Heavyweight

Jonathan speaks with Curtis Sittenfeld about her novel Rodham, which deals with many of the themes we explore on Heavyweight: things like returning to the past to change it, and the question of what our lives might have been like if we’d made one decision differently. Rodham is a novel about what Hillary Clinton’s life and political career might have looked like if she had never married Bill Clinton.

Mix by Bobby Lord.

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Jonathan, Stevie, and Kalila are back, to talk about Thanksgiving and music.

Music and mix by Bobby Lord. Additional music by Sean, Ryan, Kevin, and Brian Jacobi.

Find our playlist, "Goldstein's Party Faves to Get the Party Going," here

Find Madeline Forman's music here

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Rachel and Jon are siblings who were separated as young children. Jonathan helps them confront the woman responsible... fifty years later.

Credits

Heavyweight is hosted and produced by Jonathan Goldstein.

This episode was produced by Kalila Holt, along with Stevie Lane.

Special thanks to Emily Condon, Alex Blumberg, PJ Vogt, Mohini Madgavkar, Nabeel Chollampat, and Jackie Cohen.

The show was mixed by Bobby Lord. 

Music by Christine Fellows, John K Samson, Blue Dot Sessions, and Bobby Lord. Our theme song is by The Weakerthans courtesy of Epitaph Records.

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Every time Annie’s family comes to town, they exclude her from their plans. Annie needs to know why.

Credits

This episode of Heavyweight was hosted and produced by Kalila Holt, along with Stevie Lane and Jonathan Goldstein.

Special thanks to Emily Condon, Alex Blumberg, Mathilde Urfalino, Mia Bloomfield, Emma Munger, Zac Schmidt, Sam Reisman, and Jackie Cohen.

The show was mixed by Bobby Lord. 

Music by Christine Fellows, John K Samson, Bobby Lord, Hew Time, Blue Dot Sessions, and Shanghai Restoration Project. Our theme song is by The Weakerthans courtesy of Epitaph Records.

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How the worst McDonald’s commercial ever made came to be. And how Bobby got mixed up in it.

Credits

Heavyweight is hosted and produced by Jonathan Goldstein.

This episode was produced by Stevie Lane, along with Kalila Holt.

Special thanks to Emily Condon, Alex Blumberg, Chris Neary, Nazanin Rafsanjani, Phoebe Flanigan, Nabeel Chollampat, Jake Anderson, Billy Klein, Nicholas Papaleo, and Jackie Cohen.

The show was mixed by Bobby Lord. 

Music by Christine Fellows, John K Samson, Michael Hearst, Podington Bear, Blue Dot Sessions, Lost Condors, Hew Time, and Bobby Lord. Our theme song is by The Weakerthans courtesy of Epitaph Records.

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In 1995, Vivian’s uncle Helio died of AIDS. Now, 25 years later, Vivian’s on a search to find the man who cared for him until his death.

Credits

Heavyweight is hosted and produced by Jonathan Goldstein.

This episode was produced by Stevie Lane. The senior producer is Kalila Holt.

Special thanks to Emily Condon, Alex Blumberg, Caitlin Kenney, Mimi O’Donnell, Lydia Polgreen, Reyhan Harmanci, Nabeel Chollampat, and Jackie Cohen.

The show was mixed by Bobby Lord. 

Music by Christine Fellows, John K Samson, Michael Hearst, Haley Shaw, Blue Dot Sessions, and Bobby Lord. Our theme song is by The Weakerthans courtesy of Epitaph Records.

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Mason Reese was the biggest child star of the early 1970's. Recently, he posted a YouTube video of himself crying. Jonathan sets out to discover why. This is a story Jonathan made for Reply All in 2015. The new season of Heavyweight starts next week.

Credits

This episode was produced by Jonathan Goldstein, along with Chris Neary, Tim Howard, Sruthi Pinnamaneni, PJ Vogt, and Alex Goldman.

Editing by Alex Blumberg.

The show was mixed by John DeLore and Bobby Lord.

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As we turn our attention back to producing classic Heavyweight episodes, we leave you with one last check in. SPOILER ALERT: This check in contains a special treat.

Special thanks to Matthew Boll and Doug Barron.

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