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Speaker 1: Jes and Amanda jam Nation.

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Speaker 2: When Old People's Home for four year olds on the ABC,

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Speaker 2: so many tears, were all moved by the positive impact

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Speaker 2: those adorable toddlers had on the seniors. Then in the

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Speaker 2: Global First they decided to try the same concept but

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Speaker 2: with teenagers. Season one of Old People's Home for Teenagers

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Speaker 2: with such a success, they've decided to bring it back

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Speaker 2: with a new season that starts tonight. Here to explain

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Speaker 2: more is dedicated youth worker, teacher facilitator of the program,

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Speaker 2: Wilde Leima.

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Speaker 1: Hello, Hey guys, a a.

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Speaker 2: Great Usually they would say old people and teens should

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Speaker 2: never mix.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I know, right, So.

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Speaker 2: There tell us about some of these these benefits. What's

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Speaker 2: what's the dynamic when these two groups get together.

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Speaker 1: I think it's a really interesting dynamic in that I

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Speaker 1: think that it's really tapping into a lot of the

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Speaker 1: issues and challenges that both courts facing society. I mean

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Speaker 1: things around social isolation, loneliness, a lack of connection. I mean,

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Speaker 1: these are things that I've seen in my own work.

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Speaker 1: So I think part of this experiment is really trying

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Speaker 1: to tap into that and to explore how these interactions

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Speaker 1: and these connections, how they can have a positive impact

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Speaker 1: on the mental health and the well being of both

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Speaker 1: the teams and the older adults that are involved in

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Speaker 1: the show.

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Speaker 2: Because I was interested to read that loneliness affects one

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Speaker 2: in three seniors, but for teens it's one in two.

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Speaker 2: So there's a lot of commonality.

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Speaker 1: Actually here, there is. Yeah, there's a lot. I mean

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Speaker 1: my role in terms of my professional work, it's mostly

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Speaker 1: working with young people. I've had some experience working with

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Speaker 1: older adults in mentoring programs, but I mean speaking for

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Speaker 1: young people in terms of what I've seen, especially over

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Speaker 1: the past ten years. Yeah, there's a lot of issues

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Speaker 1: around loneliness and social isolation, and especially coming out of

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Speaker 1: the COVID. You know, I think it's multi faceted. There's

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Speaker 1: not one reason that really leads to that, but I

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Speaker 1: do feel like the show is tapping into a part

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Speaker 1: of that, which is about human connections and meaningful interactions.

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Speaker 2: How did you go about casting the teens?

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Speaker 1: Good question. So I know from the first series, but

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Speaker 1: in terms of the teens, they focused on schools they

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Speaker 1: were in North Sydney, and this time around they focused

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Speaker 1: on teens. They went to schools out in Western Sydney,

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Speaker 1: so around the Paramatta area. So as far as I

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Speaker 1: know of the production crew, they went out to high schools.

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Speaker 1: They were out west, They interviewed a whole bunch of teens,

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Speaker 1: and they kind of went from there. In terms of

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Speaker 1: the scene years, they focused on a retired village. It

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Speaker 1: was also based out west, so near North Rhino. Believe

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Speaker 1: the name escapes me and I mean Dan. They interviewed

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Speaker 1: a lot of seniors and they kicked at ten from.

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Speaker 2: H Ageism is a big issue for seniors. For whether

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Speaker 2: you're in an old person's home or not, how young

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Speaker 2: people perceive you can be really upsetting. Was this able

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Speaker 2: to shift the perception of old people for a lot

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Speaker 2: of these teams.

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Speaker 1: I mean definitely. From my experience of knowing the teens

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Speaker 1: and just seeing their experiences on the show, I know

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Speaker 1: that for a lot of them they didn't have that

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Speaker 1: connection with an older adult, and that's part of the

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Speaker 1: reason why they were selected. There was a lot of

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Speaker 1: stereotypes and a lot of I guess self judgment that

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Speaker 1: was brought to the show before before it aired, for

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Speaker 1: both parties. So I think for both parties, not only

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Speaker 1: the teams, but also the seniors, it was challenging a

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Speaker 1: lot of the stereotypes and the pre conceived notions that

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Speaker 1: they had about the different generations. And I think that's

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Speaker 1: really the beauty of the show, is that it's tapping

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Speaker 1: into that and really challenging these mindsets that people developed

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Speaker 1: around different generations.

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Speaker 2: And really every generation blames the one before.

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Speaker 1: I know I'm paraphrasing Mike and.

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Speaker 2: Meoanic, but really look to the teachings of Mike and

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Speaker 2: the mechanics. Surely yes, surely, well it sounds great. Help

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Speaker 2: People's Home for Teenager. Season two premieres tonight I thirty

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Speaker 2: on ABC TV and ABC I View.

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Speaker 1: Well, thank you for joining us, thank you for having me.