ESN: Eloquently Saying Nothing

This week's topics: • Slick Rick's new album • Intangible things that enhance music • What makes someone a nerd • How many sports do you have to now before you can be a sports expert • Club World Cup • Are nerds cool now and if so, why? • Music and Sports stars sharing partners • Kendrick's concerts in Toronto • Top 20 Hip Hop diss songs • Issues with playing music on our podcasts • Language and culture • Fake social media videos • AI and non tech savvy people • IShowSpeed v Ashton Hill • Great multi-skilled artists • Mixing cultures • Is Spain or Poland more racist • Which country or race gets more hate from British WASP • Do non Asians know the difference between an Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi • Being a good neighbour • Am I The Asshole for drinking more alcohol around obnoxious non alcohol drinkers? • #StavrosSays : Pocketcast Podcast App [https://pocketcasts.com/] Catch our guest at: www.instagram.com/cleopatrafigure8 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: • Wearing Football Kits • Who had the biggest downfall in football • Young men need the ugly friend • Caribbean Nicknames • How are your children going to deal with your "Digital Sins". • Are you OK with Racial Banter • Elon vs Trump • Is the world turning on Isreal? • DDG vs Hallie and post partum depression • Am I The Asshole for losing weight for my friends wedding? Catch our guest at: @darrangriff 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: • Karate Kid nostalgia • Onlyfans popularity • Reaching Uncle status • Unity Cup • If 'Jamo' is an offensive term • If Oyinbo or Mzungu an offensive term • Black women and their hair • Am I The Asshole for not wanting to host last minute for my husband's family Catch our guest at: www.instagram.com/cleopatrafigure8 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: • Arsenal Women's Champions League win • Tottenham's UEFA League win • Losing on purpose to spite your enemies • Not wearing seatbelts • Age when a parent • Family talents • Diddy court case update • Kid Cudi's part in the Diddy case and if he's snitching • Can a civilian be a snitch • Emo rap/pers • Cassie lashback due to the Diddy trail • Going back to an abuser • Cancelling in 2025 • Was it ever ok socially for men to hit women • SA in Star Wars & Game of Thrones • Finally understanding the use of trigger warnings • New Women only gym 'The Girl Spot' owner catching controversy over price structure • Speaking out in public when you're a business owner • Am I The Asshole for not telling my client I'm not Christian • #StavrosSays : Google's NotebookLM [https://notebooklm.google] 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: • Sharing wages with friends • Curry Chicken or Chicken Curry • Guyana finding oil and having ownership issues with Venezuela • Ethnic makeup in some South African / Caribbean countries • Stav's family being sick • Sell by date not being the eat by date • Burkina Faso's President, Ibrahim Traoré and his movements • Corrupt African leaders • Wars in Africa • Biased news in Africa • The accomplishments of Ibrahim Traoré • Holding back Nigeria • Holidaying in Africa • Tourism in Nigeria and Africa • Diddy's court case so far • Cassie taking the stand • Guns in America • #AITA for making a grey cake for my sisters gender revel celebration • #StavrosSays : Wode Maya in Burkina Faso [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKzM2x3ShYM] 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: • Arsenal's poor end to the season • Would we want or people to enact revenge on us if we got killed • Caribbean restaurant drama • Is it Arteta out or in • Tottenham money v success • Wavey's View on Sinners • Being judged on the lack of religion • Soft parenting v Hard parenting • Apologising to children • Smacking children • Being scared of parents • JK Rowling hated for Trans views • Trans / Gender court ruling • Shared bathrooms and any issues they bring • Man whose son is killed by police kills a random ex policeman • Is it possible to work with the police or will it always be a battle • Stavros gushes over Andor again • The importance of scores in movies • Deciphering high art • Reading into art what you want • #StavrosSays : Andor [https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/browse/entity-faba988a-a9f5-45f2-a074-0775a7d6f67a] 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

ESN #510 : The Spoilers Over Spoilers Episode by ESN Network

This week's topics: • Shannon Sharpe assault accusation controversy • Eni Aluko / Ian Wright controversy • Popes death • Sinners movie spoiler review • Got to 2:33:16 to catch the end of the episode • #StavrosSays : Sinners Movie [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKGxHflevuk] 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: • Looking for compliments for being early • How Yoruba is poetic • Being too nice • Road rage • Commenting on Spotify • Things said on the pod that we'd not allow spoken • DV and if it's ever ok • Getting aggressive with other peoplres children • How Got Soul got started and Got Soul events • Mount Rushmore of Neo Soul • Promoting now compared to 20 years ago • Pushing children in a direction you want for them for their benefit • Reminiscing on old projects • Delegating work • Stav Apology to his Father • #StavrosSays : Got Soul Events [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/got-soul-events-7102543197] • AITA for being petty with my partner for his innocent trick 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, we host guest Oseme and discuss: • Phone networks • Travel luggage • Trump Tariffs • Israeli IDF soldiers killing aid workers • Arsenal v Real Madrid • Does Eric Roberson have an album with no skips • Diaspora wars • Social media silos and cultivating • Best female rapper • Falling out of love with music • New uses for Chat GPT • Relationship advice • Talkers and non-talkers in relationships • Being selfish in relationships • How to talk down your partner • How to discipline / talk to kids • How fear dictates parenting • Women having a sense of who they can be around alone • Meeting people through the ESN Facebook group • Debate v discussion • Telling someone a problem without wanting a solution • Can you talk to women and men exactly the same way • Tyla calling herself 'Colored' and the negative response that's garnished • How power dynamics can change how offended or threatened you are • The similarities between American Blacks and South African Blacks protectionism • • N • • #AITA for not wanting my children to give me mental health issues • Stavros Says: Websites to strip paywall from journalised 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: • Cynthia Erivo and her chances of getting an EGOT • Other performers who have EGOTs • Kanye West being the father of greatness • Rap albums with no skipperable songs • A Rest In Peace for David Ayo Gorgeous • Getting tested for cancer • Hooking up with your dead homies' girl • Getting married again after getting a divorce • Women lacking accountability • Usher serenading women and breaking up homes • Divorcing a woman for just lusting over someone else • Women liking popular men • Money spent on a date expecting sex • Trying to impress on a date • Am I The Asshole for not calling my Step-Mum, Mum? • #StavrosSays : Andor [https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-faba988a-a9f5-45f2-a074-0775a7d6f67a] 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 Queen Sim and discuss: • Wahala beefing his mum • Wahala being a bad husband • Why do some people want your things when they already have their own? • 23 and me selling their data to pay off bankruptcy • Would you ever gives your cells to medical science • Dani Alves having his rape case overturned • How does this case impact how some woman would deal with sexual assault • Donald trump declaring domestic terrorism for blowing up Tesla • War games over text messages • Trump tariffs on foreign cars • Elon using his child as a shield • AITA for wanting to disciplining my step children 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

This week, we welcome guest Hope and discuss: • Freddie Gibbs' life • Anthony Mackie's views on American men being stronger than European men • Cam'ron's issues in the UK • What is rare groove • Pronouncing Nigerian names properly • Red Bull Culture Clash • The fallout from last episode's controversy • Stavros corrects himself from last week • Stats of young male adults in school, mental health & work • How society has changed for young men • How DEI can cause issues • When equality goes in the opposite direction • How having a baby affects work for a woman • Men, women and trust they have for each other • The pros and cons of having children at different ages • Living up to the idea of being a good parent • #StavrosSays : Netflix's Adolescence [https://www.netflix.com/watch/81756069?source=35] 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, Chuck, Tops, Yomms, Jazz & Isu from the 'Get It Off Your Chest Podcast' to honor Webslinger and discuss: • Honoring Webslinger • Adolescence the Netflix show • Toxic Masculinity • What is toxic masculinity • Did toxic masculinity exist when we were younger • Does Andrew Tate have more positive than negatives to say • Eradication of masculinity • Parenting a son • Why men are afraid these days • How hard men have it in the world compared to women • Is making children struggle a good thing • Only Black people promote struggle • Who influenced us when we were young • Boys thinking they have to look after the house before their time • #StavrosSays : Red Bull Culture Clash [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxijUdEWSrk] Connect with our guests; Get It Off Your Chest: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/share/BBK4lMcJsB Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/user-692157853 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get-it-off-your-chest-podcast/id1613239699 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 weeks topics: • Is there someone for everyone • Cosmetic surgery • Is the stock of Breast down • Different surgeries that are available • Do you think men would behave like women if women were in the dominant position in relation to how they look cosmetically? • Do Porn stars still exist? • Does escorts and prostituting make more money now than they did in the past. • Rest In peace Roy Ayers • Who are the new neo soul artists • LeBron James and Stephen a smith argument about Bronnie James • Would you defend your child if they were being attacked by a pundit? • Mason Greenwood trying to change over to Jamaica. • Should Fraternities still be doing hazing rituals and what separates them from gangs?

This week's topics: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The New Carthaginians - https://amzn.eu/d/0cnGyrx • #StavrosSays : Angie Stone's music 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 celebrate 500 episodes with the topics: • Liverpool winning the Premier League • Arsenal not having the heart to win the Premier League • NBA losing it's spunk • European / UK basketball • Greatest boxing card ever • Sports Washing • Selling your body or begging • Begging protocol • Two rounds during every session • Mobo Awards • Is segregation a good thing? • Selling ethnic food without being that ethnicity 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: • Drake's new dig at Joe Budden • Melyssa Ford and pretty privilege • Morals or money • Do people know what makes them happy • Should you rely on your partner for happiness • Using a wash rag to shower • Black athletes and White partners • White tears • Is there a racial fear hierarchy • Walking around women and not scaring them • Kendrick Lamar's Superbowl performance • Drake & PND's new album • Stormzy's deal with McDonald's causing backlash • #StavrosSays : Wu-Tang - The Saga Continues 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: • Irv Gotti passing • Jim Jones career • Irv Gotti's situation with Ashanti • Male / Female dynamic changes • Men hating women • Social media effects on children • Who is on the Rap Mount Rushmore • Most well known rapper on earth • Black revolutionary Mount Rushmore • Beanie Man controversy • Marriage GBV laws in Nigeria • America taking White South Africans in as refugees • Do you need violence to get political change • ADOS / FBA discussion • AITA for leaving my wife on our honeymoon 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 weeks topics: • Jim Jones making very good albums • What music do you listen to in the gym • Body dismorphia • Are young men going to know what a natural women look like now with all the enhanced pictures and surgeries. • Bonnie blue sleeping with virgins are they wrong for going to her? • Speaking to young people about porn and how it's not realistic sex. • Do women acknowledge how hard it is for men to approach them. • Is only fans now a proper avenue as a profession. • Did Angela Bassett get the flowers she deserved. • When was the first time we saw breasts on screen. • Web slingers homecoming • What would you want when you die for your burial • Did anxiety used to exist in the same way or is this a new thing in modern society. • What working from home done to the economy and companies. • Stavros says is: Tales from the plantation podcast

This week's topics: • A bunch of film talk • GT Extravaganza 2016 Clash • Growing up in soundclash culture • Joey Bada$$'s new 'diss' song • Battle rapping • Central Cee v Aitch • Pretty Privilege • Aaron Pierre v Skepta kinda attractiveness • When Black celebrities get a tad too alternative for general Black fans • Is Drake suing his label fine or not • Does Kendrick need Sza for the Superbowl Halftime show • Who has the best Hip-Hop catalogue • Trump's first few days in office second time around • Do ethnics / immigrants cause more crime than Whites in the UK • How policing is done to different cultures & how the media portray it • Was it easier living in the 60s or in the 2020's • Bank fraud • Am I The Asshole for making family meet ups for my husband, knowing he doesn't want to go • #StavrosSays : DJ Webslinger / Dat Actor 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: • Debrief on last episode • Gospel music / rap • Wretch 32 / Scorcher sharing a woman situation • Is it ok to date a friends ex • Gunna court case and reaction to potential cooperating • Could we like one of our friend's spouses • Are people generally positive or negative • Trump squashing the Tik Tok ban • Crying over losing a social media app • How important social media is to the modern person • Is it fair for the USA to ban Tik Tok for not selling • Potential Palestine / Israel ceasefire • Trump's inauguration • Biden pardoning Marcus Garvey's 'crimes' • 1981 Southall riots • Not understanding important factors from other cultures • Pop The Balloon dating game show • Questions you'd ask or answer on a Pop The Balloon dating show • Classic relationship dilemmas • Am I The Asshole for leaving a date to pay for the meal without telling them • #StavrosSays : Simple Simon's 2025 movie list 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 weeks topics: • Rasta Christmas • The Ethopian calendar • Do people who follow the Ethopian Calendar have a different age • Faith vs Science vs Tradition • Should religious texts continued to be written • The LA fires • Should a man be able to ask a woman to come to a date without makeup? • Do men really prefer peaceful mid looking women over baddies? • Do good looking women get type casted? • Are you worried about our children and how the impact on modern society on them? • What would you do if a woman had to phyisically defend you? • AITA for exposing my father instagram explorer page to my mum 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 weeks topics: • Nigeria in December and how good it is • Burna Boy stamping on an audience member and would he do this outside of Nigeria • What would you do if someone rushed the stage whilst you were performing • France and Nigeria forming political ties • Why can't don't African countries link up together • Terrorist Attacks in the US and what is going on • What is Elon Musk planning? • Why do women think all their friends are good looking? • Why do some women think they would choose them over others? • Vybz kartel concert. 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: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 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: • DJ Webslinger / Dat Actor • Sickle Cell • #StavrosSays : Blood donations for sickle cell : https://www.blood.co.uk/news-and-campaigns/the-donor/the-sound-of-sickle/ 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 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

This week's topics: • Just Stop Oil planners getting 5 years jail time • Tommy Robinson getting arrested • What should be the right punishment for protests • Climate Change • Manchester Police caught on camera stamping on a civilian • Is it cool for police to hit people when arresting them • Bodycam footage of police shooting of Sonya Massey • Trumps potential new rules for police immunity • Kamala Harris' Presidential run • New MCU news around Dr Doom • Who else could play Dr Doom • The Lux Afrique Polo event • The 2024 Olympics opening ceremony • #AITA for trying to break up my Son's relationship • #StavrosSays : Fleabag [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p070npjv/fleabag] 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: • Latinos contribution to the birth of Hip Hop • African-Americans v Latin-Americans • Hip Hop erasure • Jamaican population in America • Jamaican population decreasing in Jamaica • Mortgage rates • Is The Street's recent material as good as his older stuff • LL Cool J new album anticipation • Fat Joe v Ja Rule Verzuz • Why is Jon Bernthal not rated higher • Trump shooting • Biden frailty • Suspicions around the shooting • Advocating for a bad politician to keep outta jail • The problem with keeping foreigners out the country • Leeds Riots • Racial hatred hierarchy • Bangladesh beef in East London • Arsenal's new African fan respect kit and potential lashback • #AITA for wanting to call my Son Gaylord • #StavrosSays : Shiikane's Sixty Diamond Seconds [https://ditto.fm/sixty-diamond-seconds] 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: • Leaving back home for opportunities in the global North • Companies with the best looking employees • Who we'd want to win the coloniser cup • Sending money back home • Living with your friend • The pros and cons of Shared Ownership • When is it the best time to buy a house • UB40 v Simply Red v Jamiroquai • Blue Eyed Soul • Being invited to the cookout • The Houses of Parliament under new Labour government • Rishi Sunak and the power of the P word • Sunak being better not being the PM • The idea of conspiracy's being real • How do molesters find each other to join up • Having competitive spirit • Obama's different greeting for different people • The 'Nod' • Does every culture have their version of the the 'Nod' • Feeling popular • Soft parents causing major problems • #AITA for telling my uncle off for him suggesting boys can't wear pink? • #StavrosSays : - Tomi Adeyemi's Legacy of Orïsha series - Corbyn Interview : https://youtu.be/XbmcNI0My_0?si=fC4oXQBacaTz6w0R 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: • DotStar's passing (RIP) • Saka being praised • England's penalty shootout win over Switzerland • English names having meanings • English players with Black heritage taking England's penalties • Cole Palmer not being Black [enough]? • Levels of mixed race included into Blackness • Black racial fragmentation • Why Bukayo Saka is loved • Thong Bikini's for single women only • Hurricane Beryl and its effects on the Caribbean • Flooding in Nigeria • 10 rules of marriage • Advice we'd give to our younger selves before marriage • Centering God in a relationship • Love is a feeling • Black women's touching Black people's hair • French election results • #AITA offering to pay my girlfriend's school fees? • #StavrosSays : Hurricane Beryl Relief 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 Fols from "Off The Cuff Podcast" and discuss: • England v Slovakia • Expensive items that partners get • Who is next in line after Denzel & Viola • Moving on to another partner after death of last one • Biggest festivals • The price of festivals • Wandsworth prison officer woman escapades • Nigel Farage's reform party • Polish v Albania • Albanian gangs • Farage's comments on Nato, Putin & Ukraine • Keir Stamer's catches heat for comments on Bangladesh • Biden v Trump political debate • New World Order • Biden having to go • Black jobs • The surprising width and breadth of English divide and conquer • Countries hating England • English people not knowing of their own [problematic] history • Why Jewish people have a reason to congregate in the same community • The Jewish Eruv • Conspiracy theories on Jewish people • AITA for telling my friend she's not a good girlfriend to her partner • #StavrosSays : The Bear [Season 3] [https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/the-bear/52m6nx7HoP5F?distributionPartner=google] Connect with our guest: Fols is @folsforever on Instagram & Twitter Off The Cuff are on Instagram & Twitter @OffTheCuffPod and search for the podcast 'Off The Cuff' 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