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Speaker 1: We know that this Sunday is International Means Day and

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Speaker 1: a forum is happening in Darwen on Friday. It's going

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Speaker 1: to bring together about two hundred and fifty Northern Territory

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Speaker 1: blokes of all ages for a series of discussions that

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Speaker 1: will span across leadership in sport, family values and opportunities

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Speaker 1: for youth. The attendees are going to hear from representatives

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Speaker 1: from a number of inspirational speakers, including a former Olympian,

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Speaker 1: Guy Newman, and the twenty twenty three NT Young Australian

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Speaker 1: of the Year as well. But joining us on the

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Speaker 1: line to tell us a little bit more about the

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Speaker 1: event is the MC for the event, Nathan Pale. Good

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Speaker 1: morning to you.

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Speaker 2: Morning Katie, longtime listener, first time Hell good mate.

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Speaker 1: I love it and you and I have actually m

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Speaker 1: seed an event together before, so I'm excited to hear

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Speaker 1: that you are going to be m seeing this one. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: No, it's something I've done the last couple of years

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Speaker 2: and it's certainly one of the gigs that I'm not

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Speaker 2: going to miss because I get to go along and

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Speaker 2: get to hear some of the speakers and it's just

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Speaker 2: such a great day. But looking forward to it.

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Speaker 1: It is a phenomenal day. I went a couple of

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Speaker 1: years ago and spoke a couple of years ago, and honestly,

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Speaker 1: some of the speakers are just fantastic.

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Speaker 2: To put it bluntly, Yeah, it's a there's a real mix,

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Speaker 2: and every year there's a real mix. And sort of

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Speaker 2: when you went there, you would have gone, I'm not

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Speaker 2: really that interested in hearing this person because it doesn't

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Speaker 2: resonate with me, And then you just pick up so

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Speaker 2: many things listening to them talk, You're like, wow, that

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Speaker 2: was amazing. So it's just such a surprising day with

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Speaker 2: some really cool tools you get to take out of

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Speaker 2: it as well.

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Speaker 1: Now, what is the key theme for this year?

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Speaker 2: It's just about well, I don't know what the key

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Speaker 2: theme is. I haven't looked it up. You put me

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Speaker 2: on the spot about blood, what back in the team

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Speaker 2: we're trying to achieve. It's just getting a whole heap

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Speaker 2: of really dynamic people together that have been through some

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Speaker 2: challenges in life and hearing about how they rose above

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Speaker 2: those challenges and the things they put in place.

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Speaker 1: Now, tell me, what are some of the topics that

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Speaker 1: are going to be discussed by the key speakers? I

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Speaker 1: know that Beck who organizes it, always puts like she

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Speaker 1: puts a lot of effort into to getting a real

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Speaker 1: diverse range of speakers.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, So we've got two.

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Speaker 2: We've got a senior Australian of the Year, Tom Carmer,

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Speaker 2: who's up talking about growing up in the NT inspiring

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Speaker 2: leadership and he does quite a fair bit of work

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Speaker 2: in the diversity space and he's quite a champion for that.

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Speaker 2: We've got Nick Bell who's an emergency response expert and

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Speaker 2: he'll be talking about going into those emergency situations, critical

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Speaker 2: thinking and just the leadership in those situations. One that

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Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to, and I'm a bit biased, is

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Speaker 2: Quick Chris with Rod from our Marrion Smish. They're the

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Speaker 2: team or the husband and wife that their daughter to Lula,

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Speaker 2: was diagnosed with SPG and basically the big company said,

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Speaker 2: there's no money in us. There's there's a cure for it,

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Speaker 2: but there's no money in us finding it. So like

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Speaker 2: Territory Legends that just went out and started raising the

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Speaker 2: money themselves and putting their own team in place, and

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Speaker 2: they're actually very close to finding a cure for I've

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Speaker 2: been doing that for a couple of years jade Vigne,

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Speaker 2: last year's Well this year's Young Australian of the Year.

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Speaker 2: He has his absolute and dynamic at tawe Man and

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Speaker 2: every time he speaks, I sort of look at my

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Speaker 2: own life and go, what am I doing with my life?

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Speaker 2: If he can achieve that? What else we got Goy Newman,

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Speaker 2: as you said, O limpdan and motivational speaker, which is great.

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Speaker 2: We've got men's panels just down to earth people just

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Speaker 2: talking about the challenges they faced.

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Speaker 3: There is a bit of a Q and A in

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Speaker 3: there as well, wake out sessions.

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Speaker 2: So you get to choose whatever you want there. And

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Speaker 2: I've got the youngest stand up comedian performing who is

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Speaker 2: also my son, a ten year old Thomas Pouse. He's

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Speaker 2: going to get up and I'm just hoping he doesn't

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Speaker 2: do crawd work and go rogue like he's done all.

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Speaker 3: The other times.

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Speaker 2: But he's going to be such a fantastic day and

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Speaker 2: you end up feeling so energized.

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Speaker 3: At the end of it.

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Speaker 1: Oh, that is so good that your young fella's doing

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Speaker 1: that ten years old. That takes some serious confidence.

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Speaker 2: Look, I asked him if he gets nervous about this stuff,

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Speaker 2: and he goes, I'm a kid, I'm ten years old

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Speaker 2: and I'm just having a go. If they don't want

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Speaker 2: to laugh at me, it's not my problem, it's their problem.

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Speaker 2: They're horrible people, and I'm like, if only I could

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Speaker 2: sort of inject some of that confidence into my own life.

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Speaker 3: He just doesn't get nervous.

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Speaker 2: I'm probably more nervous because he starts doing crawd work

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Speaker 2: and he's done a couple of Amy Heatherington shows and

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Speaker 2: he does go rogue and it gets very scary when

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Speaker 2: you're a father or the headline comedian waiting to go

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Speaker 1: I'm wondering what he's going to do. I love that.

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Speaker 1: That is fantastic, and you know, yeah, I just think

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Speaker 1: it's really great to see a kid back themselves and

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Speaker 1: be prepared to have a crack.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he certainly backs himself, that's for sure. So no,

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Speaker 2: I love it.

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Speaker 1: Now, tell me what do you hope that blokes will

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Speaker 1: take out of the event.

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Speaker 2: Probably the same stuff that I had. Like, you go

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Speaker 2: to these forums and you're sort of assumed they're going

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Speaker 2: to be talking about mental health and they're going to

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Speaker 2: be quite heavy days and they can be, and they

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Speaker 2: certainly have been historically back in the team have sort

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Speaker 2: of made something that is more about promoting men speaking

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Speaker 2: more with each other and certainly more with their partners

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Speaker 2: or other people, just just just being more open. But

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Speaker 2: it's also about sharing experiences as you think you're going

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Speaker 2: through yourself, and when you hear dynamic people up there

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Speaker 2: talking about what they've achieved and they're coming up against

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Speaker 2: the same hurdles that you're seeing in your life, you

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Speaker 2: just go, Wow, we do need to talk more because

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Speaker 2: everyone thinks if you don't communicate everyone things that they're

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Speaker 2: going through stuff Alione and everyone's going through something and

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Speaker 2: it's just so good to hear these people get up

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Speaker 2: and talking about the things that they've faced but also

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Speaker 2: how they've overcome it, and it's just so energizing.

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Speaker 3: You sort of walk out.

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Speaker 2: Of the day and you just want to go take

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Speaker 2: on the world. So that's what I want people to

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Speaker 2: get out of it. Certainly what I've got out of

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Speaker 3: Has been there.

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Speaker 1: How wonderful I reckon. Yeah, Look, I just think it's

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Speaker 1: such an important thing to do, and you know, hats

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Speaker 1: off to Beacon her team that organize it and to yourself,

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Speaker 1: you know, for what you do to make it happen? Mate,

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Speaker 1: Why did you decide to get involved and why is

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Speaker 1: it something that's so important for you.

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Speaker 2: Look, being a police officer in the past, I'm not anymore,

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Speaker 2: but I known mental health strugg and pretty much kept

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Speaker 2: got help and both to people.

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Speaker 3: But the older I get now.

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Speaker 2: The more I'm learning about it. If I have communicated

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Speaker 2: that better, and there's certainly things I could have done

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Speaker 2: better in the past, and I'm finding out that just

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Speaker 2: so many men are going through that. So being a

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Speaker 2: part of things like this and being quite open about

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Speaker 2: it and just saying yeah, look, that.

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Speaker 3: Happens at times.

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Speaker 2: But if it goes past this point, I get some help.

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Speaker 3: Because we all have. Everyone's embarrassed about going to the

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Speaker 3: doctor or to see a psychologist or some people, I

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Speaker 3: should say, So it's just about saying, yeah, look, it's

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Speaker 3: just the same as down to the gin. It's going

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Speaker 3: to look after yourself. So that's why I got involved

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Speaker 3: in it.

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Speaker 2: But after the first time being involved in it and

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Speaker 2: just seeing how amazing and hearing those really positive and

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Speaker 2: smiling stories, and you're getting to chat to these presenters.

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Speaker 2: At the end of it, you're getting to ask them

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Speaker 2: questions during their presentation. It's just an experience where you

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Speaker 2: can sort of latch on things that you're processing and

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Speaker 2: ask professionals or ask people have been through something similar

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Speaker 2: the questions, and it's just such a good sharing environment.

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Speaker 2: And even if you're not comfortable asking questions, a lot

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Speaker 2: of people ask questions and you end up getting answers

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Speaker 2: to stuff that you don't feel comfortable asking. So I

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Speaker 2: just I just love the positivity of it. I love

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Speaker 2: how it's just creating a really a better mindset of

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Speaker 2: how we communicate. I think I think men are getting

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Speaker 2: much better at communicating.

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Speaker 3: And if you have a look at the kids.

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Speaker 2: Coming through now, they straight ahead of us. But yet

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Speaker 2: there's always improvements to be made, and I think it's

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Speaker 2: cool a doing it now.

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Speaker 1: Tell me, can people still get tickets at this point?

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Speaker 2: They can still get tickets If you go on the

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Speaker 2: no One Left Behind website or even just on Facebook

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Speaker 2: just chucking no one left behind, there's still some tickets left.

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Speaker 2: You might be able to get it able for your business.

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Speaker 2: So it is such an amazing day. I haven't spoken

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Speaker 2: to anyone who's walked out of that guy yet.

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Speaker 3: That was just what I thought it was.

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Speaker 2: Everyone sort of walked out of it going wow.

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Speaker 3: I wasn't expecting. I wasn't expecting that. It's not just

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Speaker 2: We're getting a really good mix of everybody coming in

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Speaker 2: and there's something out for everyone, like everyone needs tools

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Speaker 2: to deal with stuff better or listen to people, and

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Speaker 2: there's just an amazing story. So not just for men,

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Speaker 2: we're getting pizza willing come along as well. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: have a look at it, and yeah, get ready for

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Speaker 2: the experience.

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Speaker 1: I guess it'll be wonderful. It always is. Nathan Powell,

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Speaker 1: the event MC and just all around good bloke. Thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for joining us this morning, and all

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Speaker 1: the very best on Friday.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Katie.

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Speaker 1: Hope your son doesn't go wrong. I hope. Oh if

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Speaker 1: he does, just embrace it. Let him enjoy himself up

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Speaker 1: there a stage.

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Speaker 2: It'll be fun.

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Speaker 1: Good on you, Nathan. Thank you so much for having

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Speaker 1: a chat with me this morning.

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Speaker 3: Awesome.

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Speaker 1: Thank you,