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Risk! Storytelling Podcast

RISK! is a live show and podcast “where people tell true stories they never thought they’d dare to share in public” hosted by Kevin Allison, of the legendary TV sketch comedy troupe The State. It"s featured people like Janeane Garofalo, Lisa Lampanelli, Kevin Nealon, Margaret Cho, Marc Maron, Sarah Silverman, Andy Borowitz and more, dropping the act and showing a side of themselves we’ve never seen before. See more information at www.risk-show.com

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S17 Ep81: The Best of Adventure Stories #3

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2026/04/23

Two RISK! stories pulled from the archive, and both are worth your time. "The Best of Adventure Stories #3" is funny and unsettling in equal measure, sometimes within the same story.Winter Tashlin was 16 years old, at a Jewish summer camp in New York, and desperately wanted one good day. The plan was the Empire State Building and a performance of Les Mis. He has Tourette syndrome, the city is unforgiving, and the day keeps getting worse.Meanwhile, Marshall York drove solo across the American West,

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S17 Ep1732: Weirdos

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2026/04/21

This episode is a love letter to people who are magnificently, irrepressibly, sometimes accidentally weird.Larry Dorsey Jr. opens with the true account of his first day teaching standup comedy at Northern California's top improv venue. He has TAs, a curriculum, a strategy. None of it survives contact with a visibly high student who, roughly fifteen minutes into class, pulls out his ding-dong and just starts going, putting Larry in an impossible position. And Tuesday Thomas moves to LA fresh from a

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Today's the Day. Welcome to RISK!

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2026/04/17

Think you've heard it all? You haven't.People pull over because they're laughing too hard to drive. People cry on treadmills. People share episodes with new friends thinking: if this person loves these stories as much as I do, they're my people. That's RISK! — the show where people tell true stories they never thought they'd dare to share. RISK! has been the world's most surprising, most human, most unfiltered storytelling podcast for nearly 17 years. Created and hosted by Kevin Allison (The State

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S17 Ep186: A Hard Landing, Revisited

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2026/04/16

JP Michael first told "A Hard Landing" on RISK! in the summer of 2016, and it became one of the most talked-about episodes in the show's history. Now, a decade later, he's back with Kevin Allison to listen to it together and reckon with everything that's happened since.(Content note: self-harm, suicidal ideation)The original story follows JP shortly after he relocated to New York City for a job that quickly fell apart, leaving him isolated and adrift. He meets Claire, a razor-sharp, deeply

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S17 Ep510: Impulsive

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2026/03/26

Three stories about snap decisions and what happens next: a classic RISK! episode from December 2013 that still hits hard.Lauren Cook found her date for a stranger's New Jersey wedding on Craigslist Casual Encounters. She showed up with a fake identity, a room full of people who knew nothing about her, and a night that kept escalating in directions she did not plan for.(Content note: gun violence)JJ grew up in 1980s Bushwick, Brooklyn, fought his way into Wesleyan and then Wall Street, but one

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S17 Ep1727: Males of the City: RISK! Reacts

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2026/03/24

Kevin hears Timothy Vaux's "Males of the City," a story from So Say We All, for the first time. In RISK! Reacts episodes, there's no preview, no prep, just Kevin listening along with you and sharing everything the story brings to his mind.The story: Timothy is a happily single gay man living in the heart of North Park, San Diego, where a buzzy Saturday night out ends with a casual wave to a stranger that sets off a chain of spontaneous, increasingly elaborate, and very adult events.The reaction:

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S17 Ep79: The Best of Love Stories #4

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2026/02/12

Reba Sparrow and Smith Galtney share some of our favorite unusual love stories from our 16-year history.🎙️LIVE Story: Pleasant Mountain by Smith GaltneySmith had the perfect husband, house and home... till he returned to the crystal meth habit of his younger years. His husband was able to support Smith in getting to rehab and putting his life back together again.🎙️LIVE Story: Baby Love by Reba SparrowReba has a history of body shame. She’d always felt her breasts weren't big enough. When she met a

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S17 Ep1721: Unrequited

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2026/02/10

Connor O’Donoghue, JC Cassis and Jay Michel share stories about crushes and rebounds. 🎙️Radio Story: I Was the Appetizer by Connor O'DonoghueA virgin with body shame issues, Connor falls for a straight guy he befriends in a psych hospital. He has a threesome with his crush and a girl, knowing the guy is only into the girl. Decades later, Connor sheds his sexual anxiety. 🎤Live Story: Never Again by JC CassisJC gets a crush on Bobby, a glamorous classmate, and tells him about it. Bobby rejects her

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S17 Ep1720: Come and Go

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2026/02/03

Ezra Holmlund and Sarah Adelman tell stories about things involving coming... and going. 🎤Live Story: Things Are Going South by Ezra HolmlundEzra and his brother are at home when they begin to suspect a stranger has broken into their house upstairs. When the police arrive, the two brothers are mistaken for being the criminals.🎤Live Story: The Long And Winding Road (To Semen Analysis) by Sarah AdelmanSarah is working at a sperm bank but loses her job after the HR department discovers her stand up

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S17 Ep184: The Riverside, Revisited

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2026/01/30

In memory of Jan Scott-Frazier, we revisit her 2011 story called “The Riverside” and, until now unreleased, her conversation about the story in 2021 with narrative therapist David Newman. 🎤Live Story: The Riverside by Jan Scott-Frazier(Content note: suicide) At 22, Jan moved to Japan, but was lonely, as foreigners often feel. She began to notice a woman who visited the same river she did, who was even more depressed. Jan strategized how to comfort this stranger, but was too late, discovering from

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S17 Ep1719: How Can I Tell You?

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2026/01/27

Stella Mayerhoff and Rebecca Heron tell stories about the unbearable weight of truth.🎙️Radio Story: In Ways I Never Could Have Imagined by Stella MayerhoffIn the Democratic Republic of Congo, out in the field studying bonobos, Stella has to get a local man back home by lying to him, saying his baby is sick, when in fact, his baby has already died.Keywords: Congo field research, bonobos, primatology, grief in the jungle, moral dilemma, scientific fieldwork, malaria loss, human conflict

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S17 Ep503: Casualties

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2026/01/22

A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in October of 2013, when Janine Latus, Scott Whitney and Dan Telfer told stories about brushes with madness that left scars.🎙️Radio Story: Revelations by Scott Whitney(Content note: cults, suicide ideation) A Jehovah’s Witness struggling with his faith, Scott knocks on the door of a traumatized recluse to attempt to convert him. The brief, troubled friendship convinces Scott to leave the church.Check out our “Revelations, Revisited”

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S17 Ep501: Live From Chicago!

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2026/01/15

A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in October of 2013, when Stephanie Douglass, Shannon Cason, Lily Be and Jim Padar were at our very first show in that toddlin’ town.🎤Live Story: You Don’t Know Jack? by Stephanie DouglassA high school erupts in laughter over a mysterious name on the morning announcements, sending a well-meaning teacher on a frantic mission to protect a bullied student who, disastrously, does not exist.🎤Live Story: I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got by

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S17 Ep1717: Create My Life

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2026/01/13

Ms. Aishia tells Cyndi Freeman about the time she navigated a complex, emotionally abusive relationship, and ultimately found the strength to prioritize her own happiness and independence. You can also watch this episode on YouTube.Check out all of our Conversation Stories!Conversation Story: Create My Life by Ms. AishiaEDITOR’S SYNOPSIS: After leaving an abusive relationship, Ms. Aishia enters an intense, largely virtual romance that slowly destabilizes her sense of self, leading her to sever ties,

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S17 Ep451: How Embarrassing

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2026/01/01

A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in September of 2013, when Kevin Allison, Jen Bosworth, Donna Steele and Dare Campbell all shared stories of humiliation.🎤Radio Story: Mother’s Little Helper by Donna Steele (Content note: poop) Donna’s mother has a strange habit of pooping in public. On this occasion, it’s into a McDonald’s coke cup in a mall dressing room. Donna is in awe of her mom’s nonchalance. 🎤Live Story: The Hustler by Kevin Allison In his early 20s, Kevin goes

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S17 Ep1715: Hosts with the Mosts

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2025/12/30

JC Cassis, David Crabb and Cyndi Freeman share stories at RISK! live shows when they were hosting🎤Live Story: Not That Casual by JC Cassis As a young woman, JC is excited to go to a wild NYE party. A hot guy dances with her as if he's a middle school boy. She says he can be more casual. He takes out his dick and grinds on her. She tells him “Not THAT casual.” 🎤Live Story: Kitchen Nightmares! by David Crabb After moving to LA, David invites new friends to try one of the few restaurants in his

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S17 Ep77: Holiday Stories Fan Favorites!

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2025/12/25

Every holiday season, RISK! fans ask about this small handful of yuletide perennial favorites. Well here they all are, wrapped up in one neat package with a bow. Unwrap and enjoy these stories from Elna Baker, Kevin Allison, Sarah Long Hendershot, and Kate Bohl.🎤Live Story: For the Love of Nubbins by Elna Baker Selling expensive, real-looking baby dolls for the holiday season at FAO Schwartz, Elna “adopts” an unpopular one she calls Nubbins, a Black babydoll. When the doll is bought, Elna

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S17 Ep1714: Holiday Stories #18

Risk! Storytelling Podcast ·

2025/12/23

Ty Gentile, James Rana, and David Hu share yuletide tales about Christmas carols, Black Santas, and of course, excretory health in our annual winter holidays special for 2025.🎙️Radio Story: A Very Moving Christmas by David Hu David’s dad has Alzheimer’s. David always struggled to understand how to give and receive love from his immigrant father. But when he buys his dad dearly needed laxatives for Xmas, it’s a touching moment of bonding. 🎙️Radio Story: The Widow’s Song by Ty Gentile Struggling

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S17 Ep1713: Sex & Supper

Risk! Storytelling Podcast ·

2025/12/16

Nikki Bailey and Hana Nobel share stories about how messy things can get with food and sex, with guest host, Taj Easton.🎤Live Story: That's Not Sexy, Baby by Nikki Bailey For Nikki, her hookup’s praise of her body is a boost to her self esteem. But when her digestive system acts up, she must become downright defiant about self-acceptance. keywords: Plus Sized Dating, Self-Acceptance, Queer, Body Positivity, BoPo, Self-Worth, Body Acceptance, Empowerment, Mr. Big, Sex and the City, Farting,

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S17 Ep76: The Best of Gratitude Stories #1

Risk! Storytelling Podcast ·

2025/11/27

Satori Shakoor and Paul Cibis share stories of thanksgiving. A part of our series called Gratitude Stories.🎤Live Story: Thank You by Satori Shakoor Satori’s loss of her mother and son is devastating. Later, she dates a man who gets a kick out of Satori being “too much,” and she is grateful to remember to live life over-the-top, and fully alive. keywords: none 🎤Live Story: My Lifeline by Paul Cibis Paul's kidneys began to fail him. He was stuck in the tragic position of hoping someone would die

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