Review of The JTrain Podcast - I can’t stomach giving you one star

I can’t stomach giving you one star cause I love you

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“Updated and last review: Can’t listen anymore Jared. Format is still a mess, sound is not worth the money you are paying, two guests are too many, where’s the good stuff (life advise and luxury lounge), why are you commenting on visuals/ videos on a podcast? Why are we spending the whole episode talking about New York City restaurants? I go to New York once a year. P.S. getting the political person was not a smart move, I got so annoyed by her saying democrats not voting for biden are single issue voters. As if voters aren’t allowed to care about one single thing as if their lives and freedom depend on that. I had to shut the episode immediately, but I appreciate your attempt to change the subject. It was however unsuccessful. I think the show would have been more successful had you changed one thing at a time. For example instead of having only comic guests get every content creator you want to have on the show (finance, chefs, stylists, travelers etc) and get tailored luxury lounge complaints or Jared emails to the guest. Will come back when you announce a change in format at UUP, I will go to your live show in March with the group chat. If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it. —- Updated brief review: Yelling level: obnoxiously high, I miss your whispering calming luxury lounge voice 😩 Segment intro: what’s wrong with some Jared music intros 😩😩 Guests: too many, too interruptive, explain the segments to them beforehand so they don’t talk over you. This makes the show way too laid back its reading borderline lazy Audio and visual balance: the narrative of the new show relies a lot on visual clips and videos. I get that you want to expand but please know this doesn’t align with podcast majority audience. I listen to podcasts while doing laundry cooking cleaning and driving. If I can’t follow 80% of your show without looking at my phone I really don’t see myself designating time to “watch it”. I suggest having one segment max that needs me to look. Otherwise post these segment separately on instagram or TikTok this is not made for podcasting. Luxury lounge: was the single best idea in the history of comedy and I’m sad to see you let it retire. I would have paid money for that. Collectively, while you are an amazing comic you are best when we see you as a friend giving day to day pep talk. The current episodes are not personal or relatable. In a current social media driven world, relatability is key. You have it why aren’t you using it? BRB crying. —- I’m an avid listener for 5 years, your voice lives in my head rent free. As fans, we totally understand with the New Year’s resolution and the need for change but the new format needs a better editing and a lot more structure. I get consolidating to one show but you can still keep segments that your audience gravitates towards (and you are great at such as giving advice). Here my unsolicited suggestions as someone who gives a da** about this show: 1- sound quality is awful, your home microphone was a lot better 2- one guest at a time, when you have more especially men they talk over each other and all I heard was bros laughing like they are in a barstool bar. Also if they won’t listen to you and respect your pod, don’t invite them. Remember we are here to listen to YOU. The guest is just a compliment. 3- name the segments, have some intro music, sing if you have to before each of them. The episode has to have a beginning, a few middles and an end. For example, Oversharing is a podcast that was so easy to follow from episode 1. Because they came with clear segments and explained what the segments were. This week’s show tbh was like chilling with male comedians after hours and turns out we don’t like that. 4- keep some of the old stuff we liked! Luxury lounge was GOLD and there was nothing like it out there. If it was a TV show I would pay money more for it. I’m worried someone will come and replicate your idea too! Maybe read only 1-2 emails of that. Same thing for relationship advice. I get that you hate overlapping with uup. So how about you tell your audience that you won’t read any romantic relationship advise here send to UUP, but everything else send to J train. 5- I get that you want to do the pop culture games thing you but it will take us a minute to get used to it. 6- I feel you made too many changes at once without the level of planning you expected this needs. I suggest you could have had jordana as your first guest to ease into all the changes as you guys have great chemistry and she doesn’t talk over you. Or even did it solo. 7- best of luck brother, will keep listening until the changes occur. Otherwise if it stays the same I will just keep listening to you on uup and morn the previous podcast.”

Sara Abdul via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 03/06/24

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