Popular Reviews of Heavyweight

My new favorite podcast. Such a perfect balance of narrative, humor, and emotion all masterfully produced so that it feels "real" and effortless

Hard to believe how good this podcast is.

I just discovered his podcast and I'm totally hooked. Jonathan Goldstein is a fabulous host. He is so insightful. I love his optimism. I am going to search for everything else he's done. Keep it going!!

Oh how I look forward to every episode of this show. Heavyweight is a usually feel good podcast with nebbishy deadpan host Jonathan Goldstein attempting to help someone with some issue. It's funny, makes you think, and brings all the feels.

Amazing stories, awkward storytelling, heartwarming theme.

Probably the best example of audio storytelling I've ever heard - fantastic.

This podcast is so beautiful. I've loved Jonathan Goldstein's work since Wiretap, and his book is great too. Highly recommend.

A mix of comedy, slice of life, solving problems, and story telling. Jonathan Goldstein, of WireTap fame, is a masterful story teller with amazing pacing and great characters.

Jonathan dives into the moments in life when everything changed. In heavyweight we are introduced to a new person each episode and their story. Stories ranging from brothers who are in their eighties and haven’t spoken in decades to a story of a CD and musician slighted. Jonathan hears stories of friends, family and then tries to mend the point where things went wrong.I feel as though through this series we can start to see a Jonathan inside each of us, if not only just a glimmer. We all face challenges in relationships at one point and many of us have lost someone in these cases. So with Heavyweight I feel as though it's like Jonathan is speaking to us all.- Podcast Junkie

Consistently good episodes.

Great mix of heartfelt and hilarious.

Real stories that make me like the world a bit more.

I was a big fan of Wiretap and it makes me very happy that Heavyweight lives up to my big expectations.Every episodes makes me go through a lot of different emotions and i love it!What a great podcast !!

Perfection. Jonathan is the wrong person for the job yet does it so wonderfully. The first podcast I ever recommend.

perfect blend of raw emotion and dry humor. fuck Spotify for ruining a perfect thing.

Listening to an old episode today in the car, from half-way around the world, I thought to myself what a companion this podcast has become for me. There are plenty of back-episodes I can listen to while we wait for someone to reboot it and I hope and pray that it survives. Few things make me laugh more than the opening sequence, and I never get tired of this format.

This is up my alley. Good in-the-feels stories without being melodramatic and with a proper amount of comedic relief. It seems the venerable Serendipity keeps Goldstein in business.5/5 self-conscious jokes

Sometimes funny, sometimes cringe, sometimes heartbreaking, but always an entertaining, emotional ride.

If podcast was your noise friend full of interesting stories it would be Heavyweight.

Tell me it's not so that there's no more Heavyweight! One of the most ...normal, true to life podcasts, a perfect blend of humor, sadness, facts and narration by Johnathan. The whole crew gets in on it and their love of participation and of each other, shows in the way they interact.Whomever made the decision to cancel should be drawn and quartered :-(.I hope that you get picked up by another