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Episode 518: Jonathan Goldstein

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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)

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