Shami's Speakeasy
@shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social
Resistance and reflection in turbulent times. Hosted by Shami Chakrabarti. Find out more www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
Produced for Chaotic DoGooders Ltd by Bespoken Media Scotland. Artwork by Josh Moir.
Produced for Chaotic DoGooders Ltd by Bespoken Media Scotland. Artwork by Josh Moir.
Find out more about the dangers of generative AI and what Charlotte Owen is doing in the House of Lords to protect us. Listen to the full episode in all the usual places podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
#Deepfake #AI #Consent #BigTech
#Deepfake #AI #Consent #BigTech
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Find out more about the dangers of generative AI and what Charlotte Owen is doing in the House of Lords to protect us. Listen to the full episode in all the usual places podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
#Deepfake #AI #Consent #BigTech
#Deepfake #AI #Consent #BigTech
'The way that I always describe it to people is imagine a woman walking into a pub and suddenly you can take her image and put it into a sexually explicit content of her.' Baroness Charlotte Owen on why it's Image Based Sexual Abuse, not Deepfake Porn. Listen now podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
'The way that I always describe it to people is imagine a woman walking into a pub and suddenly you can take her image and put it into a sexually explicit content of her.' Baroness Charlotte Owen on why it's Image Based Sexual Abuse, not Deepfake Porn. Listen now podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
The Darren McGarvey edition of the Speakeasy Zine is on the website now! Beautifully created by @joshmoirart.bsky.social - print it, fold it, pass it on...and subscribe on our website for early access! www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk #ArtActivismChange
November 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The Darren McGarvey edition of the Speakeasy Zine is on the website now! Beautifully created by @joshmoirart.bsky.social - print it, fold it, pass it on...and subscribe on our website for early access! www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk #ArtActivismChange
Our most recent episode has Baroness Charlotte Owen talking AI, consent and the law with Shami in the Speakeasy. Listen to the full episode now podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Our most recent episode has Baroness Charlotte Owen talking AI, consent and the law with Shami in the Speakeasy. Listen to the full episode now podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
'Women are more reluctant to use AI because they consider it cheating in the workplace and this is putting women at a disadvantage.' Is AI cheating? New episode with Baroness Charlotte Own as she discusses AI, image-based sexual abuse and the law. Listen and subscribe now www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 AM
'Women are more reluctant to use AI because they consider it cheating in the workplace and this is putting women at a disadvantage.' Is AI cheating? New episode with Baroness Charlotte Own as she discusses AI, image-based sexual abuse and the law. Listen and subscribe now www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
For those at the back....'of course Reform are a threat. Of course populist far-rightism is a threat. It's a threat this country saw off in the 30s and 40s.' Feeling despondent? Join our Speakeasy community for hope, solidarity and action. Subscribe for free at www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
For those at the back....'of course Reform are a threat. Of course populist far-rightism is a threat. It's a threat this country saw off in the 30s and 40s.' Feeling despondent? Join our Speakeasy community for hope, solidarity and action. Subscribe for free at www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
"..all the training data is around women's bodies. So if you put a man's image into the model, it would simply produce a man's head on a woman's body." Listen to the full episode with Baroness Charlotte Own podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
November 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"..all the training data is around women's bodies. So if you put a man's image into the model, it would simply produce a man's head on a woman's body." Listen to the full episode with Baroness Charlotte Own podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
New zines incoming this week! All designed by the wonderful @joshmoirart.bsky.social
Darren McGarvey Speakeasy Zine will be on the website this week and subscribers will receive the Baroness Doreen Lawrence Zine. Subscribe for free for early access to zines & more www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
Darren McGarvey Speakeasy Zine will be on the website this week and subscribers will receive the Baroness Doreen Lawrence Zine. Subscribe for free for early access to zines & more www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New zines incoming this week! All designed by the wonderful @joshmoirart.bsky.social
Darren McGarvey Speakeasy Zine will be on the website this week and subscribers will receive the Baroness Doreen Lawrence Zine. Subscribe for free for early access to zines & more www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
Darren McGarvey Speakeasy Zine will be on the website this week and subscribers will receive the Baroness Doreen Lawrence Zine. Subscribe for free for early access to zines & more www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
'Using AI..you can take any woman's photograph..and create a sexually explicit image..without her consent' NEW EPISODE! Baroness Charlotte Owen visits the Speakeasy to talk about AI, consent & the need for law to catch up with technology. Listen to the full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
'Using AI..you can take any woman's photograph..and create a sexually explicit image..without her consent' NEW EPISODE! Baroness Charlotte Owen visits the Speakeasy to talk about AI, consent & the need for law to catch up with technology. Listen to the full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
The Asma Khan edition of the Speakeasy Zine is on the website now! Beautifully created by @joshmoirart.bsky.social - print it, fold it, pass it on...and subscribe on our website for early access! www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk #ArtActivismChange
October 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Asma Khan edition of the Speakeasy Zine is on the website now! Beautifully created by @joshmoirart.bsky.social - print it, fold it, pass it on...and subscribe on our website for early access! www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk #ArtActivismChange
'We shouldn't be sending arms. We should not be sending arms.' Baroness Doreen Lawrence on Gaza in this week's episode of the Speakeasy. Listen to the episode in full please sign up as a free subscriber to receive our zine inspired by this episode www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
'We shouldn't be sending arms. We should not be sending arms.' Baroness Doreen Lawrence on Gaza in this week's episode of the Speakeasy. Listen to the episode in full please sign up as a free subscriber to receive our zine inspired by this episode www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
'Stephen wasn't the only young black boy who was murdered. There was others before him. And others since. But the care that people have around the black community is never the same.' Baroness Doreen Lawrence in the Speakeasy. Listen to this episode in full www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:41 AM
'Stephen wasn't the only young black boy who was murdered. There was others before him. And others since. But the care that people have around the black community is never the same.' Baroness Doreen Lawrence in the Speakeasy. Listen to this episode in full www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
' I think where the police was concerned, they used it as...we can't do this because we'll be accused of being racist...but if you do your job and do your job correctly, nobody would accuse you of anything' Baroness Doreen Lawrence episode in full podfollow.com/shamis-speak... #BlackHistoryMonth
October 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
' I think where the police was concerned, they used it as...we can't do this because we'll be accused of being racist...but if you do your job and do your job correctly, nobody would accuse you of anything' Baroness Doreen Lawrence episode in full podfollow.com/shamis-speak... #BlackHistoryMonth
'Stephen wasn't the only young black boy who was murdered. There was others before him. And others since. But the care that people have around the black community is never the same.' Listen to this episode with Doreen Lawrence in full podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
October 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
'Stephen wasn't the only young black boy who was murdered. There was others before him. And others since. But the care that people have around the black community is never the same.' Listen to this episode with Doreen Lawrence in full podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
'They see Stephen as a role model...I'm so pleased that I've managed for them to see that, rather than just talking about his death all the time' Baroness Doreen Lawrence talks about her work with young people - Listen to this powerful episode today podfollow.com/shamis-speak... #Blackhistorymonth
October 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
'They see Stephen as a role model...I'm so pleased that I've managed for them to see that, rather than just talking about his death all the time' Baroness Doreen Lawrence talks about her work with young people - Listen to this powerful episode today podfollow.com/shamis-speak... #Blackhistorymonth
'I was spied on by the police...they did not like to think of the influence I was carrying' NEW EPISODE RELEASE: In the last week of #BlackHistoryMonth, Baroness Doreen Lawrence joins Shami in the Speakeasy for a wide-ranging - and rare - conversation. listen here podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
October 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
'I was spied on by the police...they did not like to think of the influence I was carrying' NEW EPISODE RELEASE: In the last week of #BlackHistoryMonth, Baroness Doreen Lawrence joins Shami in the Speakeasy for a wide-ranging - and rare - conversation. listen here podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
New episode incoming tomorrow! In the meantime feast your eyes on another @joshmoirart creation from the Asma Khan Zine, which subscribers have already received. Subscribe for free on the website now for early release on the Zines, updates and extras. The bar is open.... www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
New episode incoming tomorrow! In the meantime feast your eyes on another @joshmoirart creation from the Asma Khan Zine, which subscribers have already received. Subscribe for free on the website now for early release on the Zines, updates and extras. The bar is open.... www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
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October 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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The Baroness Hale Speakeasy Zine is now on the website! Headthere now...while you're there, why not subscribe so you receive the Zines as soon as they're released? It's free to join our community of Barflies! www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The Baroness Hale Speakeasy Zine is now on the website! Headthere now...while you're there, why not subscribe so you receive the Zines as soon as they're released? It's free to join our community of Barflies! www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
Have you subscribed to the Speakeasy Zine? Sign up on our website to receive early access to our beautiful Zines, inspired by our guests and created by @JoshMoirArt.bsky.social - Asma Khan edition coming to subscribers soon! www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk #WomensLabour
October 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Have you subscribed to the Speakeasy Zine? Sign up on our website to receive early access to our beautiful Zines, inspired by our guests and created by @JoshMoirArt.bsky.social - Asma Khan edition coming to subscribers soon! www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk #WomensLabour
'So I'm just empting Solpadeine Max tablets into a glass and pouring water in it, and everyone just thinks i'm taking paracetamol. Because that's what I want them to think' Darren on the night he won the Orwell Prize, while in his own private hell. Full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
October 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
'So I'm just empting Solpadeine Max tablets into a glass and pouring water in it, and everyone just thinks i'm taking paracetamol. Because that's what I want them to think' Darren on the night he won the Orwell Prize, while in his own private hell. Full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
Darren.McGarvey in the Speakeasy 'you spend enough time on social media and you literally are just living anxiety'. Listen to the full episode and help us grow - follow, share, subscribe! www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Darren.McGarvey in the Speakeasy 'you spend enough time on social media and you literally are just living anxiety'. Listen to the full episode and help us grow - follow, share, subscribe! www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
On Far Right mentality: 'It's like guys that used to be bodybuilders and then they're 80....you can either keep charging about like you're a 20 year old in your prime and get knocked out or you can just accept nature's run its course.' Full Darren McGarvey episode here! podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
October 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
On Far Right mentality: 'It's like guys that used to be bodybuilders and then they're 80....you can either keep charging about like you're a 20 year old in your prime and get knocked out or you can just accept nature's run its course.' Full Darren McGarvey episode here! podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
'It's the sort of shock of who is this working class guy with this attitude that he's just taking out there to all these middle class people? I mean, this guy doesn't give a f***.Then when you start doing well..caution creeps in' Listen to Darren McGarvey's full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
October 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
'It's the sort of shock of who is this working class guy with this attitude that he's just taking out there to all these middle class people? I mean, this guy doesn't give a f***.Then when you start doing well..caution creeps in' Listen to Darren McGarvey's full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
'There's a part of me that's like, go for it, Nigel. Go for it. I'll vote for you. Because he's done what brought down every other government. He's made a cast iron electoral pledge. No way can he live up to that.' Darren McGarvey gets stuck in! Full episode here podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
October 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
'There's a part of me that's like, go for it, Nigel. Go for it. I'll vote for you. Because he's done what brought down every other government. He's made a cast iron electoral pledge. No way can he live up to that.' Darren McGarvey gets stuck in! Full episode here podfollow.com/shamis-speak...