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Stories with keyword: best of risk

Too Many Cans!

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All Knocked Up And No Place To Go

Keywords abortion, Best of RISK!, Justice, Lady Parts, Live

You’ve Worried Enough For Today

From childhood, Stefan’s whole life is music – he composes, sings, plays multiple instruments; he’s driven to become a renowned singer and instrumentalist, and express the world of emotions through sound. He applies to NYU for music performance and production, … Continue reading →

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Missing

Sumer lives with her husband and three kids in an old house in Iowa. During the hot summers, the kids often sleep in their parents’ room because it has the only air conditioner. One night, Sumer and her husband wake … Continue reading →

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There Will Be Blood

25-year old Adrien is finding her new home of NYC to be really lonely. She falls for a guy named Jose who she’s met at a party, but when he realizes he’s 15 years older than her, he insists that … Continue reading →

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Whatever Doesn’t Kill Me

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Justice Comes to the Gnome Fondler

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Coming Home

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Spanx for the Memories

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The Other Side of the Story

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Dog Day AfterAAAAAGGGHHHH!!!

Keywords Best of RISK!, death, disappearance, dogs, Live

Foxy Ladies

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Get Cool Fast

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Going Down

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The Fat Lady Sings

Keywords Best of RISK!, body love, fat, self-acceptance, size acceptance, weight

Don’t Try This at Home

Keywords Best of RISK!, Celebrity storyteller

Untitled

Kumail tells his Risk! Live in LA co-host Pete about the time in his life when he lived with three roommates in Chicago, in a 3-story house with an attic, and his roommate Katie kept insisting that she heard “someone … Continue reading →

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The Carnival

Single mom Sarah and her two year-old son Shane move into the top floor of a house in upstate New York. An angry, reclusive old man named Bill lives next door, and Sarah’s warned that he’s the “town crank.”  Shane … Continue reading →

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Exposure

Ryan has been taking improv and acting classes to try to challenge himself to be more outgoing, spontaneous and adventurous. One night, he’s out with some guy friends, and they end up going into a gay bar. There’s a dance … Continue reading →

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Transcendent

Tracy is a sophomore at Bard College searching for transcendental experiences to escape from the grief she’s been carrying inside. When she takes mushrooms for the first time, the initial good trip gives way to feelings of suicidality. The next … Continue reading →

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The Duel

When they were teens, Lili and her brother came home one day, when their father, who had bipolar disorder, challenged Lili’s brother to a knife duel, saying only one should survive. See the short film adapation of this story, by … Continue reading →

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You Say Penis, I Say Pienus

Sara hits puberty at age 11, and starts feeling many new feelings that she directs into a unique outlet: inspired by some romance novels she discovered at the library, she writes a 50-page porn screenplay, meant to be cast with … Continue reading →

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The Deuce

Miles finally goes on a date with a coworker he’s had a crush on for quite a while — Dana. He gets wasted the night before, and is thus hung over for their date in Central Park; then, as he … Continue reading →

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I, Me, Mime

At her very first TV commercial audition — for a telephone company’s new calling plan — Kerri completely misinterprets the directions and does an epic, full-on French pantomime, leaving the casting people bewildered.

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