{"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":"Impulsive","slug":"impulsive","published_at":"2026-03-26T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-962579/impulsive","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-962579","url":"https://www.risk-show.com/podcast/impulsive-cre510","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/swap.fm/track/6bpBPtHL977KJxLX2zPs/mgln.ai/e/485/traffic.megaphone.fm/CAD9926584087.mp3?updated=1774508526","summary":"Three stories about snap decisions and what happens next: a classic RISK! episode from December 2013 that still hits hard. Lauren Cook found her date for a stranger's New Jersey wedding on Craigslist Casual Encounters. She showed up with a fake identity, a room full of people who knew nothing about her, and a night that kept escalating in directions she did not plan for. (Content note: gun violence) JJ grew up in 1980s Bushwick, Brooklyn, fought his way into Wesleyan and then Wall Street, but one afternoon a neighborhood confrontation pulled him back to a version of himself he thought he had left behind. He came very close to throwing everything away. Daniel Lobell sank $2,000 into a hairless cat as the foundation of a breeding empire. When the cat ended up at a friend's apartment and she stopped returning his calls, his plan to get it back got increasingly creative. Full episode details and music credits at risk-show.com/podcast/impulsive-cre510 Support RISK! & Get Involved šŸŽŸ See RISK! liveā  on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in New York City 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":"Three stories about snap decisions and what happens next: a classic RISK! episode from December 2013 that still hits hard. Lauren Cook found her date forā€¦","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3635,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/risk-962579/episodes/impulsive/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-962579/impulsive.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}