What It Was Like

By Superreal

Conversations with people who have lived through extreme events. Some stories are dark and twisted, others are light and funny. In all cases, we get an intimate portrait of 'what it was like'

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The podcast currently has 83 episodes available.

What It Was Like episodes:

May 09, 2025 My School Was Kidnapped at Gunpoint
In 1976, 20-year-old Rob Hunter was a month into his first teaching job at a remote Australian school when an armed gunman abducted him and his nine students. In this episode, Rob recounts the harrowing night they spent as hostages—and their dramatic escape via a high-speed car chase.

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1h 18min
May 02, 2025 I Had Sex With 100 Men in One Day
Last year, 23-year-old British porn star Lily Phillips announced plans to break the world record for the most sexual partners in a day—starting with a “practice run” involving 100 men. In this episode, she tells us what's motivating her, how her first attempt affected her—and why she’s still determined to go the whole way.

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April 25, 2025 Everyone Said 'Dirty Dancing' Would Flop. I Made It Anyway
In the mid-80s, producer Linda Gottlieb heard a friend’s story about “dirty dancing” at summer camp and urged her to write a script. Despite rejections, budget cuts, and on-set drama, the film became a surprise hit. In this episode, Linda shares why she believed in it from the start—and what she saw that others missed.
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1h 5min
April 18, 2025 I Got Pregnant to a Man Who Doesn't Exist
In 2024, Cass Taulaki fell pregnant to the man of her dreams—a 32-year-old engineer in the Australian Defence Force. Or so she thought. In reality, he was unemployed and wanted for impersonating military personnel and skipping out on multiple families. Cass' TikTok story went viral earlier this year—and now she's sharing the full saga.
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1h 45min
April 10, 2025 I Lived in a Haunted Apartment That Didn't Like to Be Alone
In the early 2000s, musician Nathan Munn moved into a tiny, ornate apartment in Montreal. At first, he and his flatmates brushed off its strange energy—but the nightmares and disturbances wore them down. Now, Nathan believes the apartment just wanted to be noticed.
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April 03, 2025 How a Sinking Ship Refloated our Marriage
In 2012, a cruise liner named the Costa Concordia sank off the coast of Italy, killing 32 people. But Australian couple Rob and Tracy Elcombe survived and the disaster brought them closer.
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58min
March 27, 2025 I Visited an Uncontacted Tribe in the Amazon
The Awá, an Indigenous group in Brazil's Amazon, had no contact with the outside world until recently. In 2010, BBC journalist Justin Rowlatt visited them in their new reserve, created to protect them from loggers. In this episode, he explores how modern pressures are impacting isolated tribes and what his ongoing friendship with the Awá has taught him about humanity.
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March 20, 2025 I Slept With New York's Elite to Rob Them
In 2009, Kari Ferrell was outed by the media for writing bad checks and robbing trust fund babies across Manhattan. Dubbed the 'Hipster Grifter,' Kari served a year in prison and is now sharing her story. In this episode, she unpacks her motivations, her methods, and what she learned about the psychology of grifting.

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1h 17min
March 15, 2025 SCAMMERLAND: How a Fake Job Offer Landed Me in Slavery
This is the first episode of our new What It Was Like series, SCAMMERLAND. It's based on an episode we did last year, looking at how online scams are run by people living in modern slavery. We start our story with Small Q, a young Ugandan rapper and singer who thought he was traveling to Thailand for a dream job. However, everything changed the moment he stepped off the plane.

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35min
March 14, 2025 SCAMMERLAND: How a Fake Job Offer Landed Me in Slavery
This is the first episode of our new What It Was Like series, SCAMMERLAND. It's based on an episode we did last year, looking at how online scams are run by people living in modern slavery. We start our story with Small Q, a young Ugandan rapper and singer who thought he was traveling to Thailand for a dream job. However, everything changed the moment he stepped off the plane.

Follow our new show SCAMMERLAND on Spotify, Apple and YouTube

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Hosted by Julian Morgans @julianmorgans
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35min

FAQs about What It Was Like:

How many episodes does What It Was Like have?

The podcast currently has 83 episodes available.

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