risk – The Comedy Bureau

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 62: Kevin Allison & Pandemic Storytelling

June 2, 2021

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Kevin Allison, founder of the nationally beloved storytelling institution RISK! and member of legendary sketch group The State, joins TCB’s Jake Kroeger to give a bit of a state-of-the-nation breakdown of what the storytelling scene/art form has gone through during the pandemic. As you might imagine, folks have gone through so much and are still, largely, processing what has happened/is happening still.

RISK! thankfully evolved into a recurring virtual show and survived through 2020 and 2021 and is now set to return to in-person events (where the intimacy and vulnerability of storytelling is best featured). Also “hot” takes on Comedy Dynamics x Tribeca Film Festival’s slate of comedy specials and John Oliver’s latest ‘gonzo comedy’ pranks.

Follow Kevin @thekevinallison on Twitter and RISK @riskshow on Twitter and IG. Tickets for upcoming RISK! shows including 6/17 @ Caveat in NYC can be purchased at risk-show.com/tour. Listen to RISK! wherever you get your podcasts.

The Comedy Bureau @thecomedybureau across platforms and please, please support TCB via GoFundMe, Patreon, or on Venmo (@jakekroeger).

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and KT

2016 NYC Podfest Announces Line-Up

March 14, 2016

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From May 20th-22nd, The NYC Podfest continues to get bigger and feature more noteworthy podcasts that are born in bred in and around Big Apple.

So far, they’ve got:

FRIDAY, MAY 20
7 PM — Guys We F*cked (The Anti-Slut Shaming Podcast)
9 PM — Risk! (The State Book Release Show)
11PM — Tell ‘Em Steve Dave

SATURDAY, MAY 21
2:00 PM — Where’s Larry? An Impractical Jokers Podcast
3:00 PM — The Dave Juskow Podcast
4:00 PM — Lady Parts Justice’s Repro Madness
5:00 PM — Think Again – A Big Think Podcast
6:15 PM — Keith and the Girl & Kill Me Now with Judy Gold
8:30 PM — The Adventures of Danny & Mike
9:45 PM — Paul Mercurio: 2 Chairs And A Microphone
11:00 PM — The Flop House

SUNDAY, MAY 22
2 PM — Pretty Much it
3:00 PM — Black Men Can’t Jump (In Hollywood)
4:00 PM — In The Conversation
5:00 PM — WMFU’s Dr. Gameshow with Jo Firestone/WMFU’s The Goddamn Dave Hill Show
7:00 PM — Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast
8:15 PM — The Ensemblist
9:30 PM — Robert Kelly’s You Know What Dude!
10:45 PM — Mouth Time with Reductress

All the shows/tapings/etc. will take place between Brooklyn’s Bell House and LES’ Cake Shop. Get more details here and tickets here.

NYC Podfest Returns in 2014

October 17, 2013

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On Jan. 11th-12th 2014, the NYC PodFest is returning for another round just like the LA Podcast Festival did this past month and having good podcast line-up with shows from both coasts including The Dork Forest w/Jackie Kashian, Keith and The Girl, Risk! w/Kevin Allison, Pep Talks with Eddie Pepitone, Road Stories, and more.

Weekend passes are on sale for $100 and would probably be the perfect Christmas gift for the comedy/podcast fan in your life if you want to get that out of the way in Oct.

Please Read Cameron Esposito’s DOMA Essay/Saga

June 30, 2013

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This week when the Defense Of Marriage Act was declared unconstitutional by The Supreme Court, the amazing Cameron Esposito wrote a piece in two parts on what happened afterwards, specifically with her father who has had a conflicted relationship with Cameron ever since she came out as gay to him.

Yet, that’s changed and what Cameron wrote about it is pretty wonderful, heart-wrenching, funny, and hopeful and so many other adjectives that will just take up to much space on this post. We feel privileged that we got to catch her reading it live at the latest Risk Storytelling Show this past week.

Read parts one and two now, probably with a good cup of coffee or tea to make for a very nice hour this Sunday afternoon.