Esn: Eloquently Saying Nothing

In this episode we discuss: • Jidenna's '85 to Africa' album • Fela's influence on music • If Kevin Hart's dismissal of Lil Nas X was actually a dismissal • Sex in front of children • Cheating on partners with people that aren't as good as current partner • The idea African men use Caribbean women just for pleasure but marry African • Dating a Hotep • The life and death of Robert Mugabe • The xenophobic issue in South Africa brutalsiing other Africans • #StavrosSays: Top Boy (https://www.netflix.com/title/80217669) Voice note us at esnpodcast@gmail.com Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: #ESNpod so we can find your comments www.esnpodcast.com www.twitter.com/ESNpodcast www.instagram.com/ESNpodcast www.facebook.com/ESNpodcasts It's important to subscribe, rate and review us on your apple products. You can do that here... www.bit.ly/esnituneswd

In this episode we welcome our guest Lala of '2 Girls & A Mic Podcast' and discuss: • Carnival, its changes, costs and costumes • Whining with people at carnival • Are the clothes that young ladies wearing nowadays inappropriate • The will to lose weight • Calorie count in v calorie work out • Uproar regarding UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative party proroguing parliament • If getting a small engagement ring is acceptable • If getting a ring during a proposal necessary • Janelle Monae apologising for suggesting voting registration should take place at Popeye's Chicken queues • Dave Chappelle's new Netflix special 'Sticks & Stones' • Snowflakes culture • Lizzo's supposed social media thievery • WARNING: Dave Chappelle 'Sticks & Stones' SPOILER DISCUSSION between 1:58:20 - 2:15:00 • #StavrosSays : uBlock Origin Browser Blocker [http://tiny.cc/9zt1bz] Connect with our guests: + Lala is @misslalaworks on Instagram & @misslalareport on Twitter + Connect with Lala's Black Girl Fit Fest project at @bl

In this episode we welcome guests Nezzy & Tunde of 'Tales From The Plantation' podcast and discuss: • Micro Aggressions in the workplace • Dark skinned being women being classed as attractive when they’re not • If there is a Black African standard of beauty • If Black women can succeed in the music industry without sexualising themselves • The issues of calling mixed raced people Black • If Prince Harry would have married Meghan Markle if she was a fully Black • Cambridge university giving £20 million in reparations to West Indian university • If the roles were reversed, would Africans freely give reparations • Tiered tax systems versus blanket wage tax rates • Brexit & the second referendum • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Jidenna's '85 to Africa' album [https://open.spotify.com/album/238eVufzRziHuYLuBVZh1u] Connect with our guests: Tales From The Plantation are on Instagram @talesfromtheplantation Twitter @plantationtales Search for the podcast 'Tales From The Plantation' on Apple Podcast, Soundcloud and

In this episode we discuss: • Slumflower's change of attitude • Social media popularity • Stale podcast topics • Griff's Essex Bwoy comedy show • Anxiety from hoping you don't get picked on in a comedy show crowd • The Met Police Officer that went on Nigerian Big Brother and if she should be fired • Home Office's #KnifeFree chicken box campaign • The lack of ideas combating knife crime • If Jay Z's Roc Nation / NFL deal is him selling out • Jeffrey Epstein's "suicide" • Democratic congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar banned from Israel after tweets from Trump encouraging the ban • Anthony Joshua insulting Lennox Lewis • Racist abuse towards Chelsea's Tammy Abraham from his own team's fans • DJ Webslinger's Plug: Jo Kow's Netflix Comedys (https://www.netflix.com/title/81002929) • #StavrosSays: Fire In The Spoof (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA7KUDElNwzKpRUS9i1MzyA) Voice note us at esnpodcast@gmail.com Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: #ESNpod so we can find your comments www.e

In this episode we discuss: • Rick Ross' new album Port of Miami 2 • The anniversary of Sean Price's death • General Hip-Hop talk • Travelling to 'the hood' in different countries • Looking "Nigerian" • If it's ok to verbally insult a woman after she insults a man for approaching her • When children lose their innocence • Teaching children negative traits inadvertently • If racism is learnt • The fear of a woman walking in front of a man • How to survive trauma • The different traumatic experiences we've had in our lives • How different people deal with miscarriages • Being emotional over good acts • Mr Wolf's plug: https://www.gofundme.com/reach-rwanda-mission-trip • #StavrosSays: Rick Ross' back catalogue of albums Voice note us at esnpodcast@gmail.com Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: #ESNpod so we can find your comments www.esnpodcast.com www.twitter.com/ESNpodcast www.instagram.com/ESNpodcast www.facebook.com/ESNpodcasts It's important to subscribe, rate and review us on your

In this episode we welcome guests Mr Vans & Fols of 'Off The Cuff' podcast and discuss: • Afro Nation winning • dbcxptures winning with his photography link ups at Afro Nation • The problem with Houseboys / Housegirls • Lux Afrique's Polo Event • Different crowds for different ages • Going to night clubs by yourself • The disrespect of women rejecting men's advances rudely • How to use social media to finesse the game • The entitlement of random people taking videos / pictures taking pictures of other people's children • Women swooning over men with their children and men using that to their advantage • Native clothing and good and bad tailors • What we did with our first pay check • The burden of Black representation • Urinating in the shower and other such pagan acts • Mixing water and milk in the shower • #StavrosSays Recommendation : TV show, The Boys on Amazon Prime [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QQQ52B3] Connect with our guests: Mr Vans is @mrvans7 on Instagram & Twitter Fols is @folsforever on Instagr

On this week podcast we discuss: • ESN guesting on other people podcasts • 3 Shots of Tequila Podcast’s upcoming show at Hammersmith Apollo • The Receipts Podcast getting a Spotify deal • Who listens to Black UK podcasts • Puff Daddy dating his son’s ex girlfriend • If you would suggest a girl you dated to your son if she was better suited to him • If you set up your daughter with a work colleague • Settling down with a woman that has slept with as many men as you • How do you tell your children about why you broke up with their mother • Do you over compensate for not living with your child. • What makes a classic album • Hip Hop Corner • Product placement and it's influences on masses • What thing have you always wanted as a child that you purchased as an adult. • Being a ’square’ vs an ‘artist’ • Wahala wanting to go to a festival before he dies. Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: #ESNpod so we can find your comments www.esnpodcast.com www.facebook.com/ESNpodcasts www.twitter.com/ES

In this episode we welcome guest Mo from Colour Out The Box podcast and discuss: • Being envious of your friends • Adulting: Pensions & Private Healthcare • Having more disposable income • Our most expensive resturant meal • Cash v Chip n Pin v Contactless • Being Friendzoned • Height shaming & men lying about their height • Online dating and its woes • What filters we’d use if we could customise the online dating experience • Mahershala Ali playing Blade and wishing Wesley Snipes could have done it • Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 4 and its inclusivness • Beyonce’s Lion King Album featuring too many West African artists Connect with our guests Mo: Instagram, Twitter & Facebook @Colouroutthebox www.colouroutthebox.com and search for the podcast Colour Out The Box on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud and anywhere you get your podcasts Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: #ESNpod so we can find your comments www.esnpodcast.com www.facebook.com/ESNpodcasts www.twitter.com/ESNpodcast www.i

In this episode we discuss: • Growing old and not understanding new slang, specifically the word 'pattern' • Date night with the other half • What makes a spontaneous activity • If African Countries should go back to being tribes as opposed to the coloniser designed countries • The Biafra war / Nigerian Civil War • The issues with Nigeria • If pretty girls know when they're receiving pretty girl privilege • Jermaine Dupri's views on current female rappers • Lauryn Hill (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill) v Missy Elliott (Supa Dupa Fly) • Swizz Beatz being an overrated producer • Podcast Beef? Joe Budden (The Joe Budden Podcast) v Crissle (The Read) • If A$AP Rocky should be defended by the Black community since his incarceration in Sweden after his lack of support for activism towards Blacks • #StavrosSays: The books from 'The Caine Prize for African Writing' [www.caineprize.com] Voice note us at esnpodcast@gmail.com Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: #ESNpod so we can find your comments w

In this episode we welcome guest Darran Griffiths and discuss: • Darran's comedy special • Dealing with hecklers on stage • Best ever comedy special • Uproar around Black singer Halle Bailey playing the live action Ariel in The Little Mermaid live action remake • Kids parties that are actually adult parties • Failing out with friends over wedding planning • What you expect from other people • If it's desirable to be labeled the first Black person to... • If Stormzy deserved a headline spot at Glastonbury after one one album • Deportation for people that have been in the country for most of their lives • Coco Gauff's Wimbledon run • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Text "PAC" to 65075 for Pac code to change contract (UK) Connect with our guest: @griffthejoker on Instagram & Twitter or www.darrangriffiths.com for tickets to his one man comedy show, Essex Bwoy Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: #ESNpod so we can find your comments www.esnpodcast.com www.facebook.com/ESNpodcasts www.twitter.co

In this episode we discuss: • Our favourite adult actresses and their impact on their lives • What counts as too big an ass • The best sex song • Having sex with multiple people on the same day • If it's a bad thing to reminisce over good times with old friends of the opposite sex • Men being men and not letting over men step on their men business • Male and female roles in relationships • Investment strategies • Going out with friends of the opposite sex when in a relationship • Why people wouldn't want bridal party dancing with too much vim at their wedding Voice note us at esnpodcast@gmail.com Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: #ESNpod so we can find your comments www.esnpodcast.com www.twitter.com/ESNpodcast www.instagram.com/ESNpodcast www.facebook.com/ESNpodcasts It's important to subscribe, rate and review us on your apple products. You can do that here... www.bit.ly/esnituneswd

In this episode we welcome discuss: • Big Wahala's wedding • Governments poisoning citizens on purpose • The difference between intent and negligence • The removal of Louis Farrakhan from social media • Why they don't teach financial literacy and Black history in school • The best TV/Movie Dad for Fathers day • When They See Us (Yes, again) • Pulling up on companies to get what you're owed Voice note us at esnpodcast@gmail.com Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: #ESNpod so we can find your comments www.esnpodcast.com www.twitter.com/ESNpodcast www.instagram.com/ESNpodcast www.facebook.com/ESNpodcasts It's important to subscribe, rate and review us on your apple products. You can do that here... www.bit.ly/esnituneswd

In this episode we welcome discuss: • Wahala’s Traditional engagement • The etiquette of whining & what a man should do whwn he gets ’heated’ • Stalking your own children • Blacks getting a pass for racially sensitive conversation • Serena Williams’ White husband trying to learn to do his bi-raicals daughter’s hair by entering a close Black haor group • The advice we give to a Father having his first child (daughter) • Being refused to enter the delivery room when our woman is giving birth by the woman • The dangers for women dating • The sagas of not washing legs in the shower • Webslinger Recommendation : (www.issue6ix.com) • Simple Simon Recommendation : (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-windrush-sunday-block-party-tickets-63324425060) • #StavrosSays Recommendation : - Darren Griffiths’ ‘Essex Bwoy’ comedy show (https://www.darrangriffiths.com/essexbwoy) - The Shield, TV show (https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-shield) Voice note us at esnpodcast@gmail.com Connect with us at & send your question

In this episode we welcome guest Gbontwi Anyetei and discuss: • Black women in Love Island • Dating someone who has been on Love Island • The compative beauty in Africa • If a stop over in a country means you can claim that as a country you’ve been to • ADOS: American Descendants of Slaves as a new and divisive movement • Black British v African Americans • Gentrification and its effect on the community • How Black people that were not born and raised in Africa are seen when they go back home. • The ‘When They See Us’ series on Netflix, documenting the Central Park 5’s case • What messages parents should give their children if ever stopped by police • Women being sexually assaulted on public transport • Another suspecious death of a Black man in police custody • Why Black people don’t / haven’t risen up violently to retaliate against police brutality and White supremecy • The protests in Liberia against President George Weah • The army killings of citizens In Sudan • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Julie Adenu

In this episode we discuss: • Liverpool's win in the Champions League final over Tottenham • Arsenal's loss to Chelsea in the Europa League final • Anthony Joshua's loss to Andy Ruiz Jr • Coming up with a friend and them leaving you behind • Endz Festival and if it's for mature people • Time flying between 30 and 40 • Our thoughts when we found out our partners were pregnant • Different styles of Fatherhood • What middle class Africans look like and the difference between lower, middle and upper class • The new and very restrictive abortion laws in America • The nuances between losing a child in the womb and abortion • Women having a sex ban for female empowerment • A women measuring her man's penis • Supporting Black business • Different gay terminology • Wearing rainbow clothes as a straight person • #StavrosSays : Netflix's mini series regarding the Central Park 5 'When They See Us' (https://www.netflix.com/title/80200549) Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: www.esnpodcast.com www.fac

In this episode we discuss: • The Marvel comics Onslaught Saga • Disney's upcoming streaming service v Netflix • What programme has the best ending • The idea that people that sleep 8 hours aren't successful • Wedding counselling, what it entails and how useful it could be • Love languages • Doing things we don't wanna do for a relationship • Wanting people to want to do things they don't want to do • Paying people upfront before service rendered • Billionaire Robert F. Smith offering to pay the student debt for all 2019 graduating class of Morehouse College • When public displays of good works is a good thing • The fallacy of academia equaling success • Sir Ken Robinson's ideas on nurturing creativity • Game of Thrones ending • #StavrosSays : Channel 4's music & spoken word programme 'Foot To The Floor' (https://www.channel4.com/programmes/four-to-the-floor) (https://www.youtube.com/user/LemonadeMoneyTV) Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: www.esnpodcast.com www.facebook.com/ESNpodcas

In this episode we discuss: • Stav talking about his travels • What would you do if someone asked you to review something you didn't enjoy but they're a nice person • What it's like living in New York • Mr Wolf sister attempted car jacked in NY • How do you feel about crack heads? Can you spot a crack head from someone who just is a little off? • Would you help a disabled person if you saw them in a gym & they didn't ask for assistance. • What do we think of Falcon being the new Captain America • Are all the major cities the same? • Why does Chadwick Boseman seem to be getting all the historical black characters. • Jeremy Kyle Show getting cancelled • Game of Throne discussion / spoilers.. Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: www.esnpodcast.com www.facebook.com/ESNpodcasts www.twitter.com/esnpodcast @esnpodcast on all other social media

In this episode we welcome guests Fred Santana & Temi Alchemy The 90's Baby show podcast and discuss: • Stav tales from Toronto • Uncle Behaviour • What the last time your Dad took your Mum on a date • Fred wanting people to cancel meetings. • Ayesha Curry wanting to be desired by other men apart from her husband • Do we as men want to be desired by other women that's not ours • Danny Baker chimp picture of the new royal baby • Is Charles about this Ruler life? • Is outward racism back in fashion • The dating game for young people vs the older generation • Is the art of conversation now dead in dating • Is it more attractive to have woman that doesn't have social media account • Would you go to a woman barber • What would you do if your woman gives another man more food than you in the house. • What jobs would you learn so that your partner doesn't have to go to another man do it. • Would you give up your throne for love? • Liverpool and Spurs reaching the champions league final Connect with our guests

In this episode we welcome guests Mo from Colour Out the Box podcast and discuss: • Taking time off work after redundancy • Game of Throne spoilers! • Waiting for your partner to watch shows • Is Simple Simon raising a road man going too far? • R.I.P respects • Police asking to have rape and sexual assault victims phones for evidence • Instagram hiding likes and followers • How influencers and businesses will be effect by instagram changes • Social media and mental health • Hamza Choudhury FA charges due to Social Media comments • Should companies punish you for things you said online before joining them • Caster Semenya losing her court case • Do you think you should live with someone before you marry them? • What things do you think are men and women jobs in the house? Connect with our guests Mo: Instagram, Twitter & Facebook @Colouroutthebox www.colouroutthebox.com and search for the podcast Colour Out The Box on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud and anywhere you get your podcasts Connect with us

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