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
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Shoulda Seen It Coming
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
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Mother Lovers
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
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🎤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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Animals Past and Present
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
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Live From Philly 3!
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,
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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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