Trailer: Heavyweight Season 9

Trailer: Heavyweight Season 9

Author: Pushkin Industries September 4, 2025 Duration: 2:12

A look at what’s to come this season. Heavyweight returns on September 18. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Pushkin+ subscribers can get all episodes ad-free! Sign up on the Heavyweight Apple show page or at pushkin.fm/plus

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


There’s a particular kind of memory that doesn’t fade-it’s the unresolved moment, the regret that quietly shapes a life. Heavyweight, from Pushkin Industries, is built on the belief that it’s never too late to go back and try to set things right. Host Jonathan Goldstein doesn’t just reminisce; he gets in the car, makes the phone call, and arranges the meeting. Each episode is a deeply human, often surprisingly funny journey into someone’s past to confront a lingering question: an apology never given, a friendship lost over a misunderstanding, a childhood promise broken. The tone here is a unique blend, fitting its categories of Society, Comedy, and Culture-it’s empathetic and thoughtful, yet laced with Goldstein’s wry, self-deprecating humor. You’ll hear the awkward silences, the nervous laughter, and the genuine breakthroughs. This isn’t a podcast about easy answers; it’s about the messy, courageous, and cathartic process of seeking closure, one personal heavyweight at a time. The conversations are intimate, the stories are specific, and the emotional weight is real, making for listening that is both moving and unexpectedly uplifting.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 50

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Duration: 37:56
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Trailer: Heavyweight Season 10 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:43
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2026 Update: James [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:24
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Jonathan Vs. Kalila on Smash Boom Best [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:08
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Duration: 36:18
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2026 Update: Brandon [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:53
Throughout high school, Brandon was a misfit. Then one day, out of the blue, one of the school’s prettiest, most popular girls asked him to prom. Fifteen years later, Brandon wants to know: why him? Four years after the…
2026 Update: Frederick J. Brown [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:22
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2026 Update: Christina [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:11
When Christina was in 11th grade, her foster mother made her quit playing basketball. After that, she felt like her life never got back on course. And so, she’s always wanted to ask her foster mother: why’d you make me q…
2026 Update: Skye [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:22
When Skye was in middle school, her best friends showed up at her home one night and wrote “f*ck you” on her garage door. After that, they never spoke again. Decades later, at the urging of her eleven-year-old son, Clark…