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
August 8, 2025 • 96 mins
My favorite author is Jack London. His style of writing
paints a very vivid picture in my mind. As I read his stories, it feels like
I’m right there in the middle of it. One of his most well-known works is titled
To Build A Fire. This is the opening paragraph of that story.
Day had dawned cold and gray when the man turned aside
from the main Yukon trail. He climbed the high earth-bank where a
little-traveled trail led east thro...
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August 5, 2025 • 29 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:
Describe one of your most memorable birthdays
Links for this episode:
Big thanks to Kiona for filling in for Meredith on this
episode! Kiona’s podcast is Birth As We Know It, and you can get all of her
information here:
https://Bir...
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August 1, 2025 • 16 mins
Marlene answered the door, and there was a clown holding a
gun.
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July 25, 2025 • 83 mins
If you have children, you’ve probably thought at some point,
“Am I a good parent?”
It’s natural to question our own abilities sometimes. Do I
spend enough time with my kids? Do they feel safe? Do they feel loved? Are they
comfortable talking with me about anything that’s going on in their life?
My kids are adults now. When I think back to when they were
growing up, there are things I would have done differently if I knew ba...
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July 22, 2025 • 35 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 crazy thing have you seen happen at a wedding?
Links for this episode:
Purchasing an AED from the Red Cross:
https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/organizations/purchase-aeds
AED on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Defibril...
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July 18, 2025 • 97 mins
In an ideal world, children should be able to trust their
parents. After all, it’s the grown-ups in the family who are responsible for
the kids. No child should ever have to worry about safety when mom and dad are
around for protection - in an ideal world.
That’s the world Ross thought he was living in when he was 8
years old, with his older brother Ryan, who was 10. They were happy kids with
no reason to be afraid. Until one n...
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July 11, 2025 • 103 mins
As human beings, we are often very protective of our own
sense of personal justice – and injustice.
When I was a child, I had a teacher who – to me – seemed
very unfair. If one of the kids in the class did something like write a bad
word on the chalkboard, she would ask the entire class who did it. She really
did her best to find the culprit, and carry out punishment.
But sometimes she just couldn’t figure it out. No one wo...
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July 8, 2025 • 30 mins
Every 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 movie traumatized you as a kid?
Links for this episode:
Costco figs:
https://www.costcobusinessdelivery.com/sunny-fruit-organic-sun-dried-figs%2C-40-oz.product.100362726.html
Blade Runner:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/
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July 4, 2025 • 14 mins
Amanda just wanted to go for a short trail run. Life had
something else in store for her.
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June 27, 2025 • 75 mins
What do heart attacks, car accidents, and murder usually
have in common? Most of the time, when any of these things happen, someone
calls 911.
It’s one of the most reliable things we have – whenever
there’s any kind of emergency, here in the US, we know we can just pick up any
phone and dial 911 and get help. Even if it’s a phone that has no service.
This is an episode where I talk with someone who has an
unusual job. My gu...
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June 24, 2025 • 23 mins
Every 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 did you throw away that you wish you had kept?
Links for this episode:
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo:
https://www.amazon.com/Life-Changing-Magic-Tidying-Decluttering-Organizing/dp/1607747308/ref=sr_1_1
The...
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June 20, 2025 • 102 mins
There was a time in his life when Dan was in a pretty
difficult situation. He was facing something that most people don’t ever have
to go through.
Even though he was not a violent person, and he certainly
was not any kind of career criminal, he made a bad decision and accepted a job
that, looking back, he never should have taken. But he did. And that lead him
to the tough spot he found himself in.
Dan was headed to prison. ...
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June 13, 2025 • 76 mins
When you live up north, where the winters are really cold,
one of the best times of the year is the day when you feel spring coming. That
first hint of warmer temperatures.
With the time change, there’s longer sunlight at the end of
each day, the birds start chirping, and everyone starts thinking about what
they’re going to do with this warmer weather.
And the lakes that have been frozen over solid for a few
months? That ic...
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June 10, 2025 • 34 mins
Every 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 the most amazing coincidence you've experienced?
Links for this episode:
YouTube channel Dating Beyond Borders:
https://www.youtube.com/@DatingBeyondBorders
Tim O’Brien:
https://timobrien.net/
Tig Notaro:
https://en.wik...
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June 6, 2025 • 99 mins
If there’s one thing children are good at, it’s their
ability to give their parents a good scare.
When our son David was about 2 years old, we were at home,
just a regular day, not much going on. At some point, either my wife or I, I
don’t remember which one of us saw it – but we noticed he had some kind of
liquid all around his mouth. Like he had been drinking a smoothie or something.
But there were no smoothies sitting around...
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May 30, 2025 • 78 mins
Have you ever had something bad happen, while you were
actually trying to do something good?
It’s kind of that old phrase – no good deed goes unpunished.
There was a thread about this online. This is what one
person wrote:
“I ran in the middle of a busy road to rescue a kitten. I
went door to door until I finally found the owner. The first thing she did when
she saw me holding her kitten was accuse me of stealing it. Ev...
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May 27, 2025 • 31 mins
Every 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 did you say that caused you to think “I never thought I
would say that”?
Links for this episode:
The music for the Benny Hill show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK6TXMsvgQg
Financial Peace University:
https://www.ramseyso...
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May 23, 2025 • 16 mins
To the Tallahassee Police, Rachel Hoffman was just a pawn to
be used in their war on drugs.
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May 16, 2025 • 51 mins
Many years ago, I had a small pickup truck. It was kind of a
junker.
Mostly, I just used it for when I had some stuff to haul to
the town dump. It wasn’t pretty but it mostly served my purposes.
But this little truck had a problem. It would constantly
overheat.
Even in the cold Maine winter, I would have to keep an eye
on that temperature gauge to be aware of when the engine got too hot. And
sometimes when it showed tha...
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May 13, 2025 • 25 mins
Every 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 it like to have a panic attack?
Meredith’s podcast is Meredith For Real – the Curious
Introvert:
https://MeredithForReal.com
To check out the new Tuesday Question and get in the
discussion, join us at WhatWasThatLike.com/faceb...
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