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 the earlier

years of the podcast. This week in honor of Labor Day that's right around the

corner we're featuring the best of work stories. Speaking of work, we have been working hard at adjusting our 15th anniversary celebration in Portugal

to fit your schedules better.

Risk listener said that May of 2025 was the ideal time

to travel to Portugal for a curated vacation with us. And I believe six of you have already signed up so far.

So go to Risk-Show.

com slash Portugal

to learn more about this amazing holiday celebration

we're organizing, sightseeing, storytelling,

amazing meals and more.

It'll be May of 2025, and you can read all about it at risk dash show.com slash

Portugal now in a little bit we're gonna hear from Stacy keen

But first a story from yours truly. The kind of guy who

shouldn't be doing the kind of job that requires a drug test. Here's me now with a story this aquarium calls the water-bearer.

I'm going to start us off. This story of mine starts when I was 30 years old and when I was 30 it

was just not good. It was not good because my group my sketch comedy group had you know lost our jobs on TV and I had been starving and I had been doing the survival job, treadmill, you know,

doing one horrible job after another,

and getting fired and fired and fired.

And finally, I got to this point

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