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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...
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Into the Moving Dark
(Content note: sexual assault, justifiable homicide)
Annie Carnrike spent years close to her cousin Michael, a man of fierce loyalty and...
Fighting Back
This is a classic RISK! episode from January 2014, and it holds up with a particular kind of ferocity.
(Content note: sexual assault)
The Best of RISK! #34
Three stories so worth your time, from darkly funny to devastating. Our 34th compilation of some of our favorite recent stories shared on the podcast....
Impulsive
Three stories about snap decisions and what happens next: a classic RISK! episode from December 2013 that still hits hard.
Lauren Cook fo...
Males of the City: RISK! Reacts
Kevin hears Timothy Vaux's "Males of the City," a story from So Say We All, for the first time. In RISK! Reacts episodes, there's no preview, no prep,...
Presenting True Crime News: The Podcast
True Crime News: The Podcast is your weekly dose of real-time updates on the most gripping true crime stories, current cases, investigations, scams, a...
Live From Philly 4!
First released in December 2013, this live RISK! episode from Philadelphia's First Person Arts pairs two storytellers with a lot to say about losing c...
Quid Pro Quo, Revisited
(Content note: child sexual abuse)
In 2016, Ed G. got on stage at RISK! and told a story he'd never told anyone. Now, ten years later, Op...
Where It Hurts
In this crossover episode with The Story Collider, Karen McCaffrey and Mary Cyn share stories that illustrate the importance of compassion in healthca...
Metamorphosis
Michael McFadden and Adrianne Frost share stories about evolving feelings about their bodies over time.
🎙️Radio Story: Growth by Michael...
The Best of Coming of Age Stories #2
Byron Bowers and Amy Salloway share experiences from their formative years. A part of The Best of Coming of Age Stories series.
🎤🎙️💻Liv...
Private Parts
Ria Spencer, Mindy Myers and Josh Connors share stories about learning to feel at home in your body.
🎤Live Story: The Only Girl by Ria S...
Family Secrets
A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in November of 2013, when Kitty Hailey, Christine Lee and Josh Healey share stories of sur...
Catastrophe
Emma Yarbrough and Joel Gonzalez share stories about learning and growing from hard times.
🎤Live Story: Searching for Blue Sky by Emma Y...
Live from Brown/RISD
A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in November of 2013, when students from Brown University and the Rhode Island School of De...
Lights Off, Pants Down
David Zellnik tells Kevin Allison about a moment of sexual liberation in a dark back room at a gay bar in the early 90s. Check out all of our Conversa...
The Best of Love Stories #4
Reba Sparrow and Smith Galtney share some of our favorite unusual love stories from our 16-year history.
🎙️LIVE Story: Pleasant Mountain...
Unrequited
Connor O’Donoghue, JC Cassis and Jay Michel share stories about crushes and rebounds.
🎙️Radio Story: I Was the Appetizer by Connor O'Don...
Live From LA Storytelling Fest
A Classic RISK! episode from our early years when Brian Finkelstein, Carrie Wade and Matt Oberg told true stories at the live RISK! show for the 2013...
Come and Go
Ezra Holmlund and Sarah Adelman tell stories about things involving coming... and going.
🎤Live Story: Things Are Going South by Ezra Ho...
The Riverside, Revisited
In memory of Jan Scott-Frazier, we revisit her 2011 story called “The Riverside” and, until now unreleased, her conversation about the story in 2021 w...
How Can I Tell You?
Stella Mayerhoff and Rebecca Heron tell stories about the unbearable weight of truth.
🎙️Radio Story: In Ways I Never Could Have Imagined...
Casualties
A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in October of 2013, when Janine Latus, Scott Whitney and Dan Telfer told stories about bru...
Sexploration
Shem, Nonye Brown-West and JC Cassis share stories of sexual discoveries.
🎤Live Story: Shem's Guide to Sexuality by Shem
As...
Live From Chicago!
A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in October of 2013, when Stephanie Douglass, Shannon Cason, Lily Be and Jim Padar were at...
Create My Life
Ms. Aishia tells Cyndi Freeman about the time she navigated a complex, emotionally abusive relationship, and ultimately found the strength to prioriti...
The Best of Funny Stuff #7
There’s nothing but laughs in our Funny Stuff compilations of classic RISK! stories on the lighter side. This week, Kumail Nanjiani and Alecia Altstae...
Holiday Blues #3
Michael J Bennett and Jessica Piscitelli Robinson tell holiday stories that are new, true and kinda blue.
🎙️Radio Story: Santa's Reveng...
In 2026, Jump In On RISK!
Kevin announces RISK!’s goal this year -- helping listeners connect. More social events, more online fun, and Kevin’s latest online storytelling works...
How Embarrassing
A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in September of 2013, when Kevin Allison, Jen Bosworth, Donna Steele and Dare Campbell all...
Hosts with the Mosts
JC Cassis, David Crabb and Cyndi Freeman share stories at RISK! live shows when they were hosting
🎤Live Story: Not That Casual by JC Cas...
Holiday Stories Fan Favorites!
Every holiday season, RISK! fans ask about this small handful of yuletide perennial favorites. Well here they all are, wrapped up in one neat package...
Holiday Stories #18
Ty Gentile, James Rana, and David Hu share yuletide tales about Christmas carols, unorthodox Santas, and of course, excretory health in our annual win...
Holiday Stories #4
A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in December of 2013, when Alex Edelman, Jude Treder-Wolff and Danielle Kramer all shared Y...
Sex & Supper
Nikki Bailey and Hana Nobel share stories about how messy things can get with food and sex, with guest host, Taj Easton.
🎤Live Story: Th...
Desire
A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in September of 2013, when Amanda Egge and Nayland Blake shared stories about reconciling...
We Are Family
Jillian Markowitz and David Joseph share stories about the secrets that haunt families.
🎤Live Story: Uncomfortably Close by Jillian Mark...
Making the Chain, Revisited
Christine Gentry revisits her story from 2016 called “Making the Chain” with Kevin Allison. She has many new insights, nine years later.
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Not in Hiding Anymore
Mira Rivera and Rachelle Anne Warren tell stories about opening up & leaning into insecurities.
💻Workshop Story: Sexual Healing...
The Best of Gratitude Stories #1
Satori Shakoor and Paul Cibis share stories of thanksgiving. A part of our series called Gratitude Stories.
🎤Live Story: Thank You by Sa...