# The Best of RISK! #35 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-962579/the-best-of-risk-35 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-962579/the-best-of-risk-35.md Podcast: [RISK!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-962579) Published: 2026-05-05T13:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.risk-show.com/podcast/the-best-of-risk-35/ Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/swap.fm/track/6bpBPtHL977KJxLX2zPs/mgln.ai/e/485/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLSS9529728781.mp3?updated=1777936755 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/risk-962579/episodes/the-best-of-risk-35 Duration seconds: 6109 ## Resource This episode brings together two of the most gripping conversations in the show's recent run: a man who survived an extended stint in a Philippine jail on fabricated charges, and a medical student whose addiction and grief turned out to be more entangled than she had ever let herself understand. (Content note: accusations of sexual assault, child abuse, false imprisonment) Scott McMahon went to Manila for a construction job, ended up befriending a Belgian neighbor, and got pulled into a nightmare when that neighbor's wife turned the Philippine justice system against him. What followed was five and a half years in a maximum-security cell with 300 men, corrupt cops showing up every six weeks with a cash demand, and a family he could only see through a chain-link fence. It is one of the most staggering survival accounts this show has ever aired. (Content note: addiction, overdose death) Chelsea Dalsey was a medical student with a photographic memory, a habit she couldn't shake, and a lifelong partner in crime named Alex. Her conversation with Kevin Allison is part confession, part excavation, arriving at a truth she had spent 14 years burying alive. Leave your reactions to these stories and find episode details and music credits at risk-show.com/podcast/the-best-of-risk-35 You can find all of our Best of RISK! episodes at risk-show.com/bestofrisk Be Part of RISK! šŸŽŸ See RISK! liveā  āœļø Pitch your storyā  ā¤ļø Support us on Patreonā  šŸ’µ Make a one-time donationā ā  via PayPal or Zelle to kevin@risk-show.com 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/the-best-of-risk-35/transcription-requests` ā€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-962579/the-best-of-risk-35.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.