Listener Reviews

I came across this Podcast on YouTube. Have been really struggling with mental health issues lately. And I honestly didn’t know what to expect from this podcast. Jordan’s presence and presentation really captured my attention. I realized what she/he was saying what I had been thinking about for a while now. I’ve been in and out of treatment and therapy and none of it feels real. I’ve been misdiagnosed and given non helpful medications and it’s contributed to actually attempting suicide 5 times. In the back of my mind I knew I do not have a long term mental disorder. I’m doing whatever I’m supposed to do but still everything is wrong. My wife who did complete her suicide attempt definitely had serious narcissistic issues. Big time. But I did not know what anything was and she raged at me when I did point it out. So I learned more about it. She was the one with a huge problem. And she learned it from others and projected it onto me. Point being that I definitely see what Jordan is talking about and she/he makes perfect sense. I have wondered why it feels like narcissistic behavior is everywhere. Thought I was insane and I do have problems. However I’m recovering and it actually rationally makes sense. And I hope I learn how to cope with this new information. Jordan is spot on! Thank you

I discovered this archive quite on accident - a random search for “loneliness” in the podcast library, after an illuminating thought hit me today that my frustration and lack of fulfillment may indeed be rooted in this topic - not the endless self-improvement quest and delicate navigating and fruitless decision-making I’ve been engaged in prior. Though I’m only 2.5 episodes in, I couldn’t help but to leave a review now. I feel a smidgeon of relief, hope, and maybe even a bit of power now, like perhaps my inherent needs at home, work, and elsewhere are not doomed to be shuffled away forever, despite doing everything “right”. Thank you Jordan.

Guru episode: there is a Tool song that describes them…

Jordan Reyne’s “The Loneliness Industry” podcast is a place of deep thoughts and powerful ideas delivered in a close, easy style, that feels like you and Jordan are just having an afternoon beer in a terraza, exchanging philosophy, while the birds chirp away in the trees. But don’t let her casual, light style, fool you. Each episode of “The Loneliness Industry” is a master class on the philosophy and psychology of human interaction.

Thank you for voicing thoughts that were dismissed most of the few times I was brave enough to share them, and for teaching me new things that help me understand better our society and my place in it. Although I have no one to talk to about this in person, somehow I feel less lonely just by hearing what you have to say and reading the comments from the community you’ve created. You’ve also lifted the shame around being alone given the circumstances.

Amazing. Must listen for the best philosophical insights with real, rooted knowing

If you’ve ever felt invalidated and squashed by systems which expect you to hide who you really are or act like an emotionless robot - this podcast is for you - fiercely compassionate, intellectually satisfying and funny - validation for humans trying to be human in inhuman systems!

This podcast is great, gives insight after insight on our western dysfunctional society and how modern humans relate and instrumentalise each other.

I found these podcasts through a search for solutions to alleviate loneliness, but these episodes deliver so much more. To learn that my experiences are part of a system of power has shaken - and also settled - something deep within me.