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I recommend one of my favorite podcasts, Heavyweight, hosted by Jonathan Goldstein. I love how it tells deeply human stories without feeling manipulative, and how it lets the people involved maintain their dignity while still narrating their own experiences.

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Topics:
00:00 October Intro
00:25 Why Heavyweight Hits Hard
00:53 What Makes It Special
01:43 How The Show Works
02:10 Episode Pick Jenna
02:54 Clip From Jenna
04:05 Where To Listen
04:10 Podcast Crafting Dreams
05:21 Your Podcast Recommendations
05:34 Subscribe And Goodbye

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What is Daily(ish)?

Challenging myself to record a podcast episode a day for my 50th year on this planet.

Hello and welcome to Dailyish
for Thursday, October 1st, 2026.

Welcome to the month of Halloween.

I'm recording an episode every day
for this, my 50th year on the planet

so today, the day after International
Podcast Day, I wanna recommend a

podcast that you should listen to.

And, it's probably one
of my favorite podcasts.

Uh, it's not my most favorite
one to listen to because it

inevitably punches me in the gut.

I'll be walking Neville and listening to
a story and, like, fighting back tears

as I try to hold it together on the
path, and people are f- passing me and

wondering why this, uh, man is emotionally
drained just from walking his dog.

But it's not in the manipulative way
that sometimes storytelling can be done.

I feel like Heavyweight manages to sort
of thread the needle of telling a really

human story while still maintaining,
uh, the dignity of the storyteller,

of the person or the people's stories
they're telling, because they kind

of like are brought along with them.

And Jonathan Goldstein, the host,
is really good at, I don't know how

the, how he does it, but drawing out
the stories from the people that he's

been asked to tell their story with
or for in a way that they get to be

the narrators of their story, even
though he's technically the narrator.

I don't know how to explain it exactly.

That's not doing it justice.

But It might help that Jonathan
Goldstein, he was, uh, the host of

a show in Canada here on CBC Radio
called Wiretap for over a decade.

And, and then he's done stuff
with American, This American

Life, and then is also a writer

And the show has been running for,
well, there's 10 seasons anyways,

and I think maybe 10 years.

I'm not sure if it's a yearly show.

I know there was some, like, stoppage
during, as they switched various

hosting companies and, and production
companies and stuff like that.

But, So don't be intimidated.

Sometimes when you look at a show and
there's 10 seasons, this isn't s- a show

where there's, you know, a narrative
arc that flows between each episode.

Sometimes they call back to previous
episodes and stuff, but it's

not in any way that you need to
understand all the details and stuff.

So season 10 just started in, uh,
September here, and I just listened

as I was walking Neville this
morning to, uh, episode 67, Jenna.

And I…

It was a story that I l- I wasn't thinking
I was gonna be even that interested in, to

be honest, when I was first pressed play,
and by the end of it, I was like, my view

on parenting, children, life, friendship,
family, all those things was severely, uh,

impacted in, in a, the best possible way

I don't wanna spoil it, but I'll just
play a little clip here just so you

get a sense of what the show sounds
like, 'cause I know that can sometimes

be, uh, either a helpful, helpful or a
hindrance if you tune into a show and

you don't like the sound of it for some
reason, or you love the sound of it.

So here's a little clip from,
uh, season 10, episode 67, Jenna

Jonathan: Jenna still doesn't
understand how the Grizzles were able

to give her up so easily, especially
since she saw the lengths they

went to for their eldest son, Cody.

Jenna: For the sake of their son, they
picked up and they moved, and as I got

older, I began to s- to ask myself,
"Why couldn't they have moved for me?"

Jonathan: For Jenna, this
resulted in her always feeling

like she just wasn't good enough.

Jenna: Not pretty enough, not smart
enough, just not lovable enough.

I, I didn't matter.

I just didn't matter to them.

There's got to be…

I know there's more to it, but I carried
those stories into my teenage years,

into all of my dating relationships,
into my marriage, into my divorce.

I've been carrying this weight
of not belonging and not being

enough for nearly 30 years.

So yeah, I don't know if that
resonates with you or doesn't,

but check it out if it does.

Heavyweight Podcast, wherever
you get your podcasts.

They're on Apple Podcasts, It's one
of those shows that, uh, sometimes

when I tell people I edit and
produce podcasts for clients, that's

the kind of show they picture.

And while I would love to someday figure
out how and a way to work on a show

like that, 'cause it would be amazing,
I think, just an experience to, to craft

episodes in a, in a way that isn't like,
"We need to get this out tomorrow,"

or, "We recorded this today and it's
going out today," kind of feeling.

But having time to, like, simmer
and stew on a, on an episode and cut

things and put things back in and
move things around and go back for

more story and, and things like that.

Um, the shows I work on for clients,
which I, like I said, I've said before,

I do enjoy working on, but are much more
like, here's a thing we're talking about,

two people talking about a topic or
sharing their expertise on a thing, not

a narrative-driven, uh, story or podcast.

And they both have their place.

But, in some ways, I guess I'm, I'm
blessed to be able to understand enough

about the industry and how podcasts work
to understand the effort and time and,

um, experience that goes into a show like
this, but not knowing exactly how the

sausage is made, so to speak, so that I
can still just sit back and enjoy, uh, in

episodes like what Heavyweight puts out.

So yeah, check it out.

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What kind of podcasts
are you listening to?

Do you listen to Heavyweight already?

Any of the episodes in
particular that stuck out to you?

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Have a great day.

Bye.