What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.
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 happened. Animal attacks, plane crashes, mass shootings, and more – you'll hear what happened directly from the person who experienced it, and the inspirational outcome of how they came out on the other side.
Episodes
November 21, 2025 • 64 mins
Scott reads A Piece of Steak, by Jack London
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November 14, 2025 • 80 mins
Sometimes it can be pretty amazing how one small decision
can have a huge impact.
Mike Jaffe knows about that.
Mike was usually on his way to work in the morning when his
wife, Sabrina, woke up their one year old daughter. He was also on his way home
from work when Sabrina was putting her to bed.
But one Monday morning, he decided that the next day,
Tuesday, he would go in to work late so that they could all have break...
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November 11, 2025 • 36 mins
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
your favorite smell?
Links
for this episode:
Lucid
dreaming:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dream
REAL
phone numbers for any major company:
https://GetHuman.com
Jill
Comes Clean:
https://jillcomesclean.com/...
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November 7, 2025 • 72 mins
A lot of weird things can happen when you work in a retail
store.
You can ask anyone who’s worked retail for a while, and they
will have some stories. My daughter worked at a popular clothing store for a
while here in Florida. She worked mostly around the fitting rooms. And she was
constantly amazed – and annoyed – at the things people would do in those little
rooms where you try on clothes. Oh yeah, some people would just leav...
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November 4, 2025 • 5 mins
Humans
are resilient. In our toughest moments, we will fight, we will
struggle, and we will triumph...often against the odds.
In
this immersive series from Wondery, host-adventurers Mike Corey and
Cassie De Pecol will share thrilling stories of survival. From the
daring rescue of a soccer team trapped in an underwater cave in
Thailand, to a woman taken hostage by Somali pirates, these stories
made headlines around the world.
Aga...
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October 31, 2025 • 87 mins
When you meet someone for the first time, do you trust them
by default?
I like to think that I just assume the best of a stranger,
until they prove they aren’t worthy of my trust. But that can be dangerous in
some cases.
There were a couple of people who were partners in a
business and they were looking for office space to rent. They searched online
and found an ad for what looked like the perfect space. They met the owner
...
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October 28, 2025 • 38 mins
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:
When you just want to be left alone, where is your favorite
place to be?
Links for this episode:
Merlin bird identification app:
https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/
Meredith’s Foot fetish episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode...
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October 24, 2025 • 32 mins
STAS 8: Tanya Skelton
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October 20, 2025 • 6 mins
You never really know someone…especially online. In today’s
world, the power of influence can be the quickest path to money and fame, and
it often ends in ruin. These are the stories of the world’s most insidious
Scamfluencers. And we are their prey. On Wondery’s new weekly series, join
co-hosts Scaachi Koul and Sarah Hagi as they unpack epic stories of deception
from the worlds of social media, fashion, finance, health, and wellne...
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October 17, 2025 • 84 mins
Sometimes you find yourself in a situation that you didn’t
ever expect, and you are faced with a decision that you never thought you’d
have to make.
Joe was an EMT in New York. He had just finished his evening
shift, and he did what he always did after leaving work. He stopped by the
local Dunkin’ Donuts for his regular nightly coffee. But this time was a little
different – he happened to be carrying his newly acquired carbon m...
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October 14, 2025 • 38 mins
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 something you tried once but would never do again?
Links for this episode:
Joe Rogan and Theo Von try smelling salts:
https://youtu.be/xq9h2FSNIYM?si=RoEJGLTtmHYBj0qx
Bitwarden password manager:
https://bitwarden.com
...
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October 10, 2025 • 55 mins
You and I make decisions, all day every day. But have you
ever thought about being able to have a choice about how you die?
I mean, most people would probably prefer a method that’s
quick and painless, so I guess we might want to have some say in the matter.
But being put in that position of having to actually choose – in the moment –
is not something that happens very often.
But that’s the situation Lesli was in. This is a...
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October 3, 2025 • 74 mins
Have you ever been awakened in the middle of the night because
something terrible was happening?
It’s definitely not a pleasant way to wake up. This happened
to a 27 year old man named Nick, and he wrote about it on social media –
I was sleeping at my girlfriend’s house last night.
Usually we pass out around midnight, but last night we didn’t get to sleep
until around 1:30 or so. It was around 3am when I woke up and swear ...
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September 30, 2025 • 34 mins
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 your favorite memory of your father?
Links for this episode:
Could AI Blackmail You? Meredith For Real episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7DQJmHWDjtHqwMledP8BVd?si=Dn9t9Us3TuKzasu1t1FFdA
Shark Tank
https://en.wiki...
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September 26, 2025 • 63 mins
When I started this podcast more than seven years ago, the
primary factor was based on just one fundamental concept: the impact of a good
story.
For each What Was That Like main episode, you hear a story.
The guest is telling the story of what happened. Many of the stories are
traumatic, many include loss and grief, and there are those that are happy as
well. Even the heavy stories often end on a positive note. But the common
f...
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September 19, 2025 • 70 mins
How scary would it be, if you suddenly lost your ability to
speak?
There was a story in the news about a man named Peter. When
Peter was 73 years old, he had a stroke. He survived the stroke, but he found
that he could no longer speak. And it looked like that condition was permanent,
because after 4 years, he still had no voice.
But then, Peter was on vacation with his wife Carol, and
their son Jonathan. And one day Peter j...
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September 16, 2025 • 37 mins
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 past job did you hate the most?
Links for this episode:
No-tie shoelaces:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTF79TGF?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
Travel French Press mug:
https://www.amazon.com/Integrated-Leakproof-Ins...
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September 12, 2025 • 40 mins
I was traveling recently, and I got in this Uber and started
talking to the driver, and when I heard his voice I said, “Kevin, you need to
have a podcast!” I don’t know if he’ll do that, but he did graciously agree to
record that quick opener for me, just before I got out of his car.
438 – keep that
number in your head and I’ll come back to it in a minute.
By now you have probably figured out, this episode is not
going to ...
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September 5, 2025 • 31 mins
Do you know,
with certainty, how you would react in a time of extreme stress or crisis?
As a 22 year
old woman in San Francisco, Betty had not yet decided on a career path. So,
while she was figuring out what she wanted to do, she worked at the factory
owned by her parents. The factory produced beef jerky. It wasn’t really her
dream job, but it kept her busy at the time, and she also felt good about
helping her parents in their...
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September 2, 2025 • 34 mins
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 under-$100 item has been the best thing you've bought?
Links for this episode:
Chris Moneymaker wins the 2003 World Series of Poker –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCkUImEGrMU
Meredith’s beach cruiser bike
https://ww...
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