360: What if you were lost in an Arctic blizzard?
This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
A man’s elective amputation sets him free to be the adventurer he’s always wanted to be, but the trip of a lifetime to the Canadian Arctic profoundly tests the limits of his new body.
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Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Forrest Chiras
Content/Trigger Warnings: divorce, bodily injury, amputation, elective amputation, chronic pain, descriptions of pain, extreme weather, hypothermia, suffering, explicit language
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Intro Music: ""Illabye"" – Tipper
Music Bed: “Sleep Paralysis” - Scott Velasquez
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to exclusive episodes of This Is Actually Happening |
| 0:05.0 | by joining Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:09.6 | This Is Actually Happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events. |
| 0:13.9 | Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode |
| 0:17.0 | and for more information about support services. |
| 0:30.6 | Hi listeners. You might notice a change in our opening music for the show. |
| 0:35.4 | Due to a licensing issue with our previous track, we've been forced to create a new one. |
| 0:39.0 | So we say goodbye to the previous opener, Elaby, with a special thanks to Tipper for the use of his track over many seasons. |
| 0:43.3 | But we welcome in a new one, called Sleep Paralysis, |
| 0:47.4 | composed specifically for the show by Scott Velazquez, |
| 0:51.0 | who worked with us to create something that would keep the same vibe, but reflect |
| 0:54.9 | a fresh take on the opening of the show with even greater depth. So a huge thanks to Scott, |
| 1:00.1 | an extended appreciation to all the artists that helped create so much to make this show happen. |
| 1:04.9 | And now we bring you today's episode. What if you were lost in an Arctic blizzard? |
| 1:11.6 | I remember looking around thinking that death was like a membrane, |
| 1:16.6 | and I felt like I could reach out and I could touch it, |
| 1:19.6 | like he would touch the surface of water, and that water would ripple. |
| 1:23.6 | It was like I was encapsulated by the possibility of death. And anything I touched, I could tap it, it would ripple. It was like I was encapsulated by the possibility of death. And anything I touched, |
| 1:30.1 | I could tap it. It would ripple. It was really surreal. |
| 1:37.8 | From Wondery, I'm Witt Misseldine. |
| 1:47.0 | You're listening to This Is Actually Happening. |
| 1:52.8 | Episode 360. |
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