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In episode 400 of Feedback Friday, Jordan Harbinger and Gabriel Mizrahi celebrate their milestone while addressing listener questions about consent in marriage, generational workplace communication issues, visa restrictions for student entrepreneurs, navigating early retirement in the Midwest, and more. The hosts blend personal anecdotes with practical advice on career development, relationships, and life challenges.
400th Episode Celebration and Gabe's Journey
The hosts celebrate their 400th Feedback Friday episode, with Gabe reflecting on joining the show in May 2020 after his movie production was shut down due to COVID-19. He shares how what started as a temporary gig to pay bills evolved into a career-defining collaboration that changed his life trajectory. The conversation explores themes of saying yes to opportunities, developing new skills, and how podcasting became as important to him as his original passion for filmmaking.
- Gabe joined Feedback Friday on episode 119 in May 2020, replacing Jason after COVID shut down his movie production
- Initially thought COVID would last only 2-3 months and planned to return to filmmaking quickly
- Received criticism early on about not knowing what he was doing behind the microphone
- Learning how to stay in relationship with a project through uncomfortable feelings like frustration and boredom is crucial
" When I think about this chapter, it kind of reminds me of a lot of the Feedback Friday themes that we talk about. And one of them is like how amazing it is sometimes when you just say yes to something without knowing where it's going to go "
" I see it's such a beautiful thing to be able to practice and develop and make mistakes with somebody who is giving you space to develop "
Navigating Consent and Coercion in Marriage
A divorced man asks about consent dynamics in his marriage after his ex-wife accused him of taking advantage of her because she felt pressured to have sex when he expressed frustration after being rejected. The situation is complicated by the fact that she sometimes initiated sex with him while he was asleep. The hosts navigate the nuances of consent, responsibility, agency, and the importance of distinguishing between intentional manipulation and poor communication of needs.
- The husband would sometimes say 'fine, whatever' when rejected sexually, which his wife interpreted as coercive pressure
- His wife had a history of being taken advantage of by ex-boyfriends, creating complicated templates around consent
- Plot twist: she initiated sex with him while he was asleep on multiple occasions, which felt strange and wrong to him
- Both parties felt taken advantage of in different ways, highlighting the complexity of consent dynamics in relationships
" What happened between them, based on the information that he's given us, of course, what happened between them is in a very different category from, say, a husband who holds his wife down in the bed and forces her to have sex with him "
" The agency to even pick healthy and safe partners in the first place, all of that gets more complicated when there's trauma in the picture "
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