232: What if you committed a hate crime?
This Is Actually Happening
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4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
“The feeling of unknowing while you’re going through that is probably the strongest, most terrifying feeling I’ve ever felt.”
Today’s episode featured Matt Boman. You can find out more about Matt on Instagram @studioboman , on his website, studioboman.com, and you can check out his car’s tik tok page @the_namastang . If you’d like to contact him directly, you can email him at [email protected]
Producers: Whit Missildine, Jason Blalock
Episode Summary: A man suffers a serious injury after a drunken fight, but in its wake, a deeper unhealed wound festers that leads to an act of hate.
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Content/Trigger Warnings: hate crime, graphic violence, graphic medical scenarios, explicit language
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is actually happening, features real experiences that often include traumatic events. |
| 0:04.2 | Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode, |
| 0:07.6 | and for more information about support services. |
| 0:18.7 | The feeling of unknowing while you're going through that is probably the strongest, |
| 0:23.9 | the most terrifying feeling I've ever felt. |
| 0:26.6 | I don't know, it's just like a blackness, like a hole inside of you. |
| 0:41.3 | From laundry, I'm Whit Missildine. |
| 0:44.6 | You are listening to this is actually happening. |
| 0:47.3 | Episode 232. |
| 0:56.3 | What if you committed a hate crime? |
| 1:01.3 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to this is actually happening. |
| 1:10.0 | Add free on Amazon Music. |
| 1:12.2 | Download the app today. |
| 1:26.2 | I was born in Jonesburg, Georgia, 1984. |
| 1:30.9 | I grew up in a house in the woods, probably about an hour south of Atlanta. |
| 1:35.6 | I had an ideal southern nature-based upbringing, very stable home, loving parents, I have two |
| 1:43.8 | wonderful siblings, an older brother and a younger sister. |
| 1:48.0 | A lot of my early days were spent stomping through the woods with our dogs and army backpacks, |
| 1:54.5 | going on adventures. |
| 1:57.1 | My mom is a wonderful librarian, retired, an English teacher, and my dad is an efficiency |
| 2:03.0 | guy for a big corporation, which I guess made him very popular in work. |
| 2:08.2 | He would basically time people to do tasks, which they probably hated. |
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