Heavyweight

Gregor's parents are pushing 90. Gregor wants to move them out of their big Victorian home. But they refuse. So, he's come up with a bold plan.

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

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It’s the last Heavyweight encore before our new season begins on September 18th! This week, we talk to Jonathan's mom about life in the years since her appearance in #15: Dina. During a visit back ho…

For our penultimate Heavyweight encore, we’re joined by Pen15 co-creator Anna Konkle to revisit last season’s junior high drama — #53: Leif.

On Valentine’s Day in junior high, Leif was supposed to ask…

This week, we check back in with Joey to answer everyone’s burning question: does he still have a mullet?

Years ago, Joey had a very bad day — all due to awkward misunderstandings. Jonathan and Gregor…

This week, we talk to Steve Marsh from our episode, The Marshes. The family has changed in ways they could never have guessed at when the story was first published in 2019.

After a drunken slip of th…

This week, we’re calling up one of our fan-favorite guests from season two: Rose.

Almost twenty years ago, Rose was kicked out of her college sorority. “You know what you did,” was the only explanati…

This week, we check back in with Scott to find out what turns his life has taken since the original episode aired in 2019.

When Scott was a heroin addict, he crossed a line he thought he would never c…

This week, we catch up with Jonathan's dad about the years since his appearance in our first ever episode — #1 Buzz. Buzz and Sheldon are brothers in their eighties who’ve been estranged for decades.…

While the new season is under construction, we’re revisiting some of our favorite episodes and calling up former guests to see what’s happened since. This week: #2 Gregor. 20 years ago, Gregor lent s…

For the better part of his adult life, drinking was Jonathan’s great comfort. But after getting laid off, something changed.

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In her year off, Stevie had a lot of time to wait on hold. And Kalila took a hard look at not wanting to be looked at.

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What we’ve been up to, and what’s in store through the coming weeks.

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Before Scott died, he bequeathed to his brothers his beloved pet parrot, Harry. The brothers promised to care for the bird. Except they didn’t. Over twenty years later, they want to find Harry and ma…

Loch swears his kindergarten teacher used to steal his cheese. But no one believes him.

Credits

This episode was produced by Phoebe Flanigan, Mohini Madgavkar, and Kalila Holt, along with Jonathan Gold…

When Yasser was a boy, he saw a cartoon that changed his life. He’s been searching for it ever since. The only problem is… it’s vanished.

Credits

This episode was hosted and produced by supervising p…

Heavyweight will be back next week with a brand new episode. But today, we’re excited to introduce you to Death, Sex & Money — a show hosted by Anna Sale about the topics that we tend to shy away fro…

In 1993, Nick was shot in an Idaho motel room. One stranger came to his aid. Nick wants to find him.

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