What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

By Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.Society & Culture True Crime Personal Journals

Ranking
9th
on Personal Journals
Favorites
1,947
Followers
Typical duration
58 min
per episode
If it hooks
59%
finish an episode

Based on Podcast App listening data

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People. episodes

October 16 272: Amanda's mom slipped away
Sometimes, something can be wrong with a person – someone you love
– and you don’t realize it right away.

My
mom has been on this podcast in a couple of past episodes. Just in
the opener, not as a featured guest. And I can tell you, she
remembers things. This past summer she turned 84, and she still knows
the birth dates of everyone in our family – including some who are
no longer with us. For me, that’s what Google calendar is for.

But
for a lot of people, as their parents age, you start to notice some
changes. Maybe they forget something they wouldn’t normally forget.
Or perhaps they ask the same question twice. Or they could just get
confused about something that should be completely familiar to them.

At
the beginning, you don’t immediately think, “Uh oh, something is
seriously wrong”. You just think, “Hmm, that’s a little odd”.

That’s
what started happening with Amanda’s mom. And it didn’t make
sense, because she was only around 50 years old. But those little
things didn’t go away. Instead, they became more frequent. This
wasn’t just normal forgetfulness.

Amanda
realized something much bigger was happening, and their family was
faced with some big decisions.

Amanda’s
dad Jay is fundraising for the Alzheimer’s Association. You can
contribute
here:
https://act.alz.org/site/TR/Walk2026/OH-NorthwestOhio?pg=personal&px=12531606&fr_id=19856

Full
show notes and pictures for this episode are here:
https://WhatWasThatLike.com/272

Graphics
for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai.

Want
to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL
listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at
WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook
(many of the podcast guests are there as well)

Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw
Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at
What Was That Like PLUS.
Try What Was That Like PLUS free:
iPhone: at the top of the What
Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free”
Android: on your phone, go to
WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS
and click to try it free on any app

Sponsor deals:
Quince - Go to Quince.com/whatwas
for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns!
Find the best deals on what you need at Dupe.com
Boll & Branch - get 15% off
your first order AND free shipping:
BollandBranch.com/WHATWAS
Nutrafol - Get $10 off your first
month’s subscription, and free shipping:
use promo code
WHATWAS at Nutrafol.com
Try Mint Mobile for 3 months, for
just 15 bucks a month - MintMobile.com/WHAT

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hr 24 min
October 13 TQ74: What's a book you read as a child and still think about today?
Every
other Tuesday, we grab a past question from the Facebook group, then
Meredith and Scott answer it and read some of the answers given by
other listeners.

The
question for this episode:
What's
a book you read as a child and still think about today?

Links
for this episode:

Meredith’s
episode about
recycling:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/57HULIPwHBBxUe0DoHtyZQ?si=Ev6yE9ZwRTW9DDE8tlQjoQ

Little
Golden Books:
https://littlegoldenbooks.com/

Beverly
Cleary:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Cleary

The
Giving Tree,
by Shel Silverstein:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giving_Tree

Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald
Dahl:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory

A
Walk Across America
by Peter Jenkins:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Walk_Across_America

Bambi:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bambi,_a_Life_in_the_Woods

Lion
Latch:
https://lionlatch.com/

Get
a document notarized, online:
https://www.notarize.com/

Meredith’s
utensil
pocketknife:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09TDTRWRS?ref=clp_hp_h_pc&th=1

Meredith’s
podcast is The Curious Introvert:
https://MeredithForReal.com

To
check out the new Tuesday Question and get in the discussion, join us
at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook.

Sponsor
deals:
Quince
- Go to Quince.com/whatwas for free shipping on your order and
365-day returns!

Find
the best deals on what you need at Dupe.com

Boll
& Branch - get 15% off your first order AND free shipping:
BollandBranch.com/WHATWAS

Nutrafol
- Get $10 off your first month’s subscription, and free shipping:
use
promo code WHATWAS at Nutrafol.com

Try
Mint Mobile for 3 months, for just 15 bucks a month -
MintMobile.com/WHAT

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
36 min
October 09 271: Eric acted in self-defense
Sometimes you find yourself in a situation that you just never could
have expected.

Last
month, in Long Island, New York, a woman named Danielle Tammone was
at home in her back yard. Just an ordinary day, nothing unusual going
on.

That
is, until she felt the ground under her feet opening up unexpectedly,
and she suddenly found herself at the bottom of an 8-foot deep hole.
And she was stuck. Ground level was about 3 feet higher than her
head, and she was surrounded by mud and water.

She
screamed for help, but no one knew that she had even fallen. After
about 30 minutes, some neighbors heard her, and came over to find out
what was going on. Eventually she was rescued when someone brought a
ladder and she was able to climb out. She experienced whiplash and
some pulled muscles. The point is, she never would have predicted
that would happen.

My
guest for this episode is Eric. He found himself in an unexpected
situation also, and he told the whole story here on the podcast way
back in 2019.

Eric
and his wife were sound asleep one night, when they heard someone on
their porch making loud noises and banging on the door. It was a man,
and he appeared to be on drugs and extremely upset.

And
he was trying to get in.

Full
show notes and pictures for this episode are here:
https://WhatWasThatLike.com/271

Graphics
for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai.

Want
to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL
listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at
WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook
(many of the podcast guests are there as well)

Get
every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes
to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS.

Try
What Was That Like PLUS free:
iPhone:
at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try
free”
Android:
on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it
free on any app

Sponsor
deals:
Quince
- Go to Quince.com/whatwas for free shipping on your order and
365-day returns!

Find
the best deals on what you need at Dupe.com

Boll
& Branch - get 15% off your first order AND free shipping:
BollandBranch.com/WHATWAS

Nutrafol
- Get $10 off your first month’s subscription, and free shipping:
use
promo code WHATWAS at Nutrafol.com

Try
Mint Mobile for 3 months, for just 15 bucks a month -
MintMobile.com/WHAT

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hr
October 02 270: Angel tried to kill his father
When you’re a kid, you have your own unique sense of what’s
“normal”.

I
grew up in Ohio, so I knew that sometime after Thanksgiving, it was
going to start getting cold outside. And we would have snow.
Sometimes, LOTS of snow. And I loved it. Of course, as a little boy,
big piles of snow just meant having fun sledding and making snow
forts. I didn’t have to drive on it or shovel it; at least not
until I got a little older.

But
as far as I knew, that’s how it was in the winter for everyone.
What I experienced must be the same for other people. But then
sometimes we would go and visit my grandfather, who lived in Miami.
And there we were, in the middle of winter, and not even wearing a
coat outside. I couldn’t believe it.

My
guest today is Angel. He grew up with his three brothers in Brooklyn.
And to him, his childhood was normal. The hunger, the abuse, the
homelessness – that’s all he knew.

And
I have to give you a little content warning here, that this episode
is going to include something I’ve never had in a previous episode,
but you’ll have some warning if you want to fast forward. There’s
a brief bit of audio where Angel talks about what his father did to
the family cat. I contemplated not including this, because I hate to
hear about animal abuse and I know you do too. But that incident is
important to the story and what happened afterward, and I always say,
this podcast doesn’t shy away from real life. But when you hear me
ask Angel to talk about the story of their cat named Bonkers, that’s
when you can fast forward about 2 1/2 minutes if you want to. It’s
not a graphic description, just sad.

That’s
the incident that finally triggered something inside Angel. He and
one of his brothers decided they were going to kill their father.

And
Angel was just 10 years old.

Angel’s
book:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H4CVDSXP/

Full
show notes and pictures for this episode are here:
https://WhatWasThatLike.com/270

Graphics
for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai.

Want
to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL
listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at
WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook
(many of the podcast guests are there as well)

Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw
Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at
What Was That Like PLUS.
Try What Was That Like PLUS free:
iPhone: at the top of the What
Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free”
Android: on your phone, go to
WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS
and click to try it free on any app

Sponsor deals:
Quince - Go to Quince.com/whatwas
for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns!
Find the best deals on what you need at Dupe.com
Boll & Branch - get 15% off
your first order AND free shipping:
BollandBranch.com/WHATWAS
Nutrafol - Get $10 off your first
month’s subscription, and free shipping:
use promo code
WHATWAS at Nutrafol.com
Try Mint Mobile for 3 months, for
just 15 bucks a month - MintMobile.com/WHAT

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hr 3 min
September 29 TQ73: What's a cooking hack that everyone should know?
Every
other Tuesday, we grab a past question from the Facebook group, then
Meredith and Scott answer it and read some of the answers given by
other listeners.

The
question for this episode:
What's
a cooking hack that everyone should know?

Links
for this episode:

The
PSI Games:
https://psigamesinternational.com/

Mise
en place:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mise_en_place

Chef
Chew comfort food from plants:
https://www.chefchewskitchen.com/

Onion
goggles:
https://www.amazon.com/Haoun-Goggles-Kitchen-Glasses-Cutting/dp/B07C5RJPMG/ref=sr_1_5

KitchenAid
spiralizer:
https://www.kitchenaid.com/countertop-appliances/stand-mixers/attachments/p.5-blade-spiralizer-with-peel-core-and-slice.KSM1APC.html

Real
time video created by AI:
https://infiniteslop.ai/

Meredith’s
podcast is The Curious Introvert:
https://MeredithForReal.com

To
check out the new Tuesday Question and get in the discussion, join us
at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook.

Sponsor
deals:
Quince
- Go to Quince.com/whatwas for free shipping on your order and
365-day returns!

Find
the best deals on what you need at Dupe.com

Boll
& Branch - get 15% off your first order AND free shipping:
BollandBranch.com/WHATWAS

Nutrafol
- Get $10 off your first month’s subscription, and free shipping:
use
promo code WHATWAS at Nutrafol.com

Try
Mint Mobile for 3 months, for just 15 bucks a month -
MintMobile.com/WHAT

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
34 min
September 25 STAS 19: Larry Walters
Larry dreamed about flying – and he made it happen in a very
unusual way.

Sponsor deals:
Quince - Go to Quince.com/whatwas
for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns!
Find the best deals on what you need at Dupe.com
Boll & Branch - get 15% off
your first order AND free shipping:
BollandBranch.com/WHATWAS
Nutrafol - Get $10 off your first
month’s subscription, and free shipping:
use promo code
WHATWAS at Nutrafol.com
Try Mint Mobile for 3 months, for
just 15 bucks a month - MintMobile.com/WHAT

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
38 min
September 18 269: Tara hoped the roof wouldn't blow off
I live in the Tampa Bay area of Florida, and I like it here. I never
have to shovel snow, I don’t have to drive on ice, and earthquakes
are pretty rare. I can ride my bike almost year-round.

But
- one of the worst things about living in Florida is going through
hurricane season. I’m in the Tampa Bay area, which is on the Gulf
of Mexico side, so we’re a little more sheltered. But even here, we
sometimes have hurricanes that come up into the gulf and cause some
damage when the decide to finally come on land. My son David was
actually born during a hurricane.

Tara
knows about hurricanes because she’s been through a terrifying one.
A few years ago she came on the podcast and talked about her
experience with Hurricane Dorian.

She
and her family were at home, in the direct path of this category 5
hurricane. The flood waters were rising, the high winds were
threatening to tear their roof off, and all they could do was sit in
the dark attic and watch the water keep rising.

If
you’d like to contact Tara, this is her website:
https://tarapyfrom.com/

Get
her book here:
https://tarapyfrom.com/order

Full
show notes and pictures for this episode are here:
https://WhatWasThatLike.com/269

Graphics
for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai.

Want
to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL
listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at
WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook
(many of the podcast guests are there as well)

Sponsor
deals:
Quince
- Go to Quince.com/whatwas for free shipping on your order and
365-day returns!

Find
the best deals on what you need at Dupe.com

Boll
& Branch - get 15% off your first order AND free shipping:
BollandBranch.com/WHATWAS

Nutrafol
- Get $10 off your first month’s subscription, and free shipping:
use
promo code WHATWAS at Nutrafol.com

Try
Mint Mobile for 3 months, for just 15 bucks a month -
MintMobile.com/WHAT

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hr 29 min
September 15 TQ72: What do you wish you didn't like?
Every
other Tuesday, we grab a past question from the Facebook group, then
Meredith and Scott answer it and read some of the answers given by
other listeners.

The
question for this episode:
What
do you wish you didn't like?

Links
for this episode:

Hu
Chocolate:
https://hukitchen.com/

How
to turn off YouTube watch history:
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/95725

Jordan
Harbinger episode about
alcohol:
https://www.jordanharbinger.com/alcohol-skeptical-sunday/

Bushwacker
cocktail
recipe:
https://www.liquor.com/bushwacker-cocktail-recipe-5198246

MeUndies:
https://www.meundies.com/

90
Day Fiance -
https://go.tlc.com/show/90-day-fiance-tlc-atve-us

Hot
Dudes Reading:
https://www.instagram.com/hotdudesreading/?hl=en

Hector’s
Voice:
https://www.instagram.com/hectors_voice/?hl=en

DuckDuckGo:
https://duckduckgo.com/

Down
For Everyone, or Just Me?
https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

The
Flash Food app – for grocery’s best kept deals:
https://flashfood.com/

Meredith’s
podcast is The Curious Introvert:
https://MeredithForReal.com

To
check out the new Tuesday Question and get in the discussion, join us
at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook.

Sponsor
deals:
Quince
- Go to Quince.com/whatwas for free shipping on your order and
365-day returns!

Find
the best deals on what you need at Dupe.com

Boll
& Branch - get 15% off your first order AND free shipping:
BollandBranch.com/WHATWAS

Nutrafol
- Get $10 off your first month’s subscription, and free shipping:
use
promo code WHATWAS at Nutrafol.com

Try
Mint Mobile for 3 months, for just 15 bucks a month -
MintMobile.com/WHAT

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
44 min
September 11 268: Felicia was at the Pentagon on 9/11
Today marks the 25th anniversary of one of the darkest
days in American history.

On
Tuesday, September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked some airplanes and
crashed them in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000
innocent people lost their lives that day in those attacks.

Many
people remember that day very clearly. It’s one of those times
where you recall exactly where you were when you first heard the
news, and as the events unfolded throughout that morning.

Here
on the podcast, every year in September we dedicate an episode to the
memory of 9/11. We hear someone tell their story of what they
experienced on that day. The past episodes have featured guests who
were in New York City.

For
a long time, I’ve wanted to have a guest on who was at the Pentagon
on September 11. Those stories are not as easy to find. Earlier this
year, Felicia contacted me to tell me about her experience at the
Pentagon, and I’m pleased to bring that to you today.

May
we never forget.

Full
show notes and pictures for this episode are here:
https://WhatWasThatLike.com/268

Graphics
for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai.

Want
to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL
listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at
WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook
(many of the podcast guests are there as well)

Get
every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes
to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS.

Try
What Was That Like PLUS free:
iPhone:
at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try
free”
Android:
on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it
free on any app

Sponsor
deals:
Quince
- Go to Quince.com/whatwas for free shipping on your order and
365-day returns!

Find
the best deals on what you need at Dupe.com

Boll
& Branch - get 15% off your first order AND free shipping:
BollandBranch.com/WHATWAS

Nutrafol
- Get $10 off your first month’s subscription, and free shipping:
use
promo code WHATWAS at Nutrafol.com

Try
Mint Mobile for 3 months, for just 15 bucks a month -
MintMobile.com/WHAT

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hr 2 min
September 04 267: Kevin was crushed by a boulder
A lot of people have a serious fear – they can’t stand the
feeling of being trapped in some way.

And
really, there are a variety of ways this can present itself. It could
be a really crowded, small room where the exits are not easy to
access. Or it could be when you’re on your back and going into an
MRI machine and the top surface is like an inch from your face. Some
people fear being in a stuck elevator.

I
remember having that feeling in high school PE class. We had a few
classes where the boys were taught wrestling. So one by one, we’d
get paired up with an opponent who was hopefully somewhat similar in
size, on a large mat in the gym. And whenever I happened to be
underneath the other guy, feeling his weight holding me down, unable
to move, I’d briefly get a real panicky feeling until I was able to
get up. Did not like that at all – and I was only there for a few
seconds.

My
guest today, Kevin, knows that feeling. Except in his case, he was
stuck there for a lot longer than a few seconds. And what had him
trapped weighed about 8000 pounds.

Full
show notes and pictures for this episode are here:
https://WhatWasThatLike.com/267

Graphics
for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai.

Want
to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL
listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at
WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook
(many of the podcast guests are there as well)

Get
every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes
to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS.

Try
What Was That Like PLUS free:
iPhone:
at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try
free”
Android:
on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it
free on any app

Sponsor
deals:
Quince
- Go to Quince.com/whatwas for free shipping on your order and
365-day returns!

Find
the best deals on what you need at Dupe.com

Boll
& Branch - get 15% off your first order AND free shipping:
BollandBranch.com/WHATWAS

Nutrafol
- Get $10 off your first month’s subscription, and free shipping:
use
promo code WHATWAS at Nutrafol.com

Try
Mint Mobile for 3 months, for just 15 bucks a month -
MintMobile.com/WHAT

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hr 23 min

About What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

From the publisher's feed

A storytelling podcast, with first-hand amazing stories presented by Scott Johnson and Meredith Hackwith Edwards. Each storyteller tells their own personal true story, with all the details of what…