John Lennon + Yoko Ono: Bed-ins for Peace You Had To Be There

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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