I'm Okay, You're Okay
4/30/202646 min
From the RISK! archives, this January 2014 episode gathers three storytellers around a theme that sounds simple and turns out not to be: actually being okay with yourself. Joel Kim Booster grew up as a gay Korean adoptee in an evangelical family, and it wasn't until he fell for a man who specifically desired him because of his race that he realized how thoroughly someone else's rejection had shaped his sense of his own worth. Dylan Brody has been performing the postmortem on his own victories since fifth grade, and it took competing in a full-contact TaeKwondo tournament at 41, with blood running down his face, to get a piece of advice he hadn't been able to give himself. Jolenta Greenberg built an entire adolescent identity around the belief that she was a diamond in the rough, and her high school crush Brian eventually put that idea to the test. Full episode details and music credits at risk-show.com/podcast/im-okay-youre-okay-cre513 Support RISK! & Get Involved 🎟 See RISK! live in New York City on Tuesday, June 9th ✍️ 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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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
Mom, can you tell me a story?
Joel Kim Booster· Guest0:01
Sure. Once upon a time, a mom needed a new car.
Speaker 00:04
[gasps] Was she brave?
Joel Kim Booster· Guest0:05
She was tired mostly, but she went to carvana.com and found a great car at a great price. No secret treasure map required.
Speaker 00:12
Did she have to fight a dragon?
Joel Kim Booster· Guest0:13
Nope. She bought it 100% online, from her bed actually.
Speaker 00:16
Was it scary?
Joel Kim Booster· Guest0:18
Honey, it was as unscary as car buying could be.
Speaker 00:20
Did the car have a sunroof?
Joel Kim Booster· Guest0:21
It did, actually.
Speaker 00:22
Okay, good story.
Joel Kim Booster· Guest0:24
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Speaker 00:30
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Speaker 30:35
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Speaker 40:40
It's easier to accept a story than believe that the people around you are monsters.
Speaker 30:44
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Speaker 40:45
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Speaker 00:50
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Speaker 30:52
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Speaker 61:19
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