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641 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★ - 7 ratingsYour invite into education’s busiest newsroom. Join Tes reporters and news editors as we discuss the big school stories of the week and what they mean for teachers. We give you the inside track on our latest exclusives and prepare you for what’s ahead. Relevant, irreverent and occasionally slightly shambolic. Essential listening for anyone interested in schools.
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Further - 3rd November 2017 - GCSE resits, Stephen Exley
November 03, 2017 12:56 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBIn this week’s Tes Further podcast, Sarah Simons and FE editor Stephen Exley discuss the thorny issue of GCSE resits. Exclusive analysis has revealed that fewer disadvantaged learners are attaining a grade C or 4 in their GCSE resists by the age of 19 compared with their peers. Sarah Simons also explains how the college staffroom is a useful resource for any of life’s problems – including the elimination of unwelcome rodents at the foot of your garden. See acast.com/privacy for privacy...
Podagogy – Season 1, Episode 8 – Autism with professor Uta Frith
November 01, 2017 12:00 - 32 minutes - 53.1 MBUta Frith is one of the world's leading experts on autism and emeritus professor of cognitive development at UCL. In this episode, she talks about damaging stereotypes and myths that surround autism and how teachers are crucial to the devlopment of children with autism. She also talks about the best ways for teachers to assist autistic students. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 20 October 2017 - The rise of the assistant head, well paid heads, and parking problems
October 20, 2017 16:03 - 14 minutes - 23.6 MBJoin the Tes team as we talk about some of the biggest issues of the week. We look the dramatic rise in the number of assistant headteachers in recent years, and try to unpick what might be lying behind it - as well as the impact it might be having on teacher workload. We also discuss a very well paid primary leader, and ask how widespread such high salaries are in the non-academy sector. And we talk about the problem that you might see outside your schools gates everyday: parking, parents a...
Podagogy – Season 1, Episode 7 - Growth Mindset (a response to the critics) with professor Carol Dweck
October 18, 2017 12:00 - 31 minutes - 50.7 MBCarol Dweck, Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and the woman behind Growth Mindset theory, explains how her theory has been misinterpreted, what she has to say to her critics and her efforts to create a growth mindset pedagogy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Further -16th October 2017 - Sarah Simons and Tony Payne
October 17, 2017 13:14 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBThis week, Sarah Simons talks to Tony Payne, head of student experience at Canterbury College (soon to be part of the East Kent College Group), about the NEU superunion's focus on FE, and whether a ‘one union’ approach is in the best interests of the sector. They also discuss the ongoing WorldSkills 2017 competition in Abu Dhabi – and the "massive sacrifice" Team UK competitors must make in order to hone their craft to a world standard – as well as how disruptive romantic relationships betwe...
News - 13 October 2017 - Ofsted, Progress 8 and funding
October 13, 2017 16:19 - 17 minutes - 28.3 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We talk about the landmark judgement from the Court of Appeal which ruled in favour of Ofsted following a long-running court battle with an Islamic school over the separation of girls and boys. We discuss what the provisional Progress 8 scores mean for schools and we also talk about our new analysis which shows that money will be diverted towards schools with the least deprived children - such as gra...
Podagogy – Season 1, Episode 6 - How memory works with professors Robert and Elizabeth Bjork
October 11, 2017 09:22 - 41 minutes - 66.2 MBProfessors Robert and Elizabeth Bjork are among the world's leading researchers into memory and learning. For this podcast, they discuss what teachers need to know about memory and explain how group work, tailoring content to student interests and testing are key to helping students retain knowledge. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 6 October 2017 - 'Coasting' schools, special measures and the Tory conference
October 06, 2017 16:04 - 13 minutes - 22.2 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We talk about how figures obtained by Tes show that none of the schools branded "coasting" by the government have been turned into an academy as a result, and we discuss how more than a quarter of schools 'ordered' to become academies are yet to convert. We also talk about one teacher's harrowing story about working in a school in special measures. And we discuss this week's Tory conference and what c...
Podagogy – Season 1, Episode 5 - Play in education with Dr Sara Baker
October 04, 2017 12:00 - 31 minutes - 50.1 MBDr Sara Baker of the Cambridge Unviversity PEDAL centre explains why we may have got play wrong in education - she asks whether we should be more playful as chidlren progress through school, rather than less? She also talks EYFS, YR to Y1 transition, why secondary teachers are more playful than they think they are and the importance of matching teaching to cognitive development. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 29 September 2017 - Labour conference, fixer heads and grammar
September 29, 2017 16:21 - 17 minutes - 28.8 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We talk about this week's Labour conference and the party's vision for education. We also discuss the appointment of Theodore Agnew as a minister in the Department for Education.Our feature on "fixer heads" - headteachers who turn failing schools around - and our new book on grammar are also on the agenda. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Further - 29th Sept 2017 - Sarah Simons and Stephen Exley
September 29, 2017 15:57 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBIn this week’s podcast, FE editor Stephen Exley and Tes columnist Sarah Simons talk about how general FE colleges are "owed millions" in funding for high-needs students following changes to legislation. They also look at the reaction from across the FE sector to the content of the reformed functional skills in English and maths; discuss the importance of investing in staff digital literacy and warn of the perils of sending emails to unfamiliar recipients… See acast.com/privacy for priva...
Podagogy – Season 1, Episode 4 - Learning to read with professor Daniel Willingham
September 26, 2017 12:00 - 39 minutes - 64.2 MBThe renowned reading expert, professor of psychology at the Unviersity of Virginia, and author of numerous education books including Why Don't Students Like School? talks to the Tes Podagogy podcast about the three processes children need to get right to become successful readers and why teachers need to overcome the fact that phonics resources tend to be 'boring'. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Further - 18th September 2017 - featuring Sarah Simons and Lindsey Johnson
September 20, 2017 16:06 - 19 minutes - 18 MBThis week, hosts Sarah Simons and West Suffolk College's Lindsey Johnson talk about the difficulties training providers face to ensure that their apprentices are not being used as cheap labour by employers. They also welcome the launch of this year’s Tes FE Awards – which includes two new categories – and consider the challenges of recruiting STEM staff in colleges. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Podagogy – Season 1, Episode 3 - Behaviour management with professor Linda Graham
September 20, 2017 12:00 - 23 minutes - 37.6 MBIn episode three of Tes Podagogy, professor Linda Graham, a leading researcher into behaviour in the classroom, talks 'No Excuses' policies, misdiagnosed SEND, "productive discipline", and students "hard-baked" to be disruptive by ineffective school behaviour mangement policies See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 15 September 2017 - Funding, sats and scripted lessons
September 15, 2017 14:09 - 15 minutes - 25.2 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We talk about our exclusive interview with education secretary Justine Greening where she talked about school funding and teachers' pay. We also discuss the government's announcement on primary assessment and the scrapping of KS1 tests. We talk about our feature on the rise of scripted lessons, as well as an interesting piece of research that suggests boys are more likely to be interested in Physics ...
Podagogy – Season 1, Episode 2 - Growth Mindset with professor Dylan Wiliam
September 13, 2017 06:00 - 23 minutes - 38.3 MBIn the second episode of Tes Podagogy - the Tes podcast all about teaching and learning – Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor of assessment at UCL Institute of Education author of books including Inside the Black Box, talks about the complex relationship between education research and classroom practice and ruminats upon everything from Dweck's Mindset theory to John Sweller's Cogntiive Load Theory. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 8 September 2017 - Behaviour special
September 08, 2017 11:10 - 13 minutes - 22.4 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We discuss this week's behaviour special: the team talk about the rocketing rate of exclusions, the Tes award-winning Boxing Academy and why one researcher says that punishments and rewards don't work in the classroom. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Podagogy – Season 1, Episode 1 - Effective assessment with Daisy Christodoulou
September 05, 2017 09:09 - 30 minutes - 48.7 MBIn the first episode of Tes Podagogy - the Tes podcast all about teaching and learning – Daisy Christodoulou, author of Seven Myths About Education and Making Good Progress – explains why assessment is important, how teachers can do it better and why it's much more interesting than some would have you believe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 1 September 2017 - Joe Wicks, the new union and school lunches
September 01, 2017 16:32 - 16 minutes - 25.9 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We talk about the new teachers' union which comes into effect today - the National Education Union (NEU) - and what that could mean for the profession. We discuss the sale of school playing fields and the decline of physical education - and we talk about our exclusive interview with Joe Wicks, aka 'The Body Coach', and his mission to get children moving in schools. We also discuss how eating school l...
News - 25 August 2017 - GCSE results day special
August 25, 2017 12:18 - 8 minutes - 14.4 MBTune into the Tes podcast to get the full lowdown behind the GCSE results headlines. News editor William Stewart and the exams and assessment reporter Eleanor Busby discuss the reformed qualifications and the new grading system. And Adi Bloom reports on what teachers and pupils thought about this year's GCSEs. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 18 August 2017 - A-level results day special
August 18, 2017 11:37 - 12 minutes - 19.6 MBTune in to the Tes podcast to get the full low down behind the A-level results headlines. News editor William Stewart discusses what the national results mean for standards. And we speak to Adi Bloom about her experience of visiting a school and we hear first-hand from AS level student Will Allsopp about what it has been like to study the reformed qualifications. We also give you a sneak peek on what to look for ahead of GCSE results day. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out i...
Further - 10th August 2017 - Sarah Simons and Stephen Exley
August 14, 2017 16:06 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBJoin Sarah Simons and Stephen Exley for a discussion about the week's big issues in FE. Including: why hundreds of SEND students are in limbo over whether they will start college next month; the private equity firm stumping up £135k to support disadvantaged college students; and the college which has put WorldSkills at the heart of its curriculum. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 11 August 2017 - Exams, books and poetry
August 11, 2017 15:58 - 14 minutes - 23.6 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We talk about the exam reforms and what you can expect on A level and GCSE results day this month. We discuss what books teachers are likely to be reading over the summer period, and we debate whether children should learn poems off by heart. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Further - 2 August 2017 - A levels, college diversity and UTCs
August 04, 2017 15:07 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBIn this week's podcast Stephen Exley talks to Sarah Simons about how colleges are being forced to ditch A levels due to funding pressures. An exclusive survey, carried out by the Association of Colleges in partnership with Tes, reveals that 60 per cent of colleges offering A levels have had to cut back on the number of subjects available to their students. Stephen and Sarah also chat about one of the great characteristics of FE – its diversity – and how it needs to be maintained in a post-Br...
News - 21 July 2017 - Knowledge-based PGCE, and a look back at 2016-17
July 21, 2017 15:28 - 15 minutes - 23.8 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We talk about a new PGCE course being offered by a for-profit university, which claims to be the first in the UK to focus on ‘knowledge based’ secondary and primary school teaching. And as we come to the end of 2016-17, we look back at a year dominated by funding issues, and that raised, and then dashed, the hopes of grammar school advocates. Tune in and enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy...
Further - 13th July 201 - Sarah Simons and Stephen Exley discuss all this week's FE news
July 14, 2017 15:53 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBSarah Simons and Stephen Exley discuss all this week's FE news. This includes a predicted increase of tens of thousands of GCSE English and maths resits; why functional skills should be made available as an alternative to GCSEs; how colleges can save the pennies to make sure staff get a pay rise; and why being "stressed" can sometimes mask more serious problems. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 14 July 2017 - Academy secrecy, pay rises and emojis
July 14, 2017 09:55 - 13 minutes - 19.8 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We talk about our Tes analysis which has uncovered the extent of the secrecy surrounding decisions about academies. We explore the top priorities of new Lib Dem education spokesperson Layla Moran - which include improving teachers' pay and morale. And we also discuss how teachers should embrace emojis as they are not going away anytime soon. Tune in and enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy ...
Further - 6th July 2017 - Sarah Simons and Tes FE editor Stephen Exley
July 07, 2017 16:33 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBSarah Simons and Tes FE editor Stephen Exley discuss how a former FE minister could be set to make a nuisance of himself, why the controverisal University Technical Colleges have been handed an extra £31 million - and what on earth IS an Institute of Technology? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 7 July 2017 - Ofsted inspections, teacher salaries and fidget spinners
July 07, 2017 13:03 - 12 minutes - 19.7 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We talk about the latest research from a leading educational psychologist suggesting that Ofsted inspections should have a checklist. We discuss how teachers' pay has declined over the past seven years - and how austerity has forced some school staff to turn to food banks to get by. We also explore how schools can best deal with the latest fads - such as fidget spinners and JoJo bows. Tune in and enj...
News - 16 June 2017 - Porn and politics
June 16, 2017 09:10 - 16 minutes - 34.5 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We talk about the spike in sexual offences in schools and the impact that online pornography can have on pupils' behaviour. We also discuss what schools can do combat fake expectations that have emerged from porn. And we look at the general election fallout and what it could mean for funding and social mobility. We also give a preview to our feature on Harry Potter in next week's magazine. Tune in an...
News - 9 June 2017 - General election special
June 09, 2017 13:10 - 12 minutes - 25.8 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the outcome of the general election. We talk about last night's event as they unfolded and we explore what it could all mean for funding and grammar schools. Tune in and enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 14 May 2017 -Happiness, maths and slides
May 26, 2017 09:11 - 18 minutes - 37 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We talk about the looming crisis with maths as students up and down the country sit the tougher GCSEs. We discuss whether wellbeing programmes in schools can actually cause more damage than good. And we speak about how schools can make their work spaces more appealing to staff. Slides could be the answer. Tune in and enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Further – 28 April 2017 - Principals’ pay checks, apprenticeship 101 and an FE bromance
April 28, 2017 15:32 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBThis week the Tes FE News team discuss the thorny issue of principals' salaries. Government figures reveal that in 2015-16 almost 60 per cent of colleges increased spending on principals' and CEOs' salaries, while their staff experienced a national pay freeze. The team also talk about the bromance between apprenticeships and skills minister Robert Halfon and his opposite number, Gordon Marsden, and explain to listeners what an apprenticeship really is. See acast.com/privacy for privacy ...
News - 28 April 2017 - Blair’s legacy, pensions and primary testing
April 28, 2017 10:37 - 13 minutes - 27.8 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We talk about how society has made the decision to prioritise pensioners over pupils and we discuss the latest survey on primary assessment ahead of the National Association of Head Teachers annual conference. We talk about our cover feature on Tony Blair's legacy for education and discuss one school’s unique approach to parental engagement. Tune in and enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy ...
News - 21 April 2017 - General election, union conferences and teacher popularity
April 21, 2017 11:40 - 16 minutes - 32.6 MBJoin the Tes team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We talk about what the general election could mean for education and we discuss the main concerns that emerged from the teacher union conferences over the Easter holidays. We explore the challenges that teachers could face if they seek popularity and we give a preview to our 20 year anniversary piece about Tony Blair's legacy for education in next week's magazine. Tune in and enjoy. See acast.c...
News - 24 March 2017 - Pisa rankings, dogs and growth mindset
March 24, 2017 14:35 - 12 minutes - 22.2 MBJoin the TES team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We talk about the magazine's redesign and discuss how a decline in Asian high-flyers' math scores under the latest Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) study could simply be down to switch to computer tests. We explore how dogs can help pupils progress in schools and we talk about Carol Dweck's response to criticism of her growth mindset theory. Tune in and enjoy. See acast.com...
News - 10 March 2017 - ASCL conference, funding crisis and academy secrecy
March 10, 2017 14:08 - 14 minutes - 26.2 MBJoin the TES team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We talk about education secretary Justine Greening being heckled over grammar schools at the Association of School and College Leaders' (ASCL) annual conference. We discuss the budget and our feature on the sector's inability to get the public to fight its case over funding cuts. We explore concerns about a lack of transparency and conflicts of interest within England's eight regional headteacher boa...
News - 3 March 2017 - CPD, new education union and revision
March 03, 2017 17:40 - 19 minutes - 36.7 MBJoin the TES team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We talk about new data which reveals a postcode lottery of spending on continuous professional development (CPD), with some parts of the country investing three times more per teacher than others. Following the opening of the ballot for a new education union, we discuss the proposed merger and our exclusive interview with the leaders of the NUT and ATL. We discuss the best ways to help students with ...
News - 17 February 2017 - Physical contact, playing fields and food
February 17, 2017 15:48 - 17 minutes - 33.1 MBJoin the TES team as we look at the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We discuss the claim from psychologists that refusing to touch pupils during day-to-day classroom interactions is a form of child abuse. We hear how the amount of school playing field land being earmarked for sell-offs has increased dramatically, and we explore the potential flaws in how schools talk about food. Tune in and enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 10 February 2017 - ASCL leadership, league tables and body cameras
February 10, 2017 17:01 - 22 minutes - 41 MBJoin the TES team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We hear how TES columnist and headteacher Geoff Barton fought off competition to win the leadership of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL). We discuss the research suggesting that schools could be gaming the system by shedding low attainers, and we talk about our poll showing that more than a third of teachers are willing to wear body cameras in schools. Tune in and enjoy. See a...
News - 2 February 2017 - Funding cuts, academy trust finances and research-based teaching
February 03, 2017 12:00 - 22 minutes - 41 MBJoin the TES team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We hear how the boss of Pisa (Programme for International Student Assessment) thinks funding cuts in England will hurt school standards, and we explore the most interesting findings from our investigation into the accounts of 20 academy chains. We discuss our interview with former left-wing NUT activist John Blake - who has been appointed as the new head of education at the right-leaning thinktank Po...
News - 27 January 2017 - Pay rises, funding problems and data
January 27, 2017 17:56 - 16 minutes - 26.7 MBJoin the TES team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We hear how six out of 10 teachers have not yet received a 1 per cent pay rise, and we discuss how the government's new formula weights deprivation-related funding towards secondaries rather than primaries. We discuss our interview with Brett Wigdortz, outgoing Teach First CEO, who worries that the progress made in London schools will be threatened by changes to funding, and we talk about new data re...
News - 20 January 2017 - Funding cuts, Progress 8 and ed tech
January 20, 2017 18:09 - 13 minutes - 21.9 MBJoin the TES team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We hear how more than a thousand small rural schools face the prospects of cuts under the proposals for a national funding formula. Following the release of the secondary school performance tables, we discuss headteachers' concerns about the new accountability measure Progress 8, and we talk about next week's Bett conference and our ed tech supplement. Tune in and enjoy. See acast.com/privacy ...
News - 13 January 2017 - Sex, money and Amanda Spielman
January 13, 2017 13:51 - 13 minutes - 20.9 MBJoin the TES team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We hear how the pay gap between classroom teachers and school leaders has widened considerably over the past 15 years, and we discuss the academy leaders who have received pay rises of up to £100,000 in a year. We discuss our interview with Amanda Spielman, Ofsted's new chief inspector, who has promised not to be as outspoken as her predecessor, and we talk about sex and how it should be taught in sc...
News - 6 January 2017 - Ofsted complaints, top tips for Sendcos and Euan Blair
January 06, 2017 13:34 - 15 minutes - 25 MBJoin the TES team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points in the world of education. We hear how the number of official complaints made about school inspections has fallen dramatically over the past three years. We talk about Euan Blair who has given the TES an exclusive interview about his vision to transform post-16 education, and we discuss the seven steps to surviving your first year as a Sendco. Plus, we give you a sneak peak about next week’s sex education special. Tune in and ...
News - 7 October 2016 - Tory conference, smartphones and Daniel Willingham
October 07, 2016 16:57 - 22 minutes - 42 MBJoin the TES team as we discuss the week’s biggest talking points, including the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham. We discuss the news that came out of the HMC conference just down the road in Stratford-upon-Avon, and we talk Daniel Willingham who has given the TES an inclusive interview about his new book. Plus, we give you a sneak peak about next week’s Ruskin speech special. Tune in and enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 30 September 2016 - Maths mastery, the Labour Party and the world of FE
September 30, 2016 15:41 - 20 minutes - 32.8 MBJoin the TES team as we discuss the week's biggest education news and views, including a look at what governors make of the state of the school system. We discuss maths mastery and the possibility that Nick Gibb is right. And we talk FE and the little known world of colleges that accept students at 14. Plus there's a whole lot more. Well, a little bit more. Tune in and enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
News - 23 September 2016 - No excuses behaviour policies, power poses and playing the admissions system
September 23, 2016 11:04 - 24 minutes - 40.1 MBJoin the TES team as we discuss all this week's major talking points in the wonderful world of education. We hear how the school admissions adjudicator risks being overloaded turning the admissions system into the Wild West. We hear one reason why science teachers are leaving the profession. We discuss whether a no-excuses behaviour policy fails the most vulnerable. We talk "power poses" and the importance of standing like Wonder Woman. And, of course, there's a mention of grammar schools. T...
News 16 September 2016 - Teacher burnout, character education and grammar schools
September 16, 2016 14:23 - 20 minutes - 39.3 MBJoin the TES team as we discuss the week's biggest news, which is the continuing fall out from the government's hugely controversial grammar school proposals. We hear how private schools in the North of the country could be tempted to join the state sector if the policy allows them to keep selecting pupils on the basis of their academic ability. Elsewhere we discuss the week's main feature, which argues whether character education is a myth. And we look at the issue of teacher burnout as par...
News - 9 September 2016 - Grammar schools, academy loopholes and Natasha Devon
September 09, 2016 16:34 - 20 minutes - 38.8 MBJoin the TES team as we discuss the biggest education story of the week - Theresa May's plans to dramatically increase the number of grammar schools. We also look at the magazine's main story, which reveals that thousands of academies are not having their accounts checked. And we talk about the revelations unearthed by Natasha Devon, who was ousted from her role as the government's mental health tsar. Tune in and enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.