--- title: "Best Beginnings: Babyzone's new podcast is out now" description: George Looker, CEO of Babyzone, hosts a new podcast about what happens in the first five years of life and why it shapes everything that comes after. image: https://babyzone.org.uk/hubfs/THUMBNAIL.png --- [Matched funding live: every donation is doubled from 2-16 June.](https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000C7riEYAR) [![Babyzone\_PrimaryLogo\_Colour\_OnLight\_RGB-1](https://babyzone.org.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Babyzone_PrimaryLogo_Colour_OnLight_RGB-1.png?width=1175&height=410&name=Babyzone_PrimaryLogo_Colour_OnLight_RGB-1.png "Babyzone_PrimaryLogo_Colour_OnLight_RGB-1")](https://babyzone.org.uk) [![Babyzone\_PrimaryLogo\_Colour\_OnDark\_RGB-2](https://babyzone.org.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Babyzone_PrimaryLogo_Colour_OnDark_RGB-2.png?width=1175&height=410&name=Babyzone_PrimaryLogo_Colour_OnDark_RGB-2.png "Babyzone_PrimaryLogo_Colour_OnDark_RGB-2")](https://babyzone.org.uk) - [About Us](https://babyzone.org.uk/about-us) - [Our Model](https://babyzone.org.uk/our-model) - [Our People](https://babyzone.org.uk/team) - [Careers](https://babyzone.org.uk/careers) - [Hubs](https://babyzone.org.uk/visit-us) - [Volunteer](https://babyzone.org.uk/volunteer) - [Our Programmes](https://babyzone.org.uk/programmes) - [Partners](https://babyzone.org.uk/partners) - [Academy](https://babyzone.org.uk/academy) - Impact & Insights - [Impact](https://babyzone.org.uk/research-impact) - [Research](https://babyzone.org.uk/babyzone-research) - News & Media - [News](https://babyzone.org.uk/blogzone) - [Media](https://babyzone.org.uk/media) - [Baby Buddy](https://babyzone.org.uk/baby-buddy) - [About](https://babyzone.org.uk/baby-buddy) - [For Parents](https://babyzone.org.uk/babybuddy-for-parents) - [For Local Authorities](https://babyzone.org.uk/baby-buddy-for-local-authorities) [Donate](https://babyzone.org.uk/donate) - [About Us](https://babyzone.org.uk/about-us) - [Our Model](https://babyzone.org.uk/our-model) - [Our People](https://babyzone.org.uk/team) - [Careers](https://babyzone.org.uk/careers) - [Hubs](https://babyzone.org.uk/visit-us) - [Volunteer](https://babyzone.org.uk/volunteer) - [Our Programmes](https://babyzone.org.uk/programmes) - [Partners](https://babyzone.org.uk/partners) - [Academy](https://babyzone.org.uk/academy) - Impact & Insights - [Impact](https://babyzone.org.uk/research-impact) - [Research](https://babyzone.org.uk/babyzone-research) - News & Media - [News](https://babyzone.org.uk/blogzone) - [Media](https://babyzone.org.uk/media) - [Baby Buddy](https://babyzone.org.uk/baby-buddy) - [About](https://babyzone.org.uk/baby-buddy) - [For Parents](https://babyzone.org.uk/babybuddy-for-parents) - [For Local Authorities](https://babyzone.org.uk/baby-buddy-for-local-authorities) [Donate](https://babyzone.org.uk/donate) [← Back](https://babyzone.org.uk/blogzone) # Best Beginnings: Babyzone's new podcast is out now ![Best Beginnings: Babyzone's new podcast is out now](https://babyzone.org.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/THUMBNAIL.png?width=400&name=THUMBNAIL.png) [Sign Up To Our Early Years News Roundup](https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/1Vneg2jsPR5C3b2eBW289Jw2b57kc) **Best Beginnings: Babyzone's new podcast is out now** By the time a child turns two, 80% of their brain architecture is already in place. The connections that shape how they learn, how they regulate emotions, how they form relationships, most of that is built before they can even speak in sentences. And yet, as a society, we invest the least in the years that matter most. One in four children starts school without the skills they need to thrive, not because their parents failed them, but because the system did. > "The science is settled. The economics are clear. The first years last forever." — George Looker, CEO of Babyzone Best Beginnings is hosted by CEO George Looker and brings in guests from across the early years space: researchers, practitioners, policymakers and parents. Not to lecture, but to explore together what actually works and what gets in the way. 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