Sympathetic Monsters

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) detail the current allegations against famous men in power and ask, "How Many Women Does It Take?" This is a double-sized episode. K.I.T. & Have A Great Summer!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) bring you more light stories from last week's news cycle, including a fancy cat, a professional dog, sexy robots and a whopper of a fish story. Because the real news right now is way too depressing. Rate! Review! Subscribe!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) bring you lighter, fringe news stories from the week, including the only time someone ever found comic John Mulaney threatening, a Soylent Green red flag and science proves cats are smarter than you. Rate! Review! Subscribe!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) step back from the heavy news week to instead bring you the wacky, goofy and heartwarming news stories you may have missed. Rate! Review! Subscribe!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) are still reeling from pro-Trump rioters storming the U.S. Capitol. We discuss what happened and what's definitely going to happen next. Rate! Review! Subscribe!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) are asking the uncomfortable questions about how the U.S. government is handling the vaccine rollout and why frontline medical staff are refusing the Coronavirus vaccine. We should all be asking these questions. Stay safe out there, friends!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) are a little vexed over reports that the White House Chief of Staff threatened to fire the FDA Chief if he didn't grant emergency use authorization by Saturday for Pfizer's Covid vaccine. The vaccine is now authorized and on its way into your arm. We also cover history's wackiest vaccine stories. We're off for the holiday until Jan. 4th. Here's to a much deserved Happy New Year to all of us! Rate! Review! Subscribe!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) break down why the Uber/Lyft California victory in passing Prop 22 threatens YOUR job and workers' rights specifically.  Big corporations are able to buy the law to deny workers' protections like never before and Pandora's Box just opened. And we also talk annoying neighbors. Rate, review, subscribe!

PART 2 of this SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS where hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) are breaking down what the hell is actually happening in the Georgia runoff election, why it’s happening and why it’s important to you and ALL U.S. citizens. We explore the candidates involved and their wild stories that seem ripped from The Onion. PART TWO OF TWO, you DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS EPISODE! Please, if you're able, donate to the fight for the Senate that will decide whether or not Democrats claim the two remaining seats in the Georgia runoff election (This decides if Biden will be blocked from rebuilding the U.S. by a Republican senate & Mitch McConnell or not.) PLEASE DONATE NOW. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/2020gasenaterunoff    (Use your Paypal and junk email address for ActBlue or you will get spammed to death. I know this personally.)

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) are breaking down what the hell is actually happening in the Georgia runoff election, why it's happening and why it's important to you and ALL U.S. citizens. Part One of Two, this is an episode YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS.

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS sees hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) w/ hope that Biden's win can bring back dignity and civility to the U.S. and Oregon passes Measure 110 to decriminalize hard drugs. We can't wait to see what happens next. Rate! Review! Subscribe!

100th Episode! This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) w/ a tale from an actor's life, whether Walmart just tipped their hand that they think the election results will trigger a civil war and the Pope vs. The Catholic Church on same sex unions. We're thrilled to have made it to our 100th episode! Rate! Review! Subscribe!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) talk Donald Trump's outlandish claim during the presidential debate that he is "the least racist guy in the room". "Nuh-un," say we. And here's why. Plus, why you should never take life advice from 50 Cent.

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) are back with PART TWO and a second uplifting story of how humans react to Universal Basic Income, because we could all use a boost. Get ready to smile with a plan out of this mess and back to believing in the goodness of people. PART TWO is another happy story about a Universal Basic Income experiment's unbelievable-but-true outcome that took almost thirty years to unearth, thanks to a single, curious researcher. What she uncovered will change the way you think of the world.

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) bring you an uplifting story, because we could all use a boost. This one should make you smile and might just give us a way out of this mess and back to having faith in the goodness of people. Tune in next week for PART TWO, with another happy story about a Universal Basic Income experiment that took almost thirty years to unearth, thanks to a single, curious researcher. What she uncovered will change the way you think of the world.

The title says it all and the audio uploaded says the rest. We'll be missing you for a month and we're coming back come hell or high water (that's not a challenge 2020, we already know you bring the suck) on October 13th, 2020 with new episodes. Take care out there, friends.

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS is just how it sounds. Join hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) with our best effort to laugh at tragedy that has totally not had enough time added, yet, to become comedy. But with all these apocalypse signs ain't nobody got time to wait for the respectable amount of time for cracking jokes. Rate! Review! Subscribe! TELL YOUR FRIENDS.

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) bring the you the real life terror of a dystopian, 70s Sci-Fi movie that is about to become your reality. Elon Musk has found a government loophole to fast-track his mind control chip for use in humans being developed by his company Neuralink. This is not a drill.

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) with some of the lighter, fringe news stories you may have missed this week. It's mostly re-affirming our undying love and devotion to Dolly Parton. Rate! Review! Subscribe! TELL YOUR FRIENDS!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS is Part Two of last week's episode where hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) are joined by freelance, writer/producer/director Hiatt Woods (@Hiatt_Woods, hiattwoods.com) who explains to us how billionaires have exploited the system to create some of the greatest wealth growth in history while the rest of us suffer financial ruin during a devastating, global pandemic. PART TWO! Get your fist-shaking hand ready!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald are joined by freelance, writer/producer/director Hiatt Woods (@Hiatt_Woods, hiattwoods.com) who explains to us how billionaires have exploited the system to create some of the greatest wealth growth in history while the rest of us suffer financial ruin during a devastating, global pandemic. PART ONE OF TWO. Get your fist-shaking hand ready!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) get sidetracked with talk of when dreams don't live up to their potential, Trump has a meltdown and the $600 expired unemployment stimulus. Spoiler alert! Mitch McConnell tries to pull a doozy of a fast one on the American public and you should be talking about it. DO NOT MISS THIS EPISODE. It was a lot of fun. Rate! Review! Subscribe! TELL YOUR FRIENDS!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS host Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) are saying "I told you so" as Trump's shadowy army targets and invades Democratic U.S. cities and declares war on U.S. (Democratic) citizens. Marital law in the cities that oppose Trump with just over 100 days until the Presidential Election? Major court rulings and the events that followed this week that will change the United States as we know it, forever.

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) are giving you the whole Portland v. Trump story as both dig in their heels for an epic constitutional battle whose time has come. Plus, there is this one story about a bottle of pee. Rate! Review! Subscribe! TELL YOUR FRIENDS!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) cover opposite sides of the dangerous double standards when it comes to power and holding women accountable for bad behavior. We talk Central Park's Amy Cooper and teacher-turned-child-rapist, Mary Kay Letourneau. Would their punishments have been the same if they were men? The answer will shock you. Rate! Review! Subscribe! TELL YOUR FRIENDS!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS, join hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) for PART TWO of the recent explosion of misconduct/sex abuse allegations and deep-rooted, toxic misogyny of male stand up comedians. This episode contains firsthand stories from the underbelly of the comedy world that will make you think twice about who you're supporting.

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) are addressing the recent explosion of misconduct/sex abuse allegations and deep-rooted, toxic misogyny of male stand up comedians.  Turns out they're dirtbags. You should've already known this and acted accordingly. Tune in next week for the twisted and personal conclusion/PART TWO of this podcast. If you're sending a HAPPY BIRTHDAY gift for Raquelle in the form of money for Cat Jeff's treatment, please use info@thatsgoodpod.com through Paypal (friends & family option).

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) talk the long list of shocking, past misconduct allegations against the cops responsible for the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and ask "How in THE HELL were these guys still allowed to be police officers?!" Rate! Review! Subscribe! Tell your friends!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) are talking Trump's wildly racist week and listing off the major Trump allies that began publicly distancing themselves from him. It's a surprising list. How will this influence his fanbase and their votes come November? Rate! Review! Subscribe! Tell Your Friends!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) & Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) talk the dumpster fire that was this week in the United States. The 3rd Amendment gets dusted off and pushed out on stage, Trump unleashes the armed forces on U.S. citizens and gets slapped down by the military and Obama offers us real hope for changing the systematic racism protested by the Black Lives Matter movement. Psst...Covid-19 is still totally a thing. Join us for a laugh as the world burns.

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) fight through a lot of heartbreak to detail the imploding state of the United States, from the Black Lives Matter Protests sparked off by the police murder of George Floyd to white privilege in Central Park to our corrupt elected officials and where we go from here. This was a hard episode to do. It's time we're all talking about this. Enough is enough. Stay safe out there, friends!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) are bringing you the best excerpts from this week's riveting Congressional Hearing by an unlikely hero: Texas Republican businessman Michael Bowen. His two hour testimony during the Dr. Bright Pandemic Response Congressional Hearing is everything the U.S. government (BOTH Democrats and Republicans) do not want you see and is better than at least half of what's on Netflix. YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS EPISODE. Thank you to Mr. Bowen, and all the whistleblowers, for reminding us there are still Americans that see value in being a decent person fighting the good fight. Rate! Review! Subscribe! Tell your friends!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) compare two huge stories from this week in the U.S. Justice System. One is the viral video of the execution of Ahmaud Arbery, a young, black, unarmed, male jogger by two armed white men and the other is a white, female, Texas salon owner, Shelley Luther, who repeatedly and intentionally disobeyed an executive order meant to limit the death of other American citizens during a pandemic. Their experiences with American Justice could not be more different.

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (McJesssandwich) examine the past week's events that beg the question, "Is this rash of armed protesters a dry run for Trump starting a civil war to retain power?" We break down the method to his madness citing the glaring red flags shaped as hats. Stay safe out there, friends!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) share brand new information that could very well save your life. Then we talk Trump's terrible advice and lashing out at the press, Joe Biden's sexual assault allegations gaining major credibility and those future shortages we warned you about are coming at you like a bullet. Join us for a laugh as the world burns. Stay safe out there, friends!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) talk the shortages you'll be hit with in the near future you can prepare for NOW, some heartwarming stories from the pandemic front lines and the crazy past week when Trump declared he has "Absolute Power". Jess is at death's door, so send her some love and stay safe out there, friends!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) are “reunited and it feels so good”. The White House Covid-19 daily updates are a real drone-fest, so we’ve pulled out the most outrageous Trump lies from this week and presented those clips next to the undeniable facts that directly contradict the President’s nonsense. Look sharp, people! Plus, we cover the Biden allegations and deliver an Insta-cart story you don’t want to miss. It’s a heavy week in coronavirus info, but somehow Jess & I made this episode a lot of fun. Please don’t think less of us for having such a good time. Stay safe out there, friends!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS host Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) has her sister Dru fill in last minute as when co-host Jess McDonald goes missing under mysterious circumstances. (Jess is a-okay & will return next week.) In the mean time Raquelle & Dru are talking new corona information you need to know, a big week for some Chinese animals and Jared Kushner and Trump going straight up Orwellian. Stay safe out there, friends!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) welcome you to a light episode from our Los Angeles quarantine. We've got serious questions about Robocop, silver linings in the lockdown and the opportunity for you to play along with "There Can Only Be One." We're keeping it light and easy because we all need a break to roast marshmallows as the world burns. Stay safe out there, friends!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) are making quarantine lemonade. We're talking pets, the great toilet paper famine of 2020 and how to lighten up in a dark time. And yes, a bonus personal story about a run in with Suge Knight. Join us for a laugh and stay safe out there, friends! Rate! Review! Subscribe!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) scramble to early record the podcast with Jess in quarantine. We're talking good stories about good guys, coronavirus hitting home and the happy surprise of Harvey Weinstein's conviction and sentencing. Hang in there, people! We're all in this together.

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) talk Elizabeth Warren ending her presidential run and the facts we know so far about Coronavirus. Who's most at risk? What are the rules of quarantines happening all over the world? Could enforced quarantines happen here? We cover everything you'd need to quarantine in comfort and safety. + There's a ton of WRONG information floating around out there about how to DIY Purell hand sanitizer. We've got the real recipe to keep you safe. Buckle up for our lighthearted doomsday prepper  episode! If you like us, please RATE! REVIEW! SUBSCRIBE! & Tell your friends!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) bring you a light episode! We researched the real people's lives that became the famous fairy tales we all grew up on. Who was the beast from Beauty and the Beast? Who was Cinderella? What's the deal with the real Little Jack Horner? We found out truth is stranger than fiction. Rate! Review! Subscribe! Tell your friends!!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) discuss the tragic story that broke this week of Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw's daughter doing porn and the increased vulnerability women of color face for sexual abuse. Our hearts go out to all involved in this story and any parent that's had to deal with this hard reality of their child trying to destroy themselves. Rate! Review! Subscribe!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) talk the trouble with ART, the great airplane seat debate and the full story of Snoop Dogg and Gayle King. We uncovered a lot of history you need to know. Oh, and the story of this picture: Rate! Review! Subscribe!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) talk more about why the 70s were not a great time to be female, after being hit with a revelation by actress Rae Dawn Chong about her history with Rolling Stones frontman, Mick Jagger. Thank goodness times have changed. Nah, I'm yanking your chain. As is evident in the current Billie Eilish/Drake mess that got another chapter this week. Rate! Review! Subscribe!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) point out one thing about attraction it's time everyone came to terms with. Then we discuss the tragic story of Kobe Bryant and the suspended Washington Post Reporter we did not want to have to tell. The truth matters, even if it breaks your heart. This one broke our hearts. Rate! Review! Subscribe!

This SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) talk how France's May 68 Movement inadvertently gave pedophiles a pass and give you the whole story of the allegations and conviction of Roman Polanski, including Hollywood's bizarre reaction. Plus, we're discovering we don't actually know quite as much about humankind as we thought. Rate! Review! Subscribe!

This episode of SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) are talking needy pets we love more than anyone and the weirdly twisted past and present of #BalanceTonPorc (The French #MeToo Movement) that broke open this week. This segues into the real True Crime history that inspired the story of Lolita. Rate! Review! Subscribe! TELL YOUR FRIENDS!

This episode of SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) have a few fun-filled rants before weighing in on the racism fueling Royals Harry & Megan's tabloid feeding frenzy, Harvey Weinstein's Aunt-Lydia-lawyer's ludicrous claims (spoiler alert: he's not a rapist, almost 100 women are just liars) and how Finland's Prime Minister is making it a more kickass place to live. Plus, with awards season coming up we dive into Movie Chat and tell you what to see and what to skip. You'll thank us for saving you this time on your deathbed. Rate! Review! Subscribe! TELL YOUR FRIENDS!

This episode of SYMPATHETIC MONSTERS hosts Raquelle Jason (@RaquelleJason) and Jess McDonald (@McJesssandwich) spend all their time catching up after the holiday hiatus, questioning what we've all lost to social media and tell you why you should remove the "you" from U-Haul. It's mostly vamping so join us for a talk with friends as we're all just trying to do the best we can kicking off the new year. Rate! Review! Subscribe! TELL YOUR FRIENDS!