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4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in October of 2013, when Stephanie Douglass, Shannon Cason, Lily Be and Jim Padar were at our very first show in that toddlin’ town. 🎤Live Story: You Don’t Know Jack? by Stephanie Douglass A high school erupts in laughter over a mysterious name on the morning announcements, sending a well-meaning teacher on a frantic mission to protect a bullied student who, disastrously, does not exist. 🎤Live Story: I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got by Shannon CasonAfter obsessing over penis size and attempting a risky DIY “enhancement,” a man temporarily loses sexual function, panics through days of humiliation, and learns the terrifying medical reason behind his self-inflicted scare. 🎤Live Story: The Great Detective by Lily Be Lily learns the reason her mom threw her dad out was that her mom once took on the role of private detective and hid in a car while her husband and his mistress had sex in it. 🎤Live Story: Dressing the Wound by Jim Padar (Content note: fatal injury) A homicide detective in the ‘70s, Jim saved a dying boy by keeping his hand on the neck wound. The boy’s parents thanked him for giving them a chance to say goodbye. 🌈 Support RISK! & Get Involved • 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ in NYC on March 17, 2026 • ✍️ 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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0:32.7	Hey folks, this is Risk, the show where people tell true stories they never thought they dare to share.
0:34.2	I'm Kevin Allison, and every Thursday we release these special episodes where we look back
0:39.1	at content from our earlier years. Keep in mind that some announcements in older episodes might
0:45.2	be outdated, as well as some of what's said in the stories. We always say that the name of the
0:50.4	series itself is a bit of a content warning. This week, an episode that premiered in
0:55.4	October of 2013, it's an episode we call Live from Chicago.
1:00.9	Whoa, whoa! Now we're We're We're Now I'm
1:11.6	Wai Hello,
1:30.3	Hello, kids, this is risk, the show where people tell true stories. They never thought they
1:48.2	dare to share. I'm Kevin Allison, and this is Vait behind me now. And welcome to our fifth season.
1:57.2	We are entering our fifth year of bringing you the podcast. I don't think I've ever done
2:05.5	anything that long. Maybe a couple things. A few things. It's up there in the list. But none of us at
2:12.6	risk have any intention of stopping any time soon. The show only gets better, and it's so much because of you.
2:21.1	The Risk fans keep sending in these incredible pitches at the submissions page at our site.
2:27.9	We've had some remarkable ones recently about murder or severe addiction, homelessness, amazing religious,
2:38.7	spiritual sorts of experiences. War stories, but we want some more of those for sure.
2:45.3	And especially because of the time of year it is now, stories of the supernatural.
2:51.3	We love it. Keep sending them. Some of the time of year it is now, stories of the supernatural. We love it. Keep sending them.
2:53.6	Some of the most amazing pieces in the history of this show have come from the fans.
2:59.9	And today's episode is live from Chicago.
3:04.9	We finally made it.
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