Live From DC!
25 September - 1 hour 2 mins explicitA Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in July of 2013, when Kevin Boggs, Stephanie Garibaldi, R. Levin and Amy Saidman told stories at the first RISK! live show in Washington, DC in association with SpeakeasyDC.
š¤Live Story: Standing Up by Kevin Boggs
Working as a waiter at an upscale Washington DC restaurant, Kevin gets into an emotional fight with an angry customer who calls him a "faggot."Ā
Keywords: Waiter, Rude customer, restaurant
š¤Live Story: Virgin Sacrifice by Stephanie Garibaldi
Stephanie visits a Mayan village, where Mayan culture lives on to this day. When the villagers decide she is a "fertility goddess," they begin preparing for her to marry a young m...
Get Undomesticated
Candiace Dillard Bassett (Bravoās Real Housewives of Potomac) and Michael Arceneaux (New York Times best-selling author and culture critic) have thoughtsā¦and on Undomesticated, theyāre sharing all of them. Think of it like the group chat you wish you were in - brutally honest, funny, smart, and gloriously unfiltered.Ā From viral TikTok drama to the celebrity news everyoneās talking about (and the ones they should be), Candiace and Michael are here to talk their talk, crack you up, and keep it 100ā¦with just the right amount of petty. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
4 mins
13 October Finished
Live From Norfolk 1
explicitA Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in 2013, when the RISK! live show came to Norfolk, Virginia.Ā Ā š¤Live Story: The Squatter by Billy Raim Billy is afraid to poop in public until he decides to let go of of that fear, as it was ruining a trip with friends to China, with disastrous consequences. keywords: Poop, Fear, China, Culture Shock š¤Live Story: Sisterās Keeper by Tiffany Chilcott Tiffany impersonates her sister on the phone and gets a guy to shave his head. keywords: Siblings, Imposters, Pranks, Dating š¤Live Story: The Last Time by Pete Roberts Pete lets a drug dealer into his motel thinking heās going to have a Bukowski moment, only to be robbed. keywords: Bad Decisions, Drug Deals, Fear, Life Threatening š Support RISK! & Get Involved ⢠š See RISK! liveā in New York on Dec 11th! ⢠āļø Pitch your storyā ⢠ā¤ļø Support us on Patreonā or ā make a one-time PayPal donationā ⢠š Shop merch or the RISK! bookā ⢠š Take storytelling classes with usā ⢠š„ Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
48 mins
9 October Finished
Sweet Sixteen
explicitOn the 16th anniversary of the podcast, Jill Karliner and Kevin Allison share stories from their own sixteeny days.Ā šļøRadio Story: Save a Prayer for Jill by Jill Karliner When she was sixteen, Jill went to a Duran Duran concert in an attempt to fit in with her friend group and got so inside her own head about not enjoying it, she panicked.Ā keywords: concert, classical, duran duran, rick springfield, squeeze, high school šļøRadio Story: Whatās in the Box?! by Kevin Allison After being slighted by his high-school crush, a young Kevin mailed the unsuspecting straight boy his poop. keywords: poop prank, mailing feces, unrequited teenage love, queer crush, revenge, poop Watch Kevin's chat with Sean Malin, author of Podcast Pantheon: 101 Podcasts That Changed How We Listen, on YouTube. š Support RISK! & Get Involved ⢠š See RISK! liveā in NYC on December 11, 2025 ⢠āļø Pitch your storyā ⢠ā¤ļø Support us on Patreonā or ā make a one-time PayPal donationā ⢠š Shop merch or the RISK! bookā ⢠š Take storytelling classes with usā ⢠š„ Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1 hour 18 mins
8 October Finished
Believe Her
explicitAndrea Dunlop tells Kevin about the time her sister was investigated for Munchausen syndrome by proxy child abuse and how this set her off on a long path towards advocacy, outreach and the pursuit of justice, through her podcast Nobody Should Believe Me.This episode is guest-hosted by Taj Easton.You can also watch it on YouTube! Check out all of our Conversation Stories! šļøConversation Story: Believe Her by Andrea Dunlop (Content note: child abuse, child murder) Andreaās sister is prosecuted for Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSbP) child abuse, which sets Andrea off on a long path towards advocacy, outreach and the pursuit of justice for victims of MSbP. Years later, her podcast and vigilante journalism lead her to uncover irrefutable evidence of an unprosecuted, hideous crime, as well as towards healing of her own deep, familial wounds. keywords: Munchausen by proxy, MSbP, Factitious disorder imposed on another, FDIA, medical child abuse, ethical true crime, true crime podcast, family trauma, child murder, Nobody Should Believe Me,Ā Special thanks to Rafter for the generous and essential musical contributions. š Support RISK! & Get Involved ⢠š See RISK! liveā in New York (Thursday, December 11th) ⢠āļø Pitch your storyā ⢠ā¤ļø Support us on Patreonā or ā make a one-time PayPal donationā ⢠š Shop merch or the RISK! bookā ⢠š Take storytelling classes with usā ⢠š„ Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1 hour 23 mins
8 October Finished
Revelations, Revisited
explicitScott Whitney revisits his story from 2013 about losing his faith called āRevelationsā with Kevin. He has many new insights twelve years later. You can also watch this episode on YouTube! š¤Radio Story: Revelations by Scott Whitney (Content note: cults, suicide ideation) A Jehovahās Witness struggling with his faith, Scott knocks on the door of a traumatized recluse to attempt to convert him. The brief, troubled friendship convinces Scott to leave the church. keywords: Awake!, door-to-door, Jehovahās Witnesses, The Watchtower š Support RISK! & Get Involved ⢠š See RISK! liveā in NYC (December 11) ⢠āļø Pitch your storyā ⢠ā¤ļø Support us on Patreonā or ā make a one-time PayPal donationā ⢠š Shop merch or the RISK! bookā ⢠š Take storytelling classes with usā ⢠š„ Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
49 mins
2 October Finished
The Best of RISK! #33
explicitOur 33rd compilation of some of our favorite recent stories shared on the RISK! podcast, guest-host by Cyndi Freeman. š¤Live Story: Hope Under the Sky (excerpt) by LP Nguyen In 1975, the North won Vietnamās civil war, and LP's dad, high ranking in the Southern Army, was imprisoned. The children lost everything, hunted for food, swam to school, and after 7 years, got their father back. š¤Radio Story: Black Is the Loneliest Color by Larry Dorsey Jr. Larry saves a suicidal Black manās life on the streets of SF and examines his tendency to bridge things between people of different races and classes. keywords: Black experience in San Francisco, homeless, knife attack subway, people experiencing homelessness, public violence bystanders, racial isolation, urban survival stories š¤Live Story: What the Blorp?! by Kerri Doherty Kerri falls in love with a guy who tricks her into helping him lie to the army while he resumes his other life with his wife and daughter.Ā keywords: army, cheating, lying to the army, relationship š¤Radio Story: The Silver Dollar (excerpt) by Daryl Davis Daryl backs the Ku Klux Klan into a corner and demands that they tell him why they hate him, and he really listens.Ā keywords: blackness, changing minds, communication, conflict, empathy, grand dragon, ku klux klan, open minds, prejudice, racial hatred, racism, resolution, unchecked bias š¤Live Story: Orgasmic by Yossi Rosenberg Yossi is a shy guy raised in a conservative Jewish household with intimacy issues. He gets involved with the Orgasmic Meditation Scene, a somewhat iffy tribe that practices clitoral stimulation as a meditation. keywords: clitoral stimulation, culty, Orgasmic Meditation š¤Radio Story: Breaking Point by Heather Farley Heather has a psychotic break and leaves a Rauschenberg painting worth millions left to her in the divorce on a park bench.Ā keywords: divorce, Psychotic Break, Rauschenberg Painting š¤Live Story: The Big Secret (excerpt) by Brad Lawrence (Content note: child sexual abuse, murder, suicide) In a church where guilt is weaponized and silence rewarded, teenage Brad listens to a friend's secret that echoes into adulthood, long past her violent death. keywords: abortion, childhood abuse, church youth group, evangelical guilt, murder, shame, strangulation, U2 š Support RISK! & Get Involved ⢠š See RISK! liveā in NYC on December 11, 2025 ⢠āļø Pitch your storyā ⢠ā¤ļø Support us on Patreonā or ā make a one-time PayPal donationā ⢠š Shop merch or the RISK! bookā ⢠š Take storytelling classes with usā ⢠š„ Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1 hour 23 mins
30 September Finished