The Unqualified Podcast: Recent Episodes
Jesse and Megan
Episode 29 coming at you! This week, Megan and Jesse talk about the state of dating apps (2:48), writing and sticking to things (37:00), and the Tiktok ban (46:45) before finishing out the last remaining rounds of their Avenged Sevenfold song bracket (1:22:50).
In this first edition of a Music Monday episode on the Hangout, Jesse reviews Taylor Swift's new album, The Tortured Poet's Department and gives each song, and the album a rating.
We're back for episode 27! On this week's episode, Megan tells the wild story that happened to her at Denny's, Jesse tells a story that makes him look stupid in a Starbucks and a story about an alarming customer in the grocery store. Then, to close out the episode we vote through Round 2 of our Avenged Sevenfold song bracket.
Episode 26 is here! This week, Megan talks about falling out of bed (1:40), then we talk about ghosting in dating (14:00), crafts (25:50), our family trip to Boston in 2011 (31:54) before getting into Part 2 of Round 1 of our Avenged Sevenfold song bracket (41:00)!
We're back after a two week break! In this week's episode we talk about why we were away (0:45), Jesse's weird shopping experience (26:45), and a former co-worker of Megan's who is currently going viral on Tiktok in a bad way (49:40). Then, to wrap up the episode we begin a multi-episode campaign to vote down to the best Avenged Sevenfold song (1:01:40).
New and improved episode 24! On this episode we talk about our new podcasting tools (0:42), Jesse's traffic nightmare (7:45), the first trailer for the upcoming The Strangers: Chapter 1 (15:15), and Megan's experience at Ruby Tuesday's recently (40:34).
We're back! Sorry we were away last week! In this episode, we give our explanations for being away last week (0:50) and Megan's absence the week before (18:48), and eventually end up talking about growing up and the drama that unfolded with Jesse's biological mother/Megan's grandmother (1:03:00).
The Hangout is back with episode 22! Jesse comes to you solo this week to talk about this past weekend's Super Bowl (0:52), recent news of Russia putting nuclear weapons in space (10:23), why he is mid on the Deadpool 3 trailer drop (23:34), and the upcoming "Twisters" movie and his other favorite disaster movies (29:28).
Megan and Jesse are here to hangout for episode 21! In this week's episode, they talk about their technical issues last week (0:24), the 2024 Grammy's and the drama they stirred up (4:25), Toby Keith, his tragic death and their memories of him (36:20) and the newest addition to the Hangout family (59:20).
We're back for episode 20! This week Megan returns and she and Jesse recap a little about her recent trip, consider a super power where you can travel back in time but only exactly 16 hours, two different kinds of paper wasps, and briefly review and talk about V.A.N. by Bad Omens and Poppy and Jesse's initial reaction to Nobody by Avenged Sevenfold.
We're back with episode 19! Well, Jesse's back with another solo episode while Megan visits, and today he talks about snow and snow day memories, Bill Belichick's departure from the New England Patriots, and reviews 2023's Expend4bles, starring Jason Statham.
Jesse comes to you solo this week as Megan is traveling and he tells you about losing power at work (1:08), then gives his reviews of Leave the World Behind (4:12), and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (37:56).
In this episode, Megan and Jesse hang out and talk bowling (16:25), television shows (24:25), getting overwhelmed by doomsday fears (1:13:47), and more!
The trauma dump episode is here as promised! In a change of pace episode, Megan and Jesse are joined by Jordan to talk about some of the more traumatic things that have happened to them in their lives. Don't worry, it's not all doom and gloom since we all have broken senses of humor. Plenty of laughs and jokes come along with this deep dive into our troubled histories.
This week on the Hangout with Megan and Jesse, they talk about their Christmases (4:00), one TikToker's battle against Chipotle's portions (33:50), some updates on the Ultimate World Cruise (46:00), and then finally, they recap their 2023 year (54:02). Happy New Year everyone!!
We're here with episode 14! The Christmas episode! In this week's episode, Megan tells her crazy Denny's story (1:30). Then, Megan and Jesse talk about other dining experiences (19:45), make plans to cover the developments of the 9 month Royal Caribbean cruise (41:25). Then to wrap up the episode, they do a bracket for the best Christmas song for 2023 (50:43)! Have a safe, happy, and merry Christmas everyone!
Come hang out for episode 13 of The Hangout: With Megan and Jesse! This week discussions include a little more on the recent GTA VI trailers (1:42), some wild controversies that unfolded on TikTok (13:44), a bonkers story from Jesse's childhood (59:25), and more!
Jesse is back with another solo episode this week! While Megan is away, he talks about his thoughts on the GTA VI trailer that dropped this week, social media and its negative impacts, goes through his ranking of the top 10 video games of all time and more.
This week on another solo episode, Jesse pits Halsey versus Taylor Swift, recaps some of his Thanksgiving trip to Florida, talks about controlling your mindset and thinking positively, and finally dives into the music he listened to the most in 2023.
Happy Thanksgiving!!! It's Black Friday, and Jesse pre-recorded an episode to deliver to you because he, Megan and the family are spending the holiday together! This week he gives you his latest movie idea for a Christmas horror film, breaks down "Cosmic" by Avenged Sevenfold, and releases his offical 2023 Christmas Movie/Show Watchlist! Happy Holiday season kickoff everyone!
Episode 9! This week Jesse hits you with another solo pod while Megan is away, and talks about the political landscape in America, the upcoming trailer for GTA VI, how subscriptions have taken over the world and more before finally ending with a Reddit recap. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Jesse is back this week for another solo episode! Megan is likely to return next week, but in the meantime Jesse gives you his take on Taylor Swift after listening to 1989 (Taylor's Version). Then he breaks down why he thinks the Marvel Cinematic Universe ruined media today. Lastly, he talks about the vastness of the Universe.
Better late than never, right?? This week, Megan had pressing issues and needed to be elsewhere, so come hang out with Jesse for a solo pod. He talks about Matthew Perry's impact on his life, tells you some movie ideas he's had stolen and a couple of new ones for you to steal, sports fandom culture, and more.
Happy Halloween! For our Halloween episode for 2023, we do a Halloween candy bracket to pick the best one. We also talk about traveling, past jobs, and trick or treating.
Welcome back to the Hangout! This week Megan and Jesse sit down and talk about seeing people in their back yards and freaking out, the show Impractical Jokers, the internet debate about child free zones on airplanes and more. Then they talk about some posts from Reddit from the last week and finally recap the Halloween themed movie bracket as voted by people they know!
Episode 4! Right in the middle of spooky season, we sit down and create a 16 horror or Halloween-time movies and debate the winner!
It's Friday! On today's episode we talk about Megan not knowing the meaning of IYKYK for too long, times we've fainted or came close, what movies have haunted us the most, rave about Avenged Sevenfold, and more!
We're back for episode 2 of The Hangout with Megan and Jesse! This week we're joined by Jordan A. to have some drinks, do a shallow dive into past traumas, rant about Monopoly Go and rave about Pokemon Go, and recap this past week on Reddit before playing a drinking game of Never Have I Ever. Half our fam make a cameo appearances on this episode too!
Amped and revamped! New and improved! The Unqualified Podcast has a new name, a new look, and new ideas! Megan and Jesse return again at last with their new and improved show, The Hangout: With Megan and Jesse! In this episode they'll get you up to speed on what's changing since the Unqualified days, the plans going forward, and then settle in to chat and review what the world of Reddit is talking about right now.
After a long hiatus, Megan and Jesse return and catch up on what's happened in the past few months, and then they rate and review the rides they went on at Disney in July!
On today's short episode, Jesse reveals to Megan and her household the prank he played on them that he set up all the way back at Thanksgiving. Enjoy! We'll be back with a full length episode later this week!
We're officially in our roaring twenties! On today's episode, we talk more about Megan's bearded dragon, an interaction with her coworker years ago, the time Jesse threw himself down a flight of stairs at a party, Moe's burritos (and Megan's unfortunate misuse of a word), and more! Then, in the back half of the episode we read an AITA post from reddit and engage in a spirited debate about it! AITA debate begins at 1:24:00.
Episode 19! Today we talk about the trailer for the new movie "The Boogeyman", Megan's bearded dragon and her bad experience with the vet, Falling In Reverse's new song, and more. Then, we tackle some advice questions found on reddit.
We're back with episode 18! On today's episode, we explain why we were MIA for two weeks, talk a little bit about UFOs, TikTok Live, discuss the right and wrong way for businesses to treat employees, and more! Then in the second part, we read some of the top /r/AskReddit questions of the week and answer them ourselves and discuss, then we discuss some morality test questions.
We're here with episode 17 of The Unqualified Podcast! On today's episode, we talk about the debacle that unfolded in Megan's house as we tried to get ready to record the episode that resulted in us starting two hours late and Jesse tries alcoholic Mountain Dew Baja Blast for the first time live on the pod. Then, in the second half of the episode, we read and react to a few of the top posts of the past month on Reddit's /r/amitheasshole and /r/TIFU!
We're back! Now that Megan's not sick, and it's not the holidays, we're finally back with episode 16 of the Unqualified Podcast, and we spend today's episode recapping the complete and utter destruction of all of the holiday plans we told you about in episode 15! And along the way, we go off on some tangents and stories before circling back to wrap up the episode by reading, reacting to, and rating an old story off of Reddit's /r/nosleep, an iconic and chilling short tale about Boothworld Industries.
Merry almost Christmas! It's our last episode before the holiday, and our second to last episode of 2022! On today's episode, Megan and Jesse talk about Jesse traveling to Florida later this week to spend the holiday there, Repticon-which is apparently a thing, the Casey Anthony documentary, Disney, social media ads that know too much, and more!
Episode 14 is here! On today's episode, we're joined by the much talked about Christopher C. to talk about debt and debt collectors, Tom Brady, deflategate, and the Patriots, secret menu items, and more! Then, in the conclusion of the episode we read a short story entitled Looking Glass.
We're back with lucky #13! On today's episode, Megan and Jesse talk about Jesse's recent experience with the power company, Megan's old parakeet, the wild device the founder of Oculus has claimed to have designed, and more! Then, on the back end of the podcast, they read and discuss an old classic /r/nosleep story, The Tulpa.
Megan and Jesse sit down to chat this week about a whole host of things, ranging from spending Thanksgiving together as a family in Florida, flying, Jesse scaring Megan when they were kids, and more, including the story of Jesse's last time flying, which takes him almost the entire episode to finally get through. They also come up with a fun idea to read stories off of /r/nosleep on Reddit as a recurring segment. Send in some nosleeps!
On this episode of the Unqualified Podcast, Megan and Jesse are joined again by Jordan A. to mend fences from our childhood, talk about some old memories, the state of political America, and more. Then, to wrap up the episode, we do a draft selecting items from fast food establishments and then debate who won the draft. Sound off on our Facebook and tell us who YOU think won the draft!
On this episode, Megan and Jesse are joined by Brianna A. to talk about colorblindness (frequently at Jesse's expense), some of Jesse and Brianna's old work stories, the time Megan's brother got shot at, why you should never google your health symptoms, and more! Then, in the second portion of the pod, in lieu of reviewing a movie, the three of us create an Unqualified Podcast holiday movie bracket and debate the winner. Stay tuned at the end of December after Megan, Jesse and Brianna spend the holiday season rewatching (or watching for the first time in some cases) each of the movies that made the list when we do a re-bracket with updated opinions!
Happy Holidays! Today Megan and Jesse are joined at long last by Jordan, and we talk about the mysterious sock in Jordan's yard, bidets, and play a round of Would You Rather? before going off on a tangent about some of Megan's dad's hilarious antics. Then, to kick off the holiday season (which begins November 1st whether you like it or not!), the Megan, Jordan, and Jesse review this week's lineup of flavors from Crumbl Cookies.
On today's episode of The Unqualified Podcast, Megan and Jesse are joined by Whitney to talk about yet more bad restaurant experiences, and then are joined again by Laci to talk about Megan's further driver's license woes, Jesse's terrible experience adding friends on old school Xbox, and more! Then, Laci, Megan and Jesse review the 2010 Leonardo DiCaprio film, "Shutter Island".
Our first official unqualified guest! Today we welcome Laci to the show and talk about bad drivers, the worst night of Jesse's life, questionable decisions made by Megan and Laci's brother, and more! Then, Megan and Jesse sit down to talk about the 2008 horror / slasher film, The Strangers!
Welllll, hi there! On today's episode of the Unqualified Podcast, Megan and Jesse review the 2019 sequel to "The Shining", "Doctor Sleep"! But first, they sit down and chat about the hardest Jesse ever got roasted by his friend, the Stockton, California serial killer being caught, delivery mishaps, Megan's license issues and more!
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. On this episode of the Unqualified Podcast, Megan and Jesse sit down and talk about smartwatches, Jesse's recent coffee shop experience and prank he played on his friend, Megan's dad's experience working in a grocery store, and more! Then they review the iconic horror movie, "The Shining".
On this episode of the Unqualified Podcast, Jesse and Megan talk about Megan and her sister's recent dinner fiasco, getting bad service at restaurants, the source of their anxiety about eating food, Jesse's public restroom nightmares, and more! In the second half of the episode, they review the 2017 blockbuster horror hit, "It: Chapter One".
Happy Spooktober! To celebrate the official start of spooky season, Megan and Jesse review the 2003 movie, "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". Before that, they sit down and chat about Megan's experience with Hurricane Ian and the fallout of the storm in Florida, the time Jesse and his friend tried to make their own low-level SAW trap, some of Megan's funny fast food experiences, and more! Enjoy episode 3 of the Unqualified Podcast, and always, always make sure you get your sauce.
Megan and Jesse sit down and talk about Megan's upcoming matchup with Hurricane Ian, past vacations, the time Megan almost died to avoid eating Arby's, and more. In the second half of the episode, Megan and Jesse review and discuss the new movie, "Don't Worry Darling", which is in theaters now. Maybe skip that part and come back later if you haven't seen it yet!
Megan and Jesse sit down for their first ever podcast episode and discuss everything from the Adam Levine drama, to Jeffrey Dahmer, to conspiracies, and the universe and more.