gwunspoken - Beyond the Plan
gwunspoken: Beyond the Plan
Hear the person beyond the plan.
This podcast is where NDIS participants, families, and supporters reclaim their narrative. We dive into life beyond the diagnosis, beyond the reports, and beyond the plans—exploring identity, strength, and voice.
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gwunspoken - Beyond the Plan
Gaming, Donuts, and Life Through a Child's Eyes: An Honest Car Conversation
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Ever wonder what real conversations sound like when the studio lights dim and the formal setting disappears? Our drive-time podcast with Arie captures exactly that magic—a relaxed, authentic exchange while we navigate the roads home after a full day of recording sessions.
The journey begins with Arie sharing highlights from his day, including his longest podcast recording ever at 36 minutes, complete with a musical performance of "All My Life." We learn about the simple joys that made his day special—hot chocolate topped with precisely two marshmallows and a visit to EB Games. The conversation shifts effortlessly between everyday moments and deeper discussions as only car conversations can.
Gaming emerges as a central theme as Ari enthusiastically explains the power systems in Roblox, where "dragon gives you heat wave transformation," and the creative building aspects of Minecraft. His detailed knowledge reveals not just gaming preferences but how these virtual worlds offer both entertainment and social connection for young people today. Beyond the screen, we glimpse Arie's reality of navigating life between two homes, his father's search for a new house, and the challenges of school bullies contrasted with his love for subjects like maths and art.
What makes this episode special isn't fancy production or scripted questions but the natural rhythm of conversation that unfolds when someone feels truly comfortable sharing their world. Join us for this unique mobile recording experience and rediscover the art of genuine conversation. Have you ever considered what unexpected insights might emerge during your own everyday car rides? Try recording your next meaningful conversation—you might be surprised at the podcast-worthy moments hiding in plain sight.
Welcome to an edition of GWN Spoken Beyond the Plan on behalf of EngageU, and I'm with Ari Ari, where are we? What are we doing at the moment?
Speaker 2Driving.
Speaker 1How can we drive and talk on a podcast? How does this work? There's no microphones and headsets. What's going on?
Speaker 2We're using clip mics.
Donuts, hot chocolate and shopping
Speaker 1Very good, we're using our clip mics. They're Bluetooth, aren't they? Yeah, so people listening to us now would have probably, just when we upload your other podcasts, hear your podcasts that you were just on before. Have you enjoyed your day today? Yeah, very good. And where are we heading now? You?
Speaker 2going home. Yeah, are you going home to day today?
Speaker 1Yeah, very good. And where are we heading now? Going home, yeah, heading home to Dad's yeah. And when Dad says to you, okay, what did you do today with Gary, with EngageU, what will you say? What did you do today?
Speaker 2We were driving while doing a podcast.
Speaker 1Yep, and what did we do as well today?
Speaker 2We had another podcast.
Speaker 1Yeah, very good, how long did you speak for? Can you remember About three, 36 minutes or something, wasn't it?
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1It was the longest one ever.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1Did you sing on that podcast? Yes, what was the name of the song that you sung? Can you remember all my life? Oh, I like that song very good. And then, after the podcast, what do we do then?
Speaker 2And we uploaded it to Spotify. Yeah, we did, we actually uploaded your other one up to.
Speaker 1Spotify. We just saved that one to the hard drive so I can edit it later. And then what did we do after that?
Speaker 2We went to get a donut and had hot chocolate.
Speaker 1But yours had something special in your hot chocolate Marshmallow how many.
Speaker 2Two Was it good in your eye, chocolate.
Speaker 1Marshmallow. Ooh, how many? Two Ooh was it good.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1Yeah, nice. And so now we've got our roaming podcast on. Is that right?
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1And then we're heading back to your dad's house. Yeah, drop you back off. And then do you know what you're doing tomorrow, sunday?
Speaker 2Walking Ikea. Oh, you have to buy something from Ikea.
Speaker 1What Are you going to buy something from Ikea? Does Dad or Mum have to buy something?
Speaker 2from Ikea. Yeah, what are you going to buy from Ikea? Probably some meatballs.
Speaker 1Oh okay, nice. Oh, guess what? I just remembered something well, there's, something else we did at the shops. What else did we do at the shops, what? What did we do before we got a donut? There's a special shop. You want to go into ebk? Tell me about that. Do you like eb games? Yeah, and then we've talked on another podcast about this. But what's your favourite game at the moment?
Speaker 2Roblox and Minecraft, yeah, nice.
Gaming talk: Roblox and Minecraft
Speaker 1And you're going to buy something for Roblox. Is that right? Yeah, what was it going to do If you buy that little thing you're going to buy today? What was it what? Yeah, if you buy that little box you're going to buy today, what was it what? Yeah, if you buy that little box, you're going to say I wish I had this.
Speaker 2What was that going to do in your game? Redeem a code and then you can redeem it, and then you get a fruit.
Speaker 1Oh, and then what happens when you get a fruit? Because I've never played the game. Does it make you have energy?
Speaker 2No, it makes you have powers. Oh Bomb I mean rocket is the worst fruit up to dragon is the best fruit.
Speaker 1Like a dragon fruit, yeah. And can you remember what fruits give you what powers? Dragon fruit, yeah.
Speaker 2And can you remember what fruits give you, what powers Dragon gives you?
Speaker 1heat wave transformation, that's all Transformation. That's pretty good, that's really cool. All right, and so there you are, T-Fabricade. What does Minecraft do?
Speaker 2What do you do in that game? You just build and then survive.
Speaker 1Oh, what happens when you?
Speaker 2don't survive. Does that mean the game's?
Speaker 1over? Yeah, that would suck. And do you play all those games with your mates?
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1Yeah, cool, and I believe I heard that you have a new microphone too.
Speaker 2Yes, Do you know what the brand?
Speaker 1is no. No, can't remember. No, that's all right. Gaming microphone, gaming microphone. That's nice and clear. Do you have a? Headset when you do gaming.
Speaker 2Yeah, like headphones.
Speaker 1I have normal headphones.
Speaker 2Yep, and they work. Yeah, and I have my microphone.
Speaker 1Nice, and do you have a comfy chair? Yeah, is it a gaming chair?
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1No way.
Speaker 2Actually I sit on the bed.
Speaker 1Oh, you're fine to sit on the bed. It's comfy, hang on.
Speaker 2Does that mean you've got a TV in your own room? What? You've got your own TV. No, there's only two bedrooms.
Speaker 1Oh, okay, so do you share a bedroom?
Speaker 2Yeah, with.
Speaker 1Dad, oh cool, what about Oscar?
Speaker 2He sleeps by himself.
Speaker 1Oscar sleeps by himself.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1Okay, and you're with Dad at school and Dad's looking for a new house. Is that right?
Speaker 2Yeah. Yeah, nice and are you looking forward to going to a new house?
Speaker 1Yeah, yeah, cool. And so yeah, because you live across two houses, don't you?
Speaker 2Yeah?
Speaker 1That's good. And you've got Mum and Dad looking after you, that's good. And the moment you're not going to school are you yeah. You might have to go back to school when Next week or the week after.
Speaker 2Next week.
Speaker 1Next week, all right.
Speaker 2This week.
Speaker 1I mean this week, yeah, Next week alright, this week I mean this week, yeah, and you say you don't like school sometimes because there's bullies.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1I don't like bullies do you?
Speaker 2Yeah, I don't like it.
Speaker 1Bullies often tease, don't they?
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1Yeah, isn't that good. Just got to learn to walk away from them and tell the teacher, don't we? Yeah, yeah, and who's your teacher at the moment at school?
Speaker 2Miss Billing.
Speaker 1Miss Billing.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1Yep, and I believe your favourite subject is maths. You said before on the podcast.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1What about art? Yep, do you like art?
Speaker 2too yeah.
Speaker 1Yeah well, I think one time you need to design a podcast cover. I wonder what we'd call it Ari's Authentic, I don't know something. Acknowledgements or something. What would we call your podcast? If you had your own podcast, what would you talk about? You talk about different games you play. Yeah yeah, that's cool. Alright, now here's a question for you. Do you like driving in the car or do you find it boring?
Speaker 2I find it.
Speaker 1Find it boring? No, oh, you like it, yeah. Is it nice and comfy and warm in here? Yeah, and when we go to the podcast, are you going to play some more music on Spotify?
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1Because you do like music, don't you. Yeah. Do you like playing Just Dance? Yeah, hmm, that's cool. And what kind of music do you think you're going to play on the way home?
Speaker 2What.
Speaker 1Do you know what band you're going to?
Speaker 2play no.
Speaker 1Just a bit random anyone's you think?
Speaker 2No.
Speaker 1Okay, anything else you want to talk about in the podcast?
Speaker 2No.
Speaker 1I've got a question for you.
Speaker 2What.
Speaker 1How can you be so tired?
Speaker 2Something I don't know. I just got tired. Because, of all that concentrating you've been doing probably.
Final thoughts and dinner plans
Speaker 1You reckon yeah, and I believe you're having steak Chips and fried rice tonight. Do you have any kind of sauce with your steak? Do you have your favourite kind of sauce?
Speaker 2No.
Speaker 1No, alright, well, shall we sign out? Yeah, thanks for coming on the podcast. Another good job and I'll speak to you soon. See you, mate.