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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 sur...

RISK! Podcast Guide

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Live From Reno 1!

Live from Reno in April 2014, three first-time RISK! storytellers turn a single night into a run of proposition, prophecy, and psychedelic r...

60:18Aug 6, 2026

Trying It On

Kenice Mobley grew up on a 1999 movie fantasy of the woman who travels the world, says yes to everything, and never flinches. As an adult sh...

49:13Aug 4, 2026

Freedom

From April 2014, five people finding a way out. Sean Crespo signs up for a sleep deprivation study to escape the worst summer job in Boston,...

73:35Jul 30, 2026

Let Him Go

Two people confront what it means to stay bound to someone who keeps letting them down. Tuesday Thomas, a trans woman in LA with a lifelong...

37:51Jul 28, 2026

Still Dog People: Who Am I Now

Marilyn Gilchrist is a professional dog trainer, and "Who Am I Now" is her conversation with Michael Shikashio, lifted from his podcast The...

63:00Jul 23, 2026

Still Dog People: Two Truths

For the first of two Still Dog People episodes this week, John LaSala guest-hosts with his wife Kate LaSala, a professional dog behavior con...

44:17Jul 21, 2026

Mixed Feelings

A classic RISK! episode from March 2014. Three live storytellers, three very different voices in the head. Vicki Tollemache spent her teens...

57:56Jul 16, 2026

The Best of Disability Stories

Kevin launches a new classic RISK! series for Disability Pride Month, revisiting stories about life with a disability from episodes past. Am...

49:26Jul 15, 2026

Out of My Hands

Two people learn something about protecting and being protected, one at a mall in lockdown, one on a plane full of strangers. (Content note:...

39:34Jul 14, 2026

Live From San Diego!

This classic RISK! episode first aired in March 2014, and the four San Diego storytellers behind it cover a remarkable range, from white-knu...

77:35Jul 9, 2026

I Don't Know

Radio producer Jon Nelson curates and guest-hosts an episode built from three listener submissions RISK! never quite knew where to file, all...

42:52Jul 7, 2026

Vagina Vagina Vagina!

Back in March 2014, RISK! tripled down on a single subject, and this classic episode was the result. Josh Healey is 17 and smitten with his...

61:09Jul 2, 2026

But You Look So Good

Two people who look fine on the outside, and the very different storms going on underneath. Ande Jackson is years into rebuilding after ovar...

39:38Jun 30, 2026

The Best of Long Shot Stories

Long shots don't always pan out the way you hoped. Sometimes they catch fire. Sometimes they mug you. Shauna McGarry, a TV writer who can't...

38:52Jun 25, 2026

Negative Attention

Brittany Ross and Sam Feirstein are both hungry for it in this episode: the moment someone finally looks your way and says, yes, you. For Br...

34:57Jun 23, 2026

My Old Man

This one originally aired in August 2013, and the fathers in it tend toward the unexpectedly generous. And heck, this episode may as well be...

68:52Jun 18, 2026

Something Wild

Kambri and Evan arrive on the same episode from opposite ends of the spectrum, which turns out to be exactly right. Kambri Crews grew up poo...

37:19Jun 16, 2026

Live From San Fran 2014

In San Francisco, 2014, four great storytellers took the RISK! stage at SF Sketch Fest: Stephen Tobolowsky was directing the New York premie...

67:33Jun 11, 2026

Captives

Two stories from people who found themselves in situations they didn't choose and had to figure out what to do from inside them. Guest-hoste...

45:50Jun 9, 2026

Live From Seattle!

One chilly Seattle night in February 2014, four storytellers on the RISK! stage said some things they probably wouldn’t have otherwise said...

73:00Jun 4, 2026