Project ARI

About Project ARI

Follow the story of 10-year-old Ari, who’s the world’s first artificial intelligence prototype, as he tries to wrap his ‘data brain’ around the human experience. This series is funny and silly, with plenty of heart, and has been designed as a tool to help start meaningful conversations with kids about respectful behaviour. If you’d like to continue the conversation about the importance of respect at home, The Conversation guide has tips to get you started: respect.gov.au/talking-about-respect/ (https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/_ncCCANZR0h1yAzNf8gjuy?domain=urldefense.com)

Publisher

Nova Podcasts

Category

kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

13 Jun 2021

Latest episode

11 Jul 2021

Latest episodes

5 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Jul 2021

   Mission 5: Excursion Time

   Ari is very excited to be going on his very first school excursion, just like a real human kid! He’ll get to ride the bus, be partnered with a buddy, and check out a real-life space suit. But things don’t go to plan when the school bully Jeremy gets up to his old tricks. If you’d like to continue the conversation about the importance of respect at home, The Conversation guide has helpful advice: respect.gov.au/talking-about-respect/ (https://www.respect.gov.au/resources/talking-about-respect/) CREDITS: Written by: Nat Amoore Executive Producer: Elle Beattie Music, Editing 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 Mr Gibson played by Byron Webb Ms Riakos played by Sirine Demachkie Principal Li played by Angela Tran VO played by Lem Zakharia See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

2. 

   4 Jul 2021

   Mission 4: Win Best Costume

   It’s Ari’s very first Halloween and his costume obsession has reached new levels (and so has his ability to rattle off Halloween trivia). Will he be able to come up with the perfect costume to take out the Best Costume award at Quinn’s big Halloween birthday party? If you’d like to continue the conversation about the importance of respect, get advice and ideas on where to start in this helpful guide: respect.gov.au/talking-about-respect/ (https://www.respect.gov.au/resources/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 Malika played by Eva Grados Quinn played by Charlize Funke-Andrews Omari played by Harlem Schwenke Logan played by Oliver Carle Mateo played by Christian James Sta Rosa Ms Riakos played by Sirine Demachkie See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

3. 

   27 Jun 2021

   Mission 3: Achieve Likes

   Well, it was inevitable really, but this week Ari has discovered social media and he has big ambitions to ‘go viral’. Like most of Ari’s plans, this one doesn’t go quite as well as he’d hoped. If you’d like to continue the conversation about the importance of respect, this helpful guide can help you prepare: respect.gov.au/talking-about-respect/ (https://www.respect.gov.au/resources/talking-about-respect/) CREDITS: Written by: Nat Amoore Executive Producer: Elle Beattie Music, Editing 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 Malika played by Eva Grados Quinn played by Charlize Funke-Andrews Teacher Librarian played by Lem Zakharia See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

4. 

   20 Jun 2021

   Mission 2: Play Like A Girl

   Ari’s quest to become more human continues this week as he attempts to learn how to play sport with some help from a very special guest...Olympic athlete Kyah Simon. If you’d like to continue the conversation about the importance of respect at home, The Conversation guide has tips to get you started: respect.gov.au/talking-about-respect/ (https://www.respect.gov.au/resources/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 Eric played by Gyton Grantley Commentator played by Melanie McLaughlin Kyah Simon played by herself See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

5. 

   13 Jun 2021

   Mission 1: Make Friends

   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/ (https://www.respect.gov.au/resources/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 Rosa See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

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