Esn: Eloquently Saying Nothing

In this episode we discuss: • The government taxing sanitary towels as a luxury • If the VAT will ever retun to 17.5% • Losing weight • London Bridge Terror attack • The conspiracy theories around the terror attack • Being vigilant and being people who are and aren’t vigilant • Not holding our male peers accountable for doing women wrong on multiple level • Taking advantage of broken women • If we’d change attitudes as a younger man knowing what we know now • Blue Story movie / Vue cinema controversy • Worrying about your children being around other Blacks • Standing strong or weak during protests • The ever changing world of education and how to deal with that as parents • The binary colours of life • #StavrosSays: The Game - Born To Rap Album [https://open.spotify.com/album/5MDmKDe9kmJBsf8yYn8dUM] 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.

In this episode we welcome guests Topaz, Ruby & Amethyst of 'Broken Pussy' podcast and discuss: • Black sex positive podcast history • Sex party etiquette • How to keep a relationship spicy • If it's ok to teach someone how to sex whilst in a relationship • The difference between "I'm sorry I...." and "I'm sorry you're..." • Pegging • Sex with someone as old as as your parent • Stealthing • Men not being able to write sex stories • Sex droughts being different for women and men • Sex playlists • How to treat podcast guests • HIV testing week and how and why Black people are represented very well in the advertising around the campaign • World Aids Day • If people in monogamous relationships need STD/STI tests • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Kano's two part video for Can't Hold We Down featuring Popcaan Part 1: https://youtu.be/q7vANW3jaAM Part 2: https://youtu.be/4fCQ4drZkOE Connect with our guests: Broken Pussy Podcast are on Instagram @brokenppodcast Twitter @brokenppodcast Use www.linktr.ee/brokenppodcas

In this episode we discuss: • Jamaican's relationships with Africans in Jamaica • If Burna Boy should apologise to South Africa before returning and if he is a political artist • Afrobeat being influenced by Bashment • Tamara Braxton saying "Men not wanting to have sex is gay" • Alicia Keys' son wanting to paint his nails • Children's pressure to confirm in today's society • Children having too many rights • The so called push of social agendas • Classic soap operas • Spac Nation and if they differ from other prosperity churches • Colin Kaepernick's NFL workout 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 guest Darran Griffiths and discuss: • British rappers sounding American • Hooking up with people after first meeting • Whether it’s more yucky to share cutlery or share bodily fluids when first meeting someone • If relationships with someone you work with is a bad idea • T.I. checking his daughters hymen • Clapping being banned and replaced with jazz hands • Why Black people might not want to wear a Poppy on Remembrance Day • Jacob Rees-Mogg's controversial comments regarding common sense around Grenfell Tower victims • Andrew Bridgen’s idiot comments supporting Rees-Mogg • Anti-Antisemitism in the Labour Party • Who will win the general election • Nigerian film Lionheart being rejected opportunity to be in best International film category • The Irishman movie • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Klashnekoff - Iona [https://open.spotify.com/album/6Uef4mubsdsRBbNYbIq83Q] Connect with our guest: @griffthejoker on Instagram, Twitter & YouTube or www.darrangriffiths.com for upcoming show details

In this episode we welcome guest Kourt Wills and discuss: • Instagram like discrepancies • Accepting friend's negative traits • Reasons to cut off friends • How many years it takes to accept someone's character change • Adulting • If there is a change in relationship dynamic when one earns more than their parents • Navigating being broke • RIP John Witherspoon • Lewis Hamilton's World Championship win and his problematic attitude • Which major sport Black people don't dominate • Slavery apps in Kuwait • StavrosSays : Dolemite Is My Name - [https://www.netflix.com/title/80182014] Connect with our guest Kourt Wils: Twitter: @kourtwils Instagram: @ kourtwils 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 Wavey of 'Not Everyday Podcast' & Mo of 'Colour Out The Box' podcast and discuss: • Wretch 32's 'Upon Reflection' album • How long is one a friend before one becomes family • Binge watching TV with children • Raising Dion • Changes in contractors tax laws • Where middle class Black folks can live around other middle class Black folk in London • Imposter Syndrome • Balancing spoiling and depriving children • African food smugglers • Crying at weddings • Inviting Exes to a wedding • Omarion, Apryl Jones, Lil Fizz triangle • Going out with the mother of a friends child • Asking a friend if you can go out with his sister • If it's alright to hit an old woman defending your Mother • Violence against women in South Africa • The fear women feel just existing • #StavrosSays Recommendation : Farming movie [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0uIvUqf_Jo] Connect with our guests: Wavey is @waveythefirst on Instagram & Twitter Not Everyday Podcast are on Instagram & Twitter @NotEveryDayPo

In this episode we welcome our guests LyricL & Miss D Blue and discuss: • The importance of Executive Assistants • Long distance running • Different gym routines • Being a Best WOman • British artists obtaining recognition overseas before they do in Britain • The difference between the old Black British artistic / creative field and the modern one • Trauma being linked to Black obesity • Racism in other European countries compared to British racism • Racism during the Haringey Borough v Yeovil Town FA Cup game • The added issues of Black coaches of a team dealing with racism • StavrosSays: The Phileas Club Podcast Episode 132 [https://frenchspin.com/2019/09/the-phileas-club-132-special-understanding-china-in-africa/] Connect with our guest LyricL: Find LyricL's latest album @ https://www.tokyodawn.net/lyricl-unequivocal/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/LyricL Instagram: www.instagram.com/ Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: #ESNpod so we can find your comments www.esnpodcast.com www.facebook.c

In this episode we discuss: • Cruise Ship experiences • Different travelling experiences • Travel & Sea Sickness • ESN’s 9 yeah anniversary • Tyler Perry’s new film studio • Knife crime among our young • If social media influencers should use their voice/platform to speak out about knife crime • If mass media in the western world have a responsibility to show Blacks in a more positive light • Listening to clean music • English being the default language in so many places • The Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed winning the Nobel Peace Prize • Cori ‘Coco’ Gauff’s tennis win • Bigging up Black women 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 LB, Mike & Dan of 'The Mandem Podcast' and discuss: • Knowing 'good' men to hook up with women friends • Women liking when their men are violent [to other people] • What people can and can't do on their own • When you should first bring a new girl around the mandem • Dating girls that have been with someone you know • Joker Movie review (no spoilers) & controversy • Mo Gilligan's 'Momentum' Netflix special • Stacey Dash arrest after DV incident • Krept stabbing • Prince Harry & Duchess Morgan suing multiple newspapers for general invasive wahala • Bernardo Silva's racist tweet and Raheem Sterling's defense • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie getting lashback for potentially ignoring colourism in Nigeria • Keith of 3ShotsOfTequila trademarking The Receipts and the backlash from that, along with old colourism tweets resurfacing • Amber Guyver / Botham Jean case, conviction and forgiveness Connect with our guests: + LB is @mrLB89 on Twitter & Instagram + Mike is @MikePldn on Twitter

In this episode we discuss: • If oral is accepted in Jamaica now • If we believe in karma • Family traditions • Flemish v Shloer • Class and social status • Correctly using [travel] Insurance • Top Boy Season 3 • Negative portrays of Black people on TV • Nigerians getting picked on all over the world • Getting triggered online • #StavrosSays: Dom Kennedy - Get Home Safe (https://open.spotify.com/album/6QFyyR5harN4LphyCUTMsR) 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 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