🎧 Altered Realities: The Last Job You’ll Ever Apply For Jake Thompkins didn’t plan to become an intergalactic peace envoy. He just wanted free coffee. But after a routine neural scan mistakenly launches this laid-back underachiever into a galaxy-spanning diplomatic role, Jake finds himself knee-deep in lava love triangles, sacred bread blunders, and cosmic treaty negotiations—all without a clue what he’s doing. Armed only with good intentions and a granola bar, he becomes the universe’s most unlikely hero. This light-hearted, uplifting episode from Altered Realities is a reminder that sometimes all it takes is showing up—even if you have no idea what you’re doing. ✨ Accidental greatness. 🪐 Galactic diplomacy. 🍞 One very sacred loaf of bread. Listen now—your purpose might be waiting in line for coffee, too.

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"Altered Realities" is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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