Making the Chain, Revisited

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4.6 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Christine Gentry revisits her story from 2016 called “Making the Chain” with Kevin Allison. She has many new insights, nine years later. 🎤Live Story: Making the Chain by Christine Gentry Christine’s friend needs a kidney donor or she will die. Christine is not a match for her friend, but she is able to join a chain of people donating, created by Be The Match. The experience transforms her life. keywords: Be The Match, dialysis, donation, donation chain, kidney, nephrology 🌈 Support RISK! & Get Involved • 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ in NYC on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 • ✍️ 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	Hello folks, this is Risk, the show where people tell true stories they never thought they
0:13.0	dare to share. I'm Kevin Allison, and today we're revisiting a story by Christine Gentry that she
0:20.3	told on Risk back in 2016.
0:23.1	It's one of our all-time favorites.
0:24.7	In fact, it's a story that I teach in my online storytelling workshops.
0:29.8	I do an analysis of it for the class.
0:33.2	And today, we're revisiting the story together.
0:36.6	Christine Gentry and I will, in 2025, be talking about how we feel about making the chain now.
0:46.5	So, a quick break.
0:48.8	And when we come back, Christine Gentry and I will revisit and review making the chain.
1:00.8	We'll be right back.
1:03.1	Think about cheese.
1:04.8	Make your thoughts cheesier.
1:07.1	Now add 100% chicken breast fillet, Chipotle sauce and Ameta cheese melt, and it's giving the new cheesy chicken stack at McDonald's.
1:15.2	Did we mention it's cheesy?
1:17.0	Cheese!
1:18.9	Available until the 4th of Jan, 2026 from 11am.
1:21.2	Price and participation may vary.
1:22.3	Subjects availability.
1:23.3	Head home for the holidays with Abercrombie and Fitch.
1:26.0	Between family dinners and making time to catch up with friends,
1:29.1	my calendar gets booked up.
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