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Speaker 1: This is the Fits In with Kate Richie podcast.

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Speaker 2: Twenty year reunion on Saturday night. I kept it quiet

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Speaker 2: from you guys, but the.

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Speaker 3: Very I even't said to you probably Thursday or Friday.

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Speaker 3: What are you doing Saturday night? You got anything on?

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Speaker 3: And you went, oh, yeah, just just a dinner, dinner

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Speaker 3: with me or you gave me.

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Speaker 1: And I went, oh, okay, well I wasn't lying. I

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Speaker 1: dinner with mate, but yes, special group mate.

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Speaker 4: He gave me a little bit more informa you got more?

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Speaker 1: Did you?

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Speaker 3: Did you have a heads up about the event?

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Speaker 4: No, not the event itself, but I got a feeling

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Speaker 4: it might have been a late one.

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Speaker 1: Well, you know, like I knew.

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Speaker 2: I didn't get you involved because and I didn't talk

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Speaker 2: about leading up to it because you know, you ruined

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Speaker 2: everything anyway. Before the reunion anyway, when all the housemates

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Speaker 2: rocked up to my house in Baumine, my wife was

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Speaker 2: in on it as well, and then Igor what he

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Speaker 2: came down this about He came down the stairs. This

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Speaker 2: was a few years ago, Kate, and he was in

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Speaker 2: my original Adelaide Crow's and I was.

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Speaker 1: Like, what are you? What's going on here? Mate?

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Speaker 2: You know what we've had it was sponsored by Fireball.

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Speaker 2: It was one of the weirdest days.

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Speaker 3: There was Igor who Engle who was on Big Brother.

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Speaker 1: I know what you're talking.

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Speaker 3: It was a Big Brother twenty year reunion, Kate. It

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Speaker 3: was twenty years and Eagle stood out the back having

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Speaker 3: a cigarette in Fitzy's most prized possession.

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Speaker 1: It's still it was still single darts.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, so it's two thousand and four is when

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Speaker 2: we went into the house.

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Speaker 1: Actually, do you know what re organized it? But we didn't.

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Speaker 1: She didn't invite Gretel.

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Speaker 2: Do you need to Well, I thought we invited a

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Speaker 2: few of the producers and Mike Goldman was there. But

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Speaker 2: I think it was like I think, okay, so the

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Speaker 2: thing is for years and years, you sort of you

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Speaker 2: push it to the side. Then you have families, you

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Speaker 2: get married, and you sort of forget about it. But

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Speaker 2: it was it was a moment where everyone just went,

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Speaker 2: you know what, I think we should all sort of

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Speaker 2: meet up and talk about what happened in our lives,

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Speaker 2: you know, twenty years ago, because it was a significant

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Speaker 2: part of our lives.

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Speaker 3: Cap Why wasn't this on Channel ten? They should have streamed.

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Speaker 4: This all They would have had to have gral there.

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Speaker 1: They don't have any money for new shows. They just

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Speaker 1: got rid of The Bachelor.

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Speaker 3: And what a reunion show that would have been. How

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Speaker 3: good that would have been amazing to see big Trev

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Speaker 3: and you know you're right Brie and then you're best

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Speaker 3: made egor.

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Speaker 1: Or do you know it was? It was like things

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Speaker 1: hadn't changed.

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Speaker 2: Twenty years later Terry was there, she's still a nurse

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Speaker 2: and she was telling us all the things that people

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Speaker 2: have had up their bums in the emergency department.

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Speaker 4: Was that early in the night or did you have

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Speaker 4: to warm yourself up so that.

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Speaker 1: What a seven hundred and fifty mel wine bottle? That

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Speaker 1: is unbelievable. Didn't know that as well? That then you

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Speaker 1: can't get it out.

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Speaker 2: You've actually got a drill whole in the bottom of

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Speaker 2: the for aeration. Having this conference you do or just

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Speaker 2: it's it's it's well you can learn, you learn something

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Speaker 2: new every day. Oh no, that next time a suction.

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Speaker 2: The other one as well that I need to talk

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Speaker 2: about is that one of the probably the significant moments

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Speaker 2: in Australian television history was when Merlin protested and he

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Speaker 2: put gaffetape over his mouth and said for the refugees

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Speaker 2: for the whole interview.

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Speaker 1: With Gretel Right, that was your year, was it?

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Speaker 2: That was my ar And there was a moment because

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Speaker 2: so Merlin was there on Saturday night and there was

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Speaker 2: a moment where we all just we raised our glasses

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Speaker 2: and I said, Mate, I don't think I understood at

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Speaker 2: the time how big that was. But twenty years later,

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Speaker 2: as I'm mature, my political views sort of change. I said, mate,

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Speaker 2: that was an unbelievable effort.

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Speaker 1: So do you know what he did? He told us

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Speaker 1: and I had no idea about this, Kate.

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Speaker 2: But two weeks he was before he was about to

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Speaker 2: go into the Big Brother House, he had an epiphany

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Speaker 2: that because his dad was a protester when he was younger,

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Speaker 2: quite strong political views. But he had this epiphany where

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Speaker 2: he was at home and he said, I've got to

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Speaker 2: do this. I really have to make a change. I'm

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Speaker 2: going to be on the biggest stage in Australia, so

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Speaker 2: I need to do something about it. He sewed that

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Speaker 2: little sign free the Refugees into his shirt. Because your

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Speaker 2: suitcase gets checked with what you take in there, contrabane

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Speaker 2: or whatever, and.

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Speaker 1: They didn't pick it up. It was in his shirt.

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Speaker 2: So he was in there the whole time knowing that

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Speaker 2: when I get booted, I am going to make this protest.

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Speaker 5: That's the way I'm going to do it for.

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Speaker 2: Thee and how nerve racking it would have been for

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Speaker 2: him when he was actually about to go on stage,

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Speaker 2: knowing I'm just going to put this gaffer tape on

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Speaker 2: my mouth and I'm not going to talk.

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Speaker 3: Wow. I mean, back then, two Fits, everyone that got evicted,

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Speaker 3: didn't you get a car, like a million dollars prize

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Speaker 3: money for Trevor, and then everybody that got boded or

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Speaker 3: was involved in the show got a brand new car.

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Speaker 1: Brand new car and a trip to Vaniadu. We got

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Speaker 1: to watch man.

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Speaker 3: The times were good to you.

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Speaker 1: Yep, Tommy as well. Igor.

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Speaker 2: Just a head up because he's been ringing me quite

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Speaker 2: a bit and unfortunately I've been quite busy. But Eagle's

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Speaker 2: pitched to me as well. He said, Fits, you're the

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Speaker 2: first person to know this, but I will be the

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Speaker 2: first punter in the world that will get to drive

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Speaker 2: a Formula One car but have a camera strapped to

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Speaker 2: my head.

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Speaker 1: He's got to do it. In Spain and he said, fits.

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Speaker 2: You guys are on, I'll get you guys on first.

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Speaker 2: You can be be a part of your show. He

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Speaker 2: know about that ex.

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Speaker 3: If it was for a long time to do Eagle Fridays,

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Speaker 3: didn't he.

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Speaker 5: What would that be?

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Speaker 3: Egor comes on with a segment he has.

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Speaker 5: Jokes he had he had and he calls them very

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Speaker 5: brave man jokes like things that you can't say in twenty.

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Speaker 1: Great and I'm looking.

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Speaker 5: At the list now in their absolute filth, like no, there's.

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Speaker 4: Actually getting him then this Friday.

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Speaker 2: And that's why he was on the He was only

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Speaker 2: on the show for a week and got booted. The

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Speaker 2: public just I think it was ninety seven three percent

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Speaker 2: of the next house Mate he got absolutely.

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Speaker 1: Sleigh or eggs. But it was great to catch up

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Speaker 1: with him on Saturday night. No, it was. I really

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Speaker 1: had a good time.

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Speaker 2: I think there's a moment where you just got to

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Speaker 2: you've got to face that stuff, and it was we

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Speaker 2: had a great Now.

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Speaker 3: Any inflatable kangaroos for you to know, punch or.

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Speaker 1: News or those days are over.

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Speaker 2: I mean everyone's Mike Goldman's about to have a child

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Speaker 2: at the age of fifty one, the child.

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Speaker 1: But everyone's got kids and their parents now.

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Speaker 3: And did Mike do the signo?

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Speaker 2: Our views have changed? You know, I've not even getting

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Speaker 2: the shower nude again or anything like that. It's not

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Speaker 2: like we're recreating the show.

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Speaker 3: What would you would you do it again?

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Speaker 1: Nah? Not not now?

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Speaker 4: Like, well, what if they got that same crew and

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Speaker 4: it was like twenty years later. I don't mean a

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Speaker 4: new crew, but I mean like a reunion brother run.

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Speaker 1: No, I don't reckon I would.

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Speaker 4: What don't you have more to say now?

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Speaker 5: To say?

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Speaker 4: No?

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Speaker 2: No?

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Speaker 1: No, it was we had plenty to say on Saturday Night.

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Speaker 4: No, haven't you learnt a lot?

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Speaker 1: We Well, there was. Do you remember?

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Speaker 2: The other moment was when Paul questioned Merlin about not

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Speaker 2: having an Australian citizenship and I said, you know what

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Speaker 2: that was? And he goes, you know what I was labeled?

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Speaker 2: And I said, yeah, I know, you were labeled a

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Speaker 2: racist at the time. But he's progressive. Paul's moved on now,

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Speaker 2: he's you know, he's got a child that's in the

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Speaker 2: same sex marriage and he's had to change his views.

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Speaker 2: But it was, you know what, it was a It

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Speaker 2: was a rombust robust robust conversation that we had on

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Speaker 2: Saturday night.

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Speaker 3: Did Mike Goldman do the Mike Goldman sign off?

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Speaker 1: No, he didn't.

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Speaker 4: I'm related to him.

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Speaker 3: I think, how haven't you hooked up with Mike Goldwin?

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Speaker 1: So in whose side of the family?

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Speaker 3: Sure that story?

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Speaker 4: Do we all get so confused with this? I bet

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Speaker 4: you my mother's listening and yelling at the radio right now.

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Speaker 1: She won't call, but it is okay.

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Speaker 3: What did he say for? Let's give us his sign off?

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Speaker 4: No?

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Speaker 2: Bye, everyone, I'm Mike and you've been gold Man? Can

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Speaker 2: I all right?

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Speaker 1: Here's Kate. This is what I this is what I

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Speaker 1: proposed to you. This is what I proposed to you.

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Speaker 2: If you could do this now, if you were given

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Speaker 2: the option to go into a house in the on

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Speaker 2: the Gold Coast hinterland for three months, no phone, no television.

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Speaker 5: Sounds perfect.

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Speaker 1: It does. It actually does.

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Speaker 5: Okay, so with other people, just.

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Speaker 1: To disconnect for three months, but you're not.

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Speaker 4: Then you're in there with randoms and possibly randoms that

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Speaker 4: you don't connect with or you don't I mean, don't

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Speaker 4: they do that on purpose? I'm happy to go to

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Speaker 4: a house in the hinterland self.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what that show. I don't know what

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Speaker 1: that show would be like another cup.

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Speaker 4: Of teas every time they asked me to do Dancing

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Speaker 4: with the Stars, like, yes, I will do Dancing with

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Speaker 4: the Stars. Yes, I would like to learn how to dance.

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Speaker 4: But can we not do the dancing on the television bit?

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Speaker 1: They're that's part.

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Speaker 3: Of the deal. The show. I'd watch me dancing Kate

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Speaker 3: Southern Highlands bush Week bush Wee.

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Speaker 4: No, like I'd have it like a dosy dough around

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Speaker 4: your partner dancing.

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Speaker 3: Oh like country Bootsky.

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Speaker 4: I think that's what you meant by Bushweed.

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Speaker 2: You took yourself out of your comfort zone where it

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Speaker 2: takes two unbelievable effort to do that.

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Speaker 3: I know.

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Speaker 4: I look back and I think I don't know who

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Speaker 4: that person was that said yes to their agent on

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Speaker 4: that day.

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Speaker 1: I don't know.

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Speaker 4: I think I was having a breakdown on watching it.

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Speaker 2: I ran into Troy Cassadali and his lovely wife on

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Speaker 2: the weekend after our interview, and he just said thank

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Speaker 2: you again.

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Speaker 1: What a what a lovely man.

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Speaker 4: He is one of the nicest, oh my god, really

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Speaker 4: nice trolls.

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Speaker 3: Cas these mates call him.

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Speaker 4: No, they don't don't ruin his name like that. This

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Speaker 4: doesn't bother me anymore.

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Speaker 2: Imagine you're in the Gold Coast in Toland, just Belgium.

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Speaker 4: Is out on my own, no shame, dancing like nobody's watching.

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Speaker 3: Guys fallen out of the truth Sits in Whippa with

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Speaker 3: Kate Ritchie is a Nova podcast walk great shows like this.

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