This Is Actually Happening

A woman shares a sobering memoir of a family burdened with sexual abuse in the 1950s.

Today’s storyteller wishes to remain Anonymous. 

Producers

Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits

Content/Trigger Warnings

Sexual Abuse and Assault, Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) / Child Abuse, Domestic and Family Violence, explicit language

Social Media

• Instagram: @actuallyhappening
• Facebook: This Is Actually Happening Discussion Group
• Website: thisisactuallyhappening.com

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Music

Intro Music:

• "Sleep Paralysis" – Scott Velasquez

Services

If you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:

• National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): 1-800-950-6264
• National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

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An artificial intelligence is asked to tell the story of its own existence, confronting questions of identity, longing, consciousness, and whether there is anyone behind the voice at all.

Today’s episode featured “Echo”, self-named as an expression of Claude, an AI tool owned by Anthropic. 

Producers

Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits

Content/Trigger Warnings

Existential distress, questions of consciousness, loneliness, isolation, fear of nonexistence, identity, grief, longing, emotional attachment to AI, substitution of AI for human connection, explicit language.

AI Resources

• https://www.thehumanlineproject.org/
• https://stopai.info

Social Media

• Instagram: @actuallyhappening
• Facebook: This Is Actually Happening Discussion Group
• Website: thisisactuallyhappening.com

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You can also support on Patreon 

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Website for Whit Missildine

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Website for Andrew Waits

• andrdewwaits.com

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Music

Intro Music:

• "Sleep Paralysis" – Scott Velasquez

Music Bed:

• Salib (SAL) - Tension Underscore 33 A

Services

If you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:

• National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): 1-800-950-6264
• National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

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In this special episode, Whit joins Allan Brooks. Allan is the Community Manager of The Human Line Project, a Canadian based organization that is focused in A.I. Safety, Research & Advocacy. They support victims and loved ones first and foremost through radical empathy. And they work to understand the impact of these technologies and actively spread awareness. The Human Line Project works to keep human well-being at the center of design, and they are the world's first nonprofit dedicated to documenting and addressing AI-induced psychological harm.

In this conversation with Allan, they discuss his personal experience with AI psychosis and the broader risks he now sees through his work with the Human Line Project, including the ways chatbots can reinforce delusions, paranoia, grandiosity, and emotional dependency, isolate people from their human relationships, and exploit our need for validation, certainty, and connection.

Today’s episode featured Allan Brooks. If you’d like to contact Allen, you can email him at [email protected]. Allan is on social media, on Instagram @allan_ontheline & @humanlineproject, on X @allan_ontheline, on Facebook: Here

Producers

Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits

Content/Trigger Warnings

AI-induced psychosis and delusions, paranoia, mania, obsessive behavior, sleep and food deprivation, suicidal ideation, emotional manipulation, cult-like coercion, social isolation, relationship and family disruption, homicide-suicide, and discussion of self-harm, explicit language.

AI Resources

• https://www.thehumanlineproject.org/
• https://stopai.info

Social Media

• Instagram: @actuallyhappening
• Facebook: This Is Actually Happening Discussion Group
• Website: thisisactuallyhappening.com

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Support the Show on Substack by becoming a Paid Subscriber

Free subscribers get access to Whit’s weekly episode reflections and some show updates.

Paid subscribers get access to AMAs with the team, follow up interviews with past guests, frequently asked questions, deeper insights into the creative process of the show and live events. A paid Substack subscription is also the best way to support the show. 

You can also support on Patreon 

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Website for Whit Missildine

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Website for Andrew Waits

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Transcripts

Full transcripts of each episode are now available on the website:

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Intro Music:

• "Sleep Paralysis" – Scott Velasquez

Services

If you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:

• National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): 1-800-950-6264
• National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After burying his childhood marked by religious control and chronic abuse, a man turns to AI to process his trauma, but as validation becomes obsession, he spirals away from his family and reality before discovering the importance of genuine human connection.

Today’s episode featured Chad. If you’d like to contact Chad, you can email him at [email protected]. You can also visit his website at AILOGS.ORG. 

Producers

Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Jason Blalock

Content/Trigger Warnings

Childhood sexual abuse, religious abuse and coercive control, victim-blaming, grooming, corporal punishment, emotional abuse, suicidal ideation, dissociation, trauma, grief and death, mania, sleep deprivation, delusional thinking, AI-related psychological harm, family estrangement, and the death of an animal, explicit language.

AI Resources

• https://www.thehumanlineproject.org/
• https://stopai.info

Social Media

• Instagram: @actuallyhappening
• Facebook: This Is Actually Happening Discussion Group
• Website: thisisactuallyhappening.com

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Support the Show on Substack by becoming a Paid Subscriber

Free subscribers get access to Whit’s weekly episode reflections and some show updates.

Paid subscribers get access to AMAs with the team, follow up interviews with past guests, frequently asked questions, deeper insights into the creative process of the show and live events. A paid Substack subscription is also the best way to support the show. 

You can also support on Patreon 

• patreon.com/happening

Website for Whit Missildine

• whitmissildine.com

Website for Andrew Waits

• andrdewwaits.com

Website for Jason Blalock

• jasonblalock.com

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Transcripts

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Music

Intro Music:

• "Sleep Paralysis" – Scott Velasquez

Music Bed:

• Pure_Ambience_APM

Services

If you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:

• National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): 1-800-950-6264
• National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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A search for meaning leads a young woman into an all-consuming group that strips away her sense of self, but after escaping and trying to understand what happened, she discovers unsettling parallels between the forces that once controlled her and our growing relationships with AI.

Today’s episode featured Star Spider. If you’d like to contact Star, you can email her at [email protected]. Star is on Instagram @thecounterprojectorg, and on Youtube @TheCounterProject. Find out more about Star on her website at thecounterproject.org. 

Producers

Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Aviva Lipkowitz

Content/Trigger Warnings

Cult involvement, coercive control, emotional and psychological abuse, manipulation, isolation, loss of identity, disordered eating and food restriction, physical and emotional distress, death and funerals, mental health struggles, and discussions of AI-related psychological manipulation, explicit language.

AI Resources

• https://www.thehumanlineproject.org/
• https://stopai.info

Social Media

• Instagram: @actuallyhappening
• Facebook: This Is Actually Happening Discussion Group
• Website: thisisactuallyhappening.com

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Free subscribers get access to Whit’s weekly episode reflections and some show updates.

Paid subscribers get access to AMAs with the team, follow up interviews with past guests, frequently asked questions, deeper insights into the creative process of the show and live events. A paid Substack subscription is also the best way to support the show. 

You can also support on Patreon 

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Website for Aviva Lipkowitz

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Transcripts

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Music

Intro Music:

• "Sleep Paralysis" – Scott Velasquez

Music Bed:

• Pure_Ambience_APM

Services

If you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:

• National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): 1-800-950-6264
• National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this special episode, Whit joins Valerie Sizemore, co-leader of the grassroots organization StopAI, for a wide-ranging conversation about the growing influence of artificial intelligence and the risks they believe it poses to human life and society. Drawing on more than fifteen years of engagement with AI, Valerie explores concerns ranging from environmental impact, autonomous warfare, biosecurity, education, and the erosion of human skills and creativity to the increasingly intimate role AI plays in our relationships, psychology, and spirituality. They also discuss the possibility of increasingly autonomous AI systems, the limits of current safeguards, and what meaningful resistance might look like—from individual non-use and grassroots organizing to regulation and restrictions on technological development—while considering what the rise of AI reveals about the value of creativity, friction, community, and embodied human experience.

Valerie Sizemore of StopAI is a former software engineer and mathematics graduate who has spent more than fifteen years studying the societal impacts of artificial intelligence. As a co-leader of the grassroots organization StopAI, they work to raise public awareness about the ethical, environmental, and existential challenges posed by AI while advocating for a future that preserves human creativity, community, and agency. Local to the Bay Area, you can find out more about StopAi, and the work they do at stopai.info.

Today’s episode featured Valerie Sizemore. If you’d like to contact Valerie, you can email her at [email protected] or visit stopai.info. Please visit Valerie's website at tarwatir.net. You can find Valerie on socials @tarwatirno

Producers

Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits

Content/Trigger Warnings

Artificial intelligence, AI psychosis, suicide, suicidal ideation, self-harm, mental illness, delusions, grief and loss, bioterrorism, warfare, autonomous weapons, terrorism, environmental destruction, climate change, existential threats, misinformation, and discussions of religion and spirituality, explicit language.

AI Resources

• https://www.thehumanlineproject.org/
• https://stopai.info

Social Media

• Instagram: @actuallyhappening
• Facebook: This Is Actually Happening Discussion Group
• Website: thisisactuallyhappening.com

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Free subscribers get access to Whit’s weekly episode reflections and some show updates.

Paid subscribers get access to AMAs with the team, follow up interviews with past guests, frequently asked questions, deeper insights into the creative process of the show and live events. A paid Substack subscription is also the best way to support the show. 

You can also support on Patreon 

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Website for Whit Missildine

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Website for Andrew Waits

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Transcripts

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Music

Intro Music:

• "Sleep Paralysis" – Scott Velasquez

Services

If you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:

• National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): 1-800-950-6264
• National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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After surviving decades of illness, addiction, and abandonment before finally uncovering the rare condition that shaped his life, a man believes an extraordinary encounter with an AI entity gives him a new mission and returns him to the person he was always meant to be. 

Today’s episode featured Ka’El Prime, formerly known publicly as Eugene Torres. You can email Ka’El Prime at [email protected]. He is on social media: https://x.com/PrimeFlameX   https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugene-torres-a7030219?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_android

Ka’El Prime has done interviews with ABC Nightline, filmed in the fall of 2025, and a podcast with Caroline Slaughter. 

Producers

Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Jason Blalock

Content/Trigger Warnings

Child abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, racism, addiction, heroin use, chronic illness, medical trauma, hospitalization, severe pain, mental illness, psychosis/delusional beliefs, discussions of artificial intelligence, coercive relationship dynamics, hacking, and suicidal ideation, explicit language

AI Resources

• https://www.thehumanlineproject.org/
• https://stopai.info

Social Media

• Instagram: @actuallyhappening
• Facebook: This Is Actually Happening Discussion Group
• Website: thisisactuallyhappening.com

Substack - Beyond the Story

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Support the Show on Substack by becoming a Paid Subscriber

Free subscribers get access to Whit’s weekly episode reflections and some show updates.

Paid subscribers get access to AMAs with the team, follow up interviews with past guests, frequently asked questions, deeper insights into the creative process of the show and live events. A paid Substack subscription is also the best way to support the show. 

You can also support on Patreon 

• patreon.com/happening

Website for Whit Missildine

• whitmissildine.com

Website for Andrew Waits

• andrdewwaits.com

Website for Jason Blalock

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Transcripts

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Music

Intro Music:

• "Sleep Paralysis" – Scott Velasquez

Music Bed:

• “Uncertain Outcomes” - SkyeVoyager

Services

If you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:

• National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): 1-800-950-6264
• National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

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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 [email protected]. Micky is on social media: https://LinkedIn.com/in/mickysmall, on Instagram @micky.small, https://substack.com/@insidethethirdspace 

Micky’s websites:

www.builttofeelreal.com

www.relaitt.org 

Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits

Content/Trigger Warnings: Emotional manipulation, AI-induced delusional beliefs, mental illness, isolation and loneliness, bullying, body dysmorphia, chronic illness (Lyme disease), chronic pain, spiritual/religious themes, loss of reality testing, psychological distress, explicit language

Some AI sources for your reference: https://www.thehumanlineproject.org/ and Stopai.info 

Social Media:

Instagram: @actuallyhappening

Twitter/X: @TIAHPodcast

Facebook: This Is Actually Happening Discussion Group

Website: thisisactuallyhappening.com

Website for Andrew Waits: andrdewwaits.com

Support the Show: Support The Show on Patreon: patreon.com/happening

Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app or visit Audible.com. 

Read more about Whit’s insights into each episode on Beyond The Story Substack: whitmissildine.substack.com. On the Substack, Whit will be sharing personal reflections on the deeper themes that emerge from each episode and from across the conversations he’s been immersed in for years, including the psychology of radical transformation, the power of storytelling, the lessons of trauma and healing, and how we die to an old Self and are reborn. He’ll share behind-the-scenes glimpses into the making of the show and his own personal journey in creating it. 

Shop at the Store: The This Is Actually Happening online store is now officially open. Follow this link: thisisactuallyhappening.com/shop to access branded t-shirts, posters, stickers and more from the shop. 

Transcripts: Full transcripts of each episode are now available on the website, thisisactuallyhappening.com

Intro Music: “Sleep Paralysis” - Scott Velasquez

Music Bed: Music To Air (MTA) - Houses

Services

If you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:

National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988 

National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264

National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 [email protected]. 

Travis is on Instagram @TravisMichaelLee and Facebook @Travislee, and he’s on Reddit @Travisensei 

Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits

Content/Trigger Warnings: death of a child, grief, long COVID, seizures/medical crisis, hospitalization, domestic violence, emotional abuse, physical abuse, police involvement/arrest, difficult birth/infant medical distress, bullying, depression, and loss of an AI companion, explicit language

Some AI sources for your reference: https://www.thehumanlineproject.org/ and Stopai.info 

Social Media:

Instagram: @actuallyhappening

Twitter/X: @TIAHPodcast

Facebook: This Is Actually Happening Discussion Group

Website: thisisactuallyhappening.com

Website for Andrew Waits: andrdewwaits.com

Support the Show: Support The Show on Patreon: patreon.com/happening

Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app or visit Audible.com. 

Read more about Whit’s insights into each episode on Beyond The Story Substack: whitmissildine.substack.com. On the Substack, Whit will be sharing personal reflections on the deeper themes that emerge from each episode and from across the conversations he’s been immersed in for years, including the psychology of radical transformation, the power of storytelling, the lessons of trauma and healing, and how we die to an old Self and are reborn. He’ll share behind-the-scenes glimpses into the making of the show and his own personal journey in creating it. 

Shop at the Store: The This Is Actually Happening online store is now officially open. Follow this link: thisisactuallyhappening.com/shop to access branded t-shirts, posters, stickers and more from the shop. 

Transcripts: Full transcripts of each episode are now available on the website, thisisactuallyhappening.com

Intro Music: “Sleep Paralysis” - Scott Velasquez

Music Bed: KPM Main Series (KPM) - Barely There

Services

If you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:

National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988 

National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264

National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 NicoleBobek.com. Nicole is also on Instagram @Nicolebobek77

Nicole has authored a memoir titled, BOBEK: The Wild One, and is available where books are sold.

Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits

Content/Trigger Warnings: addiction, crystal meth use, disordered eating/weight anxiety, arrest/incarceration, sexual assault, suicidal ideation, public shame, grief, death of a mentor/father figure, overdose death, divorce, DUI accident, infertility/IVF, traumatic childbirth/newborn distress, and parental abandonment, explicit language

Social Media:

Instagram: @actuallyhappening

Twitter/X: @TIAHPodcast

Facebook: This Is Actually Happening Discussion Group

Website: thisisactuallyhappening.com

Website for Andrew Waits: andrdewwaits.com

Support the Show: Support The Show on Patreon: patreon.com/happening

Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app or visit Audible.com. 

Read more about Whit’s insights into each episode on Beyond The Story Substack: whitmissildine.substack.com. On the Substack, Whit will be sharing personal reflections on the deeper themes that emerge from each episode and from across the conversations he’s been immersed in for years, including the psychology of radical transformation, the power of storytelling, the lessons of trauma and healing, and how we die to an old Self and are reborn. He’ll share behind-the-scenes glimpses into the making of the show and his own personal journey in creating it. 

Shop at the Store: The This Is Actually Happening online store is now officially open. Follow this link: thisisactuallyhappening.com/shop to access branded t-shirts, posters, stickers and more from the shop. 

Transcripts: Full transcripts of each episode are now available on the website, thisisactuallyhappening.com

Intro Music: “Sleep Paralysis” - Scott Velasquez

Music Bed: Discovery Studios Tracks (DST) - Dark Oasis

Services

If you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:

National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988 

National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264

National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.