The Truth About Losing My Closest Friend | EP 149
The George Janko Show
George Janko
4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2026
⏱️ 128 minutes
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:17 How Reed Became George’s Right Hand Man
10:22 The Moment You Know It’s Time to Walk Away
20:27 When Work Turned Into Brotherhood
30:22 Isolation, Loneliness & Finding Himself Again
40:53 The Craziest Era of Their Lives
51:02 How They Accidentally Built a Live Empire
01:02:03 The Wildest Behind-The-Scenes Stories
01:16:38 The Reality of Traveling & Creating Nonstop
01:25:41 Where Reed Really Stands With God
01:35:41 George Breaks Down Faith
01:50:17 Why the Wrong People Will Ruin You
02:00:11 Reed Finally Steps Into His Next Chapter
Transcript
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| 0:39.6 | And I'm like, nothing. |
| 0:38.2 | For those of you sure, bro? I remember you're like, so what do you got? And I'm like, nothing. For those of you guys that are new here, Reed has been my right |
| 0:45.0 | hand since the very beginning of me doing this podcast in general. But dude, you've been gone. |
| 0:51.7 | You went on your own journey. Yeah, I went to Mars for a bit. Welcome back. You know, it's like, oh, going to the old workplace, but it genuinely felt like it was Christmas and I was coming home to the family for holidays. For you to walk away, like, bro, me and Bell cried as if we lost a brother. We would always dream out loud. I'm going to do it right now. Okay. |
| 1:26.6 | Wow. |
| 1:27.4 | How do you feel? How do you guys feel? |
| 1:29.3 | I feel like it's a, when I came here this morning, you know, it's like, oh, going to the old |
| 1:35.4 | workplace, but it genuinely felt like it was Christmas and I was coming home to the |
| 1:39.5 | family for holidays where it's like, oh, it's like nothing has changed for an instant i saw george how long |
| 1:48.1 | ago was that was that a month ago yeah yeah because we've both been kind of on our own journey a little bit |
| 1:52.8 | and it was like the second i saw you it was like right back to old times and here we are |
| 1:58.8 | cheers man sure hopefully this episode is going to be one we look back at i know right back to old times and here we are. Cheers, man. Cheers, guys. |
| 2:01.2 | Hopefully this episode is going to be one we live back at. |
| 2:04.7 | I know. |
| 2:06.1 | Hey, one more. |
| 2:07.9 | Welcome back to the George Janko show, guys. |
| 2:12.1 | Today we have a very special episode. |
| 2:13.9 | Some might say it's an Easter egg. |
| 2:15.6 | Oh. |
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