Podcast appearances and mentions of lynn comella

Vane and Jorge sit with the insightful Dr. Lynn Comella, Associate Professor, Gender and Sexuality Studies at University of Nevada-Las Vegas (how appropriate!), and author of "Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex-Toy Stores Changed the Business of Pleasure" to get real about porn. This episode came about after we read Dr. Comella's response to renowned anti-porn feminist, Dr. Gail Dines, and Vane expressed being a "porn skeptic" after seeing the current state of porn. Discussion includes: can porn be feminist? Is porn affecting and even hurting sexual interactions today, or is it an empowering form of media? The article that sparked this episode:⁠https://lasvegassun.com/news/2011/feb/02/feminists-gone-wild-response-porn-critic-gail-dine/⁠More about Dr. Comella:⁠https://www.unlv.edu/news/expert/lynn-comella⁠⁠https://www.dukeupress.edu/vibrator-nation⁠

Despite the Magic Wand's decades of success, the Hitachi corporation nearly pulled the plug on it altogether, due to concerns about how such a high-profile sex toy could reflect on their brand. This episode tells the surprisingly dramatic story of how American distributor Vibratex saved the Wand from extinction, and also does a deep dive on how the Wand itself has changed over the years.Guests this episode:Independent researcher & geek Pet Emily (she/they)Vibratex owner Shay Martin (she/her)Vibratex general manager Dan Martin (he/him)Vibratex CEO Ken Herskovitz (he/him)Sex toy historian & author Hallie Lieberman (she/her)Author & professor of gender & sexuality studies Lynn Comella (she/her)Making Magic is hosted and created by Kate Sloan, edited and co-produced by Jamie Pityinger, and made possible by the generous support of Vibratex. Our podcast art is by Addison Finch.

For as long as feminist sex toy stores have existed, they've carried the Magic Wand. This episode honors two trailblazers who founded feminist sex shops in the 1970s, Dell Williams (Eve's Garden in New York City) and Joani Blank (Good Vibrations in San Francisco), and discusses the Magic Wand's pride of place in feminist sex shops to this day.Guests this episode:Author & professor of gender & sexuality studies Lynn Comella (she/her)Sex toy historian & author Hallie Lieberman (she/her)Good Vibrations staff sexologist & Antique Vibrator Museum curator Dr. Carol Queen (she/they)Come As You Are worker-owner Jack Lamon (he/him)Blogger & pleasure educator Carly S (she/they)Education director for Good Vibrations & Babeland Andy Duran (he/him)Making Magic is hosted and created by Kate Sloan, edited and co-produced by Jamie Pityinger, and made possible by the generous support of Vibratex. Our podcast art is by Addison Finch.

Who made the Magic Wand famous? Although it's a worldwide sensation now, in the beginning the Magic Wand was largely popularized by one person, Betty Dodson. This episode tells the story of how Betty overcame a sexually repressed upbringing, left a sexually unsatisfying marriage, and changed countless people's lives by leading all-nude masturbation workshops in her New York City apartment.Guests this episode:Author & professor of gender & sexuality studies Lynn Comella (she/her)Sex toy historian & author Hallie Lieberman (she/her)Good Vibrations staff sexologist & Antique Vibrator Museum curator Dr. Carol Queen (she/they)Somatic sex educator & sexological bodyworker Casia Sobolewski (she/her)Writer, sex educator, & retired adult filmmaker Tristan Taormino (she/her)Author, sex therapist, & psychology professor Dr. Laurie Mintz (she/her)Making Magic is hosted and created by Kate Sloan, edited and co-produced by Jamie Pityinger, and made possible by the generous support of Vibratex. Our podcast art is by Addison Finch.

Created and hosted by Kate Sloan, Making Magic: How Magic Wand Became the World's Most Famous Vibrator is a limited series featuring interviews with over 30 sex experts, sex educators, shop owners as well as fans of the brand, including Dr. Carol Queen, Zoe Ligon, Hallie Lieberman, Dr. Laurie Mintz, Lynn Comella, Danielle Bezalel, Lorrae Bradbury, Sinclair Sexsmith, Danarama, Stoya, and more. The series tells the unique story of a brand that has over the course of 55+ years, quietly challenged the stigma and shame that society has assigned to female pleasure and connects listeners to the stories of people whose lives have been changed by Magic Wand. Throughout the series, Sloan explores numerous themes with guests including why Magic Wand is so beloved, Betty Dodson's impact on the popularity of the wand, the sex-positive feminist movement, Magic Wand inspired art, the wand's importance to the LGBTQ+ community, and what's next for wand vibrators, among other topics. Tune in May 30th for Episode 1 of Making Magic.

The finale of our season on the awesome movie year of 1975 features our audience choice pick, Jack Hill's Switchblade Sisters. Directed and co-written by Jack Hill and starring Joanne Nail, Robbie Lee, Monica Gayle and Asher Brauner, Switchblade Sisters prevailed over six other sexploitation movies in our 1975 audience choice poll.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Bill Thompson in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/switchblade-sisters-1996), and Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-06-14-ca-14761-story.html).Special thanks to our guest, UNLV professor of gender and sexuality studies Lynn Comella.Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen's Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next installment, the epilogue to our 1975 season.

Las Vegas is a city that sells sex… but when it comes to our sex shops, we're actually kinda… basic. Today, co-host Vogue Robinson chats with UNLV professor Lynn Comella, author of the book “Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex-Toy Stores Changed the Business of Pleasure,” about sex shops in Vegas: How they're evolving, the challenges faced by the one feminist sex shop we had (ever so briefly), and what a great sex shop can do for a city like ours. What's your favorite sex shop in Vegas? Never been, but now you have questions? Leave us a voicemail at 702-514-0719, or tag us on social media at @CityCastVegas on Twitter and Instagram. Want some more Las Vegas news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the final episode of season 2 of The Futures Archive, Rachel Lehrer and Lee Moreau explore pleasure with a conversation about the vibrator and women's control over their bodies.With additional insights from Lynn Comella, Ti Chang, Jenny Winfield, and Mireille Miller-Young.

"What is Ethical Porn? Also known as fair-trade porn, indie porn and feminist porn, ethical porn contrasts greatly with “traditional” or mainstream porn in the way that it is inclusive and is conscious of the rights and health of performers. Let's break this down further: Inclusivity Unlike mainstream porn, ethical porn shows real people having real sex. What that means is, ethical porn holds space for underrepresented groups: people of colour and varying ethnicities; young and old people; diverse body types, (specifically disabled bodies, trans bodies, pregnant bodies, bodies of varying sizes, as well as bodies with pubic hair, scars, and cellulite); diverse relationship structures; sexual orientations, and gender identity. While representing all groups, ethical porn commits to body and sex-positivity, creating scenes based on realistic scenarios or fantasies, with no imbalanced expectations or assigned gender roles. In other words, ethical porn blows social conditioning and conformity out of the water, and replaces it with real-world people, with real-world desires, connections, and interactions, in a safe and consenting space. Performers' Health Unfortunately, abuse occurs in every industry. Pornography is no exception to this, and that is why ethical porn filmmakers create an environment and working conditions that ensure their performers are being well taken care of. This includes respect for performers and receiving consent at every point of production. The sexual and mental health of performers is pro-actively monitored and maintained. This is done, at a minimum, through open communication on and off set, checking in with team and performers, and providing access to sexual health information and products. Another element that is often overlooked by consumers is the financial health of performers. Paying for your porn is but one indicator that what you are consuming is ethical/fair trade. It isn't the tell-all, but as Lynn Comella, Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at UNLV, states in one interview with GQ, “Good consumers pay for their porn.” Period." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/support

In this episode Kati and Kelsey discuss the many definitions and types of attraction while discussing how we can broaden our view of any relationship in our lives. We are excited to announce our partnership with Libro.fm. Use our promo code booksandboobs or use the link libro.fm/redeem/booksandboobs for 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 when you sign up for a monthly membership! FOLLOW US:@booksandboobspod on Instagram @books_boobspod on Twitter BOOKS WE COVERED:“Daisy Jones and the Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid“Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex” by Angela Chen“Pine” by Francine Toon“Asexual Erotics: Intimate Readings of Compulsory Sexuality” by Ela PrzybyloALSO MENTIONED:“Act Your Age Eve Brown” by Talia Hibbert“Women and Other Monsters” by Jess Zimmerman“Godshot” by Chelsea Bieker“The Likeness” by Tana French“The Toll” by Neal Shusterman“Vibrator Nation” by Lynn Comella

In Episode 53 we bring you a recording from the panel Consent and Sexualized Leisure at AVN. Lynn Comella moderates this discussion about how consent is negotiated on the showroom floor with performers Katy Jayne and jessica drake, and scholars Barb Brents and Paul Maginn. This episode is sponsored by Quick and Dirty Media.  

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In this episode we explore the wild world of pornographic magazines. Believe it or not, before the popularization of the internet, a great many people had their first and most lasting encounters with pornography via magazines. Magazines were an essential part of pornographic creation and circulation for many decades, and now that they’ve fallen victim to the digital revolution, they’ve only recently been considered as an archival object suited for academic study. In this episode we tackle just a small sliver of pornographic magazine history by talking about a set of magazines addressing queer sexuality. This episode is divided into two sections. The first begins with my conversation with professor Elizabeth Groeneveld. Elizabeth talks to me about her work researching the lesbian pornographic and political commentary magazine On Our Backs. On Our Backs published from 1985 to 1990 and was founded and edited by Susie Bright (we previously talked about Susie in our episode with Lynn Comella). On Our Backs was a sex-positive answer to the feminist anti-pornography magazine Off Our Backs. As one of the only magazines providing lesbian-made pornographic representation for their fellow lesbian readers, the editors surprisingly received a lot of questions from readers about how they were supposed to consume such imagery. After our conversation, Elizabeth goes on to explain in her talk at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies how letters to the editor of On Our Backs reveal confused reactions to the pornographic content of the magazine—regarding both sexual discovery and confusion about whether one can be a “good feminist lesbian” if one is turned on by such imagery. Elizabeth’s research is really fascinating reveals the conflicted nature of pornographic politics. Our second interview and talk is with Daniel Laurin. Daniel is a PhD student in Cinema Studies at the University of Toronto. His research looks into a group of gay male pornographic magazines from the 1970s and 80s to analyze the marketing of the gay-for-pay performer. The most common assumption about the gay-for-pay porn performer is that they emerged in the wake of the AIDS crisis in the mid-1980s to provide an example of a strong, healthy, and dominant male figure standing in opposition to the sick, weak, and AIDS infected gay image that was dominating media depictions at the time. However, Daniel’s research into these magazines tells a very different story. His archival research proves that in fact, the marketing of—and fascination with—the gay-for-pay performer started in the pages of these pornographic magazines long before the AIDS crisis. Here’s hoping that this is the first of many episodes exploring the dynamic history of pornographic magazines!    More about Elizabeth Groeneveld  Making Feminist Media: Third-Wave Magazines on the Cusp of the Digital Age Book review for Making Feminist Media  Historical background: On Our Backs and Bad Attitude  “Sex Wars Revisited”  Daniel’s Twitter Daniel’s documentary about gay-for-pay performers   facebook.com/AcademicSex @PornoCultures Help Support the Podcast! More info about Brandon Arroyo

Pornography takes up a large chunk of internet activity. According to The Guardian, it is hard to estimate how much money the online porn industry makes, but a conservative estimate puts it at $15 billion. That makes the porn industry bigger than not only Netflix ($11.7 billion) but also all of Hollywood ($11.1 billion) and Viacom ($13.3 billion). What might come as a surprise is the limited knowledge that we have of the psychological effects of internet porn. Moreover, within this field, there is a large division between those who believe porn addiction is real and very dangerous and those who believe it is a myth perpetuated by religious groups and a profitable porn addiction industry. In this episode of The Sociable Podcast, we speak with two individuals with very different opinions on the matter - Michael Dinneen, a Certified Sexual Addiction Counselor and Lynn Comella, an Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

In Episode 43, we wrap up our coverage from the 2019 Adult Entertainment Expo and Adult Video Network Awards, looking specifically at the history of the event and the ways it’s changed over the last 35 years. We interview porn performer Nina Hartley, writer and academic Lynn Comella, and cam model Miss Lollipop, who all offer unique perspectives on the event.

Professor Lynn Comella joins us to talk about her books New Views on Pornography: Sexuality, Politics, and the Law (co-edited with Shira Tarrant, 2015) and Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex-Toy Stores Changed the Business of Pleasure (2017). The reach of Vibrator Nation’s readership has extended beyond the typical academic circles and has resonated with a mainstream audience due to its easy reading style, and because it details a history of feminist sex shops that the public was obviously eager to read about. The history of these shops is a fascinating one and one that has literally changed the ways in which we think about the female orgasm within our post-sexual revolution era. The story of these stores isn’t one of capitalist opportunism, it’s actually a story about revolutionary feminist sexual educators who wanted to spread their sexual knowledge to a starving female public looking for ways to expand their sexual pleasure. In short, our understanding of sexual history would be incomplete without the information contained in this book. Pornography also has a role to play in this history. We talk about how pornography worked its way into these sex shops after owners long resisted their inclusion. And we also talk about the movies produced by the legendary San Francisco sex shop Good Vibrations. This is a history that you’re not going to want to miss!  Learn more about Lynn on her website.  Vibrator Nation book review in the New York Times.    Lynn’s interview with The Atlantic.    Sex Out Loud episode where Tristan Taormino interviews Joani Blank.  Vibrator Nation Instagram.  Lynn’s Twitter.  “Ten Feminist Sex Shops You’re Going to Want to Add to Your Wishlist”  pornocultures.podomatic.com facebook.com/AcademicSex @PornoCultures https://concordia.academia.edu/brandrroyo

Lynn Comella is our guest on this week’s episode and we are grateful to have her with us. Lynn is the author of Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex Toy Stores Changed the Business of Pleasure, published by Duke University Press. Check out Lynn’s website for more information and how to order the book. Buy it from your local feminist sex toy store (and give them your support) or from your local, independent bookstore. So check out the show. And subscribe by sending us your email. We love our listeners and welcome your feedback.  Please write to us at this address. And thanks for listening!

What tensions arise when sex-positive feminists and queer folk get into the sex toy business? How can scholars get their institutions to recognize their public writing as scholarship? What ethical commitments do ethnographers have to their communities and research subjects? In episode 59 of the Imagine Otherwise podcast, host Cathy Hannabach interviews writer and professor Lynn Comella about the fierce women and queers who jump started the feminist sex toy revolution, how scholars can up their public engagement game (not to mention why they need to), pragmatic advice for writing a crossover or trade book, and how feminist, fat-positive, and trans-justice sexual cultures are key to how Lynn imagines otherwise. Transcript and show notes: https://ideasonfire.net/59-lynn-comella

We start Episode 9 on the floor of the AVN Expo, talking to cam performers and clip producers about their hopes for the convention. We hear from Christy Ocean (@ChristyOcean), Scarlet Raven (@ScarletRaen_69), Little Puck (@littlepuck), Miss Lollipop (@MissLollipopMFC), and Scarlett Fox (@ScarlettFoxPlay).  We interview Dr. Lynn Comella (@LynnComella), from University of Nevada, Las Vegas, about her new book Vibrator Nation. Vibrator Nation is the history of feminist owned, sex-positive sex toy shops. She explores the way these early businesses created space for women, and then talks about the tension between feminist activism and entrepreneurship. Next we interview Dominic Rystan (@DomTheStud), a non-binary content creator and performer with a clip store on ManyVids (@Manyvids). He sat and talked to us about the complicated politics of having a clip store on Manyvids as a non-binary performer. We dive into his story, into the politics of gender identity on the site, and the implication this has for non-binary performers. 

I sex toys sono un business da 15 miliardi di dollari, che negli ultimi anni è passato dall'essere rivolto principalmente a uomini ad avere un pubblico di consumatori soprattutto femminile. Grazie all'intuizione pioneristica di alcuni sexy shops dedicati esclusivamente al piacere femminile, il sex toy è diventato un simbolo femminista di riappropriazione del piacere sessuale della donna.Nella quarta puntata di Chiamando Eva parliamo dell'aspetto politico del sex toy, della popolarità delle erotic boutique a New York e di come in Italia quando si menzionano i vibratori si sia ancora tutti casti e pudichi.E siccome Natale si avvicina, e non ci crediamo che avete già comprato tutti i regali che dovete comprare, facciamo una piccola lista di consigli fra il serio e il faceto per far felici amici e parenti.Consigli di letturaIl libro “Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex-Toys Stores chenged the Businedd of Pleasure”, di Lynn Comella https://www.dukeupress.edu/vibrator-nationCome l'industria dei sex-toys è cambiata negli ultimi anni, e com'è la vita quando il vibratore è un business di famiglia https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/style/doc-johnson-sex-toys.html?_r=0Il concept dell'erotic boutique, e perchè è diverso da quello di un normale sexy shop http://vulcanostatale.it/2015/04/il-problema-dei-sexy-shop-sono-le-scritte-al-neon/Le reazioni italiane al primo spot di sex toys mai andato in onda sulla tv nazionale https://www.vice.com/it/article/kzzp3v/dobbiamo-parlare-delle-reazioni-al-primo-spot-di-sex-toys-sulla-tv-italianaDove comprare i vostri futuri sex toys preferitiA New York:http://www.babeland.com/http://shop.weloveshag.com/A Milano:http://www.sex-sade.it/Online:https://www.mysecretcase.com/I vostri futuri sex toys preferiti, e ottime idee per provocatori regali di NataleEva, il nostro preferito, anche perchè si chiama come noi

I sex toys sono un business da 15 miliardi di dollari, che negli ultimi anni è passato dall’essere rivolto principalmente a uomini ad avere un pubblico di consumatori soprattutto femminile. Grazie all’intuizione pioneristica di alcuni sexy shops dedicati esclusivamente al piacere femminile, il sex toy è diventato un simbolo femminista di riappropriazione del piacere sessuale della donna. Nella quarta puntata di Chiamando Eva parliamo dell’aspetto politico del sex toy, della popolarità delle erotic boutique a New York e di come in Italia quando si menzionano i vibratori si sia ancora tutti casti e pudichi. E siccome Natale si avvicina, e non ci crediamo che avete già comprato tutti i regali che dovete comprare, facciamo una piccola lista di consigli fra il serio e il faceto per far felici amici e parenti. Consigli di letturaIl libro “Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex-Toys Stores chenged the Businedd of Pleasure”, di Lynn Comella https://www.dukeupress.edu/vibrator-nation Come l’industria dei sex-toys è cambiata negli ultimi anni, e com’è la vita quando il vibratore è un business di famiglia https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/style/doc-johnson-sex-toys.html?_r=0 Il concept dell’erotic boutique, e perchè è diverso da quello di un normale sexy shop http://vulcanostatale.it/2015/04/il-problema-dei-sexy-shop-sono-le-scritte-al-neon/ Le reazioni italiane al primo spot di sex toys mai andato in onda sulla tv nazionale https://www.vice.com/it/article/kzzp3v/dobbiamo-parlare-delle-reazioni-al-primo-spot-di-sex-toys-sulla-tv-italiana Dove comprare i vostri futuri sex toys preferiti A New York: http://www.babeland.com/http://shop.weloveshag.com/ A Milano: http://www.sex-sade.it/ Online: https://www.mysecretcase.com/ I vostri futuri sex toys preferiti, e ottime idee per provocatori regali di NataleEva, il nostro preferito, anche perchè si chiama come noi

I sex toys sono un business da 15 miliardi di dollari, che negli ultimi anni è passato dall’essere rivolto principalmente a uomini ad avere un pubblico di consumatori soprattutto femminile. Grazie all’intuizione pioneristica di alcuni sexy shops dedicati esclusivamente al piacere femminile, il sex toy è diventato un simbolo femminista di riappropriazione del piacere sessuale della donna. Nella quarta puntata di Chiamando Eva parliamo dell’aspetto politico del sex toy, della popolarità delle erotic boutique a New York e di come in Italia quando si menzionano i vibratori si sia ancora tutti casti e pudichi. E siccome Natale si avvicina, e non ci crediamo che avete già comprato tutti i regali che dovete comprare, facciamo una piccola lista di consigli fra il serio e il faceto per far felici amici e parenti. Consigli di letturaIl libro “Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex-Toys Stores chenged the Businedd of Pleasure”, di Lynn Comella https://www.dukeupress.edu/vibrator-nation Come l’industria dei sex-toys è cambiata negli ultimi anni, e com’è la vita quando il vibratore è un business di famiglia https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/style/doc-johnson-sex-toys.html?_r=0 Il concept dell’erotic boutique, e perchè è diverso da quello di un normale sexy shop http://vulcanostatale.it/2015/04/il-problema-dei-sexy-shop-sono-le-scritte-al-neon/ Le reazioni italiane al primo spot di sex toys mai andato in onda sulla tv nazionale https://www.vice.com/it/article/kzzp3v/dobbiamo-parlare-delle-reazioni-al-primo-spot-di-sex-toys-sulla-tv-italiana Dove comprare i vostri futuri sex toys preferiti A New York: http://www.babeland.com/http://shop.weloveshag.com/ A Milano: http://www.sex-sade.it/ Online: https://www.mysecretcase.com/ I vostri futuri sex toys preferiti, e ottime idee per provocatori regali di NataleEva, il nostro preferito, anche perchè si chiama come noi

Ever wonder how vibrators and sex toys became so popular? How did sex toys find their way into our bedside tables and cultural conversations? Author Lynn Comella, Ph.D. shares the fascinating history of feminist sex toy stores and their impact on sex culture. Nowadays, you can find lube at the drugstore and sex toys on […] The post Vibrator Nation: The History Of Feminist Sex Stores with Lynn Comella Ph.D. appeared first on Pleasure Mechanics.

Lynn Comella, author Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex-Toy Stores Changed the Business of Pleasure, joins co-hosts Eric Newman and Sarah Mesle, to discuss how a handful of Feminist entrepreneurs in the 1970s helped women in America and around the world take greater control of their own bodies and pleasure. The discussion couldn't be more timely in a month when our society is beginning to confront the patriarchal power relations that emboldens sexual predators. Vibrator Nation tells the history of women putting women's liberation in the hands of women! Also, author Dan Lopez drops by to recommend Katherine Heiny's new novel Standard Deviation.

Let's talk sex shops! Lynn Comella, author of Vibrator Nation, joins Jaclyn to tell the fascinating history of how feminist sex shops came to be, why they matter, what their future looks like, and to explore the uneasy relationship between sexual liberation and capitalism. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.