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[0:07] CK: Andrew, welcome to your first Twitter Spaces. Thanks for hustling to figure it out. Really excited and honored to have you talking with us.
[0:16] Andrew Bogut: Yeah, appreciate it. Thanks for having me.
[0:18] CK: So, I guess really quick, why don't we just start off with what's your story? Obviously, people may have heard of you as an NBA champion. You have a long history of amazing success in basketball. But you really caught my eye this past year, just because you've been really a voice of reason amongst some insanity that's coming from Australia and other countries around the world.
[0:47] Andrew: Yeah, look, it's a crazy time. I think wherever you are in the world, it seems to be either cyclical where different countries are getting harder, and then it goes lenient and then gets it harder. In Australia, I have been here for the last couple of years. And throughout this, we were relatively unscathed last year to an extent. We had some lockdowns and that kind of stuff, but it wasn't as draconian as it is now. Now, it's our politicians and our so-called "leaders" who are continuing with the division and the divisive talk and the fear-mongering, and it's like it's gone up 10 notches and now, we're probably where the rest of the world was last year. So, it's a pretty interesting time.
People that are vaccinated, are not vaccinated, that's not the issue to me. The issue is the coercion and the mandates of what they're doing. They are not giving people a choice, yet our Prime Minister gets on stage and says that it's completely
