"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor

In a week where:

1. The Diamond Jubilee comes & goes. 
2. The Russo-Ukraine War passes 100 days. 
3. Boris Johnson wins a no confidence vote.
4. Elon Musk threatens to kill the Twitter buyout. 
5. The Rolling Stone drop…

For this Long Read, we head to The Walrus for Robots Are Writing Poetry, and Many People Can’t Tell the Difference" By Carmine Starnino. For decades, AI has been slowly doing things better than human…

In a week where:

1. Ray Liotta dies aged 67.
2. Kevin Spacey has been charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men.
3. Legendary post-war jockey Lester Piggott dies aged 86.
4. Tory MPs once again mu…

In a week where:

1. Vangelis, composer of Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner soundtracks, dies aged 79.
2. Cases of Monkeypox appear in the UK.
3. Australia's Labor Party wins the Federal Elections.
4. The UK’s first…

In a week where:

1. Ukraine wins Eurovision as The UK come 2nd.
2. Finland & Sweden formally confirm intentions to join NATO.
3. A new Margaret Thatcher statue is egged within hours of it being installed.
4. 17-year…

For this Long Read, we head to BuzzFeed News for "He Was 5'7". After Surgery, He’ll Be 5'10"." by Elamin Abdelmahmoud. Covering a man named Scott who elected for height-increasing surgery after years…

In a week where:

1. The UK Local Elections goes down.
2. Chelsea is sold to American based consortium, led by Todd Boehly. 
3. Ncuti Gatwa will be the next Doctor Who. 
4. The TV BAFTAs come & go. 
5. Sir Kier Starmer p…

In a week where:

1. Olivia Wilde literally gets served custody papers whilst on stage @ CinemaCon.
2. 70 Year Old Michael Kish runs a 13.47 100m @ Penn Relays. 
3. Boris Becker has been jailed for two-and-a-half…

For this Long Read, we head to The Guardian for "How south London became a talent factory for Black British footballers" by Aniefiok Ekpoudom. Laced with personal anecdotes, the piece takes generatio…

In a Week Where:

1. Emmanuel Macron beats Marine Le Pen again to gain a 2nd term as President of France. 
2. Twitter accepts Elon Musk's $44 Billion bid to by the social network outright.
3. World's oldest perso…

For this Long Read, we head to The Quietus for "Addicted To Plastic? Eco-Vinyl And The Impact Of Our Listening Habits" by Jono Podmore. Wherein the piece talks about the environmental cost of vinyl, …

In a week where:

1. Kendrick Lamar is dropping his 5th Studio Album next month.
2. UK Home Office seek to deport illegal means asylum seekers to Rwanda.
3. DJ Kay Slay, pioneering hip-hop artist and longtime rad…

For this Long Read, we head to The New Yorker for "The Common Tongue of Twenty-First-Century London" By Rebecca Mead. Where, in the midst of moving her family to London, 30 years after she herself le…

In a week where:

1. Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the first black woman to be appointed to the US Supreme Court.
2. Koci Selamaj is jailed for a minimum of 36 years for the murder of Sabina Nessa.
3. Will Smith …

For this Long Read, we head to The Independent for "Barrel Children: Windrush families and the emotional burden of migration" By Nadine White. The piece explores the rarely talked about 'Barrel Child…

In a week where:

1. Will Smith resigns from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
2. The World Cup draw goes down.
3. The Grammys come & go.
4. Channel 4 will be privatised and sold off.
5. Elon Musk buys stake…

For this Long Read, we head to The Guardian for "‘It’s a culture war that’s totally out of control’: the authors whose books are being banned in US schools." By Claire Armitstead. The article contain…

In a week where:

1. A new male birth control pill is found to be 99% effective in mice.
2. The Academy Awards come & go. With one very notable highlight.
3. Met Police issued 20 fines for COVID-19 breaches in Do…

In a week where:

1. P&O Ferries fired 800 people with plans to rehire via an agency.
2. F1 is back.
3. A Boeing 737 operated by China Eastern Airlines crashed in southern China with 133 people aboard. 
4. Russia mov…

In a week where:

1. UK sanction Russian Oligarchs. 
2. Actor Jussie Smollett is sentenced to 150 days in jail and 30 months probation after he was convicted on five of six felony counts of disorderly conduct…