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RISK!

Live From Seattle!

6/4/20261 hr 13 min

One chilly Seattle night in February 2014, four storytellers on the RISK! stage said some things they probably wouldn’t have otherwise said out loud. Dan Savage told the story of his early days writing Savage Love in Seattle, doing drag to hide his identity, and one late-night encounter that left him genuinely bewildered by his own desire. (Content note: murder, sexual assault) Kelleen Conway Blanchard grew up carrying fragments of a story no child should know: her cousin Pam was murdered in her apartment, and the man everyone suspected walked free. Twenty years later, a phone call changed what Kelleen knew, though not necessarily how it felt. Summer Waldron was freshly divorced, newly medicated for depression, and committed to a long-planned threesome. Then the night itself unraveled, pulled apart by side effects, a panicked call from her mother, and a body that had simply stopped cooperating. Emmett Montgomery nearly died of hypothermia on a high school survival trip in the Utah desert, hallucinating through every bad decision on the way there. Full episode details and music credits at risk-show.com/podcast/live-from-seattle-cre518  Be Part of RISK! 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ in NYC on Tuesday, June 9, 2026 ✍️ Pitch your story⁠ ❤️ Support us on Patreon⁠ 💵 Make a one-time donation⁠⁠ via PayPal or Zelle to kevin@risk-show.com 📚 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

Clips

Talking Forbidden Teenage Encounter
Naming Pam’s Murderer
Black Dog Of Hypothermia
Threesome Versus Family Crisis

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 10:00

    Mom, can you tell me a story?

  2. Kevin Allison· Host0:01

    Sure. Once upon a time, a mom needed a new car.

  3. Speaker 10:04

    [gasps] Was she brave?

  4. Kevin Allison· Host0:05

    She was tired mostly, but she went to carvana.com and found a great car at a great price, no secret treasure map required.

  5. Speaker 10:12

    Did she have to fight a dragon?

  6. Kevin Allison· Host0:13

    Nope. She bought it 100% online, from her bed actually.

  7. Speaker 10:16

    Was it scary?

  8. Kevin Allison· Host0:18

    Honey, it was as un-scary as car buying could be.

  9. Speaker 10:20

    Did the car have a sunroof?

  10. Kevin Allison· Host0:21

    It did, actually.

  11. Speaker 10:22

    Okay, good story.

  12. Kevin Allison· Host0:24

    Car buying you'll want to tell stories about. Buy your car today on- Carvana Delivery fees may apply.

  13. Benjamin Boster0:30

    [gentle music] Welcome to the I Can't Sleep podcast with Benjamin Boster. If you're tired of sleepless nights, you'll love the I Can't Sleep podcast. I help quiet your mind by reading random articles from across the web to bore you to sleep with my soothing voice. Each episode provides enough interesting content to hold your attention, and then your mind lets you drift off. Find it wherever you get your podcasts. That's I Can't Sleep with Benjamin Boster.

  14. Jonathan Goldstein1:15

    [upbeat music] I'm Jonathan Goldstein, and this spring, Heavyweight revisits some favorite episodes.

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