Esn: Eloquently Saying Nothing

In this episode we discuss: • YouTube show Candid Conversation's 3rd episode • If Black men protect Black women • Comparing Black issues to White issues when the subject was Black issues • A bunch of stuff around interracial dating including why interracial couples tend to marry more than Black & Black ones • Black people's views on public displays of affection • R. Kelly's "I Admit" song • James Gunn being removed from Guardian's of the Galaxy franchise for old tweets • How pedophiles find each other • If Blue Ticks on social media give people extra society credit • If we'd be cool with our friends going out with our widow 20 years after our death • Mandem protocol on holiday when you're sharing a room and your boy brings a woman home and you don't • 'Lady Of The Night' holiday stories • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Boombox Therapy Radio Show with DJ Niki Stylus on www.behindagroove.com Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: #ESNpod so we can find your comments www.esnpodcast.com www.face

In this episode we welcome guest Travis Jay and discuss: • Black British Comedians • The Big Narstie Show • Millennials complaining about Generation X & Baby Boomers and vice versa • Having targets set for definitive ages in your life • The pioneers of viral comedic clips • The longevity of comedians • British comedians making it in America • Women expecting men to pay for their 'time' on dates • If it's cool to 'floss' money on a first date • How a woman upgrades herself to good date • Sending mixed messages on dates • Love Island • Hulk Hogan being reinstated to WWE Hall of Fame after 3 years of exile for using the N word • If it's wrong to not overtly show your Black side • Rich African people not contributing to Africa • The Chinese in Africa • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Anker electrical products https://www.anker.com/ Connect with our guest: @travisjayent on Instagram & Twitter Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: #ESNpod so we can find your comments www.esnpodcast.com www.faceboo

In this episode we discuss: • Using a different barber for a wedding • Being able to swim • The Trump protests in London • Kylie Jenner being called a self made millionaire • Charlemagne's 17 year old rape accusation • People in their early 20s dating people in their mid teens • Whitney documentary • The continuation of the World Cup • Having an open top bus celebration for coming third place • If it's disappointing for Serena to lose in the Wimbledon final • Drake being at Serena's tennis game around her husband • Drake's Fire In The Booth • Father's being friends with their children • Schooling choices and expectations for children • The relationship we have with our children • Lying to parents • What we thought of Big Narsty's TV programme • #StavrosSays Recommendation : West Coast Rapper 'Caleborate' Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/caleborate YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeoGKCRkQKRYEEET-jDd8Ew Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: #ESNpod so we can find your comments

In this episode we discuss: • BBQ season in sunny London • Lacking Vitamin D • The chances of trouble rising in the heat • Losing weight or keeping in shape for your partner • Black British people supporting England during the World Cup • The success of Gareth Southgate • How the British press jeopardises the English team with their negativity • Passing culture down to our children • If politics and sports should cross beams or are they completely separate entities • Belgium and King Leopold's legacy of racist torture. • German's accepting their Nazi history and acting upon it • Black men feeling unattractive to European standards • If we personally feel attractive or unattractive • If going out with a really attractive woman made us feel better • Serena Williams saying she's the best tennis player • Why women don't laud Serena Williams as much as they do Beyonce • Pride and how their movement has spread so far and wide • If it's an issue to teach children about gay parents in pre-school without informing the

In this episode we welcome guest Darran Griffiths and discuss: • If we should feel sorry for Samira from Love Island and if she was a he, if he'd get any sympathy • If a certain type of Black woman is attractive to White men • Why Jason Derulo rubs so many people up the wrong way • Drake's Scorpion album • If the beating Joe Jackson dished out to his children was worth the success they obtained • The Dame Dash and Lee Daniels money dispute • What we'd do if you saw someone who owed us money, that had been 'ducking' us, at a wedding • What we'd do if our wife used all our savings to pay off their students loans, without telling us • If you're obliged to pay off your partners debts • How we think about money in a relationship • Terry Crews discussing his sexual assault with congress and 50 Cent mocking him for not fighting back • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Podcast App Anchor - https://anchor.fm/ Connect with our guest: @griffthejoker on Instagram & Twitter or www.darrangriffiths.com Connect with us at & s

In this episode we welcome guests Mr Vans & Fols of 'Off The Cuff' podcast and discuss: • If you can cheat on your partner and still be described as 'a stand up guy'? • The idea that if you're not married, you're single. • Why women don't want men that are nice • The pros and cons of the "Toxic Feminist" Slumflower • J Hus being caught with a knife and if it's easy to avoid 'that life' when you've made it • If the negative comments aimed at XXXTentacion after his murder are justified or out of order • Juneteenth: Should the abolition of slavery be celebrated • Sway asking rapper, Nick Grant to include non-Black women in his ode to Black women • If a Black person that has a non-Black partner can really be 100% pro-black/for the Black community • If Alan Sugar's Senegalese tweet is racist or not • If Jay Z & Beyonce's album, 'Everything Is Love' released over Nas' 'Nassir' album a coincidence or something more • Teyana Taylor's album K.T.S.E (Keep That Same Energy) • #StavrosSays Recommendation : World Cup Fan

In this episode we discuss: • The significant enough of the MAGA hat • Kanye's Yeezy marketing scheme • Jay Z & Beyonce's On The Run II concert & new Love Is Everything album • Not wanting to go raving anymore • Our views on newer albums having a shorter running time & so few tracks • Nas' Nasir album • Being in a concert crowd of White people singing the N word • What percentage of men go out of their way to make [their] women feel bad • What would happen if everyone from the opposite sex had an indoor 6pm curfew • If we treat better looking people better than not so better looking people • The Hood PTSD theory • If we'd want to know when you're going to die • If we'd prefer to know when you're going to die or how you're going to die • If people who commit suicide are seeking attention • Thinking about the legacy we'd like to leave in the world • If we're seen as good men • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Crooklyn, the movie, the soundtrack & the song Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: #

In this episode we welcome guests Mo & Jay of Colour Out The Box podcast and discuss: • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi's comments that men are more likely to listen to men • Roles given to daughters v sons • What the consequences should be to false rape allegations • Judging women who have a promiscuous past on a present rape allegation • If Black people are actually willing to have therapy • Social media & its effect on mental health • How social media has helped create a generation of people who aren't willing to weaklings • Black women v Black men on social media • How Black men can help/support Black women in their many plight: • #StavrosSays Recommendation : South African singer Shekhinah's album, Rose Gold • Unfiltered Podcast with Akala : https://youtu.be/atfVUgyEIOI • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah : https://youtu.be/czogWQ34X1Y Connect with our guests Mo & Jay: Instagram, Twitter & Facebook @Colouroutthebox www.colouroutthebox.com and search for the podcast Colour Out The Box on

In this episode we welcome guests Ola CurvyCreativeUK & Rachael UK Afrolista and discuss: • The ideas behind body positivity • What a curvy body means to different people • How each person in the room would fit into an individual photoshoot • Sex and religion • The continuation of Pusha T v Drake • The England v Nigeria football match • The Nike Nigerian Football clothing range shortage • Why companies create limited edition stuff • The press' agenda against Raheem Sterling • Why Stan Collymore is not the best spokesperson for Black (or any) cause • If one can ever be forgiven in the public eye for past problems • The 30 year old who refused to leave his parental home • If it's wrong for someone to not leave the parental home till they get married • Being un/comfortable staying in the in-laws' house • A hospital patient refusing help from Black medic because they're dirty • Black women and natural hair • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Atlanta Connect with our guests: Ola is @Curvycreativeuk and @olaaphotogra

In this episode we discuss: • The pros and cons of polygamy after Ronaldinho's upcoming dual wedding • AfroRepublik and the inter-racial relationships there • Babes Wodumo's Metro FM interview exposing her DV • If men should have a vote on abortion laws • If we'd appreciate our friend giving their honest but negative opinion on our partner • If men not paying the majority of the bills in a relationship makes them waste • Pusha T / Drake Beef • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Sky Arts Shows; Hip-Hop Evolution Fridays 9pm & Generation Grime Documentaries on the History of Hip-Hop and the story of Grime respectively. 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.instagram.com/ESNpodcast @esnpodcast on all other social media esnpodcast@gmail.com It's important to subscribe, rate and review us on your apple products. You can do that here... www.bit.ly/esnitunes

In this episode we discuss: • Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's Royal Wedding • The absence of Meghan's family • If Blacks or Whites focused on the racial aspect of the wedding more • Men denouncing new born babies because they don't look like them • How adults make new friends • Meeting new people through your children • Proposing in public • If a man proposes to a women during an event centered around her, are they stealing her shine. • LGBTQ issues with Rita Ora song 'Girls' • Tanzanian Police's new laws to outlaw sexually suggestive comments towards women • The idea of parents requesting permission from their children before changing their nappies • If men are only loved when they have something to provide • Inviting an Ex to a wedding 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 guest Fiona Compton and discuss: • Accent objectification • The #MuteRKelly movement and his removal from Spotify playlists • Epitomes of 'White Trash' • Bill Crosby & Roman Polanski's ejection from the Academy • Money to Phallus comparison ratio of importance • The art of Quinting • White Women vs Black Women's work rate in the bedroom • Lying to your friends partner for your friend • When it's ok to cheat on someone • Childish Gambino's "This is America" video • Soft v Hard and Old v New parenting methods • The pros and cons and staying at home raising children • If men and women dress for the opposite sex or themselves Connect with Fiona: Instagram: @fiona758 Twitter: @fiona758 Instagram: @knowyourcaribbean Facebook: @ParadisePrintsClothing www.fionacompton.com 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 bonus episode of the Eloquently Saying Nothing podcast, the guys hook up with the UK Hip Hop legend Ty to discuss his new album, A Work Of Heart, his career and more. Connect with Ty: Instagram: @tymusical Twitter: @tymusic Facebook: @TyChijioke www.tymusic.co.uk 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.instagram.com/ESNpodcast @esnpodcast on all other social media esnpodcast@gmail.com It's important to subscribe, rate and review us on your apple products. You can do that here... www.bit.ly/esnitunes

In this episode we welcome guest Ty and discuss: • Gentrification and what the community didn't do to stop it • Kanye's 'Slavery was a choice' comment and if's he's faking it all for promo • Issa Rae's Asian men and Black women should get together remarks • Comdian Kojo co-signing Kanye's Slavery comment then backtracking on his Twitter • Teaching ethics and morals and what those mean to different people • The 'Incel' movement and the steady rise of hyper-misogyny • How much is too much on a first date • Women offering to pay on dates • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Netflix documentary 'Wild Wild Country' Connect with Ty: Instagram: @tymusical Twitter: @tymusic Facebook: @TyChijioke www.tymusic.co.uk 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.instagram.com/ESNpodcast @esnpodcast on all other social media esnpodcast@gmail.com It's important to subscribe, rate and review us on you

In this episode we welcome guests Aysha Scott & Laurelle Jones and discuss: • Absent Fathers and ways to force them to be proactive in their children's lives • Kelis interview outing Nas as domestic abuser and faking his pro Black stance • Bill Cosby's guilty verdict in his sexual abuse case • Meek Mill released from jail • Kanye West controversial tweets regarding Trump and his new tracks • Janelle Monáe and the definition of 'pansexual' • Colouism • Old tweets catching up with you • Cleaning and seasoning meat • Retroactively wiping minor weed convictions once weed is made legal • J. Cole in Nigeria • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Ms Banks' Album - The Coldest Winter Ever album Connect with our guests: Aysha Scott is @ayshascott and www.ascottproductions.com and Laurelle Jones is @laurellejones 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.instagram.com/ESNpodcast @esnpodcast on a

In this episode we discuss: • The Dark Ages and Black people in British Monarchy over history • Various forms of holiday etiquette • Metro systems from around the world and comparing them to the London Underground • The difference between how corruption is described from country to country • Asylum seekers in Austria being asked for phone and money before entrance • Lycamobile's alleged money laundering and Tory donations • The possible conspiracy surrounding the bombing of Syria • If Will Smith could have been good as Neo in Matrix • The possible conspiracy around the nerve agent attack in Salisbury • The Windrush expulsion controversy • Tottenham MP, David Lammy's recent personal growth • Starbucks arresting two Black people and their 8000 store shutdown for racial bias training • Radar Radio mass exodus of talent due to allegations of sexual and racial misconduct • Jessie J winning Chinese singing competition • The movie 'I Feel Pretty' causing uproar and calls for boycott due to trailer • Azealia Banks

In this episode we discuss: • The continued KFC shortage • Why it's off limits for fellow Blacks to insult Somalians • Biskit gripping his Mother's buttocks • Tristan Thompson's infidelity against Khloe Kardashian • Watching adult content with parents • AFTV guys getting a programme on Channel 4 • Best crews in the rap game, ever • Whether Missy Elliott or Lauryn Hill is best • Female rappers and why they're always pitted against each other • What would put us off having sex with a woman • Having sex with disabled people and what that means • GDPR and its implementation in the European Union • Drake's "Nice For What?" video and why its a woman empowerment piece • Feeling intimidated by women in the current climate and if any of us would be described as a feminist • The US, British & French military attack against Syria and what it all means • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Stephen : The Murder That Changed A Nation. BBC Documentary about Stephen Lawrence will be shown on BBC 1 over the course of three days.

In this episode we discuss: • Matrix & The Wachowskis • If technology has destroyed the art of cam bootlegs • Getting followed by police • Stephon Clark's old tweets insulting Black women and the following clapback • White comedian Gary Owen getting his Black wife to call someone else the N word • Lil Dicky's Freaky Friday song and use of the N word • If Black men are more derogatory to their women than men of other races are to their own • If men marry the woman they love or the woman that's around when they're ready to marry • If women know who they should marry but wait out for something better • #VisaBae, the fashion youtuber who requested money to pay for a visa to stay in the country • If Emily B's father was weak for not going harder at Fabolous after their domestic violence incident • Conor McGregor travelling overseas to fight for his friend • Carbi B's album • The rise in London's youth crime • Winnie Mandela's passing • The 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jnr's • #StavrosSays R

In this episode we discuss: • Feminine energy of the mandem • CBeebies Jollof • Nigerian cuisine • What an "alternate minority" is • If temporarily reversing slavery would or could cure some of the world's ills • There being no criminal prosecutions of the Alton Sterling's police killers • Unarmed Father of two, Stephon Clark, shot at 20 times in his grandparents garden. Mostly in the back. • Devonte Hart & other Black adopted siblings probably killed by adopted parents in suspected murder-suicide • South Africa's first person sent to jail for racism, Vicki Momberg. Was 2 years too long? • Viagra now being readily available over the pharmacy counter in the UK • Is it cheating to "Quantum Leap" and have relations with someone on the other side • Taking one for the team when the team didn't need one taken • If we'd forgive each other for having improper thoughts about our partner • The Heineken advert called out for racism by Chance The Rapper • Fabolous' DV episode against long term girlfriend Emily B • Waha

In this episode we welcome guests Tracey & Wayne & discuss: • Calling people Caribbean or West Indian • Surname changes after marriage • Africans throwing their language and culture away • Taking DNA test to find out ethnic makeup • The best and worst part of our relationships • The highs and lows of Ghanaian food • Not understanding modern music and culture • Growing old and embracing it • Comparing credit scores • People in their 2nd Childhood • What it'd be like to be single again • The joys of approval and pain of rejection when trying to get a whine in a dance • Israel / Palestine conflict & Israel's mass deportation of African migraints • Wahala's #Fatwatch : 122kg • #StavrosSays Recommendation : 'The Fits' movie & accompanying song Aurora by Kiah Victoria Connect with our guest Wayne at: waynebaptiste@hotmail.co.uk 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.instagram.com