A new music and media podcast from Stavros Boss and Big Wahala from the ESN Network

This week we really get into the weeds of the politics around the South Africa music phenomenon, Amapiano.
Featuring Notty, DJ Mutembz and a bunch of passionate fans representing Amapiano. Catch his House and Amapiano mixes at https://soundcloud.com/mutembeik

ESN Radio

ESN Radio : The Politics Of Amapiano (Feat. Notty & DJ Mutembz)

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]

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Eloquently Saying Nothing

ESN #470 : The DOOM & Gloom Episode

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

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ESN #471 : The gRace Riots Episode

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


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ESN #472 : The Cantankerous Episode (Feat. Shiikane)

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]

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@waveythefirst on X/Twitter

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ESN #473 : The Canine Episode (Feat. Wavey)

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/]

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ESN #474 : The UKG Episode

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


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@heyessay1 on Instagram & @heyEssay on Twitter
@gotsoulevents
@thatrnbparty
@lovejonesuk

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ESN #475 : The Stages Of Grief Episode (Feat. hey Essay)

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

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ESN #476 : The Patiently Waiting Episode

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.

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ESN #477 : The No Baddies and All Giggles Episode (feat Darran Griffiths & Wendi)

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

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ESN #478 : The Oily Takedown Episode

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]

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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

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ESN #479 : The Ego Politics Episode (Feat. Tunde from Tales From The Plantation Podcast)

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