Charlie Taylor
Founder/Director of The 5th Element Podcast Network
Appears in 311 Episodes
Ep.277 - Societal Change & LaToya Ruby Frazier
In a week where:Two elderly Just Stop Oil protesters are charged after attempting to break into the Magna Carta.The BAFTA TV Awards go down.Northern Lights shine acros...
Ep.276 - Students v Police, Tastemaking & Kendrick v Drake
In a week where:Harvey Weinstein to face retrial after a New York appeals court overturned his 2020 rape conviction last week.US & UK students occupy University campus...
Ep.275 - "Peace, Love & Pum Pum" W/ MC Bushkin
In a special DITD/WG double drop, I talk to an objective legend and pioneer in modern British music. MC Bushkin - founding member of Heartless Crew, a trio that shifte...
Ep.274 - "Herald The Movement" W/ Boy Blue's Mikey J
In a slightly shorter but just as special interview, I head to Barbican to talk to co-founder of UK’s leading hip-hop dance theatre company Boy Blue and composer/produ...
Ep.273 - "We're Going To NY In Three Months" W/ Nicholson.
Another interview for you to step to! For this one I talk to a former band member turned solo dual threat in Nicholson. (Full stop optional) We get into his beginnings...
Ep.272 - O.J. Simpson & The Unknown
In a week where:OJ Simpson dies aged 76 after cancer battle.Seven dead in a knife attack at Sydney's Bondi Junction shopping centre.UK returns 32 looted Ghana artefact...
Ep.271 - Black Cowgirls & COWBOY CARTER
In a week where:Former supreme court judges say UK arming Israel breaches international law.Taiwan suffers 7.2 magnitude earthquake, the biggest earthquake in 25 years...
Ep.270 - Legalising Weed & Rejection Letters
In a week where:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison for orchestrating $8bn fraud.Actor Louis Gossett Jr dies aged 87.Google Podcasts is getting shut down...
Ep.269 - Diane Abbott & Operation Legacy
In a week where:Ireland’s PM Leo Varadkar announces resignation.Russian and Belarusian athletes barred from 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremonies.US DOJ file an antit...
Ep.268 - TikTok "Ban", Ghostbots & Uber Eats
In a week where:Tory Donor Frank Hester takes news cycle after comments on Labour MP Diane Abbott.Vladimir Putin wins Russian Presidential election. Coldplay, Dua Lipa...
Ep.267 - Kenyan Femicide, DRC & Frantz Fanon
In a week where:Former PM Theresa May steps down as MP. Joe Biden takes aim at Trump & lightly criticises Israel in energetic SOTU speech. Documents show MoD paid mill...
Ep.266 - MILLENIALS! WE'RE RICH!*
*We're not...In a week where:Two men are convicted of killing Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay, nearly 22 years after murder.George Galloway wins Rochdale by-election.Raye win...
Ep.265 - NBA All-Star Game, Saul Leiter & Cymande
In a week where:Dani Alves sentenced to four and a half years in jail over sexual assaultShamima Begum loses appeal against removal of British citizenship.The Russo-Uk...
Ep.264 - "You Cannot Box Me In" W/ Lams
An interview for you to step to! For this one, I talk to up & coming artist Lams whose background in poetry & triad of British, Nigerian & Muslim identifiers create a ...
Ep.263 - Gerontocracy, Stuart Hall & Shepherd's Bush Market
In a week where:1. Benjamin Netanyahu rejects Hamas' three-stage, 135 day ceasefire deal.2. Kier Starmer announces scrapping of £28B Green investment. 3. Junior doctor...
Ep.262 - "Loaned" Loot, Devolution & Facebook @ 20
In a week where:Northern Ireland approve power share after nearly two-year long DUP boycott.Lewis Hamilton will join Ferrari in 2025.Universal Music Group stops licens...
Ep.261 - Hardest Working Generation & Conscription
In a week where:Alabama executes Kenneth Smith using untested method of nitrogen gas.ICJ orders Israel to take measures to prevent and punish direct incitement of Geno...
Ep.260 - Reparations, Pitchfork & Copyright Lawsuits
In a week where:The Greenland ice cap is losing an average of 30m tonnes of ice an hour due to the climate crisis, 20% more than previously thought.Japan makes moon co...
Ep.259 - Big Pharma, DEI & #Justice4Windrush
In a week where:Landlords will be forced to fix mouldy homes within 24 hours after tragic death of toddler.A huge ancient lost city is found in East Ecuador. US, UK le...
Ep.258 - Arts Funding & Adapting To Winter
In a week where:Oklahoma 13-year-old believed to be first person ever to beat Tetris.South Africa accuses Israel of Genocide via the ICJ.At least 95 people were killed...
Ep.257 - Cannabis, Africa; The 90s & Hating
In a week where:Maine disqualifies Trump from presidential primary ballot. A 7.6 magnitude earthquake hits Japan, tsunami warning follows. Junior Doctors begin 144 hr ...
30 Questions - Tayah
Friend of 5E Tayah comes through to answer 30 Questions through the BFI Southbank background noise!Peep my prior interview w/ Tayah here. Thank you for listening! If y...
30 Questions - AMIR. (Feat. YawnyBlew)
Friend of 5E AMIR. comes through to answer 30 Questions, with collaborator YawnyBlew tagging along for self-proclaimed "Emotional Support"!Spin my interview with AMIR....
Ep.256 - "Moral Courage" W/ Anthony Feinstein
For the 1st time in WG history, I'm not hosting! For this very special interview, I got my friend; ISOS Alum and Freelance Journalist Brandon Hill to come through and ...
30 Questions - YawnyBlew
Friend of 5E and artist YawnyBlew comes through to answer 30 Questions.Spin my 1st interview w/ YB here.Spin my interview with YawnyBlew & collaborative partner AMIR.T...
Ep.255 - Farage, Palantir & The Marvels
In a week where:Israel & Hamas agree on a four-day ceasefire & hostage releases.Dublin is set ablaze after three children & one woman are stabbed. Oscar Pistorius is g...
Ep.254 - Cruise Ships & Killers Of The Flower Moon
In a week where:Sean Combs settles a civil case within 24 hours of being accused of rape and severe physical abuse by former girlfriend Cassie. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman i...
Ep.253 - "We Have The Language" W/ Tayah
It's a cold Saturday night and I just got out of watching the late Horace Ové's "Pressure" at the BFI South Bank. A while after, I began an interview inside the BFI So...
Ep.252 - "The Struggle For The People's King" W/ Dr. Hajar Yazdiha
If you know me, you know I love substantive conversation. So when I was given the opportunity to read a book and talk to the author of said book, I jumped at the chanc...
Ep.251 - Polycrisis & Hasan Minhaj
In a week where:Blaxploitation legend Richard Roundtree dies aged 81.South Africa beats New Zealand for the Rugby World Cup.Actor Matthew Perry dies aged 54. Meta laun...