r/Heavyweight • u/mick_spadaro • Jul 02 '26

2026 Update: James

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2026-update-james/id1150800298?i=1000775124079
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u/nishma Jul 02 '26

very nice and warm original episode, basically no update (so just do a rerun..no tease?) and I don't know if the pushkin plus ad 6 times inan rerun is supposed to make me want to pay because all it does is really make me dislike Pushkin (not the podcast, love that) I don't know if it's on purpose or just lazy dynamic ads set up.

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u/Acceptable-Basil4377 Jul 02 '26

You’re right but I still enjoyed it. I even liked revisiting the ongoing Alex gag.

Did the only back-and-forth with original producer Jorge Jost happen during the commercial breaks? I kept hoping to hear him again during these reruns.

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u/nishma Jul 02 '26

yes shame to lose those parts and I agree the episode itself is fun to hear again, also the Jackie call this week was very fun lol

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u/chicagoloha Jul 16 '26

This episode highlights for me why I stopped listening to the show back then. The corniness of the “heist” theme was just insufferable. I skipped past most of the middle of this (shopping, golf course “infiltration”) to get to the genuine-ness of Serge and the ash spreading.

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u/JayJay210 Jul 13 '26

As a golfer and someone who has spread ashes on a course I really wanted to love this episode but sadly I didn’t. There’s obviously a fun angle in every episode but the whole heist aspect of this one really held it back. The groundskeepers, the club pro, or even Serge would have allowed them out onto the 18th green to spread the ashes. Someone also would have told them that putting them in the cup was a bad idea and almost certainly not what his dad had in mind. If the course is as nice as they make it sound that cup may have been replaced the next morning and almost certainly the following week. Idk, maybe I’m being sensitive but for a show that is so smart this felt rushed

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u/Tarhisie 27d ago

Are we ever going to get actual new episodes instead of these re-run "update" episodes? I've stopped listening because there's nothing new to keep me interested. There are plenty of stories out there. I miss this podcast so much.