<description>&lt;p&gt;Join Ari, an artificial intelligence prototype disguised as a 10-year-old boy, as he tackles his very first mission into humanhood... to make friends.&amp;nbsp;This&amp;nbsp;may seem like a&amp;nbsp;simple&amp;nbsp;mission, but just like learning &amp;lsquo;the floss&amp;rsquo;,&amp;nbsp;things aren&amp;rsquo;t&amp;nbsp;always&amp;nbsp;as easy as they seem.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;If you&amp;rsquo;d like to continue the conversation about the importance of respect at home, or maybe even on the school run,&amp;nbsp;get advice and ideas on where to start in this helpful guide:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.respect.gov.au/resources/talking-about-respect/"&gt;respect.gov.au/talking-about-respect/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CREDITS:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Written by:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Nat Amoore&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Executive Producer:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Elle Beattie&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Editing, Music and Sound Design: &lt;/strong&gt;Lem Zakharia&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Head&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Of&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Podcasts:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Rachel Corbett&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CAST:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Professor Hixon&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;played by Cameron Daddo&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sammy Warner&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;played by Xion Jarvis&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ari&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;played by River Mardesic&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tanna&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;played by Victoria Wulff&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fernando Warner&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;played by Michael&amp;nbsp;Wipfli&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alison Warner&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;played by Kate Ritchie&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Malika&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;played by&amp;nbsp;Eva&amp;nbsp;Grados&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jeremy&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;played by&amp;nbsp;Knox Gibson&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Quinn&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;played by&amp;nbsp;Charlize Funke-Andrews&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Omari&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;played by&amp;nbsp;Harlem Schwenke&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Logan&lt;/strong&gt; played by&amp;nbsp;Oliver Carle&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mateo&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;played by&amp;nbsp;Christian James&amp;nbsp;Sta Rosa&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Project ARI

Nova Podcasts

Mission 1: Make Friends

JUN 13, 202116 MIN
Project ARI

Mission 1: Make Friends

JUN 13, 202116 MIN

Description

Join Ari, an artificial intelligence prototype disguised as a 10-year-old boy, as he tackles his very first mission into humanhood... to make friends. This may seem like a simple mission, but just like learning ‘the floss’, things aren’t always as easy as they seem.   If you’d like to continue the conversation about the importance of respect at home, or maybe even on the school run, get advice and ideas on where to start in this helpful guide: respect.gov.au/talking-about-respect/   CREDITS:   Written by: Nat Amoore  Executive Producer: Elle Beattie  Editing, Music and Sound Design: Lem Zakharia  Head Of Podcasts: Rachel Corbett   CAST:   Professor Hixon played by Cameron Daddo  Sammy Warner played by Xion Jarvis  Ari played by River Mardesic  Tanna played by Victoria Wulff  Fernando Warner played by Michael Wipfli  Alison Warner played by Kate Ritchie  Malika played by Eva Grados  Jeremy played by Knox Gibson  Quinn played by Charlize Funke-Andrews  Omari played by Harlem Schwenke  Logan played by Oliver Carle  Mateo played by Christian James Sta RosaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.