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This episode first surfaced back in June 2014, presenting three people who’d run out of road and somehow had to find more. Daniel Lobell is broke enough to be applying for Medi-Cal, sitting in an LA social services office, and privately deciding his comedy career is finished, when an offhand habit turns the whole waiting room's attention on him. Joe Mulligan, a stand-up whose marriage and career have both come apart, flies to Boulder for a peyote ceremony and finds his spirit guide is the last thing he would have chosen. And Olga Schmutz, gutted by a breakup, walks into a Philadelphia shop at 3 a.m. and walks out with a strap-on named Carlitos and a brand-new sense of purpose. Leave your comments on these stories and find episode details and music credits at risk-show.com/podcast/second-wind-cre533 Be Part of RISK! 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ on December 8, 2026 in N.Y.C. ✍️ Pitch your story⁠ ❤️ Support us on Patreon⁠ 💵 Make a one-time donation⁠⁠ via PayPal or Zelle to [email protected] 📚 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

Three stories about laughing at exactly the wrong moment, and finding out it was the right one all along. Three ways of getting through it sideways.

A bully reappears in the worst place. A dream vintage-store job turns toxic. A son traces his vanishing father through prison and beyond. Three live Boston stories.

A gallstone attack, an empty road, and a decision that nearly costs a stranger everything. A Christmas Eve joyride that ends in flames on the Turnpike. Two men on the road bring disaster on themselves, walk away unhurt, and go right back to who they were. Allen Fetters and Richard Velazquez.

A classic RISK! episode from November 2021, gathering the show's original songs, sound collages, and audio easter eggs. Jeff Barr, Kevin Allison, David Crabb, John LaSala, Soce the Elemental Wizard, and others turn original stamps.com jingles, goth ballads, bits from RISK! alums like TS Madison & Brian Babylon, plus pure nonsense into a jukebox of RISK! absurdity.