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RISK! RISK!
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4.7 • 5.2K Ratings
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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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Al Madrigal (CRE321)
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.
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Suspicions
Nate Runkel and Margarita Franco share about suspicions running through their family lives.
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Asian American Lives #5
May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month. To celebrate, we’re looking back at 3 classic RISK! Stories by Maritess Zurbano, Cody Hom, and David Hu, as well as a poem by Franny Choi and special guest host Kristen Meinzer!
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Clarifying
Ryan Estrada, Tori Weston and Kevin McGeehan share stories about getting clear.
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Mother’s Day Stories #1
To celebrate Mother’s Day this weekend, we’ve gathered a few classic sweet stories about moms.
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Body Image
Claire Hennessy and Sam Feirstein search for ways to love the skin they’re in.
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Customer Reviews
David Byrne
Kevin, did you and your wonderfully brave guest Regina, know that David Byrne is on the autism spectrum, and I think he identifies as having Asperger‘s. If she and her partner didn’t already know about that, it seems an amazing gift the universe gave them, with that sign. What we mothers need is true honesty from other mothers, if we’re ever to accept ourselves wholly, and how else do you truly get to see the beauty? I loved the story. I think every time I listen to the show my mind is opened a little bit more. (Sometimes A LOT more- I have previously gotten an E-DU-CA-TION!! It is ALWAYS a ride!) Tonight I went from laughing hard alone in my kitchen to your hilarious first guest, to a total heart pause, not knowing where Regina’s story was going to go. Thank you. I just really love your show.
This show lost its balls.
When this show started I would look forward to it every week. Brazen, erotic, daring and ghastly stories of things one would never tell another soul. The stories had no agenda - they were just mostly FUN. However, especially over the past few years this show has gone woke to the point where I can’t even stand to listen. If you enjoy melancholy stories of victimhood and entitlement or get off on people whining about how they had to overcome micro aggressions than by all means, tune in. The fact that every show starts with an apology for its past content and trigger warning for every single episode should have been a clue. There’s no RISK! involved when your agenda is driven by being politically correct and non-offensive.
One of my go-to pods
I love Risk! so much. Kevin Allison is hilarious and authentic. He is unabashedly himself and has created a space for others to be their authentic selves and tell their stories. I love that anything goes on this podcast. It’s refreshing to hear people talking about things that may be considered taboo, but are *mostly* relatable parts of being human. I also really love the creative songs that sometimes accompany the stories! Keep up the good work!