The Arguer (Encore)
Whose Amazing Life?
Wondery
4.4 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
The law is meant to protect and support all citizens. But when you face legal discrimination based on the color of your skin, it's clear that it's time for those laws to change. And you are the person who is going to change them.
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| 0:00.0 | OneDry Plus subscribers can listen to Who's Amazing Life early and ad free right now. |
| 0:05.7 | Join Wonderly Plus in the Wondry app or Wondry Kids Plus on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:15.2 | From Wondry, I'm Jordan R. Coleman. |
| 0:20.3 | And this is Who's Amazing Life? |
| 0:22.6 | You've heard of people who changed the course of history, but before they made their mark on the world, they were people like you and me, still figuring out what they wanted to do with their lives. |
| 0:32.6 | On this episode, you will be that person everyone knows. You might be a musician, or an athlete, a scientist, or a painter. |
| 0:45.5 | You may know what the person accomplished later in life, but now you can experience everything |
| 0:50.2 | they faced along the way. |
| 0:52.2 | From challenges and heartbreak, to triumphs and excitement, all the moments that built this |
| 0:57.1 | person into someone who would change the world. |
| 1:00.7 | There will be clues, so pay attention. |
| 1:03.0 | But only at the end will you find out who you are. |
| 1:07.4 | So sit back and imagine your amazing life as the arguer. |
| 1:16.1 | Imagine. |
| 1:17.3 | You're 13 years old, sitting on a sofa in your family's house in Baltimore, Maryland. |
| 1:23.1 | And you're nervous, very nervous. |
| 1:26.4 | Any minute now, your dad will arrive home from work, and you're definitely not looking forward to it. |
| 1:32.5 | Your heart pounds as the front door opens and your dad steps inside. |
| 1:38.3 | Evening, son. What's that look on your face? |
| 1:41.1 | Um, I have something to tell you. |
| 1:44.6 | Your dad sighs. |
| 1:46.1 | He sits down in a chair across the room and folds his arms across his chest. |
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