You Had To Be There
Iconic Moments in Pop Culture History! Each episode, You Had To Be There gives a different host an assignment: Find and interview an eyewitness to a specific iconic moment in pop culture history…in just 48 hours. Listen to the inside stories on the biggest moments in pop culture history from the people who were there!
Episodes
April 9, 2024 • 60 mins
Producer and film director Julia Thompson goes on a 48 hour journey to find and interview an eyewitness to Kerri Strug's gold medal-winning vault at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
This episode features interview with:
Katherine Lieberson
Teeny Lieberson
Alice Thacker
Stacy Cook
Jon Sigger
John P. Lopez
Charlie McCullors
Linda Wyatt
Molly Wyatt
CREDITS
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Created by Hi Ba...
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March 26, 2024 • 66 mins
Former professional skateboarder and filmmaker Monihan Monihan goes on a 48-hour journey from Seattle to Kathmandu to find and interview someone who was at the 1979 NCAA Basketball Championship game featuring Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.
This episode features interview with:
Joan Mills
Aimee "LeeLee" Monihan
Judy Monihan
Dan Cherry III
Wez Wezenheimer
Dr. Ryan Ernst
Mark Perry
Mike Clark Sr.
Tom Steel
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March 12, 2024 • 56 mins
Artist, actor, writer and musician, River Ramirez goes on a 48-hour journey to find and interview someone who was at WrestleMania I in 1985.
This episode features interview with:
Keith Elliot Greenberg
Brett Davis
CREDITS
You Had To Be There is a Hi Barr Production.
Created by Hi Barr.
“WrestleMania I” was hosted by River Ramirez.
Produced by Julia Thompson and Web Barr.
Story written and produced by Julia Thompson.
Edit, Soun...
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February 27, 2024 • 51 mins
Journalist and writer, Brandon Sneed goes on a 48-hour journey to find and interview someone who was at the final tribal council in the first season of the blockbuster reality show Survivor in the summer of 2000.
This episode features an interview with Survivor: Borneo winner Richard Hatch.
CREDITS
‘You Had To Be There’ is a Hi Barr Production.
Created by Hi Barr.
‘Survivor: Borneo Finale’ was written and hosted by Brandon Sneed....
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February 20, 2024 • 56 mins
Musician and artist Jen Goma goes on a 48-hour journey to find and interview someone who was in one of the hotel suites during one of John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s Bed-Ins for Peace in 1969.
This episode features interviews with:
Jerry Levitan
Nico Koster
Hana van der Kolk
Jillian Goma
Ethan Kiermaier
Casey Coleman
Louise Mittelman
Betta de Boer van der Kolk
Linda at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Montreal
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February 13, 2024 • 40 mins
In celebration of Pulp Fiction’s 30th anniversary, Hollywood producer, Adam Karp is sent on a 48-hour journey to find and interview someone who was in attendance at the Cannes Film Festival in 1994 when Pulp Fiction took home the Palme d'Or.
This episode features interviews with:
Rory Kelly
Howie Movshovitz
CREDITS
You Had To Be There is a Hi Barr Production.
Created by Hi Barr.
'Pulp Fiction Wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes' ...
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February 6, 2024 • 50 mins
Comedian Naomi Karavani goes on a 48-hour journey to find and interview someone who was in NASA's Mission Control when Apollo 11 landed on the moon in 1969.
This episode features interviews with:
(in order of appearance)
Jeff Simmermon
Lois Rosson
Rick Sternbach
John M. Logsdon
Rushmore DeNooyer, Producer-Director-Writer
CREDITS
'You Had To Be There' is a Hi Barr Production.
Created by Hi Barr.
“The Moon Landing” was written a...
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January 30, 2024 • 47 mins
Actor and comedian Tommy Kang, goes on a 48-hour journey to find and interview an eyewitness to the night when Garth Brooks hosted Saturday Night Live and performed as Chris Gaines.
In Saturday Night Live - Garth Brooks/Chris Gaines, Tommy talks to 30+ year old SNL vet, Wally Feresten aka SNL's "Cue Card Guy" about Garth Brooks, Sinéad O'Connor, Ashlee Simpson and more!
This episode includes interviews with: Sam Haft, Nicole McCorm...
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January 23, 2024 • 57 mins
Producer and film director Julia Thompson goes on a 48 hour journey to find and interview an eyewitness to Martin Scorsese’s iconic concert film The Last Waltz.
This episode includes interviews with: Nadia Szold, Nicole McCormick, Steven Prince, Jonathan Taplin, Bartees Strange, and Mike Dubois.
Enjoy!
CREDITS
You Had To Be There is a Hi Barr Production.
The Last Waltz was written & hosted by Julia Thompson.
Produced by Julia Th...
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December 20, 2023 • 1 min
COMING THIS JANUARY FROM HI BARR:
You Had To Be There is a first-of-its-kind podcast where we’re taking listeners back to iconic moments in pop culture history where…you had to be there. This isn’t your run-of-the-mill interview show; it’s a journey to the past in a race against time to land the interview and get the story.
Each episode, we’re giving a different host an assignment: Find and interview an eyewitness to an icon...
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