For Better and Worse | With Rach and Jeri

Jess is back from her journey to the Covid Cave and the girls hit the ground running with some real talks and catch up over the past (very eventful) last 2 weeks! We hope all of you guys made it through your Thanksgiving family festivities unscathed, but if not please DM us and spill your holiday tea. Rach gives an update on her home search, and Jess finally fills us in on her SFOTW from a few wee...

What happens when Jess gets sick and we need a last minute fill in?? JERI HAPPENS THATS WHAT. So welcome to an episode where Rach sits and talks to her other best friend and podcast superstar, Jeri of Ladies & Tangents. Rach tells yet another embarrassing story from her past, and forces Jeri into a segment she calls, "making Jeri do British accents with Love Island slang". How many regions in the...

The FB&W gals are back with another episode full of semi-solicited advice and weird sexual confessions. Jess talks about her trip to Nashville, and Rach reflects on a suppressed memory from her time in Austin a few months ago. Rach is back with some top quality content for the 'Shit Josh Says" segment, and a SFOTW. Jess has to come clean about spreading false killer whale content last week, and te...

GUESS WHO'S BACK (back back) BACK AGAIN!! The For Better & Worse gals are BACK and better than ever after over a month off! Dang - we missed ya. Jess and Rach play a big ol' game of catch-up since they hadn't seen one another since the last time they sat down to record. So get ready for some serious tangents and small talk. Jess is a big show girl now and Rach proves she is as irrelevant as ever....

You know we hate to say it, but welcome to our final episode of Season 1 of For Better And Worse Podcast. No fears - we will be back and better than ever on November 5th! This episode starts out with Rach telling an awkward story from an engagement session she did recently, and Jess gives a quick Certified Loverboy album review. Jess also rips into a current event before we get into reading some D...

Jess and Rach sit down on the newly-dubbed Burnout Couch with Aaron James (the only DJ who is worth a damn) to talk about all things wedding party! Before Aaron shows up the girls catch up on the past 2 weeks without each other. Rach shares a stupid fight of the week, and Jess and Josh do some bonding over fashion advice. How would you dress your significant other if you had full control? The girl...

Jess is on her anniversary trip so Rach invites her partner Joshua on the pod this week! At the beginning of the episode you'll get a glimpse into their pop culture interests - is Rach a sports girl now?! And they quickly get into the Q's y'all submitted for Josh about Rach and her divorce and his perspective of the whole thing. Joshua drops some wisdom on being a support system and gets vulnerabl...

Welcome back to another episode where Jess and Rach give you semi-solicited wedding advice! The girls start off episode 33 with a bit of catch up going over a recent vehicular incident Rach participated in, and Jess's 30th birthday party shenanigans from the past weekend. Jess tries out a potential new segment idea - "current events" and tells Rach about a recent football fraud case that is sweepi...

We are celebrating Jessica Damn Cartellone with this episode for her mother freaking 30TH BIRTHDAY (LFG)! The episode starts off with some ASMR and a recap of their weekend which was filled with some Josh groomsman shenanigans. The girls quickly get into the meat this episode, where we ask Jess 30 questions for her 30th birthday! So if you've ever wanted to dig deep into Jess's psyche, find out he...

Jess and Rach have an absolute blast this episode asking each other questions from a couple Best Self card decks. Before they get into that the girls talk about Jess and Joe's wedding film that Rach finally finished editing. Jess will give y'all her input on investing in a wedding film - if its worth it or not (Spoiler - IT IS). Rach makes a very intriguing proposition to Josh, and then the girls...

Another Friday, another FB&W episode for you guys! Episode 30 starts out with Sherry seeing a psychic who spills some supernatural TEA for y'all. Rach gets into a very stupid fight of her week but has a mental break mid-story tell which resulted in some piss-poor storytelling on her part. Sorry in advance! Jess tells the struggles of being a husky owner, and then we get into the MEAT of today's ep...

Welcome to an episode that Jess and Rach are beyond stoked for - psychoanalyzing your breakup anthems! The episode starts off with some catch-up that involved rotisserie chicken talk and a deep dive into Rach's father's weird habits as a 77-year-old. Rach reverse-manifested herself this week and Jess overanalyzes guest etiquette. It doesn't take long for the girls to get into the MEAT of this epis...

Jess and Rach are reunited (at Jess's house due to a dog emergency) and it feels OH SO GOOD. Episode 28 starts off with a some singing and a microphone malfunction, but the girls quickly get their shit together and into some classic banter and catch up from the past 2 weeks. Joe goes out of town and all hell breaks loose at the Husky House after Pickle gets spayed. Rach tells her tales of Dollywoo...

We pulled episode 27 from the archive this week cause Jess and Rach got in a pinchy pinch (we’re in the THICK of it y’all). This episode is all about higher education/grad school with Rach’s sister Laura and her friend (and our #1 fan) Megan McCool! Rach sits down to ask this duo all the burning questions: Taco Bell orders, life passions, and PhD pursuits. Will these girls convince you to go to gr...

Welcome to episode 26 where we finally get into the subject y'all have been asking for! Before our interview with Jordan, Jess and Rach play catch up and go over the woes from their weekends. Rach had a weekend away with Josh and, spoiler: things did not go to plan. Jess hits us with a VERY hot take from an Ohio ice cream staple, as well as quality SFOTW content. The girls add to the 'things that...

Jess and Rach are BACK to their normal duo this week as they read through their DMs. Episode 25 starts out with a huge catch up//brain dump from the past several weeks. Rach talks about her wedding of 2 listeners that she got to photograph, which comes with happy tears and an STD scare. Rach has another weird DJ story for ya, and rants about cable TV. Jess admits to her lack of faith in Dino-scien...

We hope y'all aren't sick of our sisters yet because this week we have Jess's sister Brit on the pod! The girls start out by telling Rach about their family camping trip over the weekend (spoiler, we've got great SFOTW content). Jess tells the tragic story of her trash maggot infestation and Rach seeks out twerk advice. Have you ever dreamed of starting fresh somewhere new? In Episode 24 the girls...

**CW: This episode includes a discussion of body-image, sexual assault, trauma, and recovery, starting at 37:10.** In this episode Laura (Rach's sister) is BACK but Jess gets to join this time! How many tangents do we go off on in the first 30 minutes? We lost count so please let us know! Rach starts us off with an embarrassing story from a hotel lobby, and updates everyone on her long-term covid...

We apologize in advance for any voice confusion you may have while listening due to the fact that Rach's SISTER is her co-host on today's episode! Laura is a master of the English language, expert toe hair plucker, and middle part rocker. This Sagittarius/Gemini duo hit the ground running with some super sister banter. Laura comes clean with her deepest darkest secret (nobody tell our dad), and th...

Welcome to another episode where we bullshit for 15 minutes about early 2000s fashion that scared us for life and made us who we are today. Jess and Rach share some wedding stories from the past weekend: spoiler Jess brought the WAP to a raging Catholic wedding and lives to tell the tale. In Episode 21 the gals get into fight languages.  Are you avoidant, suppressive, or dominating? Or have you le...

*WARNING: We are not responsible for any unintentional burns that may happen from listening to this episode* Episode 20 starts off with Jess and Rach chatting about them getting back into the swang of thangs... shooting weddings that is. Mercury is in retrograde so we hope you are all watching your asses out there - the stars take no prisoners with this shit. Jess explains this little phenomenon a...

Okay guys we are just a *little* excited about this one. Episode 19 starts off with a Home Depot proposal, a new Josh segment, and us answering a few DMs. We've gotta know... which Bloomin' Onion camp are you in... Marry or Red Flag? The meat of this week's episode is inspired by Olivia Rodrigo's new album Sour. Jess and Rach do a deep dive album review where they share their favorite lines from e...

Do you enjoy a good train wreck? We sure hope so, because in this episode there is a LOT of them. Jess and Rach start off Episode 18 with some good, old fashioned reflection on their college days. Did anyone else witness feces in a frat house bathtub? Or was yours used strictly for jungle juice? We've got some stupid fights of the week (spoiler, Jess and Rach were the ass holes), and a whole lot o...

Rach starts out Episode 17 HOT with a list of grievances from her week. How much money did Herschel cost her this month? Who is her least favorite fictional character of all cinematic history? How did HGTV do her (and all of society) dirty? The meat of this week's episode is "Vows 101". Are you planning to write meaningful vows to your partner on your wedding day? Take a listen to this episode to...

Episode 16 starts off with some bachelorette party talk and another scandal from Rach's divorce saga. What's the most diabolical thing an ex can do to you? Find out in this episode! Jess tells her proposal story, Rach gives Jess a gift, and the girls read your DMs and give some solicited advice for y'all. This community has meant the world to us and we are so excited to have you all along for the...