The idea of having someone sweep in and be able to pick up the slack is a very appealing idea. I'd like to try doing an episode where like it's kind of like the criss cross strangers on a train, you know,. That would be kind of fun. Do you think that everyone has one of these questions? Like, do you think everyone has a heavyweight in them? You'll see one just out of conversation, you'll see one. It's that thing about like the stories that resist telling.
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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