Synopsis
Eloquently Saying Nothing is a weekly podcast discussing current events, politics & entertainment whilst answering listener questions and dealing with lifes big issues, all with a dash of humour.Questions sent to esnpodcast@gmail.com or social media with the #ESNpod hash tag.
Episodes
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ESN #354 : The Deadbeat Episode (Feat. Hope & Simone)
03/05/2022 Duration: 03h07sIn this episode we welcome guest Simone and discuss: • Gateman or House boy status • Telling people how to pronounce their own names • Spac Nation in the same league as Tim Westwood • How women decide on new people to do their hair • Children looking like their parents • The merits and cons of exposing deadbeat dads online • Men that are good Dads but disgraceful partners • Women who don't want Fathers of their child • If there is any occasion where a man can hit a woman • Tim Westwood's multiple accusations of sexual abuse • The difference in support men and women • Boris Beckers guilty of financial fraud • Sex tourism in developing countries • Channel 4 being privatised • BBC and independent news • If Fathers day belongs to the Father or the child • Wallowing in grief • AITA for not spending Fathers Day with my Son • #StavrosSays: The ending of Nine Days: Spoilers in clip [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsoX9twHCYw] Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: #ESNpod so we can find your co
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ESN #353 : The Atlanta Vacation Episode
26/04/2022 Duration: 02h26minThis week's topics: • Webslingers Movie Premier • Tyson Fury v Dillian Whyte Boxing match • Ali BBC documentary • Magic Johnson documentary • Zanzibar hotel abuse situation • Simple's holiday breakdown • Wahala's holiday breakdown • US plane mask mandate finished • Luxury shopping [while Black] • Feeling uncultured for not appreciating 'high art' • Being broke or not actually being broke • Donald Glover, Michaela Cole & Phoebe Waller Bridge taking writing/acting to a next level • Atlanta Season 3 breakdown 1:26:00 - 1:50:15 • AITA for telling my fiancé to get over himself • Stephen Lawrence Day • Dealing with the loss of a child • The way different murders are dealt with by the public and press • #StavrosSays : Atlanta [https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/atlanta] 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@gmai
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ESN #352 : The Elders First Episode (Feat. Daddy, Mummy, Madcat & Miss Cat)
19/04/2022 Duration: 02h19minThis week we feature Daddy, Mummy, Madcat & Miss Cat (aka, Stav's family) topics: • Why episode 351 was trash • Britain sending illegal asylum seekers to Rwanda • Rihanna and A$AP Rocky's fake cheating claims • Social media rumour mongers • Outsiders purpose negative influence on Africa • Nigerians and their corruption • Why people leave Africa to settle in other continents • Why Africans seem to be hands off in the Russia / Ukraine drama • Black women's views on Black men who catch heat from non Black women • Paying on dates, again • Men paying for the friends of their date • AITA for refusing to get on a flight with my boyfriends family 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
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ESN #351 : The Actual Worst Episode
12/04/2022 Duration: 01h37minThis week's topics: • ESN hosts feeling rough • Will Smith's Oscars punishment • Louie C K winning a Grammy • Jimmy Savile documentary • Detaching the art from the artist • Wizkid getting accolades from the Grammys • Kids making decisions for themselves • Chinese covid lockdown • People not forgiving Boris for lockdown parties • International lockdown rules • Boris Johnson's views on transgenders in sports • Ezra Miller moving mad • Johnny Depp's issues with Amber Heard and how the masses treat him different than other men in troubled relationships • Rishi Sunak and his wife's public relation issues • Atlanta episodes • AITA for embarrassing my husband in front of his new co-workers • AITA for questioning a man's heritage • #StavrosSays : Station Eleven [https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/0L2P21S3QYU0BFNRUNFQJM5NIH/ref=atv_dl_rdr] 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
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ESN #350 : The Slap Of Familiarity Episode
05/04/2022 Duration: 02h16minThis week's topics: • Mr Wolf becoming his Son's PT • How diet effects bulking up • Two stopping a potential road rage beef with Wahala • Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars • Does Jada hold any blame for the incident • Why did Will do it • Why doesn't anyone have any sympathy for Chris Rock? • Do British Born Nigerian sports stars have the same passion as those born in Nigeria. • Do men have male influencers they look up to, • AITA for making a joke about my brother cheating at his wedding, Where to purchase tickets to the I See You premiere: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/i-see-you-premiere-tickets-295492505037 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
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ESN #349 : The Doors And Wheels Episode
29/03/2022 Duration: 02h17minThis week's topics: • Men not fighting for their country • Fighting on behalf of your Dad when he's blatantly wrong • Uncles going to church to chase Aunties • Is there such a thing as dating someone who is too religious • Male hair loss • Beard grooming • Clippers v Cut throat • Increase in dumb phone sells • Washing cars • Our children growing up soft • African countries banning bike taxis • Stav moaning about the workmen in his house • If it's ever ok for a man to hit a woman in violence • The problem with with physically assaulting the police in the Child Q case • Public figures calling out the lopsided attention paid to Ukraine over other countries in war • Top Boy being released all on the same day instead of weekly • Whether the mandem would take a male pill • AITA for demanding all my pictures are taken off my friend's social media 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
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ESN #348 : The Ps and Qs Episode (Feat. Simone & Tunde)
22/03/2022 Duration: 02h58minIn this episode we welcome guests Tunde of 'Tales From The Plantation' podcast and Simone and discuss: • Our love and hate for Soca music • Partners allowing their partners to whine in the club or not • Ethiopians banned from celebrating Easter in Israel • Orishas and Juju • Changing and losing African traditions • What a naming ceremony is and the recent changes • Covid weddings • Women carrying culture • Non Nigerian women loving the traditional element of marrying a Nigerian • Different sizes of South Asian weddings • What is the size/cost of an excessive wedding • Parents (Mothers) taking over their child's weddings • Is 15 minutes in the bathroom enough • Traditional medicines • Africans giving their children European names • Maternity and Paternity leave • House-husband business • Revelation that Child Q stripped searched in school and the backlash from that • Gaslighting Black people being the new thing • Black people collectively not protesting for our rights • Different ways of protesting • Black
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ESN #347 : The Three Hundred and Goddamn 47th Episode
15/03/2022 Duration: 02h37minThis week's topics: • Making people look stupid on social media • Victor Daniels' live show • Falling asleep in cinema • Different cinema extras • How different food categories can affect us • Literal shit talk • Hiding or claiming being a podcaster • What makes someone a podcaster • Taking someone out to a place you've been with someone else before • Smart devices and luddites • Jussie Smollett's guilty verdict • Celebrities in jail • Harvesting Organs • The multiple layers of the movie Get Out • British music we'd play to spread the good word • Ryan Coogler being picked up from a bank after requesting $12,000 dollars • AITA for exposing my sister to her soon to be husband 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 d
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ESN #346 : The Higgy Hagga Episode
08/03/2022 Duration: 02h10minThis week's topics: • The new Batman movie and old Batman movie comparisons • Has Tim Burton fallen off or not? • Stav's announcement • The best superhero movies • Racism during the war in Ukraine • Ukraine war talk • Can Putin be overthrown • Roman Abramovich selling Chelsea FC • How different countries are set up for war • Ulkraine officials asking Africans to fight for them • Priti Patel not easing up much on war immigration • Asians and Blacks united in how they've had to deal with racism in the Eastern Block • Trans kids in secondary schools in the UK • Gay people who identify as Gay first • Gay players in sports and how the stats ain't mathing • Travellers and their bad reputation • Slaughterhouse Beef • How long does one reach out to someone who doesn't seem to want to respond • AITA for not telling my daughter I'm getting married • #StavrosSays : Ground News App [https://ground.news] Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: #ESNpod so we can find your comments www.esnpodcast.com www.f
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ESN #345 : The Savoury Liquorice Episode (Feat. Mo)
01/03/2022 Duration: 02h17minIn this episode we welcome our podsister, guest Mo and discuss: • Men claiming fraudulent heights • People pushing themselves to be out of their comfort zone v being complacent • How lost goals can shorten ones life • Life goals and desires changing with age and wisdom • How remote working is changing the game for better and for worse • Average salary in the UK & US • Staying ahead of the curve of the working world on behalf of your children • Patronising local stores • RIP Jamal Edwards • Stars who die suddenly without cause of death exposed • Deceased stars who knew they were going to die from an illness who kept it out of the public eye • Ignoring celebrities' bad points after they died • Using controversial artist work after they've died • Liquorice Pizza Spoiler Conversation: 58:00 - 01:13:33 • The problem with saying someone looks older than they are • Spotify rating system • Pulling people up when they've done something wrong • Not wanting to hear negative feedback • Seeking perfection from your child
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ESN #344 : The Broken Family Episode
22/02/2022 Duration: 01h51minThis week's topics: • Explicit nature of music over the years • Top Dawg v Dreamville • Modern day moshing • Gigs contribution to British music • Watch The Throne the best collaboration album ever? • Artist Thundercat • Apps tracking you • The greatness of Waze • Different patties from around the world • Jerk food • How well we can or can't swim • Swimming in the ocean • Laughing at memes of others misfortune • Amir Khan v Kell Brook • Uganda ordered to pay $325 million to DR Congo for their involvement in conflict in Congo • Lack of financial punishment for other countries who are involved in conflicts • Germany's payment to Namibia for their genocide • Please Call Me inventor wins case against Vodafone • AITA for ruining my mum's life • If it's best to expose the negative family stories to the family • Not using condom during good Christian sex Connect with us at & send your questions & comments to: #ESNpod so we can find your comments www.esnpodcast.com www.facebook.com/ESNpodcasts www.twitter.com/ESNpod
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ESN #343 : The Defending The Cat Honour Episode
15/02/2022 Duration: 01h54minIn this episode we discuss: • Valentines Weekend • Dave performance at the Brit awards • Lil Sims acceptance speech with her mother • Backlash for Adele for saying she is proud of being a woman when accepting the gender neutral artist of the year award. • Kurt Zouma assaulting a cat • How much did race play a part in the punishment people wanted for Zouma • Asking white people the first time they noticed race • Mr Wolf getting caught speeding • What if Jesus was a test from God • Can you have discussions about religion respectfully • Da Baby fighting with his son Uncle • How much is your honour worth? 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
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ESN #342 : The Plantation Exodus Episode (Feat. Wavey)
08/02/2022 Duration: 02h41minIn this episode with guest Wavey and we discuss: • If men are cheaters these days • Is emotional cheating worse than physical cheating • Sharing intermit bedroom information with friends • Talking to the elders about relationship issues • Senegal v Egypt AFCON final • North Africans not counting themselves as Africans • Guinea-Bissau coup d'état attempt • India Arie leaving Spotify in protest of Joe Rogan's racist anti-Black language • Whether The Rock claims his Black side • Having White friend that uses racial slurs • Whoopie Goldberg given a time out from her TV talk show for saying the Holocaust had nothing to do with race • Footballers apologise after taking picture with Wiley • How the Jewish community cancel people verses how the Black community cancel people • Police report and released racist, homophobic, sexist and violent messages sent between officers • David Goodwillie signed then fired by Raith Rovers football team due to uproar over his signing in connection with his previous sexual abuse civi
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ESN #341 : The Pain Killer Episode
01/02/2022 Duration: 02h09minThis week's topics: • Car trouble • Foundational Black American v Black British animosity • Integrity in work • Boris Johnsons' party shenanigans • Taking in media news from sources you don't agree with • Russia and Ukraine • Taking pain killers • AITA for being jealous of my step brother • #StavrosSays : Dopesick [https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/dopesick/vaEHfF8OZHUP] 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
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ESN #340 : The AFCON Episode (Feat. Darran Griffiths)
25/01/2022 Duration: 02h39minThis week we welcome guest Darran Griffiths and discuss: • African Cup of Nations (Nigeria, Ghana, Comoros) • Lessor known African countries • What age you should stop reading to your child • Using toilets in other people's houses • Liverpudlian rapping • Accents of people north of London • Travelling to Jamaica • Ancestry DNA testing • Interracial couple social media pages and who follows them • Black people who like to be sexually-racially subjugated by White people • Black people enjoying Django Unchained • The best Quentin Tarantino films • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Acting from a script compared to • Fresh and Fit Podcast's views • Using uproar for clout • Mo the Comedian and the responses to him having a White partner • Chicken Shop Date • Talk of Idris Elba being James Bond again • Denzel Washington conforming The Equalizer 3 sequel • Women's friendships v Men's friendships • Driving women home when you're not super close (in both senses of the word) • AITA for not letting my partner know about t
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ESN #339 : The Novakcine Episode
18/01/2022 Duration: 02h42minThis week's topics: • Joe Pesci's acting prowess • Being 'stuck' at a certain mental age • Bit of a rock music section • New Ghetts album coming? • Kano's music videos • Records shops being cornerstones of the community (shout out Wired 4 Sound, Dub Vendor, Red Records, Regal Records, Body Music and all the other record shops we shared our time, our spirit and our money in) • Caribbean and Africans mixing more • Black children in non Black areas • Conservative lockdown parties being exposed • Shaun Bailey's party being the only Tory party to be investigated by police • Boris Johnson potentially losing his power • Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak next in line for Tory leadership • Chinese spies in British government • What album impacted us most as a teenager • Novak Djokovic's Australian visa cancelled after his presence in the country deemed to fan anti-vaccine sentiment • AITA for not taking my partners driving points on my license? • Sharing cars with your partner • Men in a relationship eating from another woma
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ESN #338 : The African Back Packing Episode (Feat. Liz & Kim)
18/01/2022 Duration: 03h14minIn this episode we welcome guest Liz & Kim and discuss: • Jay Z's Kingdom Come album • Ugandan women's shoe and ankle size • Travelling back home and not going • Worrying about travelling to Africa [without host] • If we should do a live show • If number of episodes is more important than length of show • Coca Cola racism • Babies born during racism being different • Children that are fed up of life • Believing in reincarnation • RIP Sidney Poitier • Netflix movies • The impact of telling children about death • Warning children about predators • Shower being a private place • Are there things that you wouldn't do with your life partner • Dealing with men that don't ..... y'know... do that thing some women like • Men resting on their laurels in a relationship • Women not putting in effort in the bedroom • Novak Djokovic's issues with entering Austria due to vaccination protocols • Vaccine skeptics being black balled on social media • What difference it makes if you find out about conspiracies are true • Bring
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ESN #337 : The Ghana v Nigeria? Episode (Feat. Georgette of Just The Tip Podcast)
04/01/2022 Duration: 03h05minIn this episode we welcome guest Georgette and discuss: • Musical genres becoming more and more blurred • Michael Jackson v Prince v Stevie Wonder • Best Batman songs • Nas releasing another new album with producer Hit-Boy • Playing games with the family • What the unofficial national game of Nigerians is • Favourite casino games • What we'd be like if our children were hustlers • Being financially blessed • Amazon witchcraft of a GO store • Being followed in grocery stores • Covid shutting shops down • Interacting with security guards at work • Shatta Wale's rant against Nigerian artists • Stonebwoy backing fellow Ghanaian artist, Shatta Wale • Burna Boy clapping back to Shatta Wale • Ghana v Nigeria? and the responsibility the bigger country has on the smaller • Nollywood v Gollywood • A brief highlight list of 2021 • AITA for telling my partner about my adult movie preferences • If a partners video watching sexual preference can turn you off them sexually • Being comfortable sharing sexual kinks with eve
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ESN #336 : The Spoilers, Vibes and In Sha Allah Episode (Feat. CynTea & Mr Elusive)
28/12/2021 Duration: 03h08minThis week's topics: • Wrestlers having to tone down their flagrant rhetoric • Movie Talk (Don't Look Up, King of Boys, A Naija Christmas & Boxing Day) • If there's a lack of quality Black romance movies • Not telling people they're on loudspeaker • Meeting friends of the opposite sex as adults • Assuming men and women that are friends are actually more than friends • What we fill our time with • Covid-19 lateral flow tests being trash • Comedians selling out the o2 arena • What our Christmases were like • The potential of being infected with multiple variants of Covid-19 • Navigating travel without vaccinations • Dating or not dating someone based on their views on vaccination • The lowering of dating requirements with age • Meagan Good and DeVon Frankiln's divorce • Giving and receiving relationship advice • Jay Z saying he doesn't think he should entertain the idea of a Verzuz cause he's too good for everyone else • If anyone - Lil Wayne specifically - could beat Jay Z in a Verzuz • The mis-pronouncing of W
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ESN #335 : The Not So Christmas Episode
21/12/2021 Duration: 02h24minThis week's topics: • Mormon's Black people • Being indifferent to injustice • Medical diagrams with Black subjects • Black people in mass media • Growing up on Bollywood • Caribbean people loving Nollywood • Traditional leader in Cameroon refusing to marry 14 year old virgin as is custom • If people actually want to get with a virgin • Men wanting a woman with a child to know she was born woman • There's something about Miriam • Black male podcasts being cancelled..... again • The difference in how to approach a woman between now and 20 years ago • Wizkid trying to lift Tems • Men dating women and expecting sex • If you should go on a date with someone you don't feel you could sleep with • Men paying for women • Asking to borrow money from someone in a relationship • The TV show, succession • Spider-Man: No Way Home • AITA for straightening my daughters hair without my wife’s permission? • #StavrosSays : 1. Instagram Page: [https://www.instagram.com/diondoubleu] 2. Riders Of Justice [https://www.justwatch.