Esn: Eloquently Saying Nothing

This weeks topics are: • Are we vengful people? • Do you think there is someone in the world that wants you dead. • Do mix race couple show more public displays of affection than other same race couples? • Do we enjoy PDA's. • Are we a fan of our women wearing sexy lingerie. • What reaction would we have if someone came to us a "Man" to tell they have had an affair with our partners. • Do you see your ex relationships as a waste of time • Is the world too sensitive • Are we toxic men? • The silly things some men consider gay. • The Joe Budden Podcast Spotify situation • #StavrosSays : Tenet Movie 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/esnitunes

In this episode we discuss: • Dressing like you’re off the boat • Our exploits at our activity day • Wahala’s stag do • Forcing people to drink alcohol when they don’t want to • Black men who don’t want Black women • Megan Thee Stallion confirms Tory Lanez shot her • Men not caring about cutting their hair since lockdown • Companies potentially moving staff to other countries • Working from home • Digital nomads • Competing & pushing oneself • Podcast production quality • Famalam & their controversial Jamaican Countdown sketch • Tinie Tempah’s tweet wishing for British Black billionaires • How much a billion really is • Nas’ King’s Disease album • Nas’ production making the difference • #StavrosSays : Nas - King's Disease [https://open.spotify.com/album/5ZQjqg9obFzyGuxGj0mjSi] 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/ESNpodcas

In this episode we discuss • The film 300 & it's historical accuracy • Riding animals being animal cruelty • Which animals would turn against us if there was an animal uprising • Packing up and going home (or not) • The problems with excessive fraud • Nigerian's views on legacy • The problems with representation in Nollywood • Listener feedback and alternate hosts • Stavros mentioning Wahala is his younger brother • Burna Boy's 'Twice as Tall' album • Afrobeats v Naija Jams • Germany offering Namibia $12,000,000 for historic atrocities during the occupation of their land 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/esnitunes

In this episode we discuss • Travelling Africa • Jamaica & England being the biggest influencers in the world • Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion’s WAP song & response • Rick Ross v 2 Chainz Verzuz • Enjoying the sunshine • Walking • Reasons for breaking up • If we’d wait for a partner if they went to jail • Kissing your friends & pretending you want to kiss your friend • People thinking they’re closer friends than they are • Locking off friends easily • Going to cinema now it’s open • Model, Ducky Thot dating down • What dating down is • What type of stealing is moral or acceptable • Making new friends • Avoiding making friends with neighbours • Slut shaming • The slant towards promiscuous material in Black popular media • Cis Black Men apparently being the weakest links • #StavrosSays : Djay Pro App: [https://www.algoriddim.com/djay-pro-mac] #StavrosSays : Bedtime Stories Podcast [https://soundcloud.com/bsbyakd] Voice note us at esnpodcast@gmail.com Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: #ES

In this episode we discuss • Boys playing with girls toys • Critiquing other people’s parenting skills • Raising daughters time serve their partners • Toeing the line with partners parents & family • Going into a family home over waiting for someone outside • If the attributes that children have stay with them forever • Kicking kids out of the house when they turn adult • How other podcasters discussed the Wiley antisemitism issue • Jamaican court allowing schools to ban dreadlocks • Zimbabwe deal with former White farmers $3.5 billions dollars • The capitulation of Africans to western powers • The power or power in regards to different countries • Beyonce's Black Is King extended music video • If Beyonce relates only to upper class / affluent Africanism 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 s

In this episode we discuss: • Workers being jealous of people on furlough • Reading on commutes • Watching films in the cinema v watching elsewhere • Sky TV v BT • The absolute trash that is Fatal Affair • The best superhero movie • The importance of the TLC channel • Censoring and watering down the pod • How landline phones are a waste of time • Our personal growth as podcasters over 10 years • Sharing hosting duties • If life was better before or now • The importance of chasing dreams • Outsiders influencing partner more than partner • The winners and losers of the lock down • Wiley's antisemitic rants • Labour settling with the whistle blowers over antisemitism documentary • Kier Starmer firing Rebecca Long Bailey • #StavrosSays : JD In The Bag: Upfront - Chuckie Online, Lippy & Tazer [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttBeeqMALy4] 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

In this episode we discuss: • Arguing with partners in public • Compromising cultural traits for love • Tory Lanez accused of shooting Meg The Stallion • Going overseas for business • Passing on financial advice to youngers • Buying instead of renting • Building credit • The mentality it takes to invest • Making bad investments • The difference between being risk adverse and risk tolerance • Parents encouraging or enabling their children to take alternative methods of earnings • The rules on what each partner can do on a break • If a break shows an unhealthy relationship • #StavrosSays : Hamilton [https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/movies/hamilton/3uPmBHWlO6HJ] 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/esnitunes

Welcome to The Expansion Podcast, the podcast for podcasters and lovers of the audio space, hosted by Stav (@StavrosBoss) 1/5th of the “Eloquently Saying Nothing Podcast” and Mo (@moactuallyUK) the founder behind “Colour Out The Box Podcast and Blog”. The two have come together to host a show for your audio entertainment. Trying to start your own podcast, already have a show you want to take to the next level or simply interested in taking a peek behind the audio curtain, then this is a show for you. Mo and Stav talk Money, Audio and Content, whilst sharing their personal, sometimes conflicting takes, joined by some very familiar podcaster voices from your favourite shows. Find the Expansion Pod on all socials: Twitter @TheExpansionPod Instrgram @TheExpansionPod If you are a podcaster that wants to be featured on the show, contact us on social media, or email TheExpansionPod@gmail.com

In this episode we discuss: • Showing off children around people who don’t have children • The secret struggles of parenthood • Parents giving money to adult children who don’t need it • Children giving money to their parents to pay their way • Children committing crime to help out at home • First born children having to look after their younger siblings • If men not driving is emasculating • The subtle shift in hood mentality • Jada Pinkett Smith & Will Smith discussing her sexual entanglement with August Alsina • If Jada took advantage of August • #StavrosSays : I May Destroy You [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jyxy] 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/esnitunes

In this episode we discuss: • Being back in the studio • Lockdown easing and pubs being open • How much poverty correlates with crime • Greedy criminals and needy criminal • Using Holy Water to bless property • Believing in angels and demons • What God's role is in the atrocities in the world • Did God get permission from Mary to impregnate her • If we'd like to be reincarnated and what we'd change if we were • Intelligence v knowledge • August Alsina's claims that he bedded Jada Pinkett Smith with Will Smith's blessing • If Jada Pinkett Smith took advantage of August Alsina • If 21 is young enough to claim you weren't mature enough to avoid making mistakes • Dating fans of the podcast • What space is necessary between relationships • Wanting to be selfish in relationships • The dangers of going to the cinema • #StavrosSays : Nas - Untitled [https://open.spotify.com/album/5dMmFu9NCxSjDk3ekggogc] Voice note us at esnpodcast@gmail.com Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: #ESNpod so we can

In this episode we discuss: • Black Pound Day UK • Bad service in Black business' • Daily Mirror supporting Black business and the backlash • Conservative's Black Father's Day tweet and the backlash • Society's problem with Black families • When companies will cease their promotion and support of all things Black • White voice actors playing Black characters • Colour blind casting • Shane Dawson's disgraceful and child abusive behavior • South Africa's ban and life of alcohol and cigarettes • Africa's problem with sexual abuse and child abuse • 2020's affect on mental health • Mental and emotional self preservation vs draining emotional resources to help others • Our responsibility to spread knowledge and teach as 'elders' • #StavrosSays : Talk The Talk With Acsha & Yabs Podcast [https://www.buzzsprout.com/923581] 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/

In this episode we discuss: • The murder of Oluwatoyin Salau • Women and their dealings with predators • How men talk to each other compared to how men talk to women • The fear men might have dealing with a woman who has been abused • Men sticking up for men when there is no evidence to prove a crime • If we have ever been inappropriate or predatory in the past with women • What is and isn't acceptable when approaching a woman • What we'd tell our sons in regards to approaching women • Are shorter songs or longer songs better • J. Cole and Noname's online spat • If Gary Lineker's joke reagrding BLM was too far • Inviting White people to the cookout • If we'd give our children different inheritance due to gender • If we'd police how our young daughter dresses to protect her • Worrying about daughters • The problem with Yvonne Orji's comedy special • #StavrosSays : The movie 'LUCE' [https://www.justwatch.com/uk/search?q=luce] • Organisations for sexual and violent abuse survivors in the UK : - The Survivors Tr

In this episode we discuss: • Old ESN Episodes • Recording the podcast remotely • The changing dynamics of social / racial relations • What interracial relationships are like during the BLM movement • What different cultures are compatible • If we're accepting and open to people changing problematic opinions • The validity of cultural appropriation • Nikita Parris' apology to former England teammate, Eniola Aluko • Why police don't stand up to corruption in their ranks • If it's acceptable to aligning with police and politicians during the BLM movement • New York Mayor, Bill de Blasio's backlash after reveling he told his mixed race son to be cautious when dealing with the police • If the summer's gonna be popping • Dealing with going back outside again • If Dave Chappelle has transcended comedy to Griot status • President Trump deciding to being rallying again at Tulsa on Juneteenth • Comedians being geniuses • The cross section between Black Lives Matter and Trans rights • JK Rowling and Trans rights peopl

In this episode we host guest M.I.S and discuss: • The cons of looting • If we would loot • Friendship / Leadership dynamic • If we ever had to become confident with women • How to deal with your friends when their partner is around • Being able to change views • Black Lives Matter in the workplace • Accountability and responsibility for Black people during the BLM movement • Travelling while Black • Whether we'd have discussions with people who are not co-signing the BLM movement • #StavrosSays Recommendation : RIZE [https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B07WNV1XS6/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r] Connect with our guest M.I.S: @awhy_MIS 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 L and discuss: • The murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis by police • The murder of Breonna Taylor in Louisville by police • The protests as a consequence of these murders by the Black Lives Matter • Protests taking place all over the world • Whether the current Covid-19 situation / lock-down has anything to do with people taking to the streets. • If we agree with looting or not, and if so, how it should be applicated • Racism • Expecting and chastising celebrities for not speaking out during times of civil unrest • The influence celebrities have on the public during troubling times • If we'd risk money and work to stand up for justice • Corporate brands getting involved in social protesting • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Procreate [https://procreate.art/ipad] Connect with L: Instagram: @king_live_l 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 discuss: • How fine Claire Huxtable / Phylicia Rashad is • Which TV Mum is the best • Verzuz's Beenie Man V Bounty Killer • How much Jamaica influenced or didn't influence the birth of Hip-Hop • Jamaica's influence on the world • The validity of Jamaican artists banned for hateful lyrics • Dominic Cummings' Lockdown drama • Boris Johnson's lack of credible performance during Corona times • If there is a problem with Amzon boss, Jeff Bezos, potentially becoming a trillionaire • #StavrosSays : Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor[https://www.netflix.com/title/81214015] 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/esnitunes

In this episode we discuss: • Stavros being in severe pain! • Listeners feedback from last week show • What football players do the guys represent on the podcast • Afronation not giving out refunds • Why is rolling loud getting as much backlash as Afronation • Would we have snitched if we were 6ix9ine • Is there a problem with our community and snitching • Would you get your partner a push present if she had a baby • Should you get your partner a quarantine gift if you haven't seem them since lock down • Would if bother you if your hair dresser or barber asked you to wear gloves and masks when you go to visit them. • Webslinger's choice : Holistic Man [https://www.instagram.com/holistic_man83] • #StavrosSays : The Last Dance [https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80203144] 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/ESNpodcas

In this episode we discuss: • The passing of music legends Millie Small, Andre Harrell, Little Richard & TY • Partners & Life Insurance • Adele's Weight Loss • Women holding down the home during lock down • How much me want our women to look after us • Joe Biden and the democratic party's re-calibrated stance on the 'believe women' during sexual assault stance • What percentage of women are dishonest about sexual assault claims • Madagascar's COVID-19 cure • The differences to Black people in Africa v UK with coroanvirus • Vitamin D and Black people • Simple Simon : Know Your Caribbean Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/KnowYourCaribbean] • Wahala's choice : OneStopDreadlock [www.instagram.com/onestopdreadlock] • #StavrosSays : Vitimin D & our brother TY's music [https://open.spotify.com/artist/7HtC7c5FCYUdltA49sFr5A] 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.co

In this episode we discuss: • The different way men and women hold friendships • If men and women hold each other to account differently • The success of the No Signal 10 v 10 clash (again) Vybz Kartel v Wizkid • People using social isolation to their creative benefit • The original social media comedians • Having the right idea at the wrong time • Crossing the line in battle rap • Exposed old tweets littered with colourism • The different types of Black people • Why women get attacked more for colourism offenses than women • If women don't really love men unless they have money • Characters on TV programmes that we hate • #StavrosSays : The #Disunomics Podcast [https://soundcloud.com/disunomics] 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 d

In this episode we discuss: • The culture of sound clashing • NS10v10 and Verzuz • The prolific power of Vybz Kartel • If Lil' Wayne actually was the best rapper alive at one point • The best mixtape rapper of all time • UK music artists v US music artists in a clash • The idea of millionaires charging money for instagram clashes • Michael Jackson v Prince • If the American public is ready for reparations • If you should cultivate or damper manipulative traits in children • Richard Branson seeking hundreds of millions of pounds in bailout for Virgin Airways • If cancel culture should overcome art • Mark Wahlberg being accused of homophobia for turning down Gay acting role • Webslinger Recommendation : AURA-KL [https://soundcloud.com/mrwillmedia/aura-kl] • #StavrosSays : @stavrosboss for help producing remote podcast during Coronavirus lockdown 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