Matt Bevan

I'm Matt Bevan, and on my show, if you're listening, we actually try to learn from the world's mistakes.

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G'day, Matt Bevan here, this is If You're Listening.

Today, the second part of the Newcastle Writers Festival live show that we did last month.

In case you missed the first part, this was all about me and my producers Pat Sunderland and Adair Sheppard sharing the stories we couldn't find time for in the show's regular schedule.

I shared my story last week, and this time it's Pat and Adair's turn.

They came up with some very strange stories that I think you'll love.

Do you guys remember Greenland?

Yeah.

I was actually thinking, you know, we've got these extra production resources, maybe we could go to Greenland.

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Then I found out how long it takes to fly to Greenland, and I'm glad that, you know, we moved on from that.

I like that they've done a dotted line around the edge because they want half of the Pacific Ocean as well, clearly.

Look, they're not greedy, just half.

Here, Pat is showing the cover of the 1933 Technocrats magazine depicting a very intimidating giant robot marching on Capitol Hill holding thunderbolts in its hand.

Sorry, to be clear, they were advocating for this.

So how many people are on board with this idea so far?

I see the resemblance.

Yeah.

Instead of lightning bulbs, he's got a cigarette in his hand.