TheKevinAllison

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!

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

A flyer for the RISK! Podcast live show in Philly on June 19th at FringeArts, hosted by Kevin Allison, featuring stories by Jillian Markowitz, Swapna Deshpande & Nate Runkel. Tickets and info at risk-show.com/live

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.

A Romantic Evening With a Cucumber Led to My Greatest Sexual Awakening I never thought my biggest sexual awakening would involve this beloved ingredient.

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...

An ad for the upcoming Risk! Live Show at FringeArts in Philadelphia on Thursday, June 19th at 7:30, featuring Kevin Allison, Swapna Deshpande, Jillian Markowitz & Nate Runkel.

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....

Oh my gosh! Thank you so much! ❤️

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

Aww! ☺️

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!

A story you can hear me tell on @thekevinallison.bsky.social ’s brilliant storytelling podcast, RISK!

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.

I hope so too!

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.

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.

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-...

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RFK Jr. is a massive public health threat Dems like Jared Polis shouldn't pretend pretend otherwise.

"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."

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.

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.

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

We are all witnessing anticipatory obedience in real time.

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

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?

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

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.

We’re not planning on having RISK! live shows in Los Angeles in 2025… so don’t miss the last one! Amazing true stories from Shauna McGarry, Tuesday Thomas, @thedavidcrabb
@imlaurahouse
and Zeke Nicholson. Nov 19th, 7:30 at
@lyrichyperion
Tix at risk-show.com/live

Headline saying 'Gaetz, Gabbard, and Hegseth: Trump's Appointments Are a Show of Force."

What is this "normalizing" you speak of?

In "analysis" from our leading paper.

“raw milk is a reasonable choice for some people” is a good example of being so open minded your brains start to leak out of your ears