Charlie Taylor
Founder/Director of The 5th Element Podcast Network
Appears in 387 Episodes
Ep.293 - "What Would Claudia Hampton Do?" W/ Dr. Donna J. Nicol
Another interview for you to step to! This episode I talk to Author & *Breathes In* the Associate Dean of Personnel and Curriculum and professor of history in the Coll...
Ep.292 - Parasocial Politics, Chagossians & The Cimarons
In a week where:Al Attles - Basketball Hall of Famer & one of the first Black head coaches in the NBA - dies at 87.World’s second largest diamond is found in Botswana....
Ep.291 - Immigration, MPox & James Baldwin
In a week where:An MPox outbreak in Africa creates a continental public health emergency.Aslef train drivers agree to a deal that could end two years long rail strikes...
Ep.290 - Stuck In Space, Fossils & Olympics Debrief
In a week where:Shamima Begum loses final UK court bid over citizenship.Largest UK pension fund sells off Israeli assets amid member anger over Gaza.Brazilian plane wi...
Ep.289 - Imane Khelif, "Posh Roadmen" & Riots
In a week where:Evan Gershkovich among 26 freed in major Russia-West prisoner exchange.Vice President Kamala Harris secures Democratic nomination for president. Right-...
Ep.288 - Netanyahu's US Visit & Reading
In a week where:Benjamin Netanyahu visits the US.A twice-a-year injection of a HIV drug was 100% effective in women during clinical trials.China unveils meltdown-proof...
Ep.287 - Reform, Food Companies & Black UK Radio
In a week where:Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25.Police car turned over and vehicles set alight in disorder in Leeds. A ...
Ep.286 - Empire, Prisons, Tea & Vivian Maier
In a week where:Two human remains in Bristol are found in suitcases.Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter case is dismissed over withheld evidence.Donald Trump gets ...
Ep.285 - UK Athletics & Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome
In a week where:The General Election goes down.Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran presidential election.French Left coalition New Popular Front win French Parliamen...
Ep.284 - Julian Assange & Don Drummond
In a week where:Kenyan president William Ruto scraps bill to raise taxes after violent protests leave 23 dead.A military coup goes down in Bolivia. "At least" seven Me...
Ep.283 - Kenya Protests, Neo-Feudalism... & Watercoolers
In a week where:Just Stop Oil protesters spray Stonehenge orange.Baseball legend Willie Mays dies aged 93.Russia and North Korea pledge mutual defense assistance in th...
Ep.282 - Levelling Up, Tactical Voting & Social Health
In a week where:"The Logo" Jerry West dies aged 86.The Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses Tulsa Race Massacre case, in what was likely the final opportunity for survivor...
Ep.281 - Energy Drinks, "Not Like Us" & Memories
In a week where:TV Doctor Michael Mosley goes missing in Greek island Symi & found dead days later. Israeli forces rescue four hostages from the central Gaza Strip at ...
Ep.280 - "Go On, Be Yourself" W/ Fifidiny
A new interview for you to step to! For this one we head to Scotland to talk to upcoming singer-songwriter Fifidiny (add that to the "great actual names" list) about h...
Ep.279 - Ultra-Processed Foods & Rain
In a week where:Ireland, Norway & Spain recognise Palestine as a State.Rishi Sunak FINALLY calls a General Election for 4th July.Super Size Me director Morgan Spurlock...
Ep.278 - "Life Is A Fickle, Fickle Bitch" W/ Wolfgang Valbrun
Another interview for you to step to! This is one of the most honest interviews I've had so far. Singer-songwriter Wolfgang Valbrun (real name) paints a portrait of hi...
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 ...
