1. EachPod

"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.

Arts Technology Culture News Commentary News Talk Society & Culture Sports Entertainment Life Tv Politics Music Film Interviews
Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
61 minutes
Episodes
393
Years Active
2018 - 2025
Share to:
Ep.278 -

Ep.278 - "Life Is A Fickle, Fickle Bitch" W/ Wolfgang Valbrun

Another interview for you to step to! This is one of the most honest interviews I've had so far. Singer-songwriter Wolfgang Valbrun (real name) paints a portrait of himself that is riddled with grey,…

01:23:01  |   Wed 22 May 2024
Ep.277 - Societal Change & LaToya Ruby Frazier

Ep.277 - Societal Change & LaToya Ruby Frazier

In a week where:

  1. Two elderly Just Stop Oil protesters are charged after attempting to break into the Magna Carta.
  2. The BAFTA TV Awards go down.
  3. Northern Lights shine across the UK, US & Canada. 
  4. Egypt joi…
01:08:17  |   Wed 15 May 2024
Ep.276 - Students v Police, Tastemaking & Kendrick v Drake

Ep.276 - Students v Police, Tastemaking & Kendrick v Drake

In a week where:

  1. Harvey Weinstein to face retrial after a New York appeals court overturned his 2020 rape conviction last week.
  2. US & UK students occupy University campuses to varying degrees of state r…
01:11:19  |   Wed 08 May 2024
Ep.275 -

Ep.275 - "Peace, Love & Pum Pum" W/ MC Bushkin

In a special DITD/WG double drop, I talk to an objective legend and pioneer in modern British music. MC Bushkin - founding member of Heartless Crew, a trio that shifted the culture during the 90s and…

01:24:20  |   Tue 30 Apr 2024
Ep.274 -

Ep.274 - "Herald The Movement" W/ Boy Blue's Mikey J

In a slightly shorter but just as special interview, I head to Barbican to talk to co-founder of UK’s leading hip-hop dance theatre company Boy Blue and composer/producer Michael "Mikey J" Asante in …

00:49:04  |   Wed 24 Apr 2024
Ep.273 -

Ep.273 - "We're Going To NY In Three Months" W/ Nicholson.

Another interview for you to step to! For this one I talk to a former band member turned solo dual threat in Nicholson. (Full stop optional) We get into his beginnings, his exposure to multiple commu…

01:02:37  |   Thu 18 Apr 2024
Ep.272 - O.J. Simpson & The Unknown

Ep.272 - O.J. Simpson & The Unknown

In a week where:

  1. OJ Simpson dies aged 76 after cancer battle.
  2. Seven dead in a knife attack at Sydney's Bondi Junction shopping centre.
  3. UK returns 32 looted Ghana artefacts after 150 years.
  4. Iran dares the…
01:01:51  |   Wed 17 Apr 2024
Ep.271 - Black Cowgirls & COWBOY CARTER

Ep.271 - Black Cowgirls & COWBOY CARTER

In a week where:

  1. Former supreme court judges say UK arming Israel breaches international law.
  2. Taiwan suffers 7.2 magnitude earthquake, the biggest earthquake in 25 years.
  3. Magnitude 4.8 earthquake strike…
01:20:34  |   Wed 10 Apr 2024
Ep.270 - Legalising Weed & Rejection Letters

Ep.270 - Legalising Weed & Rejection Letters

In a week where:

  1. Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison for orchestrating $8bn fraud.
  2. Actor Louis Gossett Jr dies aged 87.
  3. Google Podcasts is getting shut down. 
  4. GMail turns 20.
  5. Scotland implem…
01:08:10  |   Wed 03 Apr 2024
Ep.269 - Diane Abbott & Operation Legacy

Ep.269 - Diane Abbott & Operation Legacy

In a week where:

  1. Ireland’s PM Leo Varadkar announces resignation.
  2. Russian and Belarusian athletes barred from 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremonies.
  3. US DOJ file an antitrust lawsuit against Apple.
  4. Video…
01:02:14  |   Wed 27 Mar 2024
Ep.268 - TikTok

Ep.268 - TikTok "Ban", Ghostbots & Uber Eats

In a week where:

  1. Tory Donor Frank Hester takes news cycle after comments on Labour MP Diane Abbott.
  2. Vladimir Putin wins Russian Presidential election. 
  3. Coldplay, Dua Lipa, Shania Twain, and SZA headline…
01:16:44  |   Wed 20 Mar 2024
Ep.267 - Kenyan Femicide, DRC & Frantz Fanon

Ep.267 - Kenyan Femicide, DRC & Frantz Fanon

In a week where:

  1. Former PM Theresa May steps down as MP. 
  2. Joe Biden takes aim at Trump & lightly criticises Israel in energetic SOTU speech. 
  3. Documents show MoD paid millions into Saudi account amid BAE…
01:01:11  |   Wed 13 Mar 2024
Ep.266 - MILLENIALS! WE'RE RICH!*

Ep.266 - MILLENIALS! WE'RE RICH!*

*We're not...

In a week where:

  1. Two men are convicted of killing Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay, nearly 22 years after murder.
  2. George Galloway wins Rochdale by-election.
  3. Raye wins a record-breaking six BRIT Awa…
01:07:39  |   Wed 06 Mar 2024
Ep.265 - NBA All-Star Game, Saul Leiter & Cymande

Ep.265 - NBA All-Star Game, Saul Leiter & Cymande

In a week where:

  1. Dani Alves sentenced to four and a half years in jail over sexual assault
  2. Shamima Begum loses appeal against removal of British citizenship.
  3. The Russo-Ukraine War enters its third year.
00:59:58  |   Wed 28 Feb 2024
Ep.264 -

Ep.264 - "You Cannot Box Me In" W/ Lams

An interview for you to step to! For this one, I talk to up & coming artist Lams whose background in poetry & triad of British, Nigerian & Muslim identifiers create a multi-faceted worldview that wil…

01:18:34  |   Wed 21 Feb 2024
Ep.263 - Gerontocracy, Stuart Hall & Shepherd's Bush Market

Ep.263 - Gerontocracy, Stuart Hall & Shepherd's Bush Market

In a week where:
1. Benjamin Netanyahu rejects Hamas' three-stage, 135 day ceasefire deal.
2. Kier Starmer announces scrapping of £28B Green investment.
3. Junior doctors in England to strike again aft…

01:04:12  |   Wed 14 Feb 2024
Ep.262 -

Ep.262 - "Loaned" Loot, Devolution & Facebook @ 20

In a week where:

  1. Northern Ireland approve power share after nearly two-year long DUP boycott.
  2. Lewis Hamilton will join Ferrari in 2025.
  3. Universal Music Group stops licensing its music to TikTok. 
  4. Joe Bid…
01:03:40  |   Wed 07 Feb 2024
Ep.261 - Hardest Working Generation & Conscription

Ep.261 - Hardest Working Generation & Conscription

In a week where:

  1. Alabama executes Kenneth Smith using untested method of nitrogen gas.
  2. ICJ orders Israel to take measures to prevent and punish direct incitement of Genocide, but doesn't order ceasefir…
01:06:07  |   Wed 31 Jan 2024
Ep.260 - Reparations, Pitchfork & Copyright Lawsuits

Ep.260 - Reparations, Pitchfork & Copyright Lawsuits

In a week where:

  1. The Greenland ice cap is losing an average of 30m tonnes of ice an hour due to the climate crisis, 20% more than previously thought.
  2. Japan makes moon contact for the 1st time with "Moo…
01:07:34  |   Wed 24 Jan 2024
Ep.259 - Big Pharma, DEI & #Justice4Windrush

Ep.259 - Big Pharma, DEI & #Justice4Windrush

In a week where:

  1. Landlords will be forced to fix mouldy homes within 24 hours after tragic death of toddler.
  2. A huge ancient lost city is found in East Ecuador. 
  3. US, UK lead airstrikes against Houthi reb…
01:04:20  |   Wed 17 Jan 2024
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are the property of Charlie Taylor. This content is not affiliated with or endorsed by eachpod.com.