How USA Hockey Celebrated In Miami, Taylor Swift without Makeup, and Tim Gunn Is Celibate - POP CULTURE THURSDAY
The JTrain Podcast
Jared Freid
4.8 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
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 breaks down celebrity PR nonsense that somehow becomes news. Plus, Jared dives into how the United States men's national ice hockey team celebrated Olympic gold with a massive Miami party, $150K in champagne, and a tribute to Johnny Gaudreau. It’s Page Six chaos, celebrity logic, and pure read-and-riff energy!
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| 0:00.0 | You're a nosy bitch. |
| 0:02.5 | You want the full sitch. |
| 0:04.8 | Come to pop culture Thursday. |
| 0:13.7 | Hello and welcome to the J-Train podcast. |
| 0:16.3 | This is J-Train Jared Freed. |
| 0:17.6 | Coming you live from Dalright Beach, Florida. |
| 0:20.7 | That's right. |
| 0:21.3 | Every Thursday is a pop culture Thursday where me, the comedian, goes to page six, goes to some headlines, and we riff. |
| 0:29.5 | That's what we do. |
| 0:30.3 | We read and riff. |
| 0:31.3 | That's the show. |
| 0:32.2 | If you have a pop culture story that you want read on the show, if you want me to riff on it, send it. J-Train Podcasts at gmail.com. |
| 0:42.1 | That's J-Train Podcast at gmail.com. |
| 0:44.9 | I have some stories in front of me. |
| 0:47.2 | Funny headlines. |
| 0:48.4 | I like to tell you when I'm taping this. |
| 0:51.5 | I'm taping this on Tuesday, February 24th, around 3.45 p.m. |
| 0:56.3 | Because I'm heading to Vancouver. It's a long travel day. If you're in Vancouver, you know |
| 1:02.3 | someone in Vancouver. Tell them about my show. The Vancouver people enjoy buying late. So this is |
| 1:09.8 | as late as it gets. It's coming out on the day of the show. So |
| 1:14.1 | come to the show. It's the table for one tour. Great stand-up show. I mean, it's hard for me |
| 1:19.7 | to say that about myself. I believe it. I know it. It's a great show. You're going to enjoy |
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