The Phone Call

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.7 • 39.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Bow Suprasert had just returned from a trip abroad when she got a strange phone call, saying a man had been caught traveling with a passport in her name. But Bow’s passport was still in her suitcase. We have a small favor to ask! We’ve put together a survey about our shows – and our membership program, Criminal Plus – and it would mean a lot to us if you could fill it out. You can find it ⁠at thisiscriminal.com/survey. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Sign up for our occasional newsletter. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, special merch deals, and more. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Pushkin Industries, I'm Jonathan Goldstein, and heavyweight is back.
0:06.3	The new season is bigger than ever.
0:08.7	Bigger hopes?
0:09.7	I keep waiting for this moment when he says, Mom, I get it.
0:14.6	I'm sorry.
0:15.9	Bigger dreams.
0:17.1	Tom Hanks wants to meet with you.
0:19.3	This is a real chance.
0:21.2	And bigger heartbreaks.
0:22.7	I thought it would be my movie moment.
0:27.8	And maybe he would even whisper in my ear.
0:29.8	I've always been in love with you.
0:31.8	Check out new episodes of heavyweight on Apple Podcasts.
0:39.8	Support for Criminal comes from Apple Podcasts. Support for Criminal comes from Apple Podcasts.
0:43.1	Sometimes you get an urge to look back at your past and the decisions you regret or the
0:47.9	connections you lost.
0:49.5	And you start to wonder, what if things have gone differently?
0:53.6	Heavyweight is a podcast that looks into that question and tries to make things right.
0:58.2	Listening to a single episode, you can laugh, cry, reflect on crossroads in your own life,
1:02.6	or even find the closure you might be searching for.
1:05.7	Listen to Heavyweight right now on Apple Podcasts.
1:10.1	Hi, it's Phoebe.
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