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  • Episode 5 - Rocket Man Pt. 2

    We wrap up our conversation with Retired Aerospace Design Engineer Bill Spencer as he recounts his years working on the Space Shuttle program to joining the team that would eventually develop the GPS (Global Positioning System) that helps users navigate their way through today's complicated world.

    38 min
  • Episode 4 - No Static At All

    Los Angeles radio pioneer Norm Silvers recounts his experience of working at station KCBH in Beverly Hills during the 1950's and 60's and being the first to broadcast an FM stereo signal west of the Mississippi.

    49 min
  • Episode 3 - Rocket Man

    Retired Aerospace Design Engineer Bill Spencer shares his “out of this world” experience of beginning his career at the dawn of the Apollo space program and hitching a ride to the Moon and beyond.

    43 min
  • Episode 2 - The Saigon Zoo

    Pete Whalon, US Army veteran and author of "THE SAIGON ZOO, Vietnam's Other War: Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n Roll" shares his colorful "behind the scenes” account of escaping the Army supply chain “zoo" to lifeguarding at a swimming pool in the heat of the Vietnam War.

    1 hr
  • Introduction

    Grab a front seat to history as I WAS THERE! Podcast hosts Ron Roberson and Jeff Trujillo embark on a series of conversations with guests who were fated to witness great moments in modern history.

    2 min

About I WAS THERE!

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I WAS THERE! is a living history series featuring lively conversations with eyewitnesses to significant modern events. Our guests are common individuals who through the hand of fortune or fate…