"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor

In a week where: 1. Microplastics are found in bugs for the first time. 2. Michael Sumler, member of iconic band Kool & the Gang, dies in car crash aged 71. 3. The UK bans disposable vapes. 4. PSG demolish Inter Milan to win their 1st Champions League. 5. Brazil pilots data savings accounts to let users monetize their digital footprint. In Politics: A question frequently asked among progressive-minded peoples is "why is The Left not getting up in the world?". And whilst we can throw many a reason, there are seven that require us to look in the mirror instead of point to the power of the ruling class. (Article By Neal Lawson [https://bylinetimes.com/2025/05/29/seven-reasons-the-left-keep-on-losing/]) In Tech: Google has been scrambling to get even in the AI race. And like a snake eating its own tail, Google is bringing the Internet as a whole - as we have known it - to its knees scrambling to chase the likes of OpenAI & Perplexity. (Article By Adam Clark Estes [https://www.vox.com/technology/414673/google-search-ai-mode-chatgpt-gemini]) In Culture: A great angle to see how we've lost our way as a collective peoples is the increasingly heavy grinding down of the Grand Narrative to the point where everything we do individually is done at a granular level, turning us all into Otakus. (Article By Louis Elton [https://unherd.com/2025/04/welcome-to-the-age-of-otaku/]) Lastly, In Sport: It has been an open secret for over a decade now that the NBA wanted to expand into Europe. Now - in cahoots with FIBA - a Euro-based NBA imprint is probably years away which will seismically change Basketball as a global game, for better or worse... (Article By Conor Faulkner [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/29/nba-europe-plans-basketball]) 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/]

Another interview for you to step to! For this one we talk to London-born, Copenhagen-raised artist Iris Gold in conjunction with her recent single release "Andre 3K" [https://youtu.be/EAOuoAyl_3Y]. We talk her beginnings, her individuality; live performance, why she made a song about Andre 3000 and of course her 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 - " [https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/plethoria]Armadilla" By Bassti 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. The UK hands Chagos Islands back to Mauritius. 2. Sacha Jenkins, Director and Hip-Hop Journalist, dies aged 53. 3. Russia ramps up on Ukraine, targeting Kyiv with a large drone strike. 4. It's been five years since the murder of George Floyd. 5. Nearly 50 injured as car ploughs into crowd at Liverpool victory parade. In Society: (8:53) In 2019 I talked about Live Facial Recognition being trialled [https://whats-good-charlie-taylor-5epn.transistor.fm/episodes/28-ep-28-spike-lee-is-ignorant] in select towns/cities. Now we're at a place where the police are using it freely and will soon become commonplace. (Article By Daniel Boffey & Mark Wilding [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/24/police-live-facial-recognition-cameras-england-and-wales]) In Politics: (23:29) Let's learn about Centrism and how it could be posited that it's the worst political ideology. (Article By Johnny Silvercloud [https://medium.com/afrosapiophile/centrism-is-always-a-performance-of-political-narcissism-ebd47daf794e]) In Film: (38:26) My knowledge of African film is very surface level, so I thought I would learn about a significant period in African film: The 80s. (Article By Tambay A. Obenson [https://akoroko.com/african-film-1980s/]) Lastly, In Photography: (54:12) Legendary Photographer Sebastião Salgado died 81 in the past week, which brought me to read a piece on him from when he turned 80, contextualising his decades-long legacy as one of the world's premier Photojournalists. (Article By Andrei Netto [https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/feb/08/photographer-sebastiao-salgado-at-80-they-say-i-was-an-aesthete-of-misery]) 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. Kier Starmer reveals plans to send refused asylum seekers to overseas ‘return hubs’. 2. Crystal Palace win their 1st major trophy, beating Man City 1-0 in the FA Cup Final. 3. An estimated 600,000 people march in London, calling on the UK government to end its complicity in Gaza Genocide. 4. A Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge. 5. Joe Biden is diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer. In the first of two Politics segments: (8:52) My first of two articles where I spend half the show shitting on Kier Starmer and his grim capitulation to far-right ideals, starting with a more overall look at the near 12 months of his premiership (Article By Peter Oborne [https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-starmer-careened-honourable-left-racist-right]) In the 2nd Politics segment: (23:35) A more focused look at the recent Immigration policy the Red Tories are looking to implement. (Article By Alexandra Hall Hall [https://bylinetimes.com/2025/05/13/keir-starmers-attempt-to-out-farage-reform-on-migration-will-only-end-badly/]) In Music: (40:09) Ever since I started hitting music shows nearly a decade ago, I have always valued smaller, more intimate shows over the large-scale arena show. Now, even Americans are seeing the deadness that arena/stadium shows bring. (Article By Kyndall Cunningham [https://www.vox.com/music/412355/beyonce-cowboy-carter-tour-taylor-swift-eras-concerts-stadiums]) Lastly, In Film: (55:37) A new instalment of Final Destination has dropped, evoking fun memories of my favourite Horror franchise and how it feels more like an accidental comedy with its sheer creativity of killing characters. (Article By Hanna Flint [https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250512-the-horror-film-that-traumatised-millennials]) 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. US & UK strike a trade deal. 2. 80th VE Day comes & goes. 3. A new Pope is announced: Robert Francis Prevost, first from the USA is now Leo XIV. 4. India & Pakistan agree to a ceasefire after days of retaliatory attacks.  5. Keir Starmer echoes Enoch Powell in speech announcing another Immigration crackdown. In Politics: (8:22) Before I sink my teeth into Kier Starmer's bullshit once again, I wanted to take a step back to a couple of weeks ago where a very important immigration-related that got barely any coverage. (Article By Lucy Mayblin, Joe Turner, Thom Davies, Arshad Isakjee & Tesfalem Yemane [https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/exclusive-government-hands-private-firms-3bn-in-bid-to-stop-the-boats/]) In Environment: (28:04) It will take a long time for me to get a grasp on the complexity of the India/Pakistan beef - aside from the recent kick off - instead, let's look at it from the lens of the Climate Crisis. (Article By Mehebub Sahana [https://theconversation.com/india-pakistan-conflict-over-water-reflects-a-region-increasingly-vulnerable-to-climate-change-256253]) In the 1st of two Life segments: (38:39) The Sycamore Gap crime came to an end recently, but why has a tree falling caused so much hubbub? One way to look at it is the symbolism the tree provided. (Article By Mark Brown [https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/09/stealing-joy-the-sadness-and-symbolism-of-the-at-sycamore-gap]) Lastly, In the 2nd Life segment: (52:14) Breathing. We all do it. But once I learned that breathing through your nose is always the best way, I haven't looked back. So just how clutch is nose breathing? (Article By Thomas Germain [https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250507-the-surprising-power-of-breathing-through-your-nose]) 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/]