Charlie Taylor
Founder/Director of The 5th Element Podcast Network
Appears in 364 Episodes
Ep.243 - Comment Journalism, Suits & Ezra Collective
In a week where:Wandsworth Prison escapee Daniel Abed Khalife is recaptured in Chiswick.A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hits Morocco.UK goes through seven days of 30° weath...
Ep.242 - Doomerism, Optimism & Subway Surfing
In a week where:More than 150 schools in England close after having a type of potentially dangerous concrete.India successfully launches their 1st Spacecraft to The Su...
Ep.241 - "Everything Is Black Culture" W/ Tee Max
Last week, I hit up a couple of exhibitions in London. One of which was "The Ascension Years" in the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton which highlighted the work of P...
Long Read - Tarantino & Racism
For this Long Read, we head to Okayplayer for "The Quentin Tarantino Situation: Using Racism as a Literary Device" by Abe Beame. If you've seen a Tarantino film, you k...
Ep.240 - Temu, Tortured Artists & Dwyane Wade
In a week where:Wildfires in Hawaii kills 90+, the deadliest in US history. Government announces crackdown on gender-neutral toilets."Black Godfather" Clarence Avant d...
Ep.239 - Hip-Hop Is 50 Years Old
In a week where:Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan is sentenced to three years in jail. At least 30 die & over 100 injured after train derails in Pakistan. Niger goes into ...
Ep.238 - "Allow Things To Just Be" W/ JFlames & ASON
In November 2016, I conducted my first interview for The 5th Element. The people I talked to are the people I talk to for this personally special episode.Brothers JFla...
Ep.237 - "Renaissance's Gay Nephew" W/ YawnyBlew
For this interview we talk to a Queer Songwriter - hailing from North Bronx, NY - whose recently gone out to make a career of his own after years of being in the song ...
Ep.236 - Actor's Strikes & Bruce Lee
In a week where:The Biden Administration to forgive $39 Billion in student debt. Carlos Alcaraz beats Novak Djokovic for Wimbledon; 2nd Major title. Victoria pulls out...
Ep.235 - Personal Brand Paradox & Tori Bowie
In a week where:UK Government loses legal challenge over giving WhatsApp messages to COVID inquiry.Meta releases Threads. The average world temperature reaches highest...
Ep.234 - "A Note On Quarters" W/ Tambo & Bones' Matthew Xia, Rhashan Stone & Daniel Ward
We have a special WG interview for you to enjoy! Last month, I was invited to see a play in Theatre Royal Stratford East called "Tambo & Bones", written by West Philly...
Ep.233 - Spider-Verse & Topping The Charts
In a week where:The five victims in the OceanGate sub implosion will be honoured with two museum ceremonies.Russian PMC Wagner Group stage a one-day mutiny. A new susp...
Long Read - Black Liberation
For this Long Read, we head to The Atlantic for "A Blueprint For Black Liberation" by Dara Mathis. The piece traces Dara's roots in a Detroit Christian Pan-African com...
Long Read - Forgotten Members of Windrush
For this Long Read, we head to The Conversation for "Invisible Windrush: how the stories of Indian indentured labourers from the Caribbean were forgotten" by María del...
Ep.232 - UBI/UBS & UK Freestyle Videos
In a week where:American East Coast is plunged in smoke after a wildfire in Canada. Donald Trump is indicted for federal crimes.Boris Johnson steps down as MP. Unabomb...
Ep.231 - Podcasting @ 20 & Windrush 75
In a week where:An Indian official is suspended after draining an entire reservoir to retrieve his phone. A train crash in India kills more than 280 and injures at lea...
Ep.230 - Recycling, Bad Poetry & Chronotypes
In a week where:Tina Turner dies aged 83.Ron DeSantis confirms he's running for US Presidency.Erdoğan wins the Presidential runoff. Chipmaker Nvidia cracks $1 Trillion...
Ep.229 - National Conservatism & Fake Features
In a week where:NFL player, actor & activist Jim Brown dies aged 87.Study by One Earth concludes that Fossil Fuel firms owe $209B a year in climate reparations.Italy's...
Ep.228 - Protest Clampdown & Brixton Academy
In a week where:Eurovision comes and goes.The Turkish Presidential election goes to a runoff. The BAFTA TV Awards go down.Vice files for bankruptcy.World likely to bre...
Ep.226 - Female Music Producers & "Dear Mama"
In a week where:Jerry Springer dies aged 79.A massive fire erupted at an oil depot on the Crimean Peninsula over the weekend. "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" passes $1B ...
Ep.225 - June Givanni, Thatcher & 10 Foot
In a week where:Dominic Raab resigns as Deputy PM. It's been 30 years since the murder of Stephen Lawrence. India passes China to become most populous country.Joe Bide...
Ep.224 - Hip-Hop Media & The Bay Area Sound
In a week where:Jazz Pianist Ahmad Jamal dies aged 92.The Dominion/Fox News trial is settled after day one of the trial.Over 100 Animal Rights protestors delay the Gra...
Ep.223 - TERF Island, Dorothy Ashby & Grey
In a week where:Cancer and heart disease vaccines ‘ready by end of the decade’. Jon Rahm wins The Masters.Classified US Intelligence documents leak on Discord servers....
Ep.222 - Donald Glover & Nitrous Oxide
In a week where:Trump is indicted.Oscar Pistorius and Charles Bronson are denied parole.Connecticut and LSU win NCAA National Basketball championships.TikTok fined £12...
Ep.221 - The Splinternet & Finding Purpose
In a week where:World Athletics bans transgender women from competing in international track and field competitions.France has multiple protests go violent after Macro...
Ep.220 - "Eclectic" W/ Mystic
In one of the more free-flowing interviews I've had so far, I talk with California born & raised MC - The DU Goddess - Mystic. We talk about her beginnings, her roots ...
Ep.219 - Sex Education & Mixed By Erry
In a week where:Sunak & Macron announce a new detention centre in France. Russia attack Ukraine with hypersonic missiles. BBC suspend Gary Lineker after his tweets cri...
Ep.218 - The Romcom Effect & Trugoy The Dove
In a week where:Jazz Saxophonist Wayne Shorter dies aged 89.Matt Hancock's WhatsApp texts are leaked.Boris Johnson has put his father, Stanley, forward for a knighthoo...
Ep.217 - Artificial Digging & The Cockney Dialect
In a week where:R Kelly & Harvey Weinstein rack up more prison time. James Bond books are being rewritten in sensitivity measures.UK & EU finally agree on a NI Protoco...
Ep.216 - Roald Dahl, Shamima Begum & Influencers
In a week where:Bruce Willis is diagnosed with Dementia. Facebook & Instagram will implement a paid verification feature a la Twitter Blue.Turkey & Syria are hit with ...