2026 Update: Christina

07.05.2026 • 00:48:11

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...

2026 Update: Skye

23.04.2026 • 00:50:22

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...

Jonathan Goldstein on Wild Card

09.04.2026 • 00:44:58

This week, Jonathan joins the ranks of A-list celebrities as a guest on NPR's Wild Card with Rachel Martin. Death, ghosts, the pleasures and perils of...

2026 Update: Elyse

26.03.2026 • 00:47:25

When Elyse was 21, her father, Billy, disappeared without explanation. When Elyse finally learned of his whereabouts, she was shocked by the new life ...

2026 Update: Tony

12.03.2026 • 00:42:51

Today, we speak with Jonathan's longtime friend Tony. A lot's changed in his life since the episode came out ten years ago.  Tony messed up his rela...

Heavyweight in 2026

26.02.2026 • 00:01:29

What to expect from Heavyweight this year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Minneapolis

05.02.2026 • 00:32:39

In part one, Jonathan and his wife, Emily, check in. In part two, the story of a family forced into hiding after an ICE shooting. Places to donate: ...

Presenting Death, Sex & Money | From Brazilian Butt Lifts to Botox: Your Beauty Confessions

29.01.2026 • 01:04:56

The Heavyweight team is hard at work on some episode updates for later this spring, as well as a brand new season, which will be coming this fall. But...

#66 Deborah

18.12.2025 • 00:42:15

At 101 years old, Deborah discovered a box she'd stashed away a lifetime ago. What was inside reignited an old love and turned her life upside down. ...

#65 Meredith

11.12.2025 • 00:39:10

Meredith unknowingly ate a bag of her teenage son’s weed gummies. She wants him to apologize. He wants her to apologize. At a stand-off, they call Jon...