2026 Update: Tony
Heavyweight
Pushkin Industries
4.9 • 17.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Today, we speak with Jonathan's longtime friend Tony. A lot's changed in his life since the episode came out ten years ago.
Tony messed up his relationship with each of his three godchildren owing to three difficult chapters in his life. Now, childless and single in his late 40’s, and fearing he may never have kids of his own, Tony wants to win them back.
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This episode was produced by Jonathan Goldstein, Wendy Dorr, Chris Neary, and Kalila Holt, with editing by Jorge Just and Alex Blumberg. Special thanks to Emily Condon, Anna Asimakopulos, and Jackie Cohen. The show was mixed by Haley Shaw. Music by Christine Fellows, John K Samson, Blue Dot Sessions, Michael Smith, Wonderly, and Hew Time. Our theme song is by The Weakerthans courtesy of Epitaph Records. Mixing on this update by Sarah Bruguiere.
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| 0:00.0 | Pushkin. |
| 0:11.0 | Hello. |
| 0:13.5 | Hello. |
| 0:14.7 | Who is this? |
| 0:15.9 | Hi. |
| 0:16.6 | This is Kalila Holt, your producer. |
| 0:19.8 | Well, hello. |
| 0:21.1 | Hello. Nice to have you back in your producer. Well, hello. Hello. |
| 0:21.9 | Nice to have you back in the studio. |
| 0:24.1 | Welcome. |
| 0:24.9 | Nice to be reunited in this auditory space. |
| 0:30.4 | Yes, indeed it is. |
| 0:31.4 | Have a seat, please. |
| 0:32.7 | I'm already sitting, but thank you. |
| 0:34.7 | Yes. |
| 0:36.1 | We are going to revisit some favorite episodes this spring yes i couldn't |
| 0:42.3 | be more excited do i sound not excited at all but uh yeah you know sometimes my enthusiasm doesn't come |
| 0:50.1 | across and i'm always surprised like same like in photos i think that, I think that I'm smiling. But then when I see the photos, not only am I not smiling at all, it looks like I'm scowling. I have a really hard time showing enthusiasm, too. I've noticed that often when I try to like really lean into enthusiasm in my voice, it sounds like I'm being sarcastic. Yeah, but I am excited. And I'm going to |
| 1:13.2 | prove it to you. I'm going to prove to you my excitement and my enthusiasm as this conversation goes on. |
| 1:18.8 | Okay. I look forward to that. Yes. And we're going to also check in with our former guests because, |
| 1:26.1 | you know, a lot of them have had some changes in the years since. |
| 1:30.1 | Whereas stories end, lives continue. |
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