#60 The Messenger
Heavyweight
Pushkin Industries
4.9 • 17.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
As a senior in high school, Michael got a huge opportunity: the chance to star in a big-budget movie. Shooting wrapped; a premier date was set. And then he found out that his lucky break was all based on a lie.
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| 0:00.0 | Pushkin. |
| 0:10.0 | Hi, dear. |
| 0:15.0 | Happy birthday to me. |
| 0:17.5 | Oh, my God. |
| 0:18.1 | It was your birthday last week, wasn't it? |
| 0:20.4 | It's kind of why I was phoning. |
| 0:21.7 | I'm sorry, buddy. |
| 0:26.1 | It loses something when you have to call a week later to receive to get your own birthday wish from someone, you know. |
| 0:32.8 | It hurts. |
| 0:33.7 | Okay, honestly, I feel like your birthday is all that important to you. |
| 0:37.1 | Am I wrong? |
| 0:38.2 | Well, it's not as important to me as the first night of Hanukkah. |
| 0:42.7 | And the second night. |
| 0:45.0 | Not the third night. |
| 0:46.6 | I hate the third night. |
| 0:48.5 | You know what? |
| 0:49.3 | As a birthday present to myself, I'm going to hang up on you. |
| 0:54.7 | Happy birthday to me, indeed. |
| 1:02.7 | From Pushkin Industries, I'm Jonathan Goldstein, and this is heavyweight. |
| 1:09.4 | Today's episode, The Messenger. |
| 1:16.9 | Right after the break. |
| 1:24.7 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
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