So THIS Happened...

Jen Cole and Rachel Chappelle
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“So THIS Happened…” is the podcast version of catching up with your most unfiltered friend over wine. Each week, Jen and Rachel dive into personal mishaps, past memories, local happenings, weird habits, and whatever else pops up — including the occasional celebrity headline we just have to talk about. It’s casual, it’s chaotic, and it’s all real.

  1. 4d ago ·  Video

    Episode 57 : Do It Scared

    Send us Fan Mail This week's Sip Squad Session brings So THIS Happened — Jen Cole and Rachel Chappelle's Wichita podcast for real talk, local culture, and the occasional Taylor Swift spiral — live to Tor Brewing for a night with Sophii Jones, founder of Jupiter House Marketing right here in Wichita, Kansas. It's a story about a promise made at 24, a decade of learning marketing the hard way, and what it actually takes to do the scary thing anyway. 🍻 Live at Tor Brewing The Sip Squad Session crowd packed into Tor Brewing for this one, and it did not disappoint. Merch was up for grabs all night — $10 badges reading "pairs well with champagne and caviar bumps" made by Happy Camper Hat Company (find them upstairs in the Ballroom Collective at The Workroom, thank you Kari!), plus gorgeous $15 silk scrunchies designed by Stella Hankins of Bella Bonita Designs. Huge thanks to Tor Brewing for hosting us, and to Tony Vu — aka DJ Panda — for running the show's audio and hype duties live. 🎲 This or That: Fandom Meets Real Life Sophii jumped right into This or That with the crowd, and a few highlights: Capsule wardrobe over cosplay closet — though she'll always love the chaos of a closet full of costumesDream collab: a toss-up between Taylor Swift and Pokémon (with a serious soft spot for the Kansas City Chiefs' marketing team too)Say yes to the chaos, then organize it before you execute — or as the Sip Squad already knows it: messy is our polish🪐 Do It Scared: Sophii Jones' Ten-Year Promise At 24, Sophii made herself a promise: pursue professional cosplay first, then build a marketing business by 35. Wichita's cosplay and content creation scene barely existed in 2014, so she taught herself marketing from scratch — audience building, community, brand voice — and fell in love with the craft along the way. That self-taught foundation carried her into nearly five years as Marketing Director for Misty Mountain Gaming, where her role kept expanding into product development, international manufacturing, and full business growth — including bringing the brand home to Wichita and collaborating with local creators. Then, in the same stretch of time, her marriage ended and she left Misty Mountain unexpectedly. Sophii calls herself "a blind leaper," and she leaned into that identity here too — describing the decade-old promise to herself as something that had simply been waiting to be unburied in the rubble. After years of traveling two to four weekends a month, landing back in Wichita gave her something travel never could: stillness, family, and the clarity to finally honor that promise. That promise became Jupiter House Marketing — named for the planet of expansion, wisdom, and financial abundance. Sophii built the name and the business around that symbolism on purpose: a daily reminder that marketing, done well, is about psychology, culture, and genuine human connection, not just tactics. 📣 What's Next for the Sip Squad A ticketed live collab event for the local production of Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Show is coming the last weekend of October at Doc's Hangar, presented with Vu Events and Douglas Production Group — more details dropping soonThe next Sip Squad Session lands at GROW on September 21 at 6:30 PM, featuring Katy Munden Hays of AlegriaUpcoming guests on the show: Niquela of Planted Tea Shop and Kelly of Bridely Boutique🥂 Before You Go Merch is live — Uncorked and Slightly Unhinged, and Pairs Well with Champagne & Caviar Bumps (10% of profits go to Ballet Wichita)Follow Sophii and Jupiter House Marketing on Facebook and Instagram, and find her personally at @sophiijayyyFollow along and never miss an episode — Spotify, YouTube, wherever you listen A huge thank you to our Season 2 partners for making nights like this one possible: Vu Events (it had to be Vu!), Colour Thairapy, and Backspace Media — Jen's own marketing company, putting her money where her mouth is this season. So THIS Happened is a lifestyle and personal growth podcast hosted by Jen Cole and Rachel Chappelle, based in Wichita, Kansas. Each episode explores the moments, people, and ideas that shape how we live — from local Wichita stories to conversations about identity, community, and becoming. New episodes drop weekly. Find us everywhere you listen. Support the show

    Episode 57 : Do It Scared

  2. Aug 20 ·  Video

    Episode 56 : Do it Lady, A Season 1 Throwback

    Send us Fan Mail This week, life happened — Rachel was in a car accident and is resting up (she's okay, just needs some downtime), so Jen hopped on solo for a quick check-in before rewinding the clock to one of our earliest episodes for a nostalgic replay: Episode 7, from exactly a year ago. THE SOLO CHECK-IN - Rachel is resting up after a car accident last week — she's okay, just needs the recovery time. Sending her all the love, Sip Squad. - Backspace Media officially launched last Friday — Jen's marketing company is live! - Jen attended her first Ballet Wichita board meeting and got the scoop on the upcoming Sparkling Social, September 3rd at Goldfinch. - Nick officially moved into Kansas State this week — cue the tears. - Join us for our next Sip Squad Session at Tor Brewing, upstairs in the loft, featuring Sophie Jones of Jupiter House Marketing and PR — doors around 6:00, kickoff at 6:30. Free to attend, with our hype man Tony Vu (DJ Panda) on the ones and twos. THE THROWBACK: EPISODE 7 A favorite from the vault! This week's rerun brings back one of our most-loved episodes — full of chaos, heart, and a story you have to hear to believe. - The infamous toe story — a driveway, a chunk of toe, and a neighbor who really did not sign up for that. - Jen's brush with an influencer scam — a brand collab that seemed way too good to be true (because it was). - This or That: pickles vs. olives, extra ice vs. no ice, over vs. under, voice memo vs. long text, air dry vs. Dyson, candle vs. diffuser, binge vs. weekly, and morning person vs. "don't talk to me till 10." BEFORE YOU GO - Sip Squad Session — Sunday at Tor Brewing with Sophie Jones of Jupiter House Marketing and PR - Merch is live — Uncorked & Slightly Unhinged, plus Bella Bonita scrunchies and Happy Camper patches (Pairs Well with Champagne & Caviar Bumps line, 10% of profits to Ballet Wichita) - Got a question, guest idea, or local suggestion? Send it our way — DM us or email sothishappenedpodcast@gmail.com This episode is proudly sponsored by Vu Events — It had to be Vu! — along with our Season Partners, Colour Thairapy and Backspace Media. So THIS Happened is a lifestyle and personal growth podcast hosted by Jen Cole and Rachel Chappelle, based in Wichita, Kansas. Each episode explores the moments, people, and ideas that shape how we live — from local Wichita stories to conversations about identity, community, and becoming. New episodes drop weekly. Find us everywhere you listen. Support the show

    Episode 56 : Do it Lady, A Season 1 Throwback

  3. Aug 13 ·  Video

    Episode 55 : Don't Give a Chic

    Send us Fan Mail It's the dead center of August in Wichita, and So THIS Happened hosts Jen Cole and Rachel Chappelle are living squarely in "the in-between" — still sweating through summer, already reaching for pumpkin spice. Grab the last pour of a good rosé and settle in, because this one's got Trend Decoder history, a big event announcement, and a Taylor Swift deep-dive that gets surprisingly tender. TREND DECODER: A PERSONAL BEST Rachel went in blind, as always, and walked away with a perfect score — 4 out of 4, her best Trend Decoder performance yet (up from 3.5 out of 4 last time). - "Things More Damaging Than..." — Rachel nailed the format on the first guess, riffing on things more damaging than a glass of wine before landing squarely on the real trend - "Extra Services I Offer That No One Ever Books..." — another direct hit, complete with a pitch for a So THIS Happened version (therapist, hydrator, on-call Band-Aid dispenser) - Bonus round: "Kinda Chic" — didn't count toward the score, but gave us the line of the night and, fittingly, this episode's title ONE LAST POUR: VINZANT WINES' EVIE & ROSE The girls poured the final bottle of the rosé VinZant Wines sent home with Jen from Kansas City — Evie & Rose, a classically fermented rosé with wild strawberry and citrus notes. Verdict: smooth, well-balanced, and worth seeking out. You can find VinZant pours locally at Bubbles Champagne Bar. THE IN-BETWEEN This week's episode theme, and it showed up everywhere: still summer by the calendar, already fall in spirit. The proof was in the details — a Pumpkin Spice Espresso Martini at this week's Coffee Break session at GROW, back-to-school for Nathan (Jen's youngest, starting his senior year) the same week Jen's oldest, Nick, heads off to Kansas State. Two very different kinds of goodbye, landing in the same seven days. Also very "in-between": Jen's marketing company, Backspace Media, is relaunching — new site landing at backspacewichita.com this week, with personal branding, podcast coaching, and event content creation services now open for booking. SOMETHING'S BREWING: A RICHARD O'BRIEN'S ROCKY HORROR SHOW NIGHT So THIS Happened is teaming up with Vu Events, Douglas Production Group, and the Rocky Horror Show team for a ticketed, dress-up event at Doc's Hangar at the end of October. Expect a live podcast recording, special guests, and full themed energy — ticket price and date are still being finalized, so watch the socials for the Facebook event drop. HITS DIFFERENT: "CRUEL SUMMER" — TAYLOR SWIFT This week's pick, from Taylor Swift's Lover album, chosen for obvious August-shaped reasons. - Rachel's read: a song about fleeting summer relationships and the nostalgia that lingers — loving something fully while already knowing it won't last - Jen connected it to her own "church camp boyfriend" summers, and the bittersweet summer she started dating her daughter Macy's dad right before leaving for college - The two agreed the song isn't just about romance — seasonal friendships and "ladies room best friend" moments carry the same fleeting, worth-it feeling - Bonus tangent: Jen's infamous Eastborough speeding ticket (22 in a 20, on the way to buy fox ears for a Halloween costume) — filed permanently under fall nostalgia BEFORE YOU GO - Merch is live — Pairs Well with Champagne and Caviar Bumps, plus scrunchies from Bella Bonita Designs and patches from Happy Camper Hat Company - Next Sip Squad Session: Sunday, August 23rd, 6:30 PM at Tor Brewing, featuring Sophii Jones of Jupiter House Marketing & PR - Come hungry — Tor's Cajun fries and chicken sandwich came up more than once - Backspace Media is officially relaunching — follow along at backspacewichita.com Thank you to our Season 2 partners: Vu Events, Colour Thairapy, and Backspace Media — Jen's own marketing company. (Yes, Backspace Media is Jen's business — consider this our disclosure!) So THIS Happened is Wichita's podcast for real talk, local culture, and the occasional Taylor Swift spiral. Hosted by Jen Cole and Rachel Chappelle. New episodes drop weekly — find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Support the show

    Episode 55 : Don't Give a Chic

  4. Aug 6 ·  Video

    Episode 54 : Well-Rounded & Brain Sounded

    Send us Fan Mail So THIS Happened, the Wichita, Kansas podcast hosted by Jen Cole and Rachel Chappelle, is back with something new: for the first time all of Season 2, it's just the two of them. Episode 54 covers a lot of ground — a Season 2 recap, a big announcement from Jen, new board news, the first taste of a wine that's been waiting since the Fourth of July, and Taylor Swift's “Anti-Hero” as this week's Hits Different pick. 🎲 Trend Decoder: Brain Sounds & How to Summon Me Trend Decoder makes its Season 2 debut, and Rachel comes out swinging. “How My Brain Sounds” — creators soundtrack the chaos of juggling everything at once. Rachel's guesses (amusement park noise, a parenting mystery, Disturbed's “Down With the Sickness” playing over a work meltdown) landed close enough to earn serious points.“How to Summon Me” — Rachel nailed this one instantly: coffee, wine, and a favorite band are apparently all it takes.The line “well-rounded and brain sounded” came out of this segment — and yes, it's officially T-shirt material. It's also this episode's name. 📋 Season 2 So Far Three episodes into Season 2 and there's already a lot to recap: The Dr. Shareika Fisher episode — the “bet on yourself” conversation that turned into an impromptu girls' night around Wichita, closing down Greater Grounds and Morts along the way.The first-ever live Sip Squad Session with Stella Hankins of Bella Bonita Designs — a packed house, new faces, and a night neither host wanted to end. 📣 Breaking the 4th Wall: Backspace Media Is Back You've heard “Backspace Media, my own marketing company” as a sponsor mention for weeks — here's what it actually means. Jen is relaunching Backspace Media, offering podcast consulting, personal branding consulting, content creation and UGC, and social media coaching. If that sounds like something you need, reach out — Jen would love to talk. 🍷 Finally Sipping Vinzant Wines A full month after Jen's Fourth of July trip to Kansas City, the Vinzant Wines finally get poured on mic — starting with what might be Jen's new favorite Cabernet Sauvignon. A rosé from the same haul is still waiting in the wings for episode 55. 🩰 Ballet Wichita Board News Jen has officially been voted onto the board of Ballet Wichita — a full-circle moment for a partnership the show has loved from day one. Ballet Wichita's new season includes The Spirit Bride (Oct 9–10 at Newman University), The Nutcracker (Dec 18–20 at DOC), and The Ice Queen (summer 2027). 🎃 Sponsoring Rocky Horror  So THIS Happened is officially a sponsor of this fall's Rocky Horror — a separate production from Ballet Wichita, though the two share some familiar faces. The show is directed by Ryan Schafer and runs two weekends at Docs Hangar, including a Halloween night midnight performance. 🎶 Hits Different: “Anti-Hero” — Taylor Swift This week's pick comes from the Midnights album. Rachel and Jen dig into the self-doubt, self-sabotage, and “everyone's judging me” anxiety at the heart of the song — and land on a theory about why “I stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror” hits as hard as it does. 📣 Before You Go Merch is live — Uncorked and Slightly Unhinged & Pairs Well with Champagne and Caviar Bumps (10% of profits go to Ballet Wichita)The next Sip Squad Session is August 23 at Tor Brewing with guest Sophii JonesThere's a new event in the works outside of Sip Squad Sessions — more details soonGot thoughts on this episode? Drop them in the comments — the Sip Squad always shows upSo THIS Happened is proudly sponsored by Vu Events, Colour Thairapy, and Backspace Media. 🥂 Cheers to being well-rounded (and a little brain sounded) So THIS happened. So THIS Happened is Wichita's podcast for real talk, local culture, and the occasional Taylor Swift spiral. Hosted by Jen Cole and Rachel Chappelle. New episodes drop weekly — find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Support the show

    Episode 54 : Well-Rounded & Brain Sounded

  5. Jul 30

    Episode 53 : A Fighter Named Milani

    Send us Fan Mail So THIS Happened is Wichita's podcast for real talk, local culture, and the occasional Taylor Swift spiral — and this week, Jen Cole and Rachel Chappelle headed out to Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Goddard, Kansas, just outside Wichita, to sit down with LynnLee Schmidt, COO of Tanganyika, for one of the most emotional episodes yet. By now, most of the Sip Squad has seen the videos: a newborn giraffe calf, born fighting for her life, now off oxygen and walking on her own. Her name is Milani. This episode is the story behind those clips — the decisions, the team, and the twenty-hour sprint that gave her a chance. 🦘 This or That: Wildlife Edition LynnLee jumped right into This or That with Jen and Rachel — kangaroo over sloth (“they're overrated,” she said, and she's not wrong), and a whole tangent on sloth toe counts none of us expected to learn. 🦒 Meet Milani Milani's story didn't start the night she was born — it started about a month and a half earlier, when her mom stopped eating. LynnLee walks us through the diagnosis, the impossible choice the team faced (there was never a “save the mom or save the calf” — it was lose them both, or try to save the calf), and the moment Milani took her first breath. 📞 The Phone Tree That Saves Giraffes What happened next was a twenty-hour sprint: an emergency call to the International Center for Giraffe Conservation, a colleague driving four hours with a cooler of banked giraffe plasma just in case, and Tanganyika's own director driving to a medical supply store to buy an oxygen machine — for a giraffe. LynnLee calls it a phone tree. It's really more of a “get in the car and go” tree. 💪 Holding Both The team spent two weeks on round-the-clock shifts — over 150 hours of overtime in the first week alone — helping Milani learn to hold her own head up, and eventually, to stand. LynnLee's description of that process (all the confidence, none of the coordination) had the whole room laughing through tears. As of this week, Milani is off oxygen and walking on her own. 🌍 Why Tanganyika Exists LynnLee unpacked her philosophy on conservation — what she calls “the conservation funnel.” Awareness, interest, action. It's why Tanganyika leans so heavily into hands-on animal encounters: people protect what they've actually touched. 🐜 What's Next at Tanganyika A brand-new baby giant anteater is now out on exhibit (gender still unknown), and Tanganyika's documentary Take Me to Mars — the story of Mars the pygmy hippo and the team behind him — premieres in person on August 19th before eventually heading to streaming. 📍 Find LynnLee & Tanganyika Wildlife Park Tanganyika Wildlife Park — Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and twpark.com LynnLee Schmidt — Animals Amplified (her leadership and culture coaching for zoo professionals) and LynnLee Writes (updates on her upcoming historical fiction novel about okapis)🥂 Before You Go Merch is live — Uncorked & Slightly Unhinged and Pairs Well with Champagne & Caviar Bumps (10% of profits go to Ballet Wichita). Code STHANNIVERSARY gets you 15% off through July 31.Want to be a guest on the pod? We're always open — reach out!Follow along for more from Tanganyika, including the baby anteater and the Take Me to Mars premiere So THIS Happened is proudly sponsored by Vu Events and Backspace Media, Jen's own company. And as always... 🦒 Milani is a fighter 🥂 Cheers to the whole team behind her 💖 And we'll see you next time   So THIS happened. So THIS Happened is Wichita's podcast for real talk, local culture, and the occasional Taylor Swift spiral. Hosted by Jen Cole and Rachel Chappelle. New episodes drop weekly — find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Support the show

  6. Jul 23

    Episode 52 : Pencil Before the Paint

    Send us Fan Mail So THIS Happened is Wichita's podcast for real talk, local culture, and the occasional glass of bubbles — and this episode marks a first: our very first live Sip Squad Session, recorded live from Bubbles Champagne Bar in downtown Wichita, Kansas, with hosts Jen Cole and Rachel Chappelle. Joining them live is Stella Hankins, founder and creative director of Bella Bonita Designs, a Wichita live-illustration and fine art studio. Stella's work has taken her from Prada and Dior runways to Fendi activations — and now to a storefront on St. Francis in downtown Wichita. Tonight, she's talking about all of it: the global career, the move home, and the quieter, harder season she's been walking through this year. FIRST-EVER LIVE SIP SQUAD SESSION This one was different from the jump — our first time recording live in front of an audience, and our first time broadcasting live on YouTube and Facebook. Huge thanks to Bubbles Champagne Bar for hosting, and to Tony Vu (DJ Panda) of Vu Events for keeping the room hyped all night. FROM RUSSIA TO WICHITA, BY WAY OF EVERYWHERE Stella was born in Russia and immigrated to the U.S. as a child, later living in Geneva, New York City, Paris, and Savannah before her family landed in Wichita. She built her live-illustration career along the way, working events for luxury brands including Prada, Tiffany & Co., Dior, and Fendi. Nearly a decade ago, she moved to Wichita to be closer to family and ended up staying. She launched Bella Bonita Designs in January 2020 — timing that meant starting a business right as the world shut down. The studio pivoted early into mask-making and community mask drives before growing into the working studio and storefront it is today. NINE YEARS SOBER, REBUILDING AFTER A BREAKUP Stella has been sober for nine years. This past year, she's navigated the end of an eight-year relationship — a breakup she's walked through fully sober, leaning on new outlets instead of old habits. She talked openly about what's helped: AA meetings, her sponsor, spontaneous trips, the shooting range with her mom, and journaling that turns into sketches. "Once you get rid of that block," she said, "it opens up so many other channels." Her advice for anyone sitting with something hard right now: time actually does heal — listen to the signs when something isn't working, and trust the process of honoring what's right for you. BEFORE YOU GO Find Stella and Bella Bonita Designs on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook @bellabonitadesigns, or online at bellabonitadesigns.com. Visit the studio in person, diagonal from Bubbles Champagne Bar on St. Francis in downtown Wichita, open Wednesday–Saturday, 10am–6pm.  Sip Squad merch is live — Uncorked and Slightly Unhinged is 15% through July 31 with code STHANNIVERSARY, and Messy is My Polished (10% of profits go to Ballet Wichita). This episode is proudly presented by Vu Events — "It had to be Vu!" — and recorded live at Bubbles Champagne Bar. So THIS Happened is Wichita's podcast for real talk, local culture, and the occasional Taylor Swift spiral. Hosted by Jen Cole and Rachel Chappelle. New episodes drop weekly — find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. So THIS happened. Support the show

  7. Jul 16

    Episode 51: Many Hats, Many Tales, One Squad

    Send us Fan Mail Season 2 of the Wichita podcast So THIS Happened kicks off with hosts Jen Cole and Rachel Chappelle, joined by Wichita entrepreneur Dr. Shareika Fisher of Reitreat Consulting and Freish Florals. 🎉 Season 2 Kickoff Fresh off their Anniversary Party at Bubbles Champagne Bar (presented by Vu Events), Jen and Rachel recap surprising Season 1 guests with custom Bella Bonita Designs scrunchies, plus new "Pairs Well with Champagne & Caviar Bumps" patches from Happy Camper Hat Company. 🍷 Wine, World Cup & the Plaza Jen recaps a 4th of July weekend road trip to Kansas City, tasting Riesling and rosé from Vinzant Wines inside the Made in KC boutique on the Plaza, right as World Cup crowds packed the streets for Colombia's match at Arrowhead Stadium. 🩰 Alice in Wonderland with Ballet Wichita The hosts dressed up (Mad Hatter hat and bunny ears included) for Ballet Wichita's traveling production of Alice in Wonderland, bringing their Instagram giveaway winner Mikayla and friends along for a night out at Goldfinch. 🎩 Wearing Many Hats with Dr. Shareika Fisher Recorded live at Greater Grounds, this Season 2 premiere features Dr. Shareika Fisher, founder of Reitreat Consulting ("Wonder Woman for executives") and Freish Florals, and the new coordinator behind Lead Wichita's Global Leadership Summit, returning August 6-7 at INTRUST Bank Arena. Jen, Rachel, and Shareika talk through what it really means to wear many hats across Wichita's nonprofit, entrepreneurial, and creative spaces, from protecting your calendar to leaning into your strengths. Freish Florals recently joined the approved vendor list at Bradley Fair, and Shareika's Floral Fridays are not to be missed. 📣 Before You Go Join us live! Sip Squad Sessions kicks off July 20 at Bubbles Champagne Bar with guest Stella Hankins of Bella Bonita Designs. Merch is live: Uncorked & Slightly Unhinged, code STHANNIVERSARY for 15% off through 7/31. Find Dr. Shareika Fisher: Instagram @dr.reirei | LinkedIn: Shareika Fisher Find Freish Florals: Instagram @freish_florals So THIS Happened is Wichita's podcast for real talk, local culture, and the occasional Taylor Swift spiral. Hosted by Jen Cole and Rachel Chappelle. New episodes drop weekly — find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Proudly sponsored by Vu Events — it had to be Vu! Support the show

  8. Jun 18

    Episode 50 : Down the Rabbit Hole We Go

    Send us Fan Mail Episode fifty. FIFTY. And we went out exactly the way we started — just the two of us, a bottle of wine, and absolutely no shortage of things to say. Season 1 is officially in the books, and this episode is equal parts celebration and rabbit hole. We're talking merch launches, ballet tickets, anniversary party updates, a Trend Decoder segment that got surprisingly deep, and a sneak peek at what Season 2 has in store. Buckle up, Sip Squad. 🐇 🍾 This episode is sponsored by Vu Events We love you, Jovana! Vu Events is Wichita’s go-to for unforgettable events. Whether you’re planning a wedding, corporate event, or anything in between — it had to be Vu! Follow them at @vueventplanning and tell them So THIS Happened sent you. 📱 Trend Decoder: Show Me Your Grip Trend Decoder is back! We started Season 1 with this segment, and it only felt right to end with it too. Tonight’s trend: Show Me Your Grip. Rachel went full spiral before landing on something that honestly exceeded the actual trend: a metaphor for holding on through 50 episodes, through a whole year, through all of it. Jen’s take was literal — the viral trend of women showing everything stacked in one hand as they walk out the door in the morning — keys, coffee, water bottle, sunglasses, lip stuff, and approximately four other things that don’t fit in women’s pockets because women’s pockets are a joke. Rachel also proposed activating Stitch mode (six arms, no waiting) and theorized a carpal tunnel gender gap study. So yes, it went places. "We started this thing and we gripped on tight, and we did it every week." — Rachel 🥂 New Merch Drop: Pairs Well with Champagne & Caviar Bumps Today we hard-launched our newest merch line — inspired by our good friend Brent, former Executive Director of Ballet Wichita, who introduced us to our first caviar bumps (and a whole lot of Veuve Clicquot). It started with Brent saying “Hey, I love your podcast” one night at the Brickyard, and look where we are now. 10% of profits from the Pairs Well with Champagne & Caviar Bumps line go to Ballet Wichita. Because that’s just how this story goes. Shop the new line + all our merch here. And don’t forget — the Uncorked & Slightly Unhinged line is 15% off through July 31 with code STHANNIVERSARY. Ballet Wichita Giveaway: Alice in Wonderland We’ve been invited as guests to Ballet Wichita’s production of Alice in Wonderland — June 27 at 2 PM at Friends University. AND we’re giving away two tickets to one lucky Sip Squad member + their plus one. Here’s the full circle moment: Jen’s son played the Mad Hatter in his high school’s state-winning production of Alice by Heart this year. So naturally, the This or That for the giveaway is... Mad Hatter or White Rabbit? 🎩🐇 Head to our Instagram for the giveaway post, drop your answer in the comments, and you’re entered. Winner chosen at random via randomizer.org. P.S. Jen is going as the Mad Hatter. Rachel already bought white rabbit ears on Amazon. We are dressing up and we hope you will too. 🥂 Anniversary Party: Uncorked, Unhinged & Bubbling Over Date: July 12th, 2:00–4:00 PMLocation: Bubbles Champagne BarFree to attend — guests cover their own refreshmentsPresenting sponsor: Vu Events | Venue sponsor: Bubbles Champagne BarSpecialty cocktail menu in the works with Bubbles — very purple, very glittery, very usFun collab with Stella of Bella Bonita DesignsSurprise gifts for all Season 1 guests — we’re not saying more than thatDJ Panda will be there. It’s gonna be a whole vibe.Side note: Jen got a tattoo at Bubbles during RoséFest last Sunday, and Jovana did too. This is the kind of thing that only happens when you’re a ginormous Bubbles fan. 💻 Digital Wichita’s Digital Day By the time this episode drops Thursday morning, Digital Day will be just four hours from starting. Jen is Vice Chair of Digital Wichita, So THIS Happened is a proud sponsor, and the whole Wichita digital community is about to be in one place at one time. If you’re in the Wichita area and haven’t checked it out — look it up! 🚀 Season 2 Is Coming We’re taking a two-week break to regroup, plan, and polish — and then Season 2 kicks off with a bang. Jen wore a sloth shirt to the recording as an Easter egg, and if you know who in Wichita has sloths... you already know where we’re headed. Tanganyika Wildlife Park is coming to Season 2. We’re recording on site. That’s all we’re saying. 🦥 Plus: more live and in-person episodes, new segments, more collabs, and a potential So THIS Happened girls trip that somehow evolved into a listener trip within about 45 seconds. We have ideas. We’re brewing and stewing. Stay tuned. 📣 Before You Go 🎩 Enter the Alice in Wonderland giveaway — Mad Hatter or White Rabbit? Comment on the Instagram giveaway post to enter🎉 Join us July 12 at Bubbles — the anniversary party is FREE and the Sip Squad is going to be in the building🛄 Shop merch at the link below — new Champagne & Caviar Bumps line is live, Uncorked & Slightly Unhinged is 15% off with code STHANNIVERSARY through July 31🎧 Subscribe on Spotify and YouTube so you don’t miss the Season 2 launch⭐ Leave us a review if this podcast has made you laugh, think, or accidentally spiral on a trend for ten minutes Long live the Sip Squad. We’ll see you in Season 2. 🥂 Support the show

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“So THIS Happened…” is the podcast version of catching up with your most unfiltered friend over wine. Each week, Jen and Rachel dive into personal mishaps, past memories, local happenings, weird habits, and whatever else pops up — including the occasional celebrity headline we just have to talk about. It’s casual, it’s chaotic, and it’s all real.

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    Jen Cole and Rachel Chappelle
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
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