1152: Freakish Food Fixation Fractures Friendship | Feedback Friday
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2025
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
Your four-day hosting gig turned into a bizarre menu-reading tour with zero attractions, silent meals, and a shocking snack heist. It's Feedback Friday!
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On This Week's Feedback Friday:
- Jordan went to China (and, surprisingly, they allowed him to come back)!
- Your friend visited you in New Orleans and spent 70% of the trip obsessively researching restaurant menus but ordered only basic food, ignored activities you suggested, and showed no interest in spending quality time together. She took snacks you bought and left you with Uber bills. Could her fixation be affecting the marriage in which her husband is sleeping in another room?
- You've trained in Brazilian jiu-jitsu for years and supported your coach by paying dues even when you couldn't attend. When you tried to cancel your membership, your coach claimed there was a 10-day cancellation window not mentioned in your contract and became aggressive when you pushed back. How do you handle a potentially volatile martial arts instructor?
- Your son has shown challenging, aggressive behavior since childhood, yet excels professionally. He's made false accusations about your parenting, demanded you admit to things you didn't do to maintain a relationship with your grandchildren, and has shown concerning behavior in his marriage. How do you maintain a relationship with your grandchildren under these circumstances?
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- After writing in previously as a 35-year-old virgin, you dated someone for three months, had your first sexual experience, and though you broke up, you've maintained a genuine friendship. Her children call you "uncle" and you're part of each other's lives, but you wonder if new romantic partners will accept your friendship. Can Harry and Sally really be friends?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Feedback Friday. |
| 0:04.8 | I'm your host, Jordan Harbinger. |
| 0:06.8 | As always, I'm here with Feedback Friday producer, my co-pilot on this flight where you never pay extra for bringing your baggage, Gabriel Mizrahi. |
| 0:15.0 | Everybody gets to bring their baggage on this flight, and there's no weight limit. |
| 0:18.8 | No. |
| 0:19.0 | Now that Southwest just got rid of free bags, we're really your only option, whether you like it or not. |
| 0:22.6 | How's that? |
| 0:23.4 | Feedback air. |
| 0:24.2 | That's what we're called. |
| 0:25.3 | Man, imagine if we started an airline passengers just encouraged to share their drama with one another. |
| 0:29.8 | The flight attendants give you advice by the lavatory. |
| 0:31.6 | No, peanuts. |
| 0:32.7 | Somebody might be allergic. |
| 0:34.0 | Economy classes basically are subreddit. |
| 0:36.0 | That's right. That's right. On the Jordan Harbinger show, we decode the stories, secrets and skills of the world's |
| 0:40.8 | most fascinating people, and we turn their wisdom into practical advice that you can use |
| 0:44.7 | to impact your own life and those around you. |
| 0:46.9 | And our mission here on the show is to help you become a better informed, more critical |
| 0:50.1 | thinker. |
| 0:50.8 | During the week, we have long-form conversations with a variety of amazing folks. |
| 0:54.5 | Russian spies, chess grandmasters, money laundering experts, gold smugglers. This week, we had |
| 0:59.0 | Randy Blythe, lead singer of the heavy metal band, Lamb of God. Really cool guy. He's author of a new |
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