Macintosh & Maud: A My Little Pony Podcast

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. Folks - we did it. We finally made it to the final episode of this season. It’s been a whole year since we sat down to start this season adventure, and we’re at the end of a season we’ll always remember for Pony Therapy. I mean, there’s so many lessons and thoughts to take away - for example, never meet your idols. Because Star Swirl the Bearded is a complete jerk who is totally out of touch with how friendship works in current Equestria. But even more importantly is the fact that we can’t face darkness alone, and we need help from others to get through. And wow, we’re tearing up just typing those words in, because after a really awful year, it’s a message that really rings true. Hold your friends tight and get ready for one last battle as we discuss “Shadow Play, Part 2” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. It’s finale time for Season 7 and wow do we have one heck of an exposition bomb dropped on us from the very beginning. I mean, it’d just be lying if we said we didn’t put together the fact that all the legendary pony stories we talked about this season were gonna get referenced later. But they start in on the legends and drop a lore bomb for the first act of this episode, cramming as much info as they possibly can into their 30 minute cartoon. It’s a little sloppy for My Little Pony, but it doesn’t hide the fact that Twilight Sparkle is finally going to have to reckon with how she thinks she’s hot shit. Brace for pony lore supreme as we discuss “Shadow Play, Part 1” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. RIght before our season finale, we get this adorable reformed ponysode where all of Starlight’s friends get introduced to our favorite Joel Grey magic pony, Sunburst! Well, introduced isn’t the right word, more like coincidentally bump into Sunburst and then become best friends. Starlight might be a bit jealous, but when your best friend comes to visit and then spends a whole day hanging out and chatting with Maud Pie - something’s a bit off. Starlight’s still dealing with those past friendship feelings something fierce, and her plan to magic her way out of it might be a bit much. Put on your dragon costume and roll the pumice die as we discuss “Uncommon Bond” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. If you’ve watched along with us this whole time, you know that Pinkie Pie can…be a lot. So it’s no surprise this week when Pinkie’s delivery of a pie in celebration of Rainbow Dash’s 73rd Wonderbolt Practice Session might get mixed reviews from Dash. And if it were an isolated case, we might be able to forgive our favorite jock pegasus. But the lengths Rainbow Dash will go to dispose of a pie and the further lengths Pinkie will go to prove her pies are disappearing - it’s a very, very complicated process with a lot of collateral damage, particularly a lovable little tortoise who keeps eating whole pies. Seriously. Roll out some crust and pick your favorite filling as we discuss “Secrets and Pies” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. Good friend and fantastic guest Kristin Devine (Christmastide, OH! Roll to Play! Dice Up Games!) joins us this week on an all-expenses paid vacation in the skies on a luxurious zeppelin cruise! Or at least, that’s what it was billed as when Twilight Sparkle’s mom Twilight Velvet signed the whole family up for a vacation. I mean, who wouldn’t jump at the chance to get away with the whole family? Except they didn’t do the homework, and now they’re stuck on a Princess cruise helmed by absolute fourth-tier pesky villain Iron Will. In between the hijinks, we get ANOTHER PONY THERAPY LESSON - this time about boundaries, and how to find time for yourself in the midst of too much work. Give yourself a little break and have some me time as we talk about “Once Upon a Zeppelin” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. We’re back with our own little filly, Lucy, to talk Cutie Mark Crusaders this week, and their perfect idea of a Cutie Mark Camp! There’s food, fun activities, and finding your purpose - what could go wrong? Well, how about a little foal who’s the brother of a Wonderbolt and who…(checks notes)…doesn’t want a cutie mark. We’re not kidding when this episode attacks the very notion and necessity of Cutie Marks, threatening some very real existential breakdowns for our intrepid CMC’s. That is, until they figure out exactly why this little colt is avoiding getting his cutie mark. Get ready for horseshoe tossing, archery, and haiku writing as we watch “Marks and Recreation” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive. Clip taken from “Blank Flanks Forever,” with lyrics by May Chan and Daniel Ingram, and music by Daniel Ingram. Copyright 2017 Hasbro, Inc.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. Angel Andrews returns this week for the rudest, timeliest episode of My Little Pony we’ve watched for this show. Because of course, in this absolute bonkers year of lockdowns and quarantine, our favorite pony had to go and have a pandemic episode. Yup, Fluttershy is trying to take care of her good friend Zecora after she catches the mystifying “swamp fever” and in the process has to learn some really tough lessons about self-care. And we mean tough - Fluttershy’s running into walls, digging unnecessarily, and getting stung by flash bees, who are no joke. Plus, if that’s not enough, how’s about some cajun ponies? Take some notes and exercise proper pony mask care as we watch “A Health of Information” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. Rarity fan and fantastic guest Kate Harlow (Christmastide, OH) joins us as we discuss the worst mane day ever. And we mean worst. Look, it’s bad enough that Rarity has a mane mishap, we all know how desperately important her coiffure is to her image and brand. But Rarity isn’t in full panic mode over silly string meets super glue getting into her hair. It’s what happens next that is so terrifying, nopony is able to hide their horror. Rarity has to learn some really tough lessons, and in the process finds a quiet confidence even she didn’t know she had. We’re exercising good mane care as we talk about “It Isn’t the Mane Thing About You” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. The awesomely cool friend of the show Morgan Nuncio (The Red Death! Powered by the Players! Streaming!) joins us to talk about the hypest hype team ever, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. Dash is mostly dragging Pinkie along, though, after she hears A.K. Yearling might be done writing books and can’t fathom her favorite author not writing…I mean worried about her friend, in general. It’s more than that, though - Daring Do is having a lot of second thoughts about their adventures, and how it might have caused some bigger problems than the immediate issues at hand. We’ve got Daring Do adventure, Dr. Caballeron moustache twirling, and the coolest Egyptian-style pony village in Somnambula, with absolutely awesome new ponies to meet! Join us as we talk about “Daring Done?” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. What happens when you mix Thorax, his grumpy non-transformed brother, and resident Pony Disaster Duo Starlight and Trixie in an episode? Apparently a bunch of hijinks and hilarity. This episode doesn’t really involve any of the Mane Six, and yet it’s low key one of the funniest and most entertaining episodes we’ve seen this season. I mean, Pharynx is just so adorable in how much he hates all the new vibes in the hive. Not to mention that they’re very vulnerable to Maulwurf attacks. It’s up to Starlight and Trixie to figure out how to solve this friendship problem. Preferably without throwing one another under the bus in the process. We’re watching “To Change a Changeling” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. Tim Devine of the Roll to Play Network and The Red Death joins us to talk about the first real filler episode of MLP we’ve gone through in a long time. Let’s be clear - we’re big fans of the look of these episodes, they’re telling some cool stories. But yowzers does this episode feel slapped together. The chance to meet some Viking ponies or hooved Centurions is pretty great, and we’re always moved by stories like Mistmane’s, teaching that beauty can only be fully embraced when it’s shared with others. But for an episode that (spoiler alert) has some pretty big implications later this season, there’s a lot to be desired. Join us as we laugh at hijinks and side-eye the writers just a bit as we watch “Campfire Tales” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive. Fly-der swarm effect is taken from the sound “Blowflies” from user kangaroovindaloo from Freesound, and licensed under a Creative Commons 0 License. Find the sound effect here on Freesound. Thunder effect is taken from the sound “Lightning Strike.mp3” from user fattirewhitey from Freesound, and licensed under a Creative Commons 0 License. Find the sound effect here on Freesound.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. There’s always a little bit of filler each season, but this episode managed to pack in a great friendship message, Spike shenanigans, and an amazing meta-bit, all at the same time. And also, we get to pit the majestic but a little clueless Thorax with the tactless, blunt honesty of Ember, and OF COURSE it leads to hilarious results. We’re not saying it’s the most groundbreaking episode of My Little Pony, but it’s still a pretty fun time! We’re watching “Triple Threat” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussions of grief and the loss of parents and loved ones. CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. Up until now, there hasn’t been an episode that directly confronted the issues with the fandom. And we would know, we’ve spent 6 and a seasons watching it. They’ve certainly flirted with the idea, but this week, the fandom is getting called out and it is terrific. The protests of Rarity, the Fluttershy redundancy, the criticism of Twilight’s “character” - it’s all here. But what makes this episode truly great is how the show uses that fun fan service as a springboard to bigger issues with fandoms, criticism, and how adults view a television show meant for the kids. Who watches the Bronies? We do as we watch ”Fame and Misfortune” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussions of grief and the loss of parents and loved ones. CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. Pony expert Vin LaBate of The Chimera joins us this week for one of My Little Pony’s most emotional and highest-rated episodes, and in the conversation as one of the best episodes in the series. On its face, the Apple siblings are just on a mini-quest to find out what the deal is with Pears and why the Apples hate them so much. But quickly we’re on a path to one of the sweetest love stories ever told, with all the warm, fuzzy, wonderful feelings in tow. And as the writers weave together this little ball of emotions, they also show exactly how much Bright Mac and Pear Butter influenced their little ones, even if they aren’t around today to show us. Grab a comfy blankie and some tissues and join us as we watch ”The Perfect Pear” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive. Theme music from the AMAZING show Christmastide, Ohio was written and composed by AJ Ganaros. Excerpt taken from “You’re in My Head Like a Catchy Song,” with music by Daniel Ingram, lyrics by Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco, and performed by Felicia Day. Copyright 2017 Hasbro, Inc.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. Discord superfan Sam Turley of Christmastide, Ohio is here this week to talk about our favorite chaotic draconequus. And unlike most Discord episodes, this time, he’s the one needing more introspection and truly growing as a creature. He also is the main character of the entire episode, if you count the six separate Discords in his house at any given time. And yet despite the hijinks, this is one of the most delightful and feelings-filled episodes we’ve had thus far, as Discord realizes Fluttershy wants to be friends with him just as he is, chaos and all. Pour yourself some tea and join us on the ceiling as we watch ”Discordant Harmony” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. Our Pinkie Pie fan extraordinaire James Anderson joins us once again for hijinks aplenty, this time in Yakyakistan. The yaks are celebrating one of their biggest holidays and Pinkie’s been…”invited” to join in the festivities. There’s vanilla cake, music huts, and stories by the fire, until some ritual stomping triggers an avalanche. That’s when the yaks, stubborn as they are, refuse Pinkie’s help to get their village out from under the snow. And when we say stubborn, we don’t mean some aloof hemming and hawing; we mean Prince Rutherford seems willing to sacrifice his fellow yaks to snow sandwiches and sleeping piles instead of getting some much needed help. We’re dismantling some toxic yak-sculinity (THANKS JAMES!!!) as we watch ”Not Asking for Trouble” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive. Clip used of “The Rappin’ Histr’y of the Wonderbolts,” with music by William Anderson and lyrics by Amy Keating Rogers. Copyright 2014 Hasbro, Inc. Sound effects included in this episode downloaded from Freesound: “Deep Horn” from user Vendarro, licensed under a Creative Commons 0 License. “Drill 3.wav” from user jedg, licensed under a Creative Commons 0 License.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. Friendship problems and the Cutie Map are a mainstay of the past couple seasons, so when Twilight is in a panic-derived shock to start this episode, it seems like overkill. But then you realize that Starlight Glimmer is being called…for a friendship problem…AT CELESTIA AND LUNA’S CASTLE. Sure enough, her worst fears are realized when it turns out the most powerful sisters in Equestria are having some issues. Starlight has some bold ideas of how to help, but pulling a “Freaky Friday” on the two most powerful ponies in the known universe might be more than she can bargain for. We’re watching ”A Royal Problem” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. This week, Rarity is hosting a fashion show to benefit some up-and-coming designers with huge creativity, and she’s invited fashion’s biggest ponies to judge. There’s Photo Finish, Hoity Toity and…Applejack? Yep, Rarity’s actually got an interesting idea of how to bring Applejack’s honesty and practicality to the design competition. But Applejack instead thinks it’s gonna be a competition for who can make the best clothes Applejack would wear, and that prompts a series of misadventures and fashion faux pas of epic proportions. It’s another Rarity vs. Applejack episode, but this time, Applejack’s the pony at fault. We’re watching ”Honest Apple” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive. Excerpt taken from the episode is copyright 2017 Hasbro, Inc. Excerpt taken from the film The Devil Wears Prada is © 2006 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. Returning guest Kent Blue of the Roll to Play Network is our guest for the most adorable and ridiculous episode of the season so far. Adorable, because Big Mac has a crush on a pony from Starlight’s old village, and the awkward sweetness is just lovely. Ridiculous, because there’s a rival for Big Mac’s potential pony love, and HE LOOKS AND SOUNDS LIKE JUSTIN BIEBER. Not even joking, he’s got ridiculous 2010’s bangs and likes to flip his hair. It’s one of the best one-off ponies we’ve met so far, and it’s all going to culminate in one heck of a musical number. We’re watching ”Hard to Say Anything” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive. Excerpts taken from “Battle for Sugar Belle,” written by Daniel Ingram and performed by Peter New and Vincent Tong. Copyright 2017 Hasbro, Inc.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. The amazing and delightful Evan Tess Murray of This Planet Needs a Name and Light Hearts joins us this week for some serious Pony Therapy and ridiculous sight gags as Scootaloo slingshots her way (literally) into Dash’s parents’ house. They’re instant BFF’s, since Bow Hothoof and Windy Whistles are truly bigger fans of Rainbow Dash than even Scootaloo, and that takes effort. In fact, they’re such big fans that Rainbow Dash has maybe kinda sorta not decided to tell her parents that SHE’S A WONDERBOLT. To be a little fair to Dash, they’re A LOT, but reaching a balance doesn’t mean hiding things from people who’ve given you the confidence to be how awesome you are. Join us for the Rainbow Dash hilarity as we watch ”Parental Glideance” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. This week we’re back with an episode about the most polarizing pony in our long review of these ponysodes. Yep, it’s Rarity time, and once again, it’s time for Macintosh to try to defend Rarity in her obnoxious friendship decisions. Specifically, she’s all up in Sweetie Belle’s business after realizing her time at the different shops has left her with little to no time with her little sister. Which is sweet and lovely, but Rarity doesn’t understand that the Sweetie Belle she took to puppet shows or dress-up photo shoots is a little bit older with all new interests. So of course, her good intentions are paved instead with selfishness…and boredom for Sweetie Belle. We watch ”Forever Filly” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. The outstanding return guest Claudia Elvidge, creator of The Beacon and Soulborn City, joins us to talk about FLUTTERSHY BEING ASSERTIVE AND WE LOVE IT. We’re outspokenly pro-Fluttershy on this show, and we especially love watching Fluttershy’s growth as a pony. So this episode is an absolute delight, as she finally has a reason to pursue her biggest ambition - making a sanctuary for all the adorable critters in Ponyville. Fluttershy has a vision and a dream board, and she’s not letting anypony, even expert ponies, tell her how to make her vision a reality. It’s so good, and sweet, and proves once again that Fluttershy is truly Best Pony. We watch ”Fluttershy Leans In” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. Our namesake has returned. It’s time for Maud Pie’s episode. Or, should we say, Doctor Pie, because Maud has achieved her dream - she has a rocktorate. And now, after having done so much hard work over so many long hours at the rock farm, Maud is ready to find a new place to settle. Will she choose Ghastly Gorge, with its amazing assortment of jasper emerald? Or is Maud looking for something more than amazing rocks…like maybe friendship? Her sister Pinkie is certainly up to the task, but will Pinkie go too far and get in the way of a budding friendship. We’ll find out as we watch ”Rock Solid Friendship” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER: In most other seasons we might write this off as a filler episode. It’s certainly not a pinnacle moment for the show. BUT FLURRY HEART IS SO ADORABLE SO WHO CARES. Seriously, this li’l foal is the most adorable pony that ever did pony in Equestria, and this episode is her moment to shine. Sometimes literally! And also, Twilight has to learn that being a good, responsible aunt means not trying to also do twelve other things when all your cute as a button niece just wants to play bears. We discuss ”A Flurry of Emotions” this week onMacintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER: Patti aka @VixxiKitsune joins us to talk about maybe the greatest Pony Therapy episode ever. Like, LITERALLY, Starlight Glimmer is bottling up her rage and frustration, and it saps her of her magical energy. That…that is just TOO real. But at least we also get some ridiculous magical shenanigans from Starlight’s BFF, Trixie, and a Mane 6 subplot that is both precious and hilarious, all at once. We’re talking about ”All Bottled Up” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes, Podchaser, or your favorite podcast app and use your best pony puns! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

Hey, everyone. We are enraged and heartbroken by the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, David McAtee, and countless other innocent lives, and the violent police actions against protestors in our country. Black lives matter. The situation in our country is grave, and while we hope we can be something light for anyone who needs it, we do not want to take away from the important work of activists and protestors fighting against police brutality. If you are able, please donate to one of the many local or national bail funds listed from the National Bail Fund Network at https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/nbfn-directory, or consider donating to a local mutual aid organization in your area. Thank you. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube We’re finished with season 6 and it’s time for our winter wrap-up! We've got our favorite Mane 6 + Starlight + Spike moments, our best and worst of the season, and, of course, the best RandoPony of Season 6. See you next season, everypony! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes and use your best pony pun! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube Jon Baley (Gumbie Cat Networks!) joins us for part 2 of our finale, chronicling the exploits of our redeemed pony villains as they face Queen Chrysalis - without magic. That’s right, Starlight and Discord are both unable to use their superpowered skills to save everypony, and it’s going to take some real ingenuity and courage to figure out a way to win this battle. Is Starlight up to the task? Can Discord get past his arrogance and single pursuit of FLuttershy? Will Trixie’s sleight-of-hand hijinks be partially responsible for defeating the Changeling Army? Find out as we review “To Where and Back Again - Part 2” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes and use your best pony pun! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube We’re kicking off our season finale solo this week as we focus on a fearsome foursome of secondary characters responsible for saving Equestria! Starlight Glimmer’s going back to her old village to help with a festival, but after a meltdown, she comes back to find Ponyville…acting weird. And she’s right to be concerned - it turns out some nefarious plans of Queen Chrysalis are afoot. The Changeling Army is back and plotting to take down the princesses, and it’s up to Starlight to figure out how to save everypony. We’re talking about “To Where and Back Again - Part 1” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes and use your best pony pun! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube Daniel Spencer (Bike Brigade! Concept!) joins us to talk all things Rainbow Dash! Though, unlike most Dash episodes, this time she’s actually 20% more awesome than most everypony. Granted, she’s having to go back to Wonderbolts Academy when she just left to chillax with friends. But the newest crop of Wonderbolt hopefuls have two promising candidates who also have a friendship problem that’s a little more complex than we’ve ever seen. Can Rainbow Dash solve their friendship problem so Spitfire won’t yell at her? Find out as we watch “Top Bolt” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes and use your best pony pun! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube Vin of The Chimera joins us this week for one of the best Apple-sodes that ever did Apple. I mean, it’s enough just to have an Apple family-centric episode, but to get li’l Applejack and teen Macintosh? AND MACINTOSH WON’T STOP TALKING?! Six seasons into this venture, the writers decided to go have some serious fun with the Apples and Filthy Rich, and it all comes together in this episode. We review “Where the Apple Lies” on this episode of Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes and use your best pony pun! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube 4-time repeat guest James Anderson joins us this week to examine some pony hijinks through the eyes of three very different horsepectives. Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack are embarking on a fun jaunt in the sea, but when they get back, they’re no longer on speaking terms. And if that’s not bad enough, each has a different story about what went wrong on the sea, with some unique embellishments. It’s up to Twilight and Spike to get to the truth of the matter and figure out how to reunite these friends. We review “P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View)” on this episode of Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Please subscribe and rate us on iTunes and use your best pony pun! It's the best way to help us get more listeners and build our community. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube Eddie Louise Parker of Sage and Savant joins us this week for a very special Starlight Glimmer episode. Special in the sense that she’s about to unleash some Amelia Bedelia-level hijinks in Twilight’s castle. Twilight’s impressed with her new student’s magical abilities (duh) but when it comes to friendship lessons, Starlight has some work to do. And of course, she makes the absolute best decision by brainwashing her friends to make their lesson time that much more efficient! Right?! That’s how friendship works, at least if you don’t really understand friendship at all. Get ready for the biggest magic hangover you’re ever likely to feel as we review “Every Little Thing She Does” on this episode of Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube Diva pony correspondent, sister extraordinaire, and podcast raconteur Whitney Nelsen joins us for a trip to the glitziest party place in Equestria, Las Pegasus. And if we’re going to a loud, raucous, the two ponies we definitely need to send are…Applejack and Fluttershy?! This episode has no right to work as well as it does, but it’s ridiculously funny in the BEST way, not least because of two familiar con ponies returning to make Applejack wanna throw hooves. We review “Viva Las Pegasus” on this episode of Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Macintosh & Maud have a Patreon! If you contribute $2.00 or more you can listen to our reviews of Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks and Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, along with other great content! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube The Cutie Mark Crusaders have a new and potentially impossible case - find a cutie mark…for a griffon. Gabby is an adorable and extremely excited griffon who saw the power of friendship when Pinkie and Dash visited Griffonstone. But the reputation of the Crusaders has preceded them, and Gabby’s been led to believe the CMC’s are miracle workers. Still, Scootaloo is determined to find a way to help Gabby and try and find that special purpose for a very special griffon. We discuss “The Fault in Our Cutie Marks” on this episode of Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Macintosh & Maud have a Patreon! If you contribute $2.00 or more you can listen to our reviews of Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks and Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, along with other great content! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive. Excerpt taken of "Find the Purpose in Your Life," written by Daniel Ingram, lyrics by Ed Valentine and Daniel Ingram. Copyright 2016 Hasbro, LLC.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube Angel Andrews, the creator of To Have and To Hold and voice actor extraordinaire, is with us to talk about an adorable pony sports episode! Applejack’s getting trained up to take down her loudmouth cousin Braeburn at Ponyville’s hottest sport, buckball. But when Dash and AJ start looking for a unicorn, they suddenly realize Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy are absolute buckball stars in the making. And if you think having the two most competitive ponies trainthe the two least competitive ponies won’t cause some hijinks, you clearly haven’t seen this show. Can Pinkie and Fluttershy overcome the pressure and find the love of the game to beat Braeburn? We discuss “Buckball Season” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Macintosh & Maud have a Patreon! If you contribute $2.00 or more you can listen to our reviews of Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks and Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, along with other great content! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube We’re joined by repeat guest Sam Turley of Fate and the Fablemaidens this week for an episode we’ve been so excited for. It’s a Discord episode, so already you know you’re in for a nice dose of chaos magic. Then you add Big Mac and Spike to the mix for a “guys’ night” that, all in all, seems fairly innocuous as such things go. But what’s the special secret to this episode? It’s Ogres & Oubliettes, a nice little fantasy tabletop RPG that makes this episode truly special. Welcome to a digression-filled, chaos-magic-riddled, D&D lovefest! It’s finally time to review “Dungeons & Discords” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Macintosh & Maud have a Patreon! If you contribute $2.00 or more you can listen to our reviews of Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks and Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, along with other great content! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive. Excerpts of "Mr. Lucky" written and composed by Karl Jenkins. Copright 1980 Music De Wolfe, De Wolfe Ltd. Excerpt of “Sirius” written by Eric Woolfson and Alan Parsons, and performed by the Alan Parsons Project. Copyright 1982 Woolfsongs, Ltd. and Careers Music Inc.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube Rachel Rauch, creator of the upcoming Medusa Gorgon’s Academy, is with us this week to share some big feels as Spike makes a new friend that tests the limits of the Friendship Kingdom. The writers take a bit of a sledgehammer to an issue that could use a little more fine chiseling, but nevertheless, this episode is a major turning point in the series and asks really tough questions about how you stand up for your friends, no matter how risky that may seem. Plus, it’s a Spike episode, so shenanigans and quick retorts always abound. We’re talking about “The Times They Are a Changeling” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Macintosh & Maud have a Patreon! If you contribute $2.00 or more you can listen to our reviews of Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks and Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, along with other great content! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive. Excerpt taken from “A Changeling Can Change,” with music by Daniel Ingram and lyrics by Kevin Burke and Chris "Doc" Wyatt. Copyright 2016 Hasbro Inc.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube Claudia Elvidge, creator of The Beacon and Soulborn City, joins us this week to talk about maybe the creepiest ponysode we’ve covered yet. In retrospect, it’s mostly cute and hilarious, but the animators really went all out in creating some truly messed up effects and styling for these prank cookie zomponies. Rainbow Dash may never prank again after the horror she’s subjected to, but on the other hand, how do you stop a pony from randomly pranking other ponies, sometimes just flat-out assaulting them? You see if Pinkie Pie’s got a meeting available in between baking cupcakes at Sugarcube Corner. We review “28 Pranks Later” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Macintosh & Maud have a Patreon! If you contribute $2.00 or more you can listen to our reviews of Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks and Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, along with other great content! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube We’re joined this week by a very special guest, Lucy, the Apple Bloom to our Sweet Apple Acres here at Mac & Maud HQ, because it’s a Cutie Mark Crusaders episode! Or at least, it should be, but when the Crusaders ask their grown-up counterparts to help with a derby racer challenge, they start to take over the whole shebang. Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Apple Bloom all have different ideas of how they want to race, and their sister ponies have shoved them out of the process almost entirely. Inevitably, things are bound to go badly, and it’s entirely possible that the CMC’s are going to have to save the day once again. Join us for a special Crusaders-sode this week on Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Macintosh & Maud have a Patreon! If you contribute $2.00 or more you can listen to our reviews of Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks and Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, along with other great content! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive. Excerpt taken from “Derby Racers,” with music by Daniel Ingram and lyrics by Ed Valentine and Daniel Ingram. Copyright 2016 Hasbro Inc.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube Y’all ready for a Daring-Do convention, because we sure are! We’ve been excited about this episode for a while, not just because of the pony-con link. We also have the best pony guest star of all time, the only person fan enough to go toe-to-toe with Rainbow Dash - Patton Oswalt. This episode has sarcasm, nerd rage, adventure, sight gags - everything you’d ever want from a convention-centric episode. It’s one of the most fun ponysodes in the entire-series. Grab your Caballeron costumes and your gift bags and join us as we review “Stranger Than Fan Fiction” on this week’s Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Macintosh & Maud have a Patreon! If you contribute $2.00 or more you can listen to our reviews of Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks and Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, along with other great content! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive. Excerpt included from the track “My Little Pony,” written and performed by Patton Oswalt on his album Talking for Clapping. ℗ 2017 aspecialthing records.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube CONTENT WARNING: We discuss issues of racism and poor representation in this episode. Morgan Nuncio of The Red Deathfor another of the occasionally not great, kind of bad, really problematic episodes of My Little Pony that comes up from time to time. We love this show but it sometimes tries to tread into territory it’s not really equipped to talk about. Like food from non-white cultures, or appropriating cultural identities, or even just treating people with respect for their own way of doing things, RARITY. This episode isn’t one of MLP’s best, but it does offer us the chance to meet some new ponies and, for good or worse, knock Rarity down a peg. Grab a bite and hang out with us this week as we review “Spice Up Your Life” on this week's Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Macintosh & Maud have a Patreon! If you contribute $2.00 or more you can listen to our reviews of Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks and Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, along with other great content! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive. Horse whinny effect taken from “Horse Whinny 1.wav” created by user ‘GoodListener’ on the Freesound platform. Licensed under an Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) license. Excerpt taken from “It's Gonna Work,” with music by Daniel Ingram and lyrics by Michael Vogel. Copyright 2016 Hasbro Inc.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube Max Jenkins of Living in the Stacks and Welcome to the Bone Era joins us for an episode featuring our Best Pony, Fluttershy! Flutter’s gone home to visit her parents with Dash, but it turns out an unexpected guest is swinging by - Zephyr Breeze. Zephyr is, without a doubt, the most self-obsessed, self-centered stallion we’ve ever met, and Fluttershy is NOT. HERE. FOR. IT. Who knew Fluttershy was able to be this assertive and defensive? It’s amazing, and adorable, and yeah, most of this episode is just gonna be us squeeing about Fluttershy. Enjoy our review of “Flutter Brutter” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Macintosh & Maud have a Patreon! If you contribute $2.00 or more you can listen to our reviews of Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks and Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, along with other great content! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive. Horse whinny effect taken from “Horse Whinny 1.wav” created by user ‘GoodListener’ on the Freesound platform. Licensed under an Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) license. Excerpt taken from “Can I Do It On My Own,” with music by Daniel Ingram and lyrics by Daniel Ingram and Dave Rapp. Copyright 2016 Hasbro Inc.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube Kent Blue of the Roll to Play Network is our guest this week for a trip to the Ponyville Day Spa! At least, Rarity thinks it’s some downtime with Applejack, until AJ runs late because she can’t get away from her chores. Once they’re able to pin a date down, with the help of everyone’s favorite rule follower, Twilight Sparkle, Applejack and Rarity are ready for a glorious steam. Except there’s no steam, so Applejack’s got to figure out what the problem is and solve it. Things snowball from there, and if you didn’t think you’d see a country pony who’s farmed her entire life not know how basic irrigation works, well, have we got an episode for you. We review “Applejack’s ‘Day’ Off” on this week’s Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Macintosh & Maud have a Patreon! If you contribute $2.00 or more you can listen to our reviews of Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks and Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, along with other great content! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube Kate Harlow joins us this week for the most cartoony, clever, fun Rarity-centric episode ever. It’s a simple enough premise - Rarity’s opening her new Manehattan location and needs some help; hijinks inevitably emerge. But then there’s a newspaper reporter in a café and everypony’s giving interviews, and then we get DJ Pon-3 and raccoons and super deep callbacks, and suddenly we realize this isn’t our usual ponysode. Get wacky with us as we review “The Saddle Row Review” on this week’s Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Macintosh & Maud have a Patreon! If you contribute $2.00 or more you can listen to our reviews of Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks and Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, along with other great content! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube It’s Hearth’s Warming Eve again in Ponyville, and Sarah from Little Realms joins us this week to talk about the season’s big musical episode! Starlight Glimmer’s not feeling the holidays too much, so Twilight brings out her favorite Hearth’s Warming story as Spike enjoys a nice mug of cocoa. For us, though, it’s all about the amazing songs and the delightful, adorable Victorian design for everypony. This might just be one of the prettiest and well-crafted episodes MLP’s put together, and it all adds up to an adorable and heartwarming holiday episode that we’re reviewing this week on Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Macintosh & Maud have a Patreon! If you contribute $2.00 or more you can listen to our reviews of Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks and Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, along with other great content! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Excerpts taken from “Hearth’s Warming Eve Is Here Once Again,” “Say Goodbye to the Holiday,” “The Seeds of the Past,” “Pinkie’s Present,” and “Luna’s Future,” with lyrics by Michael Vogel and Daniel Ingram on “Luna’s Future”, composition by Daniel Ingram, and orchestraton by Caleb Chan. Horn Arrangements for “Pinkie’s Present” by Steffan Andrews and Dave Corman. Copyright 2016 Hasbro, Inc. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube We were not prepared for a Rainbow Dash episode to be an early contender for best of the season, but this week’s episode might be a great candidate. Dash gets to live her dream with the Wonderbolts, then gets an unfortunate nickname, and HILARITY ENSUES. Watch as Rainbow Dash gives us the biggest smile known to ponydom, creating a classic gif we use almost constantly! Listen as Macintosh does his best to perform Dash doing her best to perform the rest of the Mane 6! Witness as we get emotional because it’s so ridiculously beautiful to see anypony get to live their dream and be so excited about it! We review “Newbie Dash” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Macintosh & Maud have a Patreon! If you contribute $2.00 or more you can listen to our reviews of Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks and Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, along with other great content! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube This week the Great and Powerful Specs joins us to talk about the return of one of Twilight Sparkle’s greatest nemeses: Trixie Lulamoon. That’s right, everyone’s favorite scheming, con artist, sleight-of-hand trickster Trixie is back, and this time…she’s humble and penitent? In fact, when Starlight gets Twilight’s assignment to make a new friend, it takes a pony who understands being shunned and ostracized (for not the worst reasons) to make a deeper connection. Can Trixie make a new start in Ponyville? Or will her jealousy get the better of her once again? Find out on this week’s Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Macintosh & Maud have a Patreon! If you contribute $2.00 or more you can listen to our reviews of Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks and Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, along with other great content! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube It’s a Spike episode, and we’re joined by Jake from Snickles about everything dragons! It’s been a while since we visited the Dragon Kingdom, and we’ve got a great reason as Spike’s been summoned by the Dragon King, which involves bright glowing and a slight itching/burning sensation. More importantly, though, Spike’s not interested in competing to take over the kingdom like the other dragons, but has to join in after he hears the dragons’ plans to take over Equestria. We get into the ins and outs of dragon lore, disguising yourself as rocks or trees or swampy bog, and a key component in the battle between ponies and dragons: pillows. All this and more on this week’s Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Macintosh & Maud have a Patreon! If you contribute $2.00 or more you can listen to our reviews of Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks and Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, along with other great content! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube This week we catch up with the Cutie Mark Crusaders post-cutie marks! Despite a lot of swooning over their shiny new flank decorations, the Crusaders are a little perplexed about what comes next for them. While Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo find some new activities to try on their own, Apple Bloom has a…just checking our notes…ah, yes, FULL-ON EXISTENTIAL CRISIS. For a few minutes, Apple Bloom rapidly descends into darkness before realizing her purpose might just be staring her in the face. We review “On Your Marks” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Macintosh & Maud have a Patreon! If you contribute $2.00 or more you can listen to our reviews of Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks and Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, along with other great content! “Out on My Own” written by Daniel Ingram, Josh Haber, and Dave Polsky, and composed by Daniel Ingram, copyright 2016 Hasbro, LLC. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon YouTube It’s a very, very special this week as Lindsey Nelsen of Historical Hotties joins us for not just a Pinkie-sode, not just a Rarity-sode, but a Maud Pie EPISODE. Maud is getting her rocktorate (yes, we are giggling like children) in Manehattan, and Pinkie’s headed out to share her “PSSD” with Maud - Pie Sister Swap Day! Rarity’s tagging along to look for a new storefront for her business, but when Pinkie enlists her to find an amazing gift for Maud, Rarity will have to test her will and spirits against the relentless, rock-solid (get it?) stoicism of Maud Pie. Hijinks ensue, party cannons explode, and sisterly love abounds in this latest installment of the two polar opposite Pie Sisters. We review “The Gift of the Maud Pie” this week on Macintosh & Maud! Check out our merchandise at our new Teepublic store! We've got lots of fun designs to choose from and more on the way! Macintosh & Maud have a Patreon! If you contribute $2.00 or more you can listen to our reviews of Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks and Equestria Girls: Friendship Games, along with other great content! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Intro and outro music is "Madgapuff March (rmx) by JS Bach" by Lee Rosevere. Licensed under a CCO 1.0 Universal License. For the song and information about the artist, visit the song page at the Free Music Archive.