Introducing: Reaching Out

Ira Glass calls Reaching Out “something new in podcasting” and “it’s incredible…a breath of fresh air.” Reaching Out, winner of the Audio Memoir Award at the Tribeca Film Festival, is a story about fathers, sons, and the distance between them, from documentarian Sayre Quevedo. It comes to your ears on September 16th. Want to support our independent journalism? Join Futuro+ for ad-free listening, early-access and exclusive bonus episodes with the chisme behind “Reaching Out” and all our podcasts: www.futuromediagroup.org/joinplus http://www.futuromediagroup.org/joinplus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

• 0:01Speaker 00

  Do you have any idea how to start?

• 0:04Speaker 01

  How about, hello, I know this is a bit out of the blue,

• 0:10Speaker 01

  but I'm sending this message on behalf of my brother. And I, we think you are our biological father.

• 0:30Speaker 01

  We think that you might be our biological father, uh, whatever. We're really hoping that we could meet you.

• 0:42Speaker 01

  We're both nearly thirty.

• 0:46Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 0:46Speaker 01

  And have always wondered about who you were.

• 0:54Speaker 01

  Looking forward to speaking to you soon.

• 0:56Speaker 00

  Yeah, that sounds good to me. Does that sound good to you?

• 1:00Speaker 01

  Yeah, I'm sending it.

• 1:03Speaker 00

  Alright.

• 1:04Speaker 01

  Ready? Three?

• 1:06Speaker 00

  Yeah, match that motherfucking button. Sorry. Yeah, I'm ready. You can count down if you want.

• 1:15Speaker 01

  What should I put as the subject line?

• 1:17Speaker 00

  Say, um, like, "Long-lost kid in search of biological father."

• 1:26Speaker 01

  It's a long subject.

• 1:30Speaker 00

  Dad? Question mark?

• 1:32Speaker 01

  I'm just gonna put, "Hello from Connor and Sarah." How about that?

• 1:40Speaker 00

  Reaching out.

• 1:44Speaker 01

  One, two, three. Alright, I did it.

• 1:52Speaker 00

  Nice. Now we wait.