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today at oh

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hello

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under welcome to the first few episodes

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, were really think the celebrate the

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amelia amelia year

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anniversary of you can

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hear that i'm not in the soundproof

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horn cut off from under which i which

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records even first today i'm

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on the i'm metro the

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breezes about five

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years ago this is where

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i spent the is of

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my time with

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come to paris and

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talk to get was as of

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business english which might sound

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head and seat let me assure

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you it really wasn't i was on

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sale for zero hours contracts paid

1:52

minimum wage and spent most of my time

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on the metro zigzagging across

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and city from one or two accounts and

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i even thousand meeting to learn

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english for the next

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home these many underground derby recruitment

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outnumbering kuwait and in this is

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he in the city in the spoke

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about

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topic wondering

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about all the different decisions in my mind's

2:22

the things that maybe i would

2:24

do differently if i could stop

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a company exists

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said

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have had such a service

2:38

i need to do i get out

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now to same metro's

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on moments

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so i'm on my way to surmount

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they pay i'm with you one of the places

2:56

where i used to teach or in an office

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just opposite a grand cafe cold

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lead to my goal but

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, continue the story from leader

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muggle the next time for now

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we've

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an anniversary episodes

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you gave all access really

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raining

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over the put com for an episode

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and come up with

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company her everything you hear is

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created

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by julia mores or was and

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allen bargain enjoy

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hi using

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the amelia projects i

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probably should plan what i'm going to say before he

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preferred

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they've tried again

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horton

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hello please stop on

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youtube he said

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hi you've reached the amelia project

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assessed , you have this number means you know

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who we are and what we do if

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you're interested we're

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the right

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on

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a regular way i can just at it this

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thing so i don't know like start over successful

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you've reached the emilio

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project if you have this

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number you know who we are unlikely

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to

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thank you so much for coming in janet

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your story was absolutely riveting

5:27

i look forward to your disappearance

5:29

the loo

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what a day

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what every day you get to me to real life holy

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shit to you how did you get in here

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others headphones is

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that a microphone are you recording

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this moyes

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are you

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talking to me have you been sitting there

5:50

all this time you can see

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me these interviews or private

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to know nobody is allowed to

5:57

record these sessions apart from amelia employees

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what's going on turn around so

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i can see your face turn around

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why would a fully since you you

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as i mean you you hear you you real

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what are you talking about of course i'm

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real right

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oh okay and turn

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that thing off to atone

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what of

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the microphone know the

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lamp to your list them and

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it's a little bright and here and i prefer to set

6:27

the mood a little differently of

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course the microphone you nincompoop

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turn it off

6:34

yeah yeah okay okay sure

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know who are you and

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what are you doing in my office

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speak up i can't hear you are

6:53

you trying to be funny look

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i don't know what game you're playing but i suggest

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you stop mouthy once

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your microphone back on

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now say something

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something

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interesting

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this is nuts i'd

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like to perform a little experiment if

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you don't mind best no

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oh no oh no ahead brief this for

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me would you the khumbu

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just start anywhere and don't stop reading

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until i say stop well i

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mean i i don't really speak french

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but i can try you

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, i used to a little and

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i dip into it from time to time but all

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right never mind i'm

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here we are this john

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locke

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open it had any pace and begin reading

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okay only do

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you ninety four

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the

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no my guess thank you

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i am and whosoever

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the mind perceives in itself

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dot or understand the

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power to produce any idea and our

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mind i thank you that's enough

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of doom most

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peculiar you

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can say that again who

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are you you don't

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know should i and

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i dunno maybe not at

8:38

i don't know how this works how

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what works this

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being here with you mean though

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, it's quite simple really

8:48

you tell me your story and i decide

8:50

another client you're not

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no

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the who are you than what ,

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going on here here

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i'm unless and i must be overworked be

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the i'm exhausted said that that's it i

9:05

just need to get some sleep you've been having

9:07

difficulty sleeping but no no

9:10

no difficulty said difficulty

9:12

just don't get enough of it a have you tried

9:14

palmer napping i swear by

9:16

it nominating yeah i've tried

9:19

that puts to be honest i find it

9:21

easier to work through him wait until nighttime

9:23

to sleep a bit of a workhorse

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i you and yeah

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sometimes i mean it depends

9:30

on what i have on

9:32

like to keep busy

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yeah actually i do and

9:37

i mean sometimes mean sometimes like i'm chasing my tail

9:39

a little but i prefer to be

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busy yeah not

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much fun to be around and i'm bored truth

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be told if i know exactly what

9:48

you mean boredom is

9:50

the root of all evil

9:52

you know who said that you got

9:55

i know here

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the know

10:03

alright just

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you're looking at me rather funny the

10:09

story is it's just this has to be

10:11

a dream why robots

10:13

the other explanation for what for

10:16

this you this conversation

10:18

you don't think you should be you well

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know i mean i mean at should

10:23

definitely be here i mean if you're

10:25

here i'm here rights i mean obviously

10:28

okay and yet being

10:30

here is causing you noticeable distress

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yet talking to you is causing

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me considerable distress i'm sorry

10:38

but did you come to see me yeah

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i guess but but i i didn't mean

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to i mean it was an accident

10:45

said accident mistake if you believe in

10:47

that kind of thing mistakes

10:50

do you know funny people come

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to my office yes i do

10:57

well then you obviously have a story

10:59

to tell otherwise you wouldn't

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be here

11:02

would you

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so you're

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here now so

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the only your story come

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on this is ridiculous

11:17

forces this can't be happening

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i'm it as it did pippin moist i write

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this so what isn't

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never mind and you

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know

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sooner or later you're going to have to tell me

11:28

who you are the boy

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a i'm i'm not

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entirely sure it's it's difficult

11:36

to put my finger on but something about you was more

11:38

than vaguely familiar you

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don't say something in your mannerisms

11:44

the tune of your voice

11:47

are you an actor

11:49

i swear i've seen you somewhere before your

11:55

and yeah yes i'm an

11:57

actor oh i knew i'd

11:59

seen your face

11:59

oh heard your voice at least

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i mean

12:03

little fuzzy but yes

12:06

i know you from sunday

12:08

what did you say your name was

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the

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then want

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bergen

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nope nope nope that's not ringing

12:18

any bells have completed

12:20

the national

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no unfortunately

12:24

the old vic young vic i'm

12:26

afraid know but you played summer

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in london

12:29

the i played in the barbican

12:31

really what show

12:33

there's a production of peer gynt ibsen

12:36

i love ibsen

12:37

me too where you peer

12:39

no i was in the ensemble

12:41

playing multiple parts there

12:44

was a brilliant production the it was a coup

12:46

production between the dundee rent theater and the national

12:48

theatre of scotland what year whose

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hands that would have been two

12:53

thousand two thousand i think yep

12:56

no i didn't see that one

12:59

what else do you do i do a bit

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assume

13:02

than a little bit of television around

13:05

, theater company in vienna with some friendly

13:07

don't watch much film or television

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and the last time i was in vienna i

13:12

don't think you would have been around so

13:15

it can't be that

13:19

what else do you do podcasts

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oh that must be it yes

13:25

, do listen to the old podcast known

13:27

then i find them wonderful

13:29

for alleviating boredom that

13:31

they are podcasts

13:35

do you do oh well

13:39

i'm locking on

13:41

the secret of st kilda don't know that

13:44

check it out

13:45

right over

13:48

what else then there's

13:50

the podcast that brought me into

13:52

the world of podcasting in the first place

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though

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yeah

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the five year anniversary actually grant

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relations thank you has it been

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successful hugely successful

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i mean in my opinion anyway i

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never thought when we first started doing it that it grew

14:10

into what it has done

14:12

though it's been well received yes

14:15

and to what to do you have success

14:17

oh great

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writing great team

14:22

everything video i mean it's

14:25

, so much fun to do and

14:27

i think that everyone working everyone it really loves

14:29

it and has fun doing it i

14:33

suppose anything that you pull yourself

14:36

and to complete the is going to become successful

14:38

i couldn't agree more the

14:40

end you mentioned the writing do

14:43

you write it yourself no i

14:45

mean everything one or two small

14:48

bits of bonus material but i'm

14:50

not one of the writers the

14:53

convoy stand do that

14:54

that it

14:57

at the same to you mentioned earlier and

15:01

did i am not sure

15:04

so

15:07

am who me

15:10

the about your role in this podcast

15:14

who do you play well

15:16

i play the m

15:20

a will use a he's

15:23

a collector

15:24

what oh stories

15:28

the

15:30

i see

15:33

and you enjoy

15:35

playing this character i loved

15:38

the he really is a wonderful character doubly

15:40

though

15:41

well first

15:44

of all the simple act of playing

15:46

the same character for five years means that

15:48

i've got to know him so well i

15:50

put him on so to speak

15:52

almost every day so he's

15:55

always with me the

15:57

be nice it is and

15:59

how has your relationship grown over the

16:02

last five years with the and the

16:05

character the

16:07

character

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his

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though i'm

16:12

well he's really become

16:14

a part of me i

16:16

mean i remember the beginning we

16:18

didn't really know what he should sound like so

16:21

we tested out a bunch of different voices

16:23

and characters that

16:25

if i'm being honest i kind of

16:27

had his voice in my head from the moment i read

16:29

the first episode the trying

16:31

out was more to

16:34

why things out really

16:36

that voice i had in my head ended

16:38

up being the one we all went for so it

16:41

is kind of lakes he

16:43

chose his own voice really that

16:47

i find a lot with characters to be honest

16:49

that the voice kind of comes up

16:51

off the page

16:53

and skill to have as an actor

16:55

yeah

16:56

i guess it is and did his

16:58

voice change over the years earlier

17:01

the i actually wish sometimes that i could go back

17:03

and redo his voice and some of the earlier episodes

17:06

you know when i listen to them bank it it's still

17:09

him but compared to the rain

17:11

she has no he's definitely

17:13

evolved from those first episodes

17:15

with

17:16

totally natural i suppose

17:19

so you knew from the first episode

17:22

that you wanted to play him

17:23

i remember being given the first three episodes

17:26

to reads and you know i'm usually

17:28

quite a reserved reader but

17:30

by about page three of his laughing

17:32

out loud it's a comedy

17:36

well see someone was definitely a comedy

17:38

and comedy is still a huge part of the show

17:42

but , also delved into some more

17:44

gritty stuff somewhere serious

17:46

stuff and some of it has

17:48

been really tender and sentimental but

17:50

in a good way

17:52

and the character you play is

17:54

he funny he's hilarious i

17:57

found him hilarious from page one of

17:59

the first step i [unk]

18:01

and he still makes you love

18:04

all the time that's nice

18:08

this year the

18:10

of ridiculous character

18:12

well

18:13

he's definitely ridiculous

18:16

a lot of the time but

18:18

he's also very genuine at times

18:21

he knows how to talk to people

18:24

and how to get them to open up no

18:27

you're kind of guy you feel you could tell just

18:30

about anything to and he wouldn't judge you the

18:33

more i get to know him the

18:36

more i fall in love with him

18:38

the has a big

18:41

when he's a lucky character

18:44

the have an actor portraying him who think so

18:46

highly of him and the lucky

18:48

one

18:50

paying him is probably the most rewarding

18:52

part have ever played

18:54

the

18:55

how so

18:56

what's the current to grow

18:59

the delve deeper and deeper into what makes him

19:01

take it into his life his

19:03

backstory he

19:05

truly is a fascinating going

19:09

not to mention the response from listeners

19:12

from listener aren't work to cause play

19:14

on tic toc eminent some believable

19:17

cosplay on tic toc that

19:19

some kind of game one place on the timer

19:23

no no it's not

19:25

oh but i love where your brain goes

19:28

you do yes

19:30

no tic toc is a

19:32

social media platform apart

19:36

something on the googly the

19:42

world moves so fast nowadays give

19:45

me a mug of cocoa and cocoa good book any day

19:48

now events and inspiring and it's what

19:50

is you sitting

19:52

with a mug of cocoa and a good book

19:55

you find i do it

19:57

inspires me

19:59

well

20:00

i'm glad

20:02

you know it's very curious what

20:05

is

20:06

you

20:07

sitting there with headphones

20:10

on talking into

20:12

a microphone do

20:16

you always talked through

20:18

a microphone

20:19

no

20:22

you know cynical

20:25

once wrote

20:27

look

20:28

that's what happens when preparation

20:31

meets opportunity

20:36

i think this meeting tonight was extremely

20:38

lucky

20:41

i do too

20:42

well it's a little unorthodox

20:44

considering we didn't come up with a new life for you

20:48

but somehow this wouldn't feel right

20:50

without a glass of juice kiko sounds

20:53

lovely right

20:55

well here we go oh

20:58

, boy never even offered

21:00

you any you and , sophie

21:04

this time of night glass of champagne

21:06

will do nicely he's here

21:13

we ever meet like this again i

21:16

honestly don't know

21:18

in another five years

21:20

perhaps

21:22

the heck

21:27

look cleverer than you that home

21:30

the is

21:31

i am

21:35

used to you and you

21:51

meet you the epilogue face

21:53

the credit the , was

21:55

written and performed by julia most

21:57

our island bug in the

21:59

you are looking at home by alan

22:02

burden

22:12

he was on the design

22:14

, and as pedersen we

22:17

will be back with another anniversary

22:19

special next friday and

22:21

in the weeks leading up to that starting on

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monday the fifteenth of august if

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cocos [unk] collapsed twenty twenty two

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poker collapse now in collapse second

22:31

yeah is second hearn run online

22:34

event of amelia an old

22:36

creativity

22:37

even hurts the people collapse on

22:39

twitter or com block the find a

22:41

plum plus there's a problem for every

22:44

day of the week and you can create

22:46

art and fit

22:50

anything else that pops into your mind last year

22:53

we even had origami and

22:55

a solid when , post operations

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on twitter tumblr instagram

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be sure to use the hashtag cocoa

23:02

club and we will share

23:04

that hashtag [unk] poker collapse of the o

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c o a c o l l

23:09

a d s the browse the ot

23:11

who share something of your own

23:14

own can also see most of last year's contributions

23:17

on our web page you can go to amelia

23:19

podcast dot com and then navigate to

23:21

the fan of fan ah

23:23

thanks to the cocoa coordinators who are

23:25

running this year's event and

23:28

now the epilogue

23:35

hi everyone this is always doing so

23:37

creator of the amelia projects right

23:40

, i'm sitting in the sun and a lovely

23:42

part in the middle of also there's

23:45

a water display here there are people sitting

23:47

an outdoor cafes and cafes is an outdoor

23:50

cafe right behind me here is ah

23:52

here see where admits that admits dick button arm composer

23:55

and sound director for the very first sentence

23:57

and around the corner from the square is

23:59

need to studios will be recorded quite

24:02

a lot of cool against pets for the miller projects

24:04

and some other stuff but

24:07

five years ago i

24:09

had never been into the building or any to studiosus

24:12

building had never been to this outdoor cafe in fact cafe have never

24:14

ever met said the bomb i

24:17

was working as a theater director and working was struggling

24:20

and make was name for myself in norwegian say it's after

24:23

coming back from directing studies

24:25

in london and and living abroad for and while living

24:29

missed my international friends and colleagues

24:31

and missed especially missed making css

24:34

with my best friend philip

24:37

i try to organize festival events to bring

24:39

people to norway but that takes a lot of time

24:41

the money and you don't always get the funding you want

24:44

i needed

24:46

the other clean the project

24:50

the same time had this since i've

24:52

always loved writing that for

24:55

, last few years before this i'd focus

24:57

so much i'm directing a kind of gotten about writing

24:59

and and i missed it because

25:02

i don't just want to tell other people's

25:05

stories i want stories tell my own store but

25:09

breaking through as a playwright is that even

25:11

more difficult than bringing through as a direct access

25:14

because how do you get the stuff you right produce

25:17

then i have this

25:19

idea sought after finishing

25:21

drama school i had was on the audio drama

25:23

production foreign policy which

25:25

was a lot of fun

25:26

what happened

25:28

created something for audio was

25:31

just another way we could collaborate again

25:35

i decided to hope it right

25:38

away but

25:40

a continuation of the story soon into the second

25:42

part of our anniversary special which stops

25:44

in a week in the meantime enjoy the sun

25:47

and make yourself and

25:48

okay

25:56

the table and hauling network we're

25:58

fiction producers flair