Young Rebels

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4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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A Classic RISK! episode from our early years that first ran in June of 2013, when Ethan Ullman, Katy Frame, Ben Lerman and Rob Lathan share stories about youthful indiscretions. 🎤Live Story: The Amazing Adventures of Ethan and the Lunch Monkey by Ethan Ullman In school, Ethan and a friend call a lunch lady who was mean to them "the Lunch Monkey." Called to the principal's office, they invent a comic book series they claim they were referencing, about a superhero by that name. keywords: sophomoric humor, boys will be boys, in trouble 🎤Live Story: Good Vibrations by Katy Frame As a kid, Katy plays with things that vibrate around her private parts. She devises a machine of her own out of a mechanical toy set. Her parents shame her for it and it’s not till years later that she learns vibrators are common. keywords: sexual exploration, vibrators, bird and bees 🎤Live Story: Intense Friendships in the Bus Depot by Ben Lerman In his teen years, Ben forgets he left a gay porn video in the VHS at home while he’s off at a music festival. He calls his mom to make a convoluted excuse, but it doesn’t fly. keywords: gay kids, in the closet, secrets and lies 🎤Live Story: Where the World Is by Rob Lathan In college, Rob is bullied by frat brothers, but finds acceptance when he drinks huge amounts as they dare him to do. One night he drinks himself into a coma, with a blood alcohol level normally considered certain death. keywords: near death, alcohol poisoning, peer pressure, hazing 🌈 Support RISK! & Get Involved • 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ in New York (9/25) • ✍️ 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
0:12.6	dare to share.
0:14.1	I'm Kevin Allison, and every Thursday we release these special episodes where we look back
0:19.2	at content from our earlier years. This week,
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1:13.6	Hello, kids, this is Risk, the show where people tell true stories.
1:26.3	They never thought they'd dare to share.
1:28.5	I'm Kevin Allison, and this is a tribe called Red behind me now.
1:33.7	Call on today's episode, Young Rebels.
1:36.7	These are four stories from some of our live shows of late.
1:40.8	Each of our storytellers went back to their younger days to re-examine.
1:46.1	Those times they bucked the status quo. That's right. I said bucked.
1:50.9	Because we could say anything we want here.
1:54.4	In a little bit, we're going to hear from the lovely Katie frame of the hilarious comedic singing duo, The Reformed Hors.
2:05.4	But before that, I'm going to start with a story that was done at one of our Albany shows from Mr. Ethan Allman.
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