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Jazz Thornton shares a fan encounter with THEY Olympian · Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Mental health advocate Jazz Thornton with us right now, how
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  Speaker 1: are you hey?
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  Speaker 2: Good things? How are you all that Jaers?
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  Speaker 3: You need to read a book, release a book called
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  Speaker 3: all That Jazz? Oh.
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  Speaker 2: I sure they can be booked.
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  Speaker 1: One before, done a couple of books. Right now. You
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  Speaker 1: got to write another one for John O and his
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  Speaker 1: pun name. Just write a book for me, just as
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  Speaker 1: story out three. But anyway, I'll do another one for you.
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  Speaker 4: Now.
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  Speaker 1: We managed to catch up with you.
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  Speaker 4: It's probably a week and a half ago and you
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  Speaker 4: were just about to head off to New York. Incredible
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  Speaker 4: thing you got to be part of.
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  Speaker 1: You can explain it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, So I was part of the case Bade New
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  Speaker 2: York Global Mental Health Summit they do every year, usually
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  Speaker 2: alongside the UN but this time they did it with
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  Speaker 2: Fashion Week. Ended up speaking alongside some insane people. I'm
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  Speaker 2: not sure how I ended up on that stage, but
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  Speaker 2: was very thankful to be there.
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  Speaker 4: You're very mid as we know how because you do wonderful,
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  Speaker 4: wonderful things for mental health around the world and particularly
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  Speaker 4: in New Zealand. But we were a bit nervous because
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  Speaker 4: you were speaking in front of this huge audience in
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  Speaker 4: New York. But you were coming, You're going to talking
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  Speaker 4: after someone pretty pretty famous as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, I found out about a week beforehand that
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  Speaker 2: I was speaking directly after Simone Vials. Oh what, I
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  Speaker 2: don't know how you follow Simone Vile.
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  Speaker 3: You come on with a big blackflip, you do a
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  Speaker 3: double backflip.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I can do the worm through me. Even more
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  Speaker 2: is after she spoke, I went backstage to get my
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  Speaker 2: mic on, and then she just looks at me and
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  Speaker 2: she's like, oh my god, I've seen you like all
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  Speaker 2: over my TikTok. I love you. And then I just
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  Speaker 2: froze and was like, how do I go on stage?
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  Speaker 1: That's the goat? What what do you say to that?
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  Speaker 3: When Simone biles like that?
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  Speaker 1: So do some name dropping though? Who else was there
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  Speaker 1: with you?
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  Speaker 2: Henson? She was just at a premiere with I think
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  Speaker 2: she's just in a movie with Kevin Hart. So she
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  Speaker 2: came straight from me. She's I'm with her for the
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  Speaker 2: last few years. Cynthia Goma, who's Lady Gaga's mom, was there.
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  Speaker 2: Sophia Wiley, who you guys might not know because she's
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  Speaker 2: on there. She's a current like Disney Channel.
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  Speaker 3: Kid, excuse me, why would we not know current Disney
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  Speaker 3: Channel kids.
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  Speaker 2: Probably your hairlines.
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  Speaker 1: And all that jairs. I'll read that and I'll remember
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  Speaker 1: this funny moment.
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  Speaker 4: So the talk that you did, how did it go?
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  Speaker 4: You know, a bigger audience after someone bars.
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  Speaker 2: It was I got a standing ovation. Wow, it was
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  Speaker 2: really cool.
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  Speaker 4: And something else I thought was really awesome Rachel Platton,
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  Speaker 4: who sings the amazing song The Fight. So now, this
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  Speaker 4: song was very special to you, helped you out through
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  Speaker 4: your life and you got to meet Rachel Platton through
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  Speaker 4: social media.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, We've been talking for like a year and a
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  Speaker 2: half and I like fangels so hard when she saw
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  Speaker 2: it in play dms and then we finally got to
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  Speaker 2: meet and she like invited us to a that she
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  Speaker 2: was doing that night, and then she dedicated Fight song
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  Speaker 2: to me, and I just like sobbed, Oh, sobbed.
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  Speaker 4: It is and it's inspiring song. The lyrics are awesome
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  Speaker 4: about you know, keep fighting. You know, it was incredible
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  Speaker 4: to know that you've had that song and it's been
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  Speaker 4: a song you've used to get through some pretty tough times,
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  Speaker 4: and then to meet the person who sung that song,
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  Speaker 4: it must be just an incredible moment.
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  Speaker 2: It really like honestly took the breath out of me.
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  Speaker 2: Like it was the song I would blast when I
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  Speaker 2: was in the intensive care, you know, of the psych word,
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  Speaker 2: Like it was the thing that I really held on too.
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  Speaker 2: And to be like even to be in New York
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  Speaker 2: in September, which is suicide prevention months, and for me
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  Speaker 2: to be speaking at this event while she's there releasing
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  Speaker 2: a new album, like, it just felt like worlds collided
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  Speaker 2: in the most crazy way. And Little Jazz would have
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  Speaker 2: never believed that that would even be possible. So yeah, wow,
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  Speaker 2: I still can't really comprehend it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and I behave It would have been a special
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  Speaker 3: moment for Rachel too, I imagine for her to know
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  Speaker 3: that her music had such an effect.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, she brought her eyes out as well. We ended
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  Speaker 2: up seeing the whole day together and she cried multiple
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  Speaker 2: times and just realized the impact that she had made
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  Speaker 2: because I guess you don't really see it a lot,
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  Speaker 2: right like in person. You hear it so much online,
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  Speaker 2: but for her to actually see someone who is alive
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  Speaker 2: because of the music she created was pretty special.
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  Speaker 3: So what a great what a great story. Yes, well
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  Speaker 3: let's be abid, let you go, You've got some writing
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  Speaker 3: to do for all that is, you go and hit
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  Speaker 3: those and hit the keyboard.
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  Speaker 1: Channel one. I met someone Biles back, so you carry
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  Speaker 1: on from there. Oh no, We're so proud of you.
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  Speaker 3: Ye's such a wonderful ambassador for this country and everything
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  Speaker 3: you've done and you know, sharing your story and saving
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  Speaker 3: so many lives and doing so