# 1316: If His Ex Was a Rebound, Why's She Still Around? | Feedback Friday

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jordan-harbinger-show-546263/1316-if-his-ex-was-a-rebound-why-s-she-still-around-feedback-friday
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jordan-harbinger-show-546263/1316-if-his-ex-was-a-rebound-why-s-she-still-around-feedback-friday.md
Podcast: [The Jordan Harbinger Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jordan-harbinger-show-546263)
Published: 2026-04-24T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://prefix.up.audio/s/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/prfx.byspotify.com/e/claritaspod.com/measure/arttrk.com/p/PDPN1/pscrb.fm/rss/p/tracking.swap.fm/track/0rfjk5dlUYvVVB1j4JMa/rss.art19.com/episodes/1d2f3c89-b73b-4543-b41d-8916bdb03ee1.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIgtDaHJvbWUGOgZFVA%3D%3D--d05363d83ce333c74f32188013892b2863ad051c
Audio file: https://prefix.up.audio/s/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/prfx.byspotify.com/e/claritaspod.com/measure/arttrk.com/p/PDPN1/pscrb.fm/rss/p/tracking.swap.fm/track/0rfjk5dlUYvVVB1j4JMa/rss.art19.com/episodes/1d2f3c89-b73b-4543-b41d-8916bdb03ee1.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIgtDaHJvbWUGOgZFVA%3D%3D--d05363d83ce333c74f32188013892b2863ad051c
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-jordan-harbinger-show-546263/episodes/1316-if-his-ex-was-a-rebound-why-s-she-still-around-feedback-friday
Duration seconds: 6035

## Resource

He says his ex was just a rebound. So why does she get the warm smiles, dinner plans, and the stories while you get the cold shoulder? It's Feedback Friday! And in case you didn't already know it, Jordan Harbinger ( @JordanHarbinger ) and Gabriel Mizrahi ( @GabeMizrahi ) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly Feedback Friday episodes, drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com . Now let's dive in! Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/1316 On This Week's Feedback Friday: If you don't want to hear about Gabe's fabulous time in Praia de Algodões, Bahia or New York City, fast forward about 12 minutes to directly board the dooze cruise. Your husband has kept in touch with his ex — a "rebound" who somehow never quite bounced out of his life — and a recent family dinner with her left you feeling invisible, outmaneuvered, and weirdly unable to articulate exactly why this friendship bothers you more than all his others. You're in couples therapy. So what do you bring up, and what does it actually mean? You're a mechanical engineer who just started therapy for the second time, making solid progress on your concrete goals — anxiety, professional stuff — and yet the guys keep suggesting therapy is a long-haul thing, not just a pit stop. Is staying past your "fixed" point actually productive, or just expensive navel-gazing? You're skeptical. Are you missing something? You've spent three years as the full-time caregiver for your nearly 100-year-old mother — a sharp-tongued, guilt-wielding, openly racist woman who refuses professional help and has boxed out your brother's Asian wife entirely.…

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-jordan-harbinger-show-546263/episodes/1316-if-his-ex-was-a-rebound-why-s-she-still-around-feedback-friday/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jordan-harbinger-show-546263/1316-if-his-ex-was-a-rebound-why-s-she-still-around-feedback-friday.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.