Amy: A Curious Life

Last Day

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Amy Schneider has always been smart, but she hasn’t always felt like it. It wasn’t until her 30s that it became clear just how many ways of thinking exist. With this new perspective, she saw her identity and abilities in a new light and, famously, went on to shatter records on the quiz show Jeopardy!. Amy and Stephanie talk about how the more you know, the more you realize you don’t know, the fateful timing of her success, and how she now realizes it couldn’t have happened any other way.

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0:47.0	Lemonnada I had been okay with going on TV as a trans person because I just thought I was
1:01.2	going on Jeopardy for a game or two.
1:03.0	The only things I was thinking about were like,
1:06.0	would I feel dysphoric watching myself and seeing myself on TV,
1:11.0	like that was the only downside I was worried about.
1:14.4	And then realizing that I was going to be, you know, in headlines and things like that and, you know,
1:21.4	was like going to become a target for people.
1:24.0	It was frightening to be honest.
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1:31.0	years, decades even, and lots can change between now and forever.
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