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!...

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...

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...

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...

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!