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Jonathan Goldstein on Wild Card

4/9/202645 min

This week, Jonathan joins the ranks of A-list celebrities as a guest on NPR's Wild Card with Rachel Martin. Death, ghosts, the pleasures and perils of talking to strangers... Rachel and Jonathan talk about it all.

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Clips

Bracing For Death, On Purpose
The Gun Wasn’t The Point
Validation And The Spider
Peace With Mortality, Depends
Change At 102 Years Old
Therapy, Dissociation, And Place
Crying On Planes, Kindness Of Strangers

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:00

    [intro music] Pushkin.

  2. Kaylee· Host0:06

    Hello, everyone.

  3. Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:12

    Hello.

  4. Stevie Lane· Host0:13

    Hi. Hello.

  5. Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:14

    Hi.

  6. Kaylee· Host0:15

    Here we all are in the studio.

  7. Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:17

    Yes, indeed.

  8. Kaylee· Host0:19

    And today we've got something a little different.

  9. Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:22

    Ooh, but Kaylee, I don't like different things.

  10. Kaylee· Host0:25

    Well, Jonathan, you might just have to give it a chance, 'cause sometimes trying new things can be scary, but- Rewarding. Yeah.

  11. Stevie Lane· Host0:33

    Yeah.

  12. Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:33

    Okay. Well, here comes the choo-choo train- [laughs] ... of listening. What do we got here?

  13. Kaylee· Host0:39

    Um, recently you were a guest on a show called Wild Card. Do you remember that?

  14. Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:44

    Of course I remember. [laughs] How can I forget? I was interviewed by Rachel Martin.

  15. Stevie Lane· Host0:48

    How did it feel, Jonathan, to be in the guest seat?

  16. Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:52

    It felt ... I didn't like it. [laughs] It was a tremendous loss of control, I have to say.

  17. Kaylee· Host0:56

    [laughs] Yeah.

  18. Jonathan Goldstein· Host0:56

    It was like the spider had become the fly or something. But, you know, here's the incredible ... This is nuts. It doesn't even make sense to me. I'm just looking at their, their past episodes, okay, of Wild Card. You know who was on two weeks ago?

  19. Kaylee· Host1:12

    Who?

  20. Jonathan Goldstein· Host1:14

    Someone that's so famous they're known by one name.

  21. Kaylee· Host1:17

    Cher.

  22. Stevie Lane· Host1:18

    Adele.

  23. Jonathan Goldstein· Host1:18

    It wasn't Cher or Adele. [laughs] Someone more ... Actually, dare I say maybe someone more famous.

  24. Stevie Lane· Host1:24

    Obama.

  25. Jonathan Goldstein· Host1:25

    I'm gonna say as famous as Obama, maybe more famous.

  26. Stevie Lane· Host1:28

    What?

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