Chalke Talk
197 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsChalke Talk the podcast from the Chalke Valley History Festival
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Dan Snow
April 11, 2022 02:03 - 37 minutes1918: One Hundred Days to Victory The stunning series of victories that brought the First World War to a close are regarded as some of the most important battles the British have ever fought. Yet today they are largely forgotten. Dan Snow tells the story of The Hundred Days Offensive and how a hastily assembled army of civilians was forged into the finest force in British history that decisively defeated Germany. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about y...
Adam Zamoyski
April 08, 2022 01:01 - 51 minutesNapoleon: The Man Behind the Myth ‘What a novel my life has been!’ exclaimed Napoleon – but he wrote much of it himself. A masterful and shameless manipulator of myths, he created a narrative that still inspires passionate and conflicting responses. Was he a god-like genius, Romantic avatar, megalomaniac monster or just a nasty little dictator? Adam Zamoyski argues that he was none of these and presents a more human, more understandable and far more interesting Napoleon. Hosted on Acast. See...
Tim Rice
April 06, 2022 01:02 - 43 minutesA Personal History of Musicals: How to Succeed, By Mistake, in the World of Musical Theatre Multi-award-winning lyricist Sir Tim Rice is responsible for some of the most successful musicals of all time both on stage and on screen. In this talk, he discusses his own journey from his partnership with Andrew Lloyd-Webber in the 1960s through to collaborating with Elton John, winning Oscars, Golden Globes, Grammys, Ivor Novellos and having his own place on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Hosted on A...
Tim Shipman & Guy Walters
April 04, 2022 01:01 - 46 minutesAll Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain's Political Class This is political history that rivals the very best thrillers: a behind the scenes account of what really happened before, during and immediately after the Brexit referendum. Tim Shipman had unrivalled access to many of the key players and, in this discussion with Guy Walters, offers a ringside view of the decision that will change the UK forever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more ...
Chris Renwick
April 01, 2022 02:00 - 40 minutesBread for All: The Origins of the Welfare State From the Victorian workhouse to the National Insurance and National Health Service Acts that came into effect in 1948, Chris Renwick exploreS the welfare state’s evolution, one of the greatest transformations in British intellectual, social and political life. He challenges common assumptions about what the welfare state was originally for and in doing so aska what the idea continues to mean for us today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
Emily Russel & John Julius Norwich
March 30, 2022 01:58 - 49 minutesConstant Heart: The War Diaries of Maud Russell 1939-1945 Mottisfont Abbey was home to Maud Russell, an active figure in British political and artistic life. Maud’s granddaughter, Emily Russell, has edited her private diaries and tells tales of Maud’s encounters with celebrated artists and writers such as Matisse, Rex Whistler and Ian Fleming, her wartime life on a country estate, and her struggle to help her Jewish relations flee Nazi Germany. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Matt Ridley
March 28, 2022 01:55 - 42 minutesHow Ideas Change: The Evolution of Everything Best-selling author Matt Ridley’s fascinating argument for evolution definitively dispels a dangerous myth: that we can command and control our world. Taught that the world is shaped by those in charge, his perspective revolutionises the way we think. Drawing from science, economics, history and philosophy, he proves that it is actually ‘bottom-up’ trends which shape the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn mo...
Elif Shafak
March 25, 2022 02:53 - 21 minutesHow to Remain Sane in the Age of Populism In recent years, a wave of populism has swept the world, fuelled by fear, anger and resentment. Internationally award-winning author and TED Global speaker Elif Shafak asks how we remain sane in the age of populism. Should we retreat into tribes of our own; should we create new tribes, or should we, and can we, find a way beyond tribalism? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...
James Stourton
March 23, 2022 02:51 - 44 minutesKenneth Clark: Life, Art and Civilisation James Stourton, former Chairman of Sotheby’s UK, and official biographer of the great British art historian Kenneth Clark, draws on previously unseen archives to reveal the astonishing life of this formidable intellect who wielded enormous influence over all aspects of the arts despite deep emotional and intellectual contradictions and a very complicated private life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ...
Adam Weymouth
March 21, 2022 02:47 - 42 minutesKings of the Yukon: The History of the Salmon Run The Yukon river is over 2,000 miles long, flowing northwest from Canada through Alaska to the Bering Sea. Every summer, hundreds of thousands of King salmon migrate the longest salmon run in the world. Adam Weymouth traces the profound interconnectedness of the local people and the fish to offer a powerful glimpse into the erosion of indigenous culture, and into our ever-complicated relationship with the natural world. Hosted on Acast. See ac...
Rusty Waughman & James Holland
March 18, 2022 01:36 - 49 minutesLancaster Bomber Pilot Rusty Waughman DFC is a former Lancaster pilot flying with RAF Bomber Command in the Second World War. He has incredible recall, and talks of those times with great frankness, detail and consideration for all he and his crew went through. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Anne Sebba
March 16, 2022 02:33 - 55 minutesLes Parisiennes 1939-49 How did the women of Paris live, love and die in the 1940s? Why did some Parisians collaborate while others resisted? From saving other people’s children, to embracing Nazi philosophy to retreating to the Ritz with a lover, acclaimed writer, Anne Sebba, examines the many different choices made by the Parisiennes in order to survive the war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Simon Winder
March 14, 2022 01:32 - 50 minutesLotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country In 843 AD the territory of Emperor Charlemagne was divided between his three surviving grandsons. One inherited the area now known as France, another Germany and the third received the piece in between: Lotharingia, a huge swath of land that stretched from the mouth of the Rhine to the Alps. Simon Winder explains how the dynamic between these three great zones has dictated much of our subsequent fate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
Hew Strachan
March 11, 2022 02:28 - 51 minutesMasters of the Seas: Naval Power and the First World War So much of our understanding of the First World War focuses on the conflict on land and yet the nation who controlled the seas also controlled the flow of resources, so critical in such a long and attritional war. In this lecture, one of our most eminent historians Professor Sir Hew Strachan shows why naval power was so critical to the outcome. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choice...
Tony Robinson & Tom Holland
March 09, 2022 02:27 - 55 minutesNo Cunning Plan Tony Robinson has spent much of his professional life immersed in the past, whether as Blackadder’s servant through the centuries or with Maid Marion and her Merry Men, or as the presenter of the pioneering archaeology show, Time Team. In this event, he discusses with Tom Holland his history highs, from Baldrick’s cunning plans to some of the most important finds unearthed in over twenty years of archaeological digs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...
Tim Tatton-Brown
March 07, 2022 02:41 - 44 minutesSalisbury Cathedral: A Medieval Masterpiece Over 800 years ago, work started on the new Salisbury Cathedral. Tim Tatton-Brown describes how one of Britain’s greatest cathedrals was built, from digging the foundations in 1219 to the completion of Britain’s tallest spire. Drawing on history, geology and his expertise in architecture, he will show the wider context of the building, situating its development against the background of English politics of successive ages. Hosted on Acast. See acas...
Jim Storr
March 04, 2022 02:39 - 43 minutesThe Anglo-Saxon Conquest of England, Wessex and the Chalke Valley We speak English today; not Celtic, Latin, nor Norman French. England is England because of the Anglo-Saxon conquest. Yet we know very little about how it happened. This talk describes astonishing new evidence, hidden in plain sight, spread across the whole length and breadth of England. Some of it in the Chalke Valley near Salisbury. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices...
Helen Rosslyn
March 02, 2022 02:36 - 48 minutesThe Collector Earls of Pembroke: Wilton's History Told Through its Art Collection Every picture tells a story and nowhere more so than in a private collection, still hanging in the house for which it was bought. The collection at Wilton is one of the oldest in Britain, dating back to the seventeenth century, when the Earl of Pembroke was among Van Dyck’s earliest English patrons. Art historian and broadcaster Helen Rosslyn looks at works by artists as diverse as Raphael, Rembrandt and Reynold...
Julia Samuel & Dan Snow
February 28, 2022 02:13 - 48 minutesThe Final Taboo: A History of Grief Death is the last taboo in our society, and grief is still profoundly misunderstood. In conversation with Dan Snow, Julia Samuel, a grief psychologist and Founder of Child Bereavement UK, explores past attitudes to grief and the historical context of death and dying in this country, from the Victorians to the present day, with particular emphasis on the consequences of the two World Wars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn m...
Frances Welch
February 25, 2022 02:08 - 47 minutesThe Imperial Tea Party: Family, Politics and Betrayal Before King George infamously denied his Romanov cousins asylum when the Bolsheviks were closing in, there were three extraordinary encounters between the British and Russian royal families. Although well intentioned and generally hailed as successes, Frances Welch shows that these meetings, beset by misunderstandings and misfortunes, were to have far-reaching consequences for twentieth century Europe and beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acas...
William Sieghart
February 23, 2022 02:07 - 39 minutesThe Poetry Pharmacy: Tried-and-True Prescriptions for the Mind, Heart and Soul In the years since he first had the idea of prescribing short, powerful poems for all manner of spiritual ailments, William Sieghart, founder of National Poetry Day, has taken his Poetry Pharmacy around the length and breadth of Britain. Here he speaks about the most essential poems in his dispensary: those which have repeatedly shown themselves to work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
A.N. Wilson
February 21, 2022 02:05 - 48 minutesThe Queen Renowned biographer A. N. Wilson celebrates the life of the Queen in this vibrant examination of Britain’s most iconic figure. He paints a vivid portrait of “Lilibet” the woman, and of her unfaltering reign during the tumultuous twentieth century, while asking candidly whether Britain can remain a constitutional monarchy after her reign ends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rob Wilkins
February 16, 2022 02:01 - 48 minutesThe Write Fantastic: Terry Pratchett Sir Terry Pratchett is one of the most popular authors to have ever lived. His Discworld novels have sold tens of millions all over the world. In this talk his right-hand man and collaborator, Rob Wilkins, discusses his life, his work, his inspiration and his profound love of the Chalke Valley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jane Ridley
February 14, 2022 02:28 - 42 minutesVictoria: Queen, Matriarch, Empress Queen Victoria inherited the throne aged 18 and, in an unprecedented reign of 63 years, she oversaw intense industrial, cultural, political, scientific and military change within the United Kingdom, and great imperial expansion outside it. In the bicentenary of her birth, Professor Jane Ridley overturns the established picture of the dour old lady to create a fresh and engaging portrait of this redoubtable monarch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
Tom Williams
February 11, 2022 02:26 - 59 minutesViking Britain: An Exploration To many, the word ‘Viking’ brings to mind scenes of violence and pillage, of marauders from beyond the sea rampaging around the British coastline in the last gloomy centuries before the Norman Conquest. Thomas Williams, however, offers a vital evocation of a forgotten world, its echoes in later history and its implications for the present, revealing how much Britain today owes to its Viking past. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Lear...
Michael Wood
February 09, 2022 01:25 - 51 minutesWhy the Anglo-Saxons Matter Acclaimed historian and broadcaster Michael Wood tells fascinating tales from our early history: Augustine of Canterbury and the coming of Christianity, Theodore of Tarsus, the golden age of Northumbria, the Lady of the Mercians, Alfred, Athelstan, and the Norman Conquest; stories of men and women, kings and peasants, of the beginning of English literature and art, and the origins of England. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more ...
Anthony Sattin
February 08, 2022 10:35 - 48 minutesLawrence of Arabia T.E. Lawrence is famous for Seven Pillars of Wisdom, his personal account of the Arab revolt during World War I. What is less known is that he burnt the first, more intimate, version of his memoire. Highly acclaimed author Anthony Sattin uncovers the story of Lawrence’s pre-war adventures and the personal reasons that led to his prominent role in the Middle East. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho...
Jacob Rees Mogg & Tim Bouverie
February 07, 2022 02:21 - 43 minutesThe Victorians: Twelve Titans Who Forged Britain Many associate the Victorian era with austere social attitudes and filthy factories. Jacob Rees-Mogg discusses a very different picture of the age, one of bright ambition, bold self- belief and determined industriousness. Whether through Peel’s commitment to building free trade, Palmerston’s deft diplomacy in international affairs, or Brunel’s incredible engineering feats, the Victorians transformed the nation and established Britain as a preem...
173. Tony Pollard (2017)
January 10, 2022 02:00 - 59 minutesInto the Cannon's Mouth: The Archaeology of Infantry Charges at Culloden and Isandlwana In this talk, the brilliant conflict archaeologist Professor Tony Pollard adopts a forensic approach to dissect the Jacobite charge at Culloden (1746) and that by the Zulus at Isandlwana (1879). Using the results of archaeological investigations the two are compared and contrasted and the factors that influenced Jacobite defeat and Zulu victory examined. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
172. Jonathan Phillips (2019)
January 07, 2022 02:00 - 57 minutesThe Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin Few of history’s heroes can rival Saladin in his enduring attraction. In the Muslim world he is revered for reclaiming Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187. In the West he is famed for his chivalric virtue, despite fighting off the armies of the Third Crusade. Professor Jonathan Phillips brings alive this extraordinary man’s legacy, offering a unique prism through which to view the complex world of holy war and the centuries- long struggle for Jerusal...
171. Chris Patten (2017)
January 05, 2022 02:00 - 51 minutesFirst Confession Lord Patten, one of the most distinguished Tory ‘Wets’ of the 1980s and 1990s, talks about his time in office in the Conservative Party, as the last Governor of Hong Kong, European Commissioner, Chairman of the BBC and Chancellor of Oxford University. From Northern Ireland to Asia, he shows us unexpected sides of many of the great figures of the day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
170. George Osborne and Tim Bouverie (2017)
January 03, 2022 02:00 - 34 minutesGeorge Osborne: Politics and History The former Chancellor looks at politics historically and divulges the historical antecedents which inspired him and his close friend David Cameron during their six years in government together. In conversation with Tim Bouverie, this is a rare insight into politics at the very highest level from the man Andrew Marr once called the smartest politician he had ever met. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad ch...
169. Lynne Olson (2017)
December 31, 2021 02:00 - 32 minutesLast Hope Island: Britain, Occupied Europe and the Brotherhood that Helped Turn the Tide of War In the early days of World War II, London became the base of operations for the exiled leaders of occupied Europe. In their struggles against the mightiest military force in history, Britain become known as “Last Hope Island’. Acclaimed historian Lynne Olson describes how the British and their European guests joined forces to restore order to a broken continent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...
168. Mary-Ann Ochota (2019)
December 29, 2021 03:00 - 1 hourHidden Histories: A Spotter's Guide to the British Landscape From pathways, bridges and old houses, to hedges, churches, graveyards and field patterns left behind by medieval ploughmen, Mary-Ann Ochota helps decipher the story of our environment through the features we see around us and arms the amateur explorer with the crucial information needed to ‘read’ the landscape and spot the human activities that have shaped our green and pleasant land. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...
167. John Julius Norwich (2017)
December 27, 2021 02:00 - 51 minutesFour Princes: Henry VIII, Francis I, Charles V, Suleiman the Magnificent and the Obsession Which Forged Modern Europe The late lamented John Julius Norwich weaves a colourful story of four great princes who were born within a single decade. Henry VIII, Francis I of France, Charles V of Spain and Suleiman the Magnificent were sometimes friends, but more often enemies. From the Field of the Cloth of Gold, Francis and Henry’s extravagant pageant, to Suleiman’s celebratory pyramid of 2000 human h...
165. Clare Mulley (2018)
December 22, 2021 02:00 - 55 minutesThe Women Who Flew for Hitler: The True Story of Hitler's Valkyries Hanna Reitsch and Melitta von Stauffenberg were talented and courageous women who fought convention to make their names in the male dominated world of flight and both were awarded the Iron Cross for service to the Third Reich. Acclaimed biographer Clare Mulley gives an exciting – and as yet largely unknown - account of Nazi Germany’s most highly decorated women test pilots. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
163. Violet Moller (2019)
December 20, 2021 02:00 - 37 minutesThe Map of Knowledge: How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found Violet Moller traces the journey taken by the ideas of three of the greatest scientists of antiquity – Euclid, Galen and Ptolemy – through seven cities and over a thousand years. In tracing these fragile strands of knowledge, Moller reveals the web of connections between the Islamic world and Christendom, connections that would both preserve and transform astronomy, mathematics and medicine from the early Middle Ages to the Renaiss...
164. Jean Moorcfroft-Wilson (2019)
December 17, 2021 03:00 - 51 minutesRobert Graves: From Great War Poet to Good-bye to All That Robert Graves as war poet, and the poems he suppressed in an effort to put the war behind him, have been largely neglected – until now. Jean Moorcroft Wilson traces not only Graves’s compelling life, but also the development of his poetry during the First World War, his thinking about the conflict and his talents as a master prose writer and author of the revealing memoir Good-bye to All That. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
162. Don McMullin and Max Hastings
December 17, 2021 02:00 - 53 minutesDon McCullin: Irreconcilable Truths Legendary photographer Don McCullin first met Max Hastings in Cambodia in 1970. Here they discuss Sir Don’s long career from his time as a war photographer to his recent work in Syria, as well as some of the themes with which they are both familiar: fear, suffering and the terrible cost of war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
161. Ian Marchant (2018)
December 15, 2021 02:00 - 48 minutesA Hero for High Times: A Guide to the Beats, Hippies, Freaks, Punks, Ravers, New-Age Travellers and Dog-on-a-rope Brew Crew Crusties of the British Isles 1956-1994 A free spirit who embraced the post-war counter-culture, Ian Marchant takes us on a splendid journey through some of his personal highs from the age of the Beats to the protests of Swampy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
160. Ben Macintyre (2014)
December 13, 2021 02:00 - 48 minutesA Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal With access to newly released MI5 files, Ben Macintyre unlocks perhaps the last great secret of the Cold War. A story of intimate duplicity, loyalty, trust and treachery about the most notorious British defector and mole in history, Kim Philby is revealed as agent, double agent, traitor and enigma, and betrayer of secret Allied operations to the Russians. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ...
159. Keith Lowe (2018)
December 10, 2021 02:00 - 49 minutesThe Fear and the Freedom: How the Second World War Changed Us Keith Lowe has undertaken a pioneering and vitally important exploration of the aftermath of the war, how it affected different peoples and countries, and the unprecedented geopolitical, social, psychological and economic imprint it caused. In this talk he discusses his findings and explains why the war is still both important and highly relevant to this day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more ...
158. Joshua Levine (2018)
December 08, 2021 02:00 - 59 minutesThe Aviation Heroes of the First World War The pioneering airmen of the First World War took incredible risks to perform their vital contribution to the war effort. Joshua Levine, official historian of the film Dunkirk, tells the story of the first heroes of the air, conveying the perils of early flight, the thrills of being airborne, and the horrors of war in the air at a time when pilots carried little defensive armament and no parachutes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...
157. Hermione Lee (2016)
December 06, 2021 02:00 - 43 minutesHorticultural Heaven: The Lives of Edith Wharton, Virginia Woolf, Willa Cather and Penelope Fitzgerald Through Their Gardens Acclaimed writer, reviewer, broadcaster, and prize-winning biographer Professor Dame Hermione Lee, former President of Wolfson College, Oxford, talks about the gardens – real and imaginary – of the writers whose lives she has written including Edith Wharton, Virginia Woolf, Penelope Fitzgerald, and Willa Cather. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...
156. Matthew Kneale (2018)
December 03, 2021 02:00 - 47 minutesRome: A History in Seven Sackings No city on earth has preserved its past as has Rome, despite being afflicted by earthquakes, floods, fires, plagues and repeated ravages by roving armies. From the Gauls to the Nazis, Matthew Kneale vividly recounts the most important of these attacks, while drawing an intense and vibrant portrait of the city and its inhabitants, both before and after being attacked. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choice...
155. Yasmin Khan (2018)
December 01, 2021 02:00 - 43 minutesThe Raj at War: A People's History of India's Second World War The Second World War was not fought by Britain alone. India produced the largest volunteer army in world history: over 2 million men. Yasmin Khan presents the overlooked history of India at war, and will show how mobilisation for the war unleashed seismic processes of economic, cultural and social change – decisively shaping the international war effort, the unravelling of the empire and India’s own political trajectory. Hosted o...
154. Ben Kane (2018)
November 26, 2021 02:00 - 48 minutesClash of Empires: Rome v Greece Rome. Greece. Two of the greatest civilisations ever to exist, yet the story of how the former came to conquer the latter just a few years after a brutal war with Carthage is little known today. The brilliant Ben Kane brings to life the characters, the political intrigue, the alliances made and broken, as well as the heroic battles. This clash of powers had it all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. V...
153. Nicholas Jubber (2019)
November 24, 2021 02:00 - 33 minutesEpic Continent: Adventures in the Great Stories of Europe Award-winning travel writer Nicholas Jubber journeyed across Europe exploring it’s epic poems, from the Odyssey to Beowulf, the Song of Roland to the Nibelungenlied. In these tales soaked in blood and fire, Nicholas Jubber reveals how fantasy realms of gods and emperors, dragons and water-maidens, knights and princesses shaped our world: their deep impact on European identity, and their resonance in our turbulent times. Hosted on Acas...
152. Michael Jones (2018)
November 22, 2021 02:00 - 45 minutesThe Black Prince In 1346, at the age of 16, he helped defeat the French at Crécy; ten years later he captured the King of France at Poitiers. Michael Jones illuminates the dramatic story of ‘the Black Prince’, the eldest son and heir of Edward III of England. Using the Prince’s own letters, he paints a memorable portrait of warfare and society in the tumultuous fourteenth century. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho...
151. James Lawrence (2017)
November 19, 2021 02:00 - 40 minutesEmpires in the Sun: The Struggle for the Mastery of Africa In this talk about the men and ideas that radically changed the course of world history, Lawrence James investigates and analyses how, within a hundred years, Europeans persuaded and coerced Africa into becoming a subordinate part of the modern world. The continent proved to be a magnet for the high-minded, the philanthropic, the unscrupulous and the insane. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more abou...