What Do Kids Value Most? Play, Pets, And The Joy Of Simple Days

A simple car ride turned into one of those chats you wish you could bottle. We picked up after school, grabbed Subway, wandered through Rebel Sport to inspect every basketball, and then hit the park—where a scrappy run of 18 kicks in a row felt like a trophy. Between laughs and questionable dad jokes, we peeled back what actually matters to a ten-year-old: second break at school, the thrill of PE and swimming, the magnetic pull of Minecraft and YouTube, and a deep love for sea turtles that needs no justification.

We talk about how play creates connection—tagging through a shopping centre, testing how long we can keep a ball alive, and turning small wins into big memories. The screen time conversation gets real without getting preachy, as he explains PvP, mobs, and the satisfaction of building worlds block by block. School isn’t just subjects; it’s the ritual of breaks, the joy of soccer, and that precious feeling of independence. There’s space for fears too—spiders, snakes, the vague “everything”—balanced by the security of five lively dogs at home and the kind of family noise that feels like love.

You’ll hear favourites that sketch a kid’s inner map—seven, green, chocolate mint ice cream, and Fanta edging out the milkshake. You’ll also hear how curiosity roams: turtles sunbathing on a log, squid and sharks joining the list, and the calm humour that makes scary creatures feel less so. It’s warm, messy, and honest—a reminder that the best conversations happen in the margins between school and home, snacks and dinner, questions and laughter.

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Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:18

Welcome up to Beyond the Plan. I've got my friend here, the little legend, Memphis with a Y. How are you? Good. Guess what? What? I'm Gary with a Y.

SPEAKER_01 0:29

Nice.

SPEAKER_00 0:31

That was a really bad start for the podcast, wasn't it?

SPEAKER_01 0:34

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 0:35

Someone's been having some really bad dad jokes all day.

SPEAKER_01 0:37

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 0:37

Who's that been? Is it been you?

SPEAKER_01 0:43

You.

Best Parts Of The Day

SPEAKER_00 0:43

Okay, fine. Um let's go through a few questions. You know you like I like being a policeman with you. We've got a little maps on here to take you home. Yeah. Um, what's been the best part of today? Playing. Obviously school.

SPEAKER_01 0:59

Um. Playing fee.

SPEAKER_00 1:02

We played tags at the shopping centre. I don't know if that was very professional, but that was I think you beat me. I could hardly catch you. You keep going on the other side of the shopping centre. I didn't know where you were.

SPEAKER_01 1:11

I know, guess what? I thought I almost lost you, but I didn't.

SPEAKER_00 1:14

Yeah, well, you know what, I jumped out in front of someone and I thought it was yours because some old man walked past me. He's looked at me and went, oh whoops. So I've given him once a heart attack and I was a bit embarrassed, so. Um yeah, we've done a few things. What have we done today? What can you remember? What can you recall?

SPEAKER_01 1:29

Uh no. Come on. Um we started off by uh uh drinks, thank you. Drinks.

SPEAKER_00 1:40

Well I picked you up first from school.

SPEAKER_01 1:42

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:43

Then we went to Cham Sai. Shamside? Yep. And you had some healthy snacks this afternoon.

SPEAKER_01 1:51

Yeah, very.

Sports, Park Wins, And Basketball

SPEAKER_00 1:52

It was eh? Subway, wasn't it?

SPEAKER_01 1:56

Subway, yeah, subway.

SPEAKER_00 1:57

Subway's ham and cheese.

SPEAKER_01 1:59

Yeah, and a and a healthy kick shake. Kick shake.

SPEAKER_00 2:02

All of calcium. That's right. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 2:04

Totally.

SPEAKER_00 2:05

Um and then we went to Rebel Sport.

SPEAKER_01 2:07

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 2:07

We had a look at the basketballs and soccer balls there. I mean the basketballs, wasn't it?

SPEAKER_01 2:11

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 2:12

And then off to the park at your site.

SPEAKER_01 2:13

No, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 2:14

How many kicks in a row did we get?

SPEAKER_01 2:16

18.

SPEAKER_00 2:17

Freak, that was amazing. We keep getting like four, two, zero. I know. And then suddenly we've got like eighteen in a row.

SPEAKER_01 2:24

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 2:24

And then we played some basketball.

unknown 2:26

Oh.

SPEAKER_00 2:27

The time is just playing.

SPEAKER_01 2:28

Yeah?

SPEAKER_00 2:29

And now you're cooked. You're hot now.

SPEAKER_01 2:32

Very.

Screen Time And YouTube Faves

SPEAKER_00 2:32

Yeah. So what's the plan for the rest of the evening? And you can't say YouTube will play games. What? What's the plan for the rest of the afternoon? You can't say YouTube will play games?

SPEAKER_01 2:41

Playing games and watching YouTube.

SPEAKER_00 2:43

Oh my gosh. Actually, tell people listen to this. What what kind of things do you look at? Are you on YouTube? What are some of the things that interest you on YouTube?

SPEAKER_01 2:51

Bush videos.

SPEAKER_00 2:53

Bush videos? Watch, yeah. Oh watching videos. Yeah. On what?

SPEAKER_01 2:57

On YouTube.

SPEAKER_00 2:58

Yeah, but what kind of videos? Videos on what kind of thing?

SPEAKER_01 3:02

Minecraft, Footnote, rubber.

SPEAKER_00 3:04

Oh, okay. So you're watching videos about video games? Yeah. Oh. And what's your favourite video game at the moment?

SPEAKER_01 3:14

Minecraft?

SPEAKER_00 3:17

Minecraft. What's so good about that? Is that where you have to build things?

SPEAKER_01 3:20

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 3:21

Dexter you like shoot other people?

SPEAKER_01 3:23

Uh PvP call it's called video.

SPEAKER_00 3:26

What's that mean?

SPEAKER_01 3:27

It means like you can fight other people.

SPEAKER_00 3:30

Do you fight other people?

SPEAKER_01 3:32

Sort of. We also fight m mobs.

SPEAKER_00 3:35

Oh, okay. And how long how many years have you played Minecraft for, do you reckon? Lots? Since you're how old, do you reckon? Because you're ten now.

SPEAKER_01 3:45

I said like when I was five years old.

SPEAKER_00 3:47

Yeah, okay. You must be pretty good at it.

SPEAKER_01 3:50

Yeah.

School Days And Second Break

SPEAKER_00 3:50

Yeah? Alright, cool. And so we're doing this little podcast on the way home. What's your plans tomorrow? What's tomorrow? Tomorrow's Thursday.

SPEAKER_01 4:03

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 4:04

Isn't exciting? Like, is there certain things on certain days of school like enjoy like the what's your best day at school? Do you have like a favourite day at school?

SPEAKER_01 4:13

Oh my favourite day at school actually.

SPEAKER_00 4:16

You do, like every day.

SPEAKER_01 4:18

Favourite part about school?

SPEAKER_00 4:19

Yeah, what's your favourite part? Yeah, that's a good question. What's your favourite part?

SPEAKER_01 4:25

Second break.

SPEAKER_00 4:27

Because second break is longer?

SPEAKER_01 4:28

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 4:29

And you get to play soccer.

SPEAKER_01 4:30

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 4:31

Well it's sourcing your soccer skills today, that's pretty good.

SPEAKER_01 4:33

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 4:34

Can you play soccer with your friends?

SPEAKER_01 4:35

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 4:36

Do you have a favourite friend you want to say hello to out there?

SPEAKER_01 4:40

I like all my friends equally, so I have no idea.

SPEAKER_00 4:43

No. A girlfriend you want to say hello to?

SPEAKER_01 4:46

No.

SPEAKER_00 4:47

Okay. Alright. Um. So the best thing about spill is second break, so you have to play sport. What about what about spill? Do you have like a favourite subject?

SPEAKER_01 4:58

The other favourite subject.

SPEAKER_00 5:00

Like you like PE, English, science, maths.

SPEAKER_01 5:03

Second break.

SPEAKER_00 5:04

Yeah, besides second break.

SPEAKER_01 5:05

And first break?

SPEAKER_00 5:08

And after school? And before school.

PE Swimming And Silly Banter

SPEAKER_01 5:12

PE!

SPEAKER_00 5:12

We like PE.

SPEAKER_01 5:13

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 5:14

What are you doing at the moment in PE?

SPEAKER_01 5:16

Swimming.

SPEAKER_00 5:16

Ooh! Do you like swimming? Yeah. Do you have to wear floaties? Because I'd have to wear floaties.

SPEAKER_01 5:22

I don't wear floaties, I use a kickbird.

SPEAKER_00 5:24

I'd have to wear floaties in a ring to kick myself up.

SPEAKER_01 5:28

You're a full grown adult.

SPEAKER_00 5:30

Yeah, well, can I touch the bottom?

unknown 5:32

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 5:33

Oh, that's okay, I can just do that. I can pretend I'm swimming on the top and then just walk on the bottom. Yeah. Like a duck. Yeah. Okay. And um, let's see, I know things about Memphis. Memphis's favourite number is 6'7. Um.

SPEAKER_01 5:47

That's not my favourite number. My favourite number is seven.

SPEAKER_00 5:51

Oh, close. It was almost 6'7. Of course it was. His favourite kind of animal, reptile, amphibian mammal is a twirl. Sea turtle.

SPEAKER_01 6:01

Yeah, I said jinx.

SPEAKER_00 6:03

I don't care.

SPEAKER_01 6:04

You have bad luck! A dragon.

SPEAKER_00 6:07

Sea turtle is your favourite?

SPEAKER_01 6:09

Yeah. Any types of turtles any kind of turtles are my favourite. Any kind of.

SPEAKER_00 6:17

And then? Why turtles? What got you in love with turtles?

SPEAKER_01 6:23

I don't know, I just like them.

SPEAKER_00 6:24

Do you think they're cool? Yeah. We went for a swim the other day a day, bro. And there's two little turtles on a log just for sunbaking.

SPEAKER_01 6:30

What's that?

Favourite Number, Colour, And Turtles

SPEAKER_00 6:31

And they went, look, they dived in after each other, it looks so cool. Nice. Yeah, it was nice. Um gay turtles. Favourite number is not 67. Stop 6'7. Yeah. Um, favourite colour is green.

SPEAKER_01 6:46

Yeah. Um.

SPEAKER_00 6:50

Favourite class is P E. Favourite part of the day is second break.

SPEAKER_01 6:54

Oh, can I say something?

SPEAKER_00 6:55

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 6:56

Did you know that a rabbit runs around getting a lot of exercise, only eating carrots, and they only live for about like either two or five years? But did you not also know that in that turtles do nothing and live for 200 years?

SPEAKER_00 7:14

That's why. Because they're well rested.

SPEAKER_01 7:18

They live for 200 years, but they do nothing.

SPEAKER_00 7:21

You should not live for 200 years.

SPEAKER_01 7:23

I know. Just saw it once.

SPEAKER_00 7:25

Did you?

SPEAKER_01 7:25

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 7:26

How long do crocodiles last for? What? How long do crocodiles live for? Seven years? Someone tell me crocodiles may live uh die from starvation because they're so big they don't get enough food. No. That's what I reckon. Definitely wrong. Well, what might I die of? Um what's the most scariest creature in the world? Shark, crocodile, piranha? Uh is anything you're scared of? Like snakes or spiders or not?

SPEAKER_01 7:59

Uh I'm scared of like everything, really.

SPEAKER_00 8:05

Yeah, I'm scared of everything. Scared of me. Well, that's fair enough. If you were in your room there was a spider, would you scared?

Long-Lived Turtles And Fears

SPEAKER_01 8:15

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 8:16

What about a snake?

SPEAKER_01 8:17

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 8:18

I don't like snakes.

SPEAKER_01 8:19

Actually, maybe.

SPEAKER_00 8:19

I hate snakes. Freak me out.

SPEAKER_01 8:21

Maybe I like snakes.

SPEAKER_00 8:22

Turtles?

SPEAKER_01 8:23

Definitely likes turtles.

SPEAKER_00 8:25

You're not scared of it? What about the snapping turtles?

SPEAKER_01 8:27

Yeah, I still like them. What about I would just stay far away from them.

SPEAKER_00 8:31

What about sharks?

SPEAKER_01 8:33

Mmm. I'd capture one and keep it as my pet.

SPEAKER_00 8:37

What about baby shark?

SPEAKER_01 8:39

Still capture and keep it as my pet.

SPEAKER_00 8:41

What you? Yeah. Do you have any pets at home? Yeah, five dogs. Five. Do you can you name them for me, please?

SPEAKER_01 8:50

Leia, Chica, Tilly, Leia, and uh Lily and Cash.

SPEAKER_00 8:59

Isn't that six?

SPEAKER_01 9:00

Yeah. Actually, no, I actually make that five still, because like Tilly's at like my cousin's place.

SPEAKER_00 9:08

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 9:09

But technically I still own her, so yeah, it was six.

SPEAKER_00 9:11

How do you get to feed them all?

SPEAKER_01 9:12

Like 5.5, I say.

SPEAKER_00 9:14

Do they do they fight?

SPEAKER_01 9:15

No, I just play. Do they? I think they're f I each time they play, I think they're fighting. It turns out they're just playing.

SPEAKER_00 9:23

Because you've only got two hours, eh?

SPEAKER_01 9:25

What?

SPEAKER_00 9:25

Two hours?

SPEAKER_01 9:26

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 9:27

Can I ask you a question about being silly?

SPEAKER_01 9:30

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 9:30

I'll try not to be silly, right? I'm trying to be s I'll try to laugh, and you're trying to laugh. This is a serious question. Okay. Is chili a hot dog? Is chili a hot dog?

SPEAKER_01 9:41

Chili.

Pets, Play Fighting, And Names

SPEAKER_00 9:43

Chili. You say you got a dog named Chili? No, Tilly. I thought you said chili.

SPEAKER_01 9:48

I said Tilly.

SPEAKER_00 9:49

Telly, like the television.

SPEAKER_01 9:51

Tilly!

SPEAKER_00 9:51

Or chili.

unknown 9:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 9:53

Like a hot chili.

SPEAKER_01 9:54

No!

SPEAKER_00 9:56

Do you know where where the word hot dog came from?

SPEAKER_01 9:59

No. What what what what what was it from a very hot dog?

SPEAKER_00 10:06

It was from. The Germans used to call it got lots of plastic dogs. I don't know how it turned to like the hot dog. Orks. This is random conversation now, isn't it?

SPEAKER_01 10:20

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 10:21

What do you want to talk about?

SPEAKER_01 10:24

Sea creatures.

SPEAKER_00 10:25

Sea creatures, alright. I remember last podcast, ages ago, we talked about your top five sea creatures. And I remember that obviously turtles up there, I couldn't even remember. Start with T, remember? Terrible.

unknown 10:38

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 10:39

Terrible. Turtles is T. Um. But turtles up there, I think octopus is up there. Is that right?

SPEAKER_01 10:45

Squid, yeah. Octopus is squid.

SPEAKER_00 10:48

What else is up there?

SPEAKER_01 10:50

Uh, I can't remember.

SPEAKER_00 10:52

Sharks are like number five, I think. Have to go back and listen to that one.

SPEAKER_01 10:57

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 10:58

Alright. So yeah, if you talk about some things you do like, is there anything you don't like? I know what you don't like. Veggies. Fruit.

Hot Dogs, Words, And Random Chat

SPEAKER_01 11:08

I s I like fruit, just not veggies. Oh. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 11:12

So like veggies.

SPEAKER_01 11:13

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 11:15

But you do like fruit.

SPEAKER_01 11:16

Like apple bananas and stuff like that.

SPEAKER_00 11:19

Yeah, nice.

SPEAKER_01 11:20

Yeah. I only I only like like apples and bananas.

SPEAKER_00 11:24

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 11:24

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 11:25

That's good, they're healthy.

SPEAKER_01 11:26

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 11:28

You don't like any veggies at all? Well, if you're stuck on an island, all you could eat was mashed potato.

SPEAKER_01 11:36

I could eat mashed potatoes.

SPEAKER_00 11:38

That'd be harsh, wouldn't it? Do you have a favourite drink?

SPEAKER_01 11:45

My favorite drink?

SPEAKER_00 11:47

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 11:48

I'm gonna have to say fanta. Yeah, orange fanta.

SPEAKER_00 11:56

I thought you would have said chocolate pickshakes.

SPEAKER_01 12:00

I wanna if I wanted to. I just really like Fanta's. I don't want Fanta now, damn it.

SPEAKER_00 12:09

Stop thinking Bafanta.

SPEAKER_01 12:11

I'm sorry.

Top Sea Creatures List

SPEAKER_00 12:12

Alright, so favourite cream. Let's just go with favourite food. This has got one meal left. You only have one meal. It can't be lolly's, it's gonna be a meal. What would it be? Um ice cream. Oh dessert, you go straight for a dessert. Yeah. Would it be a chocolate ice cream?

SPEAKER_01 12:34

Chocolate mint. Chocolate.

SPEAKER_00 12:35

Oh chocolate mint.

SPEAKER_01 12:36

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 12:37

Yum, that sounds good.

SPEAKER_01 12:39

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 12:39

Chocolate mint. Okay. So come on, any dislikes besides veggies?

SPEAKER_01 12:47

Uh no.

SPEAKER_00 12:48

Because what I noticed with you, Memphis, is that you're very polite young man.

SPEAKER_01 12:53

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 12:53

And you're very happy all the time.

SPEAKER_01 12:55

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 12:56

Which is good for me because whenever I say bad jokes, you still laugh.

SPEAKER_01 13:00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 13:01

Such as, why was the sandwich?

SPEAKER_01 13:03

Why?

Food Likes, Veggies, And Drinks

SPEAKER_00 13:04

Because of seaweed. You will laugh. He's the only one who laughs at my dad jokes. He's the only one. Oh well mate, I've had a good day with you today, as usual. The time has gone fast.

SPEAKER_01 13:20

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 13:21

It's good to see you eating some healthy food today and exercise in the park. That was good for something different? Yeah. Bit of a podcast to finish off. Yeah. Now I'm going around to Cherry Street. You won't tell people you live.

SPEAKER_01 13:36

No.

SPEAKER_00 13:38

No. But thanks for coming on the podcast.

SPEAKER_01 13:40

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 13:41

See you next time.