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It's time to ignite the spark of inclusion with Inclusion Bites. And today is episode 129 with the title Wisdom on the School Run, and I have the absolute honor and privilege to welcome Liv Maudsley. Liv is the cohost of the School Run podcast and a college student. When I asked Liv to describe her superpower, she said she would say she has the wisdom to look at all perspectives, and she loves to understand why someone has a certain opinion or belief or feels a certain way. Hello, Liv. Welcome to the show.

Oh, hi. Thanks for having me.

Absolute pleasure. I I'm pretty sure you hold the record for being my youngest guest.

Oh, yeah. I like that.

And I was the I have the privilege of being invited onto your school run podcast just recently. So Yeah. Yeah. How does it feel to be in the other other seat, you know, in the as a guest?

It feels really a bit out of control. Usually, I'm the 1, you know, asking the questions, but, you know, the tables have turned a little bit.

Excellent. I'm looking forward to this. So we call this episode Wisdom on the School Run. The School Run is the name of your podcast that you run cohost with your was it your mom that you run it with? Yeah. So tell me more about Wisdom on the School Run and your perspective around understanding other people's beliefs. So tell me more.

So, yeah, Wisdom on the School Run. So that's mine and my mum's podcast, which we started last year in February. And it kind of all started because I had a really long journey to school. So it was an hour and a half then, hour and a half back. And me and my mum, you know, once a week, twice a week, we always used to have a really insightful conversation, I'd tell her something that was going on at school. And she'd give me her wisdom that she has, you know, obviously got over time and through being a CEO. And I'd also give her my wisdom as, you know, being 17, what I could try and give from my perspective. And so we thought, why not put it onto a podcast and bring guests on, and then they can share their life story and their wisdom to try and help people to see things from a different perspective.

So yeah.

From your perspective, obviously, what do you see as some of the the key differences in the way people see the world from a someone maybe your age under 20 compared with someone who's over 40, over 50? What what's the key differences you think?

I think my generation or maybe, you know, me personally, I think we've had a lot more there's been a lot more education, a lot more awareness around more topics that I would say maybe, like, my grandma, or my mom didn't have when they were at school. However, my grandma, I really love her. I think she's she's like unique in a generation. She really loves to understand the younger generation and and kinda what makes them tick as well, which I really love. She's not stuck in her ways or or very traditional. She really wants to understand, which I think is really, really lucky. And in terms of, you know, inclusion, diversity, and a lot of things, our generation, my generation can be it's it's difficult with social media. I think it's a great thing, great for education.