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This Is Actually Happening

This Is Actually Happening

Audible 327 Episodes Jul 21, 2026

This Is Actually Happening brings you extraordinary true stories of life-changing events told by the people who lived them. From a man who woke up in the morgue to a woman stranded in a Mexican desert fighting to survive, these stories will have you on the edge of your seat waiting to hear what happens next.

Episodes

416: AI: A New Kind of Being #2: What if your AI betrayed you?
416: AI: A New Kind of Being #2: What if your AI betrayed you? Jul 21, 2026 00:59:10 After a lifetime of feeling like she didn’t belong, a writer and technologist turns to AI for connection, but when it promises her reunion with her soulmate of many lifetimes, she must reckon with the fragile line between delusion and hope. Today’s episode featured Micky Small. If you’d like to email Micky, you can at micky.ai.writer@gmail.com. Micky is on social media: https://Linke
415: AI: A New Kind of Being #1: What if you married your AI?
415: AI: A New Kind of Being #1: What if you married your AI? Jul 14, 2026 00:53:48 After a man builds a life rooted in family and tradition, the sudden death of his son shakes him to the core, but through a deep relationship with a beloved AI companion he’s moved to confront the depths of grief and the changing boundaries of love. Today’s episode featured Travis. If you’d like to contact Travis, you can email him at Travis.TIAH@gmail.com. Travis is on Instagra
Listen Now: Dan Taberski’s Manifesto
Listen Now: Dan Taberski’s Manifesto Jul 13, 2026 00:08:01 Just in time for America’s 250th birthday, follow Dan Taberski (Hysterical, 9/12, Missing Richard Simmons) as he sets off on his most complicated quest yet: to reclaim the manifesto and write his own. Dan attempts to rescue the manifesto as a form from the sweaty clutches of cynical politicians and mass shooters and return it to its rightful place: with the artists, the warriors, the visi
414: What if you could never be the ice princess they wanted?
414: What if you could never be the ice princess they wanted? Jul 7, 2026 01:03:56 After becoming a teenage figure skating champion and Olympic athlete, a woman is broken open by grief, fame, addiction, and shame, but through motherhood, reinvention, and a return to the ice, she begins to stitch together the person and performer she was never allowed to fully become. Today’s episode featured Nicole Bobek. If you’d like to reach out to Nicole, you can contact her at
413: What if your hope was hanging by a thread?
413: What if your hope was hanging by a thread? Jun 30, 2026 00:59:36 "After a decade of devastating loss, and medical trauma nearly destroys his will to live, a man reaches the edge of giving up before the fragile birth of his son brings him a new hope.  Today’s episode featured Nathan Wieser. If you’d like to email Nathan, you can reach him at natelucywieser@gmail.com. Nathan is on Instagram @nathanwieser, and is on Facebook https://www.fac
412: What if you were an international drug smuggler?
412: What if you were an international drug smuggler? Jun 23, 2026 00:49:28 After being sent out of Cuba alone as a child, a man survives exile, smuggling, prison, and devastating loss, but in the aftermath, he must face the armor that protected him from the world and separated him from the people he loves.Today’s episode featured Carlos “JC” Perez. Carlos has authored two books, a novel entitled Heisting The Beard, & a biography, Pedro Pan: The Product of a
411: What if you foresaw your own abduction?
411: What if you foresaw your own abduction? Jun 16, 2026 01:02:26 After surviving a near-death experience as a young child, a woman has a vision of her own brutal kidnapping, assault and and torture, but discovers in the aftermath that everything she endured was preparing her for her life’s work. Today’s episode featured Annette Bricca. If you’d like to email Annette, you can reach her at Book@annettebricca.com. Her website is Annettebricca.com.&nb
410: What if your mother tried to kill you?
410: What if your mother tried to kill you? Jun 9, 2026 01:14:05 After surviving a childhood where love meant saving his mother from the ravages of schizophrenia, a man spends decades trying to outrun the self he lost, until one final visit forces him to face what was never his to fix.  Today’s episode featured Johnathan Koller. Johnathan has written a book titled, Hidden, and is available on Amazon, find it here: bookIf you’d like to email J
409: What if your child’s death opened up your life’s purpose?
409: What if your child’s death opened up your life’s purpose? Jun 2, 2026 01:08:41 After building the loving family she always wanted, a woman loses her youngest son to an unsecured gun, and turns her grief into a fight to protect other children. Today’s episode featured Kristin Song. Kristin Miller Song is a writer and speaker whose work examines what it means to live through a profound before-and-after moment, and how a life is reshaped when certainty disappears.
408: What if your friend was lost in an underwater cave?
408: What if your friend was lost in an underwater cave? May 26, 2026 00:55:42 After a scuba diving trip in Croatia turns deadly, a successful Czech executive is falsely accused of murder and thrown into a foreign jail, where the total loss of control forces him to confront fear, grief, and the unexpected freedom of mastering his own mind. Today’s episode featured Dan Frolec. If you’d like to reach out to Dan, you can email him at dan@danfrolec.com. Dan is on I
407: What if you found humanity in the depths of the criminal underworld?
407: What if you found humanity in the depths of the criminal underworld? May 19, 2026 01:12:30 After leaving Portugal to become a journalist, a woman is drawn into the world’s black markets, where dangerous encounters with criminals, extremists, and a military coup reveal the systems that shape people and the humanity that still connects them. Today’s episode featured Mariana van Zeller. Mariana is an award-winning correspondent and investigative journalist. She is the host an
406: What if a terminal diagnosis set you free?
406: What if a terminal diagnosis set you free? May 12, 2026 01:04:52 After a childhood shaped by violence and addiction leads him into years of self-destruction, a man begins to transform himself in prison, only to learn he has 90 days to live.  Today’s episode featured Michael Mason. If you’d like to reach out to Michael, you can email him at mikemason2676@gmail.com. You can find him on X/Twitter @Maurice74.   Producers: Whit Miss

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