MidBEST or MidAtBest with Taylor Kay Phillips - CHIT CHAT WEDNESDAY
The JTrain Podcast
Jared Freid
4.8 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of the JTrain Podcast, Jared Freid welcomes comedian and writer Taylor Kay Phillips to talk about her new book, A Guide to Midwestern Conversation. They dive into the unique humor and communication styles of Midwestern culture, from “Midwestern nice” euphemisms to the importance of casseroles. Taylor shares insights on the writing and ghostwriting process, highlighting the role of collaboration, vulnerability, and personal stories in crafting a book with Jared. The episode also features a fun quiz on Midwestern phrases and games that celebrate the quirks of Midwest life!
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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. |
| 0:09.5 | You're gonna love them too. |
| 0:14.0 | Chit chat Wednesday, I hope you're having a good day today. |
| 0:19.0 | I hope it's gonna be a perfect week, too. |
| 0:27.3 | I hope you have a nice poo. |
| 0:30.9 | It's a chit-chat Wednesday, too. |
| 0:35.4 | Hello, and welcome to the J-Train podcast. |
| 0:38.0 | This is J-Train, Jared Freed coming in a live from Kansas City, Missouri. |
| 0:43.1 | That's right. |
| 0:44.0 | Every Wednesday is a chit-chat Wednesday where I sit down with a friend, a comedian, an expert. |
| 0:51.9 | Today we have all three. They are a comedian, writer, Emmy winner, |
| 1:00.5 | with the TV show last week tonight. They are a friend over the last, I would say, year. They've |
| 1:07.9 | become a friend, which I'll say it. I'll take the first step in saying that we're friends. |
| 1:14.7 | And I would say they're an expert in Midwest culture. |
| 1:20.7 | The hilarious Taylor K. Phillips, thank you for coming on the show. |
| 1:24.9 | Hello, thank you for having me. |
| 1:26.5 | And thank you for coming to our fair city of Kansas City. Well, we're here. So to let coming on the show. Hello. Thank you for having me and thank you for coming to |
| 1:27.9 | our fair city of Kansas City. Well, we're here. So to let people behind the curtain, we are here in Kansas |
| 1:32.6 | City and you are from here. And you and I, so let's give everyone the full story. Taylor K. Phillips |
| 1:42.0 | has a book out that you can go buy right now. |
| 1:44.3 | We want you to go buy her book. It is called A Guide to Midwestern Conversation. We're going to |
| 1:49.0 | get into that in a second. But we were kind of fixed up to help choose to help me write my book. |
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