Live From Austin!

RISK!

Performing Arts, Society & Culture, Comedy, Personal Journals, Arts

4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in September of 2013, when RISK! had its first live show in the city that keeps it weird: Austin, Texas. 🎤Live Story: The Redhead by Paul Normandin Every year that his wife asked, "What do you want for your birthday?" Paul would answer, "A redhead." One year, his wife finally arranged for a hotel rendezvous with a redhead... who led him into a surprise party. Keywords: birthday story, marriage humor, Austin storytelling, sexual misunderstanding, redhead joke, surprise party, marriage comedy, public embarrassment, relationship humor 🎤Live Story: 6 Hours by Nick Scott Nick has severe pain in his testicles and reads online that he's probably only got six hours before he has to lose them. He and his parents rush to the hospital and learn that he'd misdiagnosed himself. Keywords: testicular torsion, medical emergency, masturbation story, awkward comedy, parental embarrassment, Austin live show, hospital panic, male health humor, storytelling 🎤Live Story: The Bad Seed by Dhaya Lakshminarayanan Dhaya was the rebellious Hindu girl in Christian school forever in trouble. Seeing the bathroom graffiti “Jesus loves you motherfucker,” she realized how wit and creativity might turn a troublemaker into a successful student. Keywords: childhood misbehavior, Hindu kid in Christian school, bathroom graffiti, learning to read, culture clash, Indian American humor, education story, Austin storytelling, gifted child 🎤Live Story: Bigger Than Love by Michael Jastroch (Content warning: Death) Michael tells the bittersweet story of his first teenage crush, his envy of and rivalry with a friend, and how tragedy changed how he understood what it means to be the main character in life. Keywords: teenage love story, AIDS revelation, high school heartbreak, coming of age, rivalry story, Austin storytelling, emotional true story, friendship betrayal, 1990s nostalgia 🎤Live Story: Taxi Driver by Sam Dingman At the end of his rope in NYC, Sam is about to give up, when he decides to try being a taxi driver. One day, he is in 3 separate car accidents. It's an epic day of New York toil and trouble. Keywords: taxi driver story, New York storytelling, car crash, cab driving, workplace anxiety, life change, near-death experience, acting career, risk show live 🌈 Support RISK! & Get Involved • 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 in NYC • ✍️ 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
0:12.3	dare to share. I'm Kevin Allison, and every Thursday we release these special episodes
0:17.8	where we look back at content from our earlier years. Keep in mind that some
0:22.3	announcements in older episodes might be outdated and sometimes even things that are said in the
0:27.8	stories. We always say that the name of the series itself is a bit of a content warning. This
0:34.8	week, an episode that premiered in September of 2013, it's an episode we call
0:40.2	Live from Austin.
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1:40.8	Hello, kids, this is RISK, the show where people tell true stories they never thought they'd dare to share.
1:42.1	I'm Kevin Allison, and this is Sean Lee behind me now.
1:46.2	And also behind me in my living room is a beautiful Korean boy who just said to me,
1:52.1	oh my God, I just got to hear a stamps.com ad done live in person.
1:59.9	That's the magic.
2:01.4	You manage to make it into my bedroom.
2:04.3	And it's not that hard to manage.
2:07.5	You're going to hear a lot, a lot of stamps.com ads, live and in 3D, my friends.
2:15.5	And you know what else is live?
2:17.9	We're calling today's episode live from Austin.
2:22.2	We had the best time in Austin, Texas just a couple weeks ago.
2:27.1	Here's the thing, though.
2:28.6	I was so upset that I could only be there for about 24 hours.
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