I couldn't tell what was fiction and what was not. I mean, the like melding fiction and nonfiction,. that to me was the interesting thing, like listening back to them. And initially it just seemed to have a show like this sandwiched in between the news or other things that were just straight ahead felt fun. But then it kind of like in some ways, yeah, I was working against us in that things that we did weren't true.
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.”
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