"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor

Another interview for you to step to! For this one I am joined by Music Journalist & "In Search Of Sauce" alum Miki Hellerbach [https://insidethecredits.substack.com/] to elevate the conversation with Kingston-Upon-Hull born and London-based producer Ryder. With his first of a series of EPs "RYDERHOOD" dropping this Friday, (not the 28th!) we talk about his beginnings, learning production independently; moving to London; Miki & Ryder get in the producing weeds; the state of the UK music scene and of course, his Top 5. Miki's Authory [https://authory.com/mikihellerbach] Thank you for listening! If you want to contribute to the show, whether it be sending me questions or voicing your opinion in any way, peep the contact links below and I'll respond accordingly. Let me know "What's Good?" Rate & Review [https://ratethispodcast.com/whatsgood5epn] E-Mail: the5thelelmentpub@gmail.com Twitter & IG: @The5thElementUK Website: https://medium.com/@the5thelement Photography: https://www.crt.photography Intro Music - "Baxter" By Brock Berrigan Interlude - "Her" By L'Indecis [https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/plethoria] ChillHop Music [https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/] Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN: Diggin' In The Digits [https://diggin-in-the-digits-5epn.transistor.fm/] 5EPN Radio [https://open.spotify.com/show/3F7bioVpWUAfcYG74vtZpX?si=5aaca94ba10240c6] Black Women Watch... [https://black-women-watch-5epn.transistor.fm/] In Search of Sauce [https://in-search-of-sauce-5epn.transistor.fm/] The Beauty Of Independence [https://beauty-of-independence-5epn.transistor.fm/]

Another interview for you to step to! For this one, I talk to veteran drummer for modern legends Jamiroquai Derrick McKenzie off the back of a new collaborative EP he participated in called "Soil Samples" [https://open.spotify.com/album/2Av6GNkiDCpCBfuetxUHnK]. We talk his beginnings, a typical Derrick McKenzie day; his early gigs, a bit of Jamiroquai, how "Soil Samples" came about and of course his Top 5. Thank you for listening! If you want to contribute to the show, whether it be sending me questions or voicing your opinion in any way, peep the contact links below and I'll respond accordingly. Let me know "What's Good?" Rate & Review [https://ratethispodcast.com/whatsgood5epn] E-Mail: the5thelelmentpub@gmail.com Twitter & IG: @The5thElementUK Website: https://medium.com/@the5thelement Photography: https://www.crt.photography Intro Music - "Baxter" By Brock Berrigan Interlude - "Awake" By B-Side [https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/when-streets-are-empty] ChillHop Music [https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/] Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN: Diggin' In The Digits [https://diggin-in-the-digits-5epn.transistor.fm/] 5EPN Radio [https://open.spotify.com/show/3F7bioVpWUAfcYG74vtZpX?si=5aaca94ba10240c6] Black Women Watch... [https://black-women-watch-5epn.transistor.fm/] In Search of Sauce [https://in-search-of-sauce-5epn.transistor.fm/] The Beauty Of Independence [https://beauty-of-independence-5epn.transistor.fm/]

In a week where: 1. Amadou Bagayoko of music duo Amadou & Mariam dies aged 70. 2. Universal chooses Bedford to be location of its first theme park in Europe. 3. UK Parliament is recalled to map out saving British Steel. 4. US judge rules pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported. 5. Rory McIlroy wins The Masters - achieving a career Grand Slam - the 6th golfer to do so. In Tech: (10:33) The competition inside Big Tech is heating up with the AI race going unregulated, so hot that they need new datacentres to cope with everything. Which means more environmental damage! (Article By Luke Barratt & Costanza Gambarini [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water]) In the first of two Health segments: (29:00) The right-wing mixed with Social Media is a recipe for disaster. Even more so when their new target is young women, using thinness & fat shaming to radicalise them. (Article By Lois Shearing [https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/far-right-radicalise-thin-skinny-fat-shame-women-girls-social-media-tiktok/]) In the 2nd Health segment: (40:21) Reforming The NHS is a task that gets harder with every day that goes by. But one neighbourhood has an idea that could fix the NHS. (Article By Nick Triggle [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4w2p79v9eo]) Lastly, in Science: (56:43) The Dire Wolf is BACK! Well... Not really and the misinformation immediately being embraced like a hypodermic needle is extremely troubling from a social & scientific perspective. (Article By Marina Bolotnikova [https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/407781/these-fluffy-white-wolves-explain-everything-wrong-with-bringing-back-extinct-animals]) Thank you for listening! If you want to contribute to the show, whether it be sending me questions or voicing your opinion in any way, peep the contact links below and I'll respond accordingly. Let me know "What's Good?" Rate & Review [https://ratethispodcast.com/whatsgood5epn] E-Mail: the5thelelmentpub@gmail.com Twitter & IG: @The5thElementUK Website: https://the5thelement.co.uk Photography: https://www.crt.photography Intro Music - "Too Much" By Vanilla [https://vanillabeats.bandcamp.com/] Interlude - "Charismatic" By NappyHigh [https://www.nappyhigh.com/] ChillHop Music [https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/] Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN: Diggin' In The Digits [https://diggin-in-the-digits-5epn.transistor.fm/] 5EPN Radio [https://open.spotify.com/show/3F7bioVpWUAfcYG74vtZpX?si=5aaca94ba10240c6] Black Women Watch... [https://black-women-watch-5epn.transistor.fm/] In Search of Sauce [https://in-search-of-sauce-5epn.transistor.fm/] The Beauty Of Independence [https://beauty-of-independence-5epn.transistor.fm/]

In a week where: 1. Actor Val Kilmer dies aged 65. 2. National Rally leader Marine Le Pen is convicted of embezzlement, sentenced to four years in prison. 3. Donald Trump goes tariff crazy. 4. Russell Brand is charged with Rape. 5. Elon Musk gets rinsed on his own Live stream. In Tech: (5:21) Kenyan workers are doing something that we're told is impossible to do these days: Taking on tech companies, in this case, our friends at Meta. (Article By Mercy Mutemi [https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/4/1/african-workers-are-taking-on-meta-and-the-world-should-pay-attention]) In Education: (16:33) If you're cut from a certain African cloth, you'll probably know what is going on here when it comes to British Boarding Schools in Nigeria. But for those that don't know - like me - I can't help but look incredulously. (Article By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gdn5x59wwo]) In Health: (33:09) I've had an on/off relationship with chewing gum over my life. More recently it has been on but I think this story will firmly turn me off chewing gum for the foreseeable future. (Article By Jonathan McCambridge [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/microplastics-chewing-gum-study-b2726208.html]) Lastly, in Sport: (43:41) Michael Johnson's Grand Slam Track debuted over the weekend to mixed results. So was the Jamaica meet a success and can it lift up Athletics to unforeseen highs? (Article By Bobbie Jackson [https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/articles/c787x8m142jo]) Thank you for listening! If you want to contribute to the show, whether it be sending me questions or voicing your opinion in any way, peep the contact links below and I'll respond accordingly. Let me know "What's Good?" Rate & Review [https://ratethispodcast.com/whatsgood5epn] E-Mail: the5thelelmentpub@gmail.com Twitter & IG: @The5thElementUK Website: https://the5thelement.co.uk Photography: https://www.crt.photography Intro Music - "Too Much" By Vanilla [https://vanillabeats.bandcamp.com/] Interlude - "Charismatic" By NappyHigh [https://www.nappyhigh.com/] ChillHop Music [https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/] Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN: Diggin' In The Digits [https://diggin-in-the-digits-5epn.transistor.fm/] 5EPN Radio [https://open.spotify.com/show/3F7bioVpWUAfcYG74vtZpX?si=5aaca94ba10240c6] Black Women Watch... [https://black-women-watch-5epn.transistor.fm/] In Search of Sauce [https://in-search-of-sauce-5epn.transistor.fm/] The Beauty Of Independence [https://beauty-of-independence-5epn.transistor.fm/]

In a week where: 1. Oscar-winning Palestinian director Hamdan Ballal is beaten and kidnapped by armed Israeli settlers and IDF soldiers.  2. US government adds a journalist onto their private Signal chat. 3. Ukraine and Russia have agreed to separate deals to pause attacks in the Black Sea. 4. Athletics becomes first Olympic sport to require genetic testing on female athletes. 5. A 7.7 magnitude earthquake kill over 1,500 people in Myanmar. In Society: (9:59) The UK could've easily been classed as a surveillance state in pervious years. But now with banning of face coverings and facial recognition being implemented, there's no doubt that our rights are eroding by the day. (Article By Daragh Murray & Pete Fussey [https://theconversation.com/banning-face-coverings-expanding-facial-recognition-how-the-uk-government-and-police-are-eroding-protest-rights-252976]) In Life: (22:49) South Korea has long had an open secret where kids would get adopted and flown out to live lives in different countries. But now their largest "baby exporter" is under investigation for human right violations. (Article By Maroosha Muzaffar [https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/east-asia/south-korea-adoption-fraud-children-human-rights-b2722464.html]) In Environment: (35:11) In a great example of what happens when you don't plan for the future, Spain is now facing an environmental crisis cause by housing speculation. (Article By Rubén Martínez [https://jacobin.com/2025/03/spain-housing-speculation-environment-disaster]) Lastly, in Politics: (48:26) Things are kicking off in Türkiye as the people are protesting after Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu - a known opposition to leader Erdogan - was detained last week. (Article By Alex MacDonald [https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-protests-opposition-rallies-release-istanbul-mayor-ekrem-imamoglu]) Thank you for listening! If you want to contribute to the show, whether it be sending me questions or voicing your opinion in any way, peep the contact links below and I'll respond accordingly. Let me know "What's Good?" Rate & Review [https://ratethispodcast.com/whatsgood5epn] E-Mail: the5thelelmentpub@gmail.com Twitter & IG: @The5thElementUK Website: https://the5thelement.co.uk Photography: https://www.crt.photography Intro Music - "Too Much" By Vanilla [https://vanillabeats.bandcamp.com/] Interlude - "Charismatic" By NappyHigh [https://www.nappyhigh.com/] ChillHop Music [https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/] Other Podcasts Under The 5EPN: Diggin' In The Digits [https://diggin-in-the-digits-5epn.transistor.fm/] 5EPN Radio [https://open.spotify.com/show/3F7bioVpWUAfcYG74vtZpX?si=5aaca94ba10240c6] Black Women Watch... [https://black-women-watch-5epn.transistor.fm/] In Search of Sauce [https://in-search-of-sauce-5epn.transistor.fm/] The Beauty Of Independence [https://beauty-of-independence-5epn.transistor.fm/]