How much risk is right for you? That might be one of the most important questions you ask yourself. And the answer will probably change throughout your life. How will it change?

How much risk should we take to get what we want? Play it too safe, and we may spend our lives wondering what could have happened; push too far and the consequences can be enormous. But there isn't one correct level of risk for everybody. Join Edward, a geological engineer and motorsport enthusiast, live from Manchester, for a discussion about how we judge risk, why some people seem naturally drawn towards it, and how we decide when something is worth the gamble. From changing careers and starting businesses to relationships, money, travel and personal ambitions, we'll ask a deceptively difficult question: How much risk is right for me?

To explore it, Edward will take us into the extreme world of motorsport, where decisions about risk can play out dramatically and sometimes in seconds. We'll meet racers who pushed themselves and their machines beyond ordinary limits, examine what they gained and what they paid, and use their stories as a springboard for discussing the much less spectacular, but equally real, calculations we make in our own lives. No motorsport knowledge or interest is required: the racing provides the stories; the discussion is about us. Why do we admire risk-takers? Is courage sometimes just recklessness that happened to work out? And when things go wrong, does that mean taking the risk was a mistake? Expect some remarkable stories and a conversation that might challenge how you think about your own comfort zone.

“你该冒多大的险？”这可能是你问过自己的重要问题之一。而且答案大概率会随你的人生阶段不断变化。它会怎么变呢？

为了拿到自己想要的东西，我们该冒多大的险？太怂了，可能一辈子都在琢磨“当初要是试一下会怎样”；冲太猛，后果又可能让人扛不住。但风险这事儿，压根没有适合所有人的“标准答案”。来跟Edward聊聊吧，他是地质工程师，也是赛车发烧友，会从曼彻斯特连线，跟咱们唠唠我们是怎么判断风险的、为啥有些人天生就爱冒险，还有我们怎么决定一件事值不值得赌一把。从换工作、创业，到感情、搞钱、旅行和个人目标，我们会抛出一个看着简单其实挺难的问题：多大的风险，对我来说刚刚好？

为了聊透这个话题，Edward会带我们走进赛车运动的极限世界——那里的风险抉择，往往特别戏剧化，有时就发生在几秒之间。我们会认识那些把自己和座驾都逼到普通极限之外的车手，看看他们得到了什么、付出了什么，再用他们的故事当跳板，聊聊我们自己生活里那些没那么刺激、但同样真实的“风险计算”。不需要懂赛车，也不用对赛车感兴趣：赛车负责提供故事，讨论的主角是我们自己。为啥我们总佩服那些敢冒险的人？勇气有时候是不是只是“碰巧成了”的莽撞？事情搞砸了，是不是就说明当初冒险就是个错误？准备好听一些超酷的故事吧，这场聊天可能会挑战你对自己“舒适区”的看法。