Caitlin Kenny: The story had that Rashomon sort of feel like. It's almost like I can't believe that the story played out this way as you're reporting it, she says. "We did not tell him how she died until I spoke with him because it just seemed like a heavy thing to... I mean, either way, it was heavy, but it seemed especially heavy to put it into an email" She said playing things for his wife is always like 'that's the best litmus' in terms of what will make her cry.
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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