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 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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Pretending to Be Human
Inky Montaine tells Taj Easton about how, before he was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, he truly felt like he might have come from another planet.
Nov 12, 2025 · 1 hr 6 min
A Breath of Fresh Air: RISK! Reacts (feat. Ray Christian)
On this Veteran’s Day, guest-host Ray Christian from ⁠What’s Ray Saying?⁠ hears Brian Simpson’s “Fresh Air” story from ⁠So Say We All⁠ for the first time and gives you his hot takes. You can a⁠lso watch this episode on YouTube⁠!
Nov 11, 2025 · 27 min
Boys and Girls
A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in August of 2013, when DC Pierson, Selena Coppock, Brad Lawrence and Nina Davis shared stories of love and loss.
Nov 6, 2025 · 1 hr 16 min
The Living Room: RISK! Reacts
Kevin hears Diane Weipert’s “The Living Room” story from ⁠Love and Radio⁠ for the first time and gives you his instant reactions. You can also ⁠watch this episode on YouTube⁠!
Nov 4, 2025 · 44 min
The Best of Scary Stories, Vol. 1
Three of our favorite scary stories from Halloween specials of our past.
Oct 30, 2025 · 56 min
Scary Stories #17: Bone-chilling!
Our 17th annual Halloween special with scary true stories about ghosts, corpses and mortal danger.
Oct 28, 2025 · 1 hr 24 min
Edge Play
A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in August of 2013, when Mather Zickel, Jen Curran, Joel Kim Booster and Julie Threlkeld told stories of times they crossed over the edge.
Oct 23, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min
Mortal
Hannah Sussman and Swapna Deshpande tell stories about coming to terms with mortality.
Oct 21, 2025 · 39 min
Live From Norfolk 2
A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in August of 2013, when Brad McMurran, Alicia Camden, and Sean Devereux told stories at the Norfolk Comedy Festival.
Oct 16, 2025 · 59 min
The Lies That Bind
Mishelle tells Taj her story of a lifetime lived with an abusive mother in an environment of relentless lies, instability and unspeakable violence.
Oct 14, 2025 · 1 hr 43 min
Get Undomesticated
Candiace Dillard Bassett (Bravo’s Real Housewives of Potomac) and Michael Arceneaux (New York Times best-selling author and culture critic) have thoughts…and on Undomesticated, they’re sharing all of them.
Oct 13, 2025 · 4 min
Live From Norfolk 1
A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in 2013, when the RISK! live show came to Norfolk, Virginia.
Oct 9, 2025 · 48 min
Sweet Sixteen
On the 16th anniversary of the podcast, Jill Karliner and Kevin Allison share stories from their own sixteeny days.
Oct 8, 2025 · 1 hr 18 min
Believe Her
Andrea Dunlop tells Kevin from the RISK! podcast her story “Believe Her,” about the time her sister was prosecuted for Munchausen by Proxy child abuse and how this set her off on a long path towards advocacy, outreach and the pursuit of justice. Years later, her podcast and vigilante journalism led her to uncover irrefutable evidence of an unprosecuted, hideous crime, as well as towards healing of her own deep, familial wounds. You can also ⁠watch this episode on YouTube⁠.
Oct 8, 2025 · 1 hr 23 min
Revelations, Revisited
Scott Whitney revisits his story from 2013 about losing his faith called “Revelations” with Kevin. He has many new insights twelve years later. You can also watch this episode on YouTube!
Oct 2, 2025 · 49 min
The Best of RISK! #33
Our 33rd compilation of some of our favorite recent stories shared on the RISK! podcast, guest-host by ⁠Cyndi Freeman⁠.
Sep 30, 2025 · 1 hr 23 min
Live From DC!
A 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.
Sep 25, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min
Midnight in Manila
Scott McMahon tells Dawn Fraser from the RISK! podcast his story “Midnight in Manila,” about the time he was pulled into a nightmare of corruption, false rape charges, and five years in a Philippine jail.
Sep 23, 2025 · 52 min
Queer
A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in July of 2013, when Cameron Esposito, Kris Grey and Kevin Allison shared radically different stories of LGBT life in the early 2010’s.
Sep 18, 2025 · 1 hr 4 min
Shit Happens
Kevin Allison, Rachel Frost and Luke Oyler share stories about being wasteful.
Sep 16, 2025 · 39 min

RISK!

Pretending to Be Human

A Breath of Fresh Air: RISK! Reacts (feat. Ray Christian)

Boys and Girls

The Living Room: RISK! Reacts

The Best of Scary Stories, Vol. 1

Scary Stories #17: Bone-chilling!

Edge Play

Mortal

Live From Norfolk 2

The Lies That Bind

Get Undomesticated

Live From Norfolk 1

Sweet Sixteen

Believe Her

Revelations, Revisited

The Best of RISK! #33

Live From DC!

Midnight in Manila

Queer

Shit Happens