I've listened to the show for years -- but are they seriously playing ads to clean up the image of the dairy lobby???

This is a great concept. Just the right amount of “heavy”, thanks to Jonathan’s self-deprecating humor and his, at times hilarious but other times heart-tugging, phone calls.

It feels like forever that I’ve waited for a new season. Thrilled to be welcoming back a snarky ‘friend’ who has the best knack for solving mysteries and weaving such beautiful, humorous, and best of all— humanizing tales.

Especially if they have nitrates in the bacon.

I love, love this podcast! So much like this American Life my favorite podcast. Are you married Jonathan Goldstein?

Emotionally wrenching but with a solidly fulfilling ending!

Whenever I need a feel good moment I just listen to this podcast. Jonathan is a great story teller, recently found the show and am a fan.

Addictive, funny, heart wrenching and sometimes redeeming and sometimes totally not. Kinda like life, eh?

Obsessed with every element of this show

I find myself limiting/rationing listening to your shows as I know I’ll catch up much sooner than I wish and lose the daily chance to enjoy a new-to-me Heavyweight episode. I’ll then return to my quest to find a new “perfect podcast.” Thank you so much for the show, your rabbit holes, and your willingness to share it all.

I’m late to the game but this podcast is by far one of the best I’ve listened to.

thank you heavyweight team for making the best podcast ever for the past 7 years

I hate Spotify for taking it away from me for 3 years. Anyway, if you haven’t listened to it, this podcast is the perfect mix of funny and wholesome. I never know what to expect but I always come away feeling better about humanity.

Are we going to get all of the episodes that we’ve missed since you moved to Spotify? I don’t see any new episodes on here yet💔 are you making new episodes? Is there gonna be a lag time before all of your episodes will be on this platform ? Or I guess I’m gonna have to Google that.

The ONLY thing I was missing from leaving Spotify was THIS podcast. So excited to catch up. A perfect example that story-telling is a true talent.

One of the best podcasts out there. Every episode feels like a gift.

I actually am a member of Spotify but I haven't followed you there. I can't endorse that behavior. I need all my podcasts on one platform. This is a top 5 podcast for me, but I haven't listened since you moved to Spotify, other than the few episodes released to non-Spotifiers. Come back to open platform!

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I’ve listened to Heavyweight for years, and even used it as an inspiration to work things out that have haunted me from my past. I’ve laughed at the humor, related to the trepidation and fear of reliving the past, and teared up with the heartfelt connections, but always came back for more. I told everyone I knew about Heavyweight and how terrific it was. However, since the move to Spotify I can’t get anyone to listen to Heavyweight. Personally I haven’t listened since the move, since I won’t support the platform, but I can’t get anyone else to listen either. It breaks my heart that a great podcast like this went off to an exclusive platform where it’s not appreciated. I’m still giving Heavyweight 5 stars for the content, but I wish Gimlet would smarten up and come back to Apple.

besos!

Jonathan we miss you on Apple podcasts! I can’t pivot between multiple platforms for a podcast, but boy do I miss your positivity and this incredible podcast. You brought so much joy to my life with your episodes and while I’m so glad you’ve brought a few of your newer season over to apple podcast to try to entice us to move to Spotify, I just can’t. But PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE move back to apple podcasts so I can listen to you all the time! Content is incredible, Jonathan YOU are incredible and deserve a Peabody award. I just need you back home with apple.

I have missed you soooo much Johnathan. Thank you for bringing back these episodes for us lowly non-subscription payers to hear!

Longtime listener, until Gimlet moved everything to Spotify. I wish all the episodes were still here on Apple and was delighted to see the show back in my feed recently, only to find that it’s just a smattering trying to pull me over to Spotify. I won’t support that platform and am sad that this is the only option for listening to Gimlet podcasts. But so it is.

Love the show. Love the host. Used to love the ads too. Everything about the show was (is) amazing. Won’t move to a new app and miss the show and appreciate the slow drip into real-world. Thank you for everything

Not coming with you, thanks to Joe R. No more Spotify for me, but I have love loved you Jonathan!!! ♥️♥️♥️

Unfortunately for a single podcast I shall not be moving to Spotify. You will be missed Jonathan.

This is one of my very favorite podcasts, but pay another subscription fee to listen…in this economy? Sorry, but no. I will miss this so much, hopefully they release the new season here at some point.

Not going to Spotify. So I’ll miss you Jonathan.

Sincerely, Another person who will not be switching over to Spotify.

Clearly people like this, but I didn’t find it interesting or insightful or funny. He’s the friend who won’t let you go while telling an indulgent personal story. [shrug]

Great show despite the host trying to sell me on switching to spotify to listen to podcasts. Not gonna happen dude.

Genuinely

So glad to have you back on other platforms besides Spotify! I love your stories, your podcast and your quirky humor. 😊

I love this podcast so much and have listened to all of the episodes until it moved to Spotify which I don’t really use. Then I kind of forgot, because…Spotify. So I hope the episodes will go back to being released on Apple. Keep up the great work, Jonathan!

Need someone to confront an old flame? Want to hear other people expose their relatives? This is the show for you. The host inserts himself into other peoples awkward situations for our delight. I want to be friends with Jonathan but not as close as Jackie is. Give it a listen.

You cannot get all of the episodes unless you use Spotify.

I just listened to the John Green episode. It was so emotional and just a lovely story! Thank you for sharing and doing what you do.

Heavyweight is the best show Jonathan has ever done. Every shows feels like thanksgiving, you know, after dinner when everyone is either in a food coma or drunk. He reminds me of an awkward cousin, the one who always has a story to tell. He is warm, comforting, a little silly, but overall a lovable host who will make you feel sentimental for the intimacy of a holiday dinner. Heavyweight feels familiar, in a good way. He ain’t heavy he’s my brother.

Great show, but what happened to the other episodes?

I've appreciated this guy for years through his various incarnations. Now Heavyweight has left iTunes (and most everywhere it seems). There is no RSS feed. There is no download available for any of the handful of devices I use for listening to [a crazy amount of] podcasts. I can't listen in the car, while toiling in the kitchen, while shaving, while riding public transportation or most anything. Apparently I can sit in front of a computer and stream it from "Spotify". Um. No. Whether or not there is a fee doesn't matter. It's giant leap backwards for usability. Six stars for the show. None for a show that is inaccessible or unusable.

I almost names my kid Jonathan because of this podcast but my wife hates the name. This show is just brilliant

What a shame! I pay for Spotify and have for years— but I won’t be listening to this show anymore, or any of the Gimlet shows I used to love & recommend that are now exclusively on Spotify. What a shameful, anti-consumer business tactic. “It’s not a big deal to download another app” this isn’t the point, at all, and they know it. I already use that app for music, though with every podcast that goes Spotify Exclusive I think more and more about canceling my Spotify subscription for good

This podcast is excellent! Johnathon is a great story teller. His stories are simultaneously funny, introspective, compassionate & interesting as he & his story subjects are interviewed.

My god this show is so good.

What the heck?! Just found and fell in love with this pod a week or two ago and was digging into last seasons but now I’m only seeing the most recent 5 episodes!

Wish you all were staying on this forum, but moving with you to Spotify. Thank you for your creativity and compassion. A rare combination.

I enjoy this show but they are switching to their private app. I won’t follow them their to the other platform.

I'm a dinosaur who still listens to podcasts on an iPod Nano. Yep. I don't want to listen to podcasts on my bulky phone, which is one of the only options now that this show has moved to Spotify--in the midst of a two-part cliffhanger, no less. Bah.

The host came up with a brilliant formula for his show, and it never fails. Love it.

The rating is for your new platform. I signed up for Spotify just to listen to heavyweight, but it won't let me transfer the audio to my mp3 player. The only way to listen is to sit in front of my computer. I've been listening to every episode of Jonathan's podcasts for the past decacde or so, while taking walks, working in the garden. Now I can't. I feel a bit dissed.