Esn: Eloquently Saying Nothing

In this episode we welcome guests Simply Tops & her husband Joseph & discuss: • DatActors monologue interruption from last week • Telling your peoples when they flop • The Bruno Mars, cultural appropriation debate • How skin shade affects a career • White people passing for a person of colour • The conclusion of the issue around inviting women on the podcast late at night • If it's an issue to say 'no children' on a wedding invitation • Nigerian Wedding Etiquette • Being attacked by Nigerian Twitter • The idea Cardi B could ruin her career by having a child now • If women need to stay home after having a child • Looking down on women who choose not to breastfeed • De Montfort University racist suspension • Danry Vásquez caught on CCTV battering girlfriend & DV in general • Men waiting for someone special for a first kiss • Katy Perry sexually abusing American Idol contestant • DJ Envy defending his wife's honour on the Breakfast Club against Desus & Mero • Wahala's #Fatwatch : 122kg • #StavrosSays Recommen

In this episode we welcome guest Mark 'SliderCuts' Maciver & discuss: • What it's like for SliderCuts going from local neighborhood barber to award winning, celebrity barber • How having a PA can stop you getting numbers from DMs • How local Black businesses can help give work to young people in the community • Ways to help deal with mental illness in the Black community • Barbershops acting as a middle ground between the streets and the corporate world • Vanessa Carlton not wanting to be associated to Chris Brown after a shout out due to his DV history • Skepta's comments regarding racism in GQ magazine • Tips for barbers • Nightmare hair stories • The African-barbers-can't-cut-hair sterotype • If being respectful to women can be seen as being condescending • What Black men really say/think about Black women behind closed doors • If social media gives a false misrepresentation of real society • The idea that broke men will leave a woman once they come up • Men waiting to build a foundation before a relatio

In this episode we discuss: • The etiquette of inviting a woman to the podcast when no-one has met her • If men should take decisions away from grown women in regards to their safety • Anthony Joshua's comments on his Son and Niece • If boys and girls should be taught the same in regards to sexual expression • If men hold women to the same standards that they do themselves • If people teach boys to be good husbands the same way they do girls to be good wives • Skepta and Naomi Campbell being a couple. • If we'd rather have a loyal partner or a faithful partner • #HurtBae 2 • If Mo'nique proved her point regarding Netflix gender and race discrimination claims after the breakfast club interview • Mo'nique's beef with Oprah • Safaree's nudes, women going mad over them and the men who were crying about it • Arsenal being a disgrace of a football club • The Golden State Warriors skipping their White House visit to take children to the African American History Museum • The potential problems of a transitioning Wom

In this episode we discuss: • The ESN work rate • Tiffany Haddish explains Groupon • Will & Jada Smith's dominance • Official Film spoiling people • Stormzy's armour • How they treating Theresa May • Young black Power couples • All-star courtside action • Oprah's interracial relationship • How M'Baku got the juice • The culture of School shootings • The art of petty • Africans in the Winter Olympics • The oil find in Jamaica • Friendship dates with the opposite gender • Wahala's Fat Watch : Week 4 • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Black Mirror 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 bonus episode of the Eloquently Saying Nothing podcast, the guys get together to give an in depth break down, top to bottom, of Ryan Coogler's Black Panther movie. 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: • The healing properties of Rubb & Abenaki • Beyonce v Michael Jackson (again) • Men crying • Drake's "God's Plan" video & the negative comments around it • Taking hand outs from other men • If taking out the trash a mans job even if the woman is a housewife? • If good sex stops a partner complaining • If men get pussy whipped like women get dickmatised? • The Black Panther movie • Blac Chyna's leaked sex vid • Fergie's atrocious national anthem • Examples of White people leaving their appropriation behind • Filter bubbles • The uproar of KFC running out of Chicken • Wahala's Fat Watch : Week 3 • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Black Panther Movie 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

In this episode we discuss: • Elon Musk, his businesses and if he's the real life Tony Stark • Nike's 'Nothing Beats A Londoner' Advert & the North's issues with London always being the focus in England • Asian's complaints about being underrepresented in adverts • Irene Major skin bleaching & whipping off her hair on live TV • Mathew Knowles' comment that his daughter's light skin plays some part in her massive success • Beyonce v Michael Jackson v Prince v ? ? ? • Quincy Jones' explosive Vulture interview • Erykah Badu's Poison Pussy • If the dismantling of F1 Grid Girls & Darts Walk-On Girls roles is feminism or something else • Parenting - The most important job/role in the world • Valentine's Day v Champions League • Wahala's Fat Watch : Week 2 • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Pruvo.net The website that could save you money on hotel bookings 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/ESNpod

In this episode we discuss: • The last time we got angry and switched • Stav and Wahala getting beaten by their sister • Should a wife always leave her husband in every situation of domestic violence. • If women have forgiven Chris Brown for the Rihanna beating • Wearing native regalia to the Black Panther movie • If David Oyelowo's Black Panther premiere attire a disgrace • Stefflon Don's Shadeism tweet controversary • Why people are shadeist • If dark skinned men have the same issues in society as dark skinned women • Deleting social media when getting famous • Fenty's "BIIITCH" advert • Kim Kardashian's Bo West braids issue • If Kanye West is pimping out Kim K • Selling your own sex tape • Prison's hierarchy system • West Ham recruitment director fired for saying he doesn't want African players • Wahala's Fat watch • #StavrosSays Recommendation : The cinephilia app Letterboxd to rate, review, collate, organise & share movies Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: #ESNpod so we can fi

In this episode we discuss: • Smut peddling sagas • What dress size we are attracted to • Disliking Soca • What songs we'd like played at our funeral • What our personal theme song is • West African elocution etiquette • Dating advice • The pros & cons of dating 'potential' • Blind dates and running out on a potential because they're ugly • What we'd do if our friend's mother continuously asked for money • Why Caribbean men can cook and male WAFs (West Africans) can't • The exchange of security & comfort in a relationship • If a man could be happy being a House husband • The correct way to eat cereal • The idea of being Trans-Age • #StavrosSays Recommendation : The Spierig Twins movie 'Predestination' 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

In this episode we welcome guest Lady Andromeda & discuss: • Cyrille Regis' passing and his legacy • Ronaldinho's retirement • The BDSM / Dominatrix industry • How the UK laws have affected the UK porn industry and Women especially • How we'd react if our friend had a sex doll • If we'd do an infomercial praising a sex doll for 150K • Tracey Ellis Ross' equal pay battle with Anthony Anderson of Black-ish • L'Oréal's hair product promotion featuring a Hijab wearing model • Synthetic diamonds for engagement rings • Which of the ESN guys would make the most money as an Escort • A list of the many different fetishes out there • How you have a relationship whilst being in the sex industry • The proposed increase in police stop & search • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Freelance service website www.fiverr.com Connect with our guest Lady Andromeda at: @ladyandromedaUK on Instagram & Twitter 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 discuss: • Liverpool's win over Man City • Football's VAR technology • Ginuwine's refusing to kiss Trans India Willoughby • If John Barnes is Cooning on CBB or just being real • Oprah Winfrey's 'Time's Up' speech and possible 2020 Presidential run • ANOTHER celebrity, Aziz Ansari, being accused of sexual misconduct • If you kick someone out if they refuse your advances • Goddamn Trump, his shithole comments & all the over foolishness he did this week • Dave Chappelle's new year's special • Columbo conundrum : What we'd do if our partner slapped our Mum • H&M Monkey Hoodie controversy • If we'd let our child wear the H&M Monkey Hoodie in an ad for £2.5million • #BlackHogwarts • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Classic Unreleased Albums + Cormega - The Testament (1998-2005) + Foxy Brown - Ill Na Na 2 : The Fever (2003) + Latrelle Williams - Dirty Girl, Wrong Girl, Bad Girl (2002) + Lord Have Mercy - Tha Ungodly Hour (1998) Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to:

In this episode we discuss: • How many episodes have we done • Oyinbosity in 2018 • Invitation etiquette • Authentic African parties • Nudity around young children • When is bathing a child inappropriate • Menstral cycle awareness • White middleclass male struggles • Jesse 'Messi' Lingard affair • Gender based sexual appetites • How Nigeria made Instagram • Wedding photographer beef • Essence Magazine • The rise and fall of page 3 • Gentrification of Tottenham • #StavrosSays Recommendation : MTV Suga 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

In this episode we discuss: • Festive illnesses • Seeing an ex girlfriend with a new girlfriend & vice versa • Stavros telling his Ex's they will never get a better man than him • How to help men having issues with their confidence • Stavros' ego v Stavros' self doubt • How we can do better and be better as individuals and as a group • In what aspects we're flopping individually and the issues we as ESN have as a podcast • Lewis Hamilton telling his nephew that "Boys don't wear princess dresses." • Wiley getting an MBE Prince Harry under advice not to invite Obama to his wedding to save offending Trump • Recap of people who have passed away in 2017 • 2017 round up & best of / worst of compilation • Saluting the UK podcasts that have started or made waves throughout the year • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Ready Player One by Earnest Cline 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

This is The B Side of our two part Christmas special In this episode we discuss: • Drunk stories • Rio Stories • Falling for strippers • Mr Wolf's views on The Lottery Situation • Charles Barkley's $1 million pledge to Black women with a caveat • Straight men getting married to each other for tax break • Inheritance talk • Apple iPhone slow down • UFOs • Disney acquiring Fox • Best superhero films • #StavrosSays Recommendation : The music of RnB artist 'PJ' 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

This is Side A of our two part Christmas special. Look out for Side B later on this week. In this episode we discuss: • Star Wars : The Force Awakens review • Work Christmas partying while Black • The fallacy of the term 'I don't judge' • The Spac Nation Church & the balaclava sermon/grime session • R.I.P Combat Jack • Joe Budden leaving Everyday Struggle and joining Revolt? • Do men want to watch their child being born • Buying Christmas gifts • The Lottery Dilemma • Whose money is whose money in a five year relationship? • Sylvester Stallone's sexual assault allegation • Is this sexual assault situation a generational thing • Is the PC/SJW culture going too far? • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Kwanzaa 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

In this episode we discuss: • How well Ghanaians are doing in entertainment • Black Thought's 10 minutes Funk Flex freestyle • Eminem's 'Revival' and N.E.R.D's 'No_One Ever Really Dies' albums • Wu-Tang's rapping order • If Method Man puts more effort into rap or acting • Nigerian restaurant sagas • KFC shop sagas • Sickle Cell and giving blood (SickleKan blood drive) • Car incidents and not going through insurance • TV show Insecure breakdown : MAJOR SPOILERS • Single women and the men they should be going out with • Which TV shows we're watching and looking forward to • Antoine Griezmann in Black Face • The delicate line of racial diplomacy • Gossip & Pillow Talk • A short discussion on the Joyner Lucas - I'm Not Racist video • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Picture calendar gift idea for the oldies 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 @esnpodcas

In this episode we discuss: • Taking on the bad traits of those one hangs around • Being the 'good friend' that a girlfriend is happy her partner go out with • Partying like we're in our 20s • Chance meeting with fellow UK podcasters from The Not Everyday Podcast • Black Women going gym • What we're too old to do now • Stereotypical Black footballer uniforms • Which is the one drug we'd take if we had to do it once • #ListenerDilemma : "Should I re-date my Ex who is friends with my other Ex?" • What would you do if an acquaintance puts a sexually explicit video of your woman on social media after an argument • Would we tell our boy if we had a personal sex video of his misses • Russell Simmons' third sexual assault allegation & him stepping down from businesses • Will the #MeToo movement cross into the Hip Hop community • Reggie Yates' stepping down from TOTP after 'Fat Jews' comment • Jewish clap back the strongest in the game • Return to the Libya African slaves topic • School bullying : We're we on either

In this episode we discuss: • Gay hating Bashment music • Dancehall / Bashment / Ragga artists banned from the UK • What people slow dance and grind to in clubs these days • Listening to old school lyrics with adult ears • Michael Jackson owning The Beatles, Destiny's Child & Eminem's publishing • Dancehall Battle • DSTKRT venue closing down • Putting a partner or a parent first • Denzel Washington's comments on absent Black Fathers being blamed for numbers of Black in Jail • Smacking children • Children pushing boundaries • What music we'd want our children listening to • A bit of football (Adebayor celebration against Arsenal, Arsenal v Man Utd) • Power Ballads • Libyan Slave Trade • #StavrosSays Recommendation : The Amazon Price Tracker site www.camelcamelcamel.com Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: www.esnpodcast.com www.facebook.com/ESNpodcasts www.twitter.com/ESNpodcast www.instagram.com/ESNpodcast esnpodcast@gmail.com "@esnpodcast" on all other social media & use #ESNpod so we ca

In this episode we discuss: • Harassment from airport immigration officers • Nigerian v British Passports • 15 year old Terrell Decosta Jones-Burton's servere injuries by police during being detained for suspected mobile phone theft • Corrupt police in general • Which children's stories have underlying aspect of sexism and racism • Black women fighting battles for other fractions/communities before themselves and their own • Ignorance from other communities to the plights of Black women • Touching Black people's hair • Black men not defending Black women (again) • How men can abandon their own children • If sex with another person would be an option if someone in the relationship was not able to sex anymore • The Oxford Street mayhem • Zimbabwe's new president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, promising to compensate White farmers • #StavrosSays Recommendation : The Prince exhibition "My Name Is Prince" at The O2 & The Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition "Boom for Real" at the Barbican Connect with us at & send your questio

In this episode we discuss: • What it's like for MadCat to live with Stav • Stav finally fixing the shower! • The What The Health documentary • Wahala reducing his meat intake due to watching the film • The Coup of Mugabe in Zimbabwe • African leaders staying in power for too long • If a woman should leave her husband if there was a coup and he had been taken hostage? • If Serena or Venus looked better at her Serena's wedding? • What Black women have to think about regarding their hair in the work place • How we'd react if a man came for a job interview in full Agbada • Refusing to wearing clothes from your partners Country during a wedding ceremony • How we'd deal with our daughter dating and then being impregnated by a boy who verbally and emotionally abuses them? • The loss of one of the ESN Villagers. R.I.P Sharonè Knight • #StavrosSays Recommendation - Apps Google Photos and Snapseed Connect with our guest MadCat at: www.instagram.com/theoccasionangel Connect with us at & send your questions & comme