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<v Speaker 3>This is the Christian O'Connell Show podcast Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Over the last couple of days, as we get to

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<v Speaker 1>know you and introduce the show to you, guys, we've

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<v Speaker 1>been beginning the show with stories of hope because I

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<v Speaker 1>think we really need them. There's something nourishing about them

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<v Speaker 1>in such a tough and trying week. This week, Patsy,

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<v Speaker 1>what is Ahmed's gofund me campaign up to now? Is

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<v Speaker 1>that the guy's a millionaire. It's such a beautiful story

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<v Speaker 1>out of such pain and sadness. On Sunday night, we

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<v Speaker 1>didn't even at this time last week, we didn't know Armored. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it was in the community doing good. Is this one

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<v Speaker 1>of those people? Now we do know who he is?

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<v Speaker 1>And Patsy, what's it up to now? This incredible go

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<v Speaker 1>fund me page which is raising money for armed from

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<v Speaker 1>all over the world.

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<v Speaker 4>It's incredible, Christian. It's over two and a half million now,

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<v Speaker 4>so two million, one hundred and fifty seven thousand, nine

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<v Speaker 4>hundred and fifty four dollars. It's gone up by about

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<v Speaker 4>two hundred k, which is just phenomenal and beautiful.

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<v Speaker 1>And he still goes back to work. He's still going

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<v Speaker 1>to have a couple more surgeries and I get the things.

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<v Speaker 1>Someone like that is someone who wants to be part

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<v Speaker 1>of a community, and he will.

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<v Speaker 2>Be going back to that tobacconist.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I lovet Shanie's going to be doing a Monday

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<v Speaker 1>to Saturday shift anymore. It might be you know, sporadic hours.

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<v Speaker 1>It might have Bef traveling.

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<v Speaker 2>Around the world again. But what a lovely thing this

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<v Speaker 2>has been.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, it's just so heartwarming. William Markham has written, Ahmed,

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know how much a coffee would cost at Bondai,

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<v Speaker 4>but the next ten are on me, mate, And if

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<v Speaker 4>you're ever in the Northern Territory, find me and I'll

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<v Speaker 4>take you to the best fishing spots in the world.

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<v Speaker 4>You're a fair Dinkham legend, he is. And Beth Schmutter

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<v Speaker 4>has also written, Ahmed, do you save many lives? Thank

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<v Speaker 4>you for the heroic actions. I also want to acknowledge

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<v Speaker 4>your parents for raising such a special person. Healing thoughts

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<v Speaker 4>to you and happiness to your family.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, his mom and dad spoke so wead about their son,

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<v Speaker 1>and his mum just said at one point this is

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<v Speaker 1>who our son is.

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<v Speaker 2>Incredible thing. Rio. There were some special scenes down at

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<v Speaker 2>Bondai yesterday.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, down at the Bondai Memorial there's this beautiful vigil

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<v Speaker 5>full of mountain essentially of beautiful flowers, and it's obviously

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<v Speaker 5>very quiet, very somber. And then this legend Matthew Hayes

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<v Speaker 5>just started singing. Just a regular guy, not a singer,

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<v Speaker 5>just a regular bloke just started singing, I Am you are,

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<v Speaker 5>we are Australian, which is a gutsy move to just

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<v Speaker 5>suddenly start, you know, start breaking out in song. But

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<v Speaker 5>then the rest of the crowd slowly, bit by bit

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<v Speaker 5>joined him until they were in you know, this full

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<v Speaker 5>chorus singing this beautiful Australian iconic song.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's ever listen.

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<v Speaker 3>We are one, but we are.

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<v Speaker 6>Androm the lands on Earth we come, we share, try

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<v Speaker 6>and sing with one voice.

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<v Speaker 2>You Oh my god, that is incredible.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't he find through this week you feel connected more

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<v Speaker 1>to each other?

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<v Speaker 2>Definitely?

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<v Speaker 3>Definitely?

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<v Speaker 2>I do.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel deb connected to you guys, to this city,

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<v Speaker 1>to the people who I don't even know, who've done

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<v Speaker 1>these incredible acts of courage this week, and also just

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<v Speaker 1>the acts of kindness people all over the world seeing

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<v Speaker 1>what Australia is growing through at the moment, and also

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<v Speaker 1>just so many great stories of hope that really will

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<v Speaker 1>last longer than what happens Sunday night.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what's been really really lovely.

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<v Speaker 1>You know that's singing down there last night, That's going

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<v Speaker 1>to stay with me more over the weekend than the

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<v Speaker 1>scenes on the bridge on Sunday night. If there are

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<v Speaker 1>any stories of hope that you know about that we're

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<v Speaker 1>not talking about, please let me know. You can email

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<v Speaker 1>me Christiana Christian O'Connell dot com dot au.

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<v Speaker 3>The Christian O'Connell Show podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Every Friday on our show we do a thing called

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<v Speaker 1>our Friday Recommendations where if you're looking for a new

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<v Speaker 1>TV show or movie or a book it might be

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<v Speaker 1>somebody want to get into over some of the Christmas break,

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<v Speaker 1>We've got you covered and you can share this morning

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<v Speaker 1>as well. What are you really enjoying at the moment,

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<v Speaker 1>might be your favorite TV show or movie of the year,

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<v Speaker 1>or a book that you love that you'd love us

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<v Speaker 1>who talk about four seven five, three one oh four

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<v Speaker 1>three Ria, What are your Friday Recommendations.

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<v Speaker 5>You guys have to watch a Moody Christmas. It is

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<v Speaker 5>maybe the most underrated Australian show ever. Matt, have you,

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<v Speaker 5>I'm surprised you.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes? What's his name?

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<v Speaker 1>The guy from Patrick from Patrick Bramble. Yes, frost Bey,

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<v Speaker 1>a young Patrick Bramble from Colin from mccaiy is a

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<v Speaker 1>very young Patrick.

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<v Speaker 2>Love that show. Yes.

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<v Speaker 5>It's also written by Trent O'Donnell, who's written probably Australia's

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<v Speaker 5>best like TV writer. He's written for Hacks Brooklyn ninety nine.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh one Girl.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, he's incredible and it is It's only one season,

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<v Speaker 5>which is such a shame because it is the perfect

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<v Speaker 5>TV show. It is set in It's one Christmas, one

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<v Speaker 5>family Christmas every single year, the Moody family.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's six episodes and it's year after year after

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<v Speaker 2>year after a great idea. And you never see in Australia.

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<v Speaker 5>We never get Christmas shows or movies that are actually

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<v Speaker 5>set in Australia.

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<v Speaker 2>It's always a white.

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<v Speaker 5>Christmas, it's always snow, it's home alone, and this is

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<v Speaker 5>such such a it's an Aussie Christmas. Yet it's set

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<v Speaker 5>in this backyard every year. This Dad's promising to build

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<v Speaker 5>this pool that he never gets around to, and it's

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<v Speaker 5>just this amazingly ozsy dysfunctional family.

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<v Speaker 1>I just sat down and watched that with my family

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<v Speaker 1>this year because yeah, when we obviously for us that

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas you talk about, which is every Christmas movie that's

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<v Speaker 1>always just how it's been, right, So she moved to

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<v Speaker 1>suddenly Australia and now Christmas here is completely different. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>you're in thonged shorts. You look at it going Happy

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas and there's a barbecue one yeah yeah, yeah, there's

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<v Speaker 1>no great there's no mark, there's no snow. It's different

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<v Speaker 1>and so yeah, I feel like I want to embrace

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<v Speaker 1>an Aussie Christmas.

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<v Speaker 2>I will watch that.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah you should, and all Australians should. I think everyone

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<v Speaker 5>will love it. It's a real dry Australian humor. I

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<v Speaker 5>cannot believe it hasn't got more seasons. It's so it's

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<v Speaker 5>on ABC I view.

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<v Speaker 2>Then one of the writers is from my hometown of Cannable.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah yeah, yeah, So every time I say him, I'm like, mate,

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<v Speaker 3>well done.

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<v Speaker 2>That is one of the greatest things you've ever written.

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<v Speaker 2>So have you got have you both seen it past? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 6>Ri?

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<v Speaker 4>Are you say dysfunctional, but I say quite normal.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, you're right.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, there are no functional families. When you get your

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<v Speaker 1>own one and you think, well, I'm going to do

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<v Speaker 1>it's so much better than my marriage as a dad

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<v Speaker 1>with nineteen and twenty one year old daughters. I think

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<v Speaker 1>I've improved it by three percent. It's good and it

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<v Speaker 1>turns out so much harder. You think it's so much

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<v Speaker 1>than you think. All right, we're going to take a break.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll come back with your recommendations. Share yours with us.

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<v Speaker 1>On four seventy five O three one oh four three.

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<v Speaker 3>The Christian O'Connell Show by gust we're.

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<v Speaker 1>Doing our Friday recommendations. TV showings, books and movies. So

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<v Speaker 1>we've enjoyed might be something you want to get into

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<v Speaker 1>over the weekend or over Christmas.

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<v Speaker 2>I just suddenly.

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<v Speaker 1>Realized when you get up early in the morning, your

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<v Speaker 1>brain is not fully awake, and suddenly a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>hours later you're like, oh my god, what did I

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<v Speaker 1>do that?

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<v Speaker 2>For today?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that we're leaving the airbnb flat we've been in

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<v Speaker 1>all this week, and obviously my wife is still asleep,

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<v Speaker 1>and so I had to leave early this morning. And

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<v Speaker 1>because I haven't been sleeping very well. I slept in

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<v Speaker 1>the spare room last night, and so I suddenly thought,

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't read the details. You know, they all have

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<v Speaker 1>different protocols of what you're doing on checkout. So I

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<v Speaker 1>just stripped the bed, fold it all up and throw

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<v Speaker 1>it in the bath. I'm just suddenly working up. Now

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<v Speaker 1>my wife is going to think did an even accident.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know why they stripped them best fine stripp

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<v Speaker 1>the bed. I think it outs the cleaning team. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like part of the cleaning team. I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>a nice gift. Stripped the bet Okay, but rolling I've

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<v Speaker 1>been putting in the bath is expressed.

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<v Speaker 2>I've never heard of that. And this is why my

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<v Speaker 2>wife is going to wake up at some.

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<v Speaker 1>Point the next half an hour and go, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe that age where it had a litlex last time.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a bit embarrassed. It just doesn't want me to

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<v Speaker 2>see the mess, mummy. Can you clean the sheets? Don't

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<v Speaker 2>check them all? Right?

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<v Speaker 1>Our Friday recommendations. There's a movie I watched the last

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<v Speaker 1>weekend right and before I before I recommended it, just

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<v Speaker 1>joined up Paul Kelly song. I went online to see

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<v Speaker 1>what kind of critical reaction. It's gott I'm afraid to say.

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<v Speaker 1>It's been critically panned on Rotten Tomatoes twenty one percent.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty low. A major newspaper in this country said,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a dumb movie that thinks you're dumb. Oh, I

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<v Speaker 1>have to say, I loved it, well you. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know what that says about me and my dumb kids,

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<v Speaker 1>but we just loved our asters off for an hour

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<v Speaker 1>and a half is a relentlessly silly, playful movie.

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<v Speaker 2>It's called Playdate. It's Kevin James. Oh, I want to

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<v Speaker 2>see this. I want to say absolutely right.

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<v Speaker 1>I made my daughter, made my nineteen year old daughter

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<v Speaker 1>Lowis watch it with me.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>I tried all the emotional bribery that I had. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I said she could pick takeaway, but she needs to

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<v Speaker 1>watch us movie for at least half an hour. Since youd, dad,

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<v Speaker 1>this is brilliant. It's for let me see funny. There's

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<v Speaker 1>enough of a plot. Okay, there's enough of a plot

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<v Speaker 1>to sustain it. It's got Kevin James, who I will

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<v Speaker 1>watch in anything, and also he co stars some on

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know could do comedy. Is actually funny than

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<v Speaker 1>caj in it. Alan Richardson, who is the Matt Mountain

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<v Speaker 1>that is Reacher the TV show Reacher better than Tom

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<v Speaker 1>Cruise's Reacher.

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<v Speaker 2>He's in it and is very funny.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't want to see he's very gifted at physical comedy.

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<v Speaker 1>So she got the two of these. They're like two

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<v Speaker 1>cartoon men. We really really loved it. I thought, if

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<v Speaker 1>you just want some of these, that's unpretentiously silly and

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to make you laugh for an hour.

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<v Speaker 2>And a half.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think we all need that right now. Watch Playdate.

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<v Speaker 1>It's on Amazon Prime. And the other thing that I

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<v Speaker 1>found actually of great comfort this week. It's a book

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<v Speaker 1>I've read many times before. It's a book I've gifted

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<v Speaker 1>to other people before as well. It's Called's got a

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<v Speaker 1>lovely title, is called What Matters Most. It's written by

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<v Speaker 1>a guy called James Hollis. James Hollis is been a psychotherapist,

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<v Speaker 1>a counselor, I think for about fifty years. He's in

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<v Speaker 1>his eighties, he's still a counselor. He's written about twenty books.

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<v Speaker 1>This book is him just talking about actually, at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the day, here's what matters in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a lovely book.

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<v Speaker 1>It is about happiness, but it's removed of any of

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<v Speaker 1>the bs and psychobabble cliche you get in too many

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<v Speaker 1>books and a self out stuff when they talk about happiness.

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<v Speaker 2>This isn't a very different way. I wouldn't say it's

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<v Speaker 2>for a fainthearted.

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<v Speaker 1>But whenever I read this book, even a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>chapters this week, I find myself deeply more connected to myself.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think that when we.

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<v Speaker 1>Come back towards ourself and actually what does matter most,

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<v Speaker 1>you find that, actually you find that you in other people.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think we really need that this week. I

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<v Speaker 2>really need it this week. I cannot recommend this book enough.

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<v Speaker 1>It's such a beautiful it's funny, it's got grace, it's

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<v Speaker 1>got light and joy.

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<v Speaker 2>It is a lovely book. It's a very easy book

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<v Speaker 2>to read.

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<v Speaker 1>It's called What Matters Most by James Hollis, and he

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<v Speaker 1>also wrote a great book that really helped me in

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<v Speaker 1>my mid forties called Finding Meaning in the Second Half

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<v Speaker 1>of Life. It was such a powerful book for me.

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<v Speaker 1>After three chapters, I turned to my wife and went,

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<v Speaker 1>that's it. I think we should move to Australia. Oh now,

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<v Speaker 1>James Hollis does not recommend that it's not a book

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<v Speaker 1>about emigrating and blowing up your life in your mid forties.

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<v Speaker 2>But that was the we.

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<v Speaker 1>They said that we bring you know ourselves to any book.

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<v Speaker 1>You could read a book rio and they have a

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<v Speaker 1>completely different meaning. Three chapters into that book about finding

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<v Speaker 1>me your second enough, like I get it, James, no

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<v Speaker 1>more gout to the chase.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm booking one way fights.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm quitting a successful, easy job and moving to Australia.

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