ESN: Eloquently Saying Nothing ESN Network

This week, we host guest Oseme and discuss:

• What being passive aggressive is
• Fat Jose - Safe 2 Say v Beanie Sigel - Get Down
• Nigerian talking volume
• How can you ask someone to talk at a lower volume politely
• The origins of the word passive aggressive
• Jamaican skanking
• Do animals worship a higher power
• Is the moon a star
• 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
• Afrobeats rise v Dancehall's decline
• Neil deGrasse Tyson responding to Terrence Howard
• Star Wars' The Acolyte's negative response
• #AITA for not going to my sister's online wedding
• StavrosSays: Neil deGrasse Tyson's response to Terrence Howard [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uLi1I3G2N4]


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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oh_seh_meh



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This week, we host guest Darran Griffiths and discuss:

• Thinking you know how podcasters are
• KG deserves respect
• Tory v Labour debate
• People’s lack of political vim
• Faiza Shaheen kicked out of Labour seat
• People not knowing who Labour leader, Kier Starmer is
• Bernie Sanders should have been democratic leader
• Trump being Teflon
• American style petty politics coming to the UK
• The aspirational vote
• Choosing private schooling or not
• Choosing private healthcare or not
• AI taking over if not regulated
• Humans not being able to rest
• Grif on his comedy special being released on YouTube
• Sharing writing credits as a comedian
• Responding to trolls online
• Apple’s top 100 album list
• #AITA: For not being interesting on answer phone calls
• StavrosSays:
- The Overlap, Fathers Day Episode [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwGdF_0o64o]
- Darran Griffiths - Inconceivable [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGMoTjhauLI]

Connect with our guest Darran Griffiths.
Twitter: https://x.com/darrangriff
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darrangriff/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGMoTjhauLI
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/griffdarran


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In this episode we welcome guest Nothando and discuss

• Wedding wardrobe malfunction
• Podcast envy
• Air fryer love
• Air fryer etiquette
• Agege bread v Challah bread
• Analka's wild Viera story
• The Crazy Gang
• John Fashanu's highs and lows
• Nigerian farming - Barnardo's Boys
• A bit of Xhosa & Ndebele
• The growth of South African and Zimbabwean languages in English via music
• Caribbean's taking on or rejecting other [Black] cultures
• Is 'This is a Man's World' a sexist song
• South African elections
• Trump found guilty in the Stormy Daniels hush case
• Labour's culling of the left
• Diane Abbott's issues with the Labour party pre-election
• Is there a hierarchy of racism
• Should Diane Abbott rest now
• Labour party of old vs Labour party now
• Adventures From The Bedrooms Of African Women live podcast
• City Splash
• Cancelled festivals
• Wanting to rave again
• #AITA for telling my husband he doesn't earn enough to warren asking me to be a traditional woman
• Mr Wolf recommendation : The Thomas Greene Podcast [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laU2Q0e3VBo]
• #StavrosSays : The Crazy Gang [https://vimeo.com/114987807]



Connect with our guest Nothando;
Instagram : @nottyndebs
Instagram for Sunsets & Sundowners : https://www.instagram.com/sunsets.and.sundowners/
Tickets for Sunsets & Sundowners : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sas-summer-lounge-tickets-914513704107?aff=oddtdtcreator

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This week's topics:

• Stav's daughter's sports day
• How old before kids can venture out by themselves
• Participation trophies
• Losing childish innocence
• Intellectual growth spurts
• Pushing children beyond school
• Children doing things their parents can't
• Who'd make a good parent
• How old you are before your parents trust you
• Sending your child on sleepovers
• Buying kids expensive food when they want the cheap stuff
• Sugar on food
• Failed Congo coup
• Kenya's sending troops to Haiti
• South African xenophobia
• Top 5 African economies by IMF
• Tunisia dumping Black Africans in the desert
• ICC placing arrest warrant on Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu & Hamas leaders
• #AITA for putting a lock on my daughter's bedroom door?
• #StavrosSays :
- The Wire Clips [https://www.youtube.com/@TheWireUni/videos]
- Fear and Loathing in South Africa [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rogZ8BYg-kM]

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This week's topics:

• Lil' Wayne appreciation
• Has Lil' Wayne ever been in a big beef
• Producers that have had a chart domination run
• Recently released video of Diddy abusing Cassie
• Diddy's video apology
• Statute of limitations, a good or bad thing
• Diddy's story
• Why a redemption story gets highlighted more than just a good guy
• Can you - should you - forgive someone for their past sins
• Would you accept your team losing if it meant your arch enemy team having a bigger loss
• #AITA for purposely misunderstanding my baby's Father
• #StavrosSays : ChatGPT 4o [https://chatgpt.com]

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In this episode with guests Wavey & D Double U and we discuss:

• Pulp Fiction a classic film
• Katt Williams' new Netflix special
• Tom Brady roast
• Comedians being brutal with each other
• Kevin Hart funny or no?
• Shaq & Shannon Sharpe Beef
• NBA's European player bias
• The difference between young American sports stars and young British sports stars
• The word Oriental
• Male teacher getting his braids taken out by students at school
• The levels of what a teacher should do above and beyond just teaching
• Taking neighbours' children to school
• Drake being attacked for not being Black enough because he's mixed race or...?
• Mixed race identity
• A deeeeep dive into the Kendrick v Drake beef
• J. Cole apologising and backing out and manhood

Connect with our guests:

D Double U: @pumpfakeshop & @Diondoubleu on Instagram
Wavey: @waveythefirst on twitter

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