Reaching Out

About Reaching Out

Hailed by Ira Glass as the “best new show I’ve heard in years,” and winner of the Audio Memoir Award of the Tribeca Film Festival, Reaching Out is a story about fathers, sons, and the distance between. The story begins on the eve of twin brothers’ Sayre and Connor’s 30th birthday, when they set out to find the biological father who abandoned them before they were born. Their search pulls them through desert raves, drunken nightclubs, and across borders of time and language, forcing the brothers to confront the truths they’ve hidden from each other and themselves. And it’s not long before the twins discover that their father is closer than they ever could have imagined. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Futuro Media

Category

society & culture · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Jun 2026

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

4 of 5 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Chapter 4: Revelations

   The twins uncover multiple origin stories, exploring themes of identity and truth in this revealing episode.

2. 

   30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Chapter 3: Between the Acts

   Host Maria Hinojosa interviews guests about confronting family secrets and uncovering forgotten Hollywood stars.

3. 

   23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Chapter 2: Blue Boy

   The twins navigate Tinder dates and 7/11 bean burritos as they attempt to contact their father in this interview episode.

4. 

   16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Chapter 1: Katabasis

   Host Sayre questions his twin brother Connor about their search for their unknown birth father, navigating themes of family and identity.

5. 

   10 Jun 2026

   Introducing: Reaching Out

   Documentarian Sayre Quevedo shares a poignant story about fathers, sons, and the distance between them in this interview episode of Reaching Out.

Inside a recent episode

Chapter 4: Revelations

Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Years lived, number of children, how long you've been married. Oh, that's a long time, yeah. What you will remember most as you recount this meeting to your mom is not everything that is said or even what he looks like, but the feeling of being near your father The tenuous warmth and helplessness a newborn might feel when a habitual face rises at the side of its crib in the middle of the night. An alien mix of familiarity, distance, and an awareness of a power which is capable of both protecting and breaking you. Competing impulses whisper to lean in closer and also to run away. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

16 ratings