Podcasts by I Was There When Podcast
“I Was There When” shares eyewitness’ stories about big events – from the historical to the deeply personal – in their own words. Each week, journalist Maria Baer interviews one guest, from victims to perpetrators to bystanders. Not all stories are terrible and not all are wonderful – but they’re all captivating.
Further podcasts by Journalist Maria Baer
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EP 10 - 9/11 In Gander from 2018-08-29T18:19:32
Maria talks with Shirley Brooks-Jones, a passenger on one of the 38 planes headed for the U.S. on 9/11/01 that was re-routed to a tiny, unprepared town in Newfoundland, Canada - where they waited f...
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EP 09 -The Minneapolis Bridge Collapse from 2018-08-02T04:06:43
On August 1, 2007, the I35W Bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed during rush hour, sending dozens of cars plummeting downward. Lindsay Walz was in one of those cars and tells ...
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EP 08 - The Egyptian Revolution In Tahrir Square from 2018-07-19T04:06:04
Award-winning journalist Graeme Wood of The Atlantic talks with Maria about his experience in Tahrir Square during the Egyptian Revolution in 2011.
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EP 07 - The Steve Bartman Incident from 2018-07-05T04:04:06
Maria talks with Pat Looney, the man who *almost* became the most hated man in Chicago.
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Intermission and Sneak Peak from 2018-06-21T04:06:11
We're halfway through Season 1 of the I Was There When Podcast. We're taking a brief intermission, but here's a sneak peak of our next 6 episodes!
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EP 06 - A (Liquid) Lunch With Vladimir Putin from 2018-06-07T04:34:44
An American Economics professor shares with Maria about the time he met, drank, and joked with a mysterious, brand new Russian President named... Vladimir Putin.
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EP 05 - When Saint Teresa Spoke from 2018-05-24T04:08:41
A modest Catholic University in northeastern Ohio boasts that visitors have walked in the footsteps of a Saint. In this episode, we hear from Walsh University's President about the day the world's ...
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EP 04 - The Very First iPhone from 2018-05-10T03:16:32
John Markoff has been writing about technology for The New York Times for 30 years. He was there when Steve Jobs unveiled the first ever iPhone... and that wasn't even the first time he'd seen it.
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EP 02 - A Failed Execution from 2018-04-29T00:00
Marty Schladen witnessed a failed prison execution first-hand. Marty is a Public Affairs reporter for The Columbus Dispatch and was in the room when prison officials tried - unsuccessfully - to exe...
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EP 03 - Zanesville Animal Escape from 2018-04-29T00:00
In October 2011, a Zanesville man set loose nearly 60 (!!!) exotic animals on his property. There were dozens of lions, tigers, bears and more. Maria interviews the local Sheriff and two officers w...
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EP 01 - Kent State Protest from 2018-04-28T00:00
Alan Canfora shares his story of being shot at the Vietnam War Protest at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. Moments after waving the black flag, Canfora was shot in the wrist by the National Gu...
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