Ep.97 - QAnon, Microplastics & Media Bias

In a week where:

1. US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies aged 87. 
2. Microsoft buys ZeniMax Media (Parent company of Bethesda) for $7.5Bn
3. The Emmys happened.
4. Rolling Stone refreshes their Top 500 Album List. Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" No.1; "Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" No.10, the highest-ranked Hip-Hop album.
5. TIME drop their TIME100 list.

In an all "Life" episode:

We begin with (14:14) an update on the Grenfell inquiry and we now have some concrete names that we can point fingers to.

Secondly, (24:18) QAnon has now reached the UK and its basically every conspiracy theory wrapped into one cesspool community of people. I laugh but it's scary how popular it's becoming.

Thirdly, (37:50) The Government recently announced that they're raising the price for plastic bags from 5p to 10p. An article on microplastics proves that incremental changes such as raising the prices of plastic bags are nowhere near enough.

Lastly, (50:40) An amazing video essay on Media Bias got me thinking about my own Media Bias and how it's displayed to you on this very show.

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Intro Music - "Too Much" By Vanilla
Interlude - "Vista" By Poldoore
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