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This Actually Happened with Chad McKenzie

12 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 44 ratings

The greatest adventures rarely start out intentionally. They begin with a simple idea. They are debated. Inevitably someone will say it's impossible, it can't be done, and whoever attempts it will surely perish from the effort. Once the impossibility has been decided there always seems to be one man - one dumb man, who sets out to defy the odds (usually to impress a girl) and will risk his life to do so (and hopes that she's watching).

The best stories aren't always fiction. Before we begin I would remind you - this actually happened.

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Episodes

Kaboom

July 22, 2023 18:59 - 41 minutes - 57.1 MB

Trigger Warning: This episode discusses black magick, the occult, a historical semi-fictional HJ, multiple explosions and a celebrity cameo.  Contact: [email protected]

Ten Cent Beer Night

June 04, 2022 23:44 - 38 minutes - 53.1 MB

This one ends in a riot.  email: [email protected]

The One about Words

March 06, 2022 05:33 - 32 minutes - 44.8 MB

A light hearted romp about how a murderous psychopath gets his mojo back and the most complicated academic endeavor in history that didn't include some kind of math. Alexander Graham Bell makes a cameo, and JRR Tolkein gets told to sit down and shut up.  [email protected] Sources: The Meaning of Everything & The Professor and the Madman. 

How to Overthrow a Government

December 31, 2020 20:30 - 43 minutes - 40 MB

Throughout history there have been many reasons citizens chose to overthrow a government; religious persecution, oppression, lack of equal representation...and perhaps most important of all - bananas.  email: this [email protected]

Propaganda for Fun and Profit

February 03, 2020 02:47 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MB

The term propaganda has been dragged through the mud by those wacky communists and lighthearted dictators who prevent their citizens from accessing any information regarding the outside world...but did you know that Propaganda can be fun! Find out how the bitter taste of propaganda magically improves with a twist of capitalism! What does Jesus and Feminism have to do with smoking? Why is breakfast the most important meal of the day? What determines the insurance value of a butt? All this, ...

Fine Art for 39 Cents

October 13, 2019 20:45 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MB

Buried treasure. A leader on horseback. Men in positions of senior leadership forced to cross dress for the entertainment of their subordinates...Rubber butts? This is the story of Tupperware.  Email: [email protected] Instagram: ChadMcKenzie7  

How Drug Dealers created America's Most Popular Sport

July 28, 2019 23:16 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MB

If there is one thing unemployed people like to do is get drunk. This is the story of how The Great Depression, Prohibition, a little bath tub hooch and a lot of horsepower collided to produce one of the most boring spectacles on Earth - NASCAR. 

How Drug Dealers created America's Most Popular Sport

July 28, 2019 23:16 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MB

If there is one thing unemployed people like to do is get drunk. This is the story of how The Great Depression, Prohibition, a little bath tub hooch and a lot of horsepower collided to produce one of the most boring spectacles on Earth - NASCAR. 

You Go Glen Coco! - The Story of "Coco" Chanel

March 11, 2019 04:51 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MB

Building a business empire that lasts more than 100 years beyond its inception is no easy task. The road is even tougher if you’re an orphaned girl in early 1900’s France.   The name Chanel, however, lives on. It’s a story of overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds through seduction, resiliency, and little white lies. Throughout history there are countless examples of people using brute strength to win a battle. There is only one who did it in a little black dress.   This is the sto...

Episode 3: Take This Job and Shove It

October 15, 2018 02:29 - 29 minutes - 40.8 MB

Until 2013 Pope Celestine V was the only man in history to surrender his position. He was a man of great faith, bold decisions, and gnarly feet. 

Episode 2: The Transit of Venus or LG and the No Good, Very Bad Decade

September 29, 2018 15:09 - 20 minutes - 19.4 MB

They didn't have Xbox back in the 1700's so a bunch of guys set out to figure out the distance from the Earth to the Sun by sailing off to various points on the globe and watching the Transit of Venus.  Most of them were very successful. This is not their story.  

A story about revenge

August 01, 2018 23:51 - 44 minutes - 20.9 MB

When your family is betrayed and your daughters are kidnapped revenge is in order. It also helps if you are what some might refer to as a "dictator." 

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