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Speaker 1: This is the Fitsy and Whipper with Kate Richie podcast.

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Speaker 2: We're going to chat to the new hosts, big brother

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Speaker 2: Mel Trossina, part of the family here at Nover.

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Speaker 3: Mel's been here at Nover for ages.

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Speaker 4: This is awesome because it's going back to the old

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Speaker 4: format as well, Live a Viction, Live evictions, so there'll

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Speaker 4: be an audience there as well.

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Speaker 2: And it'll be it's time to go.

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Speaker 4: Ryan James, Well, I'm just thinking to myself that.

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Speaker 3: I could get back involved. I don't think you could.

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Speaker 3: I could let it go. What did you do on

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Speaker 3: that first Friday Friday Night games? Bring that back? Don't

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Speaker 3: bring that out? Since some.

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Speaker 4: Also Mel has to say, we might have to ask

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Speaker 4: her because some of the biggest moments in Australian television

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Speaker 4: was when Merlin came out with the gaffer tape over

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Speaker 4: his mouth and free the refugees.

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Speaker 3: Is she ready for a moment like that live.

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Speaker 2: When they said to you after three months it's time

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Speaker 2: to go, Frisy, what did you do that night?

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Speaker 3: I didn't sleep party.

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Speaker 2: I know.

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Speaker 4: The first thing you do is you go see a

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Speaker 4: psychiatrist and they tell you they check your mental state

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Speaker 4: just to see what you like and then they go

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Speaker 4: through a scrapbook of how you're being perceived on the outside.

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Speaker 3: I tell you the impact you had, yeah or sorry?

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Speaker 3: What they chose to edit? Well they The.

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Speaker 4: First thing she said to me was, Okay, I've got

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Speaker 4: to give you the heads up here.

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Speaker 3: Your mates have made a lot of money from these.

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Speaker 4: T shirts mls and they've now been accused of cheating

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Speaker 4: and buying votes.

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Speaker 3: Oh my god, boys, going on.

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Speaker 2: That's really how your friends have been perceived on the outside.

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Speaker 3: I thought Big Brother was gone, No way.

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Speaker 4: I thought it was gone twenty years ago when I

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Speaker 4: absolutely stuff off on the show.

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Speaker 3: But it is back in twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 4: And you know what the exciting thing is is that

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Speaker 4: a member of our family here at Nova will be

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Speaker 4: hosting it. And why I'm excited about this as well

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Speaker 4: is because live evictions.

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Speaker 3: Are back live.

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Speaker 4: It is the old Big Brother and the magnificent Mel

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Speaker 4: Tressina will be.

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Speaker 5: Good morning, good morning, Fitzy, and we're fun.

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Speaker 2: Do you know, Mel, It's so exciting to think that

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Speaker 2: we were going to have somebody reparatable at the company

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Speaker 2: here at Nova who's now part of Big Brothers. So

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Speaker 2: we don't have to listen to old stories of what

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Speaker 2: year were you made twenty four?

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Speaker 3: Twenty years ago?

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Speaker 5: I was actually googling Fitzy.

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Speaker 1: I was trying to figure out which Jeff which Jeff

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Speaker 1: Buckley song was it. I can't find it on YouTube.

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Speaker 1: It wouldn't have been Hallelujah, like that's a bit.

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Speaker 5: No, that wouldn't do.

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Speaker 3: It, would we go? It was lover you should have

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Speaker 3: come over.

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Speaker 1: I thought maybe it was last goodbye with the lyrics

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Speaker 1: kiss me please, kiss me, kiss me out of desire baby,

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Speaker 1: not consolation.

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Speaker 5: I thought that might have been more your your style

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Speaker 5: fits now.

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Speaker 3: I gave you a good pump up then, and now

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Speaker 3: you just.

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Speaker 2: Brought me down, Mel. I mean there's other great footage

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Speaker 2: of Fitzy doing some impersonations. He then goes on to

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Speaker 2: punch a.

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Speaker 4: Inflatable kangaroo about me.

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Speaker 3: Sorry, Mel, I am.

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Speaker 4: I am so excited that the game batter the old

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Speaker 4: format live evictions though, And look, I was the year

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Speaker 4: that I did at Mel. Was the year that Merlin

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Speaker 4: walked out with free the refugees in the.

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Speaker 3: Game of taybab.

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Speaker 4: I remember this so a Mel, you could be walking

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Speaker 4: into something like this, a political statement or something might

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Speaker 4: be happy.

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Speaker 3: How are you feeling.

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Speaker 1: Well, I actually don't know much about politics, so good luck.

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Speaker 1: I won't be able to have any follow up questions

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Speaker 1: if something like that happened. Yeah, but I think that's

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Speaker 1: what's so exciting about the live element, and that's what

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Speaker 1: Australians are craving about this show because that was iconic.

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Speaker 1: Right Merlin comes out with tape on his mouth, he

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Speaker 1: is not talking. Gretel's patting. She's been an absolute legend

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Speaker 1: about it, and we're all sitting at home going what

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Speaker 1: is happening?

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Speaker 5: Where is this going to go?

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Speaker 1: And I think that's what's going to be so exciting

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Speaker 1: about this And I'm petrified but so excited about it

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Speaker 1: because it's love.

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Speaker 2: To be mel you know what. I love you on

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Speaker 2: the cheap seats. I've told you that I think you're

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Speaker 2: awesome on that. What's going to be interesting is when

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Speaker 2: you have that audience too, and they count you down

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Speaker 2: and they go three two one.

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Speaker 3: We're live.

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Speaker 2: But in your ear, there's going to be a moment

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Speaker 2: like when that eviction happens and they come out the idea.

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Speaker 2: It's almost like a reverse game of thank God you're here,

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Speaker 2: because you're not going to know what they're going to

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Speaker 2: bring as they're evicted each time.

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Speaker 3: Oh, you'll know, you'll want to be ready what they

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Speaker 3: brought on the show. You need to be ready for anything.

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Speaker 5: You're so right. And when you said the three to

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Speaker 5: two one we're live, I reckon a little bit of.

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Speaker 1: Week you will come out at that stage everyone playing

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Speaker 1: at home. Yeah, I know, so you know that's probably

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Speaker 1: a good point. Maybe like, thank god you're here. I

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Speaker 1: should have some liners ready to go.

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Speaker 3: Of how did you audition for this two? Mal?

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Speaker 1: Well?

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Speaker 3: What do they do?

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Speaker 5: They it's I don't even know if I do. You know,

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Speaker 5: what happens so quickly, I can't remember if I audition.

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Speaker 5: It's a big blurs.

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Speaker 2: What they said we want that girl's awesome.

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Speaker 5: And I was like, yeah, all right, hate mail.

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Speaker 4: If you're watching old clips, have you been watching from

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Speaker 4: the best, because we all know Gretel Colaine was the

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Speaker 4: original host I'm Big.

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Speaker 3: Brother, and she handled the live eviction really, really well.

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Speaker 5: She's an absolute legend.

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Speaker 1: I've decided over summer, because we're not filming until fourth

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Speaker 1: quarter of next year. I over the summer break, I'm

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Speaker 1: going to be binge watching all of the Big Brother

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Speaker 1: and I'm going to be getting tips from Gretel, and

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Speaker 1: I'm going to be doing I'm even going to watch

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Speaker 1: the ones in the UK and Canada just to get

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Speaker 1: into that world.

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Speaker 3: Is it too early? I've got Gretel's number. Still you

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Speaker 3: saw Gretel. Well it's been a while. It's been a while,

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Speaker 3: i'd say twenty years. So what call?

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Speaker 1: He?

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Speaker 3: Can we give her a call?

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Speaker 4: Mail?

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Speaker 5: What if she hates me? What if she's like, this

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Speaker 5: woman's taking my job?

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Speaker 4: She won't she's she's awesome, she's awesome.

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Speaker 3: Well, let's give her a call. I don't know if

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Speaker 3: she's going to.

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Speaker 2: If she picks up Mal, you take her, you take it.

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Speaker 3: I can leave her miss if you want, Melt. Okay,

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Speaker 3: introduce you has Mel? Are you going to do Mel's voice?

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Speaker 3: Let Mel be? Mels not picking up?

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Speaker 5: I think?

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Speaker 2: Hi?

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Speaker 3: Please leave the message and I'll call you back.

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Speaker 1: Thank you.

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Speaker 4: Hi, Gretel, it's fits you here aka Friesy. I meet

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Speaker 4: you around a bit twenty years ago on a little

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Speaker 4: old show called Bee Brother.

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Speaker 3: Gretel.

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Speaker 4: I just want to introduce you to a friend of mine.

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Speaker 4: Her name is Mel Tressina, and she's going to be

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Speaker 4: hosting Big Brother in twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 3: Meil, can you just come and grab the phone, just

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Speaker 3: say hello.

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Speaker 1: Good morning, Gretel. It's Mel, a real big fan, so

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Speaker 1: good to be here. I don't want to do this,

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Speaker 1: but also with love, any tips if you have any

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Speaker 1: for me, Thank you.

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Speaker 5: So much, Gretel.

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Speaker 3: It's a bit desperate.

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Speaker 5: I'm a big fan, big fan.

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Speaker 3: If we hung up here, we still we love you, Gretel.

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Speaker 3: You can hang up now, Jess. That's Sank Gretel for

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Speaker 3: the refugees.

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Speaker 4: Well, I think that's all right, Neil, there's your first introduction.

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Speaker 5: Oh my gosh, I think she knew we were calling,

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Speaker 5: which is why she didn't answer.

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Speaker 3: Perfect Thmes Parma. You are going to be amazing on this.

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Speaker 4: We've known you for a very long time here at Nova, Mel,

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Speaker 4: and you do an amazing job. You can catch Meil

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Speaker 4: on the Cheap Seats every Tuesday night and she's playing

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Speaker 4: your freshits and throwbacks after us here on Nova.

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Speaker 3: Love you, Mel, and good luck with big Brother.

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Speaker 5: Thank you so much, guys appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Mel.

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Speaker 3: Fitsen.

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Speaker 2: Whipper with Kate Ritchie is a Nova podcast walk great

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Speaker 2: shows like this.

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Speaker 3: Download the Nova Player by the app Store or Google

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Speaker 3: Playing the player