Hey folks, this is Rizk, the show where people tell true stories they never thought they

dare to share.

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

at content from our earlier years. This week,

it's an episode that premiered in April of 2013. It's an episode we call Parental Advisory. We have We have

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dare to share. I'm Kevin Allison, and this is Fortet behind me now. We are calling today's

episode Parental Advisory. Parents are so often great characters in stories because they've got a ton weighing on them.

They're usually a little bit frayed at the edges, a condition that can lead to surprising behavior.

In just a bit, we're going to hear from writer Julie Threlkeld, performing at a storytelling workshop show.

But before that, we're going to hear

from comedian Andy Livinggood, who we met when we were first in Charleston, South Carolina,

a couple months back. I was teaching storytelling down there like I'll be doing again. Andy told

this story in a workshop, and I decided to have him come to it on the podcast.

So without further ado, this is Andy Livinggood with a story we call The Rift. I'm The So I was raised in a very conservative Christian household.

We started out as Methodist when I was a real little kid,

and then in second grade we went to vacation Bible school

and converted to Southern Baptists.

And we were there all the time. Like three days

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