Heavyweight Short: Jesse & Tori

Heavyweight

2022/12/08

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Shownote

For Jesse, Tori has always been the one that got away. Credits This Heavyweight short was hosted and produced by Stevie Lane, along with Mohini Madgavkar and Jonathan Goldstein. The senior producer is Kalila Holt. Production help from Damiano Marchetti. ...

Highlights

This episode traces the tender, decades-long arc of a love that kept circling back—shaped by adolescence, timing, silence, and second chances.

03:44

Jesse rigged a contest so Tori would win

10:11

Jesse missed his chance on graduation night seeing her fighting with her boyfriend

13:31

Jesse called Tori after she got home to apologize for his actions 22 years ago

17:12

Jesse told Tori he loved her and apologized for his past actions

Chapters

What happens when a 13-year-old rigs a contest just to spend more time with the girl he loves?

00:00

Why did he walk away when she held up a sign asking him out—and what did that cost them both?

07:01

How do you say 'I’m sorry' for something you’ve carried silently for twenty-two years?

13:31

Can love that waited two decades finally get its ending—and its beginning—at the same time?

17:12

Transcript

Stevie Lane: This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed human. Speaker 4: I'm Drew Broussard, host of the Lit Hub Podcast. Every Friday, I take you behind the scenes at Literary Hub, chatting with staff, writers, and other literary figures about everything goi...