#62 Stefano
Heavyweight
Pushkin Industries
4.9 • 17.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
On her flight to emigrate from Italy in 1959, Anita was tasked with babysitting a two-year-old boy being brought to the US for adoption. During the flight, Anita fell in love with the child, and for the rest of her life, she wondered what became of him.
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| 0:00.0 | Pushkin |
| 0:06.7 | Pushkin. |
| 0:10.7 | Hey, Tony. |
| 0:15.2 | Karen. |
| 0:15.7 | Just in the grocery store. |
| 0:17.1 | I'm sorry to be intruding like this, you know, just calling up out of... |
| 0:21.6 | Oh, hi. |
| 0:23.7 | Oh, hi. |
| 0:24.5 | Sorry, my mom called on the other line. |
| 0:27.1 | So then you just drop whoever you're talking to? |
| 0:30.2 | That's the kind of daughter I am. |
| 0:32.0 | Not very professional, but okay. |
| 0:35.9 | Oh, is this a business call? |
| 0:37.7 | Yes, it actually is. Okay. Well, is this a business call? Yes, it actually is. |
| 0:40.5 | Okay. |
| 0:41.3 | Well, because, you know, you're a dear friend of Jackie, so I thought maybe, you know, I would turn to you with my concern. |
| 0:47.8 | I've been trying to call Jackie, and she doesn't seem to be accepting my phone calls. |
| 0:54.3 | Yeah, I know. |
| 0:55.6 | I could confirm that she's okay. |
| 0:57.6 | Okay. |
| 0:58.6 | Oh, that's good. |
| 0:59.7 | Thank God. |
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