"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor

In a week where: Scotland becomes the first part of the UK to ban smacking. Grenfell Tower suppliers knew their cladding would burn. Pfizer & German Biotech startup BioNTech make a breakthrough for a COVID-19 vaccine. Welsh Government are scrapping all exams for the school year. FA Chairman Greg Clarke resigns after saying "Coloured footballers" in a committee meeting.  In the first of two Spo...

In a week where: Sean Connery Dies Aged 90. Lockdown 2 is here. Lewis Hamilton wins in Imola, locking up Mercedes' record-breaking 7th straight Constructors Championship. At least 54 people were killed in a rebel attack in Ethiopia’s restive Oromia region at the weekend. Baby Shark passes Despacito to become the most-viewed YouTube video.  In the first of two Music segments: (8:01) A UK Music Indu...

In a week where: Banksy's "Show Me The Monet" has sold for £7.5m ($9.8m). After the public backlash towards the Tories over Marcus Rashford’s proposal for kid school meals, Tories now demand a U-Turn from the gov't. Lewis Hamilton dominates the Portuguese GP to achieve his World Record-breaking 92nd win. Amy Coney Barrett is sworn in as Trump’s third Supreme Court Justice. Scientists have found ev...

In a week where: Roughly a quarter of the Pantanal Wetlands in Brazil has burned from wildfires this year. Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party waxes the NZ Election, giving her the first majority government in over a decade. No.10 broke precedent and snubbed Britain’s first black archbishop (John Sentamu) for a peerage because it says the House of Lords is too large, but it made room for Ian Botham, Cla...

In a week where: Britain's Alfie Hewett wins French Open Wheelchair Singles title. Rafael Nadal waxes Novak Djokovic to win his 13th French Open, his 20th Grand Slam title overall; ties Federer. Lewis Hamilton equals Michael Schumacher's 91 win record.  Lakers win their 17th NBA Championship. The UK goes into a 3-tier lockdown system with North-West England being hit the hardest. In the first of t...

In a week where: Michael Kiwanuka's "KIWANUKA" wins the 2020 Mercury Prize Uni students paid 9K to live with people they may or may not like. Trump got Corona.  A Black Criminal Lawyer creates an app to help people provide alternative & independent evidence in the case of things like Stop & Search. Cineworld will close all of its UK cinemas. In the first of two Life segments: (9:18) Rishi...

Three years ago, a St Louis artist hit me up to see if I'd give his first album a spin. I did, I enjoyed it and I wanted to know more, so after a day or two, I hit him back and we got an interview going. Since then, Oren Major has gone from strength to strength, slowly growing as an artist and being able to pursue his art full-time. We finally get a chance to catch up and fill in the blanks betwee...

In a week where: US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies aged 87.  Microsoft buys ZeniMax Media (Parent company of Bethesda) for $7.5Bn The Emmys happened. 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. TIME drop their TIME100 list. In an all "Life" episode: We begin with (14:1...

In a week where: Diversity's BLM performance on BGT gets nearly 16,000 complaints. More than 3 million acres have burned in the California wildfires. Reggae legend Toots Hibbert dies aged 77. Tenet hits $200M globally. Whistle-blower Dawn Wooten accuses ICE performed hysterectomies on detainees. In Life: (9:49) The Government's Internal Market Bill is pissing everyone off and its the nail in the c...

In a week where: Extinction Rebellion block off deliveries of The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph & Financial Times. Novak Djokovic is defaulted from the US Open after hitting a ball at a line judge.  Microsoft drop prices for the new Xbox Series X ($499) & Series S ($299) A murderer on death row is sworn in as Sri Lankan MP UK COVID-19 cases rise by 3000 in one day. In the first of two L...

In a week where: Japan's longest-serving PM, Shinzo Abe, resigns over health concerns. Prosecutors charge 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse with two counts of first-degree homicide.  Elon Musk showcases new Neuralink prototype.  George Floyd-style killing 'could happen in the UK', says only ever black Chief Constable Michael Fuller.  Ferg is kicked out of A$AP Mob. In Life: (7:10) The passing of Chadwi...

In a week where: Joe Biden accepts his Democratic nomination for President. Crossrail is delayed yet again until 2022, adding £1.1B to the bill.  California suffers another set of wildfires.  Bayern Munich beat PSG 1-0 to win the Champions League. Lionel Messi seeks to leave Barcelona. In the first of two Life segments: (7:51) The people of Flint, Michigan, that have been going through a water cri...

In a week where: Health Secretary to replace Public Health England with a specialist pandemic unit. The Japanese tanker that spilt 4,000 tons of oil on the coast of Mauritius, has split in two. Interim President of The National Black Police Association says Dawn Butler MP stop was "rooted in bias".  Stormzy donates £500K to fund scholarships for disadvantaged students.  The temperature in Death Va...

In a week where: Mark Zuckerberg joins the centibillionaire club. New Zealand goes 100 days without a domestic Coronavirus case. BBC R1Xtra presenter Sideman leaves his position after the BBC defends a white reporter saying The N repeatedly in a report. BBC DG backpedals the next day. MP Dawn Butler accuses the Metropolitan Police of "Institutional racism" after being wrongly stopped by police. St...

In a week where: As Northern England lockdown again, Tory MP Craig Whittaker says "It's the BAME communities that are not taking it seriously enough."  Anthony Taylor charges Arsenal to their 14th FA Cup, beating Chelsea 2-1. The Rock partners with Redbird Capital to buy the XFL for $15M. Leaked bodycam footage shows more detail in the murder of George Floyd. An explosion in Beirut, Lebanon has ki...

In a week where: Boris Johnson admits the Government could've done better in the early months of the pandemic. RIP Fleetwood Mac Co-founder Peter Green dies aged 73.  Wiley goes mask off. Google tells its employees to work from home until 2021. In Music: (9:52) The Ivor Novello & Mercury Prize nominations have dropped and there's a lot for me to be happy about. But of course, there's always a...

In a week where: Civil Rights heroes Congressman John Lewis & CT Vivian, died aged 80 & 95 respectively. Boris Johnson is aroused by fox hunting. UK government is suspending the Hong-Kong Extradition Treaty. Oxford Coronavirus vaccine passes initial tests. The main contractor on the Grenfell Tower refurbishment secretly “pocketed” £126,000 while switching the cladding to cheaper, more comb...

In a week where: Manchester City will play in the Champions League next season after club’s two-year ban from European football was overturned.  As Lewis Hamilton wins the Styrian GP & puts his fist up on the podium, he challenges other F1 teams to do more.  The UK will ban Huawei from UKs 5G network and have all existing kits by 2027. Banksy returns with lockdown themed pieces on a tube train...

In a week where: Boris Johnson won't kneel because he doesn't "believe in empty gestures".  Earl Cameron, Britain's 'first Black film star' dies aged 102. UK Government announces a £1.57 billion rescue package for the Arts Sector. Italian Music Composer Ennio Morricone Dies Aged 81. China got a Bubonic Plague. In Sports: (7:40) Women's Basketball legend Maya Moore has spent her prime years not pla...

This interview was one of genuine surprise. Not from how I got it, but from how much depth there was to it all. I got much more than I expected. King Yanz has a fascinating story from start to FINNISH. (I'm sorry, I couldn't help it) From his early years in Finland, moving to London in his pre-teens and honing his craft in songwriting for years before even dropping a track. And in recent years, no...

In a week where: Liverpool wins the Premier League and first top-flight trophy in 30 years after Chelsea beats Manchester City 2-1. The teenager who tried to kill a six-year-old at Tate Modern is jailed for 15 years.  In a one-to-one with Kerry Washington, Sandra Oh says the UK TV industry is behind in diversity.  The city of Leicester goes into its own lockdown. In Film/TV: (8:52) Actor & Wri...

In a week where: Trump hosts "Cough-chella"  Three people die & another three suffer injuries after a mass stabbing terror attack in Reading. Lewis Hamilton is starting a commission w/The Royal Academy of Engineering.  Novak Djokovic tests positive for COVID-19, after months of hosting charity events and not staying inside. More than 300 black artists/executives call for Hollywood to invest mo...

For the final interview of WG "Interview SZN", I hit up a good friend that has been consistently building himself and his own collective in the past few years and as someone looking from afar, can't help but be impressed. Architect of Basketball Society, Martin Soaries, comes in to give his story so far. You'll be hard-pressed to find a person that eats, sleeps & breathes basketball and that's...

Director Diarmuid Goggins graciously comes through for another session where we finally get to talk about "Bulletproof 2". We also get into the current state of the industry, (pre & post-corona) how he rates the chances of potential writers & directors getting their foot in the door and a very deep but poignant Top 5. Thank you for listening! If you want to contribute to the show, whether...

I've had a lot on my mind and needed to get some thoughts out, so I hope you'll indulge me as I let my brain bleed for about an hour. No music, minimal editing, just me and hopefully you as well. Donate to The Black Curriculum . Thank you for listening! If you want to contribute to the show, whether it be sending me questions or voicing your opinion in any way, peep the contact links below and I'l...