Impulsive

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4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Three stories about snap decisions and what happens next: a classic RISK! episode from December 2013 that still hits hard. Lauren Cook found her date for a stranger's New Jersey wedding on Craigslist Casual Encounters. She showed up with a fake identity, a room full of people who knew nothing about her, and a night that kept escalating in directions she did not plan for. (Content note: gun violence) JJ grew up in 1980s Bushwick, Brooklyn, fought his way into Wesleyan and then Wall Street, but one afternoon a neighborhood confrontation pulled him back to a version of himself he thought he had left behind. He came very close to throwing everything away. Daniel Lobell sank $2,000 into a hairless cat as the foundation of a breeding empire. When the cat ended up at a friend's apartment and she stopped returning his calls, his plan to get it back got increasingly creative. Full episode details and music credits at risk-show.com/podcast/impulsive-cre510 Support RISK! & Get Involved 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in New York City ✍️ Pitch your story⁠ ❤️ Support us on Patreon⁠ or ⁠make a one-time PayPal donation⁠ 📚 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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0:00.0	Hey folks, this is Risk, the show where people tell true stories they never thought they
0:12.5	dare to share. I'm Kevin Allison, and every Thursday we release these special episodes where
0:18.5	we look back at content from our earlier years.
0:20.9	Just a quick reminder that my next online storytelling workshop starts April 8th, 2026,
0:27.5	beginners, season pros, people who want to tell various sorts of stories for various sorts
0:36.0	of different reasons. everyone is welcome.
0:39.3	Just email me at Kevin at Risk Dash.com and I'll give you more info.
0:44.3	Now this week, an episode that premiered in December of 2013, it's an episode we call
0:49.9	Impulsive.
0:52.0	Whoa, whoa, whoa! impulsive. Hello, Kids, this is Riz.
1:23.6	Dhabi-dai, Dhabi-Di-Dum, Daba-Di-Di-Dum, Daba-Di-Di-Dum, hi-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-a. Hello, kids, this is Risk, the show where people tell true stories.
1:32.2	They never thought they'd dare to share.
1:34.3	I'm Kevin Allison, and this is Gock Ben.
1:38.4	Behind me now.
1:40.0	You wanted it?
1:41.2	You got it.
1:42.6	Gock Ben.
1:49.7	Jackass. Today's episode is called Impulsive.
1:57.1	Three very different stories where people make sudden unusual decisions and things get kind of out of hand. In a little bit, we're going to hear from a fella named JJ, who took a workshop with us
2:03.6	at the storystudio.org.
2:05.8	But before that, we're going to start with
2:07.7	writer, actress, comedian Lauren Cook,
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