Ep.45 - Athletics, Jennifer Lopez & Black Radicalism

Due to a consistently busy week, I didn't do an "In a week where". But hopefully, y'all watched the news and read like you should be doing...In the 1st of two Life topics: (4:58) The Verge is back on Facebook's neck again. After publishing a damning report on Facebook's outsourcing of "Content Moderators" a few months back, they're back with a leaked internal FB meeting with Mark Zuckerberg where he talks about the threat of an Elizabeth Warren Presidency, competing against TikTok & the aforementioned Verge story. In Film & Music(???) - (23:27) Jennifer Lopez is a classic "Triple Threat". She can act, sing and dance. But that is sometimes overshadowed by how fine she is. Her body is something that has been gazed at since Day 1, but her performance in "Hustlers" is subverting that gaze on a subconscious level and maybe the "boss move" of the year.In Sports: (35:53) I have been glued to every second of the IAAF World Athletics Championships, but unfortunately, the negatives are too large to ignore. Being held in Doha, Qatar, where there is close to no Athletics pedigree, where they had to move back the entire thing due to Qatar's heat, where the winners of the Women's 100m are doing victory laps in front of a few hundred people in a 20,000+ stadium... It's clear that the IAAF gave Qatar these Championships because of money and have pimped out the athletes for one of the worst hosted Championships, in any sport. The IAAF needs to change.Lastly, in the 2nd Life segment: (54:16) Author Kehinde Andrews gives us 10 Books about Black Radicalism. Something that has been maligned  & misunderstood for decades.Thank you for listening! If you want to contribute to the show, whether it be sending me questions or voicing your opinion in any way, peep the contact links below and I'll respond accordingly. Let me know "What's Good?"Rate & ReviewE-Mail: [email protected]: @The5thElementUKWebsite: https://medium.com/@the5thelementIntro Music - "Too Much" By VanillaInterlude - "Vista" By PoldooreChillHop MusicOther Podcasts Under The 5EPN:Diggin' In The Digits5EPN RadioBlack Women Watch...In Search of SauceThe Beauty Of Independence