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Heavyweight

#54 Victor and Maite

Heavyweight

Pushkin Industries

Relationships, Comedy, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.917.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Victor can’t stop painting portraits of his ex-wife, decades after their divorce. You can find Victor's work at victorrodrigueznyc.com, or on his Instagram at instagram.com/victorrodrigueznyc CREDITS Heavyweight is hosted and produced by Jonathan Goldstein. This episode was produced by supervising producer Stevie Lane, along with Phoebe Flanigan. The senior producer is Kalila Holt. Production assistance by Mohini Madgavkar. Editorial guidance from Emily Condon. Special thanks to Lauren Silverman, Neil Drumming, Mimi O’Donnell, Anya Schultz, Jackie Cohen, and Jessica Bashir—the director of Heroin, a short documentary about Victor and Maite. The show was mixed by Bobby Lord. Music by Christine Fellows, John K Samson, Blue Dot Sessions, Michael Hearst, Sean Jacobi, Saigon Would Be Seoul, and Bobby Lord. Our theme song is by The Weakerthans courtesy of Epitaph Records. Heavyweight is a Spotify Original Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Jackie. I can't hear you. Where are you? I'm at the beach. You're at the beach? Are you wearing

0:12.8

plenty of ointment? A lot of ointments. How are you? I'm good. I had a medical question for you.

0:20.0

Our Audi belly buttons prefer to innings because they need less upkeep. It was talking to my dentist

0:27.0

and when I pushed him on it, he says that yes. What? I know. Is it shark? What? He's got a baby shark. Oh my god, he's so cute. I'm going to send you a picture. Okay, thanks. I'm so excited.

0:57.0

I'm Jonathan Goldstein and this is Heavyweight. Today's episode, Victor and Mite. Right after the break.

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2:19.2

Depending on how you look at it, the story of Victor and Mite is either a love story for the ages

2:25.2

or not a love story at all. Since first meeting Victor, I've been trying to decide which it is.

2:31.5

When she gets into a room, it's like the sun enters, you know, everything is nice and warm.

2:39.0

Victor is a painter living in New York and he's describing Mite, the woman who first stole his heart

2:45.1

35 years ago. The truth is, every time I see her, it's the most beautiful that I have seen her in my life.

2:54.4

Victor paints huge spectacular canvases. There are common motifs like rotary phones, skulls,

3:01.0

butterflies. But the thing that nearly every painting has in common, the thing Victor can't stop painting is Mite.

3:13.5

They first met at a party back home in Mexico 35 years ago. Mite was 18 and Victor was 19.

3:21.0

All these years later and no detail has been forgotten. She was wearing a white lace suit which was

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