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"What"s Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor

The 5th Element Podcast Network

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.

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Ep.40 - The Amazon Rainforest & Notting Hill Carnival

"What"s Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor ·

2019/08/29

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 "Hereby orders US companies" to no longer do business with China.Ben Stokes unleashes a Braveheart-like performance in The Ashes.The NY Times unveils a massive anthology called "The 1619 Project" in trying to retell the story of Slavery in the US, 400 Years after its beginning.Parliament has been suspended. In Life: (10:11) The Amazon

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69:53

Ep.39 - Jay-Z, Jeffrey Epstien & Spider-Man

"What"s Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor ·

2019/08/22

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 Movement completely on Oct 31st.Keanu Reeves set to return for The Matrix 4.The Amazon Rainforest is *literally* on fire. In the 1st of two Film/TV segments: (14:26) Spider-Man is out of the MCU after Marvel & Sony couldn't land a deal to have Spider-Man in Marvel/Disney films. This is terrible for Marvel as they clearly wanted their

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65:59

Ep.38 - Rich Paul, Kurtis Blow & Being 'Not Racist'

"What"s Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor ·

2019/08/15

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 himself in jail.The Premier League season is underway for another year.The UK Treasury is minting special 50p coins to commemorate the country leaving. Red Bull pull the trigger & promote Alex Albon to their team, replacing Pierre Gasly.A$AP Rocky is found guilty of assault in Sweden. In Sports: (8:19) It has been just over a week

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61:57

Ep.37 - Toni Morrison & Streaming Vs Traditional TV

"What"s Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor ·

2019/08/08

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 HamburgEthiopia planted 350 million trees in 12 hours.Man City beat Liverpool on Penalties to win back-to-back Com. Shields. First time since '02 a team has gone back-to-back.2 mass shootings in the US spark "Gun Control" conversation once again. Trains from Manchester to London are costing more than flights to New York.The NCAA set new criteria for agents,

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63:00

Ep.36 - eSports, Ras G & Deep Poverty

"What"s Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor ·

2019/08/01

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 expensive piece of Tupac memorabilia ever sold at public auction.Egan Bernal has become the first Colombian to win the Tour de France. Caster Semenya suffers another setback as the Swiss Supreme Court has U-Turned their recent allowance for her to complete.In the Sports segment: (6:45) eSports is officially a phenomenon worth the

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Ep.35 - Boris, DiCaprio & Subscription Wars

"What"s Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor ·

2019/07/25

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 Federal Trade Commission after the year-long investigation on the Cambridge Analytica data breach.Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" ties the record for the number of weeks @ No.1 in the US. Mahershala Ali is slated to play Marvel's "Blade" Reboot. Turns out Mahershala went to Kevin Feige after "GreenBook" and said he wants to play Blade. In

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Ep.34 - Emmys, Colourism & Supporting Others

"What"s Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor ·

2019/07/20

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 game of tennis against Serena Williams.In a crazy sporting weekend, Serena loses to Simona Halep, Djokovic beats Federer, England win the Cricket World Cup & Lewis Hamilton the British Grand Prix. The first person to win it six times.The proportion of students getting a first-class degree in England has risen by 80% in the last 8

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57:25

Ep.33 - Kawhi Leonard, The "Fun Guy" Gangster

"What"s Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor ·

2019/07/11

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 the Women's World Cup for the fourth time.MP's vote to liberalise abortion in Northern Ireland. And the Award for "Most Ironic Moment of 2019" goes to Tommy Robinson pleading the US Government to grant him asylum. In Sports: (5:06) Kawhi Leonard pulls off the ULTIMATE G move. Keeping every NBA fan and THREE organisations on tenterhooks

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Ep.32 - Stormzy, NBA Free Agency & Global Heating

"What"s Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor ·

2019/07/04

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 Venus Williams. Hong Kong protests get violent as some protesters storm, vandalise & tag the walls of the Parliament Building. Max Verstappen charges through the field to win the Austrian GP, a far cry from the French GP which led to people asking "Is F1 dying?In Sports: (6:10) NBA Free Agency is in the fullest of swings. Day

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Ep.31 - Multiculturalism = Knowledge

"What"s Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor ·

2019/06/20

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 pleaded guilty for common assault and has to pay Farage's suit cleaning bill. Arctic permafrost in the Canadian Arctic is thawing 70 years sooner than predicted. Donald Trump still thinks the CP5 did it. 3 Russians & 1 Ukrainian are charged with shooting down MH17. Homophobic and transphobic hate crimes surge in England and

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Ep.30 - Central Park Five, NBA Finals & Sudan

"What"s Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor ·

2019/06/14

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 Cruise to an MMA fight.We begin with Film/TV (6:50) where after the premiere of Ava DuVernay's "When They See Us", a Limited Series about the Central Park Five, people are starting to hold the real-life prosecutors to account. One of which, Linda Fairstein, has lost her publishing deal in the aftermath of the show. Because the show has

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Ep.29 - Anthony Joshua, Chernobyl & RIP iTunes

"What"s Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor ·

2019/06/06

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 temporarily suspend the new "Semenya Rule". A Stanford study shows that Islamaphobia has dropped 19% in Liverpool & 50% in anti-muslim tweets since Mo Salah joined. And a study shows that 25 cups of coffee a day is safe for heart health. (25 cups of anything surely isn't good for your health.)We start with Sports (3:51) where

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Ep.28 - Spike Lee Is Ignorant

"What"s Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor ·

2019/05/30

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 almost think that MP's are trying to make career moves...We move that aside for the week and talk about Film/TV (2:35) where Spike Lee has decided to talk about the apparently large debate about Black British actors going to the US to further their careers. On S2 of "She's Gotta Have It", a couple of characters in the show talk about Black

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Ep.27 - What We Know, Known & Should Know

"What"s Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor ·

2019/05/23

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 have become the symbol of being against the far-right. And RIP to Niki Lauda, who died aged 70. In the first of two Life segments, (4:45) George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four is considered one of the most well-known texts in recent history. While it might not be the best "novel" from an objective view when adding real-world

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49:34

Special - Gods Of Rap

"What"s Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor ·

2019/05/16

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 Clan & DJ Premier. First night.So I thought to myself, why not do some on-site recording and have this once in a lifetime event on digital wax! And that's exactly what happened! Before the show, Tyler & I talked about our excitement for the concert, how we got into Hip-Hop and also talked some football as well since we were days

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59:00

Ep.25 - Facebook, Ramadan & F***ing AirPods

"What"s Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor ·

2019/05/09

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 blue.) "What's Good?" is now a quarter-century in! Gimme three Hip-Hop Hoorays!We begin with the Life segment (2:49) where Facebook has recently cut off several right-wing nutjobs from FB & Instagram, including the spiritual leader of the nutjobs, Alex Jones. They also added to the list Minister Louis Farrakhan who isn't a right-wing

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Ep.24 - Endgame, Caster Semenya & John Singleton

"What"s Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor ·

2019/05/02

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 Federations) has won a landmark case against 800m specialist Caster Semenya. This means that if Semenya wants to race professionally over distances between 400m & Mile, (the distances she specialises in...) she will be forced to take (very harmful) drugs that will lower her testosterone levels. This is discriminatory and a witch

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63:54

Ep.23 - Amritsar, Reality TV & Y'all Boy Drake

"What"s Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor ·

2019/04/25

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 invades my social media ad space with his BooHoo Man collab. (So many questions) And A 74-year-old Welshman is shot with a crossbow outside of his home!We begin with Life (4:44) and taking a look back at the Amritsar massacre. If you don't know what it is, then that's kind of the point I'm trying to make, talking about crimes committed

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Ep.22 - Tiger Woods, Wheel Spinning & White Fragility

"What"s Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor ·

2019/04/18

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, facing extradition to the US. The Notre Dame Cathedral burns down. Hopefully, the UK Government doesn't lash money. (Cough cough Grenfell) And it's reported that Amazon staff listen to customers' Alexa recordings (TOLD YOU SO)We begin with Life (3:48) where the process of the UK leaving the EU is now going to be strung out for another

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Ep.21 - Netflix, Dwyane Wade & Personal Venting

"What"s Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor ·

2019/04/11

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 superhero flick Brightburn.And a Blackhole picture is captured for the first time ever, labelled a "Breakthrough".For the Film/TV segment, (2:05) Helen Mirren says "Fuck Netflix", pandering to Hollywood big wigs & US Theatre owners. The whole one-sided argument between Netflix & Hollywood is ludicrous. It's not a war on quality,

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