You Had To Be There Hi Barr

Producer and film director Julia Thompson goes on a 48 hour journey to find and interview an eyewitness to Kerri Strug's gold medal-winning vault at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
This episode features interview with:

Katherine Lieberson

Teeny Lieberson 

Alice Thacker

Stacy Cook

Jon Sigger

John P. Lopez


Charlie McCullors 

Linda Wyatt

Molly Wyatt


CREDITS
'You Had To Be There' is a Hi Barr production.
Created by Hi Barr.
‘1996 Summer Olympics: Kerri Strug Wins Gold’ was written and hosted by Julia Thompson.
Produced by Julia Thompson and Web Barr.
Edit, Sound Mix, and engineering by Vishal Nayak.
Original score by Teeny Lieberson.  
Artwork created by Dylan Lathrop.
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.

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Former professional skateboarder and filmmaker Monihan Monihan goes on a 48-hour journey from Seattle to Kathmandu to find and interview someone who was at the 1979 NCAA Basketball Championship game featuring Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.
This episode features interview with:

Joan Mills

Aimee "LeeLee" Monihan

Judy Monihan


Dan Cherry III 

Wez Wezenheimer

Dr. Ryan Ernst

Mark Perry

Mike Clark Sr.

Tom Steel


CREDITS
You Had To Be There is a Hi Barr production. 
Created by Hi Barr.
“1979 NCAA Championship: Bird vs. Magic” was written and hosted by Monihan Monihan.
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 our parents, friends and chosen family. And most importantly, thank you to the artists who’ve inspired us because they had to do it.

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Artist, actor, writer and musician, River Ramirez goes on a 48-hour journey to find and interview someone who was at WrestleMania I in 1985.
This episode features interview with:

Keith Elliot Greenberg

Brett Davis


CREDITS
You Had To Be There is a Hi Barr production. 
Created by Hi Barr.
“WrestleMania I” was hosted by River Ramirez.
Produced by Julia Thompson and Web Barr.
Story written and produced by Julia Thompson.
Edit, Sound Mix and engineering by Vishal Nayak.
Original score by Vishal Nayak.   
Artwork created by Dylan Lathrop. 
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.

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MORE ON THIS EPISODE'S HOST
River L. Ramirez is an NYC based experimental comedian and multidisciplinary artist working in the mediums of film, writing, visual art and music. Their work has been written about in MOMA magazine, NYT, Forbes, Art in America, SSENSE, and GQ. They teach a class called "How To Be In Front Of People '' at the Brick Aux and just released a single called " i remember " off their new EP: GIVING. You can also find them in Julio Torres's PROBLEMISTA out March 1st, in theatres everywhere March 22nd.
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Journalist and writer, Brandon Sneed goes on a 48-hour journey to find and interview someone who was at the final tribal council in the first season of the blockbuster reality show Survivor in the summer of 2000. This episode features an interview with Survivor: Borneo winner Richard Hatch.
CREDITS
‘You Had To Be There’ is a Hi Barr production. 
Created by Hi Barr.
‘Survivor: Borneo Finale’ was written and hosted by Brandon Sneed.
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 by Dylan Lathrop. 
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.

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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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In celebration of Pulp Fiction’s 30th anniversary, Hollywood producer, Adam Karp is sent on a 48-hour journey to find and interview someone who was in attendance at the Cannes Film Festival in 1994 when Pulp Fiction took home the Palme d'Or.
This episode features interviews with:   

Rory Kelly

Howie Movshovitz


CREDITS
You Had To Be There is a Hi Barr production. 
Created by Hi Barr.
'Pulp Fiction Wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes' was written & hosted by Adam Karp.
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 our parents, friends & chosen family. Last, thank you to the artists who’ve inspired us because they had to do it.

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