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The podcast discusses the cartoon "My Big, Big Friend," created by Andres Lieben and Claudia Buitman. It follows the friendship of Yuri, Lily, and Matt, each with their own invisible big friend. The show encourages imagination and problem-solving, teaching children the importance of believing in themselves and their friends. It also emphasizes the value of friendship and resolving conflicts. The podcast mentions the catchy theme song and praises the educational songs about feelings and friendship. The host expresses a personal connection to the characters and thanks the listeners and contributors for their support. The next episode will cover Dr. Mike Steffens. Hello, everyone. My name is Duda. Welcome to Live of Nostalgia, Brazilian TV and Toons in the 2010, a podcast about cartoons and series that were part of our childhood in Brazil. Today, I'm going to talk about the cartoon My Big, Big Friend, created by Andres Lieben and Claudia Buitman, co-produced by Brazilian studio 2D Lab and the Canadian company Breakthrough Animation. He had a first show on July 19, 2010, on Discovery Kids Latin America. It also premiered in Canada on Treehouse TV on September 5, 2010. The show centers around the friendship of Yuri, Lily, and Matt. Each has a big, big friend who is invisible to adults and other children but them. Yuri is five years old. He is smart, independent, and cheerful and has a very strong imagination. He is an only child, so sometimes he feels lonely and sometimes he can be a little bit selfish. Lily is six years old and very loyal. She is the oldest daughter and tries to help take care of her three younger siblings. She is a bit bossy and tries to control the games, which causes conflicts between her friends from time to time. Matt is seven years old, loves playing sports, and is very energetic. He is serious and very naughty. He also has a big sister that sometimes annoys him. Galia is Yuri's big, big friend. He is a big, round, blue elephant. Galia is loving and likes to try new things and play outdoors. He is also very shy and afraid of the dark. Nessa is Lily's big, big friend. She is a pink giraffe who is very charismatic, optimistic, and cheerful. Bongo is Matt's big, big friend. He is a green kangaroo. He is athletic, energetic, and is always joking. Bongo is very funny and loves to laugh. My favorite characters are Lily and her big, big friend. I think it's because I'm also a girl, so maybe that's why I identify with her the most. But I also think it's because I'm also a big sister, and sometimes I am a bit bossy like her. I also like her big, big friend the most because she's pink, and pink is one of my favorite colors, I guess. She can play with her neck because it's so long because she's a giraffe, and I think that's one of my childhood dreams because it looks so fun, and yeah, that's why I guess that's my favorite one. I also like Galia because he's blue, and blue is my second favorite color. He's also a little bit shy, and he's scared of the dark, which is something I can relate. Since I was little, I was scared of the dark. So I like the three of them the most, yes. I think one of the coolest aspects of the cartoon is also that entertaining the children's imagination, took them to a whole other world full of magical and mysterious creatures. I think it's important to show children that they should never stop imagining, that they should believe anything is possible. I think that because you don't want to give up on your dreams, and that's something that this cartoon is really important about because it says you shouldn't give up imagining because when you imagine, you make things possible, and when you believe on yourself and on your friends and on your imagination, you gain confidence to make things come true, and also to resolve a lot of stuff. Like if you're mad at someone or something, if you imagine it and if you believe in yourself, you can resolve it. So I think that's very important to show children, and to show others too, to show everyone you should never stop imagining. I also think it's very important to show how when there were an issue, they managed to solve it together, which is very nice. Yeah, and also you have to like trust your friends because if you fight with someone, and especially for children that they're still learning, when you fight with someone, you can't just give up if you really like that person because you might be giving up on a very good relationship, a friendship, and you can't just give up. You have to try again and then make arrangements, say that you're sorry sometimes, and sometimes the other person needs to apologize too. So I think the kids need to learn how to listen to the other person and how to apologize, and how to say that there was, how to like listen and apology also. And there were all the songs too. I had so much fun listening to the team song. That song lives in my head forever. I absolutely love it. They're good educational songs for children too. Songs that talk about feelings and friendship. I would say that my favorite song is the team song because it's really cute and in Portuguese is the best song ever. I don't know about it in English because I haven't learned it, listened to it in English, but in Portuguese is so good. It has like a lot of phrases. They're perfect and it's really cool and I also love all of the songs because I'm a big music fan. And yeah, I really like it. I'm not very good at music, but I really like it. Thank you all for listening to my podcast where I talked about my big, big friend and my affection for it. Thanks also to Mr. Marjorie for the opportunity to present this podcast to you. And a special thanks to the Spectrum School for lending us the studio that made this possible. Stay tuned for the next episode where we're going to be talking about Dr. Mike Steffens. Thanks to everyone and see you next time.