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Speaker: G'day, I'm Trent Maxwell.
Speaker: And I'm Lee Mason.
Speaker: And we want to welcome you to our Live, Learn, Survive podcast.
Speaker: Since 2018, Lee and I travelled the globe and met face-to-face with over 34,500 children in six countries across three continents.
Speaker: We've created a series of awarding children's books, a global online education program, and are founders of the Live, Learn, Survive charity, all focused on teaching children and young adults life skills that will not only help themselves, but help others too.
Speaker: We're on a mission to spread awareness about fire, water, and first aid education to inspire the next generation of first responders, and we're
Speaker: So join us for the next half an hour with some fun, inspiration and kindness and we'll try and learn something too.
Speaker: How are you this week, Lee?
Speaker: Welcome to the show.
Speaker: I am good, Maxie.
Speaker: Did I have a holiday in between talking to you last time?
Speaker: For the life of me, I've been home for two days and I can't remember it.
Speaker: Did I?
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: Yeah, you did.
Speaker: We spoke early last week and now we're a little bit early.
Speaker: We're within literally between the two Fridays, we smashed it.
Speaker: Exactly.
Speaker: Exactly.
Speaker: So, no.
Speaker: And how are you?
Speaker: You're looking alfresco.
Speaker: Yeah, I'm outside today, so I'm currently at the hospital.
Speaker: Everything's okay, but yeah, sunny is towards the point in of coming home, so we just need to be at the hospital a little bit more.
Speaker: I was anticipating to be at home for this podcast.
Speaker: However, a few things had changed.
Speaker: Yeah, so I'm here.
Speaker: So sorry if it's a little bit windy in periods and time, but yeah, it's good to be.
Speaker: Are we videoing this one or are we?
Speaker: Yes, we are.
Speaker: We are videoing.
Speaker: We are videoing.
Speaker: Okay, that's all right.
Speaker: I'll brush my head.
Speaker: Okay, that's it.
Speaker: We're videoing it for the YouTube people.
Speaker: Excellent.
Speaker: So...
Speaker: Well, look, you know what?
Speaker: We don't let people down, actually.
Speaker: We're here.
Speaker: We have it scheduled in, and here we are.
Speaker: So let's just roll in to this quote, and hopefully you get, you know, 20-odd minutes of peace and quiet out there in the courtyard.
Speaker: Exactly right.
Speaker: It's not one out here at the moment.
Speaker: That's all right.
Speaker: Good stuff then.
Speaker: So, right, quote of the week.
Speaker: What have you got for us?
Speaker: Yeah, so the quote of the week this week, Lee, is if you have knowledge, let others light their candle in it.
Speaker: Love it.
Speaker: Exactly.
Speaker: What's the point in keeping it all to yourself, eh?
Speaker: What's the point?
Speaker: You need to share.
Speaker: You need to share.
Speaker: Absolutely.
Speaker: It's so important to share.
Speaker: If you've got something that will help somebody else pass it on, absolutely.
Speaker: So, no, good quote that.
Speaker: Nice one.
Speaker: And things like that are important.
Speaker: You know, we're in December now.
Speaker: It's our first one in December.
Speaker: Nice to have a bit of the Christmas spirit.
Speaker: And also, Maxie, probably going to be our last one, life.
Speaker: Life.
Speaker: Yes, it'll be our last one for 2024.
Speaker: We're going to talk about that throughout the podcast.
Speaker: But it's been a massive year.
Speaker: This is currently at 166.
Speaker: That's not including the special guests that we've had throughout the year.
Speaker: So we're probably nearly at 200 plus episodes.
Speaker: However, it's been a big year.
Speaker: It's been an amazing year.
Speaker: We haven't, I think, out of the whole 52 weeks, we maybe missed maybe two in the 52 weeks.
Speaker: Yes.
Speaker: That's not bad going.
Speaker: Do not worry.
Speaker: There will still be a podcast each week.
Speaker: We did all those pre-recordings around August, October, November, September.
Speaker: Yeah, we've got so many guests and we've got enough.
Speaker: We're going to be taking you right through until...
Speaker: mid-January so um so no we've got um plenty of incredible chats with incredible people so that's all very exciting so um so yeah right okay good news of the week maxi what are we good news here we go
Speaker: Yeah, good news this week, Lee.
Speaker: It's a note from you.
Speaker: So do you want to share the category?
Speaker: No, I just thought this was a nice little story.
Speaker: So I follow on social media, Nottingham Panthers, or I might follow, it might have been the local news in Nottingham.
Speaker: So anyway, Nottingham Panthers, every December or like around this time of year,
Speaker: have called a teddy bear toss.
Speaker: So the Nottingham Panthers are an ice skating team.
Speaker: Ice skating.
Speaker: I think I'll show you share this, actually.
Speaker: Yeah, ice hockey team.
Speaker: And at their match on the weekend or whatever...
Speaker: they encourage everybody throws a teddy bear wrapped up, you know, whatever, onto the ice.
Speaker: So the whole of the stadium are chucking these teddy bears onto the ice.
Speaker: And this was the biggest one ever.
Speaker: They got 1,400 teddy bears and they're donated for, you know, for children in need around Christmas times.
Speaker: And they call it their teddy bear toss.
Speaker: So seeing all these teddy bears hurtling through the stadium onto the ice and then the ice hockey players go in with their, what's the,
Speaker: sticks, ice hockey sticks go and, you know, sweep them all up and they all get donated off to, you know.
Speaker: How great is that?
Speaker: So I just saw that as a nice little story and, you know,
Speaker: You know, good news, you've been in schools this week.
Speaker: You took one for the team.
Speaker: I was with you.
Speaker: Yeah, so since we last spoke, I've been to two different schools across southwest and western Sydney.
Speaker: Both schools were great.
Speaker: I think 250, 300 kids each school.
Speaker: But yeah, it's been a great wrap up for the year.
Speaker: You know, all the schools that we said that we would visit when we did our charity events back in February of this year, Creating Little Superheroes, you know, funds from that fundraising event has made us go to schools, not just here around Sydney, but around Brisbane, out in rural Queensland, up in Newcastle.
Speaker: So it's been an amazing year to top it off.
Speaker: And the school that I visited recently,
Speaker: last Tuesday, they were amazing.
Speaker: Every school is amazing, but these kids were really good and they got really involved and they took a lot out of it.
Speaker: They took a lot away from it.
Speaker: And when we talk about the unfortunate event, I'll mention how unfortunate that turned into a positive talking to the school.
Speaker: All good.
Speaker: Okay.
Speaker: And then we're just saying, too, coming to the Christmas time, it is December.
Speaker: You know, it's coming to Christmas spirit, Christmas time, giving back, checking in on loved ones, family, spending time winding down.
Speaker: And, yeah, it's been a great year, and we're getting the Christmas spirit.
Speaker: Yeah, exactly, exactly.
Speaker: So, you know, so many things.
Speaker: Schools are starting to finish, people having parties and get-togethers.
Speaker: And then equally, you know, it's a very difficult time for some people.
Speaker: It's not all about presents and Christmas trees.
Speaker: So,
Speaker: if maybe this is not the year that you're feeling it, then, you know, we are thinking of you too.
Speaker: So whatever you need to do to get through it, just, you know, look after yourself and do that for you too.
Speaker: So, yes, it can be a nice time of year and it can be a difficult time of year.
Speaker: So we are thinking of everybody.
Speaker: So... We're coming closer to...
Speaker: Sorry, Lee.
Speaker: I've got a bit more extra to say.
Speaker: Yeah, so coming into 2025, adding on to what you're saying, you know, 2025 is only a few weeks away.
Speaker: So just hang on.
Speaker: Fresh start.
Speaker: New Year's resolution.
Speaker: Just get through this year.
Speaker: And yeah, start fresh next year.
Speaker: Exactly, exactly.
Speaker: 2025 is not that far away.
Speaker: So we all get a new chance to start again.
Speaker: There we go.
Speaker: Exactly.
Speaker: So, all righty.
Speaker: What have we got?
Speaker: Unfortunate events.
Speaker: Unfortunate events.
Speaker: Yeah, well, this is where there's two things.
Speaker: The unfortunate event being the other day, this is my last set of shifts, fireys, give or take, before I go on paternity leave.
Speaker: We had the craziest shift ever, and I'll talk about the jobs a week very shortly.
Speaker: But on Monday, 24-hour shift, I meant to do a school, the last school on Tuesday.
Speaker: And, you know, people are saying, well, why do you do schools after a fiery shift?
Speaker: Well, this school could only do this Tuesday before schools wrap up this week into next.
Speaker: So the reason why we managed to squeeze them in, they weren't too far from Bankstown Fire Station.
Speaker: And, yeah, we had a crazy night.
Speaker: And, yeah, not...
Speaker: Not a, not a, yeah, we had a crazy night, which I'll talk about very shortly.
Speaker: Um, and then going to the school and giving the kids a bit of a heads up saying, Hey, um, been up all night, had a numerous amount of jobs and, uh, yeah.
Speaker: And they were kind of looked a little bit worried initially, but, uh, ended up being a really good school, getting really involved and the kids were having, having the absolute best time.
Speaker: And one of the teachers just sent me, uh, some videos and photos from the day and it, and it looks like everyone's just having a great time.
Speaker: So,
Speaker: An unfortunate event was positive.
Speaker: And then coming off shift this morning, coming straight to the hospital to do a bottle feed for Sunny.
Speaker: Due to the incident this morning, the spare clothes that I had that I was going to wear to the hospital got wet and smoky from a fire.
Speaker: So I had to wear complete gym clothes, which, you know, like a singlet, short shorts, short running shorts and joggers at eight o'clock this morning, walking into a hospital and into a nursery.
Speaker: And yeah, it's just all the nurses were like, is this a gym or is this a nursery?
Speaker: Yeah, it's really weird.
Speaker: Yeah, Maxi.
Speaker: Maxie, did you mix your bags up?
Speaker: It looked like you took your gym bags up.
Speaker: To be honest, it was funny walking, getting my coffee and then walking to a hospital.
Speaker: I'm literally the only person in the whole of the health district that's got shorts, literally shorts, singlet.
Speaker: It's like a tight singlet too.
Speaker: It's just, yeah, anyway.
Speaker: So it was pretty funny.
Speaker: There's me getting something.
Speaker: Lord, you wouldn't make the difference.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: It was pretty funny.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: I said they were all smoky.
Speaker: It was all smoke and I went, yeah, sure, sure, sure.
Speaker: But yeah, no, I thought that was a little fun thing to throw in.
Speaker: But I think the more unfortunate was coming off shift, going to the school.
Speaker: But it was a positive, really good school and great time.
Speaker: So yeah, it wasn't really an unfortunate event.
Speaker: But I thought, you know, it could have been a recipe for disaster.
Speaker: Anyway, it wasn't.
Speaker: We pulled it through.
Speaker: So, yeah.
Speaker: But in saying that though, yeah, it's been a great couple of days.
Speaker: Interesting sort of days.
Speaker: So what have you got, Leigh?
Speaker: Have you got anything to share?
Speaker: Did you just lose me?
Speaker: My internet just completely dropped out.
Speaker: Yeah, I kept talking though, so it's all good.
Speaker: Okay, no one knows.
Speaker: Okay, I disappeared and now I'm back.
Speaker: Look, you know what?
Speaker: I think I'm kind of okay.
Speaker: I mean...
Speaker: I've been on holiday.
Speaker: Can't think that anything went wrong there.
Speaker: Had a bit of rain.
Speaker: Can't complain about that.
Speaker: If you go to the tropics in wet season, it's going to rain.
Speaker: So I think...
Speaker: Nothing too unfortunate.
Speaker: So I can't remember.
Speaker: So there you go.
Speaker: That's a good one, isn't it?
Speaker: That's a win.
Speaker: You took it.
Speaker: I think that whatever I may have had, I can't beat you turning up at the hospital in gym kit.
Speaker: So that's just, you know, yeah, what can you say?
Speaker: I was even anticipating wearing my fire shirt in there, but I'm like, nah, like, you know, don't be that off-duty firefighter wearing his uniform.
Speaker: And then ironically, the fire alarm went off in the nursery when I was hiding sunny.
Speaker: I didn't see any fireys, but, you know, having a firefighter shirt on on your day off in a, yeah, in a situation, I just didn't want to be that guy.
Speaker: You get in extra work and things and you just don't need that.
Speaker: And, you know, and the moral of the story is, Maxie, change your clothes in the boot of the car.
Speaker: Yes, that's a good one.
Speaker: Look, you're a dad now.
Speaker: You've got to be prepared.
Speaker: I've got two.
Speaker: I've got two towels.
Speaker: You always have a spare set of clothes for the babies and the kids.
Speaker: Exactly right.
Speaker: Yes.
Speaker: That's a big thing.
Speaker: I'm a chef and dad.
Speaker: There we go.
Speaker: Perfect.
Speaker: So, right.
Speaker: All righty.
Speaker: So, what have we got next, Maxie?
Speaker: Dad jokes.
Speaker: I'm always forgetting them.
Speaker: So, I'll remember it.
Speaker: Yes, dad jokes.
Speaker: What have we got this week?
Speaker: I'm just getting my notes up to stand by.
Speaker: Okay, that's all right.
Speaker: Okay.
Speaker: All right, I've got one here.
Speaker: Okay, go, go.
Speaker: What do you call an elf that can sing and dance?
Speaker: Oh, I don't know, Maxie.
Speaker: What do you call an elf that can sing and dance?
Speaker: Elphus Presley.
Speaker: You've got your dad jokes into the Christmas kind of thing.
Speaker: I kind of like that.
Speaker: All right, I've got one.
Speaker: So, Maxi, after playing the guitar for years, I thought I'd be able to learn the piano.
Speaker: But you know what?
Speaker: It's just not an easy instrument to pick up.
Speaker: I like it.
Speaker: I do like it.
Speaker: Oh, here we go.
Speaker: I've got another bad one.
Speaker: Okay.
Speaker: What do you call an obnoxious reindeer?
Speaker: Look at you and your Christmas dad jokes.
Speaker: I don't know, Maxi.
Speaker: What do you call an obnoxious reindeer?
Speaker: Rude.
Speaker: Alf.
Speaker: I'm going to let this one play out.
Speaker: Let this one play out.
Speaker: So last one then.
Speaker: It's not good to end the year if I'm honest.
Speaker: Actually, I've just... That's okay.
Speaker: I couldn't hear anything, so they're all good.
Speaker: Okay, right.
Speaker: What do you call a lizard that tells jokes?
Speaker: Gecko.
Speaker: A stand-up chameleon.
Speaker: I do like that one.
Speaker: I do like it.
Speaker: That's a good one.
Speaker: That's what we'll find over Christmas, a decent set of dad jokes.
Speaker: Oh, nightmare.
Speaker: All righty, so.
Speaker: Top of the week.
Speaker: Oh, I'm sitting down for this.
Speaker: I've literally, hang on, everybody.
Speaker: Tell us about your week.
Speaker: Yeah, obviously people that have been listening to the podcast for a long time, we talked about the job of the week between lifeguarding and firefighting, but I must say the shift that I had on Monday was probably one of the busiest, craziest, I wouldn't say the craziest, it was just the busiest,
Speaker: shift that I've had probably this year or for a little while because we had about 15 runs and every call that we had was a different call.
Speaker: So it's not very often.
Speaker: You might get 15 calls and it might be maybe three or four MVAs, which is car accidents or five fire alarms and two cat rescues.
Speaker: And, you know, like what I'm saying, I'm going with this is a common thing for if there's a storm event, it might be lift rescues or it might be floodings.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: But today... There is a pattern.
Speaker: A pattern.
Speaker: So Monday was just a normal Monday.
Speaker: It wasn't school holidays or anything.
Speaker: And we had 15 runs.
Speaker: And it started off with a cat rescue, and I put a little reel on my Insta of Rescue on a K. I saw the cat rescue, yes.
Speaker: Well done.
Speaker: Well done.
Speaker: Proper climate.
Speaker: Car engines.
Speaker: And it's a very common place for kittens to get to go find refuge.
Speaker: And then the day just kind of escalated from there.
Speaker: We went to Wires Down.
Speaker: We had a couple of fire alarms.
Speaker: And then we, yeah, medical access, car accidents.
Speaker: And then we went to like a...
Speaker: kind of like a sewerage treatment plant kind of contraption that kind of filters sewerage smell.
Speaker: That caught on fire and that's like coal.
Speaker: It was like a carbon thing, which is impossible to put out.
Speaker: So we're there for a couple of hours doing that.
Speaker: And didn't you say to me that the last time that happened was like 20 years ago or something?
Speaker: Yeah, the last time I met a fire like that was 20 years ago and that was down in Wollongong.
Speaker: So technically they haven't had a fire in Sydney like that.
Speaker: So it's pretty cool to say we did that.
Speaker: And then, yeah, and then just escalated from there.
Speaker: We had an electrical fire in a house and then we went to a house fire at two o'clock in the morning, which was full on.
Speaker: We had one of the firefighters go down, not on my crew, but another shift from heat exhaustion.
Speaker: Had to go to hospital.
Speaker: And then that was two in the morning till about four or five.
Speaker: And then we went back to the station to regroup and then the bells went off again for a unit fire.
Speaker: just around the corner with the dog and person stuck inside.
Speaker: Luckily, the dog and the person got out.
Speaker: But, yeah, first arriving to that, and it was just a crazy, crazy, crazy shift.
Speaker: Mostly.
Speaker: No sleep.
Speaker: And we were straight into it.
Speaker: And then coming into Wednesday's shift, so yesterday, we had a number of fires again.
Speaker: We had an electrical fire and we had another fire this morning.
Speaker: So it's just a crazy time for fires and for people being a bit silly.
Speaker: Yeah, no, no, no.
Speaker: So absolutely crazy.
Speaker: Well, you know, you've finished that shift now and when you've done this...
Speaker: Go and get a cup of tea.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: Sit in the chair, rock sunny.
Speaker: I'll tell you what, a little trick to keep up your sleeve.
Speaker: If you're really tired, if you do little 10, 15-minute power naps,
Speaker: You actually, it's like something to do with the science of deep sleep.
Speaker: If you do it for that long, it rejuvenates to a point where you can be a bit fresh.
Speaker: But if sometimes if you sleep during the day or if you're really tired, you oversleep, you can wake up really groggy and tired.
Speaker: And you can feel worse.
Speaker: Sometimes it is that literally 10, 15 minutes can be as good as...
Speaker: Literally.
Speaker: Yeah, so I did a 10, 15-minute power nap today and I worked wonders.
Speaker: And, yeah, so it's a little trick to keep up your sleeve.
Speaker: It is.
Speaker: Sometimes it's just literally resting your eyes, isn't it?
Speaker: It just stops that.
Speaker: fighting it to all the rest of it.
Speaker: I've got a couple of lifeguard shifts coming up.
Speaker: Sorry, when I say a couple, I've got working on the week and a couple of lunch shifts.
Speaker: But, yeah, it might start winding down.
Speaker: As soon as Sunny comes home, I'll be definitely winding down the work.
Speaker: So I won't be working on the beach as much over the December into early gen.
Speaker: But, yeah, it's been busy on the beaches.
Speaker: You'll be having a few 15-minute power naps with snowy then in between feeds.
Speaker: Yes, exactly.
Speaker: So, well, crazy week, Maxie.
Speaker: Hats off to you.
Speaker: It was insanely hot as well.
Speaker: And all the crew, you are the action station.
Speaker: Never a dull moment.
Speaker: Never a dorm moment.
Speaker: And you certainly lived up to your name this week.
Speaker: So well done out there.
Speaker: Keeping Sydney safe.
Speaker: So, yeah.
Speaker: So, all righty.
Speaker: What have we got then this week?
Speaker: Tip of the week.
Speaker: What are we talking about on the tip of the week?
Speaker: Yeah, it's a naughty bit of goody.
Speaker: This video I recorded around your pool, Lee.
Speaker: It's a pool safety video talking about the importance of pool fences, CPR placards around the pool, having objects for kids to climb in or over, making sure you have full attention or supervising your kids, make sure you're off your phone.
Speaker: And slips, chips and balls.
Speaker: So it's a good little video for the Skills for Life program.
Speaker: And take note, we are in the process, which we did last week, to start to re-record a lot of our videos that we've recorded a couple of years ago.
Speaker: So from January, Skills for Life program, you will definitely start seeing new videos recorded that we did the other week and new social medias, grabs from those videos.
Speaker: So in our new polo logos.
Speaker: which is pretty cool absolutely in the new shirts so um yeah we've got heaps of things that will start rolling out into um 2025 so um so yeah great tip um stay safe around your pools people summer's started here in australia schools are starting to break up kids are around the house if you're
Speaker: Fortunately enough to have a pool, be careful.
Speaker: If you have a pool, just be very, very careful.
Speaker: So, no, great tip, Maxie.
Speaker: Excellent.
Speaker: So, crazy facts.
Speaker: What have we got this week, Maxie?
Speaker: What are we talking about?
Speaker: Well, I typed in, I was just curious to see what some of the things would come up on chat GPT about live, learn, survive.
Speaker: I said, give me 10 facts about live, learn, survive.
Speaker: So I thought it was pretty cool.
Speaker: Okay, let's see what they know about us as we finish 2025.
Speaker: Some of it's a little bit out, but I'm sure we can hand on heart say that the stuff that we've done.
Speaker: Okay.
Speaker: Award-winning programs.
Speaker: Recognized globally, Live, Learn, Survive has received multiple awards for innovative and impactful education initiatives.
Speaker: I'm going to say awards.
Speaker: You know, we've got the awards for the books, which is cool.
Speaker: Yes.
Speaker: And we did get an award, remember, with the crew in Tassie for putting on that thing.
Speaker: We did too.
Speaker: So we'll take that little thing.
Speaker: Yes, exactly.
Speaker: Saving lives every day.
Speaker: Through its workshops, books and resources and socials, the charity has equipped children with the knowledge to save themselves and help others in emergencies.
Speaker: Accessible for all, for remote communities to urban centres, Live, Learn, Survive ensures its programs are accessible to children everywhere, regardless of location and background.
Speaker: Like it?
Speaker: Creative education.
Speaker: Its unique approach combines storytelling, hands-on activities and relatable heroes like Max of the Lifeguard to make learning fun and memorable.
Speaker: There we go.
Speaker: A growing legacy.
Speaker: What started as one man and woman, or it said man's dream, but it's
Speaker: As a collective, myself and the lead.
Speaker: If they've only seen my name Lee, they could think I'm a man.
Speaker: That's a man's dream.
Speaker: Has grown into a global movement, inspiring the next generation of safety conscious citizens.
Speaker: And then last but not least, positive ripple effect.
Speaker: By educating children, LiveLand survives indirectly helping families and communities become safer, creating lasting legacy of awareness and prevention.
Speaker: So yeah, I thought it was pretty cool.
Speaker: Just pointing a couple little few facts here.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: Well, here's to us, Maxie.
Speaker: I'm proud of us.
Speaker: We made it.
Speaker: We made it.
Speaker: We've packed UBT now about us.
Speaker: So no, that's amazing.
Speaker: And it is, it's, you know, what do we always say?
Speaker: You know, the,
Speaker: at the end of the year, you measure the gain, not the gap, and see what you have done.
Speaker: And it's nice when things like that, because you think, oh, yeah, we did.
Speaker: Yeah, exactly.
Speaker: So excellent.
Speaker: Well, I just got a few facts.
Speaker: It's December.
Speaker: It's Christmas.
Speaker: It's Christmas.
Speaker: I thought, what might we find out about Christmas that we don't already know?
Speaker: So I've got, it's the internet again, might say, I don't know if it's true or not.
Speaker: Don't come to me, question it.
Speaker: So I'm just here to entertain the people.
Speaker: So Canada, the lovely people in Canada, they have got a postcode for Santa in Canada,
Speaker: H-O-H-O-H-O, which is like ho, ho, ho, is designated for Santa in the North Pole.
Speaker: So Canadian children can write that on their letter, ho, ho, ho, and they've got it as the postcode for Santa in Canada.
Speaker: That's a good fact.
Speaker: That's cute.
Speaker: Jingle Bells was originally a Thanksgiving song.
Speaker: That's a good thought.
Speaker: Japan, I don't know if this is just a send-up and this is the internet, it's tradition for people to enjoy a Kentucky Fried Christmas.
Speaker: I've heard that before.
Speaker: Someone's having a lend-in me.
Speaker: I'm not sure.
Speaker: I'm not sure.
Speaker: But many people even place their KFC orders well in advance to secure their chicken dinner.
Speaker: I'm not buying that one.
Speaker: I'm not buying it.
Speaker: There you go.
Speaker: That's a pretty cool fact there, Lee.
Speaker: When you hear about all these sort of facts and stuff, it kind of keeps you always thinking and learning.
Speaker: I love hearing some of these facts that we always do.
Speaker: So Lee is going to be joining us back very shortly.
Speaker: She had a little bit of a dropout, it's fine.
Speaker: Did you jump in and carry on, Max?
Speaker: Yeah, I did.
Speaker: You know, it's funny because I wasn't really making much sense, so people would know that there's a little dropout.
Speaker: You know, we don't edit anything in this podcast, so as we all know.
Speaker: I think something's telling me.
Speaker: I'm getting things about my storage on my computer, so I think it's almost like packing up.
Speaker: Anyway, it's end of the year.
Speaker: My computer is ready to knock off.
Speaker: And then the last thing that I've got, The Grinch is the highest grossing Christmas film of all time.
Speaker: The Grinch.
Speaker: I wouldn't have thought that.
Speaker: I would have thought it was like the Polar Express or, you know, something like that.
Speaker: It's on the internet.
Speaker: Who's like, you know, who knows?
Speaker: And can be gained date back to 1670.
Speaker: Who would have thought?
Speaker: I thought it was something that Woolies picked up.
Speaker: Anyway, there we go.
Speaker: So there's the crazy facts.
Speaker: So...
Speaker: Let's keep going before my internet fails again.
Speaker: Reflection.
Speaker: Reflection of the year.
Speaker: What are we talking about?
Speaker: Yeah, reflection, Lee, you've mentioned this.
Speaker: You put this in the note.
Speaker: 2024, creating over 3,000 little superheroes.
Speaker: Absolutely.
Speaker: Absolutely.
Speaker: It's like literally...
Speaker: Doesn't seem two minutes since we were all in that room in February.
Speaker: We did the launching of Creating Little Superheroes.
Speaker: We had all those people support us.
Speaker: And here we already are in a blink of an eye at the other end of the year.
Speaker: And 3,000 Little Superheroes later plus add into our tally.
Speaker: And, yeah, it's just been a great year.
Speaker: The people we've met, the schools we've been, everything we've done.
Speaker: And it's been a really huge year of kind of,
Speaker: you know as with anybody who runs a charity or a business you're always evolving redoing your strategy there's so much work that goes on in the background so yeah there we go it's been an incredible year and I'm really really proud of what we've been able to do so hats off to us Maxie
Speaker: hats off and the cool thing is too we always give people a little bit of a insight of things that we'll work on and that and we're not going to give too much away but we are working on some really exciting things into next year and we're waiting to hear some news maybe in the next couple of weeks so you know the news about what we're going to hear in a couple of weeks will be in next year's podcast however you know it's very exciting times and we can't wait to share with you all the it'll just be a nice little wait to top off the year
Speaker: Absolutely, absolutely.
Speaker: So, okay, Maxine, what's next?
Speaker: Because my word document is now shut down now, so I've got literally... Okay.
Speaker: All right, so we'll finish it off quickly.
Speaker: So Driving Home for Christmas by Chris Ray is on the playlist and the Spotify playlist this week.
Speaker: So make sure you check out our Spotify playlist.
Speaker: This is the Christmas song, Chris Rea, Driving Home for Christmas.
Speaker: It's from the Gavin and Stacey.
Speaker: There's going to be, everyone in the UK is going to have the Gavin and Stacey on Christmas Day.
Speaker: And it's the ultimate Christmas song.
Speaker: So driving home for Christmas.
Speaker: And actually, I'm dedicating it to Sonny because you're going to be driving her home for Christmas.
Speaker: She actually gave me goosebumps, Enli.
Speaker: It's going to be a beautiful time to have her for Christmas.
Speaker: So that's
Speaker: That is my little song for Sonny, Driving Home for Christmas.
Speaker: So there you go.
Speaker: And if you see the parallels of the Gavin and Stacey, it's brilliant.
Speaker: So yes, there we go.
Speaker: That's the song.
Speaker: And then what do we got, Maxie?
Speaker: What's the last thing?
Speaker: Roll for the robot.
Speaker: Yeah, rule for the rule book this week, Lee, is be kind, stay grateful, and most importantly, everyone have a great Christmas.
Speaker: Absolutely.
Speaker: Have a really, really great Christmas.
Speaker: Be grateful for what you've got.
Speaker: Be thankful for everything that you have.
Speaker: And just be kind because, you know, it's not all what it looks like on the Christmas cards for the people.
Speaker: So,
Speaker: You know, I'm sure there's people around you now, Maxie, that will be visiting the hospital on Christmas Day.
Speaker: You know, they probably are not getting their babies home for Christmas.
Speaker: So, you know, it's like we all don't know what other people are going through.
Speaker: So just have a bit of grace, be kind and be grateful for what you do have.
Speaker: And don't stress about what you don't.
Speaker: So don't stress if the kids haven't got the right presents under the tree.
Speaker: it really, really does not matter.
Speaker: Just be quiet and look at yourself.
Speaker: Stay safe.
Speaker: Yes, stay safe.
Speaker: And we're going to be back in 2025.
Speaker: We've got some great chaps and guests.
Speaker: I hope you really enjoy some of the people that gave their time to come and hang out with us for an hour and some really inspirational stories and stuff.
Speaker: So hopefully you'll enjoy that while we have a little bit of a...
Speaker: you know, um, respite and, um, well, it's not, not really respite for you, Maxie, you're going to be very busy.
Speaker: Um, but you know, a bit of a downtime over the, um, over the weekly routines and, and have the guests and, um, yeah, everyone have a great, great Christmas wherever you are in the world and safe travels.
Speaker: So many people travel this time, catch up with families and all the rest of it.
Speaker: So safe on the road.
Speaker: And, um,
Speaker: That's it from me.
Speaker: Anything for you, Maxi?
Speaker: Yeah, just, yeah, everyone have a great Christmas, good New Year.
Speaker: We'll be back bigger and better 2025.
Speaker: Thank you for your support this year.
Speaker: We really do appreciate it and we hope you enjoyed, you know, what we deliver.
Speaker: And if you don't, it doesn't matter because we're going to keep doing it anyway.
Speaker: So, yeah.
Speaker: Just if you don't, Barney is working the whole of Christmas on the Compliance Department.
Speaker: Just write to Barney.
Speaker: He'll sort it out.
Speaker: Responses, seven to ten working days.
Speaker: There we go.
Speaker: Have a good Christmas, everyone.
Speaker: My computer's just popped up going, problem-saving backup of audio.
Speaker: So you may hear this, you may not.
Speaker: Nah, we'll be alright.
Speaker: We'll be alright.
Speaker: All good.
Speaker: Alright, everyone.
Speaker: So take care and we'll see you all really soon.
Speaker: Bye.
Speaker: Take care.
Speaker: Bye.
Speaker: Bye.
