The Fingers Episode
RISK!2 Sep 2025

The Fingers Episode

Bill, Brad, and Dominic recall the strange circumstances surrounding their broken or missing digits, with guest host John LaSala. 🎤Live Story: Just the Tip by Bill Worley Bill reveals how he lost the tip of his finger—knife fights, dive bars, a guy losing an eye—before revealing something even stranger: the truth. keywords: funny injury story, unreliable narrator, severed finger, missing finger, story slam 🎤Live Story: The Pillowfighter by Dominic Dierkes Dominic breaks his finger doing jiu-jitsu without health insurance, then bites through his own tongue under anesthesia and gets a personal follow-up call from the panicked anesthesiologist. keywords: broken finger, jiu-jitsu injury, no health insurance, ER horror story, medical bill anxiety, hospital surgery gone wrong, biting tongue during surgery 🎤Radio Story: A Perfect Night by Brad Lawrence Brad drunkenly breaks his finger during a dumb, hypothetical bar fight in a Brooklyn blizzard, but he refuses to leave, determined not to ruin a perfect night. keywords: bar life, New York City blizzard, broken finger, drunken injury, barfight fantasy, Brooklyn nightlife, dating a bartender 🌈 Support RISK! & Get Involved • 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ in NYC (September 25th and/or December 11th) • ✍️ 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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