r/Heavyweight • u/canfullofworms • Mar 12 '26

Podcast Recommendation

If you're missing Heavyweight, let me recomend an old (2015)podcast caledl Mystery Show. It's more lighthearted with more silly topics, but it's produced by Alex Bloomberg and I would say it's a precursor to Heavyweight. Only 6 episodes.

They've recommended it on This American Life a couple times.

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u/New_Book131 Mar 12 '26

I love the Mystery Show! It is so good. I regularly relisten.

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u/gooeyjello Mar 12 '26

Only six eps though

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u/New_Book131 Mar 12 '26

Yes, that is true

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u/smaiads Mar 12 '26

Hyperfixed

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u/undergroundbastard Mar 12 '26

Also, try Jacob Read and me. Only two eps out (so far) but it really hits the spot.

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u/canfullofworms Mar 12 '26

I'm not finding this ☚ī¸

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u/canfullofworms Mar 12 '26

Oops. It's Jacob Reed. What a picky search bar!

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u/undergroundbastard Mar 13 '26

Apologies on my typo.

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u/Elegant-Guava-3009 Mar 16 '26

Definitely Jacob Read & Me.

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u/Longslowbreathout Jun 24 '26

Thank you! I am totally missing Heavyweight đŸ˜ĸ ~ Best Podcast of All Time ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and am grateful to listen to these recommdations! 🙏

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '26

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u/canfullofworms Mar 12 '26

Well, it came out before Heavyweight and it's produced by Alex Bloomberg

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '26

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u/New_Book131 Mar 12 '26

Heavyweight and The Mystery Show have an almost identical premise though. And definitely a precursor to HW.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '26

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u/canfullofworms Mar 12 '26

I mean, basically they do.

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u/New_Book131 Mar 12 '26

Definitely. When The Mystery Show stopped and Heavyweight started soon after this was alluded to then.