Good listening! Here is what I got from 00:55-01:05 The (or they) hope I can one day, you know, be able to thrive academically, and be able to (he stutters here a bit) contribute something to the intellectual world. It literally means to preach harmony... These speakers have accents that are not native English, I think, so it is a little challenging to figure out.

Hi. "It literally means to preach harmony." The phrase is not very clear, so there is no problem with your listening :)