"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor

In a week where: The city of Tulsa, Oklahoma marked the 100th anniversary of the Black Wall Street Massacre. Chelsea wins the Champions League for the second time. Germany has committed $1.3bn to Namibia and Namibian residents for its role in the genocide of the Herero and Nama ethnic groups more than 100 years ago. Naomi Osaka pulls out from the French Open after organisers threaten to default he...

In a week where: The Dyson Report on Former BBC journalist Martin Bashir concludes he used deception to get landmark Panorama/Princess Diana interview. RIP Hip-Hop Photographer Chi Modu who died aged 54. Activist Sasha Johnson is in critical condition after being shot in the head. Five people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.  50-year-old Phil Mickelson becomes the oldest person...

In a week where: China lands a rover on Mars. Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Tamika Catchings and others are inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Anthony Joshua & Tyson Fury *lock in their £200M fight... In Saudi Arabia. ( *It's now in jeopardy now due to an arbitration awarding Deontay Wilder a third fight against Fury. ) Twitter is considering a $3 monthly subscription package...

In a week where: Colombia is in unrest as protests turn violent. At least 25 people were killed in a Rio police raid. A Chinese rocket, originally plummeting to Earth with nobody knowing where falls into the Indian Ocean. IOC & Pfizer strike a deal to vaccinate all competitors & staff.  UK voters will now need a photo ID in order to vote in General Elections. In Sports: (6:24) New polls su...

In a week where: Germany first to hand back Benin bronzes looted by the British. Many sports social media accounts participate in a collective blackout to highlight racism. Bill & Melinda Gates file for divorce. India's COVID cases pass 20 million. Facebook continues to ban Donald Trump from their platforms. In Film/TV: (9:14) Mere weeks after Noel Clarke was given a BAFTA for Outstanding Cont...

In a week where: India is suffering a COVID outbreak in record numbers. Another anti-mask, anti-lockdown protest goes down in Hyde Park. Manchester City beat Spurs 1-0 to win the League Cup. The Oscars came & went. RIP 20-year-old Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole, who died after jumping into the River Thames to rescue a woman who fell from London Bridge. In Sports: (6:01) The Olympics have once again...

In a week where: Raúl Castro announced his resignation as head of the Communist Party of Cuba. Global COVID-19 deaths surpass a reported 3 million. NASA scientists successfully made the first-ever controlled flight attempt on another planet. Russia has amassed more than 100,000 troops near the Ukraine border. Chad's President Idriss Déby dies from injuries sustained during clashes with rebels in t...

In a week where: Prince Philip dies aged 99. DMX dies aged 50. St Vincent's volcano La Soufriere erupts for the first time since '79, engulfing the entire island in Volcanic Ash. Hideki Matsuyama wins the 2021 Masters and becomes the first Japanese male golfer to win a major championship. Minneapolis protests once again after 20-Year-Old Duante Wright dies at the hands of a cop who shoots him with...

In a week where: #KillTheBill protests go down in London, Southampton, Manchester, Leeds & other cities, resulting in sit-ins, arrests and injuries.  Half a billion Facebook accounts have been leaked. Paul Simon sells his song catalogue to Sony. DMX suffers from a Drug Overdose. Stanford & Baylor win the Women's & Men's NCAA Basketball National Championship. In Life: (10:34) I f you we...

In a week where: The Suez Canal blockage that lasted nearly a week reportedly held up $400m worth of goods every single hour. A Bristol protest gets violent as police assault protesters & journalists. British Summer Time is here. The missing person case of Richard Okorogheye is ongoing.  Myanmar continues to crumble as 2,000 people flee to the Thailand border after airstrikes. In the first of...

In a week where: Uber will have to give all 70,000 of its UK drivers holiday pay, a minimum wage and pension contributions. An anti-mask protest goes through Central London. A 6000-year-dormant volcano in Iceland has erupted.  A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hits Japan. Hall of Fame Basketball player Elgin Baylor dies aged 86.  In Life: (7:10) The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill is not just a...

In a week where: Murray Walker, the Voice of F1, dies aged 97. "Marvellous" Marvin Hagler dies aged 66. The Grammys happened. The Oscar nominations dropped. A 21-year-old Georgia man was arrested in the killings of eight people at three massage parlours, many of them women of Asian descent. / In the first of two Life segments: (4:37) Let's talk about NFTs. What are they? Who the hell are these peo...

In a week where: Meghan ethers the Royal Family on US National TV. All-Star Sunday comes & goes. Piers Morgan leaves Good Morning Britain.  Buzzfeed lays off 47 HuffPost workers a month after the acquisition. A WHO/UN study finds that around a quarter of females have been assaulted by a male partner. /  In the first of two Life segments: (8:24) Harry & Meghan blew the lid off the Royal Fam...

In a week where: England & Wales rail fares have risen by 2.6% Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is jailed for three years for corruption. Founding member of The Wailers Bunny Wailer dies aged 73. BBC Three will return as a broadcast channel next year.  Six Dr Seuss books will no longer be published because of "hurtful & wrong" imagery. In the first of two Life segments: (10:07) Twit...

In a week where: Reggae & Dancehall legend U-Roy, dies aged 78.  NASA's Perseverance rover successfully landed on the Martian surface.  Government-backed forces allegedly killed hundreds in a massacre at Ethiopia's Church of St. Mary of Zion in November, according to witness accounts.  Naomi Osaka beats Jennifer Brady to win the Australian Open.  Daft Punk call it a career after 28 years.  In...

In a week where: Home Secretary Priti Patel opens her mouth again on the '20 BLM Protests. Donald Glover & Phoebe Waller-Bridge are Exec Producing & co-starring in a "Mr & Mrs Smith" reboot. COVID-19 cases, deaths & hospital visits are going back down in the UK.  Trump is acquitted in his 2nd Senate Impeachment Trial. The rate of new COVID-19 cases reported in India has fallen by 9...

In a week where: Actor Christopher Plummer dies aged 91 Former Heavyweight Champion Boxer Leon Spinks dies aged 67. Queen Elizabeth successfully lobbied the government to change a draft law in order to conceal her “embarrassing” private wealth from the public.  Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Kansas City Chiefs in SB55.  Mary Wilson, a founding member of The Supremes, dies aged 76. In the first of t...

In a week where: Legendary actress Cicely Tyson dies aged 96. Police stop a 70-person strong boat party. £800 fine for the attendees, £10k for the organiser. Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi and the country's president are detained amid possible coup.  ASOS buy Topman, Topshop & Miss Selfridge for £230m. More than 5,100 Russians are arrested for protests imprisonment of opposition leader Alexei Nalv...

In a Week Where: Legendary Interviewer/TV Host Larry King dies aged 87.  Met Police raid an illegal gathering in. Knightsbridge, issuing fines worth over £15k.  Google threatens to shut down its search engine in Australia.  Frank Lampard is out as Chelsea manager.  UK passes 100k COVID related deaths.  In the first of two Life segments: (8:12) Clubhouse has been blowing up recently, but it's been...

In a week where: Trump is impeached for the 2nd time. James Harden is traded to the Brooklyn Nets in the biggest NBA trade ever. Italy's largest organized crime trial in more than three decades begins, with prosecutors bringing charges against 355 members of the 'Ndrangheta crime network. More than 2 Million worldwide have now died from Corona. The UK reports 1820 Covid deaths, the highest daily t...

In a week where: Several Social Media platforms suspend T**** to varying degrees. Japan suffer surge in COVID-19 cases, casting doubt on the Olympics.  12 people get arrested in Clapham Common as another anti-lockdown protest comes & goes. Social Media app Parler goes offline after blacklisting from Apple, Google & Amazon UK passes 100k COVID-19 deaths. In the first of three Life segments:...

In Sports: (7:25) The Tokyo Olympics is a go... We think. But regardless of how good it looks from now until July, Team GB are gearing up for the road to Tokyo. In Music: (22:29) The death of MF DOOM shocked the Hip-Hop world. But as an outsider on DOOM's artistry, I wanted to get people that could do DOOM justice. So I got Central Sauce's Brandon & Ryan to help me put DOOM's legacy into focus...

It's the end of 2020, so it is time to take stock and reflect on the year. And with it being a 5EPN Special, everyone from the 5EPN comes through for this two-hour reflection & looking ahead. So grab your drinks, grab your snacks, and if WG is the only 5EPN show you listen to, let me introduce you to the rest of the 5EPN. ( Hopefully, you'll go and listen to them as well. ) TIMESTAMPS: In Sear...

In a week where: During Anti-Bullying week, Priti Patel is found to be a bully and still keeps her job. Hong-Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to all charges related to a siege of Police HQ in June 2019. COVID-19 vaccine developed by The University of Oxford is 70% effective.  UK Lockdown 2 will end next week. Trump Administration finally begins the transition for Biden Presidency.  In the f...

In a week where: Dominic Cummings finally leaves No.10. A vaccine developed by biotechnology giant Moderna is more than 94% effective at preventing COVID-19. Racism ruins Christmas ads again. Marcus Rashford signs a publishing deal to write books for children. Lewis Hamilton is named most influential Black British person by ThePowerlist 2021.  In the first of two Sports segments: (10:03) Lewis Ham...