Kevin Allison

RISK!

Comedy EN ↓ 1213 episodes

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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Kevin Allison

Episodes

Light and Shadow 30.05.2023 43:19

Nessa Goldman and Jad S. confront the good, the evil and the balance in between. • 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 • Hi...

Al Madrigal (CRE321) 25.05.2023 31:25

A Classic RISK! episode from our early years! In the twenty-first episode of our third season, Al Madrigal tells how, before he got hired by The Daily Show, his job was firing everyone else. • 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...

Suspicions 23.05.2023 46:24

Nate Runkel and Margarita Franco share about suspicions running through their family lives. • 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: thestorystud...

The Best of Asian American Lives #5 18.05.2023 1:06:20

May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month. To celebrate, we’re looking back at 3 classic RISK! stories, with special guest host Kristen Meinzer. This episode is part of our Asian American Lives series and features stories by Maritess Zurbano, Cody Hom, and David Hu, as well as a poem by Franny Choi. • Pitch us your story! risk-show.com/submissions • Support RISK! thr...

Clarifying 16.05.2023 47:32

Ryan Estrada, Tori Weston and Kevin McGeehan share stories about getting clear. • 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 • Hir...

The Best of Mother’s Day Stories #1 11.05.2023 30:17

To celebrate Mother’s Day this weekend, we’ve gathered a few classic sweet stories about moms. • 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: thestorys...

Body Image 09.05.2023 59:41

Claire Hennessy and Sam Feirstein search for ways to love the skin they’re in. • 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 • Hir...

May the 4th Be With You! 04.05.2023 41:59

In honor of Star Wars Day, RISK! presents 3 classic stories from our archives kinda sorta about Star Wars! • 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 classe...

Growing Pains 02.05.2023 1:01:05

David Beck and Dioselin González share stories about secrets from their childhood. • 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 •...

What's Going On? (CRE320) 27.04.2023 51:16

A Classic RISK! episode from our early years! In the twentieth episode of our third season, Helen Hong, Steve Agee, Chris Castiglione, and Elise Pettus come face to face with their own cluelessness. • 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/liv...

The Unknown 25.04.2023 45:30

Drew Droege & Regina Stoops share stories about a mysterious ride and twists and turns in parenting. • 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: the...

The Weed Days (CRS165) 20.04.2023 16:08

A Classic RISK! Singles episode! A story that Matt Higgins first shared on the podcast in April of 2010 about a very tempting discovery. • 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...

Sweet Relief 18.04.2023 33:28

David Crabb and Michele Carlo share about crazy colonoscopies and meeting your romantic match in your 50s. • 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 classe...

Matt McCarthy (CRE309) 13.04.2023 27:57

A Classic RISK! episode from our early years! In the ninth episode of our third season, Matt McCarthy talks about how when he was a teenager, he and his brother went a little too far with intoxicants. Support RISK! on Patreon at Patreon.com/RISK Make a one-time donation to RISK! at PayPal.me/RISKshow Get tickets to RISK! live shows at RISK-show.com/tour Get the RISK! book at TheRISKBook.com Take o...

The Best of RISK! #28 11.04.2023 1:11:19

Our 28th compilation of some of our favorite recent stories shared on the RISK! podcast. Support RISK! on Patreon at Patreon.com/RISK Make a one-time donation to RISK! at PayPal.me/RISKshow Get tickets to RISK! live shows at RISK-show.com/tour Get the RISK! book at TheRISKBook.com Take our storytelling classes at TheStoryStudio.org Hire Kevin Allison to make a personalized video at Cameo.com/TheKe...

Remembering Heklina 06.04.2023 19:30

In remembrance of one of San Francisco's most beloved drag queens, the hilarious Heklina recalls an earlier era in her life when she tried to be a male hustler. This was recorded at our San Francisco Sketchfest show of January 27, 2017. • 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...

The Best of RISK! #27 04.04.2023 1:26:04

Our 27th compilation of some of our favorite recent stories shared on the RISK! podcast. • 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....

Bullets on the Floor 30.03.2023 12:56

A Classic RISK! Singles episode! A story that Daralyse Lyons first shared on the podcast in October of 2020 about her romance with danger. • 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/sho...

Mind Over Matter 28.03.2023 52:12

Jen Curcio and Daralyse Lyons share stories about dealing with abusive exes and dating someone with racists in their family. • 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 s...

My Crotch and the Night (CRS163) 24.03.2023 14:29

A Classic RISK! Singles episode! A story that Vanessa Ragland first shared on the podcast in February of 2012 about the time she answered an urgent call from mother nature. • 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...

U-Turns 21.03.2023 42:18

Shannon Cason and Jeffrey Porterfield share stories about casino culture and punk rock. • 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.o...

Close Encounters of the Second Part 14.03.2023 1:00:49

In the second part of two back-to-back episodes, Bella Clarke tells ufologist David J. Halperin her story about wrestling with the certainty of witnessing a UFO. • 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 m...

3 Women (CRE539) 09.03.2023 50:28

A Classic RISK! episode from our early years! In the thirty-ninth episode of our fifth season, Betty Dodson, Cameron Esposito and Amber Drea tell true stories of survival and transcendence. • 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...

Close Encounters of the First Part 07.03.2023 1:00:59

In the first of two back-to-back UFO-related episodes, David J. Halperin shares a story about a surprising alien encounter. • 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 st...

Melting (CRS161) 02.03.2023 18:51

A Classic RISK! Singles episode! A story that Dan Savage first shared on the podcast in December of 2015 about the first time he REALLY tripped on acid. • 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: ris...