25: The School Run: Jane James on Voice, Arts and Belonging

<p>Founder of Little Voices and host of the top 3% &#39;School Run&#39; podcast, Jane James joins Anji and Annie to talk career pivots, podcasting with her teenage daughter, and why arts education matters. A conversation about finding your voice, staying curious, and the cheerleaders every young person needs.</p><p>This week we are joined by Jane James, founder of the award-winning performing arts company Little Voices, which has reached more than 80,000 young people across the UK, and host of the top 3% School Run podcast.</p><p>Jane shares how a &quot;happy accident&quot; turned a music degree and a thwarted performing dream into a national business, why &quot;follow your heart&quot; is still advice worth giving, and what it was like to co-host a podcast with her teenage daughter Liv, who found her own voice at the microphone.</p><p>We talk career pivots, the cheerleaders every young person needs, having deeper conversations side by side rather than face to face, and why arts education belongs at the heart of every school, not the margins.</p><p>Plus: staying curious, the art of really listening, and one small Uber journey that reminded Angie why talking to strangers changes everything.</p><p>Follow Jane James and the School Run podcast - link below - and don&#39;t forget to subscribe, share and tell us what you&#39;d like to hear next.</p><p><br></p>