The JTrain Podcast

CHIT CHAT WEDNESDAY is here & this week,  Marissa Mullen joins to talk about her new cookbook, I’ll Bring the Apps , and how to host easy snacky parties with bites, bowls, and boards. Marissa shares her move from Brooklyn to the Hudson Valley, building community with food Her apps hosting method Conversation on modern hosting, social connection, and simple appetizer recipes that make ente...

TICKED OFF TUESDAY is here. Jared vents and reacts to your petty complaints, travel rage, and everyday annoyances. Gym shirts that guilt you before 7am First class chaos after 16-hour travel Teen boyfriend drowning in cologne Target pickup hogs prime parking Hotel check-in & check-out Jared is on tour! 👉 jaredfreid.com Check out his new book! 👉 Preorder Walking Red Flag: Dating Advice from Y...

MAILBAG MONDAY is here! Jared is answering your emails and breaking down the dating and family drama in real time👇 •First date topics • Dating a stable guy, worried about being too chaotic • Sister left for college, can she claim the big bedroom? Jared is on tour! 👉 jaredfreid.com Check out his new book! 👉 Preorder Walking Red Flag: Dating Advice from Your Favorite Guy Friend Support the show &...

Pop Culture Thursday: Jared reads wild celebrity headlines from Page Six and gives his unfiltered takes! Kaley Cuoco vs. Rose McGowan drama from the Charmed set Alyssa Milano praised for welcoming Kaley Cuoco on set Candace Cameron Bure says thinking about God during sex freaks her out Bachelor alum Madison “Madi” Pruitt talks purity and religion David and Victoria Beckham break Brooklyn Beckham’s...

Comedian and movie expert Chris Lamberth returns to Chit Chat Wednesday to talk dating, theater, and his new comedy special, Killing in Obscurity , watch it today! The two talk: How Chris met his girlfriend on Hinge The reality of a solo colonoscopy in your 40s Game: Sad Single or Fun Single 👉 Is a solo wine tour sad or fun? Jared is on tour! 👉 jaredfreid.com Check out his new book! 👉 Preorder...

On this week’s Ticked Off Tuesday, Jared kicks things off fresh off his birthday, unpacking the emotional crash that hits the second your “birthday week” excuses expire, and real life comes rushing back in. He spirals into a hilarious rant about people still posting happy birthdays on Facebook, questioning whether it’s kindness or pure notification-driven obligation. Listener complaints bring the...

On this Mailbag Monday, Jared tackles a friendship dilemma that feels way too real: what do you do when your almost-30 friend turns every hang into a wedding countdown for a fiancé who doesn’t exist yet? He breaks down timeline panic, Pinterest proposal boards, and why trying to change someone’s dating priorities might be missing the point entirely. Plus, a listener with a perfect husband struggle...

Jared riffs through the wildest pop culture headlines this week, from Lisa Rinna finally shutting down decades-old rumors about husband Harry Hamlin to why everyone secretly clicked on photos of Taylor Swift going makeup-free in the studio. He reacts to Cardi B literally falling through a trap door mid-performance, questions what counts as an “incredibly vulgar” confession from Ethan Hawke, and br...

Jared is joined by comedian Jackie Fabulous ! They unpack Jackie's 2 ex-husbands, why she knew on her wedding night it wouldn’t last, and how being a self-proclaimed “lover girl” kept her posting glowing tributes to a man she later realized wasn’t making her life easier. Jackie shares what it’s like taping her Hulu special, You Can Leave at the Triad Theater, right after moving out, refusing to wa...

On this Ticked Off Tuesday, Jared goes IN on modern everyday chaos: adults who treat a bakery menu like it’s the Cheesecake Factory (bring back the 30sec shot clock), group fitness rebels doing the exact opposite of every move, people who somehow still can’t open email attachments, and the nonstop-talking plane mom who blocks the aisle while packing her entire life at landing. If you’ve ever felt...

On today’s Mailbag Monday, Jared covers 3 modern dating dilemmas: how to shut down a mother in law calling you “mama” without starting family drama, whether seeing bikini models on a guy’s IG Explore page plus multiple dating apps is just normal dating or a real red flag, and what it means when someone asks about your day but never follows up. Is it a lack of emotional curiosity or just bad conver...

It's Pop Culture Thursday! Jared dives straight into Tom Brady and Alex Earle, breaking down their “fun fling” and the PR machine behind it. Jared also unpacks Jennifer Aniston’s low-key birthday with boyfriend Jim Curtis and what might really be behind the headlines. Then it’s Jason Bateman getting sober over “tension” with Amanda Anka, plus the latest on Brandi Glanville’s shocking health reveal...

Jared Freid welcomes comedian Shaun Murphy to Chit Chat Wednesday for a wide-ranging hang that covers stand-up life, dating, body image, nerd culture, and what happens when your comedy special includes a joke about your own skinny dick. Shaun talks about his new YouTube special Long Story Thin , growing up in Buffalo, balancing sports fandom with nerd energy, and navigating family, relationships,...

Jared’s in Dallas for Ticked Off Tuesday, hyping the Patreon (where the real complaints jump the line) and kicking things off with two everyday rants: gas stations that “label” broken pumps with a sad little piece of tape, and a new apartment with shower pressure so weak it turns bathing into a light misting. Then the listeners come in hot: one new homeowner gets hounded by the same window company...

Jared’s in Dallas for Mailbag Monday, pitching shows, his Walking Red Flag book, and his favorite pastime: giving brutally honest advice to strangers with zero eye contact. First up: a listener stacks two Hinge dates back-to-back, shows up late to date #2, and the text thread takes a turn that’s equal parts awkward and hilarious. Then things get real when a “perpetual girlfriend” realizes she want...

It’s Pop Culture Thursday, and Jared Freid is breaking down the biggest Page Six headlines, straight from Delray Beach. Jared reacts to Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, plus surprise appearances from Ricky Martin, Lady Gaga, Cardi B, Pedro Pascal, Jessica Alba, Alex Earle, and David Grutman. He delves into Bethenny Frankel’s viral takes, Chris Brown and Jake Paul's stirring drama, and Tom Bra...

Jared welcomes legendary “expert in pessimism” Eddie Pepitone for a Chit Chat Wednesday that somehow turns bleak childhood memories into pure comedy gold. Eddie takes us from soot-covered Brooklyn delis to surviving the Edinburgh Fringe like a stand-up endurance athlete, and he’s got some strong feelings about being labeled “the shouty guy.” They get into the weird relationship comics have with th...

First up, Jared’s fresh off a Fort Lauderdale to NYC to Boston travel day and gets sent into a spiral by his beloved snow boots: thick laces, constant untying, and the emotional journey from single-knot optimism to double-knot resignation. A listener follows with a very relatable airline rage: paying for a carry-on but still being forced to gate-check it, which sends Jared into a full “take boardi...

Jared kicks off Mailbag Monday from Delray Beach with a classic rant: preorder his book Walking Red Flag (mostly to prove his dad wrong) and please don’t DM him excuses for missing shows. Then he dives into a birthday-party mystery when two very sentimental Chiefs commemorative Coca-Colas disappear from the garage fridge… and the prime suspect is a friend’s “used car salesman” husband with a histo...

Jared is back for a pop culture Thursday! He reacts to a $2,000 hat heist at the St. Regis Aspen before breaking down Travis Scott name-dropping Kylie Jenner’s breast implants in a new song. He digs into Taylor Swift, hesitating to invite Blake Lively to her wedding amid Justin Baldoni drama, plus Steve Wynn buying his stepson Nick Kissam a $32 million mansion after a raunchy music video fallout....

It’s Chit Chat Wednesday, and Jared is joined by comedian Raanan Hershberg , whose new YouTube special Morbidly Jewish sparks a thoughtful, funny conversation about comedy, controversy, and why labels kill nuance. They dig into what it’s like doing standup in a time when even obvious jokes about bad people somehow become “debates.” From antisemitism discourse to why audiences sometimes seem offend...

Jared is back for Ticked Off Tuesday, begging people to keep weed smoke out of restaurant entrances and to stop treating the front of the coffee line like storytime. Then he spirals over Threads being less “fun alternative” and more “comics loudly arguing in public for sport.” A listener points out that one little snowstorm turns grocery stores into pre Hunger Games chaos, which… fair. Another ven...

Mailbag Monday is in full “tough love, but make it helpful” mode as Jared breaks down three modern dating headaches: the ex who keeps popping up with cryptic, ego-soaked poetry, the couple doing “ethical non-monogamy” that somehow feels like a sad group project, and the doctor who’s back a year later claiming the relationship ended because you “didn’t believe he was busy.” Jared’s main theme is cl...

Pop Culture Thursday is back and Jared Freid is deep in Page Six chaos, riffing on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s fading industry buzz, paywalled celebrity news, and why having an audience isn’t the same as earning trust. He breaks down Joe Montana “laughing all the way to the bank,” Tom Brady’s endless shilling, and why certain headlines are catnip even when the articles disappear mid-read. Jar...

Katie Nolan crashes Chit Chat Wednesday and she brings sports chaos: Pats/Bears misery bonding, the sacred “don’t celebrate until it’s confirmed” PTSD that only real fans understand, and Katie breaking down why the Super Bowl is basically a corporate convention with occasional football. Then Jared drops the ultimate peace treaty idea: make political candidates order Buffalo Wild Wings together bef...