{"podcast":{"title":"This Is Actually Happening","slug":"this-is-actually-happening-314652","podcast_index_feed_id":314652,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/this-is-actually-happening-podcast","website_url":"https://wondery.com/shows/this-is-actually-happening/?utm_source=rss","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/9b/d6/3a/b8/9bd63ab8-64a1-4972-ae1e-6e6a65faa03c/c26d228c6962e10d76f6110091ca0a36297ef12133d281ee4bf2dcae9970415fb52726dae3e73347f69d42f7660ceca2eb372ce5979b0afa6b2ce7cf06e4b31c.jpeg","author":"Audible","episode_count":333,"summary":"What if you were trafficked into a cult...or were mauled by a grizzly bear...or were stabbed 27 times by a serial killer - what would you do? This is Actually Happening brings you extraordinary true stories of life-changing events told by the people who lived them. From a man who woke up in the morgue to a woman stranded in a Mexican desert fighting to survive, these stories will have you on the edge of your seat waiting to hear what happens next. Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of This Is Actually Happening ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T16:21:04.209546+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-actually-happening-314652"},"episode":{"title":"409: What if your child’s death opened up your life’s purpose?","slug":"409-what-if-your-child-s-death-opened-up-your-life-s-purpose","published_at":"2026-06-02T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-actually-happening-314652/409-what-if-your-child-s-death-opened-up-your-life-s-purpose","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-actually-happening-314652","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/5221f8f4-f38f-4608-9b22-c5b6b4591d87.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/5221f8f4-f38f-4608-9b22-c5b6b4591d87.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"After building the loving family she always wanted, a woman loses her youngest son to an unsecured gun, and turns her grief into a fight to protect other children.   Today’s episode featured Kristin Song. Kristin Miller Song is a writer and speaker whose work examines what it means to live through a profound before-and-after moment, and how a life is reshaped when certainty disappears. Her writing centers on loss, endurance, family, and moral reckoning, and is grounded in lived experience rather than instruction or argument. She has a memoir coming out next year. You can email Kristin at kristins1021@gmail.com. Kristin is on Substack @KristinMillerSong1, on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kristin.song.58 On LinkedIn @Kristin Song Kristin’s website where you can learn more about Ethan’s law and donate: https://songstrong.org/   Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Sara Marinelli   Content/Trigger Warnings: child death, gun violence, death by gunshot, unsecured firearms, traumatic grief, loss of a child, descriptions of a child’s fatal injury, parental guilt, suicidal ideation/depression, cancer and death of a parent, alcoholism, infidelity, divorce/family estrangement, financial insecurity, criminal/legal proceedings, and references to the Holocaust, explicit language   Social Media: Instagram: @actuallyhappening Twitter/X: @TIAHPodcast Facebook: This Is Actually Happening Discussion Group   Website: thisisactuallyhappening.com   Website for Andrew Waits: andrdewwaits.com Website for Sara Marinelli: saramarinelli.com   Support the Show: Support The Show on Patreon: patreon.com/happening Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audib…","meta_description":"After building the loving family she always wanted, a woman loses her youngest son to an unsecured gun, and turns her grief into a fight to protect other…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4121,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-is-actually-happening-314652/episodes/409-what-if-your-child-s-death-opened-up-your-life-s-purpose/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-actually-happening-314652/409-what-if-your-child-s-death-opened-up-your-life-s-purpose.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}