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#86 - Suzy Cato Interview (Children's Television, Parenting, Dancing With The Stars, Kids Books etc)
Description
Suzy Cato is New Zealand's most well known Children's Television Presenter who came into prominence with shows like You & Me, Suzy's World and 3pm.
SOCIAL MEDIA
WEBSITE - suzy.co.nz
Instagram - @suzy_cato
Twitter - @suzy_cato
Facebook - Suzy Cato
Tiktok - @suzy_cato
Youtube - @TreehutTV
#youandme #kidstv #suzy'sworld
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Had To Record It’s Our Time Song Every Episode/Recording Episodes
02:00 - Suzy Did Most Episodes In One Take/Structure Of Every Episode Of You And Me
03:57 - Pauses During Questions
04:49 - How Suzy Got The You And Me Job
08:30 - How Suzy Prepared For Being In Front Of The Camera
10:20 - How Suzy’s World Came About
12:13 - Suzy Was Heavily Involved In Behind The Scenes For Suzy’s World
13:10 - Suzy Learned Roles Well Doing The Job/Can Do Attitude For Childrens Programmes
15:10 - Avoiding Being Typecast/Writing For Women Magazine
16:21 - Other Projects Suzy Did
19:07 - How Dancing With The Stars Happened/Dance Training
20:50 - Work Post Lockdown/Doing Home Film Work
23:23 - Suzy Says Yes To Things Then Learns It After/Suzy’s Research For Dancing With The Stars
24:33 - Memorising Dance Moves/Working Within Limitations
25:59 - Suzy Isn’t Competitive/Sense Of Family In Dancing With The Stars
28:02 - How Suzy Protects Her Children In The Age Of Technology & Social Media
30:30 - Suzy’s World Website Often Created Problems For Parents & Kids
31:12 - Educate And Communicate With Your Kids
32:52 - Netsafe/Protecting Kids From Explicit Content
34:54 - Cyber Bullying/Talk With Your Kids
36:33 - Be On The Same Social Media Platforms As Your Kids/Connect Four
38:19 - Feeling Old/Kids Keep Yon On Trends
39:26 - Suzy Has To Be On Social Media For Work Reasons/Analytics/Youtube
40:17 - Lockdown Bedtime Stories
42:05 - YouTube Analytics/Social Media Demographics
43:16 - Suzy Cato Doing Her Own Marketing
44:10 - Taking Time Out To Spend With Kids/Balancing Work & Kids
46:11 - Aucklands Traffic/Downsides Of Working From Home
49:43 - Suzy Has Had A Home Office For A Long Time
50:49 - Suzy’s World Production & Home Sets
51:53 - Suzy’s Books & Future Projects
53:41 - Writing Songs That Leads To Books/Suzy’s Book Stories
57:28 - Suzy Has A Vault Of Ideas
1:00:00 - Where To Follow Suzy Cato