Hello kids, this is Risk, the show where people tell true stories they never thought they

dare to share.

I'm Kevin Allyson, and every Thursday we release these special episodes where we look

back at content from our earlier years.

Sometimes single stories, sometimes whole episodes, keep in mind that years ago people might

have awarded things differently than they would today.

As always, the title of the whole series, Risk, is itself a content warning.

This week, an episode that premiered in September of 2011, it's an episode we call Backlash.

You'll never ask, so I'll never tell you, maybe it's better than we are.

Hello kids, this is Risk, the show where people tell true stories they never thought they

dared to share.

I'm Kevin Allyson, that was beautiful vision, that was the very first song anyone ever

wrote for our show.

This is Il Gates behind me now.

Today's show is called Backlash.

These are stories where people act it out and then it came right back in their faces.

We're going to start with just an amazingly wonderful guy.

I don't only spend about a day or so with him, but I love him.

His name is Adam Savage and he is the co-host of the Discovery Channel's very popular show

Mythbusters.

We call Adam's story What Made Everything Better.

So this story begins, well see, I debated whether or not to tell a drug story and alcohol

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