I Was There When Podcast

Maria talks with Shirley Brooks-Jones, a passenger on one of the 38 planes headed for the U.S. on 9/11/01 that was re-routed to a tiny, unprepared town in Newfoundland, Canada - where they waited for six days.

On August 1, 2007, the I35W Bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed during rush hour, sending dozens of cars plummeting downward. Lindsay Walz was in one of those cars and tells Maria her story in this chilling but uplifting new episode.

Award-winning journalist Graeme Wood of The Atlantic talks with Maria about his experience in Tahrir Square during the Egyptian Revolution in 2011.

A modest Catholic University in northeastern Ohio boasts that visitors have walked in the footsteps of a Saint. In this episode, we hear from Walsh University's President about the day the world's most beloved and memorable nun - Mother Teresa - came to visit.

John Markoff has been writing about technology for The New York Times for 30 years. He was there when Steve Jobs unveiled the first ever iPhone... and that wasn't even the first time he'd seen it.

Call to Action by Journalist Maria Baer