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Would you eat a ghost pepper for a prize? - Dan Kwartler

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Welcome to Risky Business, the game where we find out how far people will go to win a prize! Today’s contestants are a 21 year-old, a 16 year-old, and a 12 year-old. They'll compete in a series of three challenges: eating ghost pepper cookies, swimming in honey, and crossing a balance beam over poison ivy. Who will win? Dan Kwartler takes a look at how people at different ages make decisions.

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Meet The Creators

Script Writer
Dan Kwartler
Director
Michael Kalopaidis, Zedem Media
Composer
Manolis Manoli
Sound Designer
Manolis Manoli
Animator
Christos Papandreopoulos, Maria Savva, Eleni Catherine Demetriou, Raphael Kallistratou
Art Director
Jeanne Bornet
Produced by
Gerta Xhelo, Abdallah Ewis
Editorial Producer
Dan Kwartler
Fact-Checker
Charles Wallace

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