"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor

In a week where: Arlo Parks wins the '21 Mercury Prize. A Royal Aide says The Queen supports BLM.  Emma Radacanu wins the US Open. 12-15-year-olds in the UK will be offered the COVID-19 vaccine.  Prince Andrew gets served. In Music: (8:05) The one album that has been on my mind in the past couple of weeks is Little Simz' "Sometimes I Might Be Introvert". So I thought I'd give Simz some flowers. In...

In a week where: WhatsApp is fined $266 Million Over Data Transparency Breaches. Hurricane Ida floods New York & New Jersey. Texas effectively make abortion illegal with the green light from US Supreme Court.  Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding dies aged 39 from breast cancer. TikTok reportedly overtakes YouTube in US average watch time. In the 1st of two Film/TV segments: (6:15) I'm going to th...

In a week where: UK, US and other countries end their evacuation flights out of Afghanistan. Team GB sits 2nd on the Paralympic medal table. Hurricane Ida tears through the US South. In the 1st of two Music segments: (7:31) There are more rappers showing signs of Anti-Vax/mask behaviour and it's beginning to be a worrisome trend. In Sports: (20:14) But it's not just rappers, sportspeople are doing...

In a week where: Martial Arts master Sonny Chiba dies aged 82. OnlyFans will cut off pornographic content in October. The Paralympics are underway. Extinction Rebellion begins a two-week wave of protests. Brian Travers, saxophonist & founding member of UB40, dies of cancer aged 62. In Sports: (6:06) The Paralympics is underway and for Paralympic GB athletes specifically, they're gassed just to...

In a week where: Britney Spears' father Jamie to step down as her conservator after 13 years and a series of court battles this summer. Five people in Plymouth die from a mass shooting. Over 1,000 die after Haiti is hit with a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. Afghanistan's capital Kabul is taken over by The Taliban; president Ashraf Ghani flees to Tajikistan. RIP comedian Sean Lock, aged 58. In an All-Li...

In a week where: Rihanna is now a billionaire. Italy is now suffering from wildfires. Lionel Messi leaves Barcelona and signs a 2-Year deal with PSG. "South Park" creators sign a $900M deal to renew the series with ViacomCBS through 2027; the deal includes 14 new films for Paramount+.  Three years until Paris 2024! In Sports: (10:25) The Olympics are over and I have plenty of thoughts about the pa...

In a week where: Turkey & Greece are the latest countries to suffer wildfires. Amazon is dealt a $888 Million EU fine for a data privacy breach. Latin is going to be taught in English State Schools. DaBaby is taken off several festival line-ups after homophobic comments & two apologies. China is starting to have another COVID outbreak. In Sports: (10:59) The Olympics are in it's final days...

In a week where: London suffers from flooding. Over 160 people have died & 100 unaccounted for in West Indian floods.  Stop & Search is going to be expanded. The final victim of the Florida condo collapse is identified.  A leading UK epidemiologist says the pandemic by "October time we will be looking back at most of the pandemic". In the first of two Sports segments: (6:05) In an astoundi...

In a week where: Germany, The Netherlands & Belgium suffer from large flooding, killing hundreds.  After rock bottom viewership, GB News gets Nigel Farage on board.  The US has nearly 80 wildfires happening right now.  The UK has rising cases of Norovirus. The Milwaukee Bucks win their 2nd NBA Championship. Their first since 1971. In Music: (8:33) We pay homage to Biz Markie who died aged 57,...

In a week where: It didn't come home... "Black Widow" breaks pandemic era record with $80M at the box office on opening weekend. Richard Branson goes to "space". Northrop Grumman is going to build homes orbiting the moon. ($935 million NASA contract) The UK Government lock in the 0.2% cut in International Aid from 0.7% to 0.5%. In Life: (6:49) It's kicking off in Cuba. Protests in the streets, mul...

In a week where: Bill Cosby is out of prison. Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson is served a one-month suspension for having weed. England will drop COVID restrictions on July 19th. All US & NATO forces leave Afghanistan. Three men, part of the 'Stockwell Six' have their convictions overturned after 50 years. In the first of three Sports segments: (5:07) The NCAA has finally given in and US College...

In a week where: Derek Chauvin is sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd. Matt Hancock resigns as Health Secretary after footage leaks of him kissing an aide. Chinese researchers have unveiled an ancient skull that could belong to a completely new species of human. Wimbledon is underway. Cuba announces their own vaccine "Abdala" with 92% efficacy. In the first of two Sp...

In a week where: Summer Solstice has come & gone. LV Raiders DL Carl Nassib becomes the first active gay NFL player. Spotify & FB drop their own live voice chat platforms.  The Supreme Court rules the NCAA cannot restrict educational benefits provided by universities to student-athletes. 22nd June commemorates Windrush Day. In Sports: (7:23) It's time for my quarterly NBA Rant and it's mai...

In a week where: Brisbane, Australia is tapped to host 2032 Summer Olympics National Geographic announce a fifth Ocean (Southern) Euro 2020 kicks off.  It's been four years since the Grenfell Tower Fire. Benjamin Netanyahu is ousted by the Israeli coalition. In Sports: (5:04) When football returned without fans, I wondered whether non-white players secretly liked the fact that they didn't receive...

In a week where: Floyd Mayweather robbed you lot again. United Airlines is running back supersonic flight. In the Sarah Everard case, PC Wayne Couzens pleads guilty to kidnap and rape. The TV BAFTA Awards happened.  An Italian Artist Auctioned Off an ‘Invisible Sculpture’ for $18,300. In Music: (5:45) Drill music has taken a meteoric rise since its beginnings early last decade. But as it became a...

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...