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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.53 - Kaepernick, Tyler Perry & SPOTY
In a week where: Vue bans showings of "Blue Story" because of a brawl including two machetes & a knife broke out in Birmingham. 18-year-old Caroline Dubois…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.52 - The Clout Grammys, Bill Russell & Uighurs
In a week where: Two people in China have been diagnosed with Pneumonic Plague A&E waiting times hit worst-ever level since targets began in 2004. 15 years…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.51 - Remembrance, Camp Flog Gnaw & CGI Actors
In a week where: Australian police find $200 million of meth hidden inside Sriracha bottles Remembrance Day has been & gone In Life: (8:03) Since Remembrance…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.50 - The 1%, Harriet & Lewis Hamilton
In a week where: South Africa beat England to Win their third Rugby World Cup. Lewis Hamilton seals his sixth Drivers World Championship, one-off equalling…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.49 - OUR NHS, Racism In Universities & Tiny Desk
In a week where: Chuck D is receiving the 2019 Woody Guthrie Prize The US eliminate ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. EU gives the UK a three-month extension…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.48 - Meghan Markle, NBA Picks & Tulsa 1921
In a week where: Politics is fucked. A man is arrested in Essex after police found 39 bodies in a lorry container. In the 1st of 2 Life topics: (6:45) Meghan…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.47 - Bulgaria, Will Smith, Rihanna & Google
In a week where: Stormzy makes the cover of Time Magazine as part of its "Next Generation Leader" issue. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed wins the 2019…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.46 - Daryl Morey, The NBA, Hong-Kong & China
In a week where: Diahann Carroll Dies aged 84 Katarina Johnson-Thompson wins World Championship Heptathlon Gold. Tyler Perry opens the first US Film Studio…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.45 - Athletics, Jennifer Lopez & Black Radicalism
Due to a consistently busy week, I didn't do an "In a week where". But hopefully, y'all watched the news and read like you should be doing... In the 1st of two…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.44 - Chopping It Up W/ Rize
In a week where: Teriyaki 69 snitches EVERYBODY out! Met Police say fastest-growing UK Terrorist threat originates from the Far Right. Kanye tops Forbes'…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.43 - Wiley, Shawshank & Our Health
In a week where: For the first time in history, the Hubble space telescope has spotted liquid water. It's been found on a planet called K2-18 b, and it's only…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.42 - Mugabe, Black Tennis & Common
In a week where: Nicki Minaj retires from music. Caster Semenya joins a South African football club after refusing to abide by IAAF's rules. Australia wins The…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.41 - Politics, Protest & 'Friends' Is Trash
In a week where: Officers at Gatwick called in after the Airport found 25 bags of powder. Turned out to be for a Vegan Bakery. Charles LeClerc gets his maiden…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.40 - The Amazon Rainforest & Notting Hill Carnival
In a week where: Glasgow University is going to pay £20 Million in slave trade reparations. Hasbro now owns Death Row Records. In an eventful G7 summit, Trump…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.39 - Jay-Z, Jeffrey Epstien & Spider-Man
In a week where: Boris Johnson & EU butt heads again. Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" No.1 streak is over. Home Secretary Priti Patel plans to end Freedom of…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.38 - Rich Paul, Kurtis Blow & Being 'Not Racist'
In a week where: Scotland has planted 22 Million Trees over the past year. Jeffrey Epstein, who was in jail waiting on a trail for sex trafficking, killed…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.37 - Toni Morrison & Streaming Vs Traditional TV
In a week where: German authorities say they have seized 4.5 tonnes of cocaine, worth €1bn ($1.11 bn), in the northern port city of Hamburg Ethiopia planted…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.36 - eSports, Ras G & Deep Poverty
In a week where: A prison ID card once owned by late rapper Tupac Shakur has sold at an auction for $30,000 (£24,041). The sale set a world record for the most…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.35 - Boris, DiCaprio & Subscription Wars
In a week where: Avengers Endgame has passed Avatar to become the top-grossing film of all-time at the worldwide box office. Facebook is fined $5B by the US…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.34 - Emmys, Colourism & Supporting Others
In a week where: More than 30 whistle-blowers give evidence to Equality Watchdog on Labour antisemitism. One in eight men (12%) say they could win a point in a…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.33 - Kawhi Leonard, The "Fun Guy" Gangster
In a week where: A UK Advertising Watchdog determined that having 30K followers on your Social Media makes you a celebrity. The US Women's National Team wins…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.32 - Stormzy, NBA Free Agency & Global Heating
In a week where: Wimbledon begins with plenty of amazing results including World No.2 Naomi Osaka crashing out of R1 & 15 Year Old Cori Gauff beating her idol…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.31 - Multiculturalism = Knowledge
In a week where: Tory leadership ballot is down to four, Boris Johnson still (somehow) the front-runner. The legendary Paul Crowther who milkshaked Farage has…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.30 - Central Park Five, NBA Finals & Sudan
New Music, same intro, better quality show! In a week where: Seb Coe unveils the IAAF's new name and logo - 'World Athletics'. Justin Bieber challenges Tom…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.29 - Anthony Joshua, Chernobyl & RIP iTunes
Happy Pride Month everyone! In a week where: EE rolls out 5G Networks in the UK. Trump & the family visit the UK. Caster Semenya wins her Swiss Court appeal to…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.28 - Spike Lee Is Ignorant
In a week where: Theresa May finally accepted the inevitable and made an announcement to resign, prompting a leadership campaign that came so fast, you'd…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.27 - What We Know, Known & Should Know
In a week where: Kanye & Kim named their new kid PSALM. The European Elections loom over a UK that doesn't know whether to take it seriously or not. MILKSHAKES…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Special - Gods Of Rap
Last Friday, I headed to London with one of my "Day 1's" Tyler to go to the "Gods Of Rap" Tour at The SSE Arena, Wembley. De La Soul, Public Enemy, Wu-Tang…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.25 - Facebook, Ramadan & F***ing AirPods
In a week where: A report by The Observer reports that Black people ‘40 times more likely’ to be stopped and searched in the UK. (In other news, the sky is…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.24 - Endgame, Caster Semenya & John Singleton
In a stacked show with only three topics, I dive right into the first segment. For the Sports segment, (2:16) The IAAF (International Association of Athletics…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.23 - Amritsar, Reality TV & Y'all Boy Drake
In a week where: A redacted version of the Mueller Report is released. Hundreds are arrested in London as part of the "Extinction Rebellion" protests. Quavo…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.22 - Tiger Woods, Wheel Spinning & White Fragility
In a Week Where: Sudan's Army removes leader Omar Al-Bashir after 30 years in power. Julian Assange is arrested and taken out of the UK/Ecuadorian Embassy…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.21 - Netflix, Dwyane Wade & Personal Venting
In a week where: Families at the Empire Cinema in Ipswich said their children were left in tears after seeing adverts for psychological horror Ma and scary…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.20 - RIP Nipsey Hussle
In a week where: Top Boy Season 3 IS FINALLY coming!!! Over 6 Million people signed a UK Government petition to revoke Article 50, only for it to be rejected…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.19 - I Welcome Disney As Hollywood Overlords
In a week where: England Councils demand £1B for sprinklers for Tower Blocks. Trump takes semi-reveal of the Mueller report as a W. The European Parliament…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.18 - March Madness, Kodak Black & White Supremacy
In a week where: Valtteri Bottas went beast mode in Australia for the first race of the 2019 F1 Season. I went to see Mick Jenkins live in Brixton. The world…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.17 - Knife Crime Is A National Emergency
In a week where: Jussie Smollett pleaded innocent to 16 felony charges. An Ethiopian Airlines flight crashes, killing nearly 200 people Dave dropped…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Special - International Women's Day 2019
This episode of "What's Good?" is a very special one and a very different episode from the norm No topics, not an hour of me talking about 3-4 topics. Instead…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.15 - F*****g "Green Book"
Awards SZN is over for another year. Capped off, as always, with The Academy Awards. And as you can see by the title. It would seem I would be angry about it…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.14 - BRITs, 'Sportswashing' & Jussie Smollett
It's been a long week for me personally, went to London for three days, the wallet is malnourished, but I still got your weekly dose of "What's Good?"…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.13 - BAFTAs & Grammys... Predictable
The two most predictable Award ceremonies have been & gone. Predictable, but for different reasons. We begin the show with The BAFTAs (2:08) which is…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.12 - Liam Neeson + SuperBowl = Trash Week
It's been a trash week. I had a show in London that I couldn't get to because public transport bottled it. I've lost heating in my house for a week. BUT AT…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.11 - J.Cole, Anthony Davis & Education
The first month of 2019 finally up and out of the way, but it's not for me (as of recording). January gots to go! Bring on February! We begin with the Sports…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.10 - Oscar Noms, Right On Time
On the day of recording Episode 10 of "What's Good?", the Oscar Nominations drop! What a wonderful coincidence. So that's what we begin with, The Film/TV…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.9 - BAFTA, BRITs & Word Stumbling
Awards SZN continues as we receive the nominations for the biggest awards in British Film & Music industries. We start with the Film/TV segment, (2:27) where I…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.8 - Globes, R.Kelly & An Anniversary
It has been an interesting week, to say the least. Which made for a show I really enjoyed recording. Hope you feel the same listening to it. For the Film/TV…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.7 - New Year, Same BS
Happy New Year one & all! First "What's Good?" of 2019 is in full effect. For the Sports segment, (2:41) I talk about Sports punditry and how old ex-players…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.6 - Reflection
Recorded on Christmas Day, I thought I'd keep it loose and base a majority of the episode on reflecting. Reflecting on the Year 2018. But first, it was time…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.5 - 5E Top 20 Songs Of 2018
We are now fully into the Holiday period! For many of you, that means celebrating Christmas or whatever festive period you hold dear. For me, it's End Of Year…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.4 - Award SZN Is Near
Award SZN is nearly upon us! So I celebrate that fact in the only way I know how. Try to predict what will happen and probably fail miserably. For the Music…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.3 - And... Exhale
Having not recorded for about two weeks, it was good to get back into it in my new environment. In this episode, I talk about what I've been doing between…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.2 - Setting The Record Straight
Episode 2 of "What's Good?" is all about setting records straight. For the "Music" section (1:14) we talk about Soulja Boy (Yes, you're still in 2018) and…
- "What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor
Ep.1 - The Intro
For the first ever episode of the rebooted Podcast version of "What's Good?", I wanted to introduce the show itself and what it is all about. While doing so, I…