A podcast about Disrupticon.
THE event for disruptors, action-takers, allies and those who want to be part of the change the world needs.
It's taking place in Telford in October, but we understand you might have questions, thoughts and feelings about it.
So does Charlotte Foster. She wants to be an ally but is a bit nervous about calling herself one. She wants to do better, but also doesn't want to get it wrong.
Luckily she's friends with Disrupticon Co - Founders G Sabini-Roberts and Regina Martin and used to make podcasts for a living. So rather than asking them all the questions and keeping the answers to herself, she recorded the conversation and turned it into this series.
Now you don't have to ask the questions - but you can hear the answers directly!
Charlotte Foster (she/her), G Sabini-Roberts (they/them) and Regina Martin (she/her) discuss the idea that kept resurfacing across every conversation: there is no single right way to be an ally, and there's no such thing as the perfect one.
Regina talks candidly about comparing herself to more visibly 'activist' friends like Lindsay McGlone (she/they) and making peace with the fact that placards and demonstrations were never going to be her way of showing up, while still holding firmly to what she believes.
G is blunt about capacity: none of us have an endless supply of it, and burning out helps nobody.
The conversation moves through quiet, everyday allyship, the small corrections and interesting-thing-to-say-out-loud moments that rarely make it onto a stage, and finishes on something both G and Regina clearly find hopeful: watching their own kids call them in, unprompted, and do this better than they did.
Disrupticon takes place on 22 October 2026 in Telford, Shropshire.
You can find out more and buy tickets at disrupticon.co.uk (https://disrupticon.co.uk/)
24 Aug 2026
Why Being Around Others Is Key To Disrupticon
Can you learn how to be a better ally from a book, a social media post or a podcast?
Of course they can help.
But there's something information alone can't give us: relationships.
Charlotte (she/her) talks to Disrupticon co-founders Regina Martin (she/her) and G Sabini-Roberts (they/them) about proximity. And why knowing and spending time with people whose lives and experiences are different from our own is so important.
G talks openly about what their friendship with Regina has taught them about white privilege, internalised racism and being an ally to Black and brown people. Regina shares what she's learned from G about experiences within the trans community.
Disrupticon takes place on 22 October 2026 in Telford, Shropshire.
You can find out more and buy tickets at disrupticon.co.uk (https://disrupticon.co.uk/)
24 Aug 2026
Welcome To The F*ck Up Forum At Disrupticon
Charlotte (she/her) is terrified about one thing more than any other when it comes to allyship. And that's the fact that all of us are going to fuck it up.
G Sabini-Roberts (they/them) and Regina Martin (she/her) explain the Fuck-Up Forum, a space built directly into the Disrupticon programme for people to talk about the times their allyship went wrong.
Regina shares her own story of hating being called a 'cis woman', and what it took to understand that discomfort as a privilege to own rather than a label to resist.
G talks about why nobody becomes a better ally by avoiding mistakes, only by learning what to do after making them.
Charlotte brings the conversation back to something practical: the power of pausing before reacting, using her thoughts around the recent incident at the BAFTAs, and her own past certainty that all women share the same experience, as two examples of getting it wrong first and understanding second.
Disrupticon takes place on 22 October 2026 in Telford, Shropshire.
You can find out more and buy tickets at disrupticon.co.uk (https://disrupticon.co.uk/)
24 Aug 2026
The Disrupt Icons: Who's Holding Space At Disrupticon?
Charlotte (she/her) admits she's a little nervous about Disrupticon. Some of the conversations on the day are going to be genuinely uncomfortable for her, and she wanted to know what happens when someone needs a breather, some support, or just a quiet moment.
The answer is the Disrupt Icons, a name G Sabini-Roberts (they/them) and Regina Martin (she/her) landed on by accident when they both wrote it down at the same time. The Icons are going to be a supportive, experienced presence, there to welcome people, answer questions, and help with anything from a genuine crisis to a forgotten phone charger (which is also a crisis!)
Every Icon brings huge experience in wellbeing, mental health or event support, and the team came together organically, born out of people asking G and Regina how they could help. For anyone attending alone, or worried about navigating a full day of challenging material, this episode explains exactly who's got their back
Disrupticon takes place on 22 October 2026 in Telford, Shropshire.
You can find out more and buy tickets at disrupticon.co.uk (https://disrupticon.co.uk/)
24 Aug 2026
Who You'll Hear From At Disrupticon
Every event is shaped by the people who stand on the stage, so in this episode G Sabini-Roberts (they/them) and Regina Martin (she/her) talk Charlotte (she/her) through exactly who they've invited to speak at Disrupticon 2026, and why each of them, specifically.
Confidence coach Washington Ali (he/him) hosts the day. DK Green (he/him), a psychotherapist and trans man, brings an intersectional lens to men's mental health.
Claire Mahon (she/her), an international human rights lawyer and founder of the Global Human Rights Group, is flying in from Geneva.
H Arlo-Harris (they/them) speaks on acquired disability and how quickly perception can shift.
Lindsay McGlone (she/they), fresh off the Atomicon stage, tackles fatphobia and body positivity.
Jo McMeechan (she/her) Disrupticon's accessibility consultant, also takes the stage on neurodivergence and inclusion.
And Carrie & David Grant MBE (she/her & he/him) close out the lineup with something G and Regina are still keeping under wraps.
As G explains, no speaker was handed a brief. Each one was simply asked what they wanted to bring, and every talk is followed by an open floor Q&A.
Full speaker bios are at disrupticon.co.uk/our-speakers (https://disrupticon.co.uk/our-speakers/)
Disrupticon takes place on 22 October 2026 in Telford, Shropshire.
You can find out more and buy tickets at disrupticon.co.uk (https://disrupticon.co.uk/)
23 Aug 2026
Am I A Good Enough Ally To Come To Disrupticon?
Before she'd even bought her ticket, Charlotte (she/her) had a question she suspects a lot of people ask themselves: am I even a good enough ally to be in that room? As a cis, straight, white woman, she worries about taking up space, getting it wrong, or making things worse.
Regina Martin (she/her), co-founder of Disrupticon, admits she asks herself the same thing, despite having built the entire event.
She and fellow Disrupticon co-founder G Sabini-Roberts (they/them) talk about the very real fear that comes with being a visible ally and why watching other people's allyship go wrong online makes so many of us afraid to try at all.
Disrupticon takes place on 22 October 2026 in Telford, Shropshire.
You can find out more and buy tickets at disrupticon.co.uk (https://disrupticon.co.uk/)
23 Aug 2026
Accessibility At Disrupticon: Building An Inclusive Event From Day One
Accessibility is a word every event claims to take seriously.
In this episode, Charlotte (she/her) asks G Sabini-Roberts (they/them) and Regina Martin (she/her) what it actually looked like to build Disrupticon around access needs from the very first decision, rather than bolting it on afterwards.
The first hire for Disrupticon wasn't a venue or a speaker, it was an accessibility consultant: Jo McMeechan (she/her) of SENStory Group, who has since carried out audits and helped shape guidance that covers everything from level access and breakout spaces to physical and emotional wellbeing throughout the day.
G and Regina also talk openly about food, dietary needs, and the areas they're still figuring out, including captions and air purification.
Full accessibility information is published at disrupticon.co.uk/accessibility (https://disrupticon.co.uk/accessibility/)
Disrupticon takes place on 22 October 2026 in Telford, Shropshire.
You can find out more and buy tickets at disrupticon.co.uk (https://disrupticon.co.uk/)
23 Aug 2026
What Is Disrupticon?
Charlotte Foster (she/her) asks Disrupticon co-founders G Sabini-Roberts (they/them) and Regina Martin (she/her) the question that started everything: what actually is Disrupticon?
G and Regina explain how Disrupticon grew out of years of conversations about allyship, marginalisation, and the fear so many people carry about getting it wrong. What began as two friends talking became a day-long event for allies, marginalised people, and anyone trying to figure out where they fit in the middle.
They walk through the shape of the day itself: a lineup of speakers each followed by an open floor Q&A, a fuck-up forum for the moments allyship goes wrong, and a deliberately low-key evening with board games, craft and a bar rather than a party atmosphere, run by a fully neurodivergent team who understand that energy ebbs and flows.
Disrupticon takes place on 22 October 2026 in Telford, Shropshire.
You can find out more and buy tickets at disrupticon.co.uk (https://disrupticon.co.uk/)
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