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Heavyweight

NuevoHyman Kaplan (A Live Reading)12 de noviembre de 2026 · 20 min
Episodios
135
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Último episodio
12 Nov 2026
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Maybe you’ve laid awake and imagined how it could have been, how it might yet be, but the moment to act was never right. Well, the moment is here and the podcast making it happen is Heavyweight. Join Jonathan Goldstein for road trips, thorny reunions, and difficult conversations as he backpedals his way into the past like a therapist with a time machine. 

Episodios 135

  1. Hyman Kaplan (A Live Reading)

    20 minTemporada 10

    As a young reporter in 2001, Jonathan was sent to profile a 93-year-old man known as the “nursing home Casanova.” What Jonathan found instead was something he hadn’t expected at all: A man in the throes of …

  2. #71 La Fortitudo

    40 minTemporada 10 · Episodio 5

    When Dan was 22, he lied his way into becoming the batting coach for La Fortitudo, one of Italy's most dominant professional baseball teams. What followed was the team's worst season in their history. 30 years …

  3. Jonathan + Death of an Artist

    12 minTemporada 10

    Jonathan talks with married journalists Alice Gregory and Leon Neyfakh, hosts of the new Pushkin series Death of an Artist, Season 3. The series tells the story of another married couple: artists Petra and …

  4. #70 Cayden

    33 minTemporada 10 · Episodio 4

    As a kid, Cayden was repressed, quiet, and very much closeted. But on a church mission trip, he met Andrew, who inspired him to come out. Now, as an adult, Cayden wants to know what became of Andrew.See …

  5. Regrets, I've Had a Slew

    34 minTemporada 10

    In February, the Heavyweight team headed to Brooklyn for a live show at On Air Fest. There was a countdown of Jonathan’s most regrettable moments from the show, and an audience Q&A with producers Kalila and …

  6. Gobi | From This Is Love

    24 minTemporada 10Extra

    We're taking a break to bring you an episode of This Is Love, from the makers of Criminal and hosted by Phoebe Judge. Where Heavyweight explores past regrets, This Is Love looks at the expansiveness of all …

  7. #69 Tamara

    47 minTemporada 10 · Episodio 3

    Tamara and B were best friends and roommates at their Christian boarding school. Then, in 12th grade, a teacher declared B to be possessed by a demon and an exorcism was performed. B and Tamara stopped speaking …

  8. #68 Songe

    40 minTemporada 10 · Episodio 2

    When Songe was 8 years old, he made fun of a girl with a facial tic. Just months later, he developed tics of his own—the first signs of the Tourette Syndrome he still lives with today. It felt like cosmic …

  9. #67 Jenna

    38 minTemporada 10 · Episodio 1

    When Jenna was eight years old, she was taken from her mom and placed with a foster family called the Grizzles. For two and a half years, she built a life with them, and when they asked to adopt her, Jenna was …

  10. Trailer: Heavyweight Season 10

    2 minTemporada 10Tráiler

    Heavyweight returns on September 17. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Pushkin+ subscribers can get all episodes ad-free! Sign up on the Heavyweight Apple show page or at pushkin.fm/plus.See …

  11. 2026 Update: James

    40 minTemporada 10

    James’s father’s dying wish was for his ashes to be spread on the 18th hole of a fancy private golf course. That was 16 years ago. In this episode, James, Jonathan, and their friend Howard attempt a golf heist …

  12. Jonathan Vs. Kalila on Smash Boom Best

    36 minTemporada 10Extra

    Jonathan and Kalila go toe-to-toe as guests on the children’s debate podcast, Smash Boom Best, where they debate the merits of phone calls vs. texting. We had a lot of fun doing it, and—if it’s not too bold to …

  13. 2026 Update: Julia

    36 minTemporada 10

    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. She didn’t …

  14. 2026 Update: Brandon

    40 minTemporada 10

    Throughout high school, Brandon was a misfit. Then one day, out of the blue, one of the school’s prettiest, most popular girls asked him to prom. Fifteen years later, Brandon wants to know: why him? Four years …

  15. 2026 Update: Frederick J. Brown

    37 minTemporada 10

    Maia found a painting in the garbage and took it home. But as it turned out, it wasn’t just any painting. In this update, Kalila learns that she might have been looking at the painting all wrong. You can sign …

  16. 2026 Update: Christina

    48 minTemporada 10

    When Christina was in 11th grade, her foster mother made her quit playing basketball. After that, she felt like her life never got back on course. And so, she’s always wanted to ask her foster mother: why’d you …

  17. 2026 Update: Skye

    50 minTemporada 10

    When Skye was in middle school, her best friends showed up at her home one night and wrote “f*ck you” on her garage door. After that, they never spoke again. Decades later, at the urging of her eleven-year-old …

  18. Jonathan Goldstein on Wild Card

    45 minTemporada 10

    This week, Jonathan joins the ranks of A-list celebrities as a guest on NPR's Wild Card with Rachel Martin. Death, ghosts, the pleasures and perils of talking to strangers... Rachel and Jonathan talk about it …

  19. 2026 Update: Elyse

    47 minTemporada 10

    When Elyse was 21, her father, Billy, disappeared without explanation. When Elyse finally learned of his whereabouts, she was shocked by the new life he was living. Seven years after the release of this …

  20. 2026 Update: Tony

    43 minTemporada 10

    Today, we speak with Jonathan's longtime friend Tony. A lot's changed in his life since the episode came out ten years ago. Tony messed up his relationship with each of his three godchildren owing to three …

  21. Heavyweight in 2026

    1 minTemporada 10Extra

    What to expect from Heavyweight this year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  22. Minneapolis

    33 minTemporada 10

    In part one, Jonathan and his wife, Emily, check in. In part two, the story of a family forced into hiding after an ICE shooting. Places to donate: Yamelis's GoFundMe Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota Immigrant …

  23. Presenting Death, Sex & Money | From Brazilian Butt Lifts to Botox: Your Beauty Confessions

    1 h 5 minTemporada 10Extra

    The Heavyweight team is hard at work on some episode updates for later this spring, as well as a brand new season, which will be coming this fall. But in the meantime, we wanted to “wet your whistles,” so to …

  24. #66 Deborah

    42 minTemporada 9 · Episodio 66

    At 101 years old, Deborah discovered a box she'd stashed away a lifetime ago. What was inside reignited an old love and turned her life upside down. Get ad-free episodes of Heavyweight by subscribing to …

  25. #65 Meredith

    39 minTemporada 9 · Episodio 65

    Meredith unknowingly ate a bag of her teenage son’s weed gummies. She wants him to apologize. He wants her to apologize. At a stand-off, they call Jonathan for help. Get ad-free episodes of Heavyweight by …

  26. #64 Kevin

    1 h 1 minTemporada 9 · Episodio 64

    Kevin's childhood was a hard one. But it was made bearable by his neighborhood friends, Jason and Gerald. Then, one afternoon, the boys just vanished. Over thirty years later, Kevin still hasn't forgotten them …

  27. Heavyweight: Live from New York

    40 minTemporada 9Extra

    In October, the Heavyweight team gathered in New York City for a live event at Caveat on the Lower East Side. There was a reading, a Q&A, and a Meet & Greet. And because we are a podcast, we recorded it all …

  28. #63 Jasmin

    39 minTemporada 9 · Episodio 63

    Jasmin grew up as one of the few Black girls in a mostly white town. Senior year, she was voted Homecoming Queen and she finally felt accepted. But then, at the dance, they announced someone else's name. Jasmin …

  29. The Canal, the Crash and the Ketamine - Pushkin's Reign of Error

    44 minTemporada 9Extra

    Today, Jonathan joins his fellow Pushkin hosts for a special episode all about mistakes. Jonathan speaks with his friend, the writer Sheila Heti. Together, they muse on the cost of mistakes and whether we're …

  30. #62 Stefano

    34 minTemporada 9 · Episodio 62

    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 …

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