Heavyweight Short: Yasser

Heavyweight

Pushkin Industries

Relationships, Comedy, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.9 • 17.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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When Yasser was a boy, he saw a cartoon that changed his life. He’s been searching for it ever since. The only problem is… it’s vanished. Credits This episode was hosted and produced by supervising producer Stevie Lane, along with Jonathan Goldstein, Mohini Madgavkar, and Phoebe Flanigan. The senior producer is Kalila Holt. Editorial guidance from Emily Condon. Special thanks to Pia Gadkari, Bobby Lord, Dr. Mohamed Ghazala, and Tom Scharpling over at The Best Show. The show was mixed by Bobby Lord. Music by Christine Fellows, John K Samson, Blue Dot Sessions, Podington Bear, 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	Stevie Lane. Hello. So now you have a story. I do. Detailed to share with the nation.
0:07.6	Yes. Does your grandmother, what's your grandmother's name again?
0:10.8	Ruth. Ruth. Close.
0:13.4	Has she listened to your stories in the past? She has.
0:17.6	Has she listened to my stories? No. Not as much. And not at all. Should we
0:22.2	call her up on the telephone to tell her that you have a story?
0:25.5	Who's this?
0:29.3	Hi, grandma. It's Stevie. Oh. Oh, it just said New York. I almost wasn't going to
0:35.0	take it. Okay. Fine. I know how to do it.
0:40.2	I was just calling because I wanted to tell you that I'm hosting today's
0:45.9	episode of Heavyweight. Oh. And of course, you know what? I'll
0:50.7	hear you better because I just came back from New York. I was just, she fixed my
0:56.0	hearing aids. Oh, I can hear a little better. And now everybody who listens to you
1:00.2	knows about we're hearing age. Oh, grandma. I think that those 95-year-olds
1:04.5	have hearing aids. And right now you told everyone I will. I am. I was going to say
1:09.0	I'm only 89, but okay, I've got to say 95. I'm sorry. No, I was only teasing you.
1:16.5	I don't care. They don't know me. But they don't know I don't look my age.
1:22.1	You'd have to tell them that. Oh, yeah. So for everyone listening, she does not look
1:25.9	her age. I'm Stevie Lane and this is Heavyweight.
1:38.9	Today is Heavyweight Short. Yes, sir. I'm ready to hear it.
1:46.1	Now you mean right after the break.
2:16.4	So why did I Trevor Noah decide to do a podcast? I think this podcast gives me an opportunity
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