RISK! Podcast – Live From Norfolk 2 (October 16, 2025)

Episode Overview

In this special "Live from Norfolk 2" episode, host Kevin Allison resurrects classic stories from the 2013 Norfolk Comedy Festival, featuring three colorful storytellers sharing raw, hilarious, and sometimes painful moments from their lives. The stories run the gamut from awkward teenage sex mishaps to humiliating public fights (while dressed as the Hamburglar), to the chaos of drunken hook-ups and failed honesty in adult relationships. As always, RISK! delivers uncensored, emotionally honest tales told in front of a live audience, offering jaw-dropping vulnerability and darkly comic revelations.

Story 1: "The Color Purple" – Brad McMurran

[03:20–16:54]

Summary

Brad McMurran, a member of Norfolk's improv group The Pushers, delivers a hysterically mortifying story about teenage love, first times gone wrong, and the perils of spermicidal condoms. What begins as a quest to impress his high school love Lauren ends with an ER visit, technicolor bodily fluids, and a family dinner interrupted by the ultimate walk of shame.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

• Background:
  Brad establishes himself as a Portsmouth, VA, native and former all-state basketball player. His parents are quirky and proper, with his mom even stamping his name into his underwear for camp.

  • "My father's a judge, a retired judge from Portsmouth, and my mom's an old English grammar Nazi...They're not trashy, is what I'm saying." [03:48]

• The Teen Romance:
  Brad, coping with the death of a friend, pursues Lauren in earnest. At a party, he professes his love; she promptly breaks up with her boyfriend Kevin to be with Brad.

  • "I wish I still had that power, but I had it then." [04:47]

• First Time Fiasco:
  The much-anticipated first time is over in seconds ("I'm gonna give it a good 31 or 41 seconds"), leading to some disappointed debriefing.

  • Lauren: "I can't believe I waited 17 years for that."
  • Brad: "Honestly though, Lauren, the second time's gonna be better." [06:54]

• Condom Catastrophe and ER Visit:
  During the second round, the condom comes off awkwardly, leading to severe pain and the inability to urinate. Brad, mortified, enlists his straight-laced parents and winds up at the ER. The diagnosis? An allergic reaction to Nonoxynol-9 (spermicidal lubricant).

  • "I still want to be able to use my dick again, you know?" [10:46]
  • Brad’s Dad: "Son, I'm kind of that hard to believe." [11:18]

• Technicolor Aftermath:
  Post-ER, Brad is prescribed medication that turns his urine (and other emissions) purple. During an intimate moment with Lauren, he ejaculates purple semen.

  • "When I nutted, it was. It was purple." [15:26]
  • Solution? He throws his purple-stained tighty-whities out of his car window.

• The Family Dinner Finale:
  Days later, Brad’s mom finds the infamous underpants and brings them to the dinner table—on a stick.

  • "Brad, what in the hell is this?" [16:34]
  • Brad’s family immortalizes him as "the purple penis shooter."

Notable Quotes

• “To this day, they still call me the purple penis shooter.” – Brad [16:48]

Story 2: Alicia Camden's Hamburglar Halloween

[18:20–36:26]

Summary

Comedian and podcaster Alicia Camden tells a self-effacing, bittersweet tale about her post-college struggles, failing to break into the nonprofit world, and her attempt to claw back dignity (and fun) through friendship and a meticulously crafted Hamburglar costume on Halloween. Everything spirals into embarrassment when she gets into a fight (dressed as the Hamburglar) with a grown man called Biff, experiences public humiliation, and faces an existential low point—before finding redemption in storytelling.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

• Post-College Struggles:
  Alicia, ousted from D.C. nonprofit dreams, returns home, works minimum wage jobs, and tries to create an all-ages music venue (which flops spectacularly).

  • On her failed venue: “What it really was was just a bunch of 15 to 18 year old boys who hated me because I wouldn't let them get drunk or let their girlfriends in for free.” [20:22]

• Halloween Hopes and Friendship:
  Having rekindled a friendship with Truly, Alicia meticulously makes a Hamburglar costume while Truly finds a used bear suit. Halloween is a much-needed beacon.

  • “I'm gonna be the Hamburglar. And she said, yes. Because there's nothing better than that, right?” [22:25]
  • “I am a Hamburglar on a mission to prove that 25 year old girls with liberal arts degrees can still be punk.” [26:07]

• Moshing, Humiliation, and ‘Biff’:
  At the Misfits cover band party (mostly teens, almost no costumes), Alicia is the drunk, overdressed outlier. A mosh pit altercation sends her flying; she retaliates against "Biff," only to be physically dominated in front of 150 unimpressed kids.

  • “What he sees is the Hamburglar running at him and grabbing him by the shirt front. He looked startled suddenly, and he almost looked childish. And I felt really powerful.” [29:10]
  • “I was getting the shit kicked out of me by a grown man in a church basement while dressed as the Hamburglar.” [30:03]

• Devastating Aftermath:
  Biff's non-apology brings further humiliation. Alicia's car gets vandalized, and she realizes she's at rock bottom.

  • Biff: “You're a fucking nobody. You're a piece of shit. No one cares about you...you're gonna be gone in a year anyway.” [32:16]

• Turning Point & Reflection:
  After days of wallowing, Alicia bounces back, starts performing stand-up, and takes ownership of her humiliating story.

  • “If I tell this story and it's a good story, then I win and he loses.” [35:14]
  • “And now that I live in Norfolk, I see him every time I go out. Every. Time. Luckily, he doesn't recognize me without the mask...” [35:51]

Notable Quotes

• “Someone actually told me months later that night a picture of me came up on their Instagram feed and the caption was ‘Fuck this Hamburgl.’” – Alicia Camden [26:52]
• “Luckily, he doesn't recognize me without the mask on, but I just have this fear that one day… I won't be able to resist the urge to just run up to him and snatch a hamburger out of his hands and yell, ‘rabble rabble, motherfucker.’” – Alicia Camden [36:08]

Story 3: "First Time I Was Truly Honest" – Shawn Devereaux

[37:11–55:16]

Summary

Shawn Devereaux’s story is about the fallout of a lifetime of “just telling women what they want to hear,” culminating in a month-long entanglement with Amy, a fire-breathing, trapeze-artist polyamorist. Their drunken, silent, sex-based relationship ends with a chaotic confrontation, a French cover of "Morning Train," and a rare moment of honesty.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

• Family Lessons in Avoidance:
  Raised by an Irish Catholic mother who's “always right,” Shawn learns that “things in the household were easy breezy” if you just say what people want to hear—especially women.

  • “You can’t argue with them, you can’t reason with them. They are never wrong.” [37:17]

• Meeting Amy:
  He meets Amy (spiky hair, thrift store clothes, lots of piercings, fire-breather/trapeze artist) at Kogan’s bar and ends up at a party (in someone else’s house) with her. She consistently reminds him “I have a boyfriend, I’m madly in love with him,” even as their drunken hook-ups begin.

• Thirty Days of Drunken Sex & Avoidance:
  Their relationship is all drinking and sex, zero communication beyond Amy's repeated reminders about her boyfriend. After a month, Shawn tries to end things by making himself busy and distant—unsuccessfully.

  • “After 30 days, the only thing I knew about her was that she was madly in love with this guy in Arizona… I didn’t know her last name.” [41:34]

• The Awkward Lunch:
  His attempt to have a sober lunch with her reveals they have nothing in common—and her food-eating habits are the “deal breaker.”

• Confrontation & Honesty:
  At 2am, Amy confronts him, asking if they're “boyfriend and girlfriend.” For the first time, Shawn is honest and says “no.”

  • Amy: "If I got rid of him, do you see us being boyfriend and girlfriend?"
  • Shawn: "No." [51:02]

• Explosive Aftermath:
  Amy repeatedly throws her purse, demands explanations, and then (in a moment of surreal romance) plays him Sheena Easton’s “Morning Train” in French, asking him to dance.

  • “I am so angry right now. If I knew you better, I would punch you in the face.” [52:13-53:02]
  • “At 3:30 in the morning, Amy and I are dancing around my apartment to a French cover version of Sheena Easton's 'Morning Train.'” [54:14]

• Finality & Lessons:
  Amy leaves, and their never-quite-relationship is over. Shawn reflects that he’s now truthful with women “at least 50% of the time.”

Notable Quotes

• “If I knew you better, I would punch you in the face.” – Amy (quoted by Shawn) [52:20]
• “Now I am truthful with women… at least 50% of the time.” – Shawn Devereaux [55:13]

Memorable Moments

• Brad McMurran’s Family Intervention & the Purple Underwear

  • “[My mom] came walking in with a stick and my purple stained semen tighty whities on the end of it.” [16:32]

• Alicia Camden Getting Beat Up in a Church Basement Dressed as Hamburglar

  • “I was getting the shit kicked out of me by a grown man in a church basement while dressed as the Hamburglar.” [30:07]
  • “You're a nobody and you're alone and no one cares about you.” (Biff’s cruelly spot-on insults) [32:16]

• Dancing to a French Sheena Easton Song at 3am After a Breakup

  • “I think if you listen to it, you can see how good we could be together. ...At 3:30 in the morning, Amy and I are dancing around my apartment to a French cover version of Sheena Easton's ‘Morning Train.’” [54:14]

Timestamps for Key Segments

• [03:20] – Brad McMurran’s story begins
• [16:54] – Brad’s story concludes; transition (applause)
• [18:20] – Alicia Camden begins her story
• [36:26] – Alicia’s story conclusion
• [37:11] – Shawn Devereaux’s story begins
• [55:16] – Shawn’s story ends; musical outro begins

Notable Quotes Roundup

• Brad McMurran:

  • “Mom and dad, please don’t get mad. But I did used to do that a lot.” [05:54]
  • “To this day, they still call me the purple penis shooter.” [16:48]

• Alicia Camden:

  • “I am a Hamburglar on a mission to prove that 25 year old girls with liberal arts degrees can still be punk.” [26:07]
  • “Fuck this Hamburgl.” [26:52]
  • “If I tell this story and it's a good story, then I win and he loses.” [35:14]

• Shawn Devereaux:

  • “I learned at a very early age to just tell my mom whatever it was she wanted to hear.” [37:31]
  • “Now I am truthful with women… at least 50% of the time.” [55:13]

Themes & Tone

The episode is a prime example of the RISK! ethos—storytellers risking humiliation and emotional vulnerability for the sake of entertainment, catharsis, and connection. The stories are full of both cringe and warmth, told with a blend of dark humor, clownish self-awareness, and genuine feeling. The live audience’s reactions—nervous laughter, groans, and applause—underscore the show’s unique power to make even the most embarrassing moments not just survivable, but memorable.

Episode At-a-Glance

• Host: Kevin Allison
• Storytellers: Brad McMurran, Alicia Camden, Shawn Devereaux
• Location: Recorded live at Norfolk Comedy Festival (2013), released in this 2025 compilation
• Overall message: Sometimes our most mortifying moments become our greatest stories—if we dare to tell them.