In short
Trailer for Heavyweight Season 10, teasing three mystery stories and promising answers. Guests/subjects: Jenna, who wonders why her foster family promised to adopt her but never did; Jade, questioning a confession her grandmother made before dying, claiming she was “Mrs. Jones” in the song “Me and Mrs. Jones”; Dan, trying to understand how he was hired by a professional baseball team despite obvious deception.
Key claims
Jenna believes she “didn’t matter” and suspects more; Jade’s grandmother’s identity claim ties to the famous song; Dan admits he fabricated fake batting averages (4-1, 4-15, 3-10).
Notable examples
adoption promise broken; song lyric identity; baseball hiring based on falsified stats.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOSeason 10 Themes and Stories
0:19 to 1:06
Preview of the personal stories and questions explored in Season 10.
“From Pushkin Industries, I'm Jonathan Goldstein, and this season on Heavyweight, Jenna wonders why her foster family promised to adopt her, but then never did.”
Risks and Revelations
1:06 to 1:34
Discussion on the risks taken to uncover answers to life's biggest questions.
“It seems like maybe we should have brought hazmat suits.”
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:06Pushkin. You know, when you want to rewind your life to like the spot where you would start doing better. I want to rewind it to that point. From Pushkin Industries, I'm Jonathan Goldstein, and this season on Heavyweight, Jenna wonders why her foster family promised to adopt her, but then never did. I just didn't matter to them. There's got to be, I know there's more to it. Jade questions the confession her grandmother made just before she died. She said she is the Mrs. Jones in the famous song Me and Mrs. Jones. And Dan wants to know how he was hired by a professional baseball team when it was so obvious he lied his way in.
0:52I came up with fake batting averages. I said I hit 4-1, 4-15, and 3-10. Wow, that's really good. But I didn't do that. I made it up.
1:05This season, we risk life and limb to get answers. It seems like maybe we should have brought hazmat suits. Answers to life's biggest questions. Sorry, are you eating something? Yeah. What are you eating? Lunch. What are you having for lunch? What difference does it make? All the difference in the world. Sorry, are you eating something? You're going to be eating up the new season. Returning September 17th. Listen to Heavyweight wherever you get your podcasts. Thank you.
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