1 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 1: From the newsroom are News to company. 2 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 2: Good day there, I'm Andrew Bucklow. Now every single day 3 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 2: news dot com dot I used team of reporters get 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 2: together in a little huddle and they talk about all 5 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 2: the stories they're working on. Okay, and let me tell 6 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,279 Speaker 2: you today's meeting kicked off with a bang. Our lifestyle 7 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:22,760 Speaker 2: editor Rebecca Scanlon shared a wild story that made one 8 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 2: of our colleagues choke on her toast. 9 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 3: I've got this woman who suffered horrific injuries when she 10 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 3: had an MRI scan, but she was wearing a butt plug. 11 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 3: The butt plug Actually that news through her body because 12 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 3: and this is Reddit comes out because she's pained against 13 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 3: the sex tweet company because it was meant to be 14 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 3: one hundred per cent silicone, but there was obviously some and. 15 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,160 Speaker 2: That butt plugs what a pain in the ASSHU. During 16 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 2: the meeting, our sports editor Joey said, they've got some 17 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 2: amazing stories coming about all the action from Day two 18 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 2: of the Australian Open, which saw Novak Djokovic and Nick 19 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 2: Curios take to the court. And then on a more 20 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 2: serious note, our team is obviously all across those horrific 21 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 2: fires in LA and the impact that those fires are 22 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 2: going to have on the city of Angels for years 23 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 2: to come. Here's one story. 24 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 4: Nat is going to have a look about one Earth's 25 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 4: going to happen with the LA Olympic style. 26 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, so LA is meant to host the Games in 27 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 2: twenty twenty eight. But will that actually happen or have 28 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:16,399 Speaker 2: those plans gone up in smoke. We'll find out from 29 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 2: one of our news reporters, Natalie Brown, who's working on 30 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 2: that article. She's just on her way into this tiny, 31 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 2: little two person podcast booth that I'm sitting in. It's 32 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:26,119 Speaker 2: in the middle of the news dot com dot Au 33 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 2: office here in Sydney, and here she comes. Now, Natt, 34 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 2: thank you so much for joining us. 35 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: Thanks for having me Bucky here. 36 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 5: Listen. 37 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,679 Speaker 2: So many devastating scenes coming out of LA. At the moment, 38 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 2: more than fifteen people have been killed in these horrific fires, 39 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 2: thousands of people have lost their homes and it's not over, Okay. 40 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 2: Things are just going to get worse over the next 41 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 2: few days as firefighters continue to battle these blazers. Even 42 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 2: though this is an ongoing story, talk is already turning 43 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 2: to the future, though, and some of our questioning if 44 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:56,639 Speaker 2: LA will be able to host the Olympics in twenty 45 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 2: twenty eight. One of them is conservative commentator Charlie kirk 46 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 2: is what he said on his YouTube channel. 47 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 5: How are we going to host the Olympics? We should 48 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 5: honestly say that the Olympics should go to Dallas or 49 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 5: should go to Miami. I'm not kidding. President Trump should 50 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 5: pose the question, are we really ready to host the 51 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 5: Olympics in three and a half years? Are we ready 52 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 5: to host the Olympics in three summers from now? No way. 53 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 5: I think that we should cancel the Olympics in La 54 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 5: or at least put it in a question for the 55 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 5: next ninety days. They have to prove to us they 56 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 5: can do it. And you go to another city, you 57 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 5: keep it in America. You go to Miami, you go 58 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 5: to Dallas, You've go to some other well run city. 59 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 5: You could just have the Texas Olympics. I guarantee, by 60 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 5: the way, the Texa Olympics would be a great idea. 61 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 5: You could have Houston, Austin, Dallas. They have enough infrastructure, 62 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 5: you don't have to build all these new stadiums. 63 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 2: Interesting comments there from mister kirk neat Brown to begin 64 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 2: with that the retirement of recording this podcast. Have any 65 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 2: venues that are meant to be used in the twenty 66 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 2: twenty eight Games been affected by the fires? 67 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: So obviously, as you said, Bucky, the situation is ongoing. Yeah, 68 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: we can't rule out any damage yet, but no venues 69 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: have been directly impacted so far, but some fires have 70 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: come close. Okay, So the Riviera Golf Club, which is 71 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: one proposed site for the games, now lies within the 72 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: evacuation zone due to the ongoing Palisades fire, which is 73 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: also threatening the UCLA campus, which is proposed as the 74 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: Olympic Village location for twenty twenty eight. Right, it's not good. 75 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 5: If it gets into that. 76 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, So that's where all the athletes are meant 77 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 2: to stay during the games. So, apart from you know, 78 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,519 Speaker 2: the fact that these venues could potentially be evicted by 79 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 2: the fires, what are the main reasons that some people 80 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 2: are coming out now and saying that LA probably shouldn't 81 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 2: host the Games in twenty twenty eight. 82 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: I think the obvious one is that it's a bit 83 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: of a bad look if after the fires have burned 84 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: out and they're turning to focus on rebuilding the city, 85 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: they're looking at infrastructure for the Olympic Games instead of 86 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: rebuilding people's homes and you know, necessary buildings that I 87 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: suppose people need in their day to day lives, So time, labor, money, 88 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: all of that would be funneled into you know, propping 89 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: these upah, and it kind of I don't know, you're 90 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: looking to the future three years ahead, but what about people's. 91 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 2: Lives now exactly? People will be like, spend the money 92 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 2: on us where the residents are affected. Don't worry about 93 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 2: these Olympics three years away. We couldn't give us stuff 94 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:17,719 Speaker 2: about the Aussie swimmers. 95 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 1: Nobody moves houses for them. 96 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 2: Yet what are the other reasons that people are saying 97 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 2: LA shouldn't go ahead and host the games. 98 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: There's also a concern about the insurance costs now these historically, 99 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: especially in recent years. You know, we had the COVID 100 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: cancelations with Tokyo, so that really blew it out of 101 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: the water. They're usually in the billions of dollars, which 102 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: is also you know, the cost of insurance with the 103 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,359 Speaker 1: damage caused by the fires. Yeah right. The concern is 104 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 1: that insurance companies now will be more hesitant to throw 105 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: their hat in the ring with the games if they're 106 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: paying billions of dollars to people who've had their houses destroyed. 107 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I guess another factor that is probably making 108 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 2: pick people question whether or not the game should go 109 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 2: are held in LA is. 110 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 5: That this could happen again exactly. 111 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: That's what experts have said. You know, these fires have 112 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 1: not only become more severe, probably since twenty eighteen. I 113 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 1: think that was the one where people really sat up 114 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: and went, this is bad. But they're happening almost every 115 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: year now. Yeah, right, the risk three years from now, 116 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: who knows what they're going to be facing, and not 117 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: just in January. I think the games are what usually 118 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: held in August. 119 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 2: Imagine a fire like this breaking out in the middle 120 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 2: of the Olympic Games if it was held in LA 121 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 2: it would be kind of catistrophic, Like you can't even 122 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 2: imagine how bad it would be. 123 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 5: The Governor of. 124 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:41,119 Speaker 2: California, Gavin Newson, he was asked if LA can still 125 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:43,280 Speaker 2: host the Games in an interview in the last twenty 126 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 2: four hours here he is on NBC. 127 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 4: Over of course, in the next several years, Los Angeles 128 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 4: will be host to the World Cup and then the 129 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 4: Super Bowl and then the Olympics. 130 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 3: With this rebuilding effort, needing to take place. 131 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 5: Is the only going to be ready for all in 132 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 5: those longle events. 133 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 4: My humble position, and it's and it's not just being 134 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 4: naively optimistic. That only reinforces the imperative moving quickly doing 135 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 4: in the spirit of collaboration cooperation. President the United States 136 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,919 Speaker 4: Donald Trump, to his credit, was helpful in getting the 137 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 4: Olympics to the United States of America to get it 138 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 4: down here in LA. We thank him for that. This 139 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,279 Speaker 4: is an opportunity for him to shine, for this country, 140 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 4: to shine, for California and this community to shine. The 141 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 4: opportunity with all of that and all that opportunity and 142 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,919 Speaker 4: that pride and spirit that comes from not just hosting 143 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 4: those three iconic games and venues, but also the opportunity, 144 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 4: I think, to rebuild at the same time. And that's 145 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 4: why we're already organizing a Marshall plan, and we already 146 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 4: have a team of looking and reimagining LA two point zero, 147 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 4: and we're making sure everyone's included, not just folks on 148 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 4: the coast, people here that were ravaged by this disaster. 149 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 2: There you go. Well, Hypothetically, if LA were to drop 150 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 2: out of hosting the twenty twenty eight Olympics, it would 151 00:06:56,520 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 2: be an absolute nightmare for the IOC, the International Committee. 152 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 2: They've been struggling to convince cities to host the games 153 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,359 Speaker 2: in recent years. We'll find out why in just a moment. 154 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 2: Welcome back. Well, Natalie Brown has had to run back 155 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 2: to her desk to cover some breaking news, so I 156 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 2: will give it my best shot at doing this solo. 157 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 2: I've had enough practice in my love life. As I 158 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 2: mentioned just before the break, if Los Angeles was unable 159 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 2: to host the Olympics in twenty twenty eight, it'd be 160 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 2: a massive nightmare for the IOC. That's the International Olympic Committee. 161 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 2: They've been struggling in the last decade or so to 162 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 2: get cities to put their hands up to host the games. 163 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 2: So get this. Nine cities applied to host the twenty 164 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 2: twelve Olympics, a K seven cities applied to host in 165 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 2: twenty sixteen, just five for twenty twenty see the trend here, 166 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 2: and then only two cities actually put in proper bids 167 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 2: to host the games in twenty twenty four. Last year, 168 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 2: I did a story on this for news dot Com 169 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 2: at dot a U. I wanted to find out why 170 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 2: no one wants to host the Olympics anymore. And one 171 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 2: of the experts I spoke to at the time was 172 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 2: doctor Andrew Zimbalist. He's written a bunch of books on 173 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 2: this subject, and he explained to me why in the 174 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 2: Games is actually a bit of a dud deal for cities. 175 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 6: The cost of the Olympics has exploded way beyond what 176 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 6: the revenues are that it generates, and the kind of 177 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 6: claims that the IOC likes to make about longer term 178 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 6: benefits just have not come to fruition. The Games can 179 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 6: cost anywhere from ten billion dollars to sixty or seventy 180 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 6: billion dollars on the expense side. On the revenue side, 181 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 6: you're looking at around five for the Summer Games, five 182 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 6: or six billion dollars for the Winter Games, three or 183 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 6: four billion dollars. That's a terrible financial balance, right, You've 184 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 6: got costs way above the revenues the IOC likes to say. 185 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 6: You're going to put your city on the map, You're 186 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 6: going to end up increasing interest in people traveling to 187 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:49,559 Speaker 6: your city. You're going to increase interest in people investing 188 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 6: and trading with your city. There's just not any evidence 189 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 6: to suggest that the other element here is there's the environment. 190 00:08:55,760 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 6: Why should we be rebuilding the Olympic infrastructure, the whole 191 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 6: hungrele are that they require. Why should we be rebuilding 192 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 6: that every four years in a new city. It's a 193 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 6: waste of resources. When you're host the Summer Games, you 194 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 6: use about somewhere between thirty five and forty three or 195 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 6: forty four venues, and you have to build a telecommunications infrastructure. 196 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 6: You have to build an Olympic village costs several billion dollars. 197 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 6: You have to build a media village. This is a 198 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:26,199 Speaker 6: lot of building that goes on. Most of the stuff 199 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 6: the end of building is not going to be useful 200 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 6: and viable economically afterwards. 201 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, it certainly doesn't sound like a very attractive proposition. 202 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 2: Does it spend billions to host the thing and then 203 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,440 Speaker 2: you don't get much back in return. When I spoke 204 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 2: to doctor Andrew Zimblas last year, he suggested to me 205 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 2: that the IOC should consider moving to a different model. 206 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 2: So rather than picking a new host city for every Olympics, 207 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 2: he said, it makes sense for the Games to be 208 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 2: held in the same city every four years, and he 209 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 2: had two suggestions for which cities could do it. 210 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 6: I'm quite convinced that Los Angeles would be a great 211 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 6: host on a permanent basis. However, I don't think Angelinos, 212 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 6: the people who live in Los Angeles, would be very 213 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:07,199 Speaker 6: happy with that state of affairs because it is very, 214 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 6: very disruptive. And moreover, I'm not sure the United States 215 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 6: would be happy because the United States would have to 216 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 6: put a security goal of about two billion dollars every 217 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 6: time they hosted that. But look, I think there are 218 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 6: other alternatives. You could find a thousand acres somewhere between 219 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 6: Olympia and Athens and Greece and build the Olympic infrastructure there, 220 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 6: use it every four years three games, and then did 221 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 6: betray use it as a training center and use it 222 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 6: for lesser competitions. 223 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's an interesting idea, isn't it. I have a 224 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 2: feeling that, given the current fires, if they ever did 225 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 2: move to a permanent host city model, it would not 226 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 2: be LA. They would not be keen at all, which 227 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:47,599 Speaker 2: is totally understandable. Before I go, remember earlier when I 228 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:50,320 Speaker 2: played some audio from Charlie Kirk, who suggested on his 229 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 2: YouTube channel that the twenty twenty eight Games could be 230 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 2: moved to Texas. Well, he actually got some live feedback 231 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 2: from viewers. 232 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 5: You know who does not want the Olympics. Texans don't 233 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 5: want the Olympics. My goodness they're emailing is no, I'm 234 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:04,199 Speaker 5: sending us the Olympics. I'm sorry. Texas is a really 235 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 5: well run state with four major cities. I think it'd 236 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:07,559 Speaker 5: be great. 237 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 2: There you go. Texas has spoken and they ain't keen y'all. 238 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 2: You know what, maybe Brisbane could be the heroes of 239 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 2: the day and offered a host in twenty twenty eight 240 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 2: and twenty thirty two. Why do I have a feeling 241 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 2: I'm about to get a few angry emails from Queensland 242 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 2: locals as a result of that suggestion. Fair enough, all right, 243 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 2: that's it for this episode of From the Newsroom. As always, 244 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 2: if you want the very latest news, just stay glued 245 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 2: to News dot com dot au 246 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 1: Follow or subscribe to From the Newsroom wherever you get 247 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 1: your podcasts.