2026 Update: Elyse
3/26/202647 min
When Elyse was 21, her father, Billy, disappeared without explanation. When Elyse finally learned of his whereabouts, she was shocked by the new life he was living.
Seven years after the release of this episode, we check back in with Elyse, and she tells us all about what's happened with her dad in the time since.
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This episode was produced by Jonathan Goldstein, B.A. Parker, Kalila Holt, and Stevie Lane, with editing by Jorge Just and Alex Blumberg. Special thanks to...
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First 90 secondsJonathan Goldstein· Host0:00
[intro music] [pen scratching] Pushkin.
Speaker 10:06
Hi, Jonathan.
Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:12
Hi. Come on in. You should make yourself at home in the studio because it is like a sec- You've been spending so much time in here.
Speaker 10:17
Yeah, I actually sometimes just sleep in here. It's just easier than having to go home.
Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:21
I don't know if you should be telling me that. [laughs] This might be a conversation to have with HR. Um, yeah. What are we, what are we listening to today?
Speaker 10:29
Speaking of the studio, today we're gonna revisit an episode that started with us sitting around in the studio. It's called Elise.
Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:38
Yeah. Of course. I love this episode.
Speaker 10:40
It's a really good one that came to us, as you'll hear, in a unconventional way.
Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:45
Yeah, we were trying something new.
Speaker 10:47
Mm-hmm.
Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:47
We were trying to do a call-in show. But in our case, that basically failed. Um, but it succeeded because we wouldn't have had this story without it.
Speaker 10:56
And we have a check-in with Elise at the end about what's happened since. And truly some of the wildest updates, I would say, of any of these update conversations- Yeah ... we've had.
Jonathan Goldstein· Host1:08
I know. You have a tendency to, to, to, uh, to skew towards clickbait, but- [laughs] ... in this case it's true. It, it's very eventful.
Speaker 11:15
Yeah. What else is there to say? Um- To quote, to quote Jay-Z, "What more can I say?"
Jonathan Goldstein· Host1:22
Hello?
Speaker 11:25
Yeah. Okay.
Jonathan Goldstein· Host1:26
Oh, I thought you left the studio. [laughs] Uh, yeah.