TheKevinAllison
@thekevinallison.bsky.social
Creator of the RISK! podcast, where people tell true stories they never thought they'd dare to share. Member of The State sketch comedy.
All are welcome! Come to my Going Away party at Dream Baby Bar in the East Village between 10th and 11th on Avenue B. We’ll be in the back bar. Friends, RISK! fans, and pizza! Thursday, Sept 11 from 7 to 10pm.
September 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
All are welcome! Come to my Going Away party at Dream Baby Bar in the East Village between 10th and 11th on Avenue B. We’ll be in the back bar. Friends, RISK! fans, and pizza! Thursday, Sept 11 from 7 to 10pm.
There’s still time to jump in one of my 8-week online storytelling workshops this summer! In fact, it’s okay to jump in a little late too. One starts Wednesday July 23 and one starts August 17. Email me at kevin@risk-show.com to learn more!
July 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
There’s still time to jump in one of my 8-week online storytelling workshops this summer! In fact, it’s okay to jump in a little late too. One starts Wednesday July 23 and one starts August 17. Email me at kevin@risk-show.com to learn more!
Jump in my next online storytelling workshops! Email me at kevin@risk-show.com for info! One starting July 23. Another stating August 17!
July 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Jump in my next online storytelling workshops! Email me at kevin@risk-show.com for info! One starting July 23. Another stating August 17!
The online storytelling workshops I’ve taught this summer have been so wonderful, I’m adding 2 more! One starting July 23, one starting Aug 17! Email me at kevin@risk-show.com for more info on how to jump in for an experience that’s equal parts creative, therapeutic and fun. #storytelling
July 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The online storytelling workshops I’ve taught this summer have been so wonderful, I’m adding 2 more! One starting July 23, one starting Aug 17! Email me at kevin@risk-show.com for more info on how to jump in for an experience that’s equal parts creative, therapeutic and fun. #storytelling
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My 1st time on RISK! I told the story of finding out at age 46 that my dad was not my biological father.
2nd time, I told @thekevinallison.bsky.social about my 1st kiss & the high school mischief that led to police pointing shotguns at me.
This time?
I tell how I ended up in a Maureen Dowd book.
2nd time, I told @thekevinallison.bsky.social about my 1st kiss & the high school mischief that led to police pointing shotguns at me.
This time?
I tell how I ended up in a Maureen Dowd book.
June 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My 1st time on RISK! I told the story of finding out at age 46 that my dad was not my biological father.
2nd time, I told @thekevinallison.bsky.social about my 1st kiss & the high school mischief that led to police pointing shotguns at me.
This time?
I tell how I ended up in a Maureen Dowd book.
2nd time, I told @thekevinallison.bsky.social about my 1st kiss & the high school mischief that led to police pointing shotguns at me.
This time?
I tell how I ended up in a Maureen Dowd book.
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Have you seen @thekevinallison.bsky.social ‘s latest essay in @slate.com ? You might recognize this hilarious story from RISK! Check it out here:
slate.com/life/2025/06...
slate.com/life/2025/06...
A Romantic Evening With a Cucumber Led to My Greatest Sexual Awakening
I never thought my biggest sexual awakening would involve this beloved ingredient.
slate.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Have you seen @thekevinallison.bsky.social ‘s latest essay in @slate.com ? You might recognize this hilarious story from RISK! Check it out here:
slate.com/life/2025/06...
slate.com/life/2025/06...
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Hey guess what?? @thekevinallison.bsky.social & RISK! are coming back to Philly this June 19th at FringeArts.... and I'm making my return to the show!! I can't wait to receive my Third Timers jacket....
May 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Hey guess what?? @thekevinallison.bsky.social & RISK! are coming back to Philly this June 19th at FringeArts.... and I'm making my return to the show!! I can't wait to receive my Third Timers jacket....
Still spots in my 3 storytelling workshops on Zoom this spring/summer. Personal stories to share on stage, for the page, for podcasts or interviews, in socializing, the workplace. We’ll be workshopping true stories long and short. Email kevin@risk-show.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Still spots in my 3 storytelling workshops on Zoom this spring/summer. Personal stories to share on stage, for the page, for podcasts or interviews, in socializing, the workplace. We’ll be workshopping true stories long and short. Email kevin@risk-show.com
For most of my childhood, most of the west side of Cincinnati thought my dad was the model for this poster, a belief he very much encouraged.
December 30, 2024 at 2:06 AM
For most of my childhood, most of the west side of Cincinnati thought my dad was the model for this poster, a belief he very much encouraged.
Out now! The User’s Guide to Storytelling by Doug O’Brien is fantastic. If you get it on Tuesday, there’s a reduced price and coupons to two different online courses Doug teaches. Go get it!
December 16, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Out now! The User’s Guide to Storytelling by Doug O’Brien is fantastic. If you get it on Tuesday, there’s a reduced price and coupons to two different online courses Doug teaches. Go get it!
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A story you can hear me tell on @thekevinallison.bsky.social ’s brilliant storytelling podcast, RISK!
www.risk-show.com/story/how-i-...
#XPNcountdown
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#XPNcountdown
December 8, 2024 at 3:41 PM
A story you can hear me tell on @thekevinallison.bsky.social ’s brilliant storytelling podcast, RISK!
www.risk-show.com/story/how-i-...
#XPNcountdown
www.risk-show.com/story/how-i-...
#XPNcountdown
Before I moved to the 35th floor of a building I had no idea pigeons flew this high.
November 29, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Before I moved to the 35th floor of a building I had no idea pigeons flew this high.
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Netflix is so wild to me. There’s a first rate production of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” starring Samuel L. Jackson, Danielle Deadwyler and John David Washington and I only know about it because of a post on BlueSky.
Like, I’m watching it now while reading along and it’s BRILLIANT.
Like, I’m watching it now while reading along and it’s BRILLIANT.
November 23, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Netflix is so wild to me. There’s a first rate production of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” starring Samuel L. Jackson, Danielle Deadwyler and John David Washington and I only know about it because of a post on BlueSky.
Like, I’m watching it now while reading along and it’s BRILLIANT.
Like, I’m watching it now while reading along and it’s BRILLIANT.
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This is horrific, and is exactly the kind of violence that is a direct result of the cruel, brutal attacks by Nancy Mace, Trump and the GOP.
www.advocate.com/crime/trans-...
www.advocate.com/crime/trans-...
Two trans women attacked at Minneapolis light rail station as crowd cheered
The two women had moved to Minnesota from Iowa after Minnesota became a state of refuge for transgender people.
www.advocate.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:40 PM
This is horrific, and is exactly the kind of violence that is a direct result of the cruel, brutal attacks by Nancy Mace, Trump and the GOP.
www.advocate.com/crime/trans-...
www.advocate.com/crime/trans-...
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"We shouldn’t be surprised by people like Jared Polis complying in advance. But we should also be very clear: anyone who suggests that RFK Jr. running HHS is anything but a monumental, catastrophic disaster is a liar, a fool, or quite possibly both."
RFK Jr. is a massive public health threat
Dems like Jared Polis shouldn't pretend pretend otherwise.
www.publicnotice.co
November 19, 2024 at 5:36 PM
"We shouldn’t be surprised by people like Jared Polis complying in advance. But we should also be very clear: anyone who suggests that RFK Jr. running HHS is anything but a monumental, catastrophic disaster is a liar, a fool, or quite possibly both."
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At this point, democrats have to concentrate on stopping the ones that will do the most damage.
Forget the distraction nominees. Focus on the serious threats.
Gaetz, Gabbard and Hegseth remain the most problematic.
Forget the distraction nominees. Focus on the serious threats.
Gaetz, Gabbard and Hegseth remain the most problematic.
November 20, 2024 at 2:23 PM
At this point, democrats have to concentrate on stopping the ones that will do the most damage.
Forget the distraction nominees. Focus on the serious threats.
Gaetz, Gabbard and Hegseth remain the most problematic.
Forget the distraction nominees. Focus on the serious threats.
Gaetz, Gabbard and Hegseth remain the most problematic.
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Trump isn't even in office yet & we're already talking about letting him bypass the Constitution as though that's a normal conversation to be having.
November 18, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Trump isn't even in office yet & we're already talking about letting him bypass the Constitution as though that's a normal conversation to be having.
That whole
"don't f**k someone
if they don't have books"
thing.
We live in jail-cell sized spaces.
Please check under the sink.
"don't f**k someone
if they don't have books"
thing.
We live in jail-cell sized spaces.
Please check under the sink.
November 19, 2024 at 10:39 PM
That whole
"don't f**k someone
if they don't have books"
thing.
We live in jail-cell sized spaces.
Please check under the sink.
"don't f**k someone
if they don't have books"
thing.
We live in jail-cell sized spaces.
Please check under the sink.
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With the most brittle man in history about to regain the presidency, everyone in the chain of command needs to remember their oaths and their duty to disobey illegal orders. He once demanded peaceful protesters be shot in the legs and he’s more unhinged and deeper in sycophancy than before
November 19, 2024 at 5:25 PM
With the most brittle man in history about to regain the presidency, everyone in the chain of command needs to remember their oaths and their duty to disobey illegal orders. He once demanded peaceful protesters be shot in the legs and he’s more unhinged and deeper in sycophancy than before
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We are all witnessing anticipatory obedience in real time.
November 19, 2024 at 3:12 PM
We are all witnessing anticipatory obedience in real time.
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this gets to the point i keep making. to the media elites who are obsessed with anti-wokeness, something like mass deportation is a total abstraction whereas they are annoyed, on a daily basis, by their supposedly “woke” younger colleagues and social media antagonists
Top point from @stephenkb.bsky.social on the weighting voters give to "woke" v real issues.
www.ft.com/content/548c...
www.ft.com/content/548c...
November 19, 2024 at 1:49 PM
this gets to the point i keep making. to the media elites who are obsessed with anti-wokeness, something like mass deportation is a total abstraction whereas they are annoyed, on a daily basis, by their supposedly “woke” younger colleagues and social media antagonists
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Can we please have Ben Wikler as DNC Chair? Please?
If Democrats aren't campaigning on Medicare for all, raising the minimum wage, taxing billionaires, and fighting poverty, then what are we even doing?
If Democrats aren't campaigning on Medicare for all, raising the minimum wage, taxing billionaires, and fighting poverty, then what are we even doing?
November 19, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Can we please have Ben Wikler as DNC Chair? Please?
If Democrats aren't campaigning on Medicare for all, raising the minimum wage, taxing billionaires, and fighting poverty, then what are we even doing?
If Democrats aren't campaigning on Medicare for all, raising the minimum wage, taxing billionaires, and fighting poverty, then what are we even doing?
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Watching Cobra Kai Season 4 and spotting @thekevinallison.bsky.social
a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair and pointing at something
ALT: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair and pointing at something
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Watching Cobra Kai Season 4 and spotting @thekevinallison.bsky.social
What’s wild about nonfiction books, films, & podcasts that make the case that truth, justice & knowledge of facts are so important, is that we now live in a world where, quite officially and overtly, none of that applies even a little bit to those at the top.
November 18, 2024 at 1:42 AM
What’s wild about nonfiction books, films, & podcasts that make the case that truth, justice & knowledge of facts are so important, is that we now live in a world where, quite officially and overtly, none of that applies even a little bit to those at the top.