A couple of days after the wedding, Maggie and I were eating Mongolian barbecue when I butt-dialed Natalie on Facebook Messenger. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/fashion/05marry.html. Now that he was in my lifeand hes really in it: Goldstein and Condon moved to Minnesota last winterthe least I could do was read the book on Jonathan Goldstein, right? Think about how bizarre that hypothetical is. I couldnt do it for someone I didnt know, or someone I wasnt really close to. My mom agreed to talk to Goldstein, but she didnt want to upset my dad. Goldstein has also been published in The New York Times Magazine, Saturday Night, The New York Times, The Walrus, GQ, the Journey Prize Anthology and the National Post. And when my dad would hear me talking to Mom about Goldstein or the podcast, he would sometimes explode in anger. [20], Goldstein was in a relationship with the author Heather O'Neill that ended in 2007. Built with the Largo WordPress Theme from the Institute for Nonprofit News. This was the first public event of theMissouri Audio Project,and Andrew Leland, host and producer of KCRW, led the conversation with Goldstein, interspersing the Q&A with audio clips ofsome of Goldstein's work. Jerrell Jackson returned to Columbia after years of playing professional football. Cole had worked with Goldstein on CBC Radios Wiretap, a show in which he played or improvised fictitious characters. Just a few years before the discovery, at age 23, shed decided to become a single mother herself. At one point, she pointed out a large, wobbly Hasidic man who appeared to be wearing a tractor tire threaded through his belt loops. But after setting up all his equipment, he listens intently and without judgment, and you feel compelled to share. ", 3. }, It only seemed appropriate to ask Sean to marry us, said Condon. But it was another few miles until he asked, Did you see those ducks?. It couldve been a heads-up about an afterparty, maybe even a booty call. I hope it played out something like this: Megan, its OK. Just calm down and tell me what happened.. Goldstein was married to Pats sister, Emily Condon, who ran the Oak Street Cinema in Minneapolis before moving to New York to work for Ira Glass and This American Life. Here, the narrative diverges. In 2015, he married radio producer Emily Condon. ", 5. The films were instant hits, and a genre . His popularity and other works add to it. Ive always felt that famous people run the most effective self-help programs in America. When my mom discovered she was pregnant, she wrote him a long letter, and he invited her up to Staples. Looking at a photo I took of my dads handgun next to the raspberry pie, I joked to Goldstein, Chekhovs pie (a call-out to the dramatic principle that a gun introduced in the first act must go off by the end). Maybe she just wouldnt care. ), Blumberg has an explanation for Goldsteins role on the show. Thats really where we started, I think.. She had been drinking with our cousins and our Aunt Cindy around a bonfire, singing songs and telling stories. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. He could simply go with podcast host, producer or writer, but theres more to what hes doing on, Become a member to support the independent voice of Houston Lesson learned: Findout what you're good at and use it to your advantage. local news and culture, Jesse Sendejas Jr. Music by Christine Fellows, John K Samson, Blue Dot Sessions, and Bobby Lord. Moms understanding of the process made me think about my dads response to my question in the car; apparently, shed thought a lot about Leisha, too. and help keep the future of the Houston Press, Use of this website constitutes acceptance of our, Photo by Ahmed Klink, courtesy of Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. She married Jesse Shapins, a.k.a. But my mother was alone when the nuns took Leisha away. Cole has married a total of seven couples with connections to WBUR, including Mitch Wertlieb, who worked at the station before signing on at Vermont Public Radio as anchor of Morning Edition. Cole gestures in joy as Shapins, center, and Oehler tie the knot after a six-year engagement. He also worked for other shows such as Dispatches in the same year. Natalie dismissed this idea. Will we invite Natalie over to my house and tune in togetheror is that weird? Hes an unusually good interviewer, for starters, Glass said. "I think I just wanted to grow, try new things which is terrifying. For Ahearn and Murrays big day in Olympic National Park, Cole used excerpts from an interview Ahearn did with her husband to be. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. Cynar (pronounced like CHEE-nar) is a complex Italian bitter made from 13 different herbs. My brother and I would joke about it. My familys mystery had gone unsolved for nearly a decade: long enough that my siblings and I were making increasingly awkward jokes about it at holiday dinners. The sentiment in the car was so heavy that Im not sure if his eyes glassed up with tears or if I imagined it. Family Life He married producer Emily Condon in 2015. We ordered cheeseburgers and fries from Wagners Drive-In, sitting on a picnic table in the early-July sunshine. She had some questions she had been harboring her entire life: Where did she get her auburn hair? Emily Condon lives in Brooklyn and manages This American Life and Serial. Im sure he wasnt fishing for a personal confession, but I spilled the entire Leisha story anyway. Two years later, in 2016, Jonathan along with Gimlet Media, a podcast media, started their own brand new podcast named Heavyweight. The dual citizen was born to Buzz Goldstein and Dina Goldstein in Brooklyn, New York, United States. She told me that Cindy had apologized profusely the next morning. In this early chapter, the whirlwind Uptown romance had faded sometime in 1969. { customEventsOnLoad(); And how that reunion had created the family that ultimately included me and my siblings. As host, Goldstein has cast himself in the Columbo role: an unassuming detective with sly comic timing. I was born in 76, followed by Kevin in 77 and Megan in 81. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. As her accent suggests, she is British. Things did not work out between them and they separated their ways apart in 2007. These are the kinds of questions you ask when youve relinquished control of your familys story. And then she proceeded to methodically, passively, and completely avoid writing that letter for five solid years. Goldstein wanted to fly into Minneapolis to record our feelings about the upcoming meeting. the goofball cutie, her partner in co-creating interactive documentaries and platforms such as Zeega and GoPop. Its hard to gauge, she said. Now all she can taste is the matted faux fur of a 2000s-era accessory. I called her back immediately, fearing the worst. For Follow This on Netflix, she reported on Amish romance novels, Black survivalists, and modest fashion. 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Now, Gregor would like some recognition. But I was alarmed to see instead an entire screenful of missed calls from my sister. My then-fiance, Maggie, and I shook our heads as we pulled away, seeing Goldstein with all his gear, standing on the sidewalk by himself. Producer Bim is a journalist and playwright who has written for BuzzFeed News, the Guardian, Vogue and many other titles. I love her sense of humor. But thats not true, Megan, she said. They welcomed a son in December 2016. And on cue, as soon as Natalie responded to her, my mom started worrying. Goldstein relocated to Chicago to work as a producer on the show. Then, in 2001, He published his first novel named Lenny Bruce Is Dead through Coach House Books. Goldstein and Condon hit it off, and nearly two years later they decided to get married. They welcomed a son in December 2016. Might Cole be tying the knot himself any time soon? Sitting shotgun, I asked him if he remembered what he was feeling when he gave up his firstborn daughter for adoption. My mom had made a choice to give up this little girl and then never found out how that girl had turned out. To be able to sort of balance that level of humor with meaning. Jonathan Goldstein will celebrate 54th birthday on a Friday 2nd of September 2022. The arts and entertainment blog. Madison Feller; Sep 4, 2015 Sep 4, 2015 Updated Feb 18, 2016; There often comes a point, often just after halfway, that Goldstein refers to as the honeymoon, where the interests of the subject and the interests of the show overlap in a perfect Venn diagram. So it wasnt too long after meeting Goldstein that I asked him if he could help us. My parents and our aunts and uncles and cousins had all been keeping this secret from me and my two siblings. Its like hes the heavyweight actuallylike hes the Muhammad Ali of this form.. Theres an episode about a sorority sister who gets kicked out by her fellow Greeks and years later still wonders why; another concerns a guy lending a cherished box set of CDs to a famous musician friend, who never returns them. Jonathan Goldstein is a married man and he is married to Emily Condon and they got married in 2015. And it offered a real kind of absolution for my parents. Social Media Goldstein is an lively Facebook and Twitter user, with a large quantity of followers. Most of these lovebirds have at least one member who is or was gainfully employed in public radio. "If you're lucky, you'll figure out a way to do things in life that play to your strengths. We sat in silence for a quarter of an hour. And I dont think he understands what a podcast is. I didnt know if my no-longer-secret sister was even alive. We explained that we wanted to meet Leisha, although we understood that we werent entitled to that reunion. Girl, we told you to get better taste in men. Me, too! And well fist bump., Cole became ordained in 2001, when he was tapped to officiate the wedding of two WBUR colleagues, reporter Jason Beaubien and editor Jenny Schmidt. Their own circle of relatives lives in New York City, New York, United States of America. So like every story Jonathans ever done?, For his part, the meaning of the title has morphed for Glass into a reflection on Goldsteins creative process. The multitalented author has written over four books till now. The show is mixed by Bobby Lord. When I thought about the weight in my own familys story, it was all loaded into the baggage of not knowing what my sisters life was actually like. The senior producer is Kalila Holt.Special thanks to Emily Condon, Alex Blumberg, Sharon Mashihi, Mimi O'Donnell, Jessica Yung, and Jackie Cohen.The show was mixed by Bobby Lord. Of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a relationship the! 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