We Are Family

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4.6 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Jillian Markowitz and David Joseph share stories about the secrets that haunt families. 🎤Live Story: Uncomfortably Close by Jillian Markowitz Jillian’s relationship with her sister is tumultuous. There are childhood memories of playing with Barbies and a horrible clash over a burn accident. During her sister’s wedding, things get volatile, until they find a way to make up yet again. keywords: sisters rivalry, toxic siblings, bachelorette trip gone wrong, childhood incident fallout, family conflict, emotional volatility, dangerous sibling dynamics, strained sisterhood, complex family ties, reconciliation tension 🎙️Radio Story: Queer Fears by David Joseph As a creative, odd Black kid growing up in Queens, David frustrates his strict and macho father. When David is 15, his father takes him to meet his legendary Uncle Ron, a bachelor seen as the epitome of Black masculinity. David comes to realize his uncle lived behind a mask and died of AIDS. keywords: black family dynamics, queer childhood, father-son tension, AIDS epidemic legacy, masculinity expectations, secret double life, Staten Island journey, uncle nephew story, coming-of-age confrontation, hidden illness 🌈 Support RISK! & Get Involved • 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ in NYC March 17 and June 9, 2025 • ✍️ 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 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On this episode of Risk, you'll hear...
0:05.0	The Game of Fucking Barbies.
0:09.0	Take your pants off! You need to take your pants off!
0:12.0	And you'll hear all about...
0:15.0	Oily, musly men with their shirts off, hanging out in the jungle.
0:20.0	Sounds like my kind of story.
0:22.6	I'm Kevin Allison, on the show where people tell true stories they never thought they'd dare to share.
0:34.5	We'll be right back.
0:36.8	This festive season of McDonald's... Get rich deals every day. Okay, okay. With a sausage sandwich for just... Let's see. 9-9-N-P? Six chigger macnuggets for just... 9-9-p. Fine. Get Grinched deals every day in the McDonald's app. 18 plus app only. Ends 24th of December. One use per offer.ee's apply to delivery Participation varies Tise and C's apply Come in, shoes off What's the wife? No, stream the new series I'm binging Please can we listen to something That isn't Christmas music Can you, um Search out to D-Frost a turkey quick Everyone We're going to video call Auntie Audrey now.
1:11.0	Mom, Joe's talking to telly again.
1:12.8	Can we share a video with a dog in his outfit?
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1:28.0	We're back.
1:51.4	Hello, folks. This episode is called We Are Family, and I'll tell you three quick things for our first story.
1:53.2	One, this is ideogram behind me now, a band out of Scotland, who's got a friend in our
1:58.9	producer, John LaSala.
2:00.9	Two, our next live show will be at Caviot in New York City this Thursday, December 11th, hosted by J.C. Casses.
2:09.3	It'll have David Zelnick, Ali Mac, Nick Hornito, plus we'll do a mini story slam with five-minute
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