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Heavyweight

#7 Julia

Heavyweight

Pushkin Industries

Relationships, Personal Journals, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.918.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2016

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In grade 8, Julia was bullied so badly by a group of girls that she changed schools without telling anyone. Soon after, the girls from her old school showed up at her house and rang her doorbell.

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0:00.0

Hello?

0:03.2

Happy birthday, birthday girl.

0:05.6

Are you going out for dinner tonight with Rick or anything?

0:07.8

What?

0:08.8

It's not my birthday for another seven months. Hang on a second. Hang on. I'm hanging. I'm hanging. I'm hanging. I'm hanging. I'm in

0:15.8

traffic so it's perfect for you. According to my calendar alert it is your

0:19.5

birthday. Are you sh-

0:21.2

Are you on and on- on- on- on- Could you Are you You're 100% sure.

0:24.0

I don't know how many times I'm going to say it's not my birthday and how many times you're

0:28.0

going to repeat that it is my birthday.

0:30.0

This year you didn't actually...

0:32.0

This year you forgot to call me on my birthday.

0:35.0

Not even an email.

0:39.0

Nothing.

0:40.0

Okay.

0:41.0

Okay.

0:42.0

What about that time you got me an ice cream cake for my birthday, knowing I'm lactose sensitive?

0:49.0

Do you remember? The man at the roller rink kept on knocking on the bathroom door. Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me?

1:03.0

From Gimlet Media, I'm Jonathan Goldstein, and this is Heavyweight.

1:12.0

Today's episode, Julia. Julia is a journalist and she's endlessly curious about the world around her. Once on

1:32.4

assignment for the New York Times, she

1:34.5

investigated the benefits of bacteria and as a part of her research she didn't

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