9/23/2016, 10:45:00 PM
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Society & Culture
Buzz and Sheldon are brothers in their eighties who have been estranged for decades. Buzz visits Sheldon to see if there’s still a relationship left to salvage.<br><br><strong>Our Sponsors<br></strong><a href="http://gimlet.media/HWCalm">Calm.com</a> - Visit <a href="http://gimlet.media/HWCalm">calm.com/heavyweight</a> to start your free trial.<br><br><a href="http://gimlet.media/RAMailchimp">Mailchimp</a> – More than 12 million people use MailChimp to connect with their customers, market their products, and grow their businesses every day.<br><br><a href="http://gimlet.media/HWWealthsimple">Wealthsimple</a> – Investing made easy. Get your first $10,000 managed for free.<br><br><strong>Credits<br></strong>Heavyweight is hosted and produced by Jonathan Goldstein. <br>This episode was also produced by Wendy Dorr, Chris Neary, and Kalila Holt. <br>Editing by Alex Blumberg and Peter Clowney. <br>Special thanks to Caitlin Kenney, Starlee Kine, and Rachel Ward. <br>The show was mixed by Haley Shaw. <br>Music in this episode by Christine Fellows, with additional music and ad music by Haley Shaw. Our theme song is by The Weakerthans courtesy of Epitaph Records. <br>A version of this story appeared on This American Life, and we had a lot of help from the folks there: Ira Glass, Julie Snyder, Jonathan Menjivar, Sean Cole, and Robyn Semian. A very special thanks to Emily Condon.<br><br><br><br><br>