The idea was I would start every episode writing on the G train. And so that just became the running gag of my childhood friend Jackie and having her just hang up on me, having little patience for my shenanigans. So at the last minute, I just called up my friend Jackie to tell her about the show. And people seemed to like it.
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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