Ep 72 | A Medal of Honor for a Grenade I Can’t Remember | Kyle Carpenter | The Glenn Beck Podcast

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News Commentary, Politics, News

4.6 • 25.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

You would think that jumping on a grenade to save the lives of his fellow Marines would be the defining moment of Kyle Carpenter’s life. But anyone willing to sacrifice his own life must have had quite the story to tell already. And miraculously, he’s survived to tell it. The youngest living Medal of Honor recipient, Kyle can’t remember his heroic act. He recounts his life before the grenade, the surreal moments right after the explosion, and the amazing things he’s chosen to do with his second chance at life. The author of “You Are Worth It: Building a Life Worth Fighting For,” he’s chosen to embrace his scars and spread hope and kindness across the nation. And unbelievably, he’s grateful for the grenade that gave him the opportunity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm sitting here in the Mercury Studios which were built as the Paramount lot here in Texas and
0:07.1	this stage has told many many stories and many films. Now I've purchased the lot and we tell
0:16.0	stories in a different way and the people that have sat on this stage to talk about what they have
0:22.4	done are incredible. The podcasts really are a collection of people that are unique and every day
0:29.7	were surrounded by great conversations and I hear a ton of stories. Sad stories, stories that will
0:36.3	leave you devastated stories of hope, stories of tremendous humanity, hero stories, real life heroes,
0:43.2	people who accomplished the unthinkable. Today I think the guest is all of those things. He is a
0:48.5	walking lesson in empathy, his story unbelievable without a doubt miracle that he's still alive.
0:54.4	I don't want to ruin the story for you but when he was 21 years old he went off to war.
0:59.7	Most dangerous war zone in the world. He endured the unimaginable but did it in a heroic way
1:06.4	and people will say this one event changed his life but I disagree with that. I don't think it
1:13.4	had anything to do with that event and that event the excruciating consequences of that event
1:20.0	impact him still today. This is one of those podcasts you're going to carry around with you for a
1:25.3	while because my guest today has a ton to teach about just the simple art of being a good person.
1:32.9	His story is of great empathy, motivate and inspire you to, as his book says in the subtitle,
1:39.6	build a life that's worth fighting for because you're worth it. His name is Kyle Carpenter,
1:45.4	the youngest medal of honor recipient ever.
2:01.1	So I have a reason I want to start here and you'll understand after you answer the first question.
2:08.1	Just tell me about the minute that you jumped on the grenade.
2:15.2	Start there. So maybe one of the craziest parts of my journey is I do not remember that minute.
2:26.5	Leading up to it? Leading up to it. I do not remember seeing the grenade, hearing it land,
2:33.7	thinking about it. All I remember is physically how I felt after that grenade detonated and I was injured.
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