You Had To Be There Hi Barr

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


CREDITS
‘You Had To Be There’ is a Hi Barr production. 
Created by Hi Barr.
“John Lennon + Yoko Ono: Bed-ins for Peace” was written & hosted by Jen Goma.
Produced by Julia Thompson and Web Barr.
Story Produced by Julia Thompson.
Edit, Sound Mix and engineering by Teeny Lieberson.
Original score by Teeny Lieberson.  
Artwork created by Dylan Lathrop. 
Special Thanks to:

Teeny Lieberson

River Ramirez

Greg Saunier

Michael Azerrad

Jess Pinkham

Sophie Tintori

Alex Toth

Satomi Matsuzaki

David Newgarden

Michele Guzzo at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Montreal

Natalye St. Lucia

Devika Wickremesinghe

Ryan Newmyer


Special thanks to our parents, friends and chosen family. And most importantly, thank you to the artists who’ve inspired us because they had to do it.
Correction: Betta de Boer van der Kolk (and not Betta de Oer) is helping to translate the interview with Nico Koster.

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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' was written & hosted by Adam Karp.
Produced by Julia Thompson and Web Barr. 
Story Produced by Julia Thompson. 
Edit, Sound Mix and engineering by Teeny Lieberson.
Original score by Teeny Lieberson. 
Artwork created by Dylan Lathrop. 
Special thanks to our parents, friends & chosen family. Last, thank you to the artists who’ve inspired us because they had to do it.

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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 and hosted by Naomi Karavani.  
Produced by Julia Thompson and Web Barr.
Story Produced by Julia Thompson.
Edit, Sound Mix and engineering by Teeny Lieberson.
Original score by Teeny Lieberson.
Artwork created by Dylan Lathrop. 
Special thanks to our parents, friends and chosen family. And most importantly, thank you to the artists who’ve inspired us because they had to do it.
You can find Naomi Karavani at @naomikaravani on all platforms. Listen to Naomi’s podcast, Cargo Cult here.

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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', 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 McCormick, Mike Dickinson and Wally Feresten. 

CREDITS
'You Had To Be There' is a Hi Barr production.
Created by Hi Barr.
Today’s Episode, "Saturday Night Live" Garth Brooks/Chris Gaines” was written and hosted by Tommy Kang.
Produced by Julia Thompson and Web Barr.
Story Produced by Julia Thompson. 
Edit, Sound Mix and engineering by Teeny Lieberson.
Original score by Teeny Lieberson.  
Artwork created by Dylan Lathrop.
Special thanks to our parents, friends and to our Story Consultant Nicole McCormick. And most importantly, thank you to the artists who’ve inspired us because they had to do it.

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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.

CREDITS
You Had To Be There is a Hi Barr production. 
The Last Waltz was written & hosted by Julia Thompson.
Produced by Julia Thompson & Web Barr. 
Co-Produced by Teeny Lieberson.
Edit, Sound Mix & Engineering by Teeny Lieberson.
Original Score by Teeny Lieberson. 
Artwork by Dylan Lathrop.
Special thanks to our parents, friends, & to our Story Consultant & The Band Super Fan Nicole McCormick. Last, thank you to the artists who’ve inspired us because…they had to do it.
Correction: Steven Prince’s character in Taxi Driver is named Easy Andy; not Easy Edie as mentioned in the episode.

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'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 & interview an eyewitness to an iconic moment in pop culture history…in just 48 hours.
The Catch? Our hosts have no idea what their assignment will be, so it's impossible to prepare!
This season features some of the most iconic moments in music, movies, sports, television from 1969 to 2000 where…you had to be there…but we’re not going to spoil the surprise right now because that wouldn’t be any fun, would it?
We can’t wait for you to listen!
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