Hey Jackie - The Evolution of Jonathan Goldstein

With the triumphant return of the podcast Heavyweight, Rob and Britta trace the career of Jonathan Goldstein through several of his stories, including his early work at This American Life, the CBC radio show Wiretap, and his podcast Heavyweight.

Stories and episodes discussed:

• “Baby Scientists with Faulty Data” - This American Life
• “You Call That Love?” - This American Life
• “A Fate Most Of Us Fear” - This American Life
• “Buddy Picture” - This American Life
• “Other People’s Problems” - Wiretap
• “Jesse” - Heavyweight
• Jonathan Goldstein on the Longform Podcast
• Nieman Storyboard on The Little Mermaid story

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What a Wonderful Thing - 99% Invisible

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Episode Description:

As the 15th anniversary of 99% Invisible approaches, Rob and Britta dig into four very different episodes from the first four years of that show's run (as well as the story of the time Rob met Roman Mars):

• Episode 6: "99% Symbolic"
• Episode 29: "Cul de Sac" (Produced with Katie Mingle)
• Episode 103: "U.T.B.A.P.H" (Produced with Sam Greenspan)
• Episode 83: "Heyoon" (Produced with Alex Goldman)

To support Phonograph, subscribe to our new bonus feed, which features experiments in audio storytelling, including this month's story about a young mother's relationship to her hearing aids, having refused to wear them since she started losing her hearing in the 6th grade.

Show Notes:

Invisible Ink (featured on Transom.org)
"Genesis Object" on 99% Invisible
HowSound episode on 99% Invisible
HowSound episode on Heyoon
Alex Goldman's new podcast Hyperfixed
Music from Blue Dot Sessions

What Covid Did to Them - Nancy Updike's "We Were Three"

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Episode Description:

Rob and Britta discuss Nancy Updike's podcast "We Were Three," which tells the story of one family devastated by Covid and what that devastation revealed. Also discussed: Nancy Updike's status as as one of the all time great audio producers.

To support Phonograph, subscribe to our new bonus feed, which features experiments in audio storytelling. This month's story comes from Rob: a collage of recordings he made in the spring of 2020 around the theme of anxiety and grocery shopping.

Show Notes:

ICU nurse Kelley Anaas talking about the state of nurses near the end of 2020

Serial Productions podcast We Were Three

Nancy Updike's talk at the Third Coast International Audio Festival

Nancy Updike's story for This American Life about private contractors in Iraq

The Longform Podcast interview with Nancy Updike and Jenelle Pifer

Maintenance Phase episode about Covid Conspiracies

Music - Blue Dot Sessions

Where People Put the Radio Tower - Signal Hill

Rob and Britta discuss the new podcast Signal Hill, which takes its inspiration from the world of print magazines. Rob talks to Liza Yeager and Jackson Roach about the project, and then we dive into a handful of the stories from Signal Hill's first "issue."

Show Notes:

Fishing the Sky by Jackson Roach

Desperado by Neena Pathak

A Porous Place by Hannah Sassoon

On the Family Group Chat by Hannah Kingsley-Ma

Signal Hill

Music by Blue Dot Sessions

Alarmingly Long Pause

On the first episode of the new season Rob and Britta talk about what made them want to restart a show about narrative audio. And they discuss the complicated legacy of a podcast that's having its tenth anniversary this year.

Show Notes:

This American Life - Double Lives

Constellation Prize

Startup

Alex Blumberg on Longform

Heavyweight

TLDR

Music:

Coffaro's Theme by Bill Frisell

"Arabic Tallow" and "At Our Best Alone" from Blue Dot Sessions

Gentle Chase - Podington Bear