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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 in public. RISK! is hilarious, heart-wrenching and remarkably real. Think you’ve heard it all? Fasten your seatbelt.

Latest Episodes:

Holiday Blues #2 Jan 07, 2025

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More new and lovely stories set during the winter holidays with a bittersweet twist.

• 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

• Get the RISK! Book and shop for merch: risk-show.com/shop

• Take our storytelling classes: thestorystudio.org

• Hire Kevin Allison as a coach or get personalized videos: kevinallison.com

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The Best of Happy Stories #4 Jan 02, 2025

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Geraldine Buckley and Jolenta Greenberg share more of our favorite feel-good stories from our past.

• 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

• Get the RISK! Book and shop for merch: risk-show.com/shop

• Take our storytelling classes: thestorystudio.org

• Hire Kevin Allison as a coach or get personalized videos: kevinallison.com

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Date Me! Dec 31, 2024

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Rich Tackenberg and Laura House share stories of dates gone well and gone wrong.

• 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

• Get the RISK! Book and shop for merch: risk-show.com/shop

• Take our storytelling classes: thestorystudio.org

• Hire Kevin Allison as a coach or get personalized videos: kevinallison.com

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Holiday Stories #3 Dec 26, 2024

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A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in December of 2015, when Mara Wilson, Julie Threlkeld and Matteson Perry shared about yuletide goings on.

• 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

• Get the RISK! Book and shop for merch: risk-show.com/shop

• Take our storytelling classes: thestorystudio.org

• Hire Kevin Allison as a coach or get personalized videos: kevinallison.com

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Snowglobe & Closed for the Duration, Revisited Dec 24, 2024

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Kate Bohl and Kevin revisit two classic Holiday stories that Kate originally shared as Kevin Bohl on RISK! before her transition.

• 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

• Get the RISK! Book and shop for merch: risk-show.com/shop

• Take our storytelling classes: thestorystudio.org

• Hire Kevin Allison as a coach or get personalized videos: kevinallison.com

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Holiday Stories #17 Dec 23, 2024

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Linda Bailey Walsh, Sean O’Brien, and Joe Charnitski share seasonal tales in our annual winter holidays special for 2024.

• 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

• Get the RISK! Book and shop for merch: risk-show.com/shop

• Take our storytelling classes: thestorystudio.org

• Hire Kevin Allison as a coach or get personalized videos: kevinallison.com

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Holiday Stories #2 Dec 19, 2024

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A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in December of 2012, when Steve Spatucci, Christine, Elna Baker, and Michele Carlo shared true tales of the Yuletide.

• 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

• Get the RISK! Book and shop for merch: risk-show.com/shop

• Take our storytelling classes: thestorystudio.org

• Hire Kevin Allison as a coach or get personalized videos: kevinallison.com

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Mr. Wrong Dec 17, 2024

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Tuesday Thomas and Shawn Binder tell stories about the wrong guys.

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• 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

• Get the RISK! Book and shop for merch: risk-show.com/shop

• Take our storytelling classes: thestorystudio.org

• Hire Kevin Allison as a coach or get personalized videos: kevinallison.com

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Women on Men Dec 13, 2024

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A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in December of 2012 when Aubrey O'Day, Lillian DeVane, Melanie Hamlett and Julia Wiedeman shared stories of adventures with the opposite sex.

• 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

• Get the RISK! Book and shop for merch: risk-show.com/shop

• Take our storytelling classes: thestorystudio.org

• Hire Kevin Allison as a coach or get personalized videos: kevinallison.com

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The Squabbles Dec 11, 2024

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Dawn Jewel Fraser tells Kevin and Taj about a dispute over an NYC sublet that went off the rails.

• 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