This Actually Happened with Chad McKenzie

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The greatest adventures rarely start out intentionally. They begin with a simple idea. They are debated. Inevitably someone will say it's impossible, it can't be done, and whoever attempts it will surely perish from the effort. Once the impossibility has been decided there always seems to be one man…

Chad McKenzie


    • Jul 22, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 38m AVG DURATION
    • 11 EPISODES


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    Kaboom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2023 41:15


    Trigger Warning: This episode discusses black magick, the occult, a historical semi-fictional HJ, multiple explosions and a celebrity cameo.  Contact: thisactuallyhappenedshow@gmail.com

    Ten Cent Beer Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2022 38:39


    This one ends in a riot.  email: thisactuallyhappenedshow@gmail.com

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    The One about Words

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2022 32:39


    A light hearted romp about how a murderous psychopath gets his mojo back and the most complicated academic endeavor in history that didn't include some kind of math. Alexander Graham Bell makes a cameo, and JRR Tolkein gets told to sit down and shut up.  ThisActuallyHappenedShow@gmail.com Sources: The Meaning of Everything & The Professor and the Madman. 

    How to Overthrow a Government

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2020 43:09


    Throughout history there have been many reasons citizens chose to overthrow a government; religious persecution, oppression, lack of equal representation...and perhaps most important of all - bananas.  email: this actuallyhappenedshow@gmail.com

    Propaganda for Fun and Profit

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2020 41:46


    The term propaganda has been dragged through the mud by those wacky communists and lighthearted dictators who prevent their citizens from accessing any information regarding the outside world...but did you know that Propaganda can be fun! Find out how the bitter taste of propaganda magically improves with a twist of capitalism! What does Jesus and Feminism have to do with smoking? Why is breakfast the most important meal of the day? What determines the insurance value of a butt? All this, and more! 

    Fine Art for 39 Cents

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2019 32:15


    Buried treasure. A leader on horseback. Men in positions of senior leadership forced to cross dress for the entertainment of their subordinates...Rubber butts? This is the story of Tupperware.  Email: ThisActuallyHappenedShow@gmail.com Instagram: ChadMcKenzie7  

    How Drug Dealers created America's Most Popular Sport

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2019 51:50


    If there is one thing unemployed people like to do is get drunk. This is the story of how The Great Depression, Prohibition, a little bath tub hooch and a lot of horsepower collided to produce one of the most boring spectacles on Earth - NASCAR. 

    You Go Glen Coco! - The Story of "Coco" Chanel

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2019 41:37


    Building a business empire that lasts more than 100 years beyond its inception is no easy task. The road is even tougher if you’re an orphaned girl in early 1900’s France.   The name Chanel, however, lives on. It’s a story of overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds through seduction, resiliency, and little white lies. Throughout history there are countless examples of people using brute strength to win a battle. There is only one who did it in a little black dress.   This is the story of Coco Chanel

    Episode 3: Take This Job and Shove It

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2018 29:44


    Until 2013 Pope Celestine V was the only man in history to surrender his position. He was a man of great faith, bold decisions, and gnarly feet. 

    Episode 2: The Transit of Venus or LG and the No Good, Very Bad Decade

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2018 20:54


    They didn't have Xbox back in the 1700's so a bunch of guys set out to figure out the distance from the Earth to the Sun by sailing off to various points on the globe and watching the Transit of Venus.  Most of them were very successful. This is not their story.  

    A story about revenge

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2018 44:49


    When your family is betrayed and your daughters are kidnapped revenge is in order. It also helps if you are what some might refer to as a "dictator." 

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