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Host Introduction: Taking Risks
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Jodi Powell introduces the hour with characteristic warmth and candor, sharing her own recent risk: committing to swimming lessons as an adult who grew up on an island but was terrified of being in the water. After two weeks with a trusted instructor, she discovered a love of being underwater — though the coordination still escapes her and she hates the bubbles. The anecdote is both self-deprecating and galvanizing, establishing the episode's central thesis: hear that inner voice asking 'What are you doing?' and jump in anyway. The four storytellers to follow will each do exactly that.
Andrew McGill's father, a NYC taxi driver for 35 years, had been giving his son items left behind by passengers as gifts — including a wallet with someone else's money, ID, and credit card.
