Naomi Judd: Dream Chaser

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Academy of Achievement

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4.6 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Naomi Judd's life has had more ups and downs than a rollercoaster. For eight glorious years, she and her daughter Wynonna were the biggest country music sensation of the 1980's, with fourteen number one hits, sold-out stadium tours, and too many rhinestones to count. But Naomi's life before and since has been far from glamorous. In this episode, she talks about her tumultuous early life in small-town Kentucky and her struggles as a young single mom on welfare. She recounts how singing transformed her relationship with Wynonna, and then took them to the heights of the music industry. And she shares how the devastating disease that brought it all crashing down led her to a place of tremendous insight and gratitude. (c ) American Academy of Achievement 2017

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0:00.0	Reading about Naomi Judd's life can give you vertigo.
0:03.7	She's had more deep down low points than a country song
0:07.6	and more high points than the Appalachian Mountains
0:10.8	where she was born.
0:11.9	Along that roller coaster of a journey of course, in What I'm trying to tell you characters is that we are not magical beings.
0:27.0	You're not born with your destiny stamped on your forehead.
0:31.0	We crawled over a broken glass to get here here and you know how we did it?
0:35.1	We didn't let anything stand in our way or anybody.
0:38.8	They're my guardian, I know they can see.
0:47.6	Every step I take, they are go for me.
0:55.0	I'd not know where I'm going,
0:59.0	but I'm sure where I come from.
1:05.0	They're my guardian angels.
1:11.0	And I'm there special walk.
1:14.0	Naomi Judd's guardian angels and whispering demons on this episode of what it takes.
1:20.0	A podcast about Passion, Vision, and perseverance from the Archives of the Academy of Achievement.
1:27.0	I'm Alice Winkler.
1:29.0	Adam Aye, this child is gifted, and I heard that enough that I started to believe it.
1:35.0	If you have the opportunity not a perfect opportunity and you don't take it you may never have another job.
1:41.0	It all was so clear.
1:43.1	It was just like the picture started to form itself.
1:46.2	There was no way in which a lie could prevail over the truth,
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