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Jonathan Goldstein

Jonathan was a producer at our show for years, and went on to host his own show, Wiretap. His most popular story: The Greatest Phone Message in the World (203). Other greats: 198,191, 241. His stories rewriting the Bible: 233, 305, 321.

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Oh! The Places You Will Not Go!

470: Show Me The Way 07.27.2012

A man who believes he's turning into a cockroach reaches out to a world famous doctor for ...Fiction
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The Disenchanted Forest.

463: Mortal Vs. Venial 04.27.2012

Lying is a sin. But what about the lies that we all collectively believe because they give us ...Fiction
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What I Didn't Do on My Summer Vacation.

443: Amusement Park 08.12.2011

Jonathan Goldstein returns to Wildwood, New Jersey, where he spent one not-fateful summer when ...Jobs/Employment • Romance • Teenagers
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Mister Baby Monitor.

438: Father's Day 2011 06.17.2011

Ira Glass speaks with a woman named Angie, who never understood why her dad got so excited about ...Children • Fathers • Film/Film Making
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Act One.

388: Rest Stop 09.04.2009

Host Ira Glass describes scenes from a rest stop on the New York State Thruway, the Plattekill ...Jobs/Employment • Travel
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You’re Willing To Sacrifice Our Love.

354: Mistakes Were Made 04.18.2008

There's a famous William Carlos Williams poem called "This is Just to Say". It's about, among ...Funny • Poetry
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Fred And Barney.

345: Ties That Bind 12.14.2007

Jonathan Goldstein's story about trouble in the Town of Bedrock. One day, when he's backing out ...Fiction
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If This Ark Is A Rockin', Don't Come A Knockin'.

321: Sink or Swim 12.01.2006

Jonathan Goldstein retells the original sink-or-swim story, the one about Noah and the flood. ...Boats • Fiction • Funny
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Pig.

315: The Parrot and the Potbellied Pig 07.21.2006

A friend tells Jonathan Goldstein how a trip with a pot-bellied pig ended up revealing his ...Animals • Milestones
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What Would Joseph Do?

305: The This American Life Holiday Spectacular 12.23.2005

Jonathan Goldstein retells the classic Christmas story, trying to understand what exactly goes ...Birth • Fiction • Holidays
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Goldstein On Goldstein.

294: Image Makers 08.05.2005

Jonathan Goldstein decides to find out—once and for all—if his dad Buzz thinks he's manly ...Childhood • Fathers
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The Lobbyist.

278: Spies Like Us 11.19.2004

When Burt Covit was programming his VCR one day, he accidentally tuned in to a channel showing ...Fiction • Television
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Lunchtime With The King Of Ketchup.

264: Special Treatment 05.07.2004

Jonathan Goldstein with a story of the kind of preferential treatment we all dream of, where ...Food/Drinks/Cooking • Retail/Commerce
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Freeze Frame.

257: What I Should've Said 01.16.2004

Jonathan Goldstein, for once in his life, gets to suspend time itself. He gets to freeze the ...Mental Health • Travel
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Whatever Happened To Baby Cain?

251: Brother's Keeper 11.21.2003

Jonathan Goldstein retells the story of Cain and Abel. Finally we get to hear Cain's side of ...Religion • Writing
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Return To The Scene Of The Crime.

245: Allure of the Mean Friend 09.05.2003

Jonathan Goldstein interrogates the girls, now grown up, who terrorized him and his classmates ...Friendship • Teenagers
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Up Where the Air Is Clear.

241: 20 Acts in 60 Minutes 07.11.2003

Jonathan Goldstein, host of Wiretap, brings us this story about The Penguin as a young man. ...
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Losing It.

239: Lost in America 06.06.2003

If you're going to do a show about people who are lost, you pretty much have to include a story ...Live Performance • Sexuality • Teenagers
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The Chasm Between Comedy And Music.

238: Lost in Translation 05.30.2003

Why is it that karaoke machines only have songs on them? If what they do is take a version of a ...Live Performance • Music
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Wedding Bells And Door Bells.

234: Say Anything 03.14.2003

Two stories of communication where the words really don't matter: Elizabeth Gilbert tells the ...Weddings
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The First Starting From Scratch.

233: Starting from Scratch 03.07.2003

Jonathan Goldstein reads a story about the first people to ever start from scratch, a couple ...Fiction • Religion
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The Big Night.

225: Home Movies 11.08.2002

Jonathan Goldstein made every girl he ever dated watch the home movie of his family's Rosh ...Family • Film/Film Making
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Personal Ads.

223: Classifieds 10.11.2002

"Joyce, I don't need another Housekeeper." Producer Jonathan Goldstein talks with the man who ...Journalism • Romance
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Mr. Fun.

212: The Other Man 05.10.2002

Jonathan Goldstein and Heather O'Neill tell the true story of what happens when a person tries ...Children • Romance
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A Fate Most Of Us Fear.

205: Plan B 02.01.2002

Jonathan Goldstein took a telemarketing job as a kind of temporary Plan B...never suspecting ...Jobs/Employment
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Buddy Picture.

203: Recordings for Someone 01.11.2002

Producer Jonathan Goldstein with a story about friendship, mothers and sons, and what some have ...Friendship • Funny • Mothers
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Just Be Yourself.

198: How to Win Friends and Influence People 11.02.2001

Producer Jonathan Goldstein with a story about what it's like to date Lois Lane when she's on ...Fiction • Funny • Romance
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You Call That Love?

197: Before It Had A Name 10.26.2001

There is that moment when you're falling for someone, before either of you says the word ...Romance
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It's Not The Heat, It's The Humility.

191: I Know What You Did This Summer 08.17.2001

Jonathan Goldstein heads into an environment that's so hot that they people there believe that ...Jobs/Employment
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Baby Scientists With Faulty Data.

188: Kid Logic 06.22.2001

More stories like the one in the prologue, where kids look at something going on around them, ...Children • Science
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Radio Archive by Contributor

Jonathan Goldstein

470: Show Me The Way 07.27.2012

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463: Mortal Vs. Venial 04.27.2012

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443: Amusement Park 08.12.2011

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438: Father's Day 2011 06.17.2011

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388: Rest Stop 09.04.2009

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354: Mistakes Were Made 04.18.2008

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345: Ties That Bind 12.14.2007

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321: Sink or Swim 12.01.2006

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315: The Parrot and the Potbellied Pig 07.21.2006

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305: The This American Life Holiday Spectacular 12.23.2005

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294: Image Makers 08.05.2005

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278: Spies Like Us 11.19.2004

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264: Special Treatment 05.07.2004

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257: What I Should've Said 01.16.2004

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251: Brother's Keeper 11.21.2003

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245: Allure of the Mean Friend 09.05.2003

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241: 20 Acts in 60 Minutes 07.11.2003

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239: Lost in America 06.06.2003

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238: Lost in Translation 05.30.2003

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234: Say Anything 03.14.2003

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233: Starting from Scratch 03.07.2003

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225: Home Movies 11.08.2002

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223: Classifieds 10.11.2002

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212: The Other Man 05.10.2002

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205: Plan B 02.01.2002

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203: Recordings for Someone 01.11.2002

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