The Best of RISK! #34

RISK!

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

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🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Three stories so worth your time, from darkly funny to devastating. Our 34th compilation of some of our favorite recent stories shared on the podcast. (Content note: sexual assault) Fixxy starts a summer in Pittsburgh doing sex work for quick cash before a move to New York City. One night a client seems different, with an unusually easy request and a ride out to the suburbs. Things escalate in ways Fixxy never anticipated, leading to one of the more genuinely terrifying stories we’ve ever aired. In a completely different vibe, Kevin Allison tells the family legend he’ll never live down: a Super 8 film project, a borrowed jar of jumbo pickles, and an ADHD brain running out of options with the clock ticking. (Content note: child abuse, death) Then there’s Mishelle Roberts, who grew up believing her mother was a devoted caregiver. Years later, she started finding records, asking questions, and pulling at threads that had held her family's story together her entire life. Mishelle’s story was also the focus of Season Six of Nobody Should Believe Me. Full episode details and music credits at risk-show.com/podcast/the-best-of-risk-34 Support RISK! & Get Involved 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ in New York City on Tuesday, June 9th 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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0:00.0	On this episode of Risk, you'll hear...
0:03.9	Nobody can hear you scream.
0:05.8	And you'll hear...
0:07.2	You've got to be honest about things you've done that you've never been honest with anybody about, even yourself.
0:12.6	And you'll even hear...
0:14.3	Pickles are kind of shaped like poop!
0:17.2	That's right. Even I am on the show where people tell true stories they never thought they
0:23.0	dare to share.
0:28.0	One, two, three, go.
0:48.7	Hey, folks, this is Kevin, and this episode is the best of risk number 34, some of the best stories we've featured in the past six months.
0:55.3	But there were too many greats to fit into a single episode, so the rest will be in the best of risk number 35 coming out in a month or so. These episodes are especially great to share with newcomers to the
1:03.3	show. So spread the word. Now this is Jimit behind me now and if you want your music on risk,
1:10.6	send it our way.
1:11.5	Just go to risk-deschow.com slash music to find out how.
1:15.7	And my next online storytelling workshop starts on April 8th.
1:20.2	I'll say more later, but what's important is you can email me at Kevin at riskdestash
1:24.4	show.com for more info.
1:26.9	Now, in a little bit, we're going to hear a story
1:29.0	shared by me at a Risk Live show in New York last year. But we're going to start with a story
1:36.8	by the artist Fixie, who you can find on Instagram at Get Your Fix. I don't want to spoil it,
1:48.5	but I will say this story is intense.
1:50.3	So here he is now.
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