Ep.168 - Ye, Ryan Coogler & Greetings

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 for lying to police.
3. The BAFTAs Film Awards come & go.
4. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy virtually addresses US Congress. 
5. Nazanin Zaghari-Radcliffe returns to the UK after six years in Iranian detainment.

In Politics: (7:44) Whilst the Russo-Ukraine war enters it's third week, I look domestically and how the major shifts in geopollitics have rendered "The Exit" even more useless than it was in the beginning.

In Music: (18:24) I'm sick of Kanye West and I'm especially sick of the discourse of all his bullshit as his documentary sends people into a heavy state of cognitive dissonance. The dialogue must improve.

In Society: (35:01) Director Ryan Coogler went through a traumatic experience last week, getting arrested under the suspicion he was robbing the bank he was in. This provides a unique time to talk about anti-blackness.

Lastly, in Life: (49:52) We love a handshake, a hug, a kiss. I don't know about you, but I've been curbing my dap count recently. So what's the future of physical greeting in a post-pandemic world?

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Interlude - "Charismatic" By NappyHigh
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