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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.

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Surrender and Recovery

09.28.2023

Marcy Langlois tells the story of recovering from a devastating tragedy. Then, she and therapist Paige Pancratz discuss her continuing healing journey. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: ...

RISK! episodes:

09.28.2023 Surrender and Recovery Marcy Langlois tells the story of recovering from a devastating tragedy. Then, she and therapist Paige Pancratz discuss her continuing healing journey. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: ...
09.26.2023 RISK! meets Gaslit Nation Live in NYC, Kevin Allison of RISK! and Andrea Chalupa of Gaslit Nation talk about their podcasts and their passion for sharing the stories that most need to be heard. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through ...
09.22.2023 Introducing Say More with Dr? Sheila In the world of feelings, there are winners and losers, and somebody has to be the judge. World-renowned, self-proclaimed couples therapist Dr? Sheila invites you to sit in on her private sessions with clients. (For legal reasons, Dr? must be ...
09.21.2023 Hispanic Lives #2 To celebrate Hispanic American heritage, we present the second in our Hispanic Lives series, guest hosted by Joanna Hausmann, with stories by Margarita Franco, Maribel Hernández Rivera, and Frank Traynor. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through ...
09.19.2023 Work Hard Play Hard Frank Traynor and Anna Roisman tell stories about work-related highs and lows. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get tickets to RISK! live shows: risk-show.com/live • ...
09.14.2023 Hispanic Lives #1 To celebrate Hispanic American heritage, we present the first in our Hispanic Lives series, guest hosted by Jorge "El George" Rivera Rubio, with stories by Michele Carlo, Laura Wimbels and Javier Morillo. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support ...
09.12.2023 The Dark Bevan Choate shares a story about taking a job at a weed clinic engaged in highly illegal activities. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get tickets ...
09.08.2023 Life or Death (CRE335) A Classic RISK! episode from our early years! In the thirty-fifth episode of our third season, Laurel Holland and Michael Shocka share about the thin line between here and the hereafter. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! ...
09.05.2023 The Kindness of Strangers Michelle Murphy and Cara Lopez Lee flee dangers real and imagined, all the while relying on the kindness of strangers. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • ...
08.31.2023 Funny Stuff #2 There’s nothing but laughs in our Funny Stuff compilations of classic RISK! stories on the lighter side. This week, Morgan Jones Phillips and Kitty Hailey share about penile emergencies and public turtle sex. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • ...
08.29.2023 Friction Sandi Marx, David Hu and Stuart Jacobson share stories about getting back at bullies, surviving bad bosses, and not-so-immaculate conception. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
08.24.2023 The Tricky Part (Content warning: child sexual abuse) A Classic RISK! Singles episode. Martin Moran shares about what he endured as a child and the journey toward healing it led to. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at ...
08.22.2023 Ingénues T Bernacé and Skip Bacon share girlhood stories about sexual experimentation and narcing on Mom. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get tickets to RISK! live ...
08.17.2023 Indecent? (CRE333) A Classic RISK! episode from our early years! In the thirty-third episode of our third season, Dave Hill, Elna Baker, Carlos Kotkin, Michael Pope and Kelli Dunham share stories they would never tell Miss Manners. • Pitch us your story! ...
08.17.2023 Extra! Kevin & Carolyn Kendrick on SongWriter Here's an extra treat for RISK! listeners! Kevin Allison and Carolyn Kendrick, the producer of the podcasts You're Wrong About and You Are Good, appear on Ben Arthur's podcast SongWriter. Kevin tells a story. Carolyn sings a song about it. ...
08.15.2023 Confessions Jonathan Bradley Welch and Lindsey Lange-Abramowitz tell stories about information they held close to the chest. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get tickets to RISK! ...
08.11.2023 RISK! Presents: What’s Your Story? We’re thrilled to announce the debut of the all-new facilitated social event created by the RISK! team where you meet new people through sharing stories! Hosted by Kevin Allison at Caveat in NYC on August 19th at 1pm. Tickets are ...
08.10.2023 In The Shadows (CRS063) A Classic RISK! Singles episode! A story that Moloch Masters first shared on the podcast in May of 2017 about dark family secrets. PLUS a new interview with the storyteller at the end of the episode. • Pitch us your ...
08.08.2023 Hot Water Ximena Ospina and Yamaneika Saunders share stories about peeing all over the place and escaping very strange danger. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get tickets ...
08.03.2023 Funny Stuff #1 There’s nothing but laughs in our Funny Stuff compilations of classic RISK! stories on the lighter side. A.D. Miles and Ts Madison share about poopy pants and a congregation’s farewell to a big member. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions ...
08.01.2023 By Any Means Kona Morris and Randall C Via share about taking risks to finish school and get laid, respectively. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get tickets to ...
07.27.2023 Live From LA! (CRE331) A Classic RISK! episode from our early years! In the thirty-first episode of our third season, Greg Fitzsimmons, Pete Holmes, Brian Babylon, Jillian Lauren and Jenna Brister tell stories at our crazy, monthly NerdMelt Theater show. • Pitch us your ...
07.25.2023 Happy Endings Vicky Kuperman and Calvin S. Cato describe two very different kinds of happy endings. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get tickets to RISK! live shows: ...
07.20.2023 Spitting in the Face of the Devil In one of the all-time classics of RISK! stories, Bob Brader shares how he discovered just how much abuse his father was capable of. In conjunction with this re-run, we feature a conversation between Bob and therapist Marianna Vogt about ...
07.18.2023 Not Who I Thought Stories about people learning not everyone is who they seem to be. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get tickets to RISK! live shows: risk-show.com/live • ...
07.13.2023 State of Emergency (CRE329) A Classic RISK! episode from our early years! In the twenty-ninth episode of our third season, Tim & Eric's Tim Heidecker and others share stories of crisis and catastrophe. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon ...
07.11.2023 Live at Caveat 2! Listen to how amazing our live shows at Caveat in NYC are. Heather Farley, David Drake and Yasmine Beydoun at our June 22, 2023 show. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make ...
07.06.2023 Five Hundred A Classic RISK! Singles episode! A story that Sean Patton first shared on the podcast in May of 2012 about ghosts, surprise punches and an explosive vagina down in the Bayou. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! ...
07.04.2023 Touch & Go James Urbaniak, Jessica M. Thompson, and Fancy Feast tell stories about staying standing on shaky ground. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get tickets to RISK! ...
06.29.2023 Queer Lives #1 We celebrate this Pride Month by listening back to some of the most wonderful stories and a poem shared by our queer friends. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time ...
06.27.2023 Inappropriate Behavior Bryan Kett and Jillian Markowitz share stories about crossing lines and knowing when to stop. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get tickets to RISK! live ...
06.22.2023 Black Lives #6 To commemorate Juneteenth this year, we present the sixth episode in our Black Lives series. Tori Weston, Nate Runkel, and Daralyse Lyons share about life experiences where being Black mattered. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices ...
06.21.2023 Introducing: The Set It’s the crack era.The most violent time in New York City history. The NYPD is fighting a losing battle and instead of protecting the city from drug dealers, some police officers have become them. This is the never-before told, first-person ...
06.20.2023 People Change Dave Ross and Aida Zilelian share stories about how some people really are capable of change. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get tickets to RISK! ...
06.15.2023 Father’s Day Stories #1 To celebrate Father’s Day this weekend, we’ve gathered a few classic heartfelt stories about dads. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get tickets to RISK! live ...
06.13.2023 Growing Apart Hunter Gardner and Shalewa Sharpe share stories about growing distant from somebody that they used to know. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get tickets to ...
06.08.2023 Live From Portland! (CRE326) A Classic RISK! episode from our early years! In the twenty-sixth episode of our third season, Maria Bamford, Baron Vaughn, Adam Newman, Janine Brito and Giulia Rozzi share stories at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Portland, Oregon. To learn more ...
06.06.2023 Primal Julia Lechner and Frank Traynor share stories about monkey mayhem and giving into grief. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get tickets to RISK! live shows: ...
06.02.2023 Special Presentation: The Secret Room Today, RISK! is featuring an episode of another podcast we think you’ll love, The Secret Room. In this episode, called Sugar Rush, Eralyn tells us a story about a secret relationship she had with a sugar daddy. She never could ...
06.01.2023 Your Attention Please! (CRE324) A Classic RISK! episode from our early years! In the twenty-fourth episode of our third season, David Crabb, Margot Leitman and Kevin Allison tell tales that scream Achtung, baby! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: ...
05.30.2023 Light and Shadow Nessa Goldman and Jad S. confront the good, the evil and the balance in between. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get tickets to RISK! live ...
05.25.2023 Al Madrigal (CRE321) A Classic RISK! episode from our early years! In the twenty-first episode of our third season, Al Madrigal tells how, before he got hired by The Daily Show, his job was firing everyone else. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions ...
05.23.2023 Suspicions Nate Runkel and Margarita Franco share about suspicions running through their family lives. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get tickets to RISK! live shows: risk-show.com/live ...
05.18.2023 Asian American Lives #5 May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month. To celebrate, we’re looking back at 3 classic RISK! Stories by Maritess Zurbano, Cody Hom, and David Hu, as well as a poem by Franny Choi and special guest ...
05.16.2023 Clarifying Ryan Estrada, Tori Weston and Kevin McGeehan share stories about getting clear. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get tickets to RISK! live shows: risk-show.com/live • ...
05.11.2023 Mother’s Day Stories #1 To celebrate Mother’s Day this weekend, we’ve gathered a few classic sweet stories about moms. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get tickets to RISK! live ...
05.09.2023 Body Image Claire Hennessy and Sam Feirstein search for ways to love the skin they’re in. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get tickets to RISK! live shows: ...
05.04.2023 May the 4th Be With You! In honor of Star Wars Day, RISK! presents 3 classic stories from our archives kinda sorta about Star Wars! • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get ...
05.02.2023 Growing Pains David Beck and Dioselin González share stories about secrets from their childhood. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a one-time donation: paypal.me/riskshow • Get tickets to RISK! live shows: risk-show.com/live • ...
04.27.2023 What's Going On? (CRE320) A Classic RISK! episode from our early years! In the twentieth episode of our third season, Helen Hong, Steve Agee, Chris Castiglione, and Elise Pettus come face to face with their own cluelessness. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • ...

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What's RISK! about?

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RISK! episodes:

Surrender and Recovery

RISK! meets Gaslit Nation

Introducing Say More with Dr? Sheila

Hispanic Lives #2

Work Hard Play Hard

Hispanic Lives #1

The Dark

Life or Death (CRE335)

The Kindness of Strangers

Funny Stuff #2

Friction

The Tricky Part

Ingénues

Indecent? (CRE333)

Extra! Kevin & Carolyn Kendrick on SongWriter

Confessions

RISK! Presents: What’s Your Story?

In The Shadows (CRS063)

Hot Water

Funny Stuff #1

By Any Means

Live From LA! (CRE331)

Happy Endings

Spitting in the Face of the Devil

Not Who I Thought

State of Emergency (CRE329)

Live at Caveat 2!

Five Hundred

Touch & Go

Queer Lives #1

Inappropriate Behavior

Black Lives #6

Introducing: The Set

People Change

Father’s Day Stories #1

Growing Apart

Live From Portland! (CRE326)

Primal

Special Presentation: The Secret Room

Your Attention Please! (CRE324)

Light and Shadow

Al Madrigal (CRE321)

Suspicions

Asian American Lives #5

Clarifying

Mother’s Day Stories #1

Body Image

May the 4th Be With You!

Growing Pains

What's Going On? (CRE320)

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