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Stories with keyword: police

Stronger in the Broken Places

Amy’s been married to her husband for two decades. They’re a great match, laughing together and creating mischief despite the fact that he lives with a slew of debilitating health problems, including chronic back pain. One day in 2016 she … Continue reading →

Keywords addict, addiction, chronic pain, coroner, death, disability, firemen, health, humor, husband, joking, laughter, Live story, love, medical examiner, medication, MIssouri, MO, morphine, Olive Garden, opioids, overdose, poisoning, police, post mortem, quality of life, St. Louis, toxic

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 →

Keywords baby, bed, Best of RISK!, blanket, canine unit, children, community, disappearance, gratitude., heat, Iowa, kids, Live story, mattress, missing, missing child, neighborhood, neighbors, panic, police, Richmond, search search party, sleep, summer, terror, VA, Virginia

Stronger

At five years old, Stephanie lives with her parents in Las Vegas, and is especially close to her father, who’s a long-haul trucker, and spends all his time when he’s home being her best buddy. Very early one morning, Stephanie’s … Continue reading →

Keywords ambulance, arrest, auto repair, bedroom, blood, bravery, break-in, canine, childhood, cops, criminal, dad, disaster zone, dog attack, father, fleeing, home invasion, injury, intruder, Las Vegas, leg, mom, mother, Nevada, NV, police, Radio story, resilience, stitches, strength, tire, trashed, trauma, truck driver, trucker

Interview: Tracy and Kevin Allison

Kevin Allison interviews Tracy about the process of creating and performing her shocking and deeply emotional story “Transcendent” as part of the Live From Philly episode. The interview contains excerpts from Tracy’s story.

Keywords analysis, anxiety, audio hallucination, better., blood, brave, breakdown, college, commentary, delayed grieving, delusion, delusional, detachment, dog, freaking out, grief, hallucination, hospital, inpatient, joint, karaoke, Kevin Allison, kill, knife, Live, love, marijuana, mental health, mental illness, messiah, mom, mother, murder, mushrooms, outpatient, pain, Philadelphia, Philly, philosophy, police, pot, psych ward, reality, recovery, religion, show host, stabbing, steak knife, suicide, trip, unconditional love, voices, weed

Nude Descending a Staircase

When Morgan moved to NYC, she fell in with a crowd of friends who did a fair amount of partying, and immersed herself in alcohol and coke. One night, just as she’s recovering from a broken leg, Morgan’s friends introduce … Continue reading →

Keywords apartment, apartment building, broken leg, cocaine, doctor, doors, drunk, hallways, identical, knocking, locked out, missing, naked, Nigerian, nude, NYC, partying, pee, peeing, police, Radio story, search, sleepwalking, stairwell, urine

The Long Road

Leslie was a musician carrying a history of family addiction and trauma in her life. She was asleep, with her boyfriend staying over, when a burglar with a gun broke into their home. He started talking to Leslie while taking … Continue reading →

Keywords addiction, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, altered, boyfriend, break-in, brother, burglar, cocaine, cowboy, drive, drugs, ecstasy, escape, escape plan, family, gun, gunpoint, healing, heart condition, highway, hostage, kevin's pick, MDMA, motel, mother, music, music therapy, musician, overdose, police, pot, PTSD., Radio, recovery, robber, singer, songwriter, stealing, strategize, strategy, thief, threat, threatening, trauma, tripping, weed, X

Cat Lady Interrupted

Lila is a proud cat lady living a quiet life in an apartment building in Minneapolis, when one day a team of eight cops bangs at her door stating that they have a warrant to search her apartment. They cuff … Continue reading →

Keywords apartment, Asian, Asian storyteller, cats, cops, drug bust, drug raid, edibles, Live, marijuana, Minneapolis, mistaken identity, mixup, package, POCI storyteller, police, pot, renters, search

What Kind of Friend

It’s 2010, and Hank is living in NYC post grad school, and is in deep credit card debt. He becomes friends with a fellow actor, Walter, who’s so broke he’s living in his van. Hank invites Walter to be his … Continue reading →

Keywords abuser, acting, actor, Asian, Asian storyteller, bed, blow job, broke, Chinese-American storyteller, credit card debt, debt, drunk, explosive, fear, fight, force, friends, friendship, frightened, gay, glbtqia, grad school, hotel, insidious, Law & Order, Live, love, New York, NYC, platonic, POCI storyteller, police, queer, rape, roommate, sleep, stability, success, tour, unpredictable, wing man

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 →

Keywords anxiety, audio hallucination, Best of RISK!, better., blood, brave, breakdown, college, delayed grieving, delusion, delusional, detachment, dog, freaking out, grief, hallucination, hospital, inpatient, joint, karaoke, kill, knife, Live, love, marijuana, mental health, mental illness, messiah, mom, mother, murder, mushrooms, outpatient, pain, Philadelphia, Philly, philosophy, police, pot, psych ward, reality, recovery, religion, stabbing, steak knife, suicide, trip, unconditional love, voices, weed

Solitary Man

After attending the birthday party of a guy he’s crushed out on, Greg takes a walk through Tompkins Square Park, intending to enjoy some solitude, then find dinner, then go home. When he goes to leave the park at about … Continue reading →

Keywords cerebral palsy, cop, CP, disability, disabled storyteller, East Village, gates, gay, Gay storyteller, GLBTQIA storyteller, homosexual, horny, Live, locked, New York, NYC, park, passers-by, pedestrians, police, queer

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