Shami's Speakeasy
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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.
This little beauty, inspired by the @michaelpedersen.bsky.social episode, is now on the website! Beautifully designed & created by @joshmoirart.bsky.social print it out, fold it and pass them along. We also have a digital viewer that's pretty cool too. Subscribe here www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The Charlotte Owen Zine is now available for everyone. Beautifully designed and created by artist-in-residence @joshmoirart.bsky.social, print them, fold them & share them. We also have a digital viewer that's pretty cool too. Subscribe on our website for early access! www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
'People will try to capitalise upon the..things that pull us apart rather than the many..commonhoods that draw us together. So always, always focus on the joy and rally back towards the light' @michaelpedersenoyster ends our first series with hope. Full episode here podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"I convinced myself I was studying literature within the realms of law and it was very easy to do so because it is a celebration in almost a flamboyance of language." is there anything that @michaelpedersen.bsky.social can't make beautiful?

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November 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
'I was trying to experience this grief as the last reverberation of loving someone' @michaelpedersen.bsky.social explains the process of writing the beautiful book Boy Friends in the wake of his dearest friend, Scott Hutchinson's, passing. Listen to the full episode now podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
'it just seemed ridiculous... that they were gonna look down on me...when their education costs hundreds of thousands of pounds and we were sitting at the same table and perhaps I was even getting better grades...' @michaelpedersen.bsky.social - full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
'I was obsessed with friendship. I was obsessed with emotionally vulnerable friendships....I wanted a piece of that friendship pie' @michaelpedersen.bsky.social talks about the most delicious kind of pie, that we all deserve a generous slice of. Full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
NEW EPISODE DROPS TOMORROW with the rather wonderful @michaelpedersen.bsky.social

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November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
'You need to create law which is lasting and not dependent on a certain type of technology' Baroness Charlotte Owen on the need to carefully craft legislation to protect against the harm, rather than focusing on an iteration of tech. Listen to the episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 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...
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 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
November 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
'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
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
"..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
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
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM