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Patreon Picks #6

RISK!

RISK!

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

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Two storytellers, two very different ways of inheriting the past. Shauna McGarry throws a Halloween party with her newly single roommate, hoping for a fresh start after a breakup. A drunk coworker zeroes in on the roommate, her little brother in a Charlie Brown shirt enters the mix, and the night expands into something Shauna has been watching her whole life: the strange, exhausting game of male presumption that nobody asked to play. (Content note: Holocaust, genocide) David Zellnik arrived in Vienna for the first time as a dual US-Austrian citizen, his father having fled the city as a Jewish child in 1939. At a food festival, he ends up in a charged, flirtatious conversation with a tall blond Jewish convert that spins into a debate about Israel, Zionism, and who gets to claim a people's history. Share your reactions and find episode details and music credits at risk-show.com/podcast/patreon-picks-6 Be Part of RISK! 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ on June 9, 2026, in New York City! ✍️ 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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0:00.0

On this episode of Risk, you'll hear...

0:03.2

I don't perceive myself as a unicorn, but I feel like he's lucky. And you'll hear... Oh my God, you're a Jew, I'm a Jew, what are the odds in Vienna? And me, Kevin Allison, on the show where people tell true stories they never thought they'd dare to share.

0:33.6

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0:39.5

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0:44.6

discreetly to your home with ongoing support whenever you need it. You're not alone in this.

0:49.8

Visit Medexpress.co.com.uk slash podcast to learn more. Did you ever hear about the selfie that solved a murder or the jury that used a Ouija

0:57.8

board to speak to a victim? If that made you pause, you need to listen to Morning Cup of

1:02.6

Murder. I'm Karina Bimus Durfer and every single day on Morning Cup of Murder, I tell

1:08.1

one chilling true crime story tied to that exact day in history.

1:12.8

With over 2,500 episodes to binge, you'll never run out of dark stories to start your

1:18.4

morning with.

1:19.2

Go listen to Morning Cup of Murder wherever you get your podcasts.

1:22.6

And remember, stay safe.

1:34.9

Okay, folks, this is Kirsten Collins behind me now.

1:41.1

And this episode is called Patreon Picks number six, where we share a couple of stories that were previously only available to our Patreon supporters.

1:45.6

We like to give everyone a little taste of what they're missing every now and then

1:49.9

to show how our bonus content on Patreon is fantastic too.

1:56.6

We're going to start with a story by the brilliant Shauna McGarry.

2:00.5

It's a story we call Wild Card.

2:20.3

Hi, guys. So about 10 years ago back from college, I walked in on my brother having sex.

2:29.3

He was a senior in high school about 18.

2:33.3

And it was like that thing, it was like Marty McFly.

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