Ep.173 - Digital Divide & Ambient Music

"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor

In a week where:

1. Kendrick Lamar is dropping his 5th Studio Album next month.
2. UK Home Office seek to deport illegal means asylum seekers to Rwanda.
3. DJ Kay Slay, pioneering hip-hop artist and longtime radio host, dies at 55 after a months-long battle with COVID-19.
4. Boris Johnson apologises in Parliament so everything is fine.
5. Julian Assange extradition to the US one step closer as UK Court Approves Removal.

In the 1st of three Society segments: (7:29) I've been thinking about my screen-on-time recently. And whilst I can definitely improve on it, I probably am not able to ever log off. And being able to whenever you want is beginning to look like a new class barrier.

In the 2nd Society segment: (20:33) Is Marcus Rashford working class? How about Tyson Fury? Or Lenny Henry? A new poll suggests that depending on your age, you see celebrities as "working class".

In the 3rd Society segment: (34:02) I'm one for good pronunciation, as you could imagine from a guy with a Podcast where a key cog is reading articles. But if you're "that person" that loves to catch people on mispronunciation, maybe you should curb that.

Lastly, in Music: (47:24) Ambient Music is something you may or may not have heard of. It's easy to see it as sonic wallpaper. But it's worth arguing that there's a lot more to it.

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Intro Music - "Too Much" By Vanilla
Interlude - "Charismatic" By NappyHigh
ChillHop Music

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