Jackie Kennedy and the Cost of Marriage

Right Answers Mostly

Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo

Society & Culture, History, Tv & Film

4.6 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

John and Jackie Kennedy weren’t just a couple, they were a brand. In this episode, we break down their upbringings, the expectations that shaped their marriage, and why Jackie Kennedy became the emotional and public backbone of Camelot. From JFK’s affairs to the carefully curated image America consumed, we explore how Jackie wasn’t living a fairytale, she was performing one. TW: Birthing trauma and child loss Produced and created by Tess Bellomo & Claire Donald For more RAM, go here! Main feed gets a preview but our premium subscribers get a full 90 minute episode which goes more into the affairs, Marilyn Monroe, and the end of Jackie's life. Please consider supporting our show here and purchasing for $7.99/month or save 13% when purchased annually! You get THREE bonus episodes, one of them being a full history. Sources include the following: Even the Rich Podcast, Vanity Fair, Wikipedia Town & Country, People Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome back to write answers mostly a podcast on what you didn't learn in history class, but you really wanted to.
0:32.0	I'm Tespalomo.
0:33.0	I'm Claire Donald.
0:34.3	And we are back Rammies with the final, the fourth episode.
0:40.2	Of the Kennedy's Month.
0:41.3	Yeah, it's time.
0:42.1	It's time to say goodbye, but we'll be back eventually.
0:45.3	You're talking to two earth signs who do not like change and who do not like to let
0:49.2	things go.
0:49.8	We've had so much fun and we know that we've also gotten so many new listeners from this
0:54.1	month and so much more engagement over social media.
0:56.7	So thank you for following us and we hope that you're listening to old episodes and that you
1:00.4	keep up with us.
1:01.3	Yes, we are not going anywhere and we have so many more great episodes to come.
1:06.7	So Claire, let's get into it today.
1:08.6	Lots.
1:10.0	President John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy were America's golden couple throughout the 1950s
1:15.1	and into the early 60s until his assassination in 1963.
1:19.2	From the outside, it was glamour, youth, fashion, and Camelot.
1:24.6	But inside the marriage, loss, absence, power imbalance, affairs, silence.
1:30.7	So who were these people really? Were JFK and Jackie ever truly in love? Did Marilyn Monroe
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