{"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":"Fighting Back","slug":"fighting-back","published_at":"2026-04-02T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-962579/fighting-back","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-962579","url":"https://www.risk-show.com/podcast/fighting-back-cre515","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/swap.fm/track/6bpBPtHL977KJxLX2zPs/mgln.ai/e/485/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLSS7178625449.mp3?updated=1776133383","summary":"This is a classic RISK! episode from January 2014, and it holds up with a particular kind of ferocity. (Content note: sexual assault) Ellie Jackson spent 12 years convincing herself she had moved on from being raped at a college party her freshman year. She'd built a careful system for managing intimacy, or avoiding it, and mostly it held. Then a routine visit to Planned Parenthood, a persistent social worker, and an accidental encounter with a Crest commercial undid all of it at once. (Content note: physical abuse, domestic violence, child abuse) Liz Stewart grew up with a sociopathic father and a paranoid schizophrenic mother who once pinned her to the floor to perform a homemade exorcism. She had boxed for eight years and never once hit back. Until she did. Two stories. Both women fought back. Full episode details and music credits at risk-show.com/podcast/fighting-back-cre515 Support RISK! & Get Involved šŸŽŸ See RISK! liveā  in New York City on 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":"This is a classic RISK! episode from January 2014, and it holds up with a particular kind of ferocity. (Content note: sexual assault) Ellie Jackson spentā€¦","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2698,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/risk-962579/episodes/fighting-back/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-962579/fighting-back.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}