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“What I love the most about this podcast, and there is much to love, is not what you might expect. It is not, for example, the fact that each story, though it has a common theme, is so unique and truly unexpected. I love that too. I love that Jonathan takes each of his guests and us, the listener, on a journey that will be both humorous and poignant. I love that he seems to ask the most burning questions of life: Do I matter? Are other people like me? What’s it all for?, in each story he tells even though no two are ever alike. I love the way he captures the vulnerability and ambiguity that exists in relationships and all their various forms. His silence, the music that plays in the background, and the way the microphone picks up the signs and silence creates the essence of a situation and captures the language between words. But this still isn’t what I love the most.
After listening to the last episode first, Marie-Cluade, I was hooked and listened to all of season 4 in descending order. When it ended I decided to go back to the beginning with the knowledge that, if it’s like most podcasts, the first ones probably weren’t that great. But I was wrong. When I listened to “Buzz” that’s when it hit me – why I was so drawn in and kept listening. As I listened to the story about his father and heard them talk, I felt a swell of joy and hope mixed with envy. Jonathan speaks, not just with his father this way, but it seems he has so many people in his life that share this special relationship with him.
In the beginning of nearly every episode I have listened to so far, it starts out with a phone ringing and someone picks up and immediately a kind of intimacy shows up. “I can’t talk to you right now,” says one friend as he ignores their comment and carries on with some ridiculous question such as – “As a doctor, do you call it the big toe or the great toe?” Without pausing, or judgment she replies, “big toe”, understanding that these are the questions we all have and sharing that makes us feel human and seen. He seems to have a vast network of people he has kept this kind of everyday intimacy with so many people from his past and perhaps it’s because when they say something like, “you don’t listen! You either talk or daydream.”, he laughs and carries on. It seems to say, I know all the things about you, good and not so great – maybe even sometimes annoying, and I choose you anyway because I just like you. It seems that one of the many things to like about Jonathan is that he can do that – he can let a friend know that he sees their quirks and undesirables and can love them anyway and maybe because of it and as I listen I think I maybe can do that for myself too. And if I can do that for myself, maybe I can begin to create relationships in which I can also do that for others. It’s likely one of the most difficult pieces of self actualization – coming to terms with our lesser angels and the realization that they might not ever fully go away, and folding them into who we are and how we relate to others. So I listen with sleuth-like ears for his response to the way people share of themselves and marvel at his ability to make another feel seen sometimes with only a few simple words. If Mister Rogers was a role-model for what kind of human being I want to be, Jonathan Goldstein is a role-model for what kind of friend I’d like to be. It’s one that calls to say something unimportant and benign because it’s these small daily interactions that make up the days of our lives and the substance of our friendships.”
JenTejada via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/10/20
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“Very entertaining and engaging.”
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“This is easily one of the best new podcasts to come out this year. Jonathan is really an impeccable talent and this show perfectly captures the neurosis of humanity. I hope this show lasts forever.”
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“So far so good! Always quality when it comes to Gimlet”
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United States of America ·
09/24/16
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