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RISK! Podcast
  • Episodes: In Harm's Way (#202)
    The Best of RISK! #1 (#301)
  • Date:October 12, 2011
  • Time In Episode:00:46:36
  • Download: MP3

"The Duel"

This story was first told by Lili Taylor on episode #202: In Harm's Way

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When they were teens, Lili and her brother came home one day, when their father, who had bipolar disorder, challenged Lili's brother to a knife duel, saying only one should survive. See the short film adapatation of this story, by Sean David Christensen: https://vimeo.com/259989564
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Themes/Keywords: basement, Best of RISK!, bipolar, Celebrity storyteller, cross-dressing, dad, delusion, disorder, drag, duel, father, hospital, knives, manic depression, mental health, mental illness, psychiatric


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