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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
Episodes
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S15 Ep1: Introducing: Psychopedia with Tank Sinatra and Investigator Slater
Psychopedia is a true crime podcast infused with comedy….making it a crimedy. Each week, Investigator Slater presents a horrific true crime case to Tank…
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S15 Ep1535: Hindsight
Tony Hale, Rita Plush and Sage share stories about things going not at all to plan. • Come to Portugal for RISK!'s 15th Anniversary in October 2024…
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S15 Ep43: The Best of True Crime Stories #2
The second of our series looking back at some of our most memorable true stories about crime and transcendence. • Come to Portugal for RISK!'s 15th Anniversary…
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S15 Ep1534: Out Rage
Dawn Jewel Fraser shares about a tense time when she just wasn’t gonna take it anymore. • Come to Portugal for RISK!'s 15th Anniversary in October 2024…
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S15 Ep1533: Downhill
Avesha Michael and Steve Hill share stories about things getting worse before they get better. • Come to Portugal for RISK!'s 15th Anniversary in October 2024…
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S15 Ep42: The Best of Funny Stuff #5
There’s nothing but laughs in our Funny Stuff compilations of classic RISK! stories on the lighter side. This week, Josh Healey and Cole Kazdin share about…
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S15 Ep1532: After All
With guest host, Hope Brush, we hear a story from Tom Boulet and Ken Coll about a tragic event brought about by their adopted son, Matthew. • Come to Portugal…
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S15 Ep1: Come to Portugal with RISK!
The most fun-filled adventure in RISK! history is coming! This October, we're inviting RISK! fans to join us (Kevin and JC) in Portugal for a story-worthy…
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S15 Ep340: Blush
A Classic RISK! episode from our early years! In the fortieth episode of our third season, Michael Martin, Jolenta Greenberg, Omri Navot and Sam Mullins share…
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S15 Ep1531: Mother and Child
Kerri Kenney-Silver and Peter S. Kim share stories about moms of kids and kids of moms. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK!…
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S15 Ep41: The Best of Mother’s Day Stories #2
To celebrate Mother’s Day this weekend, we’ve gathered a couple of classic sweet stories about moms. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support…
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S15 Ep1530: Hard-Learned Lessons
Rita Plush and Todd Shaffer share stories about learning the hard way. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at…
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S15 Ep339: Live From Albany!
A Classic RISK! episode from our early years! In the thirty-ninth episode of our third season, Chrissy Swanson, Michael Oatman, Ethan Ullman and Gregor…
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S15 Ep1529: Lost & Found
Stories about finding missing personal items and parts. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or…
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S15 Ep40: The Best of Coming of Age Stories
Mara Wilson and Kelly MacFarland share experiences from their formative years. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon…
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S15 Ep1528: Innocence Lost
Barb Ponella and Katy Townsend share about growing pains. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk…
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S15 Ep39: The Best of Drug Stories #1: 420 Edition
Caitlin Gill and Sean O’Brien share classic stories in the spirit of 4/20 • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at…
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S15 Ep1527: Boundaries
Quei Tann and Oliver Cromwell share stories about boundaries crossed. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at…
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S15 Ep1: Presenting What Was That Like
Enjoy this special presentation of What Was That Like, a storytelling podcast with first-hand amazing, personal, true stories. In this episode, one guest…
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S15 Ep38: The Best of Adventure Stories
Jen Bosworth-Ramirez and Christopher Ryan share some of our favorite stories of high stakes exploits. To learn more about listener data and our privacy…
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S15 Ep1526: The Best of RISK! #30
Our 30th compilation of some of our favorite recent stories shared on the RISK! podcast. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK!…
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S15 Ep37: The Best of Happy Stories #3
Kevin Allison and Tara Clancy share more of our favorite feel-good stories from our 15-year history! • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support…
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S15 Ep1525: All The Wrong Places
Marie Faustin and Russell Williams share stories about looking for love… you know where. • Pitch us your story!risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK!…
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S15 Ep36: The Best of Happy Stories #2
Larry Rosen and Julia Wiedeman share more of our favorite feel-good stories from our 15-year history! To learn more about listener data and our privacy…
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S15 Ep1524: Patreon Picks #4
To show what folks are missing out on if they’re not Patreon members, we’re featuring stories by David Feinberg and Geri Pratt, that were previously part of…
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S15 Ep35: The Best of Secret Stories
Steve Heisler, Ben Lerman and Lily Be share stories about sharing or learning secrets. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through…
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S15 Ep1523: Face the Music
Lisa Cooper Ellison and Josiah Simpson share stories about great escapes and greater returns from and through music, with guest-host John LaSala. Plus the…
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S15 Ep34: The Best of Funny Stuff #4
There’s nothing but laughs in our Funny Stuff compilations of classic RISK! stories on the lighter side. This week, Danny Lobell, Alex Wilkie and Alexandra…
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S15 Ep1522: Gender Journeys
Tuesday Thomas and Eli Matilda Ridley share stories about navigating the winding road of being themselves. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions •…
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S15 Ep33: The Best of Women's Stories
To celebrate Women’s History Month this year, guest-host Cyndi Freeman brings you stories by three remarkable women: Robin Gelfenbien, Jess Lombardo, and Jean…
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S15 Ep1521: Stung 2: Electric Boogaloo
Ronna Levy and Frank Traynor tell stories about getting stung and doing the stinging! • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through…
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S15 Ep32: The Best of Cult Stories
The first of our series looking back at some of our most memorable true stories about cults. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK!…
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S15 Ep1520: Rites of Passage
David Hu and Karli Moreno Kaiser share stories about nudes and balloons. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at…
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S15 Ep31: The Best of Self-Help Stories
Kevin Allison and Amy Salloway share stories about helping others by helping themselves. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK!…
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S15 Ep1519: The Ties That Bind
Shreenath Rajendran shares a harrowing story about having an abusive parent. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon…
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S15 Ep30: The Best of Love Stories
Brad Lawrence, Matteson Perry, and Nina Davis share some of our favorite love stories from our 15-year history! • Pitch us your story!…
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S15 Ep1518: Seasons of Love
Mary Gossett and Neshama Franklin tell stories about those ever-changing seasons of love. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit…
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S15 Ep29: The Best of Black Lives #7
To celebrate Black History Month this year, guest-host Dawn Fraser brings you the seventh in our Best of Black Lives series, featuring stories of the Black…
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S15 Ep1517: Oopzies
Stories about people who have Z’s in their names getting into sticky situations, with guest-hozt Taj Easton. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions •…
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S15 Ep174: The Best of Groundhog Day Stories
Some of our favorite stories about Groundhog Day • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon at patreon.com/risk or make a…
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S15 Ep1516: Bumps in the Road
Margot Leitman and Emily Blackwell tell stories about working through relationship hiccups to hilarious effect. • Pitch us your story!…
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Introducing: The Chris Chatman Do-Over, starring Ike Barinholtz
In this improvised comedy podcast, Ike Barinholtz stars as controversial shock jock host Chris Chatman. Chatman’s hit podcast was canceled but he's listened…
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S15 Ep28: The Best of True Crime Stories
The first of our series looking back at some of our most memorable true stories about crime and transcendence. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions…
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S15 Ep1515: New Friends
Tori Weston and David J. Halperin share about the ripples that both conflict and making new friends may send into the world. • Pitch us your…
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S15 Ep1: Presenting What's Ray Saying
RISK! is thrilled to present this episode of What's Ray Saying, created by our dear friend and one of our favorite storytellers, Dr. Ray Christian. After…
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S15 Ep27: The Best of Sex Stories #2: The Buttisode (co-hosted by Ray Christian)
Guest co-host Dr. Ray Christian joins Kevin to look back at some of our favorite stories about sex, especially the ones about butts. • Pitch us your story!…
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S15 Ep1514: A Right Mess
Rita Plush, Jack Perry and Matthew Donahue share stories about messy situations. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through…
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S15 Ep173: Life Worth Living and Celebrating
As part of our Grief Stories series, we revisit Nancy Sullivan’s "Life Worth Living" followed by an in-depth conversation with Nancy and therapist Cindy…
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S15 Ep1513: Mistaken
Joseph Santiago and Jen Curcio share stories about being a wee bit confused. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon…
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S15 Ep26: The Best of New Year's Stories
Ben Garant, Jessie Rosen and Ophira Eisenberg share stories about New Years. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon…
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S15 Ep1512: Holiday Blues
All new and lovely stories set during the winter holidays with a bittersweet twist. • Pitch us your story!risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through…
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S15 Ep172: Home for the Holidays
A Classic RISK! Singles episode! A story that Jen Bosworth-Ramirez first shared on the podcast in August of 2014 about a difficult trip home for the holidays…
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S15 Ep24: The Best of Happy Stories
Matteson Perry, Shon Kennedy, and Jen Kwok share some of our favorite feel-good stories from our 15-year history! • Pitch us your story!…
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S15 Ep1312: The Best of Holiday Stories #2
Our second look back at some of our favorite Yuletide tales from the podcast. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through Patreon…
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S15 Ep1511: Holiday Stories #16
Ron Hart, James Gordon, Carolyn Erickson and Peter Mercury share seasonal tales in our annual winter holidays special for 2023. • Pitch us your story!…
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S15 Ep4: Remembering Kenny DeForest
We’re devastated by the loss of Kenny DeForest, a beloved member of the comedy and storytelling communities. Rest in peace Kenny, you beautiful soul. Today, we…
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S15 Ep1510: Fresh Starts
Robert Reincke, Rafter and Vicki Juditz share stories about exploring new possibilities and we debut our new opening theme song! • Pitch us your story!…
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S15 Ep171: Dad Shelter (CRS171)
A Classic RISK! Singles episode! A story that Shane Torres first shared on the podcast in July of 2017 about helping out his homeless father. • Pitch us your…
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S15 Ep1509: Coming of Age
Jessie Rosen and Aaron Calafato share about youthful indiscretions and growing pains. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! through…
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S15 Ep338: Live at The Story Studio! (CRE338)
A Classic RISK! episode from our early years! In the thirty-eighth episode of our third season, Story Studio students JC Cassis and Dionna share personal…