ESN #2.063 : The Skin Fade Episode (Feat. Mark 'SliderCuts' Maciver)

In this episode we welcome guest Mark 'SliderCuts' Maciver & discuss: • What it's like for SliderCuts going from local neighborhood barber to award winning, celebrity barber • How having a PA can stop you getting numbers from DMs • How local Black businesses can help give work to young people in the community • Ways to help deal with mental illness in the Black community • Barbershops acting as a middle ground between the streets and the corporate world • Vanessa Carlton not wanting to be associated to Chris Brown after a shout out due to his DV history • Skepta's comments regarding racism in GQ magazine • Tips for barbers • Nightmare hair stories • The African-barbers-can't-cut-hair sterotype • If being respectful to women can be seen as being condescending • What Black men really say/think about Black women behind closed doors • If social media gives a false misrepresentation of real society • The idea that broke men will leave a woman once they come up • Men waiting to build a foundation before a relationship and if that's a good idea • Financial literacy in the black community • If men step up their game when they have more responsibility. • Wahala's #Fatwatch: 123kg • #StavrosSays Recommendation : 60th Anniversary live reading of Chinua Achebe's seminal book 'Things Fall Apart' at the Southbank Centre on Sun 15th April Connect with our guest Slidercuts at: @slidercuts on Instagram & Twitter, also www.slidercuts.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