What It Was Like

Conversations with people who have lived through extreme events AI summary

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What it is about

Conversations with people who have lived through extreme events. Some stories are dark and twisted, others are light and funny. In all cases, we get an intimate portrait of 'what it was like' to be there.Find us on TikTok: @whatitwaslikepodcastFind us on Youtube: @whatitwaslikepodcastFollow us on Instagram: whatitwaslikepodcastHosted by Julian MorgansThis is a Superreal production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  1. 2026-11-13 · 1 hr 18 min · Season 1, episode 161

    In the late 80s, a string of petty thefts around North Pond, Maine, had locals baffled. As the decades went on and food kept vanishing from holiday homes, whispers began about a hermit in the woods. In 2013, police…

  2. 2026-11-13 · 12 min

    In 2008, a group of LA teenagers started breaking into celebrities’ homes. Orlando Bloom, Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton all lost designer clothes to the crew who became known as The Bling Ring. A few years later, Nancy…

  3. 2026-11-06 · 57 min · Season 1, episode 160

    The recent effort by a FlyDubai co-pilot to crash his own plane is not the first case of its kind. In 2015, Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz flew a plane into the French Alps, killing 150 passengers. On this ep, we…

  4. 2026-11-06 · 8 min

    In 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished on its way to Beijing with 239 people on board. It remains one of aviation’s greatest mysteries. In this subscriber ep preview, Jeff Wise, host of the podcast Finding…

  5. 2026-10-30 · 1 hr 1 min · Season 1, episode 159

    In 1980s New York, Andy Behrman was an art dealer forging his clients’ paintings. He was also living with undiagnosed bipolar disorder, which he believes fueled his criminality and eventually landed him in prison. On…

  6. 2026-10-30 · 12 min

    Robert Wittman founded the FBI’s Art Crime Team and spent 20 years going undercover to recover stolen art. In the full subscriber ep, Bob tells us how he catches art criminals. As he says, most of them make the same…

  7. 2026-10-24 · 1 hr 4 min · Season 1, episode 158

    In 1983, 11-year-old Kristine Conyers was abducted at gunpoint by a serial killer. She survived, but those four hours changed her life. It’s a story about the ripple effect on her family, and how she realised the crime…

  8. 2026-10-24 · 7 min

    This show often features people who’ve survived unimaginable horrors as kids, which begs the question: how do people move on? In this episode preview we put this question to Al Killen-Harvey, a clinical social worker…

  9. 2026-10-16 · 1 hr 8 min · Season 1, episode 157

    In 1991, cruise ship performers Moss and Tracy Hills found themselves on a sinking ship. As the MTS Oceanos floundered, passengers waited for the crew to take charge. Finally, Moss and Tracy stepped in, and ultimately…

  10. 2026-10-16 · 6 min

    This week's subscriber episode takes us back to February 2020, where Kent Frasure found himself confined to his cabin on the Diamond Princess due to COVID. It was a preview of the pandemic to come: the slow response,…

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Oldest episode in feed
12/2024 · over a year
Typical length
56 min
Format
Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone
Keywords
culture, stories, history, documentary, Brad Pitt, Michael Jordan, Superreal, Society

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