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Speaker 1: The Christian O'Connell show podcast, Bono sixty this week, and

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Speaker 1: he's done something really cool. He's made a playlist sixty

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Speaker 1: songs that saved his life. And there are a whole

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Speaker 1: songs that obviously inspired him. It's Billy eish and so

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Speaker 1: in excess. Never Tear Us Apart makes it on as well.

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Speaker 1: And what he's doing over the next couple of weeks

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Speaker 1: is he's writing to these people if they're alive, or

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Speaker 1: their family members if they're not alive, just saying a

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Speaker 1: little one page and he's written by hand, just saying

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Speaker 1: what the song mentioned them and thanking them. Like David Bowie.

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Speaker 1: He wrote to David Bowie's son Duncan, just saying thank

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Speaker 1: you for sharing your dad with the world. He meant

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Speaker 1: a lot to me and he filled up a lot

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Speaker 1: of people with joy and hope and I was one

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Speaker 1: of them, which is a really nice thing to do

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Speaker 1: with thank the people that have actually made a difference

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Speaker 1: in your life, and so I was thinking this morning

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Speaker 1: about who have you actually written to? Have you ever

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Speaker 1: written to a famous person, Patsy? Did you ever write

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Speaker 2: I think the only famous people I've written to would

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Speaker 1: The band yep, I remember them, and in the nineties

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Speaker 2: I had a pen pal in Scotland and she got

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Speaker 2: onto sent.

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Speaker 1: Me pause producers writers down Tomorrow Thursday. Pen Pal Thursday.

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Speaker 1: Who had a pen pal? This is amazing? Did you Yeah?

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Speaker 1: songs that were good to go. Tomorrow's show is pen

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Speaker 1: Pal Thursday. Let's pause it for now and play carry on, Patsy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. So I had a pin pal and she was

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Speaker 2: I remember playing it and thought, oh wow, this sound

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Speaker 1: You were like Molly introducing them no countdown me to

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Speaker 1: Remember the Beastie Boys used to people used to rip

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Speaker 1: They got into a lot trouble with Bross fans. They

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Speaker 1: Facebook when we put this up yesterday. Have you written

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Speaker 1: to someone famous? Christian? Twenty years ago I sent a

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Speaker 1: letter to John Farnham asking if he could sign Mike drawing.

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Speaker 1: I did of him. I was drawing too. About two

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Speaker 1: weeks later I got a phone call saying, pick it up?

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Speaker 1: Is that it? What he just said? Pick it up?

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Speaker 1: It's out the front with the hard rubbish and is it? Me?

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Speaker 1: Did you write to anyone famous? It doesn't matter if

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Speaker 1: Whoever has sent a text message to their friend Kim?

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Speaker 1: If you listen to this show, you haven't sent it

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Speaker 1: asking this morning, have you written a letter to somebody famous? Callum?

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Speaker 4: Good morning, Hi Christian, Hi Jack, Hi.

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Speaker 1: Callum, Hey Callum, welcome to the show. How old are

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Speaker 1: you canum, I'm twelve twelve? And how's homeschooling going? Are

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Speaker 4: I'm very bored. I just want to get out of

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Speaker 1: Yeah, bet. And do you miss your buddies? You miss

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Speaker 4: Yeap, just moved out of primary school, made me friends.

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Speaker 4: Then I've had to go home and I'm not gonna

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Speaker 1: Oh what Now this weekend you can see your buddy.

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Speaker 1: Being able to do? Callum?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I bet my kids are the same you actually,

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Speaker 1: Strange times, Callum, Strange times. Now, Callum. Who have you

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Speaker 4: I've listened to J. K. Rowling who wrote Harry Potter.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's amazing. You love the Harry Potter books.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's great to read books. I'm really please that

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Speaker 1: Yep. And did jk Rowling? Did she write back?

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Speaker 4: Yeah? Well, find of the people who she who worked

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Speaker 1: Yeah, lovely? Well, callum, I'll tell you what. We're going

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Speaker 1: to write a letter to you, okay, Me, Jack and

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Speaker 1: Pat's we're going to write a letter to you and

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Speaker 1: Yeah. And Jack likes to draw these really cool cartoons

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Speaker 5: What do you want me to draw?

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Speaker 3: A picture of Callum.

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Speaker 4: Can you draw a picture of back man?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's awesome. Yeah, Callum, do you know what We're

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Speaker 1: lovely talking to you, mate. I really hope you have

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Speaker 1: a nice weekend with your mates. And good on you

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Speaker 1: all right Callum. Lovely chatting to you, young man. Take

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Speaker 4: Thank thank you, bye, great kid, Callum.

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Speaker 1: good morning, Good morning, Yeah Jane, welcome to the show.

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Speaker 1: Who have you written to? Then? So Callum has written

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Speaker 1: to the author JK. Rowling. Who have you written to?

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Speaker 5: I write to the queen?

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Speaker 1: Oh wow? And what did you say to the queen?

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Speaker 1: Just sort of say hi, how's it going? No?

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Speaker 5: her ninetieth birthday. And then we were in London and

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Speaker 1: It's incredible to see. Is that aren't those everything is immaculate. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And how's the Queen ever written back to one of

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Speaker 1: your four letters? Oh?

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Speaker 5: Yes, I've had letters end photographs like a selfie or whatsoever, stroking.

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Speaker 1: you got picture of the Queen? Was try and go

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Speaker 1: Yes, my bed a picture of the Queen. I kiss

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Speaker 1: to sleep. Jane, we'll send you a prize. Okay, thank

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