Matt Bragg tracks down Yashi, the original owner of Big Goose (the four-foot stuffed goose that caller Julia chat with him about), to learn its true origin story.
What You'll Hear:
The Goose Heard Round Facebook Marketplace: Matt replays Julia's original call about the puzzling purchase that's been bugging him ever since, and sets off to find out where in the world a $15 goose that size even comes from.
Waddle's Origin Story: Yashi, Waddle's original owner, explains how her brother's oddly perfect gift helped her survive her first lonely weeks as an international student, 7,000 miles from home.
A Transitional Object, Officially: As a working psychologist, Yashi has an actual clinical term for what Waddle was to her, and why saying goodbye was so much harder than she expected.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 The four-foot goose that started it all
01:44 Meet Yashi, Waddle's original owner
03:13 A brother's gift, a safe space
07:12 Letting go of a transitional object
13:00 Advice for Waddle and Julia
15:57 Good nights
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