What if you ran through the pain? [Rebroadcast #208]
This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
A man searches for healing after his father, a disgruntled post office worker, falls into a violent downward spiral.
Today we bring you the second episode of our annual 5-week summer rebroadcast series, airing 2 episodes a week. We will return with all new episodes starting Tuesday, September 16, 2025 . Today’s rebroadcast episode “What if you ran through the pain?” originally aired as episode 208 on October 19, 2021.
Today’s episode featured Miles. Today’s episode featured Miles. You can reach out to Miles by emailing him at [email protected].
Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Jason Blalock
Content/Trigger Warnings: suicide, mental illness, graphic violent imagery, workplace abuse, sexual harassment, explicit language
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Intro Music: “Sleep Paralysis” by Scott Velasquez
Music Bed: “Cylinder Four/Five” by Chris Zabriskie
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is Actually Happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events. |
| 0:04.9 | Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode and for more information about support services. |
| 0:16.5 | Hi listeners. Today we continue our annual five-week summer rebroadcast series. We'll return with all new episodes for season 15, starting September 16th. |
| 0:27.7 | Today's rebroadcast episode, What If You Ran Through the Pain? Originally aired as episode 208 on October 19th, 2021. |
| 0:40.3 | I was just in a haze. |
| 0:44.3 | Honestly, I don't even remember there being people there. |
| 0:47.3 | I just remember being, like, alone. |
| 0:49.3 | It was like I was in a whole other universe for like five to ten minutes just walking around, not like I couldn't function, I didn't know what to do. |
| 1:00.0 | From Wondery, I'm Whitmyssldine. You're listening to this is actually happening. |
| 1:13.6 | Episode You're listening to This Is Actually Happening. Episode 208 |
| 1:16.6 | What if you ran through the pain? |
| 1:24.6 | Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to exclusive episodes of This Is Actually Happening |
| 1:33.4 | by joining Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts. |
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| 2:12.4 | My father was born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. |
| 2:22.0 | He was a very athletic person, but he never really got to play any sports because he grew up very poor. |
| 2:32.7 | Not having a car to take him to and from school to practices to games really hindered his ability to even attempt to play any sports. |
| 2:37.5 | So he would just stay at the gym after school and work out. |
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