix changes password sharing rules, get bullied into a u-turn. Liz Truss pipes up again via…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.213 - Not Reading & Edward Hopper
In a week where: Memphis reels as the video footage of five police officers murdering Tyre Nichols drops. Rishi Sunak sacks Nadhim Zahawi for breaking the…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.212 - Ex-Met Tea & Media Reform
In a week where: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern announces her resignation. The BBC will keep black local radio stations, after u-turning on consultation…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.211 - 42 British Coups & Your Stuff
In a week where: Dozens of people killed after a plane with 72 people on board crashes near an airport in central Nepal. Distant cousin of Boris Johnson acted…
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorLong Read - Street Rap's Bottom Feeders
For this Long Read, we head to Complex for "Bottom Feeders Are Preying on Street Rap’s Dominance" By Andre Gee. The piece - off the back of Young Thug &…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.210 - The NHS & Kintsugi
In a week where: Rishi Sunak makes non-specific promises for the UK. Met Office confirms 2022 was UK’s warmest ever year. Bolsonaro supporters storm their…
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorLong Read - Why Americans Can't Rid The NFL
For this Long Read, we head to Vox for "Why we can’t turn off the NFL" By Dylan Scott. In the piece, Scott meditates on the ubiquity of the NFL and how it will…
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie TaylorLong Read - State Of The Hip-Hop Union 2023
For this Long Read, we head to... *Checks notes* The 5th Element! For "State Of The Hip-Hop Union 2023", written by me. In the 5k essay, I cover several macro…
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor30 Questions - Apex Zero
Artist & Friend of 5E Apex Zero returns to answer 30 Questions. Our interview from November. Apex Zero Music. "Drummer Warrior Storyteller" Short Film. Thank…
"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor30 Questions - Backwood Sweetie
Lyricist and Friend of 5E Backwood Sweetie comes through to answer 30 Questions. 1st Interview Backwood Sweetie Music Thank you for listening! If you want to…