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<v Speaker 1>Got anything good.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, this is the Christian O'Connell show podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>So we've got some exciting news on the show. We

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<v Speaker 1>are bringing someone new as to be part of our

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<v Speaker 1>radio family and already great lineup with pants Rio and myself.

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<v Speaker 1>Alex Cullen is a brilliant journalist who is actually looking

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<v Speaker 1>for a job. You might recognize the name. I did

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of weeks ago and Alex Alex Culling.

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<v Speaker 3>Google him before you get to the sea. You're like,

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<v Speaker 3>oh that guy, the guy that took.

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<v Speaker 1>The fifty thousand dollars that, Oh that's our guy.

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<v Speaker 3>Now channel and I might go listen.

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<v Speaker 1>We can't have that, but commercial breakfast radio we are

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<v Speaker 1>very much up for Payola. Come on here, don't worry, Alex,

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<v Speaker 1>you found a home here. My friend so addis Cullin.

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<v Speaker 3>You might remember me.

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<v Speaker 1>He was brilliant with Karl Stefanovitch on the Today Show

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<v Speaker 1>did sports say he's been a journalist for twenty years.

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<v Speaker 1>For a couple of years, well, I've been thinking about

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<v Speaker 1>who can we bring into the show, and I thought

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<v Speaker 1>be great to have a sports reporter, really good sports

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<v Speaker 1>supporter in the ukm OL radio show. There a hider

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<v Speaker 1>guy who is a brilliant sports supporter, big sport megafan.

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<v Speaker 1>It was also a great stand up comedian. So I've

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<v Speaker 1>been really really thinking about over the last couple of years.

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<v Speaker 1>And then with Jack's sudden news that he wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>step away and retire at the age of thirty seven,

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<v Speaker 1>and we always knew that was going to happen, that

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<v Speaker 1>he'd actually peaked at just seven years into the job.

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<v Speaker 3>He thought, I've taken this as far as I can.

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<v Speaker 1>I've mastered the art for you know, Chopin and avouded

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<v Speaker 1>those mugs plugging away for years. It turns out he's

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<v Speaker 1>only ten thousand hours, just three hours and Chack was done.

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<v Speaker 1>So anyway, with that, suddenly I was seeing to know

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<v Speaker 1>about what can we do? Maybe this is the time

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<v Speaker 1>to do what I thought about, And so Alex's name

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<v Speaker 1>came up. I called him and I spoke to him

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<v Speaker 1>for an hour, and when I got to find my

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<v Speaker 1>wife said, who is that? You've challenged you with something

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<v Speaker 1>like chat to your friend, and it was Alex. We

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<v Speaker 1>got on really well, and then he came over to

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<v Speaker 1>He lives in Sydney. At the moment, he's moving heart

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<v Speaker 1>to Melbourne for the job. He came over for a

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<v Speaker 1>very very vigorous job into with me, and that is

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<v Speaker 1>a five hour lunch.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's when you're really.

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<v Speaker 2>Put through your tests, you know, psychologically, physiologically, mentally, now

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<v Speaker 2>too untrained onlook because it might have looked like just

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<v Speaker 2>a big long lunch with flowing red wine.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how it's Maybe that's how it looks to you,

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<v Speaker 1>but that is a That is one of the toughest

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<v Speaker 1>job interviews for anyone joined this team. Can you have

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<v Speaker 1>a long lunch with me? And I actually think it's

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<v Speaker 1>the first time I've ever offered somebody a job whilst

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<v Speaker 1>being drunk.

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<v Speaker 3>I remember the next morning going can you is it legally?

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<v Speaker 3>Can you do it? Do that? Is it?

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<v Speaker 1>Because even when I said to him, you've got the job,

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<v Speaker 1>he went, oh right, wow, Really it's a saying goodbye

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<v Speaker 1>like five o'clock when I've been there since midday. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>Alex starts in a couple of weeks time. He's a

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<v Speaker 1>he's a lovely guy. He is a very funny guy.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a loving dad as well. He's got too young

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<v Speaker 1>he's got twins and he's got a young son as well.

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<v Speaker 1>He's moving in a couple of weeks time. We are

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<v Speaker 1>going to love Welcome into the show. And I know

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<v Speaker 1>everyone who's part of our show, our family as well,

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<v Speaker 1>you who listeners as well, you will get to love

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<v Speaker 1>Alex Cunnen. He's joining Patsy a Killer on news. We're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna have a great news and sport team. Alex Cunnen

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<v Speaker 1>and Patrina Jones as well on news and sport. We're

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<v Speaker 1>going to have a great time. So Alex starts in

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of weeks time, please welcome him.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, Google, if you're.

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<v Speaker 1>Going Alex cunning that name even Rio said, my mum

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<v Speaker 1>remembered his name. Hey listen, you know when I called

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<v Speaker 1>him out the blue, I think he was hoping it

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<v Speaker 1>was his old mate Carl Stephanovis saying you could come back,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was like, I'm sorry, but it's far worse.

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<v Speaker 1>It's radio calling hey, joby like that. You need a

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<v Speaker 1>job right now. Radio's here for you.

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<v Speaker 3>My friend.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the show, Alex Cullhen, Christian O'Connell Show Go

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