Ep.169 - Child Q & 'Dumbphones'

"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor

In a week where:

1. P&O Ferries fired 800 people with plans to rehire via an agency.
2. F1 is back.
3. A Boeing 737 operated by China Eastern Airlines crashed in southern China with 133 people aboard.
4. Russia moves into the Ukrainian seaport city Mariupol.
5. LeBron James moves into 2nd place in NBA All-Time scoring.

In Climate: (6:37) In the continuation of the slow death of civilisation at the hands of ourselves, apparently the Arctic & Antarctic suffered 'extraordinary' levels of heating, which I'm sure will raise no alarms to the powers that be.

In Education: (20:28) We return to the lives of teenagers, specifically teenage girls and the genuine epidemic of girls with mental health issues.

In Race & Society: (35:59) The story of Child Q, a girl who was strip-searched by police in school, has caused people to protest and even school kids walking out of school in defiance. I'm just wondering what kind of power trip you need to have to traumatise a girl in this way.

Lastly, in Tech: (46:36) The rise (rebirth?) of 'Dumbphones' - built in the essence of pre-smartphone mobiles - has given people a place to go if they're sick of the worst parts of having a smartphone. Would you ever consider binning your smartphone for the good ol' 3310?

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Interlude - "Charismatic" By NappyHigh
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