Ep.316 - Ketamine, Wretch 32 & Sustainable Carnival

In a week where:

1. Roy Ayers, jazz-funk pioneer behind Everybody Loves the Sunshine, dies aged 84.
2. D'Wayne Wiggins, founding member of the Tony! Toni! Toné!, dies aged 64.
3. Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney will become new prime minister of Canada. 
4. Anonymous hacks Twitter.
5. Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is flown to The Hague after arrest over Philippines drug war killings.

In Politics: (6:51) So it appears that MPs have loopholes so Conflicts of Interest could go in the wind without nobody knowing. But transparency - which we already lack on - wouldn't be enough! (Article By Josiah Mortimer)

In Health: (20:28) You may have heard about Ketamine in recent years due to someone's usage of it. So what's the damage when it comes to Ket? (Article By Shayla Love)

In Music: (33:28) With a new Wretch 32 album on the way, I wanted to increase my excitement for it by reading a calm profile ahead of his 7th Studio Album. (Article By Aniefiok Ekpoudom)

Lastly, In Environment: (45:01) Several people are putting in amazing work to make Trinidad Carnival more sustainable. Ways of doing things that could and should be applied in other Carnivals. (Article By Anselm Gibbs)

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