Microdosing Humor with Matt Ruby - CHIT CHAT WEDNESDAY - The JTrain Podcast w Jared Freid
The JTrain Podcast
Jared Freid
4.8 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
It’s Chit Chat Wednesday, and Jared is joined by hilarious comedian Matt Ruby! Matt’s new comedy special, Bolo, is out now on YouTube, and it’s a must-watch. From cancel culture to algorithms, freezing eggs to mushrooms, Matt covers every hot-button topic with wit, insight, and laugh-out-loud humor.
In this episode, Jared and Matt explore the delicate art of finding humor in tension, navigating audience reactions to edgy material, and the unique role comedy plays in processing cultural and personal struggles—especially as a Jewish comedian. They dive into the creative process behind Bolo and discuss how authenticity in comedy intersects with surviving today’s ever-present social media algorithms.
And if that’s not enough, the duo takes a hilarious detour into the world of hallucinogenics. Jared shares a wild first-date story involving mushrooms, while Matt opens up about microdosing, creativity, and why he’s not that “mushroom guy.”
It’s a thoughtful, laugh-out-loud episode that mixes introspection, candid conversation, and plenty of punchlines. Whether you’re a comedy fan, a mushroom enthusiast (or not), or just looking for your next couch-night watchlist, this episode has something for everyone. Don’t miss out—tune in to the JTrain Podcast now!
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Hop on the "JTrain" with comedian Jared Freid and his crew of pals, including YOU! Join us for an hour of laughs, gripes, and straight talk on modern love. Send in your questions, dish on the latest trends, and more to jtrainpodcast@gmail.com – we'll tackle it all on air! It's a no-nonsense, fun journey where we escape reality for a bit, delivering quick laughs and razor-sharp insights into the wild world of life and love. Tune in every Monday.
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Jared Freid is a stand up comedian from Boston and who is currently based in New York City. Jared is known to give great dating advice and is all knowing of the Bachelor & Bachelorette nation! You can catch his latest comedy special on Netflix, “37 & Single”, where Jared discusses dating app frustrations to awkward setups to breakup justifications. (For the record, Jared’s mom thinks his body is “just fine.”) Besides regularly headlining and touring around the country, Jared hosts two podcasts called “The JTrain Podcast” and “U Up? Podcast” with Jordana Abraham of Betches, where they discuss their takes on modern dating with issues ranging from apps to hookups to relationships. Check out more of his comedy and a live show today! 👉https://jaredfreid.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Chit Chat Wednesday for you to listen to, I have a guess who will be your new boo. |
| 0:09.4 | You're gonna love them too. |
| 0:14.2 | Chit chat Wednesday, I hope you're having a good day today. |
| 0:19.5 | I hope it's gonna be a perfect week too I hope you have a nice |
| 0:29.1 | poo it's a chit chat Wednesday too hello and welcome to the J train podcast it podcast. It's a chit-chat Wednesday and today's guest is Matt Ruby, |
| 0:42.6 | hilarious comic who has a special that is out right now on YouTube. If you're watching this video, |
| 0:49.0 | the link to the YouTube special is below. Hit the link, you know, flag it, put it away for a rainy day or a night on the |
| 0:57.0 | couch. It's a hilarious special. It's called Bolo. And I read it to him, but I'm going to read |
| 1:01.6 | you the topics that Matt Ruby goes after. And he goes after them successfully with laughs, |
| 1:07.6 | cancel culture, social media liars, autism, incels, standards for women, freezing eggs, |
| 1:16.4 | land acknowledgments, crowdwork, algorithms, marriage, Judaism, genders, reality, love shows, |
| 1:22.0 | mushrooms, racism, lesbians, October 7th, Kanye, these are all topics that, you know, could enrage. |
| 1:30.3 | But also, it's exciting to watch someone go for the bit, and he does it. |
| 1:36.4 | So it's a great special. |
| 1:38.0 | You're going to enjoy it. |
| 1:39.2 | This conversation with Matt, we go over all the topics he goes over. |
| 1:42.1 | And then we have a conversation about mushrooms. |
| 1:44.0 | I've never done them. Matt Ruby talks about mushrooms in his special. He is, |
| 1:48.2 | I don't want to put this on him as a mushroom guy, but he is someone who is, has more experience |
| 1:53.6 | than I do with the mushroom world. So I ask him about it. We have a nice conversation about this. |
| 1:58.6 | Fun Convo. I've known Matt Ruby uh matt ruby for years he's great |
| 2:02.4 | funny hilarious go follow enjoy today's episode boom welcome to the new j train podcast |
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