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Speaker 1: So I just want to take a moment here to

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Speaker 1: of Victoria, we're asking you a double down on hope.

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Speaker 1: Tomorrow is Cancer Research Giving Day, and this is incredible.

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Speaker 1: Counsel Victoria tomorrow will be doubled. So that's what's happening

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Speaker 1: Now it might be a song because sadly, cancer is

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Speaker 1: So if that is you, please email me today. What's

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Speaker 1: for tomorrow. Christian at Christian O'Connell dot com dot a.

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Speaker 1: Over the weekend I had some lovely messages like this

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Speaker 2: Hey, Christian, it's Justin. I lost my dad back in

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Speaker 2: nineteen ninety seven to lung cancer, and not long after

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Speaker 1: What a beautiful man you are, Justin. We will definitely

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Speaker 3: Hi, Christian, missus Tracy, I'd like to brag about my

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Speaker 3: is awesome dead you please play something from Green Day

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Speaker 1: Tracy, I can do one better. We can play it

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Speaker 1: right now. Email me if you'd love a song tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Christian at Christian O'Connell dot com dot au. Hey, Tracy,

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Speaker 1: I you so you happen to be listening. Did you

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Speaker 3: Did? I did? Thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: Tracy, listen. I'm not going to say what the song was.

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Speaker 1: Why don't you announce what that song was and dedicate

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Speaker 1: it to your husband. We didn't quite get his name

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Speaker 1: So Tracy, just say what that song.

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Speaker 3: Was and who better? All I know is that it

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Speaker 1: Like you may, that's a lie, but it's a nice lie.

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Speaker 1: Daniel? BlimE me, what a journey YouTube been on together?

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Speaker 3: Look, we cast as our third child, you know, every

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Speaker 1: Right now he's looking at the underside of a camera

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Speaker 3: HU didn't warn you, warn you.

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Speaker 2: It's all good.

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Speaker 3: It's all good. I made some I think made you

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Speaker 1: You're a You're a real You're song, Why lights people up? Tracy,

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Speaker 3: Look it's already in Shrek's got it, so it's okay

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Speaker 1: And we mustn't pry alright, Fading it down now, fading out,

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