Episode 518: Jonathan Goldstein

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Education, Arts, Books, News

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan Goldstein is an audio producer and the host of Heavyweight. “I wasn’t taking myself very seriously, initially. I liked working with my friends and family because I think I was a little more comfortable with them. Then in the second season people were writing in with real problems, and they were looking at me as a kind of expert. It was terrifying to meet with these people and see the look of hopefulness in their eyes. ... I realized I need to step it up and even if I didn’t feel like an expert—an expert in an invented field that doesn’t really exist—that I’d really have to take that on with seriousness.” Show notes: @J_Goldstein Goldstein’s Heavyweight archive 02:00 "Plan B" (Ira Glass • This American Life • Feb 2002) 10:00 Goldstein’s This American Life archive 14:00 Lenny Bruce is Dead (Counterpoint Press • 2006) 16:00 "I Know What You Did This Summer" (Ira Glass • This American Life • Aug 2001) 17:00 "Other People’s Problems" (Jonathan Goldstein • CBC • Sept 2020) 19:00Goldstein’s Wiretap archive, selected and republished by the CBC 23:00 "What I Should’ve Said" (Ira Glass • This American Life • Jan 2004) 23:00 "Recordings for Someone" (Ira Glass • This American Life • Jan 2002) 26:00 "Buzz" (Jonathan Goldstein • Gimlet • Sept 2016) 31:00 "The Elliotts" (Jonathan Goldstein • Gimlet • Dec 2022) 33:00 "Justine" (Jonathan Goldstein • Gimlet • Oct 2021) 33:00 "Stephen" (Jonathan Goldstein • Gimlet • Oct 2021) 37:00 "Dr. Muller" (Jonathan Goldstein • Gimlet • Nov 2019) 43:00 "Another Roadside Attraction" (Jonathan Goldstein • Gimlet • Nov 2022) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	Hello, and welcome to the long-form podcast.
0:40.1	I'm Evan Ratliffe, co-hosting the show along with Max Linsky, and Aaron Lammer, who are
0:45.1	here with me now to kick it off.
0:47.1	Hey, guys, let's kick this episode off, right?
0:51.4	Who is on it?
0:53.5	This week, it was a long time coming for me this episode.
0:57.9	The guest is Jonathan Goldstein, the host of the podcast, Heavyweight.
1:02.8	You guys know that I love Heavyweight.
1:05.4	I think it's one of the most compelling and moving things that anyone puts out in media
1:11.4	anywhere.
1:12.4	And I actually resisted trying to get Jonathan on for years because I thought delving
1:17.6	into how he created the show would somehow spoil the magic for me.
1:22.7	But the last season was so good that I could no longer resist.
1:27.2	Let me tell you, it did not spoil the magic for me.
1:29.2	If anything, it enhanced the magic talking to Jonathan.
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