{"podcast":{"title":"RISK!","slug":"risk-962579","podcast_index_feed_id":962579,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/risk","website_url":"https://www.risk-show.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/01d5a61e-bea7-11ed-86bd-3bc9bd8eacbb/image/bd196f135a23f21fcf22a56ca5308294.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"RISK!","episode_count":1219,"summary":"If you like The Moth, This American Life or Snap Judgment, take a walk on the wilder side with RISK! Your colorful host Kevin Allison (of the legendary comedy group The State) helms this surprisingly uncensored show where people tell jaw-dropping true stories they never thought they'd dare to share in public. RISK! is hilarious, heart-wrenching and remarkably real. Think you've heard it all? Fasten your seatbelt.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T02:18:49.044497+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-962579"},"episode":{"title":"Bad Medicine","slug":"bad-medicine","published_at":"2026-04-15T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-962579/bad-medicine","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-962579","url":"https://www.risk-show.com/podcast/bad-medicine","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/swap.fm/track/6bpBPtHL977KJxLX2zPs/mgln.ai/e/485/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLSS2049504099.mp3?updated=1776309121","summary":"Bad Medicine brings together three storytellers whose bodies, doctors, and circumstances all conspire against them in very different ways. Pam Stepansky throws out her back on a spin bike, ends up bedridden at her father's apartment, and asks him to do something she never imagined asking any parent to do. What follows is a five-day hospital stay where she's dosed with narcotics she explicitly refused, and a long recovery that forces her to finally reckon with who she wants to be. Brad Lawrence walks himself to the ER after gaining 25 pounds in five days and charms an entire floor of doctors and nurses into basically hanging out with him. Then his wife shows up to get shit done. Kevin Allison takes his first trip to San Francisco in 1993 with his best friend, buys three doses of surprisingly potent acid from someone who looks a lot like Jesus, and things escalate from there. Full episode details and music credits at risk-show.com/podcast/bad-medicine Support RISK! & Get Involved šŸŽŸ See RISK! liveā  in NYC on Tuesday, June 9th, 2026 āœļø Pitch your storyā  ā¤ļø Support us on Patreonā  or ā make a one-time PayPal donationā  šŸ“š Shop merch or the RISK! bookā  šŸŽ“ Take storytelling classes with usā šŸŽ„ Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Bad Medicine brings together three storytellers whose bodies, doctors, and circumstances all conspire against them in very different ways. Pam Stepansky tā€¦","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2961,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/risk-962579/episodes/bad-medicine/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-962579/bad-medicine.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}