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• Actually Happening 84: Pants of the Ancients

  

  Actually Happening 84: Pants of the Ancients

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  Published: 1 Jul 2017 Duration: 35:58

  This is the last episode taped way back in the halcyon days of 2015. Yes, we’re slow to get these things out. What. Nobody’s paying for this. This ‘week’ we bring you Julia Child, voting machines, the earliest evidence of pants, and congres... Read more →
  This is the last episode taped way back in the halcyon days of 2015. Yes, we’re slow to get these things out. What. Nobody’s paying for this. This ‘week’ we bring you Julia Child, voting machines, the earliest evidence of pants, and congres... Read more →

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• Actually Happening 83: It’s OK, I’m just tidying your papers

  

  Actually Happening 83: It’s OK, I’m just tidying your papers

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  Published: 20 Nov 2016 Duration: 33:11

  I don’t even know what schedule we’re using for these things anymore, but if you need stories of civil war badasses as much as we do, you might like this episode. We’ve also got the biggest single rock ever made and a sex-changing yew tree ... Read more →
  I don’t even know what schedule we’re using for these things anymore, but if you need stories of civil war badasses as much as we do, you might like this episode. We’ve also got the biggest single rock ever made and a sex-changing yew tree ... Read more →

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• Actually Happening 82: All Podcasts are Gray in the Dark

  

  Actually Happening 82: All Podcasts are Gray in the Dark

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  Published: 5 Nov 2016 Duration: 30:56

  The passage of the Habeas Corpus Act via a fat joke, A Benjamin Franklin story complete with a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles restructuring, the oldest ever message in a bottle, and a German town that may, or may not, actually exist.
  The passage of the Habeas Corpus Act via a fat joke, A Benjamin Franklin story complete with a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles restructuring, the oldest ever message in a bottle, and a German town that may, or may not, actually exist.

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• Actually Happening 81: Too Many Camels

  

  Actually Happening 81: Too Many Camels

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  Published: 8 Oct 2016 Duration: 33:17

  A new soon-to-be-broken record for the best-aged episode of Actually Happening ever! In this deeply non-topical installment we discuss the invention of the toilet showroom, biblical anachronisms, gerrymandering, and criticism of Henry VIII.... Read more →
  A new soon-to-be-broken record for the best-aged episode of Actually Happening ever! In this deeply non-topical installment we discuss the invention of the toilet showroom, biblical anachronisms, gerrymandering, and criticism of Henry VIII.... Read more →

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• Actually Happening 80: The Right of Conquest

  

  Actually Happening 80: The Right of Conquest

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  Published: 25 Sep 2015 Duration: 27:52

  The shortest presidency of anything, DNA in the War of the Roses, a helicopter theft, and fictional bridges. Also the most well aged episode of Actually Happening ever released.
  The shortest presidency of anything, DNA in the War of the Roses, a helicopter theft, and fictional bridges. Also the most well aged episode of Actually Happening ever released.

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• Actually Happening 79: A Conspiracy Theory Conspiracy, Theoretically

  

  Actually Happening 79: A Conspiracy Theory Conspiracy, Theoretically

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  Published: 17 Aug 2015 Duration: 26:32

  In which we reveal the secret Masonic origins of Actually Happening.
  In which we reveal the secret Masonic origins of Actually Happening.

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• Actually Happening 78: 95 Theses But a B—– Ain’t One

  

  Actually Happening 78: 95 Theses But a B—– Ain’t One

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  Published: 9 Mar 2015 Duration: 32:33

  We never ask questions about Rome because we always end up talking about it anyway. This week: the invention of Y-fronts, things Martin Luther never said, and bans on porn and puns.
  We never ask questions about Rome because we always end up talking about it anyway. This week: the invention of Y-fronts, things Martin Luther never said, and bans on porn and puns.

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• Actually Happening 77: That Was When Dinosaur Jesus Carried You In His Jaws

  

  Actually Happening 77: That Was When Dinosaur Jesus Carried You In His Jaws

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  Published: 7 Jan 2015 Duration: 30:50

  There was only one set of footprints then, but boy were they big ones. This week: sending out a CQD, a terrible energy conservation slogan, and two cats with very important jobs.
  There was only one set of footprints then, but boy were they big ones. This week: sending out a CQD, a terrible energy conservation slogan, and two cats with very important jobs.

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• Actually Happening 76: The Great Pyramids of the Hudson Valley

  

  Actually Happening 76: The Great Pyramids of the Hudson Valley

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  Published: 1 Dec 2014 Duration: 28:48

  It’s… been a while. Our lives have gotten in the way of goofy history for far too long. But worry not! We’re all back in town and will be back on a more regular schedule soon, so stay tuned. In the meantime: the least effective grave robber... Read more →
  It’s… been a while. Our lives have gotten in the way of goofy history for far too long. But worry not! We’re all back in town and will be back on a more regular schedule soon, so stay tuned. In the meantime: the least effective grave robber... Read more →

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• Actually Happening 75: Confused Elderly Grandchildren

  

  Actually Happening 75: Confused Elderly Grandchildren

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  Published: 29 Sep 2014 Duration: 31:12

  Now with actual microphones! This week, we go Minnesota Secretary of Agriculture hunting, discover the pitfalls of bad database queries, and don’t look in the back of the fridge. And we find out two guys on an island were doing, well, exact... Read more →
  Now with actual microphones! This week, we go Minnesota Secretary of Agriculture hunting, discover the pitfalls of bad database queries, and don’t look in the back of the fridge. And we find out two guys on an island were doing, well, exact... Read more →

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• Actually Happening 74: Uphill Downhill

  

  Actually Happening 74: Uphill Downhill

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  Published: 18 Aug 2014 Duration: 33:47

  This week’s episode involves a lot of fighting (and avoiding fighting at all costs) over really weird stuff, some Norman Rockwell appreciation… and another molasses flood.
  This week’s episode involves a lot of fighting (and avoiding fighting at all costs) over really weird stuff, some Norman Rockwell appreciation… and another molasses flood.

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• Actually Happening 73: Half Safe

  

  Actually Happening 73: Half Safe

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  Published: 23 Jul 2014 Duration: 27:28

  In which the British actually stay out of a war for once, and Ben Carlin drives an amphibious vehicle around the world. Oh yeah, and more Liechtenstein!
  In which the British actually stay out of a war for once, and Ben Carlin drives an amphibious vehicle around the world. Oh yeah, and more Liechtenstein!

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• Actually Happening 72: Mildly Interesting

  

  Actually Happening 72: Mildly Interesting

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  Published: 21 Jun 2014 Duration: 25:52

  In which we discuss some of life’s smaller mysteries, do some literal navel gazing, and find more excuses to answer questions with the word “Space!”.
  In which we discuss some of life’s smaller mysteries, do some literal navel gazing, and find more excuses to answer questions with the word “Space!”.

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• Actually Happening 71: Why Are We So Itchy?

  

  Actually Happening 71: Why Are We So Itchy?

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  Published: 23 May 2014 Duration: 27:16

  This week it’s trolleys (not from Mr. Rogers), space patrol (the tv show), archaeologists vs. physicists, and the darkest secrets of itching. Boy are they dark.
  This week it’s trolleys (not from Mr. Rogers), space patrol (the tv show), archaeologists vs. physicists, and the darkest secrets of itching. Boy are they dark.

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• Not Actually Happening 29: Numerology Doesn’t Work

  

  Not Actually Happening 29: Numerology Doesn’t Work

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  Published: 28 Apr 2014 Duration: 21:07

  Dancemaster Skybetter returns this week to help us uncover the bizarre origin of ballet.
  Dancemaster Skybetter returns this week to help us uncover the bizarre origin of ballet.

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• Actually Happening 69: The Most Ancient Rite of the Chicken Dance

  

  Actually Happening 69: The Most Ancient Rite of the Chicken Dance

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  Published: 20 Apr 2014 Duration: 34:43

  This week we welcome another guest, choreographer Sydney Skybetter, who explains to us what a choreographer actually does (and what that has to do with failed utopian communities). And, as a bonus, he’ll be back next week with even more ama... Read more →
  This week we welcome another guest, choreographer Sydney Skybetter, who explains to us what a choreographer actually does (and what that has to do with failed utopian communities). And, as a bonus, he’ll be back next week with even more ama... Read more →

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• Not Actually Happening 28: The Praedestinatio of St. Mark

  

  Not Actually Happening 28: The Praedestinatio of St. Mark

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  Published: 4 Apr 2014 Duration: 20:34

  How to steal a saint in five unsurprisingly convoluted steps, as recorded in golden mosaics in Venice, and explained by art historian Letha Ch’ien.
  How to steal a saint in five unsurprisingly convoluted steps, as recorded in golden mosaics in Venice, and explained by art historian Letha Ch’ien.

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• Actually Happening 68: Fresh Ground Pepper?

  

  Actually Happening 68: Fresh Ground Pepper?

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  Published: 28 Mar 2014 Duration: 41:14

  We’re finally back from a too-long break, and joined by a special guest, art historian Letha Ch’ien! This time we’re talking Venetian art history, really old companies, and why you should be careful selling metheglin.
  We’re finally back from a too-long break, and joined by a special guest, art historian Letha Ch’ien! This time we’re talking Venetian art history, really old companies, and why you should be careful selling metheglin.

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• Actually Happening 67: All Out of Leftovers

  

  Actually Happening 67: All Out of Leftovers

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  Published: 28 Feb 2014 Duration: 15:49

  We’ll be back next week with regular episodes, but until then enjoy the story behind the story of War of the Worlds, and an extremely baffling discovery beneath London.
  We’ll be back next week with regular episodes, but until then enjoy the story behind the story of War of the Worlds, and an extremely baffling discovery beneath London.

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• Actually Happening 66: Ye Olde Faxe Machinee

  

  Actually Happening 66: Ye Olde Faxe Machinee

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  Published: 12 Feb 2014 Duration: 08:43

  The fax machine is older than you think! Unless you already know how old it is.
  The fax machine is older than you think! Unless you already know how old it is.

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