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Humiliating

Three people get taken down a few pegs in front of an audience in this classic RISK! episode, first released in August of 2014 and pulled back into the feed. Roger Hailes has been an easy mark for humiliation since a hired clown hauled him out from under his bed at his sixth birthday party, and the worst of it arrives years later, at 16, in a parked car. Anne Thomas, a lawyer who is paralyzed, spends a trip home from Madagascar being carried, stranded, and told by Air France that its paperwork is more authoritative than her own body. (Content note: sexual harassment by a classmate) Christine Gentry is 13, the smallest kid on her school bus, and she has just found a thrift store shirt that makes her feel pretty. Leave your comments on the stories and find episode details and music credits at risk-show.com/podcast/humiliating-cre543 Be Part of RISK! 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ in New York City on December 8, 2026 ✍️ Pitch your story⁠ ❤️ Support us on Patreon⁠ 💵 Make a one-time donation⁠⁠ via PayPal or Zelle to kevin@risk-show.com 📚 Shop merch or the RISK! book⁠ 🎓 Take storytelling classes with us⁠ 🎥 Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Three people get taken down a few pegs in front of an audience in this classic RISK! episode, first released in August of 2014 and pulled back into the feed.

Roger Hailes has been an easy mark for humiliation since a hired clown hauled him out from under his bed at his sixth birthday party, and the worst of it arrives years later, at 16, in a parked car. Anne Thomas, a lawyer who is paralyzed, spends a trip home from Madagascar being carried, stranded, and told by Air France that its paperwork is more authoritative than her own body.

(Content note: sexual harassment by a classmate)

Christine Gentry is 13, the smallest kid on her school bus, and she has just found a thrift store shirt that makes her feel pretty.

Leave your comments on the stories and find episode details and music credits at risk-show.com/podcast/humiliating-cre543 

Be Part of RISK!

🎟 See RISK! live⁠ in New York City on December 8, 2026

✍️ Pitch your story⁠

❤️ Support us on Patreon⁠

💵 Make a one-time donation⁠⁠ via PayPal or Zelle to kevin@risk-show.com

📚 Shop merch or the RISK! book⁠

🎓 Take storytelling classes with us⁠

🎥 Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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