Episode 5

What the F**k do you do?

In this episode, our special guest is Debbie Wood, a renowned graphic recorder. We ask what it is that Debbie does and chat about her unique profession, which involves creating live visual summaries of conferences and events. Debbie shares her journey into graphic recording, provides examples of her work, and highlights the importance of visual learning. The conversation also goes into personal anecdotes, including Debbie's milestone 50th birthday and favourite buys.

In this episode:

  • Introducing Debbie Wood: The Graphic Recorder
  • The Art and Impact of Graphic Recording
  • Debbie's Journey into Graphic Recording
  • Favourite TV Shows and Recommendations
  • Turning 50: Celebrations and Reflections
  • Hilarious Birthday Surprise
  • Reflecting on Life Choices
  • Parental Advice on Education
  • Dream Cast for Our Lives
  • Best Buys: Pistachio Cream


Links:

Debbie Wood website

Instagram

LinkedIn

Facebook

Pisti Pistachio Cream


Those Girls Can Talk on Socials:

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Facebook

Transcript
Bec:

Welcome back to episode five.

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If you've stuck around for this

long, we are now BFFs, right?

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Isn't that right?

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Michellle: exactly.

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Oh

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Bec: Definitely.

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But this time we've got a special guest,

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Michellle: my god, one

of my favourite people!

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Bec: Debbie Wood,

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Michellle: Welcome, Debbie Wood!

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Debbie: you girls who can talk.

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Michellle: Oh, we can talk.

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So can you, though.

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So can you.

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Debbie: True, it's true.

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Michellle: I think that's why we

love you so much, Debbie Wood.

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Bec: Well, let's tell everybody

who Debbie Wood is first.

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Not only is she a living legend who

we both absolutely adore, Debbie

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is a incredibly smart, funny, but

she's also a graphic recorder.

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Extraordinaire.

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She goes along to conferences,

workshops and translate what

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she hears into beautiful visuals

live for the audience to see.

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And can I just say, she

is bloody amazing at

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Michellle: she's so

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Debbie: Oh, thanks Bec, thanks guys.

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Bec: I'm so lucky to have seen

your work in action at events.

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And um, one, first of all, Debbie,

give your socials a plug so people

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can come and find you straight

away while they're listening.

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Debbie: my best way to find me is on

Instagram at deb underscore sketches

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and that's find me there, I think.

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Michellle: where she hangs out.

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Debbie: where I hang out a

little bit, sporadically.

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Michellle: I've noticed that you've been

posting a little bit more, Debbie Wood.

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Debbie: Sometimes I just try to channel

Bex Denner and , do a bit of posting.

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But it's, yes, it's sporadic.

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Michellle: That's all right.

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Do what you, do what you can do.

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Debbie: I do.

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Yeah.

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Michellle: Debbie Wood,

what the fuck do you do?

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Explain to me what the fuck you do?

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What is your job?

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Because that was the question when

I first heard about you and I said

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to Bec, what the fuck does she do?

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Bec: She's like what

is a graphic recorder?

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I've never heard of a graphic recorder.

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Michellle: I actually said,

what the fuck does she do?

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Bec: Yeah,

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Debbie: You did.

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Michellle: Yeah.

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Debbie: Uh, look, no, no, it is, it's such

a rare job and there aren't many of us.

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Australia.

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And, every time , someone

says, what do you do?

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And I say, I'm a graphic recorder.

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I have to put a comma and then

say, do you know what that is?

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Because it's not like a podiatrist.

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Or a teacher or a nurse.

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It's one of those jobs

where it's kind of rare.

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I show up at conferences and workshops

and events all around Australia.

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And I draw what I'm hearing.

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To help make meaning for

the people in the room.

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And I do it on an iPad mostly these days.

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Um, so I work digitally and while

I'm drawing people are seeing it

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projected in the space and see it

and help, it helps people understand

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what's going on at the same time.

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Michellle: because for, I'm a very visual

person, so when , I've seen you at an

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event and I was, I was just mesmerized

because for me, I was like, Oh, that's,

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I understand it a little bit more.

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I get what people are talking about.

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And for me, it was, I was, I think

I stood by you cause you were

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actually drawing not on the computer.

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And I was like, this chick's so clever.

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Bec: a bit clever.

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Michellle: She is.

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Yeah.

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Debbie: look, I'm clever at a thing.

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Bec: Deb, can you give, like, just

give us an example of maybe some

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work that you've done recently?

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And you're like, so this was what the

message we were trying to convey and

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Debbie: Oh, yeah.

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Okay.

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So I'm a visual person too, obviously,

and it's, it is, I think 65 percent

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of folks are visual learners.

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So it is.

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It's not an unusual thing to, to

need to take information in in

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that way or for to find success

taking information in like that.

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So it's one of those things

where we're not just going to

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talk about what I do for a job.

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I mean, even though, look, I

can, I can talk about it forever.

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Because I love it.

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I can't believe my luck every day.

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So, I do a lot of work with

the Department of Education.

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they have a project called

Self Determination in Education

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Reform that they, um, it's been

going on for a few years now.

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It's part of the Maroong

Strategy in Victoria.

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and I've attended a lot of campfire

conversations and, and larger

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forums with teachers and things.

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And , it's all about hearing, , what,

, young Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander

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people, wanting their education

to look like, um, so that they are

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self determining and capturing for

them while they are sharing with the

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teachers or the facilitator in the

room helps them feel heard, you know.

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Really cool way and especially when

they see it's happening, the drawings

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are coming to life in front of them,

the things that they're asking for and

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suggesting, uh, being synthesized on the

spot and not just someone writing notes.

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It's they're seeing.

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a beautiful drawing come to life.

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Um, it's yeah, it's, it's quite cool

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Michellle: Does that feel like when you're

doing that, do you feel like you're, you

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know, you're advocating for them as well?

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Debbie: uh, yeah, in, in a, I mean,

because I'm not in control of what

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happens after that day, but I know

that it helps people feel heard.

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Michellle: Yeah.

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, Debbie: I'm part of a wider picture,

I think, but the difference for the

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people in the, audience is that they

feel heard and they can see that they

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are heard because they're seeing the

drawing happening in front of them.

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They're not just saying how they

feel and someone's writing notes

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on a notepad in front of them.

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They're seeing, they're seeing

that everyone in the room is

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watching the same drawing and

contributing to the same thing.

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Michellle: It's

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Bec: just, I feel like a really

powerful way of connecting

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people in a different way.

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Like we've all said here, like

we're visual learners, but also

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I think like you're saying,

it's the power of being heard.

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It's the power of being seen,

but it's also a really different

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way to get that message across.

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Because what is it?

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It's Can learn around

seven things an hour.

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I think that's, yeah.

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Yeah.

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Debbie: interesting,

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Bec: Yeah.

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So I wonder like, to me, I wonder if

there was more of that kind of stuff

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happening because , a lot of people

are visual learners, would people be

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able to consume more and learn more?

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I don't know.

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It's a thought.

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I'd really

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Debbie: Look, I like

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Bec: on that.

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Debbie: yeah, yeah.

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I know.

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And I know, I know that the graphic

recording is, quite, uh, useful thing for

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people who fit into the category of neuro

spicy, which is kind of a wide category,

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but anyone who has attention deficit,

eye activity, um, Any kind of part of

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the spectrum of autism or anything like

that, where distraction and, attention

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being, being able to remain locked in.

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My kids are using the

words locked in a lot.

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Have you heard that expression?

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I'm locking in, I'm doing my

chemistry homework or something.

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But for them to, for, for people who

are distracted easily, sitting at a

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conference, listening to a speaker do a

keynote for 45 minutes, if they've got a,

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Michellle: Mm.

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Debbie: they've got a, well, sometimes

those keynotes are incredible and

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amazing, but, but if you've, you can

still be listening with your full

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audio attention, but to see a drawing

coming to life while you're listening,

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just gives this extra thing to focus

on and to relax into and it just makes

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everything stick more in your brain.

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I think.

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Yeah,

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Michellle: because we're visual.

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So to say that just is like, you're

not losing yourself in the words.

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You can actually watch it as it happens.

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And they're not, for me, I think

that it would, it would sit better

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in my brain when I see that drawing.

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I go, Oh yeah, I get it.

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I understand what they're saying because

she, she drew this and she did that.

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Bec: Just much more engaging, isn't it?

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Michellle: engaging is the word.

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Yeah.

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You're amazing.

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You are

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Bec: you get into it, Deb?

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How did you know that

you were this clever?

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Debbie: No, it.

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Stop

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Michellle: embarrassed, Bec.

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Debbie: So I've come from a

background of graphic design.

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So, uh, accidentally met somebody who

did this work probably 20 years ago.

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When I was living in Brisbane,

back in the time when everyone

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had a home phone, not a mobile.

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And I answered the home phone and

this woman was calling to talk to my

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flatmate and she did this work for

one of the big consultancy companies.

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And she was describing

what she did for a job.

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Well, you know, like you normally go, Oh

yeah, I'll just take a message and you

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write it down, but I'm not like that.

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Cause I like to talk too.

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Michellle: Really?

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Debbie: yeah, like chat.

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And ended up talking to , this

girl, her name is Jack ended up

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talking to her for about an hour.

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She was describing what she did and

it sounded like running away with a

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circus on the back of a glittering

unicorn to me when she described it.

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, and it was just something

that I knew existed and.

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It took a while for my life to turn

in, get to a situation where it was

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something I could start doing more of.

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And, , 2017 turned it all

around, dropped graphic design

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and have been drawing pictures

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ever since.

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Michellle: Absolutely amazing.

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It's so cool.

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Debbie: Yep.

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I love it.

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I

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Michellle: Love it.

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Debbie: Very lucky.

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Bec: everybody a bit of an

example of, of the work.

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Michellle: Yeah.

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Debbie: how

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Michellle: what would you draw us?

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Like, how would you draw us?

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Like, this conversation?

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Debbie: so how about if I do, how

about after this, I tell you what

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we'll do girls after this chat.

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Um, Send me the audio and I

will listen to it and draw a

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graphic recording of our chat

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Michellle: Amazing.

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Debbie: um, and then you guys

can share it on socials and that

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way your people who are listening

to this will be like, I get it.

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Because I think it is, especially

if you're a visual learner and I'm

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here describing it to you in your

ears, it's, yeah, you need to see it.

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You need to see it happening.

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I mean, my Instagram is

also full of, you know.

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My work as well.

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And, um,

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Bec: That'll be very cool.

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Michellle: Yeah, that'd be so cool.

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Debbie: let's do that.

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Not right now though.

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Not right now.

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Cause I can't do the talking and

do the drawing at the same time.

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Michellle: Yeah.

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Bec: not a multitasker.

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Debbie: like

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Bec: Good girl.

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If there were Olympic events

for everyday skills, What

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would you win a gold medal in?

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Debbie: oh, okay.

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my husband would say.

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But I would get a gold medal

in messing up the kitchen.

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It's a particular skill I have,

uh, because I like to use all of

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the pots and pans when I cook.

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Can't help myself.

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There's always a special sauce that you

need to whip up in a tiny saucepan, and

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then there's, you've got to, you know,

roast some nuts in another saucepan.

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It is a

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Bec: So he loves doing the

dishes after you then, clearly.

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Debbie: well, I don't,

I wouldn't say loves it.

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Michellle: But he does

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Debbie: don't think he loves it,

but he, yeah, he does it a bit,

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but , do you know what I like?

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I like cleaning up the

kitchen while watching a show.

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I

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Michellle: Oh,

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Debbie: just like having my iPad, which is

obviously my best friend, having my iPad

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on the kitchen bench and headphones on and

just, , watching a show while I wash up.

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It's just a little bit of downtime.

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Sometimes I do that while

I'm cooking my meals as well.

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Bec: What are you watching?

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Debbie: Look, I've just

rewatched Ted Lasso.

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Michellle: I love Ted Lasso.

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Debbie: Oh, yeah.

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Michellle: Is he just not

the most beautiful man?

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Debbie: Glorious.

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Look, I love so many of the

characters in that show.

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I love Keely as

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Michellle: Yep.

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Bec: he's underrated.

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Michellle: and just how they, you

watch from the start to the end, how

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they just grew on you and they all

mature or they changed in some way.

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Like I just found it such

a beautiful piece to watch.

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It was so much more to it than soccer.

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Debbie: Yeah, yeah, some very good writing

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Bec: it's like there's

layers, layers and layers.

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Michellle: Yeah.

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Debbie: and layers.

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Bec: my

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Debbie: Yeah, so I just rewatched

that because I was like, I'm just

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waiting for another show that gets me.

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You guys might need to give me some tips.

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Michellle: Well, I just

watched a show,, called Fake.

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It's got Asher Keddie and David Whedon.

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Debbie: Oh, we love those.

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Michellle: It's it's really good.

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I always find that David Whedon

plays that ick kind of character.

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Like he's always the bad guy

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Debbie: Yeah, yeah.

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Bec: It gives you the ick.

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Michellle: he gives me the

characters that he plays.

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Like he portrays

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Debbie: He's good at it.

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Yeah.

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Michellle: at it.

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And so Asher Keddie, honestly,

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Bec: I love her.

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Michellle: she was amazing.

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Like she just threw

herself into that character

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Debbie: Yeah.

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Michellle: and she was brilliant.

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She didn't walk away with

the gold Logie last night.

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I don't know.

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She should have.

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Bec: Who won the gold Logie anyway?

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I don't even know.

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Michellle: I'm not sure.

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Debbie: I do know because

I saw it this morning

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Michellle: It wasn't , Boy

Swallows Universe, that

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Debbie: no,

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Bec: Hang on.

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I'm going to Google it.

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Debbie: there was

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Bec: Who won the gold Logie?

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Larry!

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Larry Emder!

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Debbie: Emder,

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Michellle: Oh, what did he do?

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That was so amazing.

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Anyway, Asha Keddie should have

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Debbie: deal or no deal or something,

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Bec: No, he's on the morning show

with, , Kylie, whatever her name is.

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I don't know.

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I feel bad not knowing

her name, but anyway.

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Michellle: Anyway, so

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Bec: the

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Michellle: should watch Fake.

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It's just about online dating.

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Bec: What's it on?

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Michellle: I believe

it is on, , Paramount,

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Bec: Ah, yep.

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Michellle: but it , might've

been like a Foxtel.

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It's really good.

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She she's just such a

brilliant, versatile actress.

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So is he actually like,

he really gave me that.

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And his character really was, Oh,

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Debbie: Yeah,

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Bec: And you know what else?

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I think you'll like Deb,

Presumed Innocent on Apple TV.

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Debbie: ah, I have started that.

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I have started that.

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It is, yeah, it's a lot, isn't it?

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It's pretty intense.

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Um, the other one I watched a

couple of episodes when I was

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on a plane last week or the week

before of, , gentleman in Moscow.

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Michellle: Oh, I did say that.

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Debbie: Have you read the book?

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Because the book is one of the best books.

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I was just, it's glorious, like start

to finish, it covers like a real massive

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span in history, like from before the

first world war to after the second

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world war set in Moscow , and the,

main character, , Alexander, who.

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His account is he's delightful

the whole way through.

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Like he's just the most

charming, delightful character.

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And they've got, Oh no, I'm having a

brain freeze of, um, who plays him.

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Who's

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Bec: What's it called again?

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Debbie: a gentleman in Moscow.

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gentle,

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Bec: And is the book the same name?

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Debbie: Ewan McGregor,

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Bec: Oh, I love him.

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Debbie: he, he's fabulous.

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Like you couldn't have cast it better.

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He's so wonderful in that role.

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So I've seen two episodes on that, but it

is, it's on, I think it's on Paramount,

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Michellle: or is it on Netflix?

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Debbie: No, it's, it's, it's

on one that I don't have.

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Michellle: Okay,

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Debbie: So I saw it , on Qantas and, um.

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Michellle: now you have to try to find it.

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So many good shows,

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Debbie: more.

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I need to fly more.

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I've got a few flights coming up, so I'll

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Michellle: keep

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Debbie: in a few more Fs.

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Bec: You didn't let us

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Debbie: Yeah.

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Bec: Okay.

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Can I just, so I want

to talk about something.

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Debbie just recently

joined the fifties club.

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Michellle: Can I just ask one thing?

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Deb, when I saw you the other day,

you sang me a song about turning 50.

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Could you please sing the song?

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Sing it.

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Debbie: I don't know what

you're talking about.

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Michellle: Yes, I saw you.

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I dropped something off the other

day and you sang a song about

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turning 50 and I was in tears.

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Bec: She just obviously

made it up on the spot.

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Debbie: remember every

funny thing I say, Michelle.

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There's too many.

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Michellle: You are

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Debbie: did I say?

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Michellle: You sang a song

from Saturday Night Live

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Debbie: Oh, no, that wasn't a song.

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That wasn't a song.

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That was a line.

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From, so the incredible comedian, comedic

actress, Molly Shannon did this bit, on

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SNL where she turned up at a thing and she

said, my name's Sally O'Malley and I'm 50.

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I'm 50 years old and I can kick and I can

stretch and I can kick because I'm 50.

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It's not a song, it's

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Michellle: Sounds like a song.

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Debbie: fantastic bit of

footage that if you google Molly

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Shannon SNL 50, you'll find it.

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Michellle: Maybe because you were

kicking and you were so theatrical, I

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Debbie: yeah, I was, yeah, I

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Bec: the Elaine dance as she was

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Michellle: like, she was like doing a

whole, like, I can kick, I can sing.

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Debbie: I

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Michellle: Oh, she's going to do it now.

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Debbie: No, I'm not doing it now.

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I'm just, I'm not gonna, I'm

not dressed appropriately.

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Bec: Anyway, Deb would had this

amazing 50th get together where

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she had a beautiful book clubbers.

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But one of the things I loved

about your 50th was the graphic.

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Debbie: Oh,

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Bec: So her beautiful friends made these

headbands with, um, textures sticking

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out of them for the graphic part.

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And then they all learnt

how to play on the recorder,

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Debbie: happy birthday.

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Bec: birthday.

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And it was glorious.

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And I loved

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Debbie: that we all learnt to play on

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Bec: Hot cross buns.

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Michellle: hot cross buns.

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Debbie: terrorise our Parents

with, they all, all like

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there would have been 15 them.

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I reckon

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Bec: So beautiful.

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It was

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Debbie: of my mates.

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I had no idea what was happening.

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I've never laughed so hard in my life.

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I've actually just shared a bit

of footage of that on, on my

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socials just before just today.

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Cause I was thinking this

would make a funny reel,

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Bec: It was so good.

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As

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Debbie: Yes.

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That was my mate, Paul Broadhurst.

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He apparently, his brain exploded

when he thought of it, like call

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it starting and a, an ensemble

called the graphic recorders to.

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perform for me who is a graphic recorder.

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Hilarious.

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Yeah.

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He, yeah, he's funny.

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Bec: So

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Debbie: It was pretty cool.

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Bec: It was lots of fun.

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So good.

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But now that you've hit 50,

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Debbie: Yeah.

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Bec: you're automatically

going to be the wise person.

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Debbie: Oh, really though.

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Bec: Yeah.

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Debbie: don't know if it

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Bec: so.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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What words would you tell

your 18 year old self?

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If you could go back and

say, Deb, I love you.

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Listen to me.

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Debbie: It's a good question.

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And I don't know.

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Cause it's one of those things

when you think about back and

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having a stern word to yourself.

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And like, I wouldn't want to say anything

that would make me choose any different

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thing, like any different path than

what I've chosen because, and, and the

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path was super wobbly for the first,

you know, through, like I, left uni

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halfway through a degree and then tried

something else and tried something else.

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And it took a while for me to

find my way into graphic design.

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And that was completely by accident.

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And then graphic recording, I found

my way into it completely by accident.

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So I think I would say, look,

look for the open doors.

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Because I feel like, that's what

I did, like, without realising it.

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it was just always, say yes to

everything and, and then work it out.

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Work out how you can make it happen.

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Bec: Yeah.

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And maybe that the messy

in the middle part is okay.

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Debbie: Oh yeah.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Michellle: sort of like, you know,

growing up, we were always like, and,

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and we do push onto our kids as well.

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You've got to have a plan.

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You've got to do this.

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You've got to do that.

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And then, you know, like, even if I

think back to my life, it's like, I

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have zigzag, but zigzagging is good.

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Debbie: I think zig zagging

gives you a more rounded.

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:

experience of life.

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And I know, like, I know I'm

saying it to my kids too.

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So I have two boys, and one is 17,

year 11, and one is 13, year 7.

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And the 17 year old, you know,

the sub, like, he loves music.

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amazing on the trumpet.

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He plays French horn too.

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, he's had lots of cool opportunities

over the last few years come to him.

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for music and I just keep saying to

him, just say yes and work it out, you

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:

know, and it's, you know, and he's the

subjects he's chosen to do for his,

504

:

, VCE, I'm like, Mate, do the things that

you love doing, that you do well in.

505

:

Like, don't pick maths because

you feel like you're going

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:

to need maths down the track.

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:

I mean, I don't know, what do you reckon?

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I just think, , do the subjects

that you love, that you do well in,

509

:

because high school's hard enough.

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:

So, do stuff that you love.

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Bec: matter.

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Michellle: No, and that

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Bec: if we, like, if it's one thing

like that we should be pushing onto

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our kids is that what you think

matters in high school doesn't matter.

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:

And if you want to do something,

there will always be a path.

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There will always be a way.

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:

Hmm.

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:

Yeah.

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Michellle: I think this is a really

good subject to have because there's

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so many parents that would be going

through with their kids choosing

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subjects and things like that.

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Debbie: Mm.

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Michellle: know that for mine, my son

had no interest in going to university.

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And I remember I was mortified.

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:

I was like, why am I

sending you to this school?

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And they said to me,

it's not your journey.

527

:

It's not let him choose.

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:

And then when Georgia went through it,

she was not going to uni straight away.

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She wanted to zigzag her way through.

530

:

She's just about to graduate as a teacher.

531

:

Debbie: Mm.

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:

Michellle: matter what path you choose.

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You always going to get there in the end.

534

:

And I think that as parents, we

need to not be so strict on you

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:

must, you must go to university.

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You must do the hardest

math and this and that.

537

:

Do, let them do what finds

them joy, because they'll

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:

still get there in the end.

539

:

They might not go direct,

but they'll get there.

540

:

Like we did, like you did, like

Beck did, like people listening

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:

will be going, yeah, you know, I

think I did zigzag through life.

542

:

Debbie: Yeah.

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:

Bec: And I did.

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:

And I think it doesn't matter.

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:

Debbie: ice skating!

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:

Hahahaha!

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:

Michellle: Yes.

548

:

Bec: yeah, do, yeah, do whatever

brings you joy, because that's when

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:

you're gonna shine the most anyway.

550

:

Debbie: Yeah, yeah.

551

:

Bec: do it.

552

:

Debbie: And Toby does.

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:

Like,

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Bec: everything is figureoutable.

555

:

I, I say like, you don't need

to have a clear path right now,

556

:

just, it'll work itself out.

557

:

Debbie: yeah, yeah, yeah.

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:

And the subjects, he's chosen

like, they're not easy subjects.

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He's doing chemistry and, , computer

science and things like that.

560

:

But he finds them easy in a, like

it's not a constant, he doesn't feel

561

:

like he's, butting his head up against

something or stressed about it.

562

:

Like he finds, it interesting.

563

:

So it's easy for him to learn.

564

:

Michellle: and that's what it's all about

is , finding something that they've,

565

:

that they find the joy in and they

don't lose the joy in doing something,

566

:

Debbie: Yeah.

567

:

Michellle: the subject that they enjoy.

568

:

Yep.

569

:

Debbie: Yeah.

570

:

Yeah.

571

:

Yes.

572

:

Bec: And then if you, um, if, if

a movie was to be made about your

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life, who would you choose to play?

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:

You?

575

:

Yeah.

576

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Debbie: see, you've talked all about

Asha Keddie and I think, oh, no,

577

:

I think, yeah, I'd like Asha.

578

:

Cause do you remember her character

in, uh, in Offspring, how it just had

579

:

that kind of hot messness about it.

580

:

Just that bit of, I think that would,

you know, I think she could maybe.

581

:

Emulate the Deb with a bit of that.

582

:

Yeah.

583

:

Bec: and how she would

always that awkward fumble.

584

:

I'm like, that's so me.

585

:

Like I'm the awkward fumble and

I'm like, she does that so well.

586

:

Hmm.

587

:

Debbie: Yeah.

588

:

Michellle: Deb.

589

:

I love that.

590

:

I love that you chose her, that

you didn't go like, I want to be

591

:

like Nicole Kidman or, you know,

592

:

Debbie: no.

593

:

Michellle: Yeah,

594

:

Debbie: No, too much poise

in Nicole Kidman for me.

595

:

I think I need, I want, I want

a little bit of um, Silly chaos,

596

:

because that's, that's what I'm like.

597

:

Michellle: I love it.

598

:

Bec: What about you, Michelle?

599

:

Who would you pick to play you?

600

:

Debbie: you pick?

601

:

Who

602

:

Michellle: Oh, I don't know, question.

603

:

Let me think on that one.

604

:

Debbie: Who would you

pick to play your husband?

605

:

Who would you pick to play Trav?

606

:

Beck?

607

:

Michellle: probably like a

Colin the, or someone like that.

608

:

You know, like I find him

quite even like Pi Brosnan or

609

:

someone, you know, like strong

610

:

Debbie: they feel quite poisey.

611

:

They feel like they've got

612

:

Michellle: calm.

613

:

I see.

614

:

I, I would choose someone that's

calm 'cause Mike is kind of calm

615

:

and I'm like a little bit, you

know, all over the shop at times,

616

:

Bec: I don't know.

617

:

Debbie: trying to decide.

618

:

Bec: Yeah.

619

:

Michellle: not David Winham.

620

:

Bec: No, not David Whelan.

621

:

No, sorry, David, but

622

:

no.

623

:

Michellle: David.

624

:

Bec: Oh, who would I pick?

625

:

I don't know.

626

:

Michellle: was a good question.

627

:

Debbie would.

628

:

Bec: Yeah.

629

:

Debbie: I mean, you've got to think too.

630

:

You're not playing in the

role opposite that person.

631

:

You're the actress playing

you is opposite that person.

632

:

So it's not like you get to

633

:

Michellle: Have a

634

:

pash.

635

:

Debbie: Have a pass

636

:

Bec: Damn.

637

:

That's where I was going.

638

:

I was trying to like,

639

:

Michellle: Oh, no, I was just

really thinking who I, I'd like,

640

:

you wouldn't want to kiss Colin

for, you know, the one from,

641

:

Bec: No, I know exactly

who you're talking about.

642

:

Nah.

643

:

Nah.

644

:

Nah.

645

:

Michellle: what about Piers Brosnan?

646

:

He's a bit of a spunk.

647

:

No?

648

:

Debbie: I

649

:

Michellle: Hmm.

650

:

Whatever.

651

:

Debbie: Beck.

652

:

Bec: Yeah.

653

:

Yeah.

654

:

They're too old, I think.

655

:

Michellle: we're, we're too

old, Deb, so that's all right.

656

:

Bec: No.

657

:

Well, hang on one second.

658

:

Yeah.

659

:

Yeah.

660

:

I'll be 48 this year, so

I'm not too far behind you.

661

:

Michellle: still got a

little bit to go, love.

662

:

Until you can kick and you can punch.

663

:

It's your 50 and your fabulous stretch.

664

:

Debbie: in

665

:

Bec: Cooper.

666

:

Do you know who I've always had a big

667

:

crush on Bradley Cooper?

668

:

Michellle: he looks like he needs a wash.

669

:

Debbie: some roles.

670

:

In

671

:

some

672

:

Michellle: he looks a bit sweaty.

673

:

Bec: No.

674

:

Debbie: No, he's got nice eyes.

675

:

Look at us.

676

:

Bec: Mmm.

677

:

Debbie: we're fawning.

678

:

Stop it.

679

:

Stop it.

680

:

First guest.

681

:

Who pulled out?

682

:

Bec: While you're with us, Debbie Wood, we

have this little thing that we do for each

683

:

podcast called Best Buys and this week

684

:

Debbie: I love your best buys.

685

:

Bec: we want you to share your best buy.

686

:

Tell us.

687

:

Debbie: Okay.

688

:

All right, I'm going to, but look, I

don't know if I should, but I'm going

689

:

to, and I'll probably regret it later.

690

:

But firstly, I know Michelle,

you've just been to Italy,

691

:

Michellle: Yes, I have.

692

:

Debbie: and so have I.

693

:

Michellle: We were there sort of like

694

:

Debbie: Like, yeah, like I

was gone and you arrived.

695

:

Michellle: within days,

Ships in the night, Yeah.

696

:

Um,

697

:

Debbie: So, while I was in Italy,

My friend that I was traveling with

698

:

introduced me to a thing called pistachio

cream and pistachio cream is like a

699

:

Nutella, but pistachios and it's green.

700

:

It doesn't have any chocolate in it.

701

:

And, we were in Milan and I was in a

department store and we were buying

702

:

some from their fancy food section.

703

:

And this, Lovely Milanese man said to me,

Oh, you need to try a spoonful of that

704

:

in your espresso coffee in the morning.

705

:

and Lucy and I were like, Ooh,

couldn't wait to go to bed that night.

706

:

So we could wake up in the

morning and having this.

707

:

Cause we were always having like

a mocha pot coffee in the mornings

708

:

when, where we were staying.

709

:

And, um, an espresso coffee with a

spoonful of pistachio cream in it is.

710

:

Ridiculous.

711

:

It's the most delicious thing.

712

:

So pistachio cream in

Australia is really expensive.

713

:

It's like for 200 gram jar, it's 20 bucks,

but Costco sell a pistachio cream and

714

:

the brand is called PISTI, which is a bit

715

:

Bec: on.

716

:

I need to write this down.

717

:

I'm going to get in my

notes section of my phone.

718

:

Everyone's going

719

:

Debbie: And, , and it's like

16 bucks, I think for a big

720

:

jar, it's about a 600 gram jar.

721

:

Michellle: Ooh.

722

:

Debbie: Now I don't want to tell you

guys about it because it's apparently

723

:

it's, it's sells out in a

second when I get the stocking.

724

:

And last time I was there, I bought three

jars and I ended up, I got the person

725

:

who made my birthday cake to put layers

of pistachio cream in a white chocolate.

726

:

Mud cake.

727

:

It's pretty fancy.

728

:

Michellle: and they stuff it in Italy,

don't they, with in their croissants.

729

:

Debbie: Oh, it's in croissants,

it's in those cross dollies

730

:

Michellle: cannolis, they had it

731

:

Debbie: I do one that's in

the shape of a it looks like a

732

:

Twisted shell

733

:

Michellle: yeah,

734

:

Debbie: and it's got pistachio cream

in it it's the most ridiculously

735

:

Michellle: bought some in, I bought

some cream in Florence and it was,

736

:

you know, maybe it was a little,

maybe 200 grams and it was expensive.

737

:

It was about 35 euro and

I'm like, Oh yeah, I know.

738

:

And I was like, Oh, stop it.

739

:

I'll just get it.

740

:

And I bought the, truffle infused honey.

741

:

Debbie: Oh.

742

:

Michellle: off, but anyway, I haven't

opened it because I'm, you know,

743

:

going to treat it like liquid gold.

744

:

Debbie: Oh.

745

:

Michellle: Yeah.

746

:

they're like, Oh, she'll, she'll

spend, you know, she'll get

747

:

excited and spend that money.

748

:

Anyway.

749

:

Debbie: 35 Euros?!

750

:

That's like 60 bucks!

751

:

Michellle: bucks.

752

:

Bec: There's an Italian

restaurant in Moonee Ponds and

753

:

they do a pistachio tiramisu.

754

:

Michellle: Ooh.

755

:

Bec: Mm.

756

:

Michellle: Well, I

757

:

Bec: I've shared a video with

me, I think just yesterday,

758

:

yesterday or the day before.

759

:

And he's like, uh, we've got to go here.

760

:

I'm like, mm

761

:

Debbie: Okay,

762

:

well, Mooneypons is right near

me, so I will meet you there.

763

:

Bec: Yeah.

764

:

Michellle: and La

765

:

Debbie: And you might need to put

that in the show notes as well.

766

:

Yeah, La Mana.

767

:

Michellle: got the

pistachio, , taste as well.

768

:

Debbie: Oh,

769

:

Michellle: day, but.

770

:

Yeah, great and creamy and

delicious because I had a sample

771

:

and I'm like, yes, please.

772

:

Debbie: Oh, ooze.

773

:

It's, it's pretty, um,

774

:

pretty nice stuff.

775

:

Yes, yes.

776

:

This

777

:

Michellle: That's a

great Best Buy, Debbie.

778

:

Debbie: my best buy, but I, but

don't everyone go and buy it all

779

:

because it's really expensive.

780

:

Delicious.

781

:

And I,

782

:

Bec: I'm going to hunt it down.

783

:

I need to try this and especially

in a coffee, I'm like, Oh, that

784

:

Michellle: Yeah.

785

:

I didn't know about the coffee.

786

:

Bec: to

787

:

Debbie: coffee with a

spoonful and stir it in there.

788

:

And there'll be some in the bottom

when you finish and it's just,

789

:

Michellle: Mmm.

790

:

Debbie: it will, it'll change your life.

791

:

That one.

792

:

Bec: I'm on it.

793

:

I'm on it.

794

:

Michellle: Same.

795

:

Bec: Well, thank you,

Debbie Wood, for joining us.

796

:

And being our

797

:

Debbie: does.

798

:

It was, um,

799

:

Michellle: No

800

:

Bec: No one,

801

:

Michellle: this feels like our dinner.

802

:

We had a couple of months back,

just sitting around talking.

803

:

So if you want to come to dinner with us,

804

:

Debbie: that needs to happen

again soon, obviously.

805

:

Yes.

806

:

Bec: Well, this summer,

you're not down at the OG.

807

:

A bit

808

:

Debbie: No, it's a

Queensland year this year.

809

:

Yes.

810

:

Yes.

811

:

Yeah.

812

:

But I'm sure I'll see you both soon.

813

:

Michellle: friendly.

814

:

Well, thanks for coming on and

thanks for explaining about what

815

:

you do and just being a, beautiful

person that we love dearly.

816

:

Debbie: thanks

817

:

Bec: One of our favorite humans.

818

:

Debbie: Oh, top five?

819

:

No.

820

:

Top ten?

821

:

Bec: Yeah.

822

:

Yeah.

823

:

We're going to make a list now and

we're going to have it like guests,

824

:

Michellle: Love

825

:

Bec: thank you.

826

:

Thank you.

827

:

Thank you.

828

:

Thanks for tuning in for episode five.

829

:

Can't believe that's already at five.

830

:

Can you

831

:

Debbie: Well done girls.

832

:

Yeah.

833

:

Michellle: much..

834

:

Bec: Stay tuned for

episode six coming soon.

835

:

Michellle: Bye.

836

:

Ciao, ciao.

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