Taylor Swift's Texts Released and Heidi Klum's Documentary - POP CULTURE THURSDAY
The JTrain Podcast
Jared Freid
4.8 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Pop Culture Thursday is back and Jared Freid is deep in Page Six chaos, riffing on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s fading industry buzz, paywalled celebrity news, and why having an audience isn’t the same as earning trust. He breaks down Joe Montana “laughing all the way to the bank,” Tom Brady’s endless shilling, and why certain headlines are catnip even when the articles disappear mid-read. Jared also dives into the messiest drama of the week: Taylor Swift’s private texts leaked amid Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal battle, unpacking friendship “vibe shifts,” exposed group chats, and why released texts feel naked no matter who you are. Plus, he side-eyes Heidi Klum’s new self-produced documentary, her much-younger “hot” husband Tom Kaulitz, and the rise of celebrity propaganda, before wrapping with Olympian Gus Kenworthy, Miley Cyrus, and Heated Rivalry parallels ahead of the Olympics!
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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 the J-Train podcast. |
| 0:17.4 | It's J-Train Jared Freed. |
| 0:18.4 | Coming to live from Delaware Beach, Florida. |
| 0:21.5 | That's right. |
| 0:22.2 | Every Thursday is a pop culture Thursday where me, the comedian, goes to page six and reads |
| 0:29.0 | the articles and riffs. |
| 0:30.0 | I have a bunch of articles in front of me. |
| 0:31.5 | I want to thank you for being a subscriber to this show. |
| 0:36.2 | I know there's a lot of podcasts out there, and you have chosen to make me a part of your day. |
| 0:41.2 | That means a lot. |
| 0:42.4 | I tape Pop Culture Thursday generally as close to Thursday as I can get it. |
| 0:48.6 | The last few weeks, I've just been on the road and traveling, and that is a lot to do with making the JCU, the J train |
| 0:58.1 | cinematic universe, a better, funnier place. I'm going to Boston this weekend, but I'm going |
| 1:04.8 | early because I have to tape stuff for you up in New York. And then I'm going to do some YouTube |
| 1:10.6 | videos with V our producer |
| 1:13.7 | from the Boston area where I grew up. So we're going to do some let's go home to Needham |
| 1:20.2 | videos. That's a little bit of a what we call a tease in the industry. So if you're not |
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| 1:28.6 | Let's get into today's episode. I have two sponsors, two sponsors. That, you know, and that's thanks |
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