Ep.306 - Dying Arts, Saudi Money & Jared McCain

"What's Good?" W/ Charlie Taylor

In a week where:

1. Azerbaijan opens a criminal investigation after a passenger jet crashed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people on board.
2. At least 6,000 prisoners escape from a high-security facility in Mozambique.
3. At least 177 people were killed in the deadliest air accident ever in South Korea.
4. Magnus Carlsen, is disqualified from the World Rapid Championship due to refusing to change from jeans.
5. Jimmy Carter, longest-lived US president, dies aged 100.

In Arts: (13:00) It's been rough for The Arts her in the UK. But now we know it's actually been bad since the beginning of the century. (Article by David Maddox & Jabed Ahmed)

In Economics: (23:19) You may have seen that Saudi Arabia has been splashing the cash recently. Well - not to pocket watch - but it's already not adding up and they're just getting started... (Article by Andrew Hammond)

In Sports: (35:38) NBA fans have been really exposing themselves recently with the emergence of Rookie Jared McCain, who dares to paint his nails & dance on TikTok. (Article by Tiana Randall)

Lastly, in Music: (45:00) I play catch up with the Jay-Z allegations that he received whilst I was on hiatus. (Article by Meghann Cuniff)

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