Hey folks, this is Kevin. Listen, I am in Ohio. I met my sister's house and I did bring

professional recording equipment with me and that professional recording equipment has broken.

So I'm recording this on my phone in my sister's house. You're going to hear dogs and washing

machines and lawnmowers and whatnot. Risk in 2020 is just the example of an incredibly difficult

podcast to make on a shoestring budget that we are continuing to make come hell or high water.

So on this week's episode of Risk, you'll hear Jeff Zimmerman. I didn't just have low testosterone.

I had like eat, pray, love, testosterone. Tremendously unhealthy but apparently very relatable to a lot of

people. That and more and the lawnmower that just started up behind me now. Before that, I want to

give a little shout out to our Patreon, our new member, Nelle Mayer. We always give a shout out to

people who give $25 or more per month. And you know what? We really, really, really, really do need

as much Patreon support right now as we can possibly get because you know, we're cutting back as much

as we can on staff and how much we pay staff and which makes my workload such that I can't take a

week off during my father's funeral for example. So please help us out. Patreon.com slash risk and

this week we have an interview there on Patreon with one of our favorite risk storytellers and a

faculty member at the story studio, the delightful Julia Whitehouse, such a great conversation over

there on Patreon. So go over there and help us out if you're already helping us out. Maybe you can

up the amount you're giving. There's so much bonus content there at patreon.com slash risk.

Now here's the show.

Hello kids, this is risk. The show where people tell true stories, they never thought they'd

dare to share. I'm Kevin Allyson and I'm in the suburbs. In fact, I'm in somebody's backyard.

I don't know who. So there's going to be lawn mowers, there's going to be children, there's going to be

airplanes. I've kind of given up on trying to disguise noise on the podcast anymore. You guys

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