# Fighting Back Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-962579/fighting-back Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-962579/fighting-back.md Podcast: [RISK!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-962579) Published: 2026-04-02T15:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.risk-show.com/podcast/fighting-back-cre515 Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/swap.fm/track/6bpBPtHL977KJxLX2zPs/mgln.ai/e/485/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLSS7178625449.mp3?updated=1776133383 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/risk-962579/episodes/fighting-back Duration seconds: 2698 ## Resource This is a classic RISK! episode from January 2014, and it holds up with a particular kind of ferocity. (Content note: sexual assault) Ellie Jackson spent 12 years convincing herself she had moved on from being raped at a college party her freshman year. She'd built a careful system for managing intimacy, or avoiding it, and mostly it held. Then a routine visit to Planned Parenthood, a persistent social worker, and an accidental encounter with a Crest commercial undid all of it at once. (Content note: physical abuse, domestic violence, child abuse) Liz Stewart grew up with a sociopathic father and a paranoid schizophrenic mother who once pinned her to the floor to perform a homemade exorcism. She had boxed for eight years and never once hit back. Until she did. Two stories. Both women fought back. Full episode details and music credits at risk-show.com/podcast/fighting-back-cre515 Support RISK! & Get Involved šŸŽŸ See RISK! liveā  in New York City on June 9th, 2026 āœļø Pitch your storyā  ā¤ļø Support us on Patreonā  or ā make a one-time PayPal donationā  šŸ“š Shop merch or the RISK! bookā  šŸŽ“ Take storytelling classes with usā  šŸŽ„ Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/risk-962579/episodes/fighting-back/transcription-requests` ā€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-962579/fighting-back.md` ā€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.