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| 0:00.0 | If you've ever had a dream for yourself and thought that could never happen, I have just |
| 0:06.7 | the podcast for you. |
| 0:08.6 | It was so long that I'd been in the Coast Guard already being the only black female. |
| 0:14.5 | So when I met you, I saw myself. |
| 0:17.7 | On the season of the Storycore Podcast from NPR, stories of people who defied the odds. |
| 0:23.0 | So how was a colored boy from South Carolina wearing glasses, never flew a plane, how was |
| 0:28.0 | he going to become an astronaut? |
| 0:30.3 | But Ron was the one who didn't accept societal norms as being his norm. |
| 0:35.1 | And some who changed history for everyone who came after them. |
| 0:38.6 | I think Dr. Drew would call himself a determined teacher and surgeon. |
| 0:44.4 | And if that took, taking a stand, that's what he did. |
| 0:50.2 | Our new season featuring stories of trailblazers drops December 7th. |
| 0:53.9 | You can find the Storycore Podcast on the NPR1 app at npr.org or wherever you get your |
| 0:58.8 | podcast. |
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