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🗓️ 29 September 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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From a young age, you feel inspired to make a difference in your community. As you grow up, you learn just how important it is for you and people like you to make their voices heard, but sometimes your young age makes it hard for others to take you seriously. Will you ever be able to overcome the doubts of others in order to become the leader you were meant to be?
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0:00.0 | Parents, a heads up that this episode contains references to incidents of gun violence. |
0:13.9 | From Wondry, I'm Parvesh China, and this is Who's Amazing Start, a special |
0:20.4 | many episode of Who's Amazing Life. You've heard of people who've changed the course of history, |
0:26.8 | but this episode is about someone who's making history right now. Just like you, |
0:32.4 | they're still getting their start in life. Their journey is just beginning. |
0:37.7 | On this episode, you will be that person everyone knows. You might be a musician, |
0:43.6 | or an athlete, a scientist, or a painter. There will be clues, so pay attention. |
0:49.5 | And this is a mini episode, so it moves fast. Listen to the end to find out who you are. |
0:57.3 | So sit back and imagine your amazing life as The Leader. |
1:12.3 | We are witnessing history being made tonight, folks. The presidential election has been called |
1:18.1 | and Challenger, John McCain, has been defeated by Barack Obama. |
1:23.6 | Imagine it's a Tuesday night in November and you're sitting on your living room sofa with your |
1:28.3 | parents. On a normal school night, you and your sister would have wrapped up your homework |
1:33.0 | hours ago. You would have eaten dinner with your parents, and just about now, you'd be getting |
1:37.8 | ready for bed. But tonight is anything but a normal night. It's election night. Barack Obama |
1:44.3 | has just won the election for president of the United States. The television set is blaring |
1:50.5 | and images of people crying, hugging, and celebrating flash on the screen. At 11 years old, |
1:57.2 | you know that today is an important day. The politics have always seemed pretty boring, |
2:02.4 | so you haven't really been paying attention. You look at your parents, |
2:06.0 | we're beaming with joy. Why is everyone so excited? I don't get it. |
2:11.3 | Instead of answering, your dad points to the screen. Look, he's about to speak. |
2:17.3 | You shrug and look around for the popcorn bowl. Is it back in the kitchen? |
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