Episode 4

We Did What??

Wow, we cannot thank you enough for the support and the amazing feedback from our podcast launch. We share some exciting successes of the launch, then jump into the episode with a review of the movie 'It Ends with Us' and its portrayal of domestic violence. We also tackle some of the challenges of adulthood that no-one told us about, and have a chat about some of the funny anecdotes from our lives.

In this episode:

  • Unexpected podcast success and listener engagement
  • Personal reflections and listener impact
  • Review about the movie 'It Ends With Us' (spoiler alert)
  • Adulting realities and challenges
  • Dance dreams and disappointments
  • Night out and dancing stories
  • Michelle's eye issue
  • Best Buys with Bec

Links:

Booie Beauty website

Those Girls Can Talk on Socials:

Instagram

Facebook

Transcript
Bec:

Welcome back for episode four, can you believe it?

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Michelle: what a ride.

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Bec: So two gals walking on the beach,

having a discussion one day saying, haha,

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imagine if we started our own podcast.

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Michelle: Yeah.

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You know, those dreams of the , summer

days, walking along the beach, talking

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shit with my bestie and here we are.

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Bec: and we honestly thought, imagine if.

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We, we thought no one's

going to listen to us.

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We thought we'd have maybe our

friends and family and a few people

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who wanted to poke fun at us.

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Michelle: Yeah.

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Bec: And when I had a look at the

downloads, I was driving somewhere and

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I think I called you and I said, We're

already at 35 or something like that.

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And I said, imagine if we get to 50 today.

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Michelle: That would have been amazing.

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We were like, happy with 50

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Bec: Yep.

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Then we got to 50 and I said to you,

all right, I'm going to aim really high.

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And I'm going to say, if we crack

a hundred downloads today, we've

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made it, we've done, like we

have ticked our accomplishment

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for a podcast off straight away.

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Michelle: because let's be honest

Beck, did we really have any, we didn't

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really have any kind of set goal because

we kind of just, Did this for us.

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Bec: Yeah, and we always said that we

wanted to keep our expectations really

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low so that we couldn't be disappointed

and that we never wanted to worry about

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Listener Count and that this was done

purely for us as a creative project,

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something fun, something lighthearted.

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Michelle: But now the

goal posts have changed.

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We're watching those numbers.

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Bec: We are

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Michelle: waking up in the middle

of the night , checking the

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stats because I am now obsessed.

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Bec: All right.

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So should we announce

where we're at today?

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Michelle: Let's do it.

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Drum roll, please

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Bec: Get the nails out.

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Okay.

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So under personal journals,

number one is Mama Mia.

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Number two is Abbey Chatfield.

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And number three is Those Girls Can Talk.

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Michelle: Beck Stener and Michelle Bailey.

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Bec: Yep.

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Number

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Michelle: amazing, absolutely amazing.

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Okay.

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Second category, the big one.

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Bec: category.

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Can I just say, so this is

kind of like the big deal list.

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Michelle: like, you

know Australia's top 40,

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Bec: Yeah.

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Michelle: top 50.

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Bec: And we said if we cracked into

the 100 on there, we'd be really happy.

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And well, did we get up to 63?

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Michelle: started from 63.

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We entered the charts.

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It's number 63.

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Bec: Which we were wrapped about.

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Michelle: We were like, what the fuck?

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Bec: Yeah, then we got up to 53

and we were like, okay, imagine

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if we could crack the top

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Michelle: was my aim.

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43, all the

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threes, but look at it, all

the threes, 63, 53 and three.

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Crazy.

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Bec: Proud of us.

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Michelle: I am so proud because I've gone

into this very blind, I've gone into this

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with, Oh, this will be a bit of fun, but

I never thought about the analytics of

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it or the statistics of it or anything

like that, because that's your job.

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Not mine.

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I'm really good at

rolling salami and filet.

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Bec: I was like, who cares?

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It doesn't matter.

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Michelle: There must've been

a little bit of you, you know,

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the, the, the tread really.

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Bec: I was like, you know what?

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This is pure fun.

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This is fun.

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Not part of my job where I'm

going to have to worry about

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fucking analytics all the time.

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I was like, I'm not going in

with any expectations and I'm

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going in with the, I don't care.

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Because this wasn't

about anything but fun.

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Michelle: it has been so much fun.

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It's actually been really, um,

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like inspire, What's the word?

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Like, I just feel inspired, I feel

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Bec: motivated?

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Michelle: motivated, and I feel like

I've got, I can't think of the word,

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it's not powerful, like, I just

feel, I just can't think of the

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word, but I just feel like, inspired,

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you

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Bec: the messages, can I just say?

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I might've like had tears in my eyes

last night, reading some of people's

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messages of the fact that never did

I think that we would move people or

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that we would bring up conversations.

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So I got a really beautiful

message from somebody in my, um.

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DMs saying, just to give me some

background that they found out

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that they actually have a brother

through doing DNA testing, like

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total surprise, total surprise.

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And you know, I, I was like, Oh

my gosh, that's so beautiful.

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And like, just, I'm not going to

go in cause that's not my story to

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share, but they shared that story

with me of how that came about.

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And that's really beautiful.

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Those two families to, meet

and come together and have that

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relationship now later on in life.

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Michelle: yeah, it's so beautiful,

it's just, and it feels like, you know,

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like the story we did on, on guilt.

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Bec: Mm.

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Michelle: many people reached out

to me and said, Oh my God, I was

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wanting to have, I'm saying, yeah.

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Oh yes.

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I agree with you because what we're

saying is what everybody else is feeling.

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You know, as mums, as wives, as partners,

we're all going through the same thing.

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And you might think that.

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What happens in your home with the

washing or the husband not doing what

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we want or all those things are only

happening to you, but they're really not.

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Bec: Yeah.

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And people saying, I was listening

and I wanted to interject and say,

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You know, like that, those types

of things I'm like, Oh, thank you.

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So thank you to every single person

who has listened, who's shared.

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And look, if you want to help us get

to number one, make sure that you're

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following us on Apple podcasts and

leave a review that certainly helps

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and keep sharing it and keep listening.

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So

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Michelle: because all these things,

Bec, I guess we can say from your

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perspective, those, analytics, all these

downloads and things are a part of,

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um, it all sits in cyberspace, right?

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And that's how it all makes the numbers.

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Is that how we explain it?

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Bec: So

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Michelle: That was so technical.

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Cyberspace and floats

around, go do your job mate.

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Bec: no, but do you know today

when we have 275 downloads this

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morning, so that's amazing.

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So keep listening, keep sharing,

um, and we have some really

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exciting guests starting.

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I think we're going to start

recording them this week and we're

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going to get them out weekly.

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So, , really, really

good guests stay tuned.

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Now let's get into episode four.

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Now, first of all, I just want

to say we are going to do a

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bit of a trigger warning here.

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Um, we are going to discuss our

thoughts on it ends with us.

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So, which does contain.

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Domestic violence.

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Um, and if you haven't seen the

movie, we just wanted to point out

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a couple of things that maybe we

liked or were disappointed with.

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So if you haven't seen the movie and

you don't want to, we, there might

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be maybe one or two spoilers in this.

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So if you want to jump out,

here's your opportunity.

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, if you don't, don't come at us that

we've spoiled the movie for you.

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so I've read the book.

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Michelle: I haven't.

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I've just started it

on audio the last day.

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Bec: I will say one thing though.

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We do love an audio book, don't we?

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Michelle: Oh, yes.

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I did listen to 48 hours

of Barbra Streisand.

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That's another, podcast story.

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Bec: yeah.

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And, so if like us, you're in the car

a lot, get onto audio books, the best

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thing that'll ever happen to you.

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Yeah.

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Michelle: the drive fun.

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So

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Bec: what did you think about the movie?

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What did you give it a rating out of 10?

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I'm going to say I'm only giving it 6.

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5.

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Michelle: I went into this not knowing

what it was about, only that you told

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me one thing and I thought, Oh, I

thought it was a bit slow to start

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with, but the end was empowering.

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Bec: And it kind of gets

in the guts a bit, doesn't

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Michelle: Got me in the guts.

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Yep.

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It got me in the guts.

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I would probably give it the

same, probably around about a six.

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Um, and I went to the movies with my kids.

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So , it was.

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George's birthday and we, and

that was the movie she chose.

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So it was interesting to see my

son's reaction versus my daughter's.

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Bec: Hmm.

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Can I ask, are you happy to

share what Liam thought of it?

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Michelle: Liam liked it,

but I don't, I don't know.

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Um, he's not one to show his

emotions very much, but I

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think that he was kind of like,

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Bec: Yeah.

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Yeah.

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So as someone who grew up, um, witnessing

a lot of DV in their life, I've read

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the book and the movie still got me.

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Like I think I got to that end part and

I bowled, but I went with a group of

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ladies and I think, and you could hear.

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audible gasp in the audience at

certain parts of the movie, and a lot

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of people were crying like you could

hear, I could hear that the lady in

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front of us was absolutely sobbing.

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and I

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Michelle: Oh, it definitely hit

people in a way, whether you relate

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to it, whether you're, being, you've,

Witness TV or things like that.

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I think that everybody

felt something from that.

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, they connected with it

in some kind of a way.

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Bec: yeah, yeah, definitely

got me in the feels a couple of

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things that I was disappointed in.

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I was disappointed in the fact that,

um, and here I'm giving away a few

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bits, the book, and I think this

is the same, any book you read and

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then go to the movie, I think you're

always a little bit disappointed.

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Michelle: I don't think there's

ever been a book that's written

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that the movie is, on par.

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Bec: Yeah.

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So for me, I didn't like the fact that

they didn't go into her diaries as much.

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Um, yeah.

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I think there's really only one

kind of reference point to it.

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Maybe it's because, um, Alan is not,

you know, maybe Alan's been cancelled.

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So maybe that's the reason because in

the book she writes to Alan Degeneres.

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It's, it's a thing that her

and Atlas watch religiously.

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And in the book, she writes to

Ellen and tells her all her feelings

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and all of those types of things.

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Like a D diary.

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Michelle: So they, did you notice

on, when they were watching TV.

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That Ellen was on the TV.

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Yeah.

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But, but I didn't know about the,

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Bec: yeah.

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So again, so if you, there was like,

you wouldn't have been able to put

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those bits together and there is

a part where he finds, Ryle finds

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those journals from back in her day.

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And yeah, it kind of, I don't want to

give too much away, , so like that for

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me was a really missed opportunity.

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The missed opportunity of when she is in

the hospital, for me, that was a really

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missed opportunity for them to, because

the book, because this is so based on DV

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for people who are watching, I think they.

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Could have used it as a bit of a

learning tool and a resource for people

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to also realize that if they do find

themselves in this situation, that you

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can go to say, if you're at hospital

or if you go to your GP or something

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that you can reach out to these people

for assistance and you will be helped.

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And I think in the hospital part

in the book, it was so well done.

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in the movie, not so well done

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Michelle: A lost opportunity.

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Bec: yet.

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So lost opportunity there.

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And the bit that pissed me off,

like I was so fricking angry

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about this when I watched the

movie is the scene at the grave.

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Like it, like, it actually makes me

emotional thinking about it because

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it pissed me off so much that I don't

know, I felt like it gave a bit of,

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like, I know for her it was closure,

but I was like, the dad didn't fucking

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deserve to meet that little baby.

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Michelle: See, I look, I haven't

read the book, obviously.

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I can see you're getting upset.

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Um, I haven't read the book, but my

take from that was, I thought she took

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that little girl to say, fuck you,

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you know, like because

of the, the scene before.

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And then when she left . The napkin

with the one, two, three, four,

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five, and it still had nothing on it.

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She's like, it stops here.

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Fuck you, dad.

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See you later.

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I cried in that, but I don't

know what happened in the book.

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Bec: Yeah.

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Yeah.

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See, and the, what I would have really

liked to have seen, which would have

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been, I think so much more powerful.

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And again, like the scene with the baby,

when she says, you know, it ends here.

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Michelle: Oh, that to

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Bec: That was like, I bought like,

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Michelle: I lost my shit in that part.

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I was like,

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Bec: yeah,

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Michelle: because that part

for me was like, you, you.

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You know, like you end it now,

, you stop it, you stop it now.

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And her daughter can have a fresh start.

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Her mum, you know, just ended it.

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And that to me was so powerful.

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Bec: Yeah.

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And I'm, I don't believe it's.

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That easy for people to

make that choice either.

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So I do feel like that was maybe a

bit, you know, um, but I believed.

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What would have been even more powerful

is her having that beautiful conversation

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that's in the book that she has with

her mum, which, um, I think would have

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been a more beautiful way to have that

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Michelle: didn't really have

conversations with her mum.

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Did

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Bec: There's only one when they're

at this, I think when they're

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doing something with, I think she

has one little conversation with

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her mum, but I really would have

loved to have seen that played out.

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If you haven't read the

books, please read the books.

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They are beautiful.

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They, it's for a very

hard topic to consume.

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I think the books do do it just as

having growing up in that environment.

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It certainly, you know, rang

true for me in a lot of ways.

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So reading book two.

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Was a really, um, and again, that

goes through some tough stuff too.

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So read book two.

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, yeah, I think it, it, I, it's

going to be sad that I don't think

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book two will ever come to a movie

because of the feud that's going

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Michelle: There's a little

bit of drama, isn't there?

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Bec: Drama, drama, drama.

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Michelle: We love the drama.

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I think, you know, like for me, I just

wanted, I thought of the words that

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I want to say, breaking the cycle,

breaking the cycle in that movie

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and in our lives is so important.

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And that's what.

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Blake, did she, she, to me,

really, it was beautifully done.

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Bec: Yeah.

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So if you have seen it, send us a message

and let us know what you thought of it.

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Hopefully if you haven't seen it,

you listened all the way through,

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we haven't spoiled it too much.

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I don't think, I think you should,

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Michelle: I kind of think we had.

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Bec: yeah.

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And let us know what you think.

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And if you have read the book, like

were you disappointed in some of

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the bits that were left out in the

movie or were you happy with it?

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Yeah.

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Michelle: I did, like I said, at

the start, I thought it was slow.

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And from what you've said, if they had

have added those, pivotal, important

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parts into the book, it probably

would have ran a little bit smoother.

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It would have explained things because

we, you know, we're talking about it in

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the car on the way home and it was gappy.

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Bec: Yeah.

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Michelle: things that we were like, did,

you know, I don't want to say too much

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cause we've already given it away, but

there were things that we were like,

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Oh, well, wonder why that happened.

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But you're saying that in

the book that it explains it.

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So

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Bec: Yeah.

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but I wonder if it's because they're

saying that creative differences

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is a massive part of this feud.

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Apparently Ryan Reynolds even has

stepped in and, uh, he added his

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parts into scenes because he felt

like it wasn't, um, it wasn't justice.

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Like, yeah.

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Anyway, so let us know.

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You know what else I

want to talk about today?

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I want to talk about things

nobody told you were going to

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happen when you become an adult.

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This is bullshit.

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This is bullshit to

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Michelle: she's calling bullshit people.

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Bec: First of all, nobody told me that we

were going to have to make dinners every

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night for the rest of our fricking life.

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And it was going to be so hard, but

I will say Trav has stepped up and

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he does the majority of cooking in

our house because I'm shit at it

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Michelle: Oh, no, no, no.

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You're not as shit as me.

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I like to refer to myself as

the mum from, um, Mermaids.

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Have you ever seen that movie?

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It's got Winona Ryder.

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Oh, get on it.

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It's old.

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It's from like the eighties.

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It's got Winona Ryder.

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It's got Cher.

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It's got Christina Ricci.

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I think that's her name.

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And the mum is like, she cooks

her kids food like, on a plate,

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you know, like, and she'll cut

out sandwiches with like a star.

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That's me.

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I'm the mum that makes the plate look

pretty, but cannot cook for shit.

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And I own a catering company, guys.

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You know, I

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Bec: You know

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Michelle: basic.

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I'm a basic bitch.

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I am a basic bitch cooker.

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Cooker?

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Is that a word?

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Chef?

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No, I'm not even a chef.

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I do, I put my family to shame.

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My dad was a chef.

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Bec: Yeah.

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Michelle: was a chef.

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Bec: Does Mike like cooking?

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Michelle: Mike loves cooking

and he's a great cook.

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And my daughter, Georgia,

is an amazing cook.

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Beautiful baker, like, so I

don't really cook that much.

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I cook from a jar, except I do make

a good spaghetti, like a, spag bowl.

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But, um, I'm not really a great cook.

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Bec: I do lasagna well.

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Everybody likes my lasagna.

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Michelle: yeah, I can do a good lasagna.

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I can do anything like, you

know, putting together, I can do.

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And I can crack a can easy.

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Bec: Cracker can.

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I

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Michelle: Crack, crack a jar, you know.

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Bec: I'm only coming to

your place when Mike cooks.

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Okay.

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Michelle: makes the best ribs.

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If we have a party, so if I have a

party at my house, it's extra, right?

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Bec: Hmm.

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What a surprise.

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Michelle: Yeah.

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Styled immaculately, food ample.

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And everybody says, can

you do a grazing table?

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Well, duh, of course.

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Can Michael make his ribs?

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Bec: Hmm.

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Michelle: And they are good.

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Bec: Travie and Emmy love ribs.

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:

Me, not so much.

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:

I'm not a big meat person.

403

:

Michelle: Oh, these are good.

404

:

They fall off the bone.

405

:

He gets up at like five in the

morning, puts the smoker on.

406

:

You know, it's, it's a process.

407

:

Bec: We're pretty

408

:

Michelle: We love you, Mikey Mike.

409

:

Yeah, he's great.

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:

Cause apparently I threw him

under the bus the other day,

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:

Bec: You did, mate.

412

:

Michelle: redeeming myself.

413

:

Bec: and you know what else

no one tells you about?

414

:

The fact that you are going

to have to endure book week.

415

:

Michelle: Oh, see book

week wasn't a thing.

416

:

Bec: fuck?

417

:

Michelle: When my kids, so my

kids, Liam's 25, George's 23,

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:

book week was not a thing.

419

:

Bec: Yeah, I think it's, I don't, I don't

really remember it being a thing with

420

:

Michelle: Is book week

for the kids or the mums?

421

:

Bec: I think book, like, all

right, can I just say something?

422

:

Michelle: Yeah, go.

423

:

Bec: I, and still part of me wants to be.

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:

A Pinterest mum,

425

:

Michelle: I should do, I would be, I

would be if my kids were, I just rang

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:

Georgia cause George is a teacher.

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And I said, are you doing book week?

428

:

Cause I thought I could,

I could do a costume

429

:

Bec: who do a costume.

430

:

Mate, who has time to do costumes though?

431

:

Michelle: or there are

mums that have time.

432

:

Bec: and power to them.

433

:

Michelle: Oh, the power to, yeah,

434

:

Bec: I'm proud of you.

435

:

Someone help me, please.

436

:

Michelle: I'll help you cause

I've got time up my sleeve.

437

:

Bec: I like, I'm not a Pinterest mum.

438

:

I'm a Kmart mum.

439

:

I always am like, shit, we've

left it to the last minute again.

440

:

What the heck can we do anyway, Emerson

at his, primary school, when we lived in

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Werribee, they were very big on social

justice and he didn't get to experience.

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:

dressing up because the fact that

maybe if one family couldn't afford

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:

to, and then someone come to school,

not dressed up, it's kind of unfair.

444

:

So they didn't do it, but

here in OG, they're doing it.

445

:

And there are some very cool costumes.

446

:

Emerson.

447

:

We ordered his from online and it

was Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter.

448

:

Michelle: was that like three

years ago when he's just done the

449

:

same costume every

450

:

Bec: costume.

451

:

When we recently went to the Harry

Potter experience, he put that costume

452

:

on because he wanted to wear it.

453

:

And let's just say he has

grown and it doesn't fit.

454

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Michelle: Bloody kids growing,

ruining your book week

455

:

Bec: it's ruined, it's

ruined my book week.

456

:

And he keeps chopping and changing.

457

:

He said he wanted to go as the

golden ticket from Willy Wonka.

458

:

Michelle: like we need to sing,

you've got a golden ticket

459

:

Bec: So now he wants to do Draco Malfoy.

460

:

So now I'm going to have to

461

:

Michelle: for the third year in a row.

462

:

Bec: Yeah.

463

:

Yeah.

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:

Michelle: No, I, see, see, I would be

going, I do the golden ticket because

465

:

I'd want to get my paint out, gild it.

466

:

Like I'd go all full on,

467

:

Bec: Well, maybe I'll send him to you.

468

:

Michelle: send him to me

because like, I love drama.

469

:

I love a costume, make my

daughter dance from two to 18.

470

:

Bec: Yeah.

471

:

Michelle: I wasn't a dance mom.

472

:

Cause she wouldn't let me,

but I have got every costume

473

:

Bec: You've got, you've

got it in you though.

474

:

You've got it in you to become,

you know, it's going to happen.

475

:

Your grandkids,

476

:

Michelle: ah,

477

:

Bec: your grandkids,

you're going to become,

478

:

you

479

:

can have your own TV show.

480

:

Michelle: I wanted to

be a dancer, didn't I?

481

:

I wanted to be a dancer, but I was shit.

482

:

And I got kicked out of

483

:

Bec: can you please, can you please, I

484

:

don't

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:

Michelle: you want me to tell the

486

:

story?

487

:

So I wanted to be a dancer.

488

:

I thought I was a triple threat.

489

:

Bec: Push pause, push

pause for one second.

490

:

So Becky loves going out at night

and dancing till the sun comes up.

491

:

It's one of my favorite things to do.

492

:

I think it's a great self care activity.

493

:

And I said to you, I wanted

you to come with me somewhere.

494

:

Where did I want you to come to?

495

:

Michelle: Oh, to some doof doof guy.

496

:

Bec: Oh, I wanted you to come

497

:

Michelle: No, thanks.

498

:

Dom Dollar, who's Dom Dollar?

499

:

Bec: He's a DJ mate and he's

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:

a

501

:

Michelle: a yeah, how old are you?

502

:

Bec: I am 40, 47.

503

:

Michelle: Yeah, I've

504

:

Bec: I went with Ebb last year, had a

ripper of a time, and I'm going again.

505

:

I've got my ticket for my

birthday weekend, December 14.

506

:

I'm at the showgrounds and

I'm dancing up a storm.

507

:

Anyway, you said I don't dance

and I said, how can you not dance?

508

:

And then you entered this story.

509

:

So you were, you wanted

to be a triple threat.

510

:

Michelle: I wanted to be a

triple threat, as a child.

511

:

Anyway, wanted to be the dancer, I did

calisthenics, always got honourable

512

:

mention, which I always thought was

really good, but then I realised

513

:

as I got older that honourable

mention is just that you're shit.

514

:

Right.

515

:

Bec: You tried.

516

:

You

517

:

Michelle: You tried.

518

:

really hard.

519

:

Yeah.

520

:

And I used to get it and I was like

positive that I was like getting

521

:

first anyway, realized that honorable

mention was that you were shit.

522

:

So we did calisthenics and then I

went to the dance school, the dance

523

:

school of Werribee, which was Jaylee

and the girls were the best dancers.

524

:

That were the prettiest girls.

525

:

They were, you know, like

my cousin was one of them.

526

:

She was amazing.

527

:

And we were the same age.

528

:

So I get in to do, um, and they

were having a dinner dance at the

529

:

Italian social club, big thing.

530

:

And I had a partner and

we were doing, Starship.

531

:

What is it?

532

:

Um, we built this city.

533

:

I remember dancing anyway, something

happened and the lady, the dance

534

:

teacher said, I can't be in the

dance, but I could be an usher.

535

:

Yeah.

536

:

I was allowed to wear a

costume and everything.

537

:

And my mum said.

538

:

And,

539

:

Bec: You've never danced

540

:

Michelle: never danced

541

:

again, no, because my mum was

like, she is better than a nusher.

542

:

Bec: You are better than an

543

:

Michelle: I'm better than a nusher.

544

:

Yeah.

545

:

And, um, I never danced.

546

:

That was the end of my dance career.

547

:

But what did I do?

548

:

Oh, as soon as I had a little girl,

I put her into dancing at two.

549

:

Bec: Oh my goodness.

550

:

You're going to

551

:

be dance grandmas.

552

:

Michelle: And she was a

beautiful dancer, my George.

553

:

Oh, on point, did point,

ballet, tap, jazz.

554

:

The whole lot.

555

:

And I would sit there and

556

:

Bec: You lived vicariously

557

:

Michelle: Oh yes, I did.

558

:

And I am not ashamed to say it.

559

:

And then she decided that she

didn't want to be a dancer anymore.

560

:

Bec: That would have broke your heart.

561

:

Michelle: bloody broke

my heart, break my heart.

562

:

And then she, um, yeah, but she

still will like you rip up a dance

563

:

floor, but no, I don't dance.

564

:

Bec: Can I just say.

565

:

Liam, Georgia, beware.

566

:

She's going to be a dance grandma.

567

:

Beware.

568

:

I will try and reign her in guys.

569

:

I promise.

570

:

But

571

:

Michelle: I reckon I can, the

only time I can feel like I

572

:

can dance is when I'm drunk.

573

:

Bec: yeah, I was going to say

you danced at your fifth year.

574

:

Michelle: I did.

575

:

You know what?

576

:

As soon as like, if ABBA comes on.

577

:

It like makes me just,

oh, I need to dance.

578

:

I need to,

579

:

Bec: See, I feel like you've got

to, I feel like you've got to

580

:

Michelle: but I couldn't

dance to Dom dollar.

581

:

Bec: Oh yes, you

582

:

Michelle: No, no, I couldn't.

583

:

Don't.

584

:

Do you ever feel like.

585

:

So you and I must listen

to different music.

586

:

If I listen to music from

the eighties, it's like my

587

:

body relaxes and I'm like,

Oh, these are my people.

588

:

And I'm like moving my

589

:

Bec: You know what?

590

:

I'm pretty proud of the fact

that you can take me anywhere.

591

:

You could take me to an 80 year

old's birthday and you play something

592

:

from the sixties and seventies.

593

:

I'm getting up and dancing.

594

:

You could play something

from the eighties.

595

:

I'm up and dancing.

596

:

Nineties, two thousands.

597

:

To today, I'm across the genres and

I, I just love dancing up a storm.

598

:

Nothing feels better and resets me

like a couple of mugs and dancing.

599

:

Michelle: yeah, I think I need to

drop the, for me, it's, it's a, I

600

:

think I've said, I don't dance so

many times that now I don't do it.

601

:

But it, But internally, I'm like,

I've talked myself into it, I

602

:

think, but internally, I'm like,

I'd love to get up there and have

603

:

a dance, but I have no rhythm.

604

:

Bec: Well, I'm just going to

like, this is, you're going

605

:

to be like, Oh my God, what?

606

:

I'm going to show you something.

607

:

So Trev and I are going to go to this.

608

:

Michelle: I'm not into duff duff,

609

:

Bec.

610

:

Bec: So this is coming to Australia.

611

:

It's been all over tomorrow land.

612

:

Like you wouldn't even know what that

613

:

Michelle: Oh, is this is these festival

614

:

Bec: listened to this and listen to this.

615

:

Oh, is it going to work?

616

:

No, Rebecca, you've got

to turn your volume on.

617

:

Just a minute, please.

618

:

Talk amongst yourselves.

619

:

Michelle: probably some

duff duff bullshit stuff.

620

:

I hate it.

621

:

Bec: That would be your

worst nightmare, wouldn't it?

622

:

Michelle: Well, I can't hear it.

623

:

So

624

:

thank God for that.

625

:

No.

626

:

It's probably like,

627

:

Bec: Yeah.

628

:

Yeah.

629

:

Anyway.

630

:

So good.

631

:

Can't wait.

632

:

Michelle: I won't be coming with you.

633

:

Bec: I want to ask you a question.

634

:

What the actual heck is

going on with your eye?

635

:

Have you seen that movie?

636

:

Michelle: Shut up, you bitch.

637

:

Bec: When he's got that little hand

and he goes, take my strong hand child.

638

:

I can think about, he's got that thing on

the side of his neck and it's pulsating.

639

:

I'm like, what's going on with your eye?

640

:

I've been looking at you.

641

:

What's going on with your eye?

642

:

Have

643

:

Michelle: puffy and swollen.

644

:

And I had to go into Coles today with

sunglasses on at eight 30 in the morning.

645

:

I think I've got a sty and I've like

been rubbing like a gold ring on it.

646

:

People, if you've got tips

for a sty and it hurts.

647

:

Like, I feel like when I close my

eye, my eye doesn't even close.

648

:

I'm like my dog when he closes his

eyes and his eyes aren't really closed.

649

:

That's what's happening with this eye and

it's sore and it's itchy and it hurts.

650

:

Bec: Can you go to the chemist and

get something, because I'm afraid that

651

:

tomorrow you're going to send me a

photo and you're going to be at the

652

:

hospital, you're like, I can't see.

653

:

Michelle: It's pulsating.

654

:

It hurts.

655

:

It hurts so bad.

656

:

It's like even hurting my eyeball.

657

:

Bec: I think, is it styes

that you rub the gold ring on?

658

:

Michelle: Yeah, that's

what I've been doing.

659

:

I've been rubbing the gold ring on there.

660

:

Bec: Tea bags?

661

:

Is it tea

662

:

Michelle: Oh, apparently, um,

chamomile tea, but I only had

663

:

chamomile with lemon and vanilla.

664

:

So.

665

:

Okay.

666

:

Okay.

667

:

Okay.

668

:

And I thought that might add,

you know, like agitate it.

669

:

So it's actually really sore.

670

:

Thanks for pointing out

the way that I look today.

671

:

You've just really, um, made me

feel so confident about myself.

672

:

Bec: Make sure you wear sunnies

everywhere you go today,

673

:

Michelle: Yeah.

674

:

And I've got jobs today.

675

:

I have to go into people's houses.

676

:

With my ugly eye, lucky it's

not like weepy or anything.

677

:

It's just very, very sore.

678

:

Bec: I feel like you

need to get onto that.

679

:

Michelle: I did take some Telfast.

680

:

It probably looks a little

bit better than what it did.

681

:

Like I was waking up and I swear I

could see the light coming through

682

:

my bedroom and I had my eyes closed.

683

:

My eyes not closing.

684

:

Bec: Do something about it before

you end up, in hospital with

685

:

IV antibiotics, because this

thing is poisoned your system.

686

:

Michelle: I don't know what it is.

687

:

Did Georgia use my mascara?

688

:

Like, I don't know.

689

:

Bec: Maybe.

690

:

Oh, speaking of, makeup, can I

just talk to you about something?

691

:

Michelle: Oh, should we do Becky's

692

:

Best

693

:

Bec: This is my best bias.

694

:

This is going to be my

best bias for today.

695

:

Did you know that Celeste Barber?

696

:

Um, one is an actress

697

:

Michelle: I didn't, well, last night

when I was at the movies, I saw

698

:

that she's in a movie about a dog

699

:

and I

700

:

was like, Oh, she's an extra.

701

:

I think I've

702

:

seen It It looks beautiful.

703

:

Bec: It looks so good.

704

:

Doesn't it?

705

:

I would definitely go and say that

with the kids, , and she was in another

706

:

Michelle: She's in it.

707

:

She's something else, but more serious.

708

:

I think

709

:

Bec: Yeah, but she has a makeup

brand called Bui Beauty, B O O I E.

710

:

Anyway, I thought, this is

going to be a crock of rubbish.

711

:

Michelle: you reckon?

712

:

Bec: Yeah, well, I did think that

because I was like, one, mate,

713

:

are you an actress, a comedian?

714

:

Or are you a beauty

715

:

person?

716

:

Michelle: you can't say that big because.

717

:

You know, Rihanna, Selena,

718

:

Bec: yeah.

719

:

All right.

720

:

You're true.

721

:

You got a point anyway.

722

:

Michelle: jump on the bandwagon I say.

723

:

Bec: Well, I had a look at it online and

I thought, Hmm, it looks pretty good.

724

:

Michelle: I thought you

were in a no shopping band.

725

:

Bec: No, hang on.

726

:

I brought this before my self

imposed no buy from 1st of July.

727

:

What are we sitting at?

728

:

What's the date today?

729

:

Michelle: uh,

730

:

Bec: the 17th.

731

:

Still going strong.

732

:

Michelle: like to out you though.

733

:

What did you ask Trev to buy you

because he's not on no shopping band?

734

:

Like you, you're like

finding ways around it.

735

:

Right.

736

:

Bec: I did.

737

:

So this is the exact message

that I sent to him last night.

738

:

I'm on a no spend, but you're not.

739

:

And I sent him a link to a pair of shoes.

740

:

Oops.

741

:

Yeah.

742

:

Anyway, that's not what

we're talking about.

743

:

We're talking about,

744

:

Michelle: I'd just like to keep it,

keep this podcast honest, Rebecca.

745

:

Bec: I'm talking about beauty, beauty.

746

:

Michelle: Yeah, I'm going to check it out.

747

:

Bec: Can you just, I'm going

to come up close to the

748

:

Michelle: I did say, you do look very dewy

today, like you, you've got a nice glow.

749

:

Bec: that's exactly

what this is my friend.

750

:

It is, I'm going to tell

you exactly the name of it.

751

:

It is buoy, buoy.

752

:

I don't know how you say it.

753

:

It is a hydrating tint

illuminator and I like it.

754

:

Michelle: Yeah, it looks really nice.

755

:

Bec: All I've got is that and

a bit of, bronzer and off I go.

756

:

Cause you know, I love a bronzer

757

:

Michelle: You look, you look fresh.

758

:

Bec: and let me tell you, I'm not,

because I slept in a room with

759

:

three snoring boys last night.

760

:

Michelle: You're the best Gigi ever.

761

:

Bec: That was hard work, but yeah.

762

:

So get around it,

763

:

Michelle: I slept with one

eye open, one eye closed.

764

:

Bec: So I think let's wrap it up.

765

:

This was just a very impromptu

episode really to say thank you.

766

:

Michelle: Yeah.

767

:

Thank you so much.

768

:

The feedback has been amazing and

we are just absolutely Blown away.

769

:

Bec: Yeah.

770

:

We didn't think we'd be here.

771

:

Michelle: No.

772

:

But I think we need to celebrate.

773

:

Bec: Oh, definitely.

774

:

Definitely.

775

:

Michelle: Maybe Michelle might

crack out some dance moves.

776

:

Bec: Maybe.

777

:

Michelle: To

778

:

Bec: we,

779

:

Michelle: Dolla.

780

:

Not.

781

:

Bec: I'm going to record that.

782

:

Uh, so thank you so much for tuning in.

783

:

We so appreciate it.

784

:

If you could send us to your friends,

that would be amazing and say, give

785

:

these girls a follow on Apple podcasts.

786

:

Because that's going to

help us keep chatting.

787

:

I still cannot believe we are behind

Abbie Chatfield and Mamma Mia.

788

:

Michelle: Like,

789

:

Bec: Yes.

790

:

Michelle: no.

791

:

Absolutely not.

792

:

This is just mind blowing.

793

:

sounding so intelligent here.

794

:

Bec: we really are anyway,

so let's wrap it up.

795

:

Thanks again, everybody.

796

:

We will be back for episode five.

797

:

We're going to have a guest, so

stay tuned for that and we'll tell

798

:

you more on socials this week.

799

:

So if you're not following us on

socials, it's at those girls can talk,

800

:

go follow us, hit us up with your

feedback, any requests you've got that

801

:

if you think, please talk about these,

I'd love to hear your take on it.

802

:

us know.

803

:

Michelle: And we're looking for guests.

804

:

So if you'd like to be a part of

our podcast and you think that

805

:

you will fit into what we're all

about, please send us a message.

806

:

Bec: And we'll talk to

you very, very soon.

807

:

Michelle: ciao.

808

:

ciao.

809

:

Bye.

810

:

Bye.

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