Jonathan Goldstein Audio Links

For This American Life:

Buddy Picture
Last story. It's about me, my friend Joshua Karpati, and the Columbia phone message that I talk about in the manifesto.

Just Be Yourself
Last Story. I tell the story of what it's like to date Lois Lane after she breaks up with Superman.

It's Not The Heat, it's the Humility
About 30 minutes in. I spend the day at a Russian bath house. I eat "garbage salad," I learn how to "throw heat," and I see Jesse Jackson naked.

The Big Night
I rewatch an old video I took of my family having dinner on Rosh Hashanah fifteen years ago. A five course meal is consumed in fifteen minutes, my aunt and mother sing White Christmas, and my father spends three hours fixing a door knob.

Mr. Fun
My girlfriend Heather and I tell the true story of what happens when a person tries to intrude on an idyllic family of two, one of whom loves him, one of whom does not. For the first few years that I knew Heather, her daughter Arizona was not very fond of me. For a long time I was nineteenth on her list of favorite people -- behind the neighbor's dog and the plumber.

A Fate Most Of Us Fear
About 40 minutes in. I tell of the ten years I spent working as a telemarketer. I do so in ten minutes. That's a year a minute!

You Call That Love?
Last story. What I talk about when I talk about love.

And the CBC story that I mention in the manifesto:

My Parents' Music
I talk with my parents about the music they love.

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