500th Episode!!🔥 HATE Mail! Jay Shares it ALL!! | Ep. 500

About this episode

In the 500th episode, Jay Schwedelson celebrates by reading and discussing hate mail received over the years.

Partner with Jay! https://www.jayschwedelson.com/contact ㅤ Pre-order Jay Schwedelson’s new book, Stupider People Have Done It (out June 9, 2026). All net proceeds are donated to The V Foundation for Cancer Research—let’s kick cancer’s butt: https://www.amazon.com/Stupider-People-Have-Done-Marketing/dp/1637635206 ㅤ Check out Jay’s YOUTUBE Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@schwedelson Check out Jay’s TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@schwedelson Check Out Jay's INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/jayschwedelson/ ㅤ Five hundred episodes in, and the celebration is reading hate mail. Jay Schwedelson cracks open a year's worth of nasty unsubscribes, brutal reviews, and one dagger that reads "no one would miss this if you stopped." Somewhere between the salmon complaints and the "man card" insult, there's an actual point about why turning some people off is the cost of being worth listening to. ㅤ Best Moments: (00:38) Why the early hour-long interviews almost killed the show before it started (02:04) The exact reply that goes back to every mean unsubscribe (03:03) Pushing back on the AI environmental damage hate mail (04:45) The weekly salmon dinner finally gets explained (05:56) The…

People in this episode

Host: Jay Schwedelson

Topics covered

• hate mail
• podcast milestones
• audience feedback
• cancer research
• learning from criticism

Keywords

• hate mail
• podcast
• Jay Schwedelson
• audience feedback
• cancer research
• learning
• criticism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The V Foundation for Cancer Research, GURU Media Hub

Products: Stupider People Have Done It

Places: June 9, 2026

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