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hope you enjoy, and now, episode 14

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of Growing Up Powerful. Right

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in our own backyard. Welcome

1:05

to Growing Up Powerful with Rebel

1:07

Girls. I'm Justine. And

1:10

I'm Asha. And we're two best friends trying

1:12

to figure out this thing called life. Welcome

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to the Growing Up Powerful Rebel

1:25

News Flash with your hosts... Asha.

1:28

And Justine. Today in

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Rebel News, Justine successfully made

1:32

chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast.

1:35

I did. And Asha got

1:37

her personal record on the 100-yard

1:39

dash in track. True

1:41

story, the Earth kept spinning around the

1:43

sun at about 67,000 miles per hour.

1:47

And I bet there's a new Rebel

1:50

being born right now. Yes. Isn't

1:56

it wild to think of all the things

1:58

happening in this one day all around? on

2:00

the world? Well, the world's a big place.

2:03

Fun fact, did you know that it

2:05

takes two hundred twenty six million three

2:07

hundred seventy two thousand seven hundred twenty

2:09

seven point three bananas to measure the

2:11

circumference of the earth? I did not

2:14

know that. Also, eight hundred forty billion

2:16

four hundred thirty seven million four hundred

2:18

seventy one thousand nine hundred and ten

2:20

bananas to go from the earth to

2:22

the sun? I feel like that one's

2:24

hard to fact check. And of course

2:27

fifty three six billion four hundred forty

2:29

two quintillion forty eight quadrillion eight hundred

2:31

eighteen trillion one hundred eighty one

2:33

billion eight hundred sixty million bananas

2:35

to cover the entire Milky Way?

2:37

Of course! Well that

2:39

one everybody knows. Which is

2:41

all to say the universe is a mighty

2:44

big place. And yet

2:46

we all live under the same sky, the

2:49

same sun, moon, and stars. I

2:52

feel like there are more and more ways that we

2:54

can affect each other and make this world a better

2:56

place. I totally agree. At

2:58

the same time, I hear

3:01

about people like Malala and Greta and

3:03

I'm like, whoa, I wish

3:05

I could be as courageous as they are. Definitely.

3:08

So my personal opinion is that

3:11

Malala and Greta are super amazing.

3:13

But we're super amazing

3:15

too. Facts. We can

3:17

still make a big impact. Even if

3:19

we're not starting a global movement or

3:22

seeking in front of the United Nations

3:24

yet. True. Even

3:27

the smallest act of kindness

3:29

can ripple out to help

3:31

so many people. Exactly. So

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for this episode, we're going

3:35

to share stories about people

3:37

creating positive change right in

3:39

their own backyard. Or by

3:41

the shore. Maybe even in

3:43

their own home. Don't give

3:45

it away. Okay. Let's

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go. Listen,

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upon a time there was a girl

5:42

who love. Swimming

5:44

in the South Seas, we've

5:46

been saving for the smooth

5:48

as South's. Marrying her toes in

5:50

the warm san, she only really got

5:52

to visit the shore during the summer

5:54

when she visited her cousin. Was

5:57

only to see that week. for

5:59

year chasing hermit crabs

6:01

and racing to the ice cream truck every

6:04

afternoon. Mmm. I can

6:06

almost smell that, Mrs. Gulls. That's

6:08

sunscreen. Right? So

6:10

one day, this girl and her cousins were

6:13

climbing on these rocks by the shoreline and

6:15

there were these clouds of thick

6:18

algae that kept getting closer and

6:20

closer. Ugh. And then,

6:22

they noticed there were a lot of ice

6:25

cream wrappers and hair ties that

6:27

were washing up with the tide

6:29

too. Gross. So I was... I

6:32

mean, this girl was just like, why

6:35

don't we grab a big garbage bag

6:37

and take a beach walk and pick up

6:40

whatever trash we find? Nice. Yeah.

6:42

And then, one of the cousins made

6:44

it into a contest to see who

6:46

could pick up the most trash. And

6:48

we found so much stuff. Hair

6:52

ties, wrappers, deflated balloons.

6:55

Once, we even found a pillow. It

6:58

became this yearly thing that we do. And

7:00

now, everybody gets their own garbage bag

7:02

and tries to collect the most stuff.

7:04

That's so fun. We wear gloves, of

7:06

course. Oops. I mean,

7:08

they. Not we. Is this

7:11

Rebel you, Asha? Umm,

7:13

yeah. I love it. Okay.

7:15

Your turn. Okay. Once

7:19

upon a time, there was a young Rebel who

7:21

was scared

7:23

of old people. Oh, dear.

7:26

Okay. Maybe not scared. But

7:28

just kind of nervous about not

7:31

knowing what to say or not

7:33

really having anything in common. No judgment. But

7:36

unfortunately, her mom

7:38

worked at a nursing home. Oh, wow. Yeah.

7:43

So, when it was

7:45

Bring Your Kid to Work Day, this Rebel

7:47

was like, No way, no how, no thank

7:49

you. Okay. Understandable. But then,

7:51

one summer, when her best friend

7:54

was at the shore with cousins,

7:57

Oh, so this

7:59

is my fault? This young rebel had

8:01

nothing to do, and her mom

8:03

was like, you're coming with me to

8:05

work, and you can help me stuff

8:07

envelopes, and we'll get Italian ices and

8:09

Nikki's pizzeria afterwards. This is actually a

8:11

really great deal. Yeah.

8:15

So, this rebel was not that sweet.

8:18

But she didn't really have another choice because she

8:20

was nine years old at the time, and lots

8:23

of people were away or at camp, and

8:25

she couldn't stay home by herself. But

8:27

whatever. She was kind of shaking

8:29

and sweating the whole way to the nursing home.

8:32

And the first thing she saw when she walked in

8:35

was an old lady, kind

8:37

of moaning and talking to herself in

8:39

the lobby. Oh, wow. And then the

8:41

lady took her walker and followed this

8:43

rebel down the hallway, saying

8:46

things like, so tall,

8:49

like a lamppost. I

8:51

was never that tall, was I? Oh,

8:55

my goodness. Was

8:57

this rebel freaking out? Definitely.

9:01

But you know what? This rebel

9:03

took some deep breaths and said

9:05

hello to the lady, and they

9:07

wound up becoming really good friends. No

9:10

way. Real? Yeah. Her

9:14

name is Ursula Lecter, and we actually became

9:16

pen pals after that day. Oh,

9:18

that's awesome. She was originally from

9:21

Estonia, I think. She still

9:23

writes me stories about her childhood, and I tell

9:25

her whatever was going on at school. It's

9:28

really fun. When she turned 93 years

9:30

old last year at her birthday party,

9:32

she had two huge pieces of chocolate

9:34

cake and made us some show tunes.

9:37

Okay, she's now my favorite person

9:39

ever. Besides you, of course.

9:42

Thanks. It maybe wasn't

9:44

the most rebel thing to do. It totally

9:47

was. Facing your fears

9:49

and connecting with people. Giving

9:51

someone friendship and support? I

9:54

definitely call that rebel. Yeah. Okay.

9:58

I do too. So

10:04

rebels we want to invite you

10:06

to create your own Bible story?

10:08

yes we have. You see how

10:10

inspiring and confident you can be

10:12

Com whether it's helping out of

10:14

friend or speaking up for something

10:17

you believe in given it your

10:19

all your track practice even when

10:21

everything hurts thank you very much

10:23

or inviting your monsters and thirty.

10:25

Ah yes we appreciate you and

10:27

believe in you. So please share

10:29

your story for the you write

10:31

it down, Say it out. Wow.

10:34

Specific. Knowledge it in your heart.

10:36

You come so. True.

10:49

This. Is our last episode for the

10:51

first season of Grown Up Powerful. Making

10:56

me and sharing. It with heels. yeah,

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what are you listen to the whole

11:01

growing up shower for the eighth or

11:03

hops around? the whole the was silly

11:05

find. And maybe even hopeful

11:07

for sure you for joining us

11:09

levels yes thank you and and

11:12

some. Time cheap, aiming

11:14

high. Keep dreaming big

11:16

and say. Well. This

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podcast is a production of Rebel

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Girls. This episode was

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narrated by Mean He Money Part

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as sixteen and Margaret you're Great

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at Asset. Produced and directed by

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George Smith would set a goal.

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executive producers are Jess Wolf and

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