Iconic Moments in Pop Culture History!
Each episode, You Had To Be There gives our host, Julia Thompson an assignment: Find and interview an eyewitness to a specific iconic moment in pop culture history…in just 48 hours.
Listen to the inside stories on the biggest moments in pop culture history from the people who were there!
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Iconic Moments in Pop Culture History!
Each episode, You Had To Be There gives our host, Julia Thompson an assignment: Find and interview an eyewitness to a specific iconic moment in pop culture history…in just 48 hours.
Listen to the inside stories on the biggest moments in pop culture history from the people who were 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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You Had To Be There
Iconic Moments in Pop Culture History!
Each episode, You Had To Be There gives our host, Julia Thompson an assignment: Find and interview an eyewitness to a specific iconic moment in pop culture history…in just 48 hours.
Listen to the inside stories on the biggest moments in pop culture history from the people who were there!
