Actually Happening

This Week: — New summer holidays! — Dancing plague — A witch accusation with a crucial flaw — Hypnotizing Russians — Penis theft — The Globe burns down — Intern baiting — A boy dressed as a cannon — The...

This week: tales of geography gone wrong, mangled ancient philosophy, and poor choices of mascot.

We’re finally back to full health, and we’re celebrating with an extended new episode!

This week we talk about what doesn’t happen if you chop tails off rats, what does happen if you stretch giraffe necks, and firing millionaires into space.

This week we talk about the myth of the birth of Winston Churchill, which covered up the other myth of the birth of Winston Churchill.

This week we have a Not Actually Happening. I know you were expecting a full episode – so were we. Victoria’s been very ill. She’ll be fine, don’t worry, but at our last taping we only got the one full...

This Week: — The drunkest of hats — Joe Biden brings back the jort — The Chinatown bus is lacking in magazines — “I wish I could have been a heretic back when it actually meant something.” — Extra pandas...

The most incredible thing about this episode (and it is a good one!) is that it exists. Yes, the Lost Recording of Actually Happening has finally been rescued from the dark recesses of a corrupted SD card. Thanks Rob!

Yes, it’s another Not Actually Happening, a mini-episode where we get to talk about the things history got wrong and science screwed up. This week we Godwin ourselves for eight solid minutes.

This week we almost play the penis game with Emperor Elagabalus. This Week: — Anna held a python once — Bing Maps thinks Brooklyn is just 1 point — Duck Duck Go Chases you around the office — Seoul National...

This week, in honor of tax day, we suggest improvements to the modern IRS, cover several bizarre bits of classical period finance, and hear how the moon sank the Titanic. This Week: — Rich, gay accountants — Communist blowjobs —...

Yes, it’s another Not Actually Happening, a mini-episode where we get to talk about the things history got wrong and science screwed up. This week we discuss one of our favorite nonexistent elements, terra pinguis, better known as phlogiston.

Yes, it’s another Not Actually Happening, a mini-episode where we get to talk about the things history got wrong and science screwed up. This week in honor of April Fool’s Day we cover one of the greatest pranks ever pulled....

This week we suggest a surefire strategy for the GOP, and cover the funniest civil suits in US History. This Week: — The GOP wins back women with flowers — The Nether Regions Strategy — I like big rump parties...

This week we talk a surprising amount about sports, and discuss a rash of Irish relic theft in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. This Week: — Wolf-punching our way through primary season — Taser-Soccer, or is it Soccer-Taser? — Saluting...

Yes, it’s another Not Actually Happening, a mini-episode where we get to talk about the things history got wrong and science screwed up. This week it’s fifteen minutes of head-squeezing silliness as we discuss phrenology.

Yes, it’s another Not Actually Happening, a mini-episode where we get to talk about the things history got wrong and science screwed up. This week, one of the biggest hoaxes in the history of archaeology is back in the news....

It’s our lucky 13th episode and our one-year anniversary! This Week: — “Don’t operate heavy machinery. It’s heavy. Let someone else do it.” — How to make money on the Internet — The Revolution Might be Pinned — Kickbarter? Cakestarter?...

And now back to your regularly scheduled podcast. We hope you enjoyed that two week interlude of nonsense. This Week: — Snooki is our new neighbor — Investing in Arrow-proof Bibles — Celebrating the 21st Amendment (No thanks to the...

We’re back with a new Not Actually Happening, another mini-episode where we get to talk about the things history got wrong and science screwed up. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we discuss the causes (and cures!) of one of...