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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 afternoon a neighborhood confrontation pulled him back to a version of himself he thought he had left behind. He came very close to throwing everything away.
Daniel Lobell sank $2,000 into a hairless cat as the foundation of a breeding empire. When the cat ended up at a friend's apartment and she stopped returning his calls, his plan to get it back got increasingly creative.
Full episode details and music credits at risk-show.com/podcast/impulsive-cre510
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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 afternoon a neighborhood confrontation pulled him back to a version of himself he thought he had left behind. He came very close to throwing everything away.
Daniel Lobell sank $2,000 into a hairless cat as the foundation of a breeding empire. When the cat ended up at a friend's apartment and she stopped returning his calls, his plan to get it back got increasingly creative.
Full episode details and music credits at risk-show.com/podcast/impulsive-cre510
Support RISK! & Get Involved
š See RISK! liveā on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in New York City
āļø Pitch your storyā
ā¤ļø Support us on Patreonā or ā make a one-time PayPal donationā
š Shop merch or the RISK! bookā
š Take storytelling classes with usā
š„ Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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