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Hovering was created and recorded on the unceded

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lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri peoples

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of the Kulin Nation. People who have a proud

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and incredible history of storytelling stretching

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back thousands of years. This always was and

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always will be Aboriginal land. Hovering is intended

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for a mature audience. It contains strong language

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and adult themes, including references to sex

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and drug use. Listener discretion is advised.

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Hey sorry, we're closed up for the day. Oh, no

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worries. Open late tomorrow. Okay, thanks. Actually,

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I wanted to ask you about something else. Oh

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yeah? Leo, right? Yeah. Are you looking for any

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workers currently? Not at the moment. But I'm

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happy to have a look at your resume. We can keep

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it on file. You got it there? Um, no, sorry.

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All good. Come back tomorrow and drop it in.

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My name's Sophie Smeaton. I think you know my

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mum. Do I? Yeah. We get fish and chips once a

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month or so. I can't say I recall. I haven't

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even told you her name yet. I mean, I don't remember

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seeing anyone come in once a month who looks

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like you, but older. She's not that old. What's

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her name? Linda. No, do I not can't think of

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any I can't think of a Linda. You've never met

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anyone called Linda Can I help you with anything?

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No, I just it's a small town. I'm surprised you

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don't know her. Sorry She's a teacher at the

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primary school doesn't ring about and your daughter

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goes there doesn't she does she oh? That Linda

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Linda yep. Yes, she does come in now that I think

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of it. Yep. Okay, right So you're Linda's kid.

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Yep Well, I'm sorry we can't do any more fish

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and chips today. The fryers are off already,

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but come around tomorrow and - What do you think

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of her? Sorry, what? Do you think of her as,

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like, a person? Ah, she's... I don't... Really,

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if I'm honest. I mean, she seems lovely. She's

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been having a really hard time lately. Has she?

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How so? I don't know, like - pretty distant.

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She used to go running quite regularly but recently

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she's stopped kind of all of a sudden and she

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seems quite uptight. Oh hey um maybe she misses

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it maybe you should tell her to take it up again.

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Yeah that's what I thought except then I thought

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no do you know what if someone has a problem

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with something and running is making them feel

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better about it then it's not really fixing the

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problem is it? Because it'll still be there when

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she gets home. It's just like putting it out

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of her mind for a while I mean the running might

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feel good and might be a good distraction, but

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really she's not running because she likes running

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You know what I mean? It's not the running she

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cares about It's the stuff at home that she's

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trying to get away from and that she cares about

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and actually even though she seems more upset

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now Maybe it's a good thing Because she's actually

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dealing with the things in front of her, not

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abandoning them for some, you know, cheap endorphin

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high. Because that's the thing about family,

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I guess. That even if you get to a place where

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you've got issues or it feels like something

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needs to change, you'll always come back to them.

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Like, everything else compared to family is nothing.

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Right? Yeah. Like with your daughter, you'd never

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do anything that might hurt her, would you? No.

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Because imagine if you did something to your

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daughter that changed the way she felt with her

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family, that changed how things felt when she

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was at home. That'd be a pretty shitty thing

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to do, wouldn't it? You know, it's awful but

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sometimes you do everything you can to protect

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your kids from something like that and it still

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happens. And sometimes it happens because some

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motherfucker thinks their actions don't have

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fucking consequences. Listen. You know what?

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I actually don't care. Your chips are gross and

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sloppy and the mayo here tastes like shit and

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everyone knows you leave the salads overnight

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because the lettuce is wilted and tastes like

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piss and I'm gonna tell everyone I saw cockroaches

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all over your filthy kitchen, you piece of shit.

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I'm sorry, alright? What do you want? You're

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not sorry. You're sorry for yourself. I'm embarrassed

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for you. Great. Thank you. Please leave. And

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your potato cakes have so much fucking chicken

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salt on them it's like, ugh, eating sand. Just

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cool it on the fucking chicken salt. You're gonna

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kill someone. Sure, will do. Hey Linda, listen,

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Sophie was in here, just call me back when you

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get the chance, I'd like to talk. Hovering is

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written and directed by Alex Duncan and was produced

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by Alex Duncan and Clea Frost. This episode

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was performed by John Marc Desengano and Brianagh

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Curran. Sound design and mixing by Clea Frost.

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Music by Audrey Vixen. Cover art by Phoenix Waddell.

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Full credits and more information available in

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our show notes.