About this episode

This episode revisits the origin story of HappyCast and the formation of the Happy Endings Trail Crew.

This week we’re taking it back to where it all began. While the crew is busy, we’re dipping into the archives and replaying the very first episode of HappyCast — the one that sparked the Happy Endings Trail Crew and everything that’s grown from it. In this throwback, you’ll hear the full origin story: how a chaotic weekend at Rocky Raccoon brought three underprepared runners together, the debut of the infamous beaver costume, the birth of the “weed wobble,” and the moment we realized this c...

Topics covered

• origin story
• running
• community
• chaotic weekend
• beaver costume
• weed wobble

Keywords

• HappyCast
• origin story
• running
• Rocky Raccoon
• beaver costume
• weed wobble

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Happy Endings Trail Productions

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