Afterlife Adventures, A Very Picky Cat, and More with Em

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Em: You know we shouldn't have had a situation like Malala where she was gunned (00:00):
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Em: down for fighting for the rights of young girls to have an education, because (00:03):
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Em: young girls should be able to live freely and have an education no matter where (00:08):
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Em: they live, no matter their religion, the color of their skin, whatever. Young girls (00:12):
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Em: should always have those fundamental basic human rights. (00:17):
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Danny: Hi and welcome to Five Random Questions, the show where every question is an adventure. (00:21):
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Danny: I'm your host Danny Brown, and each week I'll be asking my guests five questions created (00:25):
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Danny: by a random question generator. (00:30):
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Danny: The guest has no idea what the questions are, and neither do I, (00:32):
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Danny: which means this could go either way. (00:35):
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Danny: So sit back, relax, and let's dive into this week's episode. (00:37):
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Danny: Today's guest is Em, who's been a podcaster for over five years. (00:41):
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Danny: She's also the creator, producer, and host of the film history podcast Verbal Diorama. (00:45):
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Danny: She's here to celebrate movie moviemaking in all its forms, and is similarly (00:50):
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Danny: passionate about independent podcasting and supporting other indie podcasters and content creators. (00:54):
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Danny: Putting her money where her mouth is, Em is one of the people behind the Independent (01:00):
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Danny: Podcast Awards, which is now in its second year and recognises and supports (01:03):
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Danny: these podcasters who are creating shows from their bedroom, in their spare time, on their own dime. (01:07):
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Danny: So Em, welcome to Five Random Questions. (01:12):
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Em: Hi Danny, it's so lovely to be here, thank you for having me. (01:15):
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Em: I'm a bit nervous about these these questions I'll be honest because I mean (01:18):
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Em: I know a lot about film history but not so much about everything else so let's (01:24):
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Em: see how we get on, but I'm really excited to be here thank you for having me. (01:31):
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Danny: No, you're welcome, and it's funny like normally as you (01:35):
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Danny: just mentioned some of the guests I've had on have said the same (01:38):
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Danny: thing, it's kind of weird because normally you come to a chat show (01:41):
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Danny: like this or an interview podcast like this, and you're kind of pre-prepared (01:44):
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Danny: about what the topics is going to be, and you know you're maybe talking about (01:48):
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Danny: a book, or your podcast, or anything like that. This is completely flipped that (01:50):
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Danny: script, it is completely random so it's it's interesting to see where each conversation (01:54):
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Danny: goes. It's all been very different so far, so I appreciate you putting yourself forward for this yeah. (01:58):
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Em: Do you know what I thought I thought it would be a lot of fun, because like you (02:04):
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Em: say I've not done anything like this before and I mean, I've I've been interviewed (02:07):
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Em: about the podcast before and obviously I've been on lots of other movie podcasts (02:11):
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Em: mostly talking about The Mummy, I'll be honest. (02:15):
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Em: So if there's any Mummy questions, I am down. (02:18):
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Em: But yeah, I thought this would be a really interesting thing to do. (02:23):
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Em: And I love the idea for the podcast. I think it's a really interesting concept. (02:27):
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Em: So and I've listened to a couple episodes and they were really, (02:31):
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Em: really fun. So I'm thinking, I'm thinking this is going to be great. (02:34):
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Danny: Now I'm looking forward to it. Unfortunately, I'm in Canada, (02:38):
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Danny: so I can't enter into the Independent Podcast Awards. (02:41):
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Danny: But speaking of those, how's it going? This is the second year, as I mentioned. (02:44):
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Danny: Obviously, it's a great initiative and the second year looks to be even bigger. (02:48):
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Em: Yeah, I mean, it's pretty incredible, really. I think when you do anything like (02:52):
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Em: that, you do worry, maybe, that maybe it's not going to be so well received in the second year. (02:57):
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Em: But the feedback we got after that first event was really positive. (03:04):
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Em: There was obviously some constructive feedback that we could obviously work (03:08):
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Em: on, you know, with regards to maybe switching some of the categories around and that sort of thing. (03:12):
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Em: And we've actually worked on that this year. we have a (03:18):
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Em: panel um like a board of (03:21):
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Em: independent podcasts and basically all of (03:24):
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Em: the ideas for the independent podcast awards (03:27):
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Em: are basically discussed in a board meeting with the (03:30):
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Em: board being of independent podcasters like (03:33):
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Em: british uh british independent podcasters uh (03:37):
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Em: of all genres all types uh just (03:40):
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Em: basically we get together every couple of months or (03:43):
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Em: so and discuss changes like what (03:45):
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Em: are we you going to do and so a lot of the changes that we've put forward for this (03:48):
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Em: year with regards to categories and stuff like that (03:51):
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Em: that's all basically been discussed with other (03:54):
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Em: independent podcasts so it's not just one or two people making decisions about (03:56):
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Em: the you know the future of the independent podcast awards it's it's a group (04:02):
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Em: of independent podcasts who are all coming together to discuss what's the best (04:05):
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Em: way forward um and we really like that approach just because it feels (04:09):
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Em: like it feels like it was it's you know made by independent podcasts for independent (04:14):
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Em: podcasts in that respect and. (04:19):
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Danny: I think that's what i like about this particular awards i mean obviously there's a (04:21):
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Danny: lot of podcasts and award shows out there um some massive (04:24):
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Danny: ones um some not quite as massive but generally there aren't a lot i don't think (04:27):
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Danny: there's a many to be honest that are geared solely towards the indie podcaster (04:32):
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Danny: and with indie podcasters being the driving force behind it so So it's great (04:36):
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Danny: to see because you have the new podcasters who know how hard it is to make a (04:40):
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Danny: show and they're working to recognise others in that same boat. (04:43):
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Danny: So I love the whole, you know, the whole initiative. And I know our so-called (04:47):
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Danny: friend Mark Asquith, he's involved in it as well. (04:52):
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Danny: So he speaks very highly of the organisation and the fun that goes on behind it. So kudos to that. (04:54):
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Danny: And speaking of independent, we do have five independent questions, (05:00):
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Danny: all independent from each other. (05:05):
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Danny: So I know your students are looking forward to this because you couldn't wait (05:07):
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Danny: to get on and get these questions thrown at you that aren't to do with the mummy in 1997. (05:10):
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Danny: So are we ready to have a look at the random generation and see what pops up? (05:15):
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Em: Go for it. (05:19):
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Danny: All right, let's bring this up here. (05:19):
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Danny: Okay, just a small one to start the questions off there. Question number one. (05:22):
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Danny: Do you think any kind of afterlife exists? (05:29):
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Em: Oof, okay, we're going in with the big guns first. Okay, do I think any kind of afterlife exists? (05:32):
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Em: I would like to think yes. I (05:39):
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Em: would like to think that we have (05:42):
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Em: a finite amount of time on this earth and (05:45):
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Em: what we're whatever we do with that time on this earth is (05:49):
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Em: whatever we do with that time on this earth i guess (05:52):
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Em: i've always kind of been more kind (05:54):
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Em: of spiritual than religious shall we say and i've always believed in spiritual (05:58):
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Em: things not that necessarily i believe in ghosts um i don't know i've had some (06:05):
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Em: weird experiences in the past with regards to maybe feeling presences that (06:11):
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Em: may or may not have been there, like when I was a kid and stuff. (06:18):
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Em: And I don't know, I just always like to think, I like the idea of multiverses, (06:21):
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Em: which I know is quite popular in pop culture right now. (06:26):
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Em: But I like the idea of every decision that we make in life, you. (06:30):
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Em: I like to call it the sliding doors effect, you either board the train, (06:35):
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Em: or you don't board the train. (06:38):
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Em: And whatever happens when you board the train happens. (06:40):
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Em: But also, you didn't board the train and something else (06:42):
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Em: happened because i think a lot of people think what if (06:45):
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Em: in their life and i kind of think that (06:48):
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Em: that maybe goes similarly into like (06:51):
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Em: the idea of afterlife as well in that (06:54):
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Em: once your soul is done here well then (06:57):
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Em: there's a choice of where you go next maybe um and (07:00):
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Em: maybe there are multiple versions of (07:04):
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Em: existence that are beyond this version (07:07):
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Em: of existence but we will never truly know about it because (07:10):
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Em: you have to leave this plane of existence to go (07:13):
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Em: there you know um but i don't know (07:16):
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Em: i i guess i've always liked to think that your (07:19):
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Em: soul is so personal to you (07:23):
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Em: i mean i suppose then you kind of go into well is reincarnation real but i like (07:26):
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Em: to think you know as a person as as an entity as a being i am different to everyone (07:31):
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Em: else on this earth and so my soul you know that that spark within me that makes me me, (07:37):
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Em: I think I'd feel quite sad if that never kind of had an opportunity to be elsewhere. (07:45):
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Em: I would like to think that that would go somewhere else and, (07:51):
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Em: you know, have a really cool life somewhere else. (07:54):
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Em: So I guess fundamentally, I like to think yes, because our time on this earth is so fleeting. (07:57):
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Em: You know, if you think of the history of earth, We're mere specks in the general (08:05):
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Em: kind of, you know, history of Earth and how long this planet's been around and (08:10):
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Em: the creatures on this planet. (08:15):
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Em: So really, humans are nothing. (08:17):
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Em: But I like to think that maybe there's a place we go to once we are done here. (08:20):
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Em: Because, you know what, you live 80, 90, maybe 100 years if you're lucky. (08:27):
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Em: So, yeah, there must be somewhere else. (08:33):
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Danny: I'm hoping, and I say this in the kind, not the kindest way, that's the wrong word. (08:36):
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Danny: I say it in some kind of way. I'm hoping I don't live to 100. (08:42):
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Danny: I i feel um just personally (08:45):
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Danny: i feel that'd be a lot of you know you get (08:48):
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Danny: tired of stuff but i mean that's just me an interesting point you (08:51):
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Danny: you lifted you you raised there um where you're (08:54):
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Danny: on about the the multiverse you know the multiple almost like (08:57):
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Danny: the multiple personas of us that may be (09:00):
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Danny: existing and experiencing different versions of (09:03):
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Danny: the same moment and there's a well-known sort of (09:06):
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Danny: like trope that every person on the (09:09):
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Danny: planet has got a doppelganger somewhere else on the (09:12):
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Danny: planet do you think that might be tying to your your thinking around there's (09:15):
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Danny: someone else that looks exactly like you that acts like you that speaks like (09:20):
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Danny: you living a life somewhere on the other side of the world that's actually a (09:23):
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Danny: second part of you like a spiritual part of you that's doing the opposite of (09:27):
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Danny: what you're doing in your current form (09:32):
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Em: I mean it could be i mean if you take the idea of the (09:34):
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Em: sliding doors theory uh which is a (09:37):
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Em: great movie by the way everything always comes back to movies for me um (09:40):
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Em: and you know the idea that you make a decision and that decision can basically (09:43):
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Em: change the course of your entire life you know basically whether you decide (09:48):
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Em: to board the train or whether you do manage to board the train or not and i've (09:53):
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Em: had many experiences in my life (09:58):
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Em: one of the things that I always come to because I (10:00):
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Em: guess I'm a big believer in fate (10:04):
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Em: and that it ultimately you (10:06):
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Em: always end up where you're supposed to end up but about 20 years ago I was in (10:10):
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Em: quite a bad car accident and it was basically um a driver he he was driving (10:15):
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Em: on the wrong side of the road and he hit me head on so there was nothing I could (10:22):
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Em: do it was him that was at fault. (10:26):
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Em: But I can't remember who said it to me someone I think it (10:30):
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Em: might have been my mum or something saying well you know if if (10:32):
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Em: you'd have only left the house five minutes earlier or five minutes later (10:35):
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Em: that wouldn't have been you you know they would have hit someone else and then (10:38):
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Em: you kind of think well that's absolutely true you know if I'd have left five (10:42):
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Em: minutes earlier or five minutes later that guy could have hit someone else or (10:47):
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Em: he may have ended up in a ditch somewhere and maybe be in another version of that, (10:50):
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Em: I didn't get hit and I carried on my journey and I ended up wherever I ended (10:56):
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Em: up and my life took a completely different path. (11:01):
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Em: I feel like there is a high possibility that there are versions of ourselves (11:04):
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Em: that are out there that maybe. (11:11):
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Em: Maybe I don't know I feel like I'm I feel like I'm talking rubbish now (11:15):
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Em: but but maybe you (11:18):
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Em: know from that event I don't know (11:22):
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Em: I feel like I feel like that has to be you know like people talk about the um (11:24):
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Em: the Mandela effect where things that you remember are not quite how you remember (11:30):
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Em: them and people talk about like different dimensions and like in a different (11:36):
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Em: dimension it's it is what (11:40):
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Em: you think it is but it's like there are like these mirror (11:43):
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Em: dimensions and stuff like that like I mean I think it's all fascinating stuff (11:46):
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Em: I don't think we'll ever truly prove it but I (11:49):
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Em: think there are some fascinating ideas out there (11:52):
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Em: with regards to different universes and (11:55):
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Em: different you know different things that have (11:59):
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Em: happened and it's like it like in Loki like (12:01):
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Em: it causes like a split in in time (12:05):
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Em: and you end up with all of these different like branches kind (12:08):
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Em: of going off like with different versions of different people and (12:11):
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Em: I think it's it's wholly possible to say it's definitely possible to have a (12:15):
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Em: doppelganger I've had people come up to me and say oh I saw you the other day (12:18):
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Em: you were at so-and-so and I'm like no I wasn't and genuinely people have said (12:22):
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Em: that to me and I don't think I've got like I don't think that there are many (12:26):
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Em: people out there who probably do look a lot like me. (12:31):
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Em: But I I suppose I've never met anyone who looks like me so (12:34):
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Em: apart from my sister maybe they saw or my sister but you (12:37):
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Em: know it's just like weird really strange things and (12:40):
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Em: you kind of like add them up in your mind and you're like do you know (12:43):
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Em: what all of these strange things that happen to you when you (12:46):
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Em: do have like spiritual like experiences when you're a kid and like I used I (12:49):
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Em: used to think that I could see my recently deceased grandma on the end of my (12:54):
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Em: bed when I was a kid and maybe maybe I did I don't know but you do kind of I (12:58):
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Em: think it's good to ask questions I think it's good to. (13:05):
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Em: Not necessarily take the world at face value. I think it's good to have curiosity (13:09):
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Em: and an open mind as to what could be out there. (13:14):
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Em: And that goes for things like doppelgangers, that goes for things like multiple (13:20):
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Em: universes. And I think it goes for things like the afterlife as well. (13:24):
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Em: We cannot prove definitively whether it is or it isn't. But I don't think there's (13:27):
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Em: anything wrong with anyone who thinks that it does exist or thinks that it doesn't exist. (13:31):
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Em: Because fundamentally, we're never going to truly know it's it's (13:37):
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Em: not a question that any of us on this on this mortal plane could ever answer (13:40):
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Em: i don't think so it's all theoretical at the end of the day but i think it's (13:45):
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Em: it's it's definitely interesting topic to talk about and i'm really glad this (13:51):
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Em: is the first question actually because this is this is a fascinating question it. (13:55):
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Danny: Can either go up or down from here but yeah we need we need someone to come (13:59):
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Danny: back from the afterlife and say hey it's It's pretty cool over here if you want (14:03):
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Danny: to join us. Maybe not as early as that, but yeah. (14:06):
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Em: That's the thing. I mean, there's the movie Ghost. I mean, he kind of comes (14:08):
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Em: back from the afterlife, but he can only talk to Whoopi Goldberg. (14:12):
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Em: So maybe we need to get Whoopi on the phone and maybe she'll be able to tell us. (14:15):
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Danny: Sounds good. And speaking of next lives, it's time for the next question and (14:20):
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Danny: the life of the next question. (14:25):
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Danny: That was a really poor segue there. I apologise, listeners. My bad. (14:26):
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Danny: So let's have a look. Now that we've got that little easy question out of the way, (14:30):
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Danny: let's look at question number two okay (14:34):
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Danny: interesting m and i i feel you've been a movie buffing and enjoying some of (14:38):
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Danny: the culture around apocalypses maybe this is a really good question i feel question (14:45):
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Danny: number two what product would you seriously stockpile if you found out they (14:50):
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Danny: weren't going to sell it anymore okay (14:54):
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Em: So the first thing that springs to mind i expect most people if they're asked (14:56):
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Em: this question, think about, you know, stuff that during COVID, (15:00):
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Em: you know, when everyone was clamoring for toilet paper and stuff like that, (15:04):
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Em: that would be a good answer. (15:09):
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Em: But the first thing that popped into my mind, genuinely, and I think this tells (15:11):
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Em: all of your listeners, the status of my life right now would probably be cat treats. (15:18):
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Em: Because my cat, Evie, she's named after the lead character in The Mummy, of course. (15:24):
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Em: Evie, she's a beautiful cat and she's the loveliest thing, but she really loves (15:32):
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Em: her treats and if they didn't do these treats anymore. (15:38):
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Em: I don't know what I'd do. Literally, it's like, I feel like she would come for me in the night. (15:43):
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Em: I wouldn't exist anymore if these treats didn't exist. (15:51):
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Em: So if they said that they were stopping, these treats are called Licky Licks. (15:55):
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Em: They're like cat yogurt-y treats. They're in like a little yogurt sachet. (16:00):
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Em: And she has a couple of them every day and she loves them. (16:04):
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Em: And if I want her to do something like take a tablet, it's the only way she'll take a tablet. (16:08):
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Em: It if I want her to come in from outside pretty much the only way she'll come in from outside, (16:12):
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Em: is if she has licky licks so I (16:18):
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Em: don't know what I would do without licky licks so I'm literally I'm going to (16:22):
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Em: be I'm going to beg here to the people who create licky licks I don't I can't (16:26):
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Em: remember who it is I can't remember who the the company is but it's honestly (16:31):
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Em: a lifesaver and I've been (16:36):
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Em: out today to the shops to buy about four or five more boxes of the stuff because (16:39):
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Em: she goes through it like anything so that is what i would seriously stockpile (16:43):
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Em: if i found out they weren't selling licky licks i would have to go out there (16:47):
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Em: and buy as much of it as possible because, (16:51):
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Em: seriously when that runs out her little kitty paws are going to be like embedded (16:53):
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Em: yeah uh i will not survive the night so uh so yeah that that's the first thing (16:58):
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Em: that came into my head so i feel like That's the most honest answer you're going to get. (17:05):
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Danny: I've got to give kudos to that name as well. I can imagine some of the fun that could maybe be had (17:09):
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Danny: If your cat's outside, I don't know if Evie's an outdoor cat or not, (17:15):
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Danny: but if Evie was out in the evening or something and you're shouting out in the (17:19):
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Danny: middle of the night, Evie, come and get some licky licks. (17:22):
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Danny: And the neighbours are thinking, what depravity is going on in that house? That's an amazing name. (17:25):
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Em: I mean, luckily, I think my neighbours question a lot of my choices anyway. (17:32):
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Em: But usually, like she just knows it as treats or nice things. (17:38):
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Em: So I'll say, Evie, do you want some nice things? and she'll know what nice things (17:43):
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Em: are straight away so yeah it would be the licky licks and. (17:46):
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Danny: You mentioned it's a yogurt base and could you like replicate that or is it (17:51):
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Danny: just you think it's just like one of these things that the manufacturer knows the secret ingredient (17:55):
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Em: I mean there are other brands that (17:59):
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Em: do something similar to licky licks but she (18:03):
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Em: she's quite particular like she's (18:06):
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Em: very particular with food she's a very strange cat in the (18:09):
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Em: sense that she like a lot of cats enjoy (18:13):
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Em: eating things like fresh chicken or prawns (18:16):
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Em: or tuna or anything like that but Evie refuses all (18:20):
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Em: of those things she's the weirdest little cat she doesn't (18:23):
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Em: even get high on catnip so she's genuinely the (18:26):
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Em: strangest little cat but she loves these licky licks so (18:29):
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Em: I'm just like right okay we'll we'll go with the licky licks could (18:32):
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Em: i replicate it uh honestly i don't know (18:35):
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Em: because i i expect there's a (18:38):
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Em: lot of e numbers and stuff in it i don't know i (18:41):
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Em: haven't checked the ingredients but it's just yeah it's like a paste like a (18:44):
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Em: yogurty paste made up of probably not real chicken not real salmon or any of (18:48):
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Em: those things but yeah i think i think we're safe because i think i think they're (18:54):
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Em: quite popular I think a lot of cats like it so it's. (18:58):
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Danny: Not going to go away soon I (19:02):
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Em: Think I think we're safe but yeah if if covid part two happens touch wood it (19:03):
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Em: never does but if it does everyone else is going to be going for toilet roll (19:08):
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Em: and I'm going to be going for licky licks so so. (19:11):
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Danny: There you go listeners if you want a nice side hustle get out there and buy (19:14):
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Danny: up all the licky licks right now and sell them on ebay directly to em big big (19:17):
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Danny: profit to be made there yeah all right licky licks it is Let's have a look at question number (19:23):
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Em: Three. (19:29):
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Danny: Em, question three. What makes someone a hero? (19:31):
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Em: Oh, wow. Okay. What makes someone a hero? (19:35):
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Danny: Not buying all the Licky Licks. (19:39):
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Em: No, yeah. Not hogging all the Licky Licks makes someone a hero. (19:41):
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Em: Again, this is a really interesting question because I've grown up pretty much (19:46):
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Em: with superhero cinema and the definition (19:50):
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Em: of a hero and what is a hero and what does it mean to be a hero? (19:53):
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Em: I grew up watching it was (19:57):
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Em: actually X-Men the animated series um and I'm (20:00):
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Em: very I'm a huge fan of of (20:04):
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Em: the X-Men uh the X-Men and my people and the (20:06):
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Em: X-Men have always kind of skirted around what makes someone a hero because you (20:10):
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Em: have all of these different characters who come from different places and many (20:15):
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Em: different things make them heroes or or not in in in different cases I always like. (20:20):
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Em: To think sort of stepping away from superheroes (20:27):
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Em: because surprise surprise they're not real uh i (20:30):
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Em: know it's terrible we all wish that like black (20:33):
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Em: panther and captain america were real but um sadly they're (20:36):
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Em: not but thinking of like real life (20:40):
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Em: and real life heroes i always (20:43):
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Em: kind of go whenever i think of like a hero (20:47):
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Em: to me personally i go to someone like (20:50):
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Em: um malala yusuf sai um she's (20:53):
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Em: someone who i consider a hero just (20:57):
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Em: because she was this young (21:00):
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Em: woman who was so incredibly brave standing up (21:03):
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Em: to the taliban just for the rights for girls to learn uh and to be educated (21:06):
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Em: and to read and sometimes i think you don't need to have you know super strength (21:12):
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Em: and you don't need to have special abilities although it's very cool when they (21:19):
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Em: you do have people who who have super strength and abilities. (21:23):
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Em: People who are you know fighting the (21:28):
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Em: good fight for just basic human rights that's (21:31):
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Em: like they shouldn't have to you know (21:35):
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Em: we shouldn't have had a situation like Malala where she was gunned down for (21:37):
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Em: fighting for the rights of young girls to have an education because young girls (21:42):
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Em: should be able to live freely and have an education no matter where they live (21:46):
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Em: no matter their religion the color of their skin whatever young girls should (21:50):
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Em: always have those fundamental basic human (21:55):
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Em: rights but for her to kind of be (21:57):
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Em: so viciously attacked you know (22:00):
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Em: and and almost die for the for this (22:03):
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Em: cause um and the fact that you know she's she's (22:06):
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Em: such an inspirational person you know (22:10):
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Em: and it's like even now she's still out there kind of (22:13):
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Em: fighting for the rights of (22:16):
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Em: these young girls these young women and obviously. (22:19):
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Em: It's something that i'm quite passionate about out being being a (22:21):
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Em: woman you know women's rights are quite important to (22:25):
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Em: me personally because you know i am one uh so if (22:28):
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Em: it's important to all women it's important to me but i (22:31):
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Em: think it's very easy to put people (22:34):
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Em: on a pedestal and to maybe suggest (22:37):
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Em: that maybe a specific actor or (22:41):
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Em: something is a hero because of whatever they've (22:44):
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Em: done or a musician or and i (22:47):
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Em: feel like if that person is a hero to you then they're (22:50):
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Em: a hero you can't necessarily define a (22:54):
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Em: hero because everyone's version of a hero is going to be different (22:57):
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Em: i'm pretty certain that no one will disagree that malala (23:00):
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Em: isn't a hero because i think everyone will agree that she (23:03):
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Em: is maybe apart from the taliban but who cares what they think um (23:06):
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Em: but i feel like (23:10):
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Em: everyone has a definition inside themselves (23:13):
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Em: as to what it means to be heroic or (23:16):
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Em: what it means to you know to be (23:20):
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Em: that hero and fundamentally I think it (23:23):
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Em: always comes from a place of kindness and it's so (23:26):
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Em: much easier in this world to be mean (23:29):
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Em: it's so much easier to be nasty it's so much easier (23:32):
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Em: to have hatred it's a lot less (23:35):
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Em: easy to be kind and I just (23:38):
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Em: feel like at the the root source of any sort of heroism is always fundamentally. (23:41):
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Em: Kindness and you know truth and honesty and all of that sort of stuff but fundamentally. (23:48):
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Em: I think it's kindness so I think anyone can be a hero if they show kindness, (23:53):
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Em: and empathy uh or i would like to think so anyway do. (24:00):
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Danny: You think that maybe the um the word gets banded about (24:04):
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Danny: a little bit too much now you mentioned obviously malala is a (24:07):
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Danny: clear case of an obvious hero for what she's done it's (24:10):
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Danny: selfless and it's for it's for others as opposed (24:12):
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Danny: to herself obviously she's doing it (24:15):
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Danny: for herself to make sure that others can get the education etc (24:18):
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Danny: but then you look at c on the and i (24:21):
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Danny: don't want to get into politics i that i want to keep that away from the show completely (24:24):
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Danny: but you look at in the u.s obviously they've just had the (24:27):
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Danny: attempted assassination on the former (24:30):
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Danny: president and he's been called a hero because he's got (24:33):
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Danny: a bandage on his ear he's back on the campaign trail um and (24:35):
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Danny: that may be you mentioned that about you know people's perceptions of heroism (24:38):
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Danny: and what makes a hero is you know to the to each other but i feel that's two (24:42):
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Danny: very wide aspects of the hero spectrum if you like so someone is doing a selfless (24:47):
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Danny: act and putting themselves in danger from a cultural and national point of view as As opposed to, (24:52):
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Danny: you know, someone that maybe isn't quite as heroic because they're campaigning. (24:58):
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Danny: I don't know. I had a point with that question. I probably just ran away and (25:04):
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Danny: just rambled there, as is my one. (25:08):
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Danny: But do you feel, I guess, does heroism as a word and aspect of life get thrown (25:10):
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Danny: about a bit too easily now? (25:15):
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Em: Oh, absolutely. You know, I feel like, you know, just as an example, (25:16):
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Em: you know, you get some shopping delivered by the supermarket. (25:21):
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Em: Market and and you know the guy carries it into (25:25):
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Em: your kitchen and you'll say oh thanks you're such a hero you know it's just (25:28):
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Em: sometimes it is a bit of a throwaway thing i mean i i would rather not comment (25:32):
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Em: on the former president um just because of yeah but i i feel like the people who are, (25:39):
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Em: within his within his group you know (25:47):
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Em: within his community of course they're going to (25:50):
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Em: think that he's a hero because that is their idea of (25:52):
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Em: a hero and I think that kind of fundamentally goes (25:56):
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Em: back to what I tried to say earlier (25:59):
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Em: was that I feel like everyone has their own idea of (26:02):
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Em: what a hero is and sometimes you (26:06):
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Em: can idolize people uh and (26:09):
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Em: think that they are a hero um because that (26:12):
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Em: that's what you think and in a (26:15):
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Em: in many ways there's nothing wrong with that you know I know a (26:18):
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Em: lot of Swifties for example think Taylor Swift is a hero and (26:21):
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Em: in many ways she is because I mean I love her music I think she's great but (26:23):
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Em: you know would I put her in the same league as Malala probably not you know (26:28):
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Em: it's arguable that Taylor Swift has done a lot for you know the economy with (26:33):
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Em: her tours and you know I know she gives to a lot of charities and stuff like that. (26:37):
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Em: So in many respects, she is a hero, but it's not really comparable, I think. (26:42):
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Em: And I think that's the point, is that what makes someone a hero is very different (26:47):
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Em: depending on the circumstances that you're talking about. (26:53):
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Em: That's not to say, it's not to discredit any sort of heroism. (26:56):
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Em: You know, the firefighter who rescues a cat from a tree is still a hero. (27:00):
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Em: But it's, again, it's not really comparable to the Malala levels of heroism (27:05):
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Em: that we're talking about. (27:10):
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Em: Out so yeah i think it's it's a very flexible term and i think maybe we do band (27:11):
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Em: it around a little bit too much but i don't necessarily think that's a bad thing (27:16):
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Em: you know a word is just a word you know it's it's the the it's what's behind (27:20):
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Em: that word that's excuse me more important than the word itself and. (27:26):
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Danny: I think to your point about the fireman and the cat if the cat's evie and all (27:30):
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Danny: the little licks are gone i think that fireman is going to be pretty heroic (27:34):
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Danny: to get up that tree so So, I mean, we can give it to the fireman. (27:38):
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Danny: Alrighty, moving on. Let's have a look at question number four. (27:42):
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Danny: What habits are holding you back from success? (27:47):
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Em: Oof, okay. I would say there's a lot of self-doubt when it comes to the things that I do. (27:50):
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Em: And I feel like if I was a little bit more brave sometimes, maybe I would have (28:01):
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Em: a little bit more success. I don't know. (28:07):
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Em: It's really hard to, um, it's really hard to kind of quantify it. (28:09):
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Em: And because you never know what's going to happen. You never know what's around the corner. (28:15):
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Em: Like if you'd have asked me a few years ago, do you think you'd be involved (28:19):
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Em: with YNOW doing the independent podcast awards? (28:23):
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Em: I'd be like, no, no, that's not possible. (28:26):
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Em: So, you know, sometimes it is a little bit of dumb luck, I think, shall we say. (28:29):
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Em: I sometimes have crippling self-doubt and it stops me from doing a lot. (28:36):
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Em: It stops me from, I don't know, maybe applying for a job, for example, (28:41):
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Em: because I will look at the requirements and like maybe I'll have like 75% of (28:47):
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Em: the requirements or something and I'll just go, yeah, they're not going to say (28:54):
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Em: yes. So there's no point, you know. (28:58):
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Em: Whereas I feel like if I had a bit more kind of self-confidence. (29:01):
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Em: I might just go, well I'll just apply and if (29:05):
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Em: they say no they say no but at least I've given (29:07):
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Em: it a go just that fear of rejection I (29:10):
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Em: think is always there so I would (29:14):
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Em: like to think I mean I would I would like to think that (29:17):
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Em: I'm reasonably successful in the (29:20):
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Em: field that I'm currently in just from the point (29:23):
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Em: of view of not not really kind of monetarily successful or (29:26):
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Em: you know popularity successful but sort (29:29):
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Em: of in the the indie podcast community I like (29:33):
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Em: to think that I'm quite well liked and quite well respected um (29:36):
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Em: and you know because I'm a nice person um and people (29:40):
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Em: ask me to come on their podcast so uh you know (29:43):
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Em: clearly clearly people do value me so but just (29:46):
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Em: from like a sort of professional point of (29:50):
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Em: view there is a lot of of me holding (29:53):
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Em: myself back because I think I'm worried (29:56):
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Em: about rejection and I'm worried that I'm not good enough (30:00):
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Em: I'm not smart enough you know that that sort (30:03):
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Em: of thing and I do think that generally kind (30:06):
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Em: of is holding me back from success in a way because I (30:09):
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Em: feel like if I could take those steps then (30:13):
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Em: maybe so many avenues would open up to me (30:16):
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Em: but because I'm so worried of oh I don't quite I don't have this qualification (30:18):
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Em: oh I don't quite have that that much experience that that they're the I'm I (30:24):
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Em: don't meet the criteria and therefore if I don't meet the criteria 100% that. (30:30):
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Em: There's no point me even trying. (30:35):
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Em: Um so yeah I think I think (30:37):
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Em: I hold myself back quite a lot and it's (30:40):
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Em: something that I'm getting better at but it's like taking a (30:43):
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Em: while to get better at it because it's (30:46):
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Em: it's always difficult when you you do get you know knocked back because I mean (30:49):
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Em: I have been you know I've you know had like interviews for jobs that I've really (30:54):
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Em: really wanted and gone oh yeah you know I'm I feel like I'm almost there with (30:58):
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Em: this and it's like it's not you know it's not for me at the end of the day and (31:02):
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Em: And it's and it's disappointing, (31:06):
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Em: you know, but I feel like my habit of putting myself down and me telling myself you're not good enough. (31:08):
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Em: There are loads of people who are better than you. You know, (31:18):
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Em: there's no way that they'll give you a chance. Kind of, you know, (31:21):
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Em: that kind of goes around my head a lot. (31:23):
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Em: And I think that definitely holds me back in many ways. (31:25):
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Em: The podcast is kind of its own beast. (31:28):
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Em: So I feel fairly confident in what I'm doing with that. (31:31):
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Em: But even then like I feel like if (31:35):
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Em: only I had a bit more time to do that that would (31:38):
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Em: be that maybe that would be a bit more successful (31:41):
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Em: but I'm very time limited on the podcast (31:44):
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Em: so uh time is something that you (31:47):
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Em: you can't really get it's very difficult (31:50):
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Em: to get time but yeah definitely sort of from me in a kind of a personal professional (31:53):
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Em: capacity I definitely think my my habits of my kind of self-deprecation and (31:58):
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Em: my self-confidence and my self-esteem definitely hold me back this is a very deep question. (32:04):
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Danny: Well it's interesting because you mentioned also that that becomes (32:11):
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Danny: habitual i mean it starts off as a mental block or maybe (32:14):
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Danny: an emotional block um but then because of that it (32:18):
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Danny: turns into a habit almost you're almost expectant to (32:20):
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Danny: you know not be successful for a job interview (32:24):
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Danny: or or a date or anything like that (32:27):
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Danny: you know we've had maybe struggles there and i'm curious (32:30):
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Danny: is it an option so it becomes a (32:33):
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Danny: habit to not be successful with something but to (32:36):
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Danny: counter that you mentioned obviously verbal diorama you know (32:39):
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Danny: the way people perceive you and respect you (32:42):
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Danny: do you make notes as an individual to get over there the parts that you aren't (32:46):
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Danny: succeeding and becoming habits do you make notes of all the successes you are (32:52):
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Danny: having to counter that so now you say okay you know what I am successful as (32:55):
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Danny: you mentioned with the podcast and your approach to the indie podcast Cast Awards, et cetera. (32:59):
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Danny: And gradually that list will become bigger than the non-successful list and (33:03):
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Danny: then then you've won basically (33:08):
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Em: Do you know what i've never actually thought of doing that before so (33:10):
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Em: i might give that a go and see if that helps (33:13):
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Em: me get over my yeah because i think it (33:17):
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Em: is it is it all stems from anxiety and me. (33:20):
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Em: My relationship with anxiety is very complicated (33:23):
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Em: but anxiety fuels a (33:27):
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Em: lot of what what I do um but it also fuels (33:30):
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Em: it in a bad way because I have a tendency to overwork (33:34):
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Em: and I have a tendency to over schedule myself and that (33:37):
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Em: just does not help anyone so I (33:41):
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Em: I'll definitely give that a go I'll write out (33:45):
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Em: a list and I'll I'll see if that helps because (33:48):
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Em: I feel like you have to fully acknowledge your (33:51):
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Em: flaws in order to at least attempt to (33:55):
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Em: be better you know a better a human being because there (33:58):
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Em: are no perfect human beings in the world not even (34:01):
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Em: keanu reeves even though you know he's very almost he's pretty (34:04):
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Em: perfect he's pretty perfect isn't he um but (34:07):
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Em: you know i i feel like there (34:11):
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Em: there's gonna always be an excuse (34:15):
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Em: to hold you back and it's it is (34:18):
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Em: just taking that leap of faith (34:21):
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Em: that's uh that's a line from a great movie called spider-man (34:23):
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Em: into the spider-verse it's just a leap miles a leap of faith and that (34:27):
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Em: scene just blows my mind all the time because it's beautiful but it's (34:30):
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Em: true um sometimes you do have to take that leap of faith and it's you've just (34:33):
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Em: got to get to that point where you're at the edge and you're ready to to do (34:38):
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Em: it and it's for me it's getting to the edge you know it's it's that idea of (34:42):
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Em: actually walking to the edge and and then taking the leap yeah all. (34:46):
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Danny: Righty well speaking of leap of faith we're almost at the end we just have that (34:50):
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Danny: one more leap to take okay so you're ready for this final question yep (34:55):
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Em: Let's do it let's. (34:58):
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Danny: See what we got (35:00):
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Danny: Interesting. I feel this maybe is a follow-on from the last one, (35:01):
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Danny: but let's see. Okay. Question number five, Em. (35:04):
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Danny: What is the most difficult challenge thus far in your life? (35:07):
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Em: Wow. These questions are really super personal. (35:12):
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Danny: I told you this was going to be an easy episode. (35:18):
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Em: I feel like this is a therapy session. the most (35:21):
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Em: difficult challenge okay so the most (35:25):
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Em: difficult challenge actually ended up (35:29):
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Em: bearing amazing fruit so the (35:33):
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Em: most difficult challenge that I have been through personally in my (35:37):
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Em: life because you know we've all been through difficult things but (35:40):
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Em: the most difficult for me was uh going going (35:43):
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Em: through a divorce and the stuff (35:47):
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Em: that came before the divorce because let's just say my ex-husband did a bad (35:50):
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Em: thing and I found out about that from the person that he did the bad thing with (35:55):
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Em: so uh so yeah it was going through all of that it was going through obviously the separation. (36:02):
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Em: During a time when my anxiety was basically (36:09):
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Em: peaking off the scales as well but going (36:13):
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Em: through all of that is basically how verbal diorama actually came to be because (36:17):
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Em: I needed something to focus on that wasn't all of that because my brain was (36:23):
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Em: so there was so much going on in my brain because anyone who's been through (36:28):
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Em: relationship troubles relationship trauma trauma, separation, (36:33):
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Em: divorce, all of that sort of stuff, then you know it's a very kind of emotionally fragile time. (36:38):
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Em: So you're very emotionally fragile. (36:44):
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Em: You feel like your world has basically just crumbled around you and you have (36:48):
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Em: no control over anything. (36:54):
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Em: And that's basically how I found myself in that I felt like I had no control. (36:55):
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Em: Because obviously, he had been off (37:00):
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Em: doing his own thing uh and (37:04):
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Em: and um I (37:07):
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Em: had no control like zero control over anything (37:12):
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Em: uh and the idea to obviously um separate and to get divorced was fundamentally (37:15):
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Em: his idea because he was done so I I feel like when you go through something (37:21):
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Em: like that and you have zero control the The first thing that I wanted to do (37:28):
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Em: was I wanted a semblance of control. (37:32):
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Em: And verbal diorama was that control. And so while it was probably the worst (37:35):
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Em: thing that's ever happened to me in my life, and I would never wish it upon anyone in the world. (37:41):
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Em: And I know people have gone through worse, and I'm not suggesting that it's the worst thing ever. (37:46):
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Em: People have gone through worse. However, it's a very humbling experience to (37:50):
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Em: go through, uh especially when you realize that the person who you thought that (37:57):
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Em: they were is not that person. (38:02):
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Em: I will say that he going through the separation and the divorce, (38:05):
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Em: like he genuinely was, you know, a great person. He wasn't awful about it. (38:10):
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Em: He was as supportive as he could be to me during my depression and anxiety and (38:16):
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Em: all of that sort of stuff. (38:22):
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Em: And I give him thanks for that because he could have walked away and he didn't. (38:23):
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Em: But verbal diorama basically came from all of that. (38:28):
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Em: So in many ways it's actually (38:32):
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Em: a good thing it's actually you turn (38:35):
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Em: a negative into a positive and it's and it's become (38:38):
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Em: this uh this amazing thing that's (38:41):
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Em: just this huge part of my life and had (38:45):
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Em: i not gone all had i not gone through all of that then i wouldn't have all of (38:48):
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Em: this and i wouldn't be here now talking to you danny because it was going through (38:53):
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Em: that that kind of spurred all of of this to happen so while it was a pretty (38:59):
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Em: horrible thing to go through I always kind of say well, (39:04):
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Em: look at what it gave me it kind of pushed (39:09):
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Em: me into this this podcasting arena that (39:12):
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Em: I dabbled in before this verbal diorama is not my first podcast rodeo I dabbled (39:15):
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Em: in it before and I enjoyed it but I kind of struggled to keep it going and with (39:21):
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Em: all of this and everything going on I was like no I'm I'm focused now because (39:26):
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Em: once I'm hyper-focused, I am focused. (39:30):
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Em: So it's hyper-focused. Yeah, let's get this done. (39:33):
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Em: Then my granddad died. So then it was like, oh, okay, now my granddad's passed away. (39:37):
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Em: And it was basically a culmination of all of that, plus my granddad passing away. (39:44):
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Em: I went to visit my granddad as he was lying in the funeral home. (39:49):
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Em: And I said to my granddad, granddad, I'm going to do this podcast. And that's what I did. (39:53):
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Em: Yeah it was it was pretty awful but i feel like i feel like something good came out of it in the end. (40:00):
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Danny: And it's it's almost like full circle we started (40:05):
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Danny: this episode talking about spirituality and afterlife (40:08):
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Danny: etc and the slight you mentioned a slide indoors (40:12):
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Danny: effect and that's a perfect example of (40:14):
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Danny: it there had that awful experience not happened (40:18):
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Danny: all the good things you're experiencing now and all the you (40:21):
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Danny: know the the cool stuff that you're doing now with your creative life as well (40:24):
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Danny: as your personal it would never or it may have happened but not to the level (40:28):
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Danny: it is or not in a way it has so it's like you see we nobody likes to go through (40:32):
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Danny: horrible examples of life but sometimes we have to go through that horrible (40:36):
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Danny: stuff to really appreciate the good stuff that comes afterwards i feel (40:40):
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Em: Absolutely no one knows what would have happened no one knows what's happened (40:44):
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Em: to that other version of Em who's still married, maybe. No one knows. (40:48):
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Em: I hope that she is happy, but I mean, chances are he might have still done that. I don't know. (40:53):
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Em: But that's his sliding doors thing, his choice. (41:01):
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Em: And he took his choice. But fundamentally, I feel like I did okay out of it. So yeah. (41:06):
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Em: It's like life hands you, what life hands you, you know, if life hands you lemons, make lemonade. (41:18):
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Danny: Or tequila. (41:26):
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Em: Or, yeah, or, you know, put them in an alcoholic beverage and get completely drunk. (41:28):
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Em: But I feel like we, like I said at the start, we have a finite amount of time on this earth. (41:33):
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Em: I like to think that there is something beyond, but for the time that I am on (41:39):
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Em: this earth, I want to be the best person that I can be. (41:44):
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Em: Not necessarily a hero because I don't think I qualify but just be good and (41:47):
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Em: kind and honest and have empathy for people and podcast because why not. (41:54):
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Danny: Why not indeed well um I've (42:01):
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Danny: really enjoyed this chat and I appreciate you being so (42:04):
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Danny: open and transparent with your your answers (42:07):
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Danny: I know some of we got real into the weeds there so i (42:11):
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Danny: appreciate that in fairness in every episode i do throw the gauntlet or the (42:13):
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Danny: gavel the judge's gavel if you like over to my guest because i've put you on (42:19):
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Danny: the spot for the last 30 40 minutes or so it's only fair that you get to do (42:23):
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Danny: that to me so am this is where you can throw your random question back at me okay (42:27):
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Em: So this was the first question that came to mind so on verbal diorama uh i do (42:32):
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Em: something called the obligatory kiani reference Now, (42:39):
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Em: I've already mentioned Keanu Reeves because he is the best of men and I feel (42:40):
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Em: like he always deserves at least one mention at all times. (42:44):
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Em: But my question to you, Danny, what is the best movie starring Keanu Reeves? (42:48):
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Danny: Oh, man. I mean, I guess the obvious would be his big blockbusters, (42:56):
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Danny: which is obviously, you know, The Matrix and all such. (43:01):
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Danny: Such um for me personally so i i love the john wick series um i don't think (43:04):
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Danny: that's my favorite i love the john wick series um it's amazing but i think my (43:11):
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Danny: favorite movie of his now is it best or favorite because they're two different things right let (43:17):
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Em: I'll tell you what let's amend the question what's the best and what's your (43:23):
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Em: favorite let's let's amend the question. (43:27):
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Danny: So for the best, I'm going to go with Matrix 1. For the best for me, anyway. (43:30):
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Danny: It didn't, because Keanu Reeves, and I think he'll be one of the first to say (43:36):
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Danny: he's not the most gifted of actors when it comes to, you know, (43:39):
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Danny: the gravita, but he does his roles well. (43:42):
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Danny: He knows what he's capable of, and he does his roles well. And I thought the (43:45):
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Danny: Matrix was a perfect, you know, vehicle for him from an action point of view (43:49):
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Danny: and from a whole, you know, character point of view. (43:53):
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Danny: Same with John Wick. I thought John Wick was amazing for Keanu Reeves. (43:58):
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Danny: My favourite, though, is Point Break. Oh, good choice. Johnny Utah. (44:01):
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Danny: Good choice. I just, I mean, when that came out, I believe I would be in my (44:07):
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Danny: 20s, I think, when that came out. (44:13):
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Danny: And it was just, there was something about it at that time when it came out (44:17):
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Danny: and where I was in life at that time. (44:21):
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Danny: Johnny Utah, Patrick Swayze's character, the whole, you know, (44:23):
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Danny: the bromance between these two, the scenery, the surfing, the whole, the heist. (44:27):
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Danny: It was just perfection. And I watched the, there was a remake of Point Break (44:32):
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Danny: recently, if I recall. And I watched that. (44:37):
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Danny: It was okay, but it wasn't Point Break. (44:39):
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Danny: So I'm going to go with, yeah, it's a split between The Matrix and John Wick (44:43):
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Danny: for best, but favourite would be Point Break. (44:48):
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Em: I mean, they're all good choices, to be fair. uh I (44:52):
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Em: would have accepted literally any any movie because (44:55):
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Em: I I agree with you um a lot (44:59):
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Em: of people say that he's a bad actor I don't think he is I (45:02):
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Em: think he's a wise actor because I feel like he does choose his (45:05):
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Em: roles very carefully and the only time he has kind of gone outside that is when (45:08):
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Em: he was kind of earlier in his career and he was trying different things like (45:14):
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Em: he did a lot of Shakespeare and stuff like that because he loved Shakespeare (45:17):
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Em: so you know he did Much Ado About Nothing which he's great in, (45:21):
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Em: by the way, and really, really hot. (45:25):
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Em: But, you know, and people often point to Dracula. (45:26):
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Em: Um as being the low point but it's an (45:30):
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Em: outstanding movie it's a really good movie (45:33):
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Em: and his performance doesn't take (45:36):
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Em: anything away from the fact that's a great movie so I think (45:39):
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Em: now he knows he knows what he can do (45:42):
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Em: and the whole John Wick series I mean (45:45):
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Em: they are incredible movies um I love (45:48):
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Em: movies like that I feel like they are so stylish and (45:51):
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Em: so well shot and the choreography is great (45:55):
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Em: yeah and and he works to his strengths and (45:58):
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Em: you know good for him I say because and obviously (46:01):
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Em: he's a very attractive man I mean I don't think (46:05):
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Em: there's anyone on this on this (46:07):
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Em: earthly plane that we're currently on maybe (46:11):
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Em: in the spiritual planes as well who wouldn't who (46:14):
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Em: would deny Keanu Reeves because he's good looking man and he's a good kind man (46:17):
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Em: so I think many will look up to him as a hero row for his various charity work (46:23):
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Em: and stuff that he's done in the past um just kind of linking it back to all (46:27):
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Em: the other questions there but yeah those are great choices and. (46:31):
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Danny: Speaking of kind and known media em where can people find you and check out (46:35):
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Danny: your podcast obviously and get to know the cool stuff that you do in the independent (46:41):
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Danny: podcast awards if they want to be involved in that if they're in the uk for (46:44):
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Danny: example where can everyone find you (46:47):
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Em: Well so first of all i just wanted to So huge thank you for having me, (46:49):
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Em: Danny. It's been so much fun. A little bit deep, but a lot of fun. (46:53):
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Em: And if anyone is interested in finding out more about Verbal Diorama, (46:57):
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Em: then, well, you can find me on any podcast app that you found this podcast on. (47:02):
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Em: Just search Verbal Diorama. (47:06):
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Em: There's over 260 episodes now. And it is a film history podcast. (47:08):
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Em: So I like to talk about the history and legacy of movies you know and movies you don't. (47:13):
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Em: And it's a lot of fun. I'm a huge movie nerd just generally, (47:17):
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Em: but I love film history and I love the stories behind the scenes and I, (47:21):
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Em: Yeah, every week. It's full on research every week. (47:27):
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Em: So it takes me a long time to put these episodes together. But it's so much (47:30):
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Em: fun to do. And I learn something every week. (47:34):
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Em: So if I learn something every week, then I'm hoping that the people who listen (47:37):
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Em: are learning something every week as well. (47:42):
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Em: Find me on podcast apps. My website is verbal diorama.com. (47:44):
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Em: And I'm all over social media, at Verbal Diorama, whether that's Twitter, (47:48):
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Em: Instagram, Facebook, Blue Sky, Letterboxd, whatever. (47:54):
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Em: I'm all just always at Verbal Diorama. And people can feel free to get in touch (47:59):
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Em: with me and talk to me about movies because that is the bread and butter. (48:04):
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Em: And that's what I love to do. So yeah. And just on the Independent Podcast Awards, (48:08):
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Em: submissions are closed for this year now. (48:12):
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Em: We're actually in the process of judging the submissions that we currently have. (48:15):
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Em: Have however I think the chances are (48:19):
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Em: fairly good that we'll probably come back for a year three I can't (48:22):
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Em: confirm that at this stage but I think I think we're probably (48:25):
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Em: looking quite good but yeah we're going through judging at the minute and the (48:28):
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Em: ceremony itself is in October so uh yeah fingers crossed for all of those uh (48:33):
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Em: amazing podcasts and uh I think nominations I think are going to be (48:39):
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Em: announced in september after judging so yeah i guess if you are a british or (48:45):
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Em: irish independent podcast and you're interested then keep an eye on social medias (48:52):
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Em: and stuff like that and i'm sure it will be announced as soon as possible uh (48:56):
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Em: if and when year three is taking place awesome. (49:01):
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Danny: And i'll be sure to leave all these links in the show notes so whatever app (49:03):
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Danny: you're listening on or if you're listening to this online on the website be (49:07):
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Danny: sure to check the show notes afterwards and all the links will be there. (49:10):
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Danny: So again, I appreciate you. (49:12):
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Em: Thank you, Danny. (49:14):
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Danny: Thanks for listening to 5 Random Questions. If you enjoyed this week's episode, (49:16):
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