Hello listeners, this episode of Homo sapiens is brought to you by WhatsApp from Meta.

Now then, making this podcast is a lot of fun, and WhatsApp is, I gotta say, an integral part of that.

I'm constantly gassing on there, I do love a voice note, but I plan episodes, I message guests,

I chat with our producer. It's where it's all happening. It's also the place I go when

something big happens, no matter what it is, whether it's a tronym, I want to celebrate with

friends, like, I don't know, getting a WhatsApp advert on your podcast, or something not so good,

like the usual thing where I'm going to, you know, some important dinner and I managed to

pour food down myself, or something equally calamitous. WhatsApp is where I head in all of these

scenarios. What makes me feel comfortable in doing that is that WhatsApp provides multiple built-in

layers of protection, so that I know that I never have to depend on only one defence when it comes

to personal privacy. They actually have some new features, people, to help with this, like chat

lock, cuck, I have a mental little sound to go with it. This adds an extra layer of protection

for chats from anyone who has physical access to your device. EG, maybe it's my one year old,

who grabs any phone within a 25 meter radius and somehow accesses all sorts. So it's very useful

for me. I feel safe connecting on WhatsApp as I know that nobody, not even WhatsApp can read my

messages. WhatsApp, message privately with multiple layers of protection.

Hello, it's time for Homo sapiens.

Now what are we doing today? We're doing a podcast, good. I'm sitting in a car park.

Honestly, the glamour. I'm actually essentially a beautiful morning. I'm sitting here with a

sun on my face, wearing a jumper and a shirt over the top, which could be problematic. Can you hear

these birds? Now somebody wrote in about the birds and I'm going to try and find it. Identifying

birds for me. You've all been writing in your droves actually. You've written in lovely things,

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