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Heavyweight

#66 Deborah

12/18/202542 min

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.

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Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:00

    [intro music] [pencil writing] Pushkin.

  2. Deborah· Guest0:07

    [phone ringing] Hello?

  3. Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:13

    Hey, you picked up the phone. Very spontaneous.

  4. Deborah· Guest0:16

    Mm-hmm.

  5. Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:17

    Do you think I'm spontaneous?

  6. Deborah· Guest0:18

    No, there's nothing spontaneous about you.

  7. Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:20

    I'm pretty spontaneous. I live in Minnesota.

  8. Deborah· Guest0:22

    Nothing spontaneous about you living in Minnesota.

  9. Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:25

    I got married.

  10. Deborah· Guest0:26

    Wow.

  11. Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:27

    Oh, uh, while I was at the shopping mall, I bought a parrot.

  12. Deborah· Guest0:30

    Yeah.

  13. Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:31

    Oh, wait, one sec.

  14. Deborah· Guest0:31

    Mm.

  15. Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:32

    [squawking] Chicken liver. Oh, did you hear that in the background?

  16. Deborah· Guest0:37

    Yeah.

  17. Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:37

    [squawking] Jackie Cohen.

  18. Deborah· Guest0:40

    Yeah.

  19. Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:40

    Oh, did you hear that? Jackie Cohen. [laughs] [squawking] She hung up on you. I know she did, imaginary parrot. [upbeat music] From Pushkin Industries, I'm Jonathan Goldstein, and this is Heavyweight. Today's episode, Deborah. Right after the break.

  20. Lori Santos1:14

    This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed human.

  21. Jonathan Goldstein· Host1:25

    You ever hear about a book that sounds really interesting, but you just don't

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