The Best of Asian American Stories #6

RISK!

Arts, Comedy, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Performing Arts

4.6 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 135 minutes

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May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month. To celebrate, we’re looking back at 2 classic RISK! stories, with special guest co-host Susan Lieu. This episode is part of our Asian American Lives series and features stories by Justine Ang Fonte and Shreenath Rajendran. • 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	WARRAS
0:02.0	Woke up this morning
0:04.0	Felt the sun
0:21.6	They kissed my skin
0:24.6	I thought I want
0:26.6	I brave the light
0:31.6	I will face the
0:32.6	I'm working but come
0:36.6	Do you think you're going Hello folks Hello, folks, this is Rizk, the show where people tell true stories they never thought they dare to share.
0:47.5	I'm Kevin Allison, and every Thursday we release these special episodes where we look back at content from our earlier years. This is
0:56.4	Filipino-American rapper and producer Ruby Abara behind me now. And I'm being joined by a very
1:04.7	special guest co-host to help us kick off Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
1:11.6	This episode is the sixth in our series called The Best of Asian American Lives.
1:16.6	And with me is Susan Liu, who shared a classic story on risk way back in 2018,
1:24.6	called 140 pounds, which Susan expanded into her solo show, 140 pounds, how beauty killed my mother.
1:35.7	And she expanded that even further into her memoir, The Manicurist Daughter, A Best Book of the Year for NPR, The Smithsonian,
1:47.9	and Elle magazine, and an Apple book pick of the month. So Susan, welcome back to Risk.
1:55.8	Oh my God, I love being here. It's such an honor. I remember when we took the stage in Seattle in 2018, I just felt like such a noob storyteller. And I was like, Kevin, you majestic God. Like, how do you do any of it? And I remember rehearsing so many times for my story.
2:18.3	And it was such a big pivotal moment for me to become an artist.
2:23.3	And so now to be with you to talk about other stories is just like such an honor.
2:28.3	Thank you for having me.
2:30.3	Oh my gosh.
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