and help keep the future of the Houston Press, Use of this website constitutes acceptance of our, Photo by Ahmed Klink, courtesy of Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Licia? None of us said a word about the podcast. Two nights later, we all got together: Mom and Dad, Kevin, Megan, and her three-year-old son Ashton. Goldstein knows that radio is a medium where other things areconstantly competing for the listener's attention. Here, the narrative diverges. Theres a point to it.. And both of them told me it went well. Although we're not sure exactly what will come next for Goldstein, he did mention that he's interested in exploringthese "blind spots." Two years later, at another wedding weekend, in New York, I ran into Goldstein again. The only complicating factor now seemed to be Goldstein and his podcast. The book was a success that led and motivated him to engage in that field more. My little sister, then 27, has been a constant loud and dramatic presence in my life, but I had never heard her like this. This was the first public event of theMissouri Audio Project,and Andrew Leland, host and producer of KCRW, led the conversation with Goldstein, interspersing the Q&A with audio clips ofsome of Goldstein's work. He says hes found a Minneapolis therapist who reminds him of Fresh Airs Terry Gross. She was spending the weekend near Motley on the Crow Wing River with my parents and most of our extended family. Hes an unusually good interviewer, for starters, Glass said. Maybe she just wouldnt care. I was so guilty about it. Before marrying his wife Emily, he was in a committed relationship with an author named Heather O'Neill. There were awkward class differences and personality types that bordered on incompatibility: the good Catholic girl from the city meets the pistol-packing hellion from small-town Staples. It only seemed appropriate to ask Sean to marry us, said Condon. Lesson learned: Be curious about the world around you. What kind of food goes with meeting a secret sister for the first time? I only do it for dear friends, Cole told Current. And how should we listen to it? if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[580,400],'simplywho_com-large-mobile-banner-2','ezslot_9',646,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-simplywho_com-large-mobile-banner-2-0'); Born in August 22, 1969, in Brooklyn, Jonathan is currently 53 years old. I sat across from Natalienow, all of us were wearing the stupid studio headphonesspeaking into Goldsteins expensive microphones. Our familys episode of Heavyweight will come out this December. Read more, var customEventsOnLoad = window.onload; The two of them worked for a few months to come up with a name until Condon landed on Heavyweight. The couple stocks a daughter Octavia Goldstein. The senior producer is Kalila Holt. [3][4] The family settled in the suburb of Laval. We ordered cheeseburgers and fries from Wagners Drive-In, sitting on a picnic table in the early-July sunshine. Natalies birth inspired my parents to get back together. In 2015, he married radio producer Emily Condon. My mom wondered if Goldstein would be bringing his recording equipment with him. The author at his wedding reception, in 2018, with sister Natalie. One of my officemates said, I checked out that podcast that you do because I assumed it was about boxingbecause its called Heavyweight. A faint grimace flashes across his face. Jonathan was the co-author of the Elvis Presley-based book Elvis Presleys Jewish Roots with Max Wallace. As an indie producer, Oehler had reported for Morning Edition, Marketplace, RadioLab, Studio 360 and Hearing Voices. Jonathan Goldstein . [12], In September 2016, Goldstein began a new podcast, Heavyweight, with podcast network Gimlet Media.[13]. Special thanks to Emily Condon, Alex Blumberg, Mathilde Urfalino, Mia Bloomfield, Emma Munger, Zac Schmidt, Sam Reisman, and Jackie Cohen. View Emily A Condon results including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. He suggested that I send him an email about it when I returned to Minneapolis. And then, he says, you have to talk people into finishing the story. He realizes theres a showbiz aspect to what he doeshitting deadlines, commitments to sponsors. Most of them were complicated; some of them were straight-up devastating. Facebook; Twitter; WhatsApp; SMS; Email; Print; Save; Five lessons from Jonathan Goldstein The radio producer provided some sound advice at the Missouri Audio Project's first public event. Goldstein is of American nationality and white ethnicity. "You see," she said sweetly, "there are Jews in Minnesota . They were on a panel together at the Third CoastInternational Audio Festival but did not produce a ShortDoc together. In the social media and reality TV era, I understand that sharing details from your private life can feel like youre trading on your emotions for the attention of an audience. Id relentlessly lobbied for one, at one point getting my mom to admit that something happened to her, in the distant past, with a Ouija board. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. One of Coles favorite wedding memories is of presiding over the marriage of Jonathan Goldstein and Emily Condon, one of four couples with connections to TAL whom he married. We drove together to my parents house in White Bear Lake. We've gathered up the top five lessonsGoldstein shared with the audience. And when my dad would hear me talking to Mom about Goldstein or the podcast, he would sometimes explode in anger. This is how Goldstein and Holt determine the viability of a potential story. Sean describes people and understands people, Ahearn told Current. Just his soft-spoken way of asking, Do you want to write that letter right now? Don't fret. Jerrell Jackson returned to Columbia after years of playing professional football. She was hyperventilating through the snot-choked sounds of tears. Music by Christine Fellows, John K Samson, Blue Dot Sessions, and Bobby Lord. Having run through her history, feeling vulnerable again to everything shed experienced back then, she explained why she hadnt written the letter yet. Glass believes Goldstein discovered his tone and approach in a 2002 story about a long-lost answering machine message that Goldsteins friend Josh heard while going to college at Columbia University. When that show ended after 11 years, Goldstein moved to New York to develop a new podcast with Alex Blumberg, an old colleague from This American Life. Its like hes the heavyweight actuallylike hes the Muhammad Ali of this form.. They listen back to figure out how well-intentioned the subjects are, their capacity for honesty and openness with both themselves and the people in their lives. Youll be at a dinner party and itll be like, Universal Life Church? Well, the moment is here and the podcast making it happen is Heavyweight. [2], Goldstein was born to Buzz and Dina Goldstein in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, where he spent the first four years of his life before the family moved to Montreal, Quebec, his mother's hometown. Brian Reed, Jonathan Goldstein, and Emily Condon. At one point, when we were talking about what my childhood was like, he reached up to show Goldstein a .45 automatic that he had hidden on the top of a cupboard. It was like one of his radio stories in which you are the characters, recalled Goldstein, who now lives in Brooklyn and produces the Heavyweight podcast for Gimlet Media. Special thanks to Emily Condon, Alex Blumberg, Mathilde Urfalino, Mia Bloomfield, Emma Munger, Zac Schmidt, Sam Reisman, and Jackie Cohen. There are several wedding pictures of him looking like he just scored a goal at a soccer game with his hands outstretched and the newlyweds kissing in front of him. I dont want to keep you from diving into this, he wrote, but if its something that you still havent started exploring by November, Id love to figure out how we could help.. They married some three years after that birth and adoption, and then struggled a bit getting pregnant again. THAT Ayn Rand? Do we just listen to it individually and then come together with a group text message later that day? My mom started to duck Goldsteins calls. . Special thanks to Emily Condon, Jackie Cohen, Paul Tough, Stevie Lane, Michelle Harris, Dimitri Erlich, Sean Cole and Jorge Just. But I felt that figuring out what had happened to Leisha might help alleviate my moms deeply held anxiety. I told my mom that I wanted to invite Natalie and her husband. Goldstein and his family reside in New York City, New York, United States of America. Imagine a wedding at a misty, windswept location overlooking the Pacific Ocean in California, where the loving couple stands before their families and friends. Your email address will not be published. NewsBreak provides latest and breaking news about Emily Condon. A week or two later, she went into premature labor. Associated With. To be honest, I dont know if I wouldve done anything. What do I have to thank Natalie for? I hope it played out something like this: Megan, its OK. Just calm down and tell me what happened.. Things did not work out between them and they separated their ways apart in 2007. Key Enterprise LLC is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for mspmag.com for people with disabilities. (Goldstein seems to have realized the comic potential of casting Blumberg as a Bruce Waynestyle oligarch on Heavyweight, and technically, hes correct. In talking about how he produces stories, Goldstein admitted he doesn't think of himself as a natural storyteller. She played soccer in college and now worked as a marketing executive for a software company. Back then, he would pick me up from my apartment in Uptown, and we would listen to Rush Limbaugh until an inevitable political argument would detonate and we would find ourselves shouting over both Rush and each other on our drive up to the gun club. Current (https://current.org/2016/10/producer-sean-cole-relishes-the-beautiful-feeling-of-performing-weddings/), Radio producer Sean Cole, center, presides at the wedding of Jonathan Goldstein, left, and Emily Condon. People loved his performance on this show as well. Ive always felt that famous people run the most effective self-help programs in America. But rather than solving crimes, Goldstein endeavors to get to the bottom of family secrets, friendships that have gone sour, and promises that werent kept. Within a few months, my secret sister would read my moms letter and respond. "Imagining everyone hating me that keeps me in line. He ducked the question by saying, Steve, I used to drink a lot.. Often Cole includes a blessing for the couple in the form of an original poem he writes, sometimes on the day of the wedding. What were Goldsteins specific powers on the program? Cole began the service by declaring, Finally!, He got even more laughs when he declared by the power vested in me by the Universal Life Church of Modesto, California.. ewt.track({name:mp_global.tag[i],type:'topiccode'}); The show was mixed by Haley Shaw. Continue with Recommended Cookies. They welcomed a son in December 2016. Thats when Glass realized he could send Goldstein anywhere and he would come back with a good story. Credits This episode of Heavyweight was hosted and produced by Kalila Holt, along with Stevie Lane and Jonathan Goldstein. "It only seemed appropriate to ask Sean to marry us," said Condon. The arts and entertainment blog. "If you're lucky, you'll figure out a way to do things in life that play to your strengths. And on cue, as soon as Natalie responded to her, my mom started worrying. I want to write a letter to her dad because they did such a marvelous job., She reflected back again on that day in 2017, with Goldstein in her kitchen, when she handwrote that letter, filling two pages in 10 minutes. And despite my dads Abrahamic emotional silence, I suspected he wanted to find her more than anybody, perhaps driven by an even deeper guilt than my moms. We get a lot of email submissions, Holt told me recently. Discover Jonathan Goldstein's Biography, Age,. . It couldve been a heads-up about an afterparty, maybe even a booty call. Jonathan Goldstein (born August 22, 1969) [1] is an American-Canadian author, humorist and radio producer. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone, and applying the relevant accessibility standards. Heavyweight is hosted and produced by Jonathan Goldstein. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. And part of that is just him milking it.. I called the Lutherans and asked them to send my mom a new packet. The fantasies of an urbane hipster like myself arent that different from yours. My brother and I would joke about it. In February of 2017, Goldstein flew into Minneapolis and picked me up at my apartment. [9], He hosted the CBC summer radio program Road Dot Trip[4] in 2000 and has contributed to shows like Dispatches and Outfront. Game; Jonathan Goldstein. Moms understanding of the process made me think about my dads response to my question in the car; apparently, shed thought a lot about Leisha, too. Producers are also looking for good talkers, a radio term of art for somebody interesting enough to hold an audiences attention. Their story was never quite a fairy tale. This episode was produced by Kalila Holt, along with Stevie Lane. At Goldsteins gentle urging, she recounted the story she had first told us at the picnic table seven years earlier. First, the initials of the man she was going to marry: The board had answered P-M. And then, how many kids she was going to have: The board had answered T-H-R-E-E. 4:30AM, The Zombies Resurrection Continues with New Album, Tour and Documentary, Locals Only Brings Its Debut Concert To Houston, The Hideout Lineup: RodeoHouston's Favorite Honky Tonk Returns, Jonathan Goldstein has created his own unique job, one which demands a unique job title. And although Milton Bradley was hocking this occult board game during Saturday morning cartoons, our mom imposed a strict Ouija-board ban throughout my childhood. So like every story Jonathans ever done?, For his part, the meaning of the title has morphed for Glass into a reflection on Goldsteins creative process. But I did ask her if she could please talk to Natalie about the podcast before the wedding. Editing by Alex Blumberg and Peter Clowney. I talked to my friends about their own adoption stories. (Photo: Within This Day). She married Jesse Shapins, a.k.a. Goldstein was married to Pats sister, Emily Condon, who ran the Oak Street Cinema in Minneapolis before moving to New York to work for Ira Glass and This American Life. Jonathan Goldstein (born August 22, 1969)[1] is an American-Canadian author, humorist and radio producer. Jonathan Goldstein will celebrate 54th birthday on a Friday 2nd of September 2022. And who knows how disruptive it would be for her to come into contact with the people whod given her up for adoption? And hopefully therell be someone standing up there at the altar with me.. Special thanks to Emily Condon, Alex Blumberg, Phia Bennin, Justin McGoldrick, JT Townsend, the Cincinnati History Museum, the Berea College Archives, and Jackie Cohen. What jokes will Goldstein write to tie the segments together? I understood the emotional risks involved for her. And Id run immediately into barriers. Looking at a photo I took of my dads handgun next to the raspberry pie, I joked to Goldstein, Chekhovs pie (a call-out to the dramatic principle that a gun introduced in the first act must go off by the end). He has also self-produced a number of small publications, most notably carwash the size of a peach. Credits Heavyweight is hosted and produced by Jonathan Goldstein, along with Wendy Dorr, Chris Neary, and Kalila Holt. 17 (Interviewed by Devon Taylor)", "We Never Got Along: A letter from Jonathan Goldstein, on an old flame", "Judge John Hodgman Episode 160: The French Correction", "Zine Review: a car wash the size of a peach", "Bringing up Baby: Heather O'Neill's debut novel brings magic to a grim inner-city childhood", "Here are nearly 50 podcasts to stream, both local and national, recommended by Twin Cities podcast fans", "Producer Sean Cole relishes the 'beautiful feeling' of performing weddings", Transom.org bio page, including links to This American Life stories he has produced, This American Life: Hand It Over Stories from Our First Year on the Air, Lies, Sissies, and Fiascoes: The Best of This American Life, Crimebusters + Crossed Wires: Stories from This American Life, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jonathan_Goldstein_(author)&oldid=1140766866, Canadian people of American-Jewish descent, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Canadian National Magazine Awards: Silver Award for Humour (2004), The New York Festivals: Gold World Medal for Best Regularly Scheduled Comedy Program (2006) for, This page was last edited on 21 February 2023, at 17:52. 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