Whit
Missildine

In 2012 I created the This Is Actually Happening, a storytelling podcast featuring uncanny, extraordinary true stories of radically transformative experiences that have altered the lives of ordinary people. Growing the show from a small side project in 2012 into a weekly show, acquired by the Wondery network in 2020,  now with over 300 episodes and over 1 million unique listeners, has been one the greatest gifts of my life.

 

In addition to the podcast, I occasionally produce and direct documentary films, including a feature length documentary, "All Contained in Void," which premiered at the SF Indiefest in 2015. 

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In a parallel life, I have a PhD in Social Psychology, and for over a decade my work focused on behavior change, workplace cognition and accelerated innovation through experiential learning. 

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I feel lucky in my life to have such diverse opportunities to explore the outer limits of human psychology, how we make sense of a complex world, how we change and transform, blending insights from in depth interviews on trauma and transformation, as well as cognitive science, business, and creative pursuits to explore a wide spectrum of human behavior.