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Please choose no more than 12 of your favorites stories from the past six months. And please, ONLY VOTE ONCE! (Click the link in any option below to hear the story again. The media player on each page plays the episode the story appeared on.)

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"I Saw The Dark" (radio) by Bevan Choate: Bevan, a surgeon, has a stroke that leaves him jobless. He takes a job at a weed clinic engaged in highly illegal activities, only to find out that things are not at all what they seem. risk-show.com/story/i-saw-the-dark

"Risk of Ruin" (radio) by Richard Munchkin: A professional gambler, Richard takes a business trip to Russia, but gets in very hot water with the Chechen mob. risk-show.com/story/risk-of-ruin

"Speaking Into The Silence" (live) by Aditya Mayya: (Content warning: suicide) Aditya is not the emotional type, so when his brother dies, Aditya is challenged not just by depression, but by his self-consciousness over how to grieve. risk-show.com/story/speaking-into-the-silence

"Remember Bryan" (live) by Lisa Cantrell: Lisa teaches a class about vulnerable true storytelling, and one of the students she prejudges to be a macho fool shares a story that changes the way she views all strangers now.radio risk-show.com/story/remember-bryan

"Behind Closed Doors" (radio) by Kevin Allison: Kevin’s moves to New York and begins to overhear his downstairs elderly neighbor screaming at her son. After she dies, Kevin learns the son she’d been screaming at died a decade earlier. risk-show.com/story/behind-closed-doors

"Through the Cracks" (radio) by Jae'be: Jae'be approaches a fence in his yard on Halloween night and sees scarecrows around a fire in a pool. An eye appears in the crack in the fence and he hears a voice say "I see you." risk-show.com/story/through-the-cracks

"First Blood" (radio) by Srilatha Rajamani: Srilatha has a dream of a beautiful woman slashing her with a sickle and wakes up covered in blood, from her first period. She learns her grandfather felt responsible for the death of his young bride. risk-show.com/story/first-blood

"Forgiveness" (live) by Barbara Todd: Barbara felt guilty she didn’t convince her mom (in shock) to rush to the hospital the day her dad died. Later, as a nurse, she was there for a young dying woman's final moments. risk-show.com/story/forgiveness

"The River" (radio) by Maxfield Orr: In college, Maxfield meets a fellow trans guy named Ray, who, unlike Maxfield, comes from a Christian background. They're supportive friends till Ray dies suddenly of blood clot. risk-show.com/story/the-river

"Q Tip Dave" (live) by S. Galvin: During Covid, Sarah, a transmasculine AFAB, stops in a local bar and begins talking to the straight, cis bar owner. Lo and behold, he wants Sarah to peg him right there on the pool table. risk-show.com/story/q-tip-dave

"Conscious Bias" (radio) by Jude Treder-Wolff: Jude and her husband are dining at a fancy restaurant with wealthy acquaintances who casually reveal themselves to be massive racists. risk-show.com/story/conscious-bias

"A Little More Faith in Humanity" (live) by TaTa Sherise: TaTa was ambushed and robbed by two Black men. She was upset that it made her feel prejudice toward fellow Black folks, till another Black man returned her stolen phone that he’d found. risk-show.com/story/a-little-more-faith-in-humanity

"But Nothing Happened" (radio) by Justine Ang Fonte: As a teen, Justine had a tennis coach who paid her a lot of attention. It was not until she was in therapy that she finally accepted he was a predator who was grooming her. risk-show.com/story/but-nothing-happened

"The Gun" (radio) by Aaron Calafato: Aaron's mom dates a man who has a son. The son and Aaron go out to play in the woods. The son brings along a gun and leads Aaron to use it in ways that leave Aaron hurt and horrified. risk-show.com/story/the-gun

"Born Again and Again" (radio) by Robert Reincke: Robert leaves his corporate job despite needing health insurance for an ear problem. His plan to become a male model in Europe succeeds. risk-show.com/story/born-again-and-again

"On Karma" (live) by Kenny DeForest: Dead broke during Covid, Kenny is surprised to receive $500 he didn’t ask for from a friend he helped out of a weed-related legal squeeze many years prior. risk-show.com/story/on-karma

"Fool Proof" (live) by Kevin James Doyle: Kevin begins a whirlwind, romcom-esque romance with a woman during Christmas in New York. She asks for money for her green card, it seems he’s been conned but in the end, she pays him back. risk-show.com/story/fool-proof

"Abuela con gatos" (live) by Joseph Santiago: Little Joseph's grandma jokingly tells the boy she’s pregnant with cats and he presents his family tree at school with cat uncles and aunts. risk-show.com/story/abuela-con-gatos

"Be an Island" (live) by Jack Perry: As a young struggling actor in New York, Jack was desperate to land a pantomiming role in an avant garde opera at The Met, but the audition process was epically insane. risk-show.com/story/be-an-island

"The Dive" (anecdote) by Matthew Donahue: During a routine underwater dive to check the structural integrity of a construction site, Matthew was attacked by thousands of spiders risk-show.com/story/the-dive

"A Pillow to Die For" (anecdote) by Rita Plush: After a wildly successful social gathering showing off the pillows she’s designed, Rita has to pee so bad on the drive home that she opts to use one of the pillows to pee onto. risk-show.com/story/a-pillow-to-die-for

"Uninvited" (live) by Tori Weston: Teenage Tori’s best friend is a white boy. When he gets married, she confesses mixed feelings about his engagement on MySpace and gets un-invited to the wedding. risk-show.com/story/uninvited

"Grace in Gaza" (radio) by David J. Halperin: David is a young man in Israel in 1974 when he visits Gaza. At one point, surrounded by a group of Palestinian teens, he’s afraid. But when he starts talking Arabic they all quickly become friends. risk-show.com/story/grace-in-gaza

"Aquadump" (live) by Emily Blackwell: After moving into a live-in relationship with a newish boyfriend, Emily finds herself challenged when he takes her on a romantic camping trip that turns out to be anything but. risk-show.com/story/aquadump

"D.A.R.E. Kid" (live) by : Zeke throws a college Halloween party at home trying drugs for the first time just prior, then abandons his roommate for an anxiety-ridden TOO-HIGH jaunt around town. risk-show.com/story/d-a-r-e-kid

"The Hippie Dance of Love" (radio) by Neshama Franklin: During the Summer of Love in SF, Neshama danced in a hippie love show. She finally handed the reins to Meredith Monk who, after becoming famous, revealed that Neshama gave her her first g-string. risk-show.com/story/the-hippie-dance-of-love

"When I Needed You the Most" (live) by Mary Gossett: Mary begins a relationship with a wheelchair-bound man, her first love. After she’s diagnosed with MS and begins to struggle with her own mobility, the man dumps her, which leads her to a life of self-love. risk-show.com/story/when-i-needed-you-the-most

"Bound" (live) by Shreenath Rajendran: "(Content warning: child abuse, sexual abuse, mention of suicide) Shreenath has an abusive father, obsessed with beating his children into becoming doctors. The harassment follows Shree into adulthood and across the globe, while he’s trying to figure out how to parent two high school-age kids." risk-show.com/story/bound

"Balloon Mom" (live) by Karli Moreno Kaiser: Karli's mom dies, then a baby shower balloon starts to float around Karli seemingly drawn to her newborn, she wonders if her mom's spirit is in it. risk-show.com/story/balloon-mom

“A Fuckin’ Miracle” (live) by Tuesday Thomas: As a trans woman, traveling to Mexico for hormones in the 80s, Tuesday was harassed in a Texas airport, called out by bigoted security workers and detained for hours. risk-show.com/story/a-fuckin-miracle

“My Feminine Side” (radio) by Eli Matilda Ridley: During an LSD trip, Elliot finally fully connects to their feminine side, Matilda, and realizes they are genderfluid. risk-show.com/my-feminine-side

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