Heavyweight
by Pushkin Industries
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Jonathan + Death of an Artist
Jonathan + Death of an Artist
About this podcast
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.
Episodes
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- Jonathan + Death of an Artist · 12 min · Season 10Jonathan 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…
- #70 Cayden · 33 min · Season 10 Episode 4As 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…
- Regrets, I've Had a Slew · 34 min · Season 10In 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…
- Gobi | From This Is Love · 24 min · Season 10We'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…
- #69 Tamara · 47 min · Season 10 Episode 3Tamara 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…
- #68 Songe · 40 min · Season 10 Episode 2When 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…
- #67 Jenna · 38 min · Season 10 Episode 1When 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…
- Trailer: Heavyweight Season 10 · 2 min · Season 10Heavyweight 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…
- 2026 Update: James · 40 min · Season 10James’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…
- Jonathan Vs. Kalila on Smash Boom Best · 36 min · Season 10Jonathan 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…
- 2026 Update: Julia · 36 min · Season 10In 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…
- 2026 Update: Brandon · 40 min · Season 10Throughout 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…
- 2026 Update: Frederick J. Brown · 37 min · Season 10Maia 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…
- 2026 Update: Christina · 48 min · Season 10When 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…
- 2026 Update: Skye · 50 min · Season 10When 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…
- Jonathan Goldstein on Wild Card · 45 min · Season 10This 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…
- 2026 Update: Elyse · 47 min · Season 10When 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…
- 2026 Update: Tony · 43 min · Season 10Today, 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…
- Heavyweight in 2026 · 1 min · Season 10What to expect from Heavyweight this year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Minneapolis · 33 min · Season 10In 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…
