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 congression

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

Nov 20th, 2016 33m 11s

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 that

Actually Happening 82: All Podcasts are Gray in the Dark

Nov 5th, 2016 30m 56s

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.

Actually Happening 81: Too Many Camels

Oct 8th, 2016 33m 17s

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.

Actually Happening 80: The Right of Conquest

Sep 25th, 2015 27m 52s

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.

Actually Happening 79: A Conspiracy Theory Conspiracy, Theoretically

Aug 17th, 2015 26m 32s

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

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

Mar 9th, 2015 32m 33s

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.

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

Jan 7th, 2015 30m 50s

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.

Actually Happening 76: The Great Pyramids of the Hudson Valley

Dec 1st, 2014 28m 48s

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 robbers, d

Actually Happening 75: Confused Elderly Grandchildren

Sep 29th, 2014 31m 12s

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, exactly w

Actually Happening 74: Uphill Downhill

Aug 18th, 2014 33m 47s

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.

Actually Happening 73: Half Safe

Jul 23rd, 2014 27m 28s

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!

Actually Happening 72: Mildly Interesting

Jun 21st, 2014 25m 52s

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!”.

Actually Happening 71: Why Are We So Itchy?

May 23rd, 2014 27m 16s

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.

Not Actually Happening 29: Numerology Doesn’t Work

Apr 28th, 2014 21m 7s

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

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

Apr 20th, 2014 34m 43s

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 amazing

Not Actually Happening 28: The Praedestinatio of St. Mark

Apr 4th, 2014 20m 34s

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.

Actually Happening 68: Fresh Ground Pepper?

Mar 28th, 2014 41m 14s

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.

Actually Happening 67: All Out of Leftovers

Feb 28th, 2014 15m 49s

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.

Actually Happening 66: Ye Olde Faxe Machinee

Feb 12th, 2014 8m 43s

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

Actually Happening 65: Tall Tales

Jan 26th, 2014 10m 17s

In which the AH crew combines three successive Prussian rulers named Frederick, by stacking them into one extremely tall dude. Who was then kidnapped and forced to join the Potsdam Giants.

Actually Happening 64: A Public Service Announcement About Alcohol Use

Jan 16th, 2014 12m 4s

Stay away from the schnapps, Austrian army.

Actually Happening 63: Anything for an Interview

Jan 7th, 2014 8m 29s

Time for another round of holiday leftovers. It’s a short episode, but a fun one: we get to talk about one of the feistiest ladies of early America — and the time she stole the president’s clothes while he was skinny dipping.

Actually Happening 62: Stone Age Gender Politics

Dec 17th, 2013 13m 24s

In which we stare at our hands, learn what a “Vibraslap” is, and try to explain why cats can now has cheezburgers.

Actually Happening 61: She Said Yes

Dec 11th, 2013 27m 40s

And they went with “Alice”, not “Diamond Voldemort”. Congratulations to Dennis, Jess, Anna, and David, and a hearty welcome to Alice. We wish you the best in your future career as queen president doctor.