{"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":"The Best of RISK! #35","slug":"the-best-of-risk-35","published_at":"2026-05-05T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-962579/the-best-of-risk-35","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-962579","url":"https://www.risk-show.com/podcast/the-best-of-risk-35/","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/swap.fm/track/6bpBPtHL977KJxLX2zPs/mgln.ai/e/485/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLSS9529728781.mp3?updated=1777936755","summary":"This episode brings together two of the most gripping conversations in the show's recent run: a man who survived an extended stint in a Philippine jail on fabricated charges, and a medical student whose addiction and grief turned out to be more entangled than she had ever let herself understand. (Content note: accusations of sexual assault, child abuse, false imprisonment) Scott McMahon went to Manila for a construction job, ended up befriending a Belgian neighbor, and got pulled into a nightmare when that neighbor's wife turned the Philippine justice system against him. What followed was five and a half years in a maximum-security cell with 300 men, corrupt cops showing up every six weeks with a cash demand, and a family he could only see through a chain-link fence. It is one of the most staggering survival accounts this show has ever aired. (Content note: addiction, overdose death) Chelsea Dalsey was a medical student with a photographic memory, a habit she couldn't shake, and a lifelong partner in crime named Alex. Her conversation with Kevin Allison is part confession, part excavation, arriving at a truth she had spent 14 years burying alive. Leave your reactions to these stories and find episode details and music credits at risk-show.com/podcast/the-best-of-risk-35 You can find all of our Best of RISK! episodes at risk-show.com/bestofrisk Be Part of RISK! šŸŽŸ See RISK! liveā  āœļø Pitch your storyā  ā¤ļø Support us on Patreonā  šŸ’µ Make a one-time donationā ā  via PayPal or Zelle to kevin@risk-show.com 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 episode brings together two of the most gripping conversations in the show's recent run: a man who survived an extended stint in a Philippine jail onā€¦","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6109,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/risk-962579/episodes/the-best-of-risk-35/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-962579/the-best-of-risk-35.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}