Imagine a physics classroom demo on space-time. A heavy object is placed at the center of a stretched-out bedsheet, and as marbles roll across the warped fabric, they follow circular paths around the weight in the middle. What if every part of ourselves was one of these middleweights that attract other bodies in the universe toward us?

Middleweight is a podcast about the interlacing connections that create communities and cultures. His experiences colored by his Japanese heritage and scientific background, Toshiki Nakashige looks inward by narrating the stories of those around him.