ESN: Eloquently Saying Nothing

In this episode we welcome guest Simone and discuss: • Old school RnB selection • Playing music during sexytime • Usher '8701' v Timberlake 'Justified' v Ray J 'This Ain't A Game' • White people having a traditional African wedding • Exporting African culture • Carrying drugs overseas on accident • Drugs on sea and land • 18 year old giving 1 year for fornicating with 17 year old in Dubai • Different laws for different countries • Jay Z, accused of sexual abuse, slaps back with social media post • Men wanting to be with a women their friend already had • #StavrosSays : Skull Clippers [https://amzn.eu/d/dpSxobq] Connect with our guests; Simone: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/cocoasistahspod 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

This week's topics: • Body language when talking • Recognising foreign language • The retraction of the English language • The possible genius of Dominic Cummings • How artificial intelligence will affect jobs • Future technology • Kendrick Lamar v Andrew Schulz • Joke limits • Right wing hypocrisy • Left wing hypocrisy • President Biden pardoning his son • #StavrosSays : Haile Selassie, United Nations Address (1963) : https://youtu.be/MDscnpF4RsI?feature=shared 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

This week's topics: • Unique rap styles • Kendrick Lamar v Pusha T • Kendrick improved or fallen off • Best member of the Wu-Tang Clan • Unsung Rappers • Chip's new Grime Scene Saviour song • Drake suing Kendrick • No Malice v Pusha T • Drake messing with his legacy • Lil Wayne upset with Kendrick Lamar • Who has the bigger records, Lil Wayne or Kendrick Lamar • Is it ok to not need your partner • Being self sufficient as a man • Politics breaking up friendships & family • Farms in Zimbabwe • The history of Thanksgiving • #StavrosSays : Pension / Savings / Will / Life Insurance / Funeral Arrangements 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

This week we talk about: • Condolences again this week • Wahala says goodbye to Youtube Premium from abroad • Subscription services taking over • Farmers not paying inheritance tax • Poll tax and Vat • Woman says her husband is a simp for taking her and her three children • Dating and red flags • The negative media getting at Wahala • Kendrick Lamar new album very very early review • Diddy paying off witnessses • Shyne turning his life around • 18 yr old boy arrested in Dubai for having unmarried sex with a 17yr old girl • Russia threatening the UK and US • Benjamin netanyahu declared a war criminal • Should Arsenal Drop Partey • What is considered an Ashewo now? • AITA for saying my mother wanted to leave her belongings to her biological grandchildren 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

This week we welcome guest Acsha and talk about: • Appraising diamond rings • Why some diamonds are more than others • Does it make a difference how a engagement rings costs • Buying nice gifts that the receiver doesn't like • Not putting bags on the floor • Which room in the house outside dirt is not allowed • Vybz Kartel's 'Interracial' song • Dancehall • Work v Family time • Failed potential • No Excuses • Stripping a man of his joy • Mental Health In Male • Liverpool FC's league chances • Male hair transplant • African Americans helping each other • Liverpudlian accent • Denzel Washington male kiss • Tyson v Jake Paul fight disappointment • AITA for firing staff for throwing a leaving party • #StavrosSays : Elmiene: Tiny Desk Concert [https://youtu.be/mV5U5gWJSU4?si=pGX4NIls38S4KxIA] The Godfathers of Deep House : [https://on.soundcloud.com/mqrcCJs759f4RFAAA] Culoe De Song : The Konspiracy Theory [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWKsANBjXeM&list=OLAK5uy_nRC6I8wGZUFKdEKHcZgOzHhF2qVRp_NXA&index=2] Connect with our guest Acsha: Instagram : www.instagram.com/acsha_karmen 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

This week's topics: • R.I.P. Mama A • R.I.P Quincy Jones • Quincy Jones' influence • Hip Hop influenced Country • Stalking women in the 80s was not only acceptable, it was promoted • Trump beating Harris for the American presidency • Why Britain is comfortable with women leaders • Theories of Biden's shady presidency and post leadership dealings • The Apprentice movie • Why Trump is successful • Obama the cause of both Trump's presidencies • Immigrants being natural conservatives / republicans • Why immigrants might love their new country more than their birth one • Equatorial Guinea's politician controversy around 400 sex tapes • Amsterdam holiday • Red Light District • People saying name wrong • Why some men can't deal with polygamy • Martinique protests due to cost of living • AITA for calling my wife fat • #StavrosSays : See Film First [https://showfilmfirst.info/] [https://www.showfilmfirst.com/] 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

This week's topics: • Speaking Yoruba at home • Talking in front of your children without them knowing what you're saying • Children learning different languages • Trip to Amsterdam • The potential of people • How money can change people • Wallabee's and Kicker shoes • Speaking things into existence • Kemi Badenoch new Tory leader • Black women getting to the top of the leader wearing their natural hair • Colour and politics • If Nigerians identify with Kemi Badenoch or not • Sacrificing ones life to save the world but not known only hated by those loved • AITA for not babysitting my siblings without payment from my parents • #StavrosSays : The Day of the Jackal 2024 [https://www.sky.com/watch/the-day-of-the-jackal] 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

This week's topics: • Igbo words in Patios • How enjoyably is ESN • The confirmation of conspiracy there's • Politics as entertainment • Elections • Tooth problemi • Arsenal v Liverpool • BBCs 'Mr Loverman' • Chris Kaba's police shooting's case • Should police have guns • Should the Chris Kaba case have gone to court • Why people want to join the police • Is Trump going to the griff elections • Beyonce introducing Kamala Harris • AITA for not letting my Mother In Law decorate the baby room • #StavrosSays : Mr Loverman [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0023h93/mr-loverman] 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

This week's topics: • Everyone (African music artists) want to be Fela Kuti • Buju Banton’s comment on Afrobeats • Michael Jackson v Paul McCartney • Boxing • Children picking parents • Durags in the office young • Going back to celebrities house expecting not to do something • Kamala Harris not being mixed race/Black • Kamala Harris losing some Black male voters • Why men admire Trump • World population dropping and effects • Kemi Badenoch giving lip service to the Tory masses •Italy’s new law to ban potential parents from surrogacy overseas • Is it alright to talk to your ex whilst in a relationship • Grown men calling other grown men ‘boss’ 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

This week we host guest Wayne and discuss: • General Levy’s heritage • Jungle music • Making great works of art • Jay-Z’s best album • Vybz Kartel’s transition to the outside world in 2024 • Getting phones inside jail • Old skool drinking stories • 19 year old Beckham dating a 29 old, is that cool if it was our son? • Maturity comparisons between men and women • Toxic personalities in Married At First Sight • Is it worse to be too strict or too lenient • Learning from entrepreneurs • Marriage’s link with success • Raising children with technology • Depressing News • WW3 coming? • #AITA for leaving a stepchild I’ve raised since young because the Mother wants a divorce • #StavrosSays : Learning a new African language [www.theschoolofafricanlanguages.com] 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

This week's topics: • Near death experiences • Watch Culture • Being out their depth in certain conversations • Designer culture • The impact of hip hop on consumerism • How things are now low quality compared to yesterday year • Bots taking over the buying market • AI speaking in Patios and Pigeon • Is generational trauma real? • Is it wrong for a pregnant woman to sleep with someone other than the child father • Being out their depth in certain conversations •AITA for telling my son grandmother she doesn't have to come to his birthday • #StavrosSays : Louis Dunford [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUZUSswx9q6Fy5Bjqu646kQ] 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 guests Tunde of 'Tales From The Plantation' podcast and discuss: • Christian faith tested • Having an easy path in life • Facing challenges • Ego v Faith • Work complacency • Money v Position / Title at work • Keeping up with social media • New York Mayor, Eric Adams, corruption charges • PMs Chief of Staff, Sue Gray, earning more than him • Kier Starmer gifts scandal • Labour MP, Rosie Duffield, resigns as Labour Party member • Leadership in politics • Diane Abbott • Kemi Badenoch claims not all cultures are equally valid • DEI in work • David Lammy’s cringe racial address at the UN • #StavrosSays : T-Pain's Youtube Page : Nappy Boy Gaming [https://www.youtube.com/@nappyboygaming] Connect with our guest: Tunde is @TFTP_Tunde on Instagram & Twitter Tales From The Plantation are on Instagram @talesfromtheplantation Twitter @plantationtales Search for the podcast 'Tales From The Plantation' on 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.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

This week's topics: • Having a moral code, even if you're living a criminal life • Notting Hill Carnival murder • Liam Gallagher performance at the AJ boxing • Blink Twice movie • Films to add to your watchlist. Including Korean films • Improvising the words to dancehall songs • Murder She Wrote v Bam Bam v No No No v Ring The Alarm • Confusing one Asian for anohter • shxtsngigs / Andrew Schulz controversy around Black women jokes • AJ losing to Daniel Dubois • The state of the heavyweight boxing scene • Diddy getting arrested for allegedly being a dutty bastard • #StavrosSays : Cruise. [https://www.youtube.com/@jointhecruise] food hall was gonna say, but the crown has introduced me now 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

This week's topics: • Sh**ts & Giggles Podcast tour • Taking pride in your appearance • Going on holiday with your children vs going away as a couple • What is a baddie? • Kelly Rowland vs Beyonce • Defending Black Women against Jokes • Jermaine Jenas getting fired • Mixed Race men in the UK liking White women • Would you prefer if you partner actually cheated or was getting turned down trying to cheat? • Shannon Sharpe Instagram sex tape • Life Assurance who should it go to? • #AITA for refusing to share my inheritance with my sibblings even though they're struggling. 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

This week's topics: • LL Cool J's album discussion • Doecii album discussion • Most grimy song ever • Who the English counterpart to Tyler the Creator • How long to wait for sex • Women being rejected by men • Femicide and Gender Based Violence • Murders of women by men statistics • The effects of the banning of affirmative action • Racism in East Asian against people from East Asia • Migrants and why they go to the UK • Population of Nigeria statistic • Private healthcare • Costing money to be healthy • #AITA for telling my wife my friend was such a good surrogate parent 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 hey Essay and discuss: • Different types of heyfever • Squatting different weights • The strength it takes for women carrying children • What crowd size could Vybz Kartel draw in London • Who the biggest Dancehall artist in the world is • Oasis reunion and their dramas • What breaks our peace • The point in talking about work • How we interact with our parents • Telling your friends 'I Love You' • How covid affected us • Chatting up people in person these days • Forgetting people you know • Offending people and people holding on • Being reflective on trauma • The pros and cons of arranged marriage [in the African and Caribbean culture] • Showing the good points and hiding the bad parts of your relationship on social media • AITA for not allowing a child into the school because of their parent Connect with our guest: @heyessay1 on Instagram & @heyEssay on Twitter @gotsoulevents @thatrnbparty @lovejonesuk 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 week's topics: • UK Garage 30 year anniversary • AITA for framing my cheating Ex boyfriend • #StavrosSays : Saluting Our Sisters: An Anthology [https://www.blackhistoryukcic.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 Wavey and discuss: • Ugandan woman • Ugandan food • Women hating men that can cook • Men not cooking • Idiosyncrasies at home you feel everyone does • Ghetts’ acting career • Next rapper/singer to start acting • Cutting off friendships for a criminal act they pulled • Misleading headlines • Dog fighting and how lucrative it is • Black people and pets • Horseshoe politics • Non-White people talking on the negatives of Black culture • Politicians changing opinions • Journalists keeping quiet about political romances • Who you can call for help • Women fighting for their man • Buju Blanton claiming Afrobeats has no message or consciousness • The similarities between Dancehall/Reggae and Reggaeton • AITA for checking my husband's dashcam footage • #StavrosSays : Bobi Wine: The People's President [https://films.nationalgeographic.com/bobi-wine-the-people-s-president] Catch our guest at: @waveythefirst on X/Twitter 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 guests Shay, Annamay & Kay of Shiikane and discuss: • Learning from your parents • Dating celebrities on the down low • Mixed raced people not claiming Black • The London riots and their affect • Ethnic people being scared to go outside due to anti-migrant riots • Being attractive to Arabs • Nigerians in Olympics • Love Island couple in heat for cultural joke • People outside of the relationships getting angry on behalf of the people in it • Is it ok to make racial jokes on other races • Socialising with work colleagues • Miss South Africa and the Nigerian heritage model • Racism on the rise • Why are Nigerians so cocky and so hated • Nigerian men simping • AITA for telling off my daughter • #StavrosSays : Shiikane - Sixty Diamond Seconds [https://open.spotify.com/artist/6BBdrTz88rbQhqSmSWidR1] Connect with our guests: Kay is @bankthisbleep Annamay is @unconventionalprincess Shay is @hrhisalwaysright Shiikane are on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/shiikaneofficial Twitter https://twitter.com/shiikane Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/@ShiikaneTv 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

This week's topics: • What's the Yoruba equal to Bloodclart • Vybz Kartel's release from prison • Vybz Kartel v Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who is a more famous Jamaican • A rise in paedophiles or just a raise in them being exposed • Huw Edwards pleading guilty to having under age sexual images • Should those accused of a crime be fired or suspended from their job before being convicted • Is paedophilia a mental illness • Algerian woman boxer falsely accused of being a Trans • Fake News spread by respected social media people • Nigerian runner couldn't participate in Olympic 100 meter race because the Nigerian federation didn't register her in time • Race riots in UK • Do the Nazi's still have an army • Conservatives leadership race • Power and pragmatism • Worrying about our youth with the riots • Constant negative news • Benjamin Netanyahu's addressing congress • WW3 coming • Kamala Harris may not win the right to run for the Democrats • Biden still wondering the broken road • Putin advocate • Russia's toxicity in Africa • Go back or forward 20 years and why • Would you work harder if you paid more 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