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The Riverside, Revisited

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

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In memory of Jan Scott-Frazier, we revisit her 2011 story called “The Riverside” and, until now unreleased, her conversation about the story in 2021 with narrative therapist David Newman.  00:00 Introduction 01:34 The Riverside by Jan Scott-Frazier (Content note: suicide) At 22, Jan moved to Japan, but was lonely, as foreigners often feel. She began to notice a woman who visited the same river she did, who was even more depressed. Jan strategized how to comfort this stranger, but was too late, discovering from the newspapers that the woman took her own life.  15:49 Discussion: Jan Scott-Frazier & David Newman 🌈 Support RISK! & Get Involved • 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ in NYC on March 17, 2026 • ✍️ Pitch your story⁠ • ❤️ Support us on Patreon⁠ or ⁠make a one-time PayPal donation⁠ • 📚 Shop merch or the RISK! book⁠ • 🎓 Take storytelling classes with us⁠ • 🎥 Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hello folks, this is Risk, the show where people tell true stories they never thought they dare to share.

1:15.3

I'm Kevin Allison, and recently we received the very sad news that someone who was so dear to the risk community passed away.

1:32.7

Jan Scott Fraser was an extraordinary person in so many ways. And I'll talk more about Jan at the end of the episode. In honor of Jan's memory, we thought we would

1:39.9

revisit one of the all-time classic risk stories that she told on the podcast back in 2011.

1:46.9

There's also a personal essay version of it in the risk book.

1:52.0

And I can assure you, even if you've heard the story before, it is so worth hearing again.

1:57.5

But we also have a special treat for you after the story, something you surely have not heard

2:03.4

before. In 2021, we recorded a conversation between Jan and a narrative therapist named David

2:12.2

Newman. David works at Sydney Narrative Therapy in Sydney, Australia, and it's just so lovely to hear

2:20.5

these two wonderful people discussing this beautiful story. So, without further ado, here is the

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