This is an All-Ears English podcast episode 2625. Who is an unsung hero in your life?

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Does your culture love heroes?

Today get a lesser-known term to recognize someone who may be even more important than the main hero of the story.

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Hello, Michelle. How's it going today? I'm good. Lindsay. Lindsay, who is someone in your life who you

consider to be a hero? Oh, man. The concept of a hero. I mean, my parents were both heroes in some

ways, I guess. You could say that. Like, you know, in my life, right? Right. They they raised me well they taught me the right things

and so on a small small scale I would say they are what about you Michelle in your life

it's funny I mean I was thinking of my parents too you know it's like it's funny because

you don't often think I mean you think you think of superhero, maybe not parents,

but that's true.

It is that smaller concept of a hero, like personal to you.

And then there's, you know, the larger concepts.

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