Hello, kids, this is Risk, the show where people tell true stories they never thought they

dare to share. I'm Kevin Allison, and every Thursday, we rerun some of the stories that have run

on the podcast over the past 10 and a half years. From June 11th to July 2nd, 2020, we're going to be rerunning some of our very favorite

stories that have been told by black storytellers about race and racism.

As you probably know, a huge priority of ours here at risk is to feature as many stories

from people of different walks of life. And it's especially

important we think that people are hearing about black lived experience from black people. That's

why I want to remind everyone, if you, if you think you might have a story to share along these lines about race or racism,

please, if you catch yourself thinking, yeah, but my story is not so spectacular or,

oh, I'm not much of a storyteller, don't worry about that.

If you have had lived experiences that made you emotional in some way, you have stories,

and we can help you shape them. So reach out to me at Kevin at risk-shash-show.com or to our

pitches people at pitches at risk-show.com. There's lots of tips on how to pitch us at the

submissions page at risk dash show.com.

So we want your stories.

We can help you prepare them.

And we want you all to be spreading the word to other people you think might have great

stories along these lines.

Now, for this episode today, we're going to hear remarkable stories first by Carl Yard, then Maya James, and then Mark Abbott.

Now, here's the show.

Risk! Yes! Risk.

Thank you.

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