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Snap Judgment

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Snap Judgment

Snap Judgment and PRX

Arts, Snap, Society & Culture/personal Journals, Storytelling, Personal Journals, Arts/performing Arts, Performing Arts, Society & Culture/documentary, Music

4.711.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Amazing stories from people pushing the limits of their own mortality. Featuring the story of a skeptical journalist turned mountain climber.

Season 8 Episode 17

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0:00.0

If you like radically honest stories, you'll love the podcast.

0:15.2

Risk.

0:16.2

Risk is where people tell true stories they never thought they dared to share.

0:20.8

Like the one about the guy who cooked and served his own leg to his friends as tacos.

0:26.0

Or the woman who found out the person she was sharing kinky fantasies with online was

0:30.7

her dad.

0:31.7

If you think you've heard it all, just wait till you hear risk.

0:36.4

Available now on the Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcast.

0:39.9

Okay, so when I was 10, Rocky lived in the apartment underneath the others.

0:50.0

It had Down syndrome, right?

0:53.1

Don't mention that because Rocky played it for all it was worth.

0:57.1

He'd wander into our house, go rummaging through the fridge and my mama never said jack

1:01.1

to him.

1:02.1

Even though she would have smacked my brother eye upside to head in a minute, still catch

1:05.9

up on a living room carpet.

1:08.0

No problem.

1:09.0

Pack his jug and eggs while jumping up a dot on her bed.

1:12.8

Just don't do it again, okay?

1:15.1

But Rocky was a good dude and extended his life license to his buddies.

1:21.2

So when any of us broke a window or put a firecracker where it wasn't supposed to be,

1:25.6

we just shout Rocky.

1:27.1

Rocky come running and take the blame like a champ.

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