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

dare to share. I'm Kevin Allison, and this is another one of our Risk reacts video episodes

where I listen to a storyteller telling their story

and give you my instant reactions

based on hearing it for the very first time.

Now, if you're hearing this on our podcast feed,

there's a link to the video version in the show notes,

but hearing it'll be fun too.

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So let's get started.

Our friend Drew Prahaska runs the Artichoke storytelling series in Beacon, New York,

and he sent us this story by Adam Selps that was told live at their July 2021 show.

Now, the video of this story lives at the Artichoke's YouTube channel,

Artichoke Show, but I haven't seen it yet,

so I have no idea what this story is even about.

But Drew thought it would be great for this,

and he said he'd love to see my reaction,

so without further ado, let's check out... Drew thought it would be great for this, and he said he'd love to see my reaction.

So without further ado, let's check out Adam's story. So from a really young age, it was very important to my family that I learned how to fight.

Not physically, but you know, the other kind.

The kind of fighting style that my family was really adept at is the kind that you would

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