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RISK!

If you like The Moth, This American Life or Snap Judgment, take a walk on the wilder side with RISK! Your colorful host Kevin Allison (of the legendary comedy group The State) helms this surprisingly uncensored show where people tell jaw-dropping true stories they never thought they'd dare to share in public. RISK! is hilarious, heart-wrenching and remarkably real. Think you've heard it all? Fasten your seatbelt.

A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in June of 2013 - Stories from our 2nd visit to Charleston’s Theatre 99!

🎤Live Story: The Storm by Camille Lowman

Camille attends a bachelorette party full of proper Southern suburbanites and watches them descend into drunken shenanigans when the male stripper arrives.

CURRENT keywords: women behaving badly, strippers, bad behavior, oral sex

🎤Live Story: The Wrapper by Nathaniel Bates

Nathaniel is confounded when, as a child, he sees his dad’s penis and realizes that it is much different from his own, causing him lots of secret shame and worry about having a foreskin. 

CURRENT keywords: circumcision, penises, parents, childhood, puberty, school

🎤Live Story: Roadside Assistance by Shon Kennedy

Shon, a Black woman, is in a car accident in the deep South. A white trash redneck comes to her aid (with lots of marijuana to offer as well) and the two of them end up revealing their deepest insecurities to one another. 

CURRENT keywords: Stereotypes, defied expectations, strange friendships, cars, pot

🌈 Support RISK! & Get Involved

• 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ in New York September 25th

• ✍️ Pitch your story⁠

• ❤️ Support us on Patreon⁠ or ⁠make a one-time PayPal donation⁠

• 📚 Shop merch or the RISK! book⁠

• 🎓 Take storytelling classes with us⁠

• 🎥 Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos
 
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Live From Charleston 2!

Kevin hears Gregg LeFevre’s “Gregg fell into a crevasse” story from the what was that like podcast for the first time and gives you his hot takes. You can also watch this episode on YouTube!

This is part of our RISK! Reacts series, where we listen to a story told on another show and give our first reactions.

🎙️ Story: Gregg fell into a crevasse by Gregg LeFevre

Gregg visits Las Vegas and decides to climb a glacier. Unprepared, he falls into a crevasse but escapes by following an injured deer. Later, he learns it wasn't even a real glacier.

keywords: las vegas, glacier, artist, deer

🌈 Support RISK! & Get Involved

• 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ in NYC September 25 or December 11

• ✍️ Pitch your story⁠

• ❤️ Support us on Patreon⁠ or ⁠make a one-time PayPal donation⁠

• 📚 Shop merch or the RISK! book⁠

• 🎓 Take storytelling classes with us⁠

• 🎥 Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos
 
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Gregg fell into a crevasse: RISK! Reacts

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• Get the RISK! Book and shop for merch: ⁠⁠risk-show.com/shop⁠

• Take our storytelling classes: thestorystudio.org⁠

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Incompatible

Brad keeps a big secret for far too long a time. Guest hosted by Cyndi Freeman.

🎤Live Story: The Big Secret by Brad Lawrence

(Content note: child sexual abuse, murder, suicide) In a church where guilt is weaponized and silence rewarded, teenage Brad listens to a friend's secret that echoes into adulthood, long past her violent death.

keywords: abortion, church youth group, evangelical guilt, childhood abuse, shame, U2, murder, strangulation

🌈 Support RISK! & Get Involved

• 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ in NYC September 25th or December 11th

• ✍️ Pitch your story⁠

• ❤️ Support us on Patreon⁠ or ⁠make a one-time PayPal donation⁠

• 📚 Shop merch or the RISK! book⁠

• 🎓 Take storytelling classes with us⁠

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The Big Secret

Sarah Jones and Myka Fox share stories about high stakes ventures. 

🎤Live Story: Kibbles 'n Bits by Sarah Jones

Sarah starts abusing laxatives to lose weight for her new hot boyfriend. When camping with his dog, she secretly shits in the woods. The dog laps it up and kisses the boy when back in the car. 

keywords: diarrhea, poop disasters, canine coprophagia, shitkisses

🎤Live Story: Hitchin' It! by Myka Fox

Myka and her friend are hitchhiking and they're picked up by "Kevin Spacey with a Ray Liotta skin covering." They escape the creepy guy and hitch with another guy who is drinking while driving. 

keywords: dangers of hitchhiking, don’t take rides from strangers, hitchhikers in danger

🌈 Support RISK! & Get Involved

• 🎟 ⁠See RISK! live!⁠ in New York 9/25 & 12/11

• ✍️ Pitch your story⁠

• ❤️ Support us on Patreon⁠ or ⁠make a one-time PayPal donation⁠

• 📚 Shop merch or the RISK! book⁠

• 🎓 Take storytelling classes with us⁠

• 🎥 Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos
 
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The Best of Adventure Stories #2

Jonathan Bradley Welch and Talia Tabin share stories of psychics, mediums and intuitions.

🎤Live Story: The One? by Jonathan Bradley Welch

After a psychic's prediction of lasting love, Jonathan pins his hopes on a pandemic crush—only to be let down. He learns love won’t save him, but self-acceptance just might. 

keywords: Queer love story, Provincetown romance, Gay dating journey, Psychic love prediction, Pandemic virtual boyfriend

🎤Live Story: What Older Brothers Do by Talia Tabin

Years after her brother’s death, Talia’s family meets with a medium. Talia gets teased from the beyond, realizing her brother’s teasing of her when he was alive contained love in it too.

keywords: grief and loss, medium reading, dead brother, afterlife signs, family mourning, spiritual session, psychic medium, sibling pranks, Grief and healing

🌈 Support RISK! & Get Involved

• 🎟 See RISK! live! in New York 9/25 & 12/11

• ✍️ Pitch your story⁠

• ❤️ Support us on Patreon⁠ or ⁠make a one-time PayPal donation⁠

• 📚 Shop merch or the RISK! book⁠

• 🎓 Take storytelling classes with us⁠

• 🎥 Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos
 
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Shoulda Seen It Coming

A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in May of 2013, when Tommy O’Malley, Jenny, and Moses Storm shared surprising stories about moms and stepmoms.

Moses comes to grips with the fact that his mom is not like others. She dresses like a rebellious teen and uses her kids to steal things like roller skates at the rink.

keywords: nonconformist, poverty, shoplifting

When Jenny decides to divorce her husband, she is sure her stepmom will hate her for it. When she reveals it’s because her husband won’t have sex, Jenny’s stepmom becomes like a supportive sister. 

keywords: sexless marriage, women’s issues, female bonding, 

Tommy has a real Boston brawler of a mom. Hardcore, working class Southie kinda gal. Their relationship ends when he comes out of the closet to her. Then, after much fighting, it begins again.

keywords: coming out, parents of gays, Boston Catholics, family feuds

🌈 Support RISK! & Get Involved

• 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ in New York 9/25 &12/11

• ✍️ Pitch your story⁠

• ❤️ Support us on Patreon⁠ or ⁠make a one-time PayPal donation⁠

• 📚 Shop merch or the RISK! book⁠

• 🎓 Take storytelling classes with us⁠

🎤Live Story: Semi-Charmed Kinda Life by Moses Storm🎤Radio Story: Getting Friendly by Jenny Smith🎤Live Story: Fighting for Each Other by Tommy O’Malley• 🎥 Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos
 
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Mother Lovers

Ray Christian tells Kevin about the pet cemetery he and his childhood friends created and the gruesome secret it might hold. You can also watch this episode on YouTube!

Conversation Story: Animals Past and Present by Ray Christian

(Content note: animal death) As a child, Ray and his friends held funerals for small animals. One day, Ray saw a monkey, then later what may have been the monkey’s remains… or those of a missing child. 

keywords: Funeral home, Mock funeral, Peacock, Monkey, Missing child

🌈 Support RISK! & Get Involved

• 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ in NYC (September 25) or (December 11)

• ✍️ Pitch your story⁠

• ❤️ Support us on Patreon⁠ or ⁠make a one-time PayPal donation⁠

• 📚 Shop merch or the RISK! book⁠

• 🎓 Take storytelling classes with us

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Animals Past and Present

A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in May of 2013, when Brady Dale, Elna Baker and Marjorie Winther shared stories at the 4/20/13 RISK! Live show in Philly hosted by First Person Arts. 

🎧Live Story: The Prayer by Brady Dale

After a streak of bad luck with women, Brady tries ancient Christian practices, like the mantra-like repetition of a pilgrim's prayer and self-flagellation with a belt. 

current keywords: flogging, mortification of the flesh, ascetic practice, pilgrim’s prayer 

🎧Live Story: Jump by Elna Baker

Elna longs for luminous love and finally meets someone who sparks it—only to freeze at the leap. Elna learns the key to love isn’t magic, it’s a person who stays.

current keywords: phosphorescent love, falling in love, emotional intimacy, fear of love, real connection, unrequited love, letting go. 

🎧Live Story: My Own Life by Marjorie Winther

When marriage ends after her husband is arrested for trying to meet up for sex with a 13-year old girl, Marjorie puts her life back together and embraces polyamory.

current keywords: polyamory, child molester, secrets and lies, divorce, 

🌈 Support RISK! & Get Involved

• 🎟 See RISK! live⁠!

• ✍️ Pitch your story⁠

• ❤️ Support us on Patreon⁠ or ⁠make a one-time PayPal donation⁠

• 📚 Shop merch or the RISK! book⁠

• 🎓 Take storytelling classes with us⁠

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Live From Philly 3!

Hey folks! The last two online storytelling workshops I’m teaching before I move to a dramatically different time zone are starting on July 23 and August 17, but even if you have to miss some sessions, you can still jump in! So email me at kevin@risk-show.com to learn more. In this little announcement, I’ll give you a better idea of how it all works.
 
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Gregg fell into a crevasse: RISK! Reacts

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