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Soon after returning from a long trip abroad, Whit Missildine, our creator and host of the show, sud

An impromptu hiking trip turns suddenly to disaster.Listen to exclusive episodes of This is Actually

Growing up with a sense of heroic duty, a man becomes a cop fighting the drug war, when the sobering

A woman growing up in poverty in Jamaica is abandoned by her mother at an early age, and as her stor

After learning to endure a toxic relationship with his father, a man crafts a ‘good life’ filled wit

Growing up in a family full of secrets, a woman experiences a complex trauma and buries a secret of

A young woman on a backpacking trip in Bali faces a series of misfortunes, but just as she’s leaving

A young man looking for a quick way to get rid of student loan debt gambles with his life and nearly

A woman with severe harm OCD encounters the many faces of death and dying but finds renewal in carin

After tragedy strikes a Vietnamese refugee family, a young man finds his new home in a violent gang,

Growing up in a broken home with a loving mother, a woman faces disturbing and routine abuse from he

A woman experiences a childhood trauma, facing silence and betrayal in the aftermath, but a when une

Growing up with a solid Midwestern childhood, and man discovers the wonders of the Hawaiian ocean, w

After falling into a co-dependent relationship, a woman’s boyfriend begins a bewildering decline, bu

Growing up with a controlling and mentally abusive mother, a woman suffers from a severe eating diso

Navigating a chaotic upbringing, a man finds his path through sports, military and grueling police w

Finally emerging from her critical and violent home life, a teenager suffers a freak electrocution f

Bullied from a young age, a woman’s insecurities lead her to a highly toxic relationship she can’t s

Growing up in a very strict Persian-Indian-American family with an abusive father, a woman vows neve

Escaping a world of gangs and drugs, a man joins the military and becomes a veteran of Iraq, but the