The Advocate

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4.6 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Alex Steed, who often advocates for those who need help, tells Taj about finally learning how to advocate for himself. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get tickets to RISK! live shows: risk-show.com/live • Get the RISK! Book and shop for merch: risk-show.com/shop • Take our storytelling classes: thestorystudio.org • Hire Kevin Allison as a coach or get personalized videos: kevinallison.com 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	Hey, folks, this is risk. The show where people tell true stories they never thought they
0:18.2	dare to share. I'm Taj Easton and we are back this week with
0:22.2	another conversation story. And this week it's with Alex Steed and you are going to hear
0:27.2	all about Alex's journey towards self-advocacy and how he was punished extraordinarily for
0:35.2	doing so. Alex is a friend.
0:38.0	He's a podcaster.
0:39.5	He is an artist.
0:41.6	He creates zines and he has a record label.
0:44.5	He's fantastic.
0:45.7	I am deeply obsessed with his show, You Are Good,
0:49.7	which I'll say more about after,
0:51.8	but I just know ahead of time that I love this guy. I'm a big fan.
0:57.3	He kind of generally just cares. I wish more people gave as much of a shit as Alex.
1:04.2	Alex wanted me to mention this story features a lawsuit. This lawsuit is about a series of events, and we're going to hear
1:13.4	today Alex's take on that. But he wanted me to stress to you all that this is alleged, you know?
1:19.9	When it comes to law and legal stuff, there's a difference between fact and alleged, I guess.
1:25.2	Alex is describing his experience.
1:29.3	So it's, you know, it's his opinion.
1:30.0	It's his take.
1:31.0	It's his observation.
1:34.5	Everything you're about to hear, it's alleged, okay?
1:35.8	It's his opinion.
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