For Better and Worse | With Jess and Rach

I hope you guys are ready to buckle in and get down to the nitty gritty of where in the hell Jess and Rach have been for the last 7 months. The girls start off with some light banter, but pretty quickly get into the heaviest meat we've ever served... Jess's telling of what she went through last year, and the journey of grief that she's been navigating since March 2023.

This episode is full of potential trig...

Rach, Josh, and Elsie are live in their living room to tell the tale of Elsie's birth and the 3 weeks that have followed. Keep your ears out for sweet baby coos throughout the episode, they are quite the treat! Rach starts off with a top TOTD, Josh gives his theory on breastmilk science, and they get into the ins and outs of the black hole they've been in for the past 3 weeks. Josh shocks Rachel with an update on his prep...

YO YO YO we are back with Jess and Joe! It's been a minute since we've heard from Dr. Rubenski and his client, but they are back and answering your questions. They start us off with a mental health check and talk about their transition into suburbia life. Joe had an interesting run in with the neighbors and the McAleese's made their mark on the neighborhood. 

The meat of today's episode is answering the...

Hello hello podcast fam! Rach starts off with a quick update for all of you before we get into the pre-recorded part 2 episode with Meredith. All is well, but Elsie has not made her appearance yet, so just ignore all the references in this episode to Rachel having given birth. Okay? We are hoping our girl makes her way into this world within the next few days, so send out allll the positive vibes our way! This episode is Part 2 to ...

The gals start off strong with morning fart talks and a run-in with the paranormal. Rach tells the tale of Josh's most recent anxiety meltdown due to a creepy clay figurine she was gifted by her dad. (Shout out PuebloDirect.com) Rach has a couple of close labor calls but alas - Elsie is still firmly planted in her uterus (39 weeks and counting baby). 

The Anniversary Meat is the reflection and retellings of some of yo...

Everyone's favorite is back from her battical- pt. 2! And the girls are LIVE from Jess's NEW house! Rach is 38 weeks pregnant and FEELING IT and has been sipping a little bit of the hippy-dippy Kool-aid. Jess gets real with the pod and shares some of where she's at and where she's been for the past several months. We truly couldn't be happier to have this community, and hope you will continue to support us ...

The soon-to-be parents take over the mic this week to go over all your burning questions before baby  Elsie gets here! Josh fills everyone in on some recent test results and health anxieties. Rach tells an embarrassing story from a run-in with a past teacher. Josh celebrates his 30th birthday and Rachel gives her two cents on curing climate change. 

On this episode Rach and Josh answer a bunch of questions from our listene...

Jess is moving (and slowly losing her mind) so longtime listener, first time guest, MEREDITH, graces the pod with her presence this week! Meredith is Rach's best friend of the past 15 years, and the girls take everyone down memory lane from their church camp days to present. The episode hits the ground running because we've got a LOT to catch you guys up on before we start getting into the adult part of our friendship. Th...

The girls huddle up realllll close this episode in order to work around yet another technical difficulty! 2023 is the year of CHANGE. Jess got the keys to her new house, Rach has a run-in with "free-will", and the girls bond over their individual neighborhoods character. What is life without a few gunshots and SWAT team raids?? Jess jumps into a reflection on 2022 - not for her personally, because we all know that was a s...

Happy Honda Days and Merry Toyotathon to all! We hope all our pod friends had a better holidays than we did. Also heads up for some slight mic malfunctions throughout this episode... 2022 Year Of Bullshit is really putting us through the ringer. Rach tells the (very long) story of her adventure of getting her car totaled on Christmas Eve and being monitored at the hospital for 24 hours. (Everyone is okay!) Ya girl is now 34 weeks p...

Welcome to a sneaky surprise episode in honor of Rach's 29th birthday! The girls kick off with some New Girl banter (TWENNY-NINE), Rachel share's her father's age once again, and Jess tells a haunting story from her dog, Pickle. The winter's load is about to arrive and the Rosche-Pridemore is getting prepared. Jess has a chronic case of itchy leg syndrome and is looking for a cure so shout a girl out if you have...

JESS IS BACK BABY! The girls are LIVE from Elsie's nursery, and start off hot with some pregnancy updates. Head to the YouTube if you want Rach's 30 week bump date! Jess is settling into a new reality, and although she isn't ready to share all that's she's been going through the past 2 months, she does share some really exciting and fun updates for the Cartellone-McAleese fam. The girls have a nice Thanksgi...

Surprise! Jeri from Ladies and Tangents is back to play the catch-up game with Rach while Jess is away! The girls start off strong with dog middle names and some cat talk. Did Jeri almost die due to dander over exposure while at Rach's house? Maybe. The girls chat about hair trends of the early 2000's and embarrassing moments with their grandmothers before getting into some (classic) dog training chats. 

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Miss us?! As promised, we are back at it again with your monthly FB+W content. Jess and Rach are coming at ya live from Jess's house with some Olive and Pickle interruptions. The girls catch up on some life stuff.  Rach has some anxiety about a dog trainer coming to her house to observe her dogs in their element. Jess and Joe are don't sleep in the same room anymore and Rach thinks they're onto something with that. <...

No matter how many times Rachel calls this the July recap - ignore her, it's the August recap. The pregnancy brain is very real. The girls start off with some menzies talk and some fall reflections. Did anyone else's college year fall seasons just hit different? Safe to say we are ready for a drop in temps and some of our favorite fall treats. Rach drops the news that her and Josh are having a GIRL - and Jess was the secr...

CW: Pregnancy, Pregnancy Loss (1:50-13:44)

WELCOME BACK. It feels so good to be back on the pod! As promised, the girls are back with their monthly episode!

 As most of you know, Rach + Josh's wedding happened earlier this month so the girls will you a FULL RECAP of the wedding from their different POVs.  It was the first time they've seen each other since the wedding so the recap is top notch. A opportu...

That's a wrap on SZN 2 baby! At the beginning of SZN 2/Episode 34, Jess and Rach catch up on their weekends per usual.  Jess endured the 2022 Cartellone Camping Co-Op and made it out alive. Rach has an interesting wedding dress story that she shares with Jess. The girls also give you their review on Drake's newest album, Honestly Nevermind.

The meat of today's episode is questions you guys submitted for Jess...

Everyone give a big warm welcome to our girl TRISH. This episode starts off with a lot of animal talk. Rach brings her dogs to a photo sesh and it all goes terribly wrong, and Jess's dogs collab on a murder. Two words- rodent juice. And the Rosche-Pridemore fam officially has a new member, Queen Queenie! It's 3 weeks until Rach's wedding so things are in full swing for her, and she can't recommend making your ow...

WELCOME BACK to another episode where Jess and Rach talk wedding stuff! Rach starts us off telling us a story of how a troubled adult approached her and asked her out. Wait till you hear this pick up line, low key cringe. Jess and Rach catch up and set the record straight about how they use comedic relief in their job and in no way are ungrateful or calling anyone out personally. We love our couples and would literally get on our k...