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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, hosts Jen Cole and Rachel Chappelle traded their usual couch for a live audience at the B-29 DOC Hangar in Wichita, Kansas, for a special episode behind the curtain of Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Show Wichita. Joining them: Jesse Bourque, Ry...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 61 Show Notes — Fair Words Featuring Katy Munden Hays of Alegria Fair — recorded live at GROW Plant Bar So THIS Happened, Wichita's podcast for real talk and local culture, welcomed Katy Munden Hays of Alegria Fair to the mic for a live Sip Squad Session at GROW Plant Bar in downtown Wichita. Hosted by Jen Cole and Rachel Chappelle, this episode covers Katy's reb...

Send us Fan Mail So THIS Happened is Wichita's podcast for real talk, real stories, and the occasional glass of wine — and this week Jen Cole and Rachel Chappelle sat down with Kelly, owner of Bridely Boutique, a bridal boutique in Wichita, Kansas, built on one simple idea: buying your wedding dress should feel like an experience, not a transaction. 💍 Meet Kelly of Bridely Boutique After mor...

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 hosts Jen Cole and Rachel Chappelle are back in the Wichita studio for the first time in Season 2 with an episode that starts silly and ends up somewhere real. It's a just-us episode built around a theme they're calling “The Leap” — and a Trend...

Send us Fan Mail Cultivating Wichita So THIS Happened — Wichita's local culture and personal growth podcast, hosted by Jen Cole and Rachel Chappelle — traded wine glasses for teacups this episode. Recorded live at Mulberry Gallery inside Revolutsia (the shipping-container creative hub on Central Ave), Jen and Rachel sat down with Naquela of Planted Tea Shop, a Wichita-based tea and herbal edu...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 vid...

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 Design...

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 sc...

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...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is the one before the one. Just Jen and Rachel, a charcuterie board from Aldi, and nearly a full season of memories to look back on. Fresh off the Riverfest Main Stage, with an anniversary party on the horizon and one more episode to go in Season 1 — this is their moment to pause, pour a glass, and say long live all of it. Trend Decoder is back, Rachel pulls off a per...

Send us Fan Mail So THIS Happened went live. Like, actually live. Main Stage at Wichita Riverfest live.   Episode 48 is Jen and Rachel recording in real time on the Main Stage at Wichita Riverfest 2026 — in front of a real crowd, with wine in hand, the wind trying its absolute best to ruin the vibe, and DJ Panda on hype duty. It did not disappoint.   We played This or That with the crowd (Riverfes...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 47 — Yes, But Hosted by Jen Cole & Rachel Chappelle This episode is sponsored by Vu Events — Wichita's magic makers. Cheers to Jovana and the team! May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and we decided to get real about it. Not in a five-tips kind of way. In the actual, imperfect, sometimes-you-hold-it-in-until-you-explode kind of way that real life actually loo...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is sponsored by Vu Events! Whatever you’re celebrating, Jovana and her team have the vision to make it unforgettable. Find them at vueventplanning.com . Episode 46 is chaotic, emotional, hilarious, and somehow perfectly on-brand for two women who just coined the phrase “perfectly un-perfect” live on air. Jen and Rachel are fresh off a content creation outing at Centur...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is sponsored by Vu Events ! Whether it’s a corporate gathering, a wedding, or the celebration of a lifetime, Jovana and her team have the vision and the hustle to make it unforgettable. Find them at vueventsplanning.com. ―――――――――――――――――――― Forty-five episodes in, and things just got very, very real. Jen and Rachel are back with a full glass and a LOT to say — trends...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ EPISODE 44 — "Entering In" Featuring Krissy Buck, Chair of Digital Wichita ───────────────────────────────── This episode is sponsored by Vu Events! Jovana Vu and her team make events feel like actual events — corporate gatherings, milestone celebrations, weddings, and everything in between. Find them at vueventplanning.com or @vueventplanning on socials. ────────────...

Send us Fan Mail No guest. Just Jen and Rachel, a bottle of rosé, some very big news, and the return of one of the OG segments. Episode 43 has a lot going on: Jen paid off her student loans (HALLELUJAH). The Trend Decoder made its triumphant comeback. The whole Cole family had a Music Man moment. And Rachel officially became a Swifty — live on air. Reputation precedes her, indeed. 📱 TREND DECODER...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 42 is a just-us episode — and honestly? Those are some of our favorites. Road trips, boutique hotels, anniversary adventures, Record Store Day, and Taylor Swift's "Elizabeth Taylor." Also Easy Cheese. There's a whole Easy Cheese moment. Just go with it. 🎲 This or That: Travel & Adventure Edition Travel and adventure themed this week — and the conve...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode went somewhere really special. Jen and Rachel sit down with Jennifer Short — hairdresser, breathwork facilitator, Human Design devotee, and one of the most quietly extraordinary humans in Wichita — inside her salon, Colour Thairapy, for a conversation about transformation, permission, and what it actually means to build a life that feels like yours. From H...

Send us Fan Mail We did something a little… unexpected this time. We went LIVE. 🎥✨   Before Episode 39 even dropped (lol), we decided to test new software, hit “go live” across platforms, and just see what happens. And honestly? It felt very on-brand. Because this episode is all about stepping into the moment, embracing a little chaos, and letting the night unfold exactly as it’s meant to. ✨ Wh...

Send us Fan Mail This week on So THIS Happened, we’re recording live from Home2 Suites in Delano with the incredible Jamie Seipel, Director of Sales for Home2 Suites Delano and 2026 Visionary of the Year candidate for Blood Cancer United. What starts as a conversation about fundraising quickly becomes something much deeper—about saying yes before you feel ready, stepping into something bigger than...

Send us Fan Mail 🥂 In This Episode This week, we’re stepping into the spotlight and pulling back the curtain… Jen shares her experience seeing Hadestown (and why it stuck with her long after the final note) We dive into Heartspring’s mission ahead of the Rouge Gala—and why this organization is so special A sneak peek at Ballet Wichita’s Breaking Barriers Hits Different: Getaway Car by Taylor Swif...