Hey folks, this is Kevin. On this week's episode of Riskyle here, Dakota Piver.

My response to this was, I think I might be gay.

The part that's really fucked up about that is, I'm not gay. That was just the first thing that came

to mind. That and more, but first, this week's bonus story at patreon.com slash risk is by Linda

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lovely like, you know, you're no natural beauty. Go put some lipstick on.

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Now here's the show.

Hello kids, this is Riskyle. The show where people tell true stories, they never thought they dare to share.

I'm Kevin Allyson and this is the buddhist band behind me now. We're calling this week's episode

there and back. I'll tell you we've only got a few weeks left of this tumultuous year. We had a

lovely live stream, a holiday stories live stream this past weekend. And you know, we still do have

stuff coming up for the year at thestorystudio.org. You'll find our storytelling workshops like the

two-day level one with Amy Saloway on December 12 and 13. Lots of workshops are always listed at

thestorystudio.org. Now in a little bit we're going to hear a really moving story that was shared

at one of our recent live streams by Asasha Lailaq. But before that, an old friend returns, Jamie

Brunson is the executive director at first-person arts, a storytelling show and organization in

Philadelphia. Jamie really wowed us the first time she was on the show and it's great to have her

back. She did one of our recent live streams. Here is Jamie now with a story we call from the other side.

Hey everybody, thank you, thank you so much. So okay, this is a true story of course. So

I had a different experience in New York City. I mean, I was living the dream. I had just finished

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