1 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:06,450 Michael Thompson: Welcome to the Fear and Greed daily interview. I'm Michael 2 00:00:06,450 --> 00:00:09,568 Michael Thompson: Thompson. I know I have told this story before, but 3 00:00:09,570 --> 00:00:11,940 Michael Thompson: I'm going to do it again and apologies if you 4 00:00:11,940 --> 00:00:14,219 Michael Thompson: have heard it, but it is for a good cause because 5 00:00:14,580 --> 00:00:17,459 Michael Thompson: way back in 2019, which feels like a very long 6 00:00:17,459 --> 00:00:20,189 Michael Thompson: time ago now, my then two- year- old son was 7 00:00:20,190 --> 00:00:22,950 Michael Thompson: diagnosed with type one diabetes. And it was a really 8 00:00:23,940 --> 00:00:27,120 Michael Thompson: scary time because he was rushed to hospital. He stayed there 9 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:30,179 Michael Thompson: for a while as we got used to essentially a 10 00:00:30,179 --> 00:00:32,579 Michael Thompson: new way of living, which was kind of monitoring blood 11 00:00:32,580 --> 00:00:36,449 Michael Thompson: sugar with finger pricks and insulin injections before every single 12 00:00:36,449 --> 00:00:39,330 Michael Thompson: meal, before he ate anything. And so this poor kid 13 00:00:39,330 --> 00:00:42,330 Michael Thompson: went from barely having had a needle before to becoming 14 00:00:42,810 --> 00:00:45,929 Michael Thompson: basically overnight a pin cushion. And we went from sleeping 15 00:00:45,929 --> 00:00:49,259 Michael Thompson: through the night to waking up constantly kind of fearing 16 00:00:49,259 --> 00:00:52,259 Michael Thompson: what could happen if his blood glucose levels dropped sharply 17 00:00:52,289 --> 00:00:56,940 Michael Thompson: because it can in certain circumstances be fatal. And at 18 00:00:56,940 --> 00:01:00,540 Michael Thompson: the very least, at very least it's certainly life changing 19 00:01:00,570 --> 00:01:03,750 Michael Thompson: and there's no cure because type one diabetes is forever. 20 00:01:04,230 --> 00:01:06,270 Michael Thompson: But, and this is kind of the point of the 21 00:01:06,270 --> 00:01:09,869 Michael Thompson: conversation today, maybe it won't always be that way. There 22 00:01:09,870 --> 00:01:14,820 Michael Thompson: is a terrific organization called JDRF doing everything it can 23 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:19,050 Michael Thompson: to find a cure. And today is the JDRF Giving 24 00:01:19,050 --> 00:01:24,209 Michael Thompson: Day when every single donation received is matched dollar for 25 00:01:24,209 --> 00:01:28,949 Michael Thompson: dollar. And you can head to jdrf. org. au if 26 00:01:28,949 --> 00:01:31,979 Michael Thompson: you'd like to get involved. And sure, you might think 27 00:01:31,980 --> 00:01:35,160 Michael Thompson: that this is perhaps a slightly niche topic to be 28 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:37,620 Michael Thompson: doing a Fear and Green daily interview on but keep in 29 00:01:37,620 --> 00:01:43,259 Michael Thompson: mind that 130, 000 people across Australia have type one diabetes. 30 00:01:43,259 --> 00:01:46,409 Michael Thompson: So if it's not you, it unfortunately will be someone 31 00:01:46,410 --> 00:01:49,890 Michael Thompson: you know or their children, a classmate. There's another eight 32 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:54,870 Michael Thompson: people diagnosed every single day. It is pretty shocking. The 33 00:01:54,870 --> 00:01:58,769 Michael Thompson: CEO of JDRF Australia is Mike Wilson, OAM. Mike, welcome 34 00:01:58,770 --> 00:01:59,670 Michael Thompson: back to Fear and Greed. 35 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:01,020 Mike Wilson: Thanks Michael. Good to see you. 36 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:03,899 Michael Thompson: In a nutshell, I know I've kind of rabbited on 37 00:02:03,900 --> 00:02:06,600 Michael Thompson: now for a couple of minutes, but in say 30 seconds or 38 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,120 Michael Thompson: less, what exactly is type one diabetes? 39 00:02:09,750 --> 00:02:12,210 Mike Wilson: So diabetes is a word that's more well understood now, 40 00:02:12,210 --> 00:02:16,200 Mike Wilson: but the differences in types are not. Type two is 41 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:20,220 Mike Wilson: the one that's more commonly recognized, generally older, generally heavier 42 00:02:20,250 --> 00:02:23,579 Mike Wilson: and generally less active people, and most commonly addressed by 43 00:02:23,579 --> 00:02:26,940 Mike Wilson: changes to diet or lifestyle. Whereas type one is a 44 00:02:26,940 --> 00:02:30,600 Mike Wilson: combination of a genetic predisposition and then something in the 45 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:34,529 Mike Wilson: environment that triggers your immune system to destroy the cells 46 00:02:34,530 --> 00:02:36,960 Mike Wilson: in your pancreas that make insulin. Now insulin is a 47 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,809 Mike Wilson: key to turning the food you eat into fuel for 48 00:02:39,809 --> 00:02:42,600 Mike Wilson: your cells. So without that, it's a real problem. And 49 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,570 Mike Wilson: as you say, you need insulin injections every day just 50 00:02:45,570 --> 00:02:48,210 Mike Wilson: to stay alive. So it's the most chronic type of 51 00:02:48,450 --> 00:02:51,899 Mike Wilson: diabetes and it requires day- to- day management from the 52 00:02:51,900 --> 00:02:52,889 Mike Wilson: point of diagnosis. 53 00:02:53,580 --> 00:02:57,330 Michael Thompson: And are we any kind of closer to understanding why it 54 00:02:57,330 --> 00:02:59,489 Michael Thompson: comes about, what triggers it and why it kind of 55 00:02:59,850 --> 00:03:01,950 Michael Thompson: tends to come on most often in kids? 56 00:03:02,669 --> 00:03:05,580 Mike Wilson: So we're are. We're getting closer every day and in fact, Australia is 57 00:03:05,580 --> 00:03:09,059 Mike Wilson: leading the way in research into understanding the causes of 58 00:03:09,059 --> 00:03:12,630 Mike Wilson: type one. Now it's nothing as simple as here is 59 00:03:12,660 --> 00:03:15,209 Mike Wilson: a thing and it is this thing. There's a combination 60 00:03:15,210 --> 00:03:18,840 Mike Wilson: of factors. We know that in some people there's a 61 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:22,169 Mike Wilson: likely trigger that is something that challenges the immune system 62 00:03:22,169 --> 00:03:26,399 Mike Wilson: like a virus. In others, there are exposure to various 63 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,549 Mike Wilson: other factors that are around you that accumulate over time. 64 00:03:29,820 --> 00:03:33,240 Mike Wilson: So we know now a lot more about the journey 65 00:03:33,299 --> 00:03:36,539 Mike Wilson: from as early as pregnancy all the way through to 66 00:03:36,539 --> 00:03:39,089 Mike Wilson: when it presents, which is most commonly, as you say, 67 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:41,670 Mike Wilson: in children. Now you can be diagnosed much later in 68 00:03:41,670 --> 00:03:45,239 Mike Wilson: life, but most commonly type one diabetes is diagnosed in 69 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:47,130 Mike Wilson: people around about their teenage years. 70 00:03:48,090 --> 00:03:52,500 Michael Thompson: Now there's a fantastic story around all of this and it 71 00:03:52,500 --> 00:03:55,020 Michael Thompson: kind of is connected in a way to the election 72 00:03:55,170 --> 00:03:58,380 Michael Thompson: last year and probably a terrific lesson for business and 73 00:03:58,380 --> 00:04:02,580 Michael Thompson: for other charities and other organizations in the community. But 74 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:04,530 Michael Thompson: to get to there, I kind of need to mention 75 00:04:04,530 --> 00:04:07,049 Michael Thompson: the technology because I didn't talk in the intro about 76 00:04:07,049 --> 00:04:10,260 Michael Thompson: how much the technology in this space has evolved in 77 00:04:10,260 --> 00:04:14,400 Michael Thompson: recent years because we now use two pieces of tech. 24/ 78 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:16,860 Michael Thompson: 7. One is an insulin pump that my son wears 79 00:04:16,860 --> 00:04:20,549 Michael Thompson: around his waist and that administers insulin via a little 80 00:04:20,550 --> 00:04:23,279 Michael Thompson: tube. The second one is a monitor with a little 81 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:27,839 Michael Thompson: sensor embedded beneath his skin. And that monitor sends data 82 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:30,390 Michael Thompson: to our mobile phones every five minutes telling us what 83 00:04:30,539 --> 00:04:32,789 Michael Thompson: his blood glucose level is and whether it's dropping or 84 00:04:32,790 --> 00:04:36,810 Michael Thompson: climbing, whether it's safe or dangerous. Now, JDRF received a 85 00:04:36,810 --> 00:04:39,150 Michael Thompson: lot of attention last year in the lead up to 86 00:04:39,150 --> 00:04:44,009 Michael Thompson: the federal election because you managed to secure commitments from 87 00:04:44,009 --> 00:04:48,060 Michael Thompson: both sides of politics to offset the cost of those 88 00:04:48,089 --> 00:04:51,690 Michael Thompson: monitors. Because previously funding had stopped at 21 and you basically 89 00:04:51,690 --> 00:04:54,750 Michael Thompson: were able to get it extended for life, saving sufferers 90 00:04:55,230 --> 00:04:58,559 Michael Thompson: potentially thousands of dollars a year for this one piece 91 00:04:58,620 --> 00:05:02,999 Michael Thompson: of equipment that can just help type one sufferers live 92 00:05:03,059 --> 00:05:05,729 Michael Thompson: a normal life. How did you do that? How did 93 00:05:05,730 --> 00:05:09,960 Michael Thompson: you get both sides to commit to this, using advocacy, 94 00:05:09,990 --> 00:05:10,860 Michael Thompson: using your members? 95 00:05:11,460 --> 00:05:14,849 Mike Wilson: Yeah, it was terrific, it was $ 273. 1 million of 96 00:05:14,849 --> 00:05:18,059 Mike Wilson: bipartisan commitment, which was wonderful. Just to be clear for 97 00:05:18,059 --> 00:05:21,539 Mike Wilson: your listeners, this is not a luxury this technology, this 98 00:05:21,540 --> 00:05:26,310 Mike Wilson: is lifesaving and life changing. The challenges of managing the 99 00:05:26,310 --> 00:05:30,690 Mike Wilson: fluctuations in blood glucose levels are incredible. And so something 100 00:05:30,690 --> 00:05:34,469 Mike Wilson: like these continuous glucose monitors really makes that easier and 101 00:05:34,469 --> 00:05:37,890 Mike Wilson: safer. But it wasn't more accessible because it was expensive. 102 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:42,209 Mike Wilson: So what we effectively did was help our constituents, people 103 00:05:42,209 --> 00:05:45,719 Mike Wilson: affected by type one diabetes, tell their story to their 104 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:49,350 Mike Wilson: local members, help them understand type one because it often 105 00:05:49,380 --> 00:05:53,428 Mike Wilson: is misunderstood, and help them realize that this technology is 106 00:05:53,428 --> 00:05:57,059 Mike Wilson: not a luxury, it is essential for good management. When 107 00:05:57,059 --> 00:06:00,839 Mike Wilson: you do that times 150 electorates across the country or 108 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:06,089 Mike Wilson: 151 last election and then 76 senators, there's a much 109 00:06:06,089 --> 00:06:09,659 Mike Wilson: broader base for effective policymaking. So I have to say 110 00:06:09,660 --> 00:06:12,209 Mike Wilson: that really it was the stories of the people who 111 00:06:12,210 --> 00:06:16,020 Mike Wilson: live with this disease provided to those who make policy 112 00:06:16,589 --> 00:06:19,019 Mike Wilson: in advance of an election that led to what was 113 00:06:19,020 --> 00:06:21,868 Mike Wilson: a really good decision. And now there are nearly 70, 000 114 00:06:21,870 --> 00:06:25,738 Mike Wilson: people in Australia accessing continuous glucose monitors in the way that 115 00:06:25,740 --> 00:06:27,660 Mike Wilson: you've described is life changing for your son. 116 00:06:28,830 --> 00:06:32,219 Michael Thompson: And you're right, it is lifesaving as well. And I often 117 00:06:33,089 --> 00:06:35,129 Michael Thompson: worry when I'm talking about it that I make it 118 00:06:35,129 --> 00:06:38,610 Michael Thompson: sound kind of too dramatic. But the fact is that 119 00:06:38,700 --> 00:06:40,320 Michael Thompson: in the middle of the night, it's 2: 00 AM 120 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:42,960 Michael Thompson: or 3: 00 AM and this alarm suddenly goes off 121 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,410 Michael Thompson: and it wakes you up to say the blood glucose 122 00:06:46,410 --> 00:06:49,710 Michael Thompson: levels are dropping to dangerously low levels and you need 123 00:06:49,710 --> 00:06:52,289 Michael Thompson: to treat this. Now if you didn't have that technology, 124 00:06:53,730 --> 00:06:57,780 Michael Thompson: the outcome is potentially terrible, absolutely terrible. 125 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,370 Mike Wilson: The outcome is potentially terrible and even without that outcome, 126 00:07:02,490 --> 00:07:05,488 Mike Wilson: every night was more of a challenge. So for the 127 00:07:05,490 --> 00:07:09,989 Mike Wilson: entire family, the fear was ever present, even if the 128 00:07:09,990 --> 00:07:13,890 Mike Wilson: risk only presented on the odd occasion, hopefully. So this 129 00:07:13,890 --> 00:07:18,630 Mike Wilson: technology not only changes the safety profile for the individual, 130 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:21,389 Mike Wilson: it also changes the way in which the rest of 131 00:07:21,389 --> 00:07:22,350 Mike Wilson: the family can function. 132 00:07:22,980 --> 00:07:24,840 Michael Thompson: Stay with me, Mike, we'll be back in a moment. 133 00:07:30,869 --> 00:07:33,900 Michael Thompson: My guest this morning is Mike Wilson, CEO of JDRF 134 00:07:33,900 --> 00:07:37,350 Michael Thompson: Australia. Where do we go to from here? What's the 135 00:07:37,350 --> 00:07:40,350 Michael Thompson: next kind of five years look like? What's the next 136 00:07:40,650 --> 00:07:44,069 Michael Thompson: 10 years look like? Big question, I suppose I'm kind 137 00:07:44,070 --> 00:07:46,769 Michael Thompson: of tiptoeing around it, will we see a cure? 138 00:07:47,430 --> 00:07:49,440 Mike Wilson: We will absolutely see a cure, but we want it 139 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:53,190 Mike Wilson: faster than would otherwise happen without our involvement. So there 140 00:07:53,190 --> 00:07:55,350 Mike Wilson: are people who are way smarter than I with gray 141 00:07:55,350 --> 00:07:58,739 Mike Wilson: hair who are aged in their scientific career, who genuinely 142 00:07:58,740 --> 00:08:00,809 Mike Wilson: believe they will see a cure in their lifetime. And 143 00:08:00,809 --> 00:08:03,480 Mike Wilson: that gives me great hope. Our job is to turn 144 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:05,639 Mike Wilson: the passion of people like yourself and others in the 145 00:08:05,639 --> 00:08:09,900 Mike Wilson: community into progress even faster. But we are seeing signs 146 00:08:09,900 --> 00:08:12,060 Mike Wilson: and have seen them in the last 12 months of 147 00:08:12,060 --> 00:08:15,900 Mike Wilson: incredible progress. So as recently as late last year, the 148 00:08:15,900 --> 00:08:19,590 Mike Wilson: first ever drug that changes the development of type one 149 00:08:19,590 --> 00:08:23,070 Mike Wilson: diabetes was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. 150 00:08:23,340 --> 00:08:26,820 Mike Wilson: That's the first step towards turning type one diabetes into 151 00:08:26,820 --> 00:08:30,600 Mike Wilson: something that affects eight people more every day in Australia 152 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,630 Mike Wilson: to no people more every day. And then for those 153 00:08:33,630 --> 00:08:37,259 Mike Wilson: that have type one, we still need to cure their 154 00:08:37,259 --> 00:08:40,260 Mike Wilson: condition and remove the effects of the disease. And we 155 00:08:40,260 --> 00:08:44,700 Mike Wilson: saw early this year the approval of a therapy founded 156 00:08:44,700 --> 00:08:47,490 Mike Wilson: by a really smart professor out of Harvard who actually 157 00:08:47,490 --> 00:08:50,639 Mike Wilson: has two children with type one diabetes that looks to 158 00:08:50,639 --> 00:08:54,570 Mike Wilson: restore the function your body has destroyed. When you add 159 00:08:54,570 --> 00:08:57,689 Mike Wilson: that to the treatment developments that you mentioned, continuous glucose 160 00:08:57,690 --> 00:09:00,690 Mike Wilson: monitors, we can point to prevention, we can point to 161 00:09:00,690 --> 00:09:03,540 Mike Wilson: cure and we can point to treatment, all of which 162 00:09:03,540 --> 00:09:07,020 Mike Wilson: is happening now in people so reasonably in five to 163 00:09:07,020 --> 00:09:10,020 Mike Wilson: 10 years could be in the health system. Beyond that, 164 00:09:10,020 --> 00:09:12,809 Mike Wilson: there's even more exciting things happening, but they're real, they're 165 00:09:12,809 --> 00:09:14,610 Mike Wilson: live and they're now, and they give us all hope. 166 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,389 Michael Thompson: I was talking once a few years ago to a 167 00:09:18,389 --> 00:09:23,670 Michael Thompson: professor who specializes in another autoimmune condition and he was telling 168 00:09:23,670 --> 00:09:27,360 Michael Thompson: me about this disease, an absolutely terrible disease, and they 169 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:29,880 Michael Thompson: were doing so much work towards finding a cure. And 170 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:31,740 Michael Thompson: I said, " Oh, well look, fingers crossed we get there." 171 00:09:31,740 --> 00:09:34,949 Michael Thompson: And he got a little bit annoyed with me and 172 00:09:34,949 --> 00:09:36,929 Michael Thompson: fair enough, he goes, " No, it's not fingers crossed," he goes, " 173 00:09:37,109 --> 00:09:41,520 Michael Thompson: we will get there, the technology is available to us. 174 00:09:41,670 --> 00:09:45,539 Michael Thompson: The research is there. We just need money. We just 175 00:09:45,540 --> 00:09:48,119 Michael Thompson: need the money to actually pour into this so that 176 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,520 Michael Thompson: we can get there." And so you kind of see 177 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:54,150 Michael Thompson: that a day like today being the JDRF Giving Day 178 00:09:54,150 --> 00:09:56,520 Michael Thompson: is so important. And if you have a business and 179 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:59,338 Michael Thompson: you want to see, and I'm kind of getting to the 180 00:09:59,340 --> 00:10:01,828 Michael Thompson: hard sell here, if you want to see a donation go 181 00:10:01,830 --> 00:10:03,750 Michael Thompson: a long way, you can't do much better than seeing 182 00:10:03,750 --> 00:10:06,449 Michael Thompson: it matched dollar for dollar. How important is kind of 183 00:10:06,450 --> 00:10:10,319 Michael Thompson: corporate support on a day like today for an organization 184 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:11,100 Michael Thompson: like JDRF? 185 00:10:11,580 --> 00:10:14,970 Mike Wilson: It really is critical. You've outlined the factors for success for 186 00:10:14,970 --> 00:10:18,450 Mike Wilson: us, it's money plus urgency. We have the urgency, we 187 00:10:18,450 --> 00:10:21,809 Mike Wilson: have the plan, we need the money. And today is a 188 00:10:21,870 --> 00:10:25,830 Mike Wilson: day where kind donors have provided a matching pool for 189 00:10:25,830 --> 00:10:29,250 Mike Wilson: any additional donation made today to be doubled. And so 190 00:10:29,250 --> 00:10:34,110 Mike Wilson: everything that we put in, 500, a thousand, 10, 000 or up to a 191 00:10:34,110 --> 00:10:37,260 Mike Wilson: million dollars will be doubled today. And we turn that 192 00:10:37,260 --> 00:10:41,910 Mike Wilson: into the most effective and progressive research that we possibly 193 00:10:41,910 --> 00:10:45,149 Mike Wilson: can invest in immediately. And so the stories we'll be 194 00:10:45,150 --> 00:10:47,669 Mike Wilson: able to tell this time next year of progress in 195 00:10:47,670 --> 00:10:50,670 Mike Wilson: the last 12 months are directly affected by the decisions that 196 00:10:50,670 --> 00:10:55,770 Mike Wilson: people make today. And corporate entities can generally do this 197 00:10:55,770 --> 00:10:58,889 Mike Wilson: at a level and of a nature that many individuals can't. 198 00:10:58,950 --> 00:11:01,110 Mike Wilson: It's such an important part of our fundraising profile. 199 00:11:01,620 --> 00:11:03,960 Michael Thompson: Oh, it absolutely is. And I suppose it also helps 200 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:06,149 Michael Thompson: to kind of understand what a donation would actually fund. 201 00:11:06,150 --> 00:11:09,870 Michael Thompson: What would say a thousand dollars or five thousand dollars 202 00:11:09,870 --> 00:11:11,250 Michael Thompson: mean to JDRF? 203 00:11:11,790 --> 00:11:14,220 Mike Wilson: So five thousand dollars would mean ten thousand dollars of 204 00:11:14,220 --> 00:11:18,479 Mike Wilson: investment in, for example, the young and upcoming PhD student 205 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:22,619 Mike Wilson: who's applying their career towards the future that exists without 206 00:11:22,619 --> 00:11:25,530 Mike Wilson: type one diabetes in a way that we can only 207 00:11:25,530 --> 00:11:28,200 Mike Wilson: respect and admire from a distance. But if we support 208 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,710 Mike Wilson: them to retain their involvement in these research projects, they'll 209 00:11:31,710 --> 00:11:34,078 Mike Wilson: make a real difference. It can go towards the next 210 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:37,889 Mike Wilson: phase of advocacy that JDRF does to encourage greater investment 211 00:11:37,889 --> 00:11:41,579 Mike Wilson: by government in our clinical research network that tests all 212 00:11:41,580 --> 00:11:44,970 Mike Wilson: the emerging and promising therapies and devices for safety and 213 00:11:44,970 --> 00:11:47,280 Mike Wilson: efficacy and make sure they don't end up just as a 214 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:50,160 Mike Wilson: research product, they end up in the health system. All 215 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:52,559 Mike Wilson: these things are part of our agenda, and today is 216 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:55,320 Mike Wilson: a big day for us to help turbocharge that with 217 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:55,950 Mike Wilson: a bit more funding. 218 00:11:56,610 --> 00:11:59,578 Michael Thompson: Oh, well, look, I always make fun of Sean Aylmer 219 00:11:59,609 --> 00:12:02,250 Michael Thompson: on Fear and Greed for doing things that are driven 220 00:12:02,250 --> 00:12:05,760 Michael Thompson: by perhaps self- interest. Today is all about self- interest 221 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:07,920 Michael Thompson: here because I would love to see a day where my 222 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:09,869 Michael Thompson: son, who is now six, can go off to school 223 00:12:09,870 --> 00:12:12,330 Michael Thompson: without an insulin pump kind of bouncing around in a 224 00:12:12,809 --> 00:12:15,299 Michael Thompson: belt around his waist and without kind of various things 225 00:12:15,299 --> 00:12:17,218 Michael Thompson: attached to him and having to be kind of near a 226 00:12:17,219 --> 00:12:20,820 Michael Thompson: teacher who is able to monitor his levels. I dream of 227 00:12:20,820 --> 00:12:22,740 Michael Thompson: that day. And it is because of people like you, 228 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,588 Michael Thompson: Mike, and because of the organization and the work being 229 00:12:25,590 --> 00:12:28,740 Michael Thompson: done by JDRF and because of the generous support of 230 00:12:29,070 --> 00:12:31,500 Michael Thompson: donors who are able to get involved on a day 231 00:12:31,500 --> 00:12:35,189 Michael Thompson: like today that maybe we might see a day where 232 00:12:35,279 --> 00:12:37,170 Michael Thompson: he can go off to school and just kind of 233 00:12:37,170 --> 00:12:38,310 Michael Thompson: be like everyone else. 234 00:12:38,700 --> 00:12:41,040 Mike Wilson: We will see that day. We dream of that day, 235 00:12:41,309 --> 00:12:44,400 Mike Wilson: but that day will come more quickly if people decide 236 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:46,708 Mike Wilson: to get behind us and take advantage of Giving Day. 237 00:12:46,710 --> 00:12:50,218 Mike Wilson: So really, hopefully there is an incentive that we all 238 00:12:50,219 --> 00:12:53,608 Mike Wilson: share to make this something that your son and 130, 000 239 00:12:53,609 --> 00:12:56,460 Mike Wilson: others like him can remember the day they used to 240 00:12:56,460 --> 00:12:58,890 Mike Wilson: have type one diabetes. Because that's what we're all a pursuit of. 241 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:01,199 Michael Thompson: Yeah. Today's the day to get involved. If he can 242 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:03,840 Michael Thompson: big or small, right up to a million dollars every 243 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,980 Michael Thompson: donation is doubled. Head to jdrf.org.au. Mike, thank you so 244 00:13:07,980 --> 00:13:09,299 Michael Thompson: much for talking to Fear and Greed. 245 00:13:09,660 --> 00:13:10,290 Mike Wilson: Thank you so much. 246 00:13:10,830 --> 00:13:13,860 Michael Thompson: That was Mike Wilson, OAM, the Chief Executive of JDRF 247 00:13:13,860 --> 00:13:16,740 Michael Thompson: Australia. This is the Fear and Greed daily interview. Join us 248 00:13:16,770 --> 00:13:18,990 Michael Thompson: every morning for the full episode of Fear and Greed 249 00:13:18,990 --> 00:13:22,890 Michael Thompson: Australia's most popular business podcast. I'm Michael Thompson. Enjoy your day.