Talk Nerdy To Me

When every option narrows to one — disappear — Jen does what she's always done. She refuses. Armed with new information and a growing list of people willing to help, she follows a thread that leads her to one of the most credible truth detectors in the country. But getting answers isn't as simple as asking the right questions. Sometimes the person you trust to find the truth is hiding one of their own. This is the episode where Jen stops running, starts hunting, and discovers that the line between protector and predator isn't always visible — until it's too late. Learn more about Jen and read the original blog posts for Talk Nerdy to Me   Contact Jen for interviews.   © 2026 Jen Friel - All rights reserved.

Jen had the evidence. The footage. The eyewitness accounts. The background reports. The professional confirmation. She had done everything right — and still, the picture wasn't complete. The why kept slipping through her fingers.   This episode is about the conversation that changed the direction of everything. From a COVID-era speakeasy hidden behind an alley in Mid-City, to a support group phone call she never expected to be on, Jen follows the thread from what she knows to what she's finally ready to name. And somewhere between a casting notice taped to an art deco door and a term she had never heard before, someone she trusts completely sees exactly what she sees.   Some people have a name for what you've been experiencing. This is the episode where Jen finds it.   Learn more about Jen and read the original blog posts for Talk Nerdy to Me   Contact Jen for interviews.   © 2026 Jen Friel - All rights reserved.

For years, Jen had been telling people what she was seeing. The body language. The patterns. The feeling that something was deeply, deliberately wrong. And for years, she had been met with skepticism, silence, or a polite suggestion to try again later. This episode is about the moment that changed. From a hotel lobby to a police station to a spa in Koreatown, Jen pieces together a story that is stranger — and more validating — than anything she could have scripted. And somewhere in the middle of it all, a complete stranger confirms everything. Some people really do see what others miss.  This is the episode where the proof shows up. That Time I Was Surrounded by Idiots — a story about instincts, validation, and a t-shirt that says more than it was ever meant to.   Learn more about Jen and read the original blog posts for Talk Nerdy to Me   Contact Jen for interviews.   © 2026 Jen Friel - All rights reserved.

Jen Friel boards a cruise ship with her family, knowing she's still being followed. She tries to push it out of her mind. It takes less than a day for the pattern to reappear. But this time, something is different. The behavior is bolder. More coordinated. And Jen is done being silent. What happens next sets off a chain of events that takes her from international waters to a police station lobby, from a Yelp search for private investigators to a phone call that changes everything. Along the way, she learns who believes her, who doesn't, and what it actually takes to be heard when no one thinks your story is real. This is the episode where instinct meets action.    Learn more about Jen and read the original blog posts for Talk Nerdy to Me   Contact Jen for interviews.   © 2026 Jen Friel - All rights reserved.

Jen Friel can read a stranger in seconds. She always thought it was intuition — until the strangers started showing up everywhere. Watching. Rotating. Following a pattern only she could see. For years, no one believed her. Friends were confused. The police couldn't help. But Jen documented everything and refused to give up. When a single piece of surveillance footage finally proved what was happening, the truth was far more disturbing than she ever imagined — a co-founder arrested for attempted murder, extortion, and kidnapping. But the biggest revelation wasn't about the people following her. It was about herself. This is the unbelievably true story of Talk Nerdy to Me founder Jen Friel, told in her own words for the first time. A story about stalking, survival, pattern recognition, and the life-changing diagnosis that answered the question she had been asking her entire life: why am I so different?   Learn more about Jen and read the original blog posts for Talk Nerdy to Me   Contact Jen for interviews.   © 2026 Jen Friel - All rights reserved.

If you were born knowing your brain was different, would you still try to think like everyone else? Or would you blaze your own path?   Jen Friel is a trailblazer. She crashed the Grammy Awards, taught Pablo Escobar's surgeon how to use Twitter, and regularly invites Buzz Aldrin to her parties. Her life story is so unbelievable that Jerry Bruckheimer optioned it twice. But behind the wild adventures and the Hollywood bidding wars, Jen was drowning.   Without knowing why, she couldn't regulate her system. She led a challenging life just doing everyday things. After surviving two suicide attempts, she chose to start living life on her own terms—even though she was completely unsure of what that meant.   Then, a piece of surveillance footage changed everything. Diagnosed late in life with autism, synesthesia, and a few other conditions she'll tell you about later, Jen finally got the answers she had been searching for. Suddenly, the chaos made sense. This is the ACTUAL story of Talk Nerdy To Me®—told by the person who built it with her bare hands. It's a podcast about identity, resilience, and the weirdly wonderful ways we find our place in a world that wasn't built for the brains and bodies we were born with.   If you've ever felt like an alien, welcome home. Jen is happy to host you and any other weirdo you came with. Subscribe now to hear the full story. New episodes dropping soon.