The Commoner

Imagined Life

Wondery

History, Fiction, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

You grow up in a small town yearning to make a difference, but you will have to travel 5,000 miles across the globe to find your true calling. You are prepared to put your life on the line to fight for what you believe. When your body breaks down, you find another another way to create change. Hosted by Robbie Daymond.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to Imagine Life, add free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:12.2	Imagine. It's a bright cold morning in May.
0:16.7	You're standing in a wide trench with more than a dozen other men and your knee deep in mud.
0:23.2	Why did you get here?
0:25.2	Eight days ago, ten.
0:27.7	You've lost count.
0:30.5	You remember how it felt, though.
0:33.0	For the first time in your life, you had a cute sense of purpose.
0:38.6	You fantasized about charging the forces of fascism, marching shoulder to shoulder with your comrades.
0:45.1	It was an urgency to it.
0:47.6	Something worth dying for.
0:51.0	Or at least something worth writing home about.
0:54.7	Right now, you're just kind of bored.
0:57.7	No.
0:58.7	Board isn't the right word.
1:00.7	It feels stifled.
1:02.7	Like you're surviving in place.
1:05.9	Yeah.
1:06.7	That's a more accurate phrase.
1:09.4	Words are important to you.
1:11.5	You carry a couple novels in the pockets of your long wool coat and a dictionary, English to Spanish, for emergencies.
1:20.4	You are 33 years old.
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