What Just Happened?

What Just Happened?
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What Just Happened's authors take a stroll through some of the most interesting, important and/or entertaining news stories from the week covered in the What Just Happened blog from their bases in the UK and USA. We read the news, because you can't be arsed.

Episodes

  1. 12/11/2024

    22nd November – Comedic Justice, Crypto Election Markets, Farms and Taxes, Can the Health Secretary tell you how a vaccine works?

    A tour of the semi-comedic bi-weekly news round up: What Just Happened?! https://whatjusthappened.news/ Find us on Twitter and Facebook @wjhblog The Onion buys Infowars at its court ordered sale of the business after Infowars was successfully sued for $1.5 billion dollars by the families of the Sandy Hook victims and survivors; following Infowars spouting out slanderous and reprehensible lies about the tragic school shooting. Last summer a federal judge ordered that (the now previous) Infowars owner, Alex Jones, would have to liquidate his personal assets in order to move towards righting his wrongs.

  2. 10/28/2020

    Bonus: Who’s Getting Rich from PPE in the UK? (27th October)

    In this bonus episode of the podcast, we take a deep dive into who exactly is making hundreds of millions of pounds from uncontested contracts for (often unusable) PPE in the UK, and why that should probably have us a little concerned.Get a $20 Amazon giftcard when you sign up to podcast hosting with Buzzsprout!Blog - https://whatjusthappened.news/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/whatjusthap...Twitter - https://twitter.com/wjhblogFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/wjhblogYoutube - https...

    Bonus: Who’s Getting Rich from PPE in the UK? (27th October)

  3. 10/28/2020

    Bonus: The WJH take on Covid in the UK (16th October)

    From the video version of our blog on 16th October, we bring you a full rundown of our take on what the state of Covid is in the UK. Check out the blog post for accompanying graphs and links to all our sources.Blog - https://whatjusthappened.news/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/whatjusthap...Twitter - https://twitter.com/wjhblogFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/wjhblogYoutube - https://youtube.com/channel/UCP-GZj7SpbjWAkGrGqYa0cg

    Bonus: The WJH take on Covid in the UK (16th October)

  4. 07/04/2020

    4th July - Change Places! Mount (Rush)more Culture War and The Encryption that Wasn't

    Ali & Will take another weekly gander through some hand-picked news stories, straight from the vines of nonsense. This week we discuss the huge changes to coronavirus restrictions in the UK, Trump's Mt Rushmore, and weirdly, German Football amongst other things.Check out the blog at whatjusthappened.news

  5. 06/28/2020

    27th June - Why We Can’t Have Nice Stuff, Recreational Sheep, and Pointless Planes

    Will and Ali take their usual leisurely gander through the news. This week: CHAZiots of Fire, Ketty Sheep, Pandemic insurance and of course much much more.Check out the block at whatjusthappened.news

  6. 06/14/2020

    13th June - Tearing Down Walls, Chickens without Borders, Trace Your Enthusiasm

    Good news! This week’s good news should be a telling lesson to us all. When the coronavirus pandemic hit, the Israeli army commandeered a number of hotels in which to quarantine Covid-19 patients. The majority were reserved for the exclusive use of orthodox Jews. A few, however, took patients from across the spectrum of religion and atheism and housed them in close quarters, far from the usual government-designed segregation and division. The result was a resounding success which saw Israelis...

  7. 06/06/2020

    6th June - Police the Police, Review the Peer-Reviewers; Mole Rats and Tokamaks.

    We take you on an audible tour of this week's blog, featuring stories involving: the terrifying descent into the Police State of America, the HCQ mess, Trump burrowing, and some good news from the French!Read the full blog post at whatjusthappened.news

  8. 05/31/2020

    30th May - The Tail Flagging the Dog, Democracy Manifest, Who Built the United States?

    As ever, it would be easy to become convinced that the entirety of 2020 is a faeces-filled pit of despair in which we’re all treading water trying to keep our heads above the shit. But, as the economy continues to collapse and US unemployment creeps towards 25%, we bring you: GOOD NEWS! Inspiring stories are emerging in the UK of the roles the furloughed or newly-unemployed are taking on, many of them voluntary. Take the example of Cornelius Wilson the BA pilot working as a volunteer ambulanc...

  9. 05/23/2020

    23rd May – Basic Needs, Freedom & Opium, WTHCQ?!

    We take you on an audible tour of this week's blog, featuring stories involving: the history of Hong Kong; why the hell people are buying HCQ; the history of a rental car company and it's unusual choice of brand ambassadors; and why the money is broken.Listen here and read here https://whatjusthappened.news/2020/05/23/23rd-may-basic-needs-freedom-opium-wthcq/

  10. 05/16/2020

    16th May - Orwellian Distractions, The Dutch Connection and why Professionals > Politicians

    Ali and Will take you on a leisurely gander through this weeks What Just Happened blog, a selection of this weeks most important (or weirdest) stories.Read the blog at whatjusthappened.newsGet in touch with us on Twitter.

  11. 05/10/2020

    May 10th: Florida Man Launches Coup, Giant F'ing Hornets, Justice shall be done?

    William and Alistair take you on a tour of their semi-comedic weekly news round up: What Just Happened?!https://whatjusthappened.news/Find us on Twitter and Facebook @wjhblog

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What Just Happened's authors take a stroll through some of the most interesting, important and/or entertaining news stories from the week covered in the What Just Happened blog from their bases in the UK and USA. We read the news, because you can't be arsed.

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  • Creator
    What Just Happened?
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    11
  • Rating
    Clean
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