Chaka Khan
3/25/202651 min
We’re still pinching ourselves that we had the absolutely legendary Chaka Khan join us this week! Chaka arrived fresh in from visiting a local school, and she brought her gorgeous sister Tammy & daughter Dana along with her too. Over mum’s delicious afternoon tea we talked all about the phenomenal career Chaka has had, including her upcoming album and brand new musical ‘I’m Every Woman’ launching in the UK. We heard about her skincare routine (our fave topic!), living in Georgia with her family, her dislike of touring, how she became Sia’s godmother, the food served at Nelson Ma...
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First 90 secondsJessie Ware· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Table Manners. I'm Jessie Ware, and I'm here with... Why are you looking so shocked?
Lennie Ware· Host0:07
Nothing. I'm looking at you.
Jessie Ware· Host0:09
You look shocked, like you've never- No ... seen me before.
Lennie Ware· Host0:11
No.
Jessie Ware· Host0:11
Or I'm a ghost.
Lennie Ware· Host0:12
Yeah.
Jessie Ware· Host0:12
Are you okay, Lenny?
Lennie Ware· Host0:13
Are you a ghost? Yeah. No, fine.
Jessie Ware· Host0:15
Where have you been this week, Lenny?
Lennie Ware· Host0:16
I went to my old university.
Jessie Ware· Host0:18
Oh, yeah?
Lennie Ware· Host0:19
And I spoke to students about podcasting, and they were very, very interested.
Jessie Ware· Host0:25
Prof Len.
Lennie Ware· Host0:26
Prof Len. Not really prof. I am- Doc? Doc. I am now.
Jessie Ware· Host0:30
Did you get an honorary doctorate?
Lennie Ware· Host0:32
That would be nice.
Jessie Ware· Host0:33
That would've been, like, a really- Actually, I'm gonna mention that.
Lennie Ware· Host0:35
She'd just written and said, "Thank you," and I said, "You haven't doc-ed-" Yeah, where's my honorary doctorate? "... Dr. Len." [laughs] So we can have two doctors in the family. Yeah.
Jessie Ware· Host0:42
Yeah.
Lennie Ware· Host0:43
It was very interesting. They asked very interesting questions. They asked something- Mm ... which it hadn't really struck me with our podcast. Are we concerned about AI? I said, "Well, I want, like, a fake image of myself," something- What, like a deepfake of Lenny? A deepfake [laughs] of me.
Jessie Ware· Host0:59
An AI Len.
Lennie Ware· Host0:59
That they put me on the head of something or, I don't know. But I'd never thought about AI and our podcast. Had you?
Jessie Ware· Host1:06
No.
Lennie Ware· Host1:07
Neither had I.
Jessie Ware· Host1:08
Are you worried now?
Lennie Ware· Host1:09
I am slightly, 'cause they can clone your voice, Jess.
Jessie Ware· Host1:12
Oh, God.
Lennie Ware· Host1:12
They might, they might- They've got years to go by.
Jessie Ware· Host1:15
[laughs] Oh, God.
Lennie Ware· Host1:15
Yeah.
Jessie Ware· Host1:16
Well, I've never thought about that. But thank you- Yeah ... for stressing us out.
Lennie Ware· Host1:19
Did you see my tree? Oh, it's- Your tree in the back?
Jessie Ware· Host1:21
Has it been pruned?
Lennie Ware· Host1:22
No, the one at the front.
Jessie Ware· Host1:23
Your magnolia is looking divine.
Lennie Ware· Host1:24
Is magnificent. It's the best- Divine ... it is the best magnolia ever.
Jessie Ware· Host1:28
You know, for my main memory of