Hello and welcome to the

J Train Podcast. That's right. Every Monday we answer your emails, we hear your stories,

and we try and give some perspective. If you're listening now, you're like,

Jared, you sound a little bit mellow. Well, every now and again on the J Train Podcast.

If you're new here, it's been a while since I've done one of these episodes. This is a dim

the lights episode, just you and Papa JT. I've done these every now and again, and it's always my

concern that people think that these stink and they don't like them. And then I get a very positive

response, but I love having the guests on and I love giving, you know, kind of going back and forth

or so. And so we're going to do this this way. This is going to be this week is just you and Papa

JT you in the Wizard of Oz. And if you like this episode, if you enjoy this one, you're like, wow,

the lone one was was fun because I am going to answer these maybe a little bit different than

I would with a guest with a guest. I kind of like read through them and just go, go, go, and we

try to be as funny as possible with some insight or whatever. Obviously taking the emails seriously.

But this will be a lot like the Patreon episodes called One More Email. And Patreon, Patreon.com

slash Jared Freed. I do one more email every week that's a little longer and from Patreon subscribers.

So if you like this, go sign up for Patreon, doing three extra podcasts a week for five dollars

a month. Patreon.com slash Jared Freed, Wednesdays is luxury lounge. I read every luxury lounge

complaint from everyone that writes in over Patreon. And then I do One More Email, which is a lot

like what today is going to be. And then I also do that's on Fridays. And then on Sundays, I do

coffee with JTrain, which is more pop culture and personal stories, I would say. And I got a

Topo Chico in front of me, the twist of line flavor. I think this is the superior flavored

um, seltzer that has no calories. Now you have to, we're a little off subject now. That has to

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