A Breath of Fresh Air: RISK! Reacts (feat. Ray Christian)

RISK!

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4.6 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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On this Veteran’s Day, guest-host Ray Christian from What’s Ray Saying? hears Brian Simpson’s “Fresh Air” story from So Say We All for the first time and gives you his hot takes. You can also watch this episode on YouTube! This is part of our RISK! Reacts series, where we listen to a story told on another show and give our first reactions. 🎙️ Story: Fresh Air by Brian Simpson (Content note: suicidal ideation) In 2003, Brian is a Marine stationed in Kuwait, and his battalion drills for potential biological attacks. A Trivial Pursuit game reveals a shocking statistic: 50% of their gas masks are defective. Later, facing a missile attack, Brian is haunted by this. keywords: Marines, Kuwait, Iraq, gas mask, Second Gulf War 🌈 Support RISK! & Get Involved • 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ in NYC on the 11th of December, 2025 • ✍️ Pitch your story⁠ • ❤️ Support us on Patreon⁠ or ⁠make a one-time PayPal donation⁠ • 📚 Shop merch or the RISK! book⁠ • 🎓 Take storytelling classes with us⁠ • 🎥 Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On this episode of Risk React, Marines, well...
0:09.0	Oh, damn.
0:13.0	Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Hello, folks. This is Risk, the show where people tell true stories they never thought they dare to share.
0:32.3	This is another Risk Reacts video episode, where it's usually Kevin Allison listening to a story for the first time
0:39.0	and giving you his instant reactions. But this time, Risk invited me on instead. Ray Christian,
0:46.8	the source of all black knowledge. I don't know why me, but I guess we're all going to find out
0:52.3	together. Now, if you're hearing this on the
0:55.2	RISP podcast feed and you'd rather watch this episode where you'll see both me and the
1:01.2	storyteller, well, there's a link to that in the show notes, but all of RIS audio episodes
1:06.5	going back over 16 years are all at RIS That show.com or anywhere you get podcasts.
1:14.2	So let's get started.
1:16.0	There is a storytelling show out in San Diego in L.A. called So Say We All.
1:22.5	And they sent us a story by a guy named Brian Simpson.
1:26.4	This story was on their podcast back in 2018 on an
1:30.3	episode called Uncle Sam's Misguided Children. Now, I've never heard this story before,
1:36.8	but John LaSalle from Risk heard it and thought we have to show this story to Ray Christian,
1:42.5	so I guess that's what's about to happen.
1:45.5	So after this quick break, we'll hear Brian Simpson on.
1:49.3	So say we all.
1:51.5	We'll be right back.
1:54.0	This episode is brought to you by Oral Bee.
1:57.1	Working hard for cleaner teeth.
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