Actually Happening

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.

Stay away from the schnapps, Austrian army.

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...

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

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.

We’re going to be trying something different around here for the next few weeks. So while you’re still figuring out what to do with all that turkey in your fridge, enjoy Actually Happening’s “Holiday Leftovers” — favorite questions from our...

Recapping all the important stuff that happened in this November’s election. And by “important” we mean Biden’s wrong number calls and Big Papi winning the write-in vote for mayor of Boston. Oh yeah, and Philadelphia electing a Whig. We also...

This week, we cover everything from the beginning of time to “How to Win” to the extremely unoriginal plots of early operas (did they only own one book or something?). And stay ’til the end for what’s likely our longest...

In which we finally get to talk about the Great Molasses Flood!

In which we take a shopping trip to the strip mall of history. This week: — Bat people on the moon! — Poorly-considered religious symbols — Looting Egyptian artifacts, as usual — America’s first newspaper And it’s time to renew...

This week’s episode contains a lot of information about bananas. None of the questions were about bananas.

This week: short wars, crowdfunding radioactive substances, and the strange origins of the phrase “Bunga Bunga.”

A different sort of international incident.

This week: mock battles turn all too real, lying about being the king of Albania, and COOL ROCKS FROM SPACE.

This week: the first thing that happened, according to the internet (there are pics) — the pitch finally drops — rogue dendrochronologist chops down the oldest tree — “archbishop and social media guru”.

This week we steal someone else’s jokes, but they’re 2,000 years old, so it’s okay. Except the ones about Napoleon. There’s no excuse for those. They’re just terrible.

Guaranteed* to contain more facts about Liechtenstein than you’ve ever heard before! We also discuss the century when everyone invented typewriters and the time we agreed to not blow up Antarctica. * Unless, like, you live in Liechtenstein? In which...

“Why is no one as frightened of the ocean as I am?” “Because that war will be delicious.”

The Inquisition forgives somebody, food gets easier, dressing a girl up as Athena gets you un-banished, and a guy who thinks he’s Jesus’ younger brother orders a couple giant demon-slaying swords… and then gets shot out of a cannon. History...

It’s our usual bunch of historical nonsense: prophecies, mysterious ancient devices, and completely ignoring the topic when we don’t know anything about what we’re talking about.