Introducing: What Was That Like

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True Crime, History

4.4 • 697 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

This is a special brief episode to introduce you to a podcast that we recently discovered, called What Was That Like. It’s quite different from any other show you listen to.

Each episode is a conversation with a regular person who has been through some type of extremely unusual situation, such as being shot in a mass shooting, surviving a plane crash, getting bitten by a rattlesnake, or getting a deal on Shark Tank (those are a few of the past episodes). The guest comes on the show and tells the story of what happened, first hand.

For many of the episodes, in addition to the person involved telling the details, you’ll also hear the 911 calls and police radio communication that happened during that situation.

With 100 past episodes, you’ll be bingeing this show for a while. Some of the episode titles:

Ramon’s wife hired a hit man to kill him
Marina was stalked
Kasey married a wrong number
Westin survived a boat propeller
Henry was attacked by an alligator
Dave won big on Wheel of Fortune
James was crushed by a tree
Liz discovered a suicide

In the trailer today, you’ll hear a few clips from past shows to give you an idea of what to expect. If you like bizarre, true stories, told first hand by the person who experienced it, we think you’ll like this show.

You can find What Was That Like on any podcast app, including Spotify, or at the website – WhatWasThatLike.com.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Strangers. You know that nothing fascinates us so much as the startling stories of real people.
0:08.1	The mostly ordinary people who at some point in their lives have experienced the extraordinary.
0:16.1	That's why we love the podcast. What was that like?
0:20.2	Each week, host Scott Johnson interviewed people who've had
0:24.0	amazing experiences, like the man who won $100,000 on Wheel of Fortune, or the woman who sent
0:32.0	a text to a wrong number, and eventually married the person who received it. With episode titles like Diana survived
0:40.6	a plane crash, James spent 35 years in prison, Ramon's wife hired a hitman to kill him, and
0:47.8	Samantha only sleeps every eight days. Well, let's just say there's something for everyone.
0:56.2	Topics run the gamut from true crime to humor to fascinating explorations of the human experience,
1:03.2	and each episode features the person who actually experience the situation, telling the story
1:09.5	of what happened firsthand.
1:12.4	Scott, the host, is our guide. He's here to let the story happen. And with many episodes,
1:18.8	including archival tape like 911 audio from the scene, it's truly an immersive experience.
1:25.9	Speaking of experiences, I just finished listening to the episode,
1:31.1	Michael survived an avalanche. It's told from the perspective of a filmmaker named Michael,
1:37.4	who was at Mount Everest Base Camp when an earthquake triggered a deadly avalanche that
1:42.8	engulfed everything in its path, including Michael and his crew.
1:47.0	It's an incredible, intense story.
1:51.0	Today we're going to play you a trailer for What Was That Like?
1:55.0	And we think you're going to love it.
1:57.0	You'll hear a few clips from past shows to give you an idea of what to expect,
2:02.7	often bizarre, sometimes harrowing, occasionally happy, and always surprising true stories,
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