Episode 518: Jonathan Goldstein
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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.”

Show notes:

• @J_Goldstein)

• Goldstein’s Heavyweight archive)

• 02:00 "Plan B") (Ira Glass • This American Life • Feb 2002)

• 10:00 Goldstein’s This American Life archive)

• 14:00 Lenny Bruce is Dead) (Counterpoint Press • 2006)

• 16:00 "I Know What You Did This Summer") (Ira Glass • This American Life • Aug 2001)

• 17:00 "Other People’s Problems") (Jonathan Goldstein • CBC • Sept 2020)

• 19:00Goldstein’s Wiretap archive, selected and republished by the CBC)

• 23:00 "What I Should’ve Said") (Ira Glass • This American Life • Jan 2004)

• 23:00 "Recordings for Someone") (Ira Glass • This American Life • Jan 2002)

• 26:00 "Buzz") (Jonathan Goldstein • Gimlet • Sept 2016)

• 31:00 "The Elliotts") (Jonathan Goldstein • Gimlet • Dec 2022)

• 33:00 "Justine") (Jonathan Goldstein • Gimlet • Oct 2021)

• 33:00 "Stephen") (Jonathan Goldstein • Gimlet • Oct 2021)

• 37:00 "Dr. Muller") (Jonathan Goldstein • Gimlet • Nov 2019)

• 43:00 "Another Roadside Attraction") (Jonathan Goldstein • Gimlet • Nov 2022)

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