David Rodigan has been playing Reggae on British radio for fifty years. I spoke to him about his new compilation ‘House of Roots’ for Defected Records at their office in London, where Shy FX, Clipz and Prince Fatty reimagine house music classics. I asked him about his beginnings representing Jamaican music on commercial radio, and how different music communities have embraced him across the decades.

If you have never seen him in sound clash mode. Watch these:

Ruby Justice Thelot is a cyberethnographer & artist living in NYC. His work is a commentary on how we live online, taste, aesthetics and culture backed by a deep knowledge of art history.

We met in London after his lecture ‘Why are there no new aesthetics?’ and we discussed AI slop, enshitification, and his personal media consumption rules and how they shape his worldview.

Ruby’s work on YouTube has an amazing mix of lectures, interviews and art. This is my favourite: The content creator as (algorithmic) folk artist

Deep Feedback is produced by New Strange

Namesbliss is a rapper from London and his debut album Where's Bliss? Is out now. I Interviewed him in the Patta store in London in August 2026 in front of some of his supporters, and we spoke about the project, how he writes, breaking through on his own terms and ADHD.

He came onto my radar in 2022 dropping freestyle videos on Instagram, and his approach mirrored one of my 🟨's: New Music Won't Blow Through Old Distribution. He was using Reels and Tik Tok to break through and build an audience in a way that centred the music. I went to his debut headline show in 2024, and it was special to see that what had been developing online, was also connecting in person.

It completes a mini internal series of interviews with break through rappers as part of this podcast, following episodes with Kibo and Ceebo. Across all of these conversations you can learn about their different approaches to writing, scene building, and where they see themselves in the contemporary landscape. My connection to MC culture is rooted in my beginnings as a Grime DJ on Rinse FM in 2008, and I wanted to use the podcast as an opportunity to connect with the next generation.