Hey folks, 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 release these special episodes,

where we look back at content from our earlier years. This week,

it's the best of gratitude stories, number one, commemorating Thanksgiving this year. And of course,

gratitude is an important thing to do any time of year. You know, it's not just helpful to go over what you are grateful for in your own life

on a regular basis daily, if you can, but to sit and remember moments when other people

expressed gratitude to you.

That can also be very heartening. When I do that, when I do that,

I automatically, like the first thing I think about are incidents where risk listeners

have either at live shows or online in workshops or at our social events, the what's your story events,

or even emails expressed such profound gratitude to me. And I just can't say how much that means to me.

It's part of what keeps me going, really and truly. And of course, we always

express our profound gratitude for risk listeners who are helping to keep the show running

because we need it so very much. I want to give a shout out this week to Sarah Fleischer,

who became one of our Patreon members giving $25 or more per month.

Thank you so much to Sarah.

And, of course, anyone out there, there's so much more to be found at patreon.com slash risk.

And you can help keep the show running.

Now, in a little bit, we're going to hear from Paul Sibis, just an absolutely beautiful, beautiful story. But before that, a story from the

remarkable Saturi Shakur, holy gal, you're about to hear what a just spectacular person, Saturi is.

You can find her on Instagram at Saturi underscore Teller.

She has done so much extraordinary work building community, especially around storytelling of all sorts, in the Detroit area.

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