1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: Already and this is this is the Daily This is 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: the Daily. Ohs oh, now it makes sense. 3 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:19,080 Speaker 2: Good morning, and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Saturday, 4 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 2: the twelfth of October. 5 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: I'm Zara, I'm Sam. 6 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 2: We are back for another week of good news, talking 7 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 2: you through some of the brightest stories that you might 8 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 2: have missed in the news cycle. And today we're starting 9 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 2: close to home. 10 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 1: The first thing we're going to talk about is science. 11 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: There were some big prizes hounded out. 12 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 2: This week exactly, so we have the annual Prime Minister's 13 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:42,200 Speaker 2: Prizes for Science announced and if you're not familiar, those 14 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 2: prizes recognize achievements in scientific research, research based innovation, and 15 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 2: excellence in science teaching. Now, there were seven winners that 16 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 2: were announced across those range of areas, so we won't 17 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 2: have time to get into all seven of them, but 18 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 2: I do think that you should look them up because 19 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 2: there's no shortage of inspiration. But I'll just pick out 20 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 2: two of the winners to talk about today. So one 21 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 2: of them was Daniel Edwards, who won the Prime Minister's 22 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 2: Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Primary Schools, and 23 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 2: that's for creating new opportunities for students to learn science, technology, 24 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 2: engineering and mathematics, otherwise known as STEM subjects in school. 25 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 2: He's been able to do that by being the founder 26 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,119 Speaker 2: and the CEO of something called Green Stem Education, which 27 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 2: is a charity that gives equitable access to STEM education 28 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 2: for young people, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds. 29 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 1: Wouldn't it be amazing to see where those students are 30 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 1: in twenty or thirty years time that got access to 31 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: that sort of education through this program, probably winning a 32 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: Prime Minister's Medal in a couple of decades future recipients. Amazing, 33 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 1: Take me through another one. 34 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 2: Another team awarded on the night were Professor Andrew Wilkes 35 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 2: and doctor Chris Burns, who were credited with inventing a 36 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 2: drug to help treat milofibrosis, which is a type of 37 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 2: bone marrow cancer. An announcement of their wins said that 38 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 2: their innovation shows that it's possible to translate Australian academic 39 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 2: life science research into medicines with global impacts. And you know, 40 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 2: so often we hear and we read about all of 41 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 2: these incredible drug discoveries happening across the world, But how 42 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 2: good that it's happening in our own backyard. Too. 43 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: It makes me think about the Olympics and how we 44 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: overrepresent there on the world stage. I feel like with 45 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: scientific research it's the same thing. 46 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 2: It's incredible. 47 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: Okay, now let's go to another type of good news, 48 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: not in science. You're talking to me about a wedding video. 49 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 2: I sure, am, this is such a good video. I 50 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 2: love when we get to talk about social media being 51 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 2: used for good. I think so much of our conversations 52 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 2: are dominated by how bad it is, and this is 53 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 2: the opposite. So today we're talking about an Australian couple 54 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 2: who were reunited with their wedding video fifty seven years 55 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 2: after they got married. 56 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: Wow. 57 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 2: So Aileen and Bill Turnbull got married in Aberdeen in 58 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 2: Scotland back in nineteen sixty seven, and then they later 59 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 2: emigrated to Australia, but they did so san's wedding video. 60 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 2: According to an interview that they did with the BBC, 61 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 2: the video of their special day was captured on equipment 62 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 2: that they borrowed from a work colleague at the time. 63 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 2: Then they apparently watched the video on a borrowed projector, 64 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 2: but when they returned to the projector, they accidentally returned 65 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 2: the video with it and they never really thought much 66 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 2: of it. They'd been able to watch their wedding video 67 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 2: once and you know, thought that that was all they 68 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 2: were going to get. But then decades later, the video 69 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,119 Speaker 2: was found by a man in Aberdeen, where I said 70 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 2: the two were married, who got some film developed and 71 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 2: posted a still image from the video on facebooard. 72 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: Isn't that amazing? 73 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 2: Yeah? And so then months later the Turnbulls, who were 74 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 2: across the world. They're in Brisbane, recognized themselves in the 75 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 2: image from their wedding day, which, as I said, they'd 76 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 2: only ever watched once, and they immediately got in touch 77 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 2: with the person who had posted it and they were 78 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 2: sent the video. 79 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: What are the chances that of the hundreds of millions 80 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: of images uploaded every year onto Facebook, that they see 81 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: them sell in one? 82 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 2: I know, it's amazing And according to Aileen I'm directly 83 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 2: quoting here, she said, I was just saying to my neighbors, 84 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 2: we've got our wedding album and the majority of people 85 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 2: in that have passed away, so seeing that film was 86 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 2: just surreal. A few of them are still with us. 87 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,599 Speaker 1: It's beautiful and now they have digital copies. I'm assuming 88 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 1: and I believe they watch it as many times as they. 89 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 2: Like, still happily married. What a success story. 90 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: Let's turn out to books. You like books. I'm a 91 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,039 Speaker 1: fan and I read one in year eleven, a long 92 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: time ago. So there are prizes given out to the 93 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: best writers every year. What can you tell me about 94 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: who's won it this year? 95 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:37,359 Speaker 2: So this week Han Kang became the first South Korean 96 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:41,039 Speaker 2: writer to ever win the Nobel Prize for Literature. The 97 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 2: committee said that hann was awarded the prize for her 98 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 2: quote intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes 99 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 2: the fragility of human life. And if you're not familiar 100 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 2: with her work, and is best known for a book 101 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 2: called The Vegetarian, which I did a bit of a 102 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 2: deep dive on. It was released in two thousand and 103 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 2: seven and it tells the story of a South Korean 104 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:05,159 Speaker 2: woman who turns to as the title would insinuate, vegetarianism. 105 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 1: I had a look at that thought I was going 106 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: to read it, but there just wasn't enough meat. 107 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 2: In well done anyway, Moving on, a member of the 108 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,720 Speaker 2: Nobel committee said that Han Kang writes intense lyrical prose 109 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 2: that is both tender and brutal. And I should say though, 110 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 2: that Han is not a stranger to Awards season. She's 111 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 2: won the prestigious Booker Prize before. She won that back 112 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 2: in twenty sixteen. And now, like the other Nobel Prize winners, 113 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 2: she's going to be awarded more than one million dollars 114 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 2: for winning this prize. And the Nobel Prize Committee often 115 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 2: calls the winners and engages with these kind of interviews 116 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 2: with them afterwards, and so in one of those interviews, 117 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 2: she was asked how she would be celebrating the win 118 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 2: and hand said, after this phone call, I'd like to 119 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 2: have a tea. I don't drink. I'm going to have 120 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 2: a tea with my son, and I'll celebrate it quietly tonight. 121 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 1: I feel like a lot of people would resonate with that. 122 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 2: What a winner. That is my version of winning. 123 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: It's the opposite to whatever they do after formula one exactly. 124 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: And now, finally, let's bring it right back to home. 125 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: Our community story of the week, and this is a 126 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: community story that has a higher profile than most. Around 127 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:08,839 Speaker 1: the same time I read the one book, I also 128 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: went on one run. This person's done a lot more 129 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 1: than that. 130 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 2: He sure has we're talking about, of course, the one 131 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 2: and only Ned Brockman. He's the man that makes a 132 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 2: marathon look like a walk in the park. And if 133 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 2: you haven't been keeping up with what Brockman has been doing, 134 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 2: the twenty four year old electrician set himself a goal 135 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:30,159 Speaker 2: to run one thousand, six hundred and ten kilometers over 136 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 2: ten days. Yes, you heard that right. He was aiming 137 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:36,479 Speaker 2: to become the fastest one thousand mile runner in history 138 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,159 Speaker 2: and to beat this record he needed to be running 139 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 2: about four marathons a day. And so as we talk 140 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 2: about this today, he's ticked over one thousand kilometers so. 141 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: Far, only six hundred to go. 142 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:50,040 Speaker 2: Oh, it's crazy. After running a seventh day of running 143 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 2: around an athletics track in Sydney. If anyone hasn't watched, 144 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 2: he is live streaming in this and you are literally 145 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 2: watching Ned Brockman run around and around and around the 146 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 2: same track. But every day he appears with more kind 147 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 2: of bandaged up body parts and a bit more of 148 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 2: a limp, but he's just not stopping. He's so committed. 149 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 1: One of the funniest moments for me was people leaving 150 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: the NRL ground Final walking past the athletics track which 151 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: is outside the stadium and hanging around there the cheer 152 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 1: in mind. 153 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 2: It's amazing. I mean, he has really galvanized the Australian 154 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 2: spirit in a way I don't know many other people have. 155 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 2: And I think that's because it's not just about the 156 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 2: absurd running that he is doing. It's also of course 157 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 2: that Ned is raising money for charity. He's raising money 158 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 2: for We Are Mobilized, which is the same charity that 159 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 2: he raised money for the last time he ran across 160 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 2: the country, and that's a charity that supports ossies who 161 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 2: are facing homelessness. At the time that we're recording this, 162 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 2: he has just ticked over about seven hundred thousand dollars 163 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 2: raised just from this run alone, which is just unbelievable. 164 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: It's incredible. They've set a goal of ten million dollars 165 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: for the charity and Ned together for a couple of 166 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: different projects. He's not going to stop. I think he 167 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: will literally not stop running until he gets there. 168 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 2: It's crazy, all right. So, Sam, we've heard inspirational tales 169 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 2: of people like Ned Brockman of Nobel Prize winners, of 170 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:17,679 Speaker 2: scientists who are literally saving our lives. Back to you, though, 171 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 2: the most inspirational of all. What made you happy this week? 172 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 2: What's a recommendation? 173 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: I would go and check out Rufus's new album. They 174 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: released their fifth studio album. It's a great Australian story 175 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: in music. They've gone on to win a Grammy. These 176 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 1: are three guys who are just making so much music. 177 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: I was listening to an interview with them. They said 178 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: that there's fifteen tracks on the record and they were 179 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: the best fifteen of over one hundred, so it's a 180 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,079 Speaker 1: really beautiful album worth listening to. Pushes the boundaries of 181 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: their music a little bit and it really brought a 182 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: smile to my face. What about you, Zara? What made 183 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: you giggle? 184 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 2: Well? I if anyone reads the good news that are 185 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 2: actually included this in last week's good news, that are 186 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 2: But the astonishing thing is that it's still my favorite 187 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 2: thing from this week and week later. So my recommendation 188 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 2: is nobody wants this on Netflix. And it's by no 189 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 2: means an original recommendation because everybody in my life is 190 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 2: talking about it. But if you have been under a rock, 191 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 2: nobody wants This is a short series that stars Adam 192 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 2: Brody and Kristen Bell and the basic premise of it 193 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 2: is that Brody's character is a rabbi and he starts 194 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 2: dating Belle's character, who's not Jewish. It's based on the 195 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:29,959 Speaker 2: true story of Aaron Foster's life, but there are a 196 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 2: few kind of creative licenses taken there. It's so funny. 197 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 2: It's really marked the resurgence of rom comms. Everyone's talking 198 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 2: about it and I just loved every single second of 199 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 2: it and couldn't recommend it more. 200 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 1: It's getting so much hype that it might even get 201 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 1: me to watch a rom com. Sounds like it's definitely 202 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: worth the time. Zara, thank you for taking us through 203 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 1: that good news rap. And if you're not subscribe to 204 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 1: the good newsletter that Zara just mentioned, you're missing out. 205 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: I'll put a link in the show notes. It's definitely 206 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,160 Speaker 1: worth a read. That's all we've got for you today. 207 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: We'll be back on Monday with regular episodes of TDA, 208 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 1: but we'll make sure that the good news keeps coming. 209 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:09,679 Speaker 1: Have a wonderful weekend, stay safe, and we'll speak to 210 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 1: you later. My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a 211 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 1: proud Arunda Bungelung Cargotin woman from Gadighl Country. 212 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 2: The Daily oz acknowledges that this podcast is recorded on 213 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 2: the lands of the Gadighl people and pays respect to 214 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 2: all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island and nations. We pay 215 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 2: our respects to the first peoples of these countries, both 216 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 2: past and present.