Ride or die is the result of a series of poor choices that's led to this: an episode-by-episode examination of Supernatural, hosted by Waldorph and Pru. Join us each week on our death march through the CW cult classic -- and remember, driver picks the music, shotgun shuts their cakehole.
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When I first heard that two of my all-time favorite fan authors were launching a Supernatural podcast, I couldn't contain my excitement. As an ex-fangirl who thought she had escaped the clutches of Supernatural, there was a mix of enthusiasm and dread pulling me back in. But let me tell you, the Ride or Die Podcast did not disappoint. With its humor, irreverence, and thought-provoking discussions, it truly captures the essence of watching Season 1 for the first time. This podcast is a must-listen for any past or present SPN fanatics.
The best aspect of The Ride or Die Podcast is undoubtedly the delightful and funny hosts. Their banter is top-notch and keeps you hooked from start to finish. Even if you've never seen an episode of Supernatural (like me), their storytelling abilities make it easy to follow along and enjoy the podcast. They have a unique way of summarizing each episode while weaving in their own reactions and experiences, creating a truly engaging listening experience. The hosts also take the time to break down characters, tropes, narrative, and filmmaking techniques, providing a thoughtful analysis that makes you appreciate Supernatural on a deeper level.
Now, onto the worst aspects (if I can even find any). As someone who hasn't seen the show, there were moments when I felt left out or confused about certain references or inside jokes. However, this is more a reflection on my lack of knowledge than on the podcast itself. For die-hard fans who might be looking for more in-depth discussions about specific episodes or storylines, this podcast may feel like it only scratches the surface. But considering that it's meant to be a summary-style show with added commentary, it still does an excellent job at delivering entertainment and nostalgia.
In conclusion, The Ride or Die Podcast is a gem for both dedicated Supernatural fans and casual listeners alike. It's a trip down memory lane for those who loved the early days of the show, while also providing a fresh and critical perspective on its narrative and filmmaking aspects. The hosts' quick wit and engaging storytelling make it impossible not to get sucked back into the Supernatural universe. So hop on this crazy bandwagon, rewatch Supernatural with their insightful commentary, and enjoy the ride. You won't be disappointed.
Join us as we try to navigate the absolutely baffling mess that was the pilot for Jared's new show. This episode features daddy issues on display, extensive discussion about hairpieces, two belts, and why in the year 2021 you would think a show glorifying a white cop would be...the thing to do. It's a lot.
You had questions, we had something approaching answers, this week on Ride or Die - S5 Q&A!
We finally, finally rip off the premise of the podcast and discuss series finales, the season as a whole, and ask questions we don't have answers for this week on our psychic episode for season 5!
In this cursed episode we manage to stop crying long enough to talk about Sam, Dean, and the end on Ride or Die - S5E22 - Swan Song Recs: Pru - Bend Over Backwards (Lezhin) Waldorph - LabMuffin Science Beauty (youtube)
Hold onto your bucket lists, folks, because this week, we're experiencing social trauma around Pestilence, celebrate Crowley's entire steez and finally meet bachelor No. 4 on Ride or Die - S5E21 - Two Minutes to Midnight! Recs: Pru - Alone (Netflix) Waldorph - Calibre
This week we celebrate Mark Sheppard's existence, mourn Crowley's tailor, and discuss Winchester brother boy problems on Ride or Die - S5E20- The Devil You Know! Recs: Pru - Onyx Boox Page ereader Waldorph - Tale of the Nine Tailed (VIKI, Netflix)
We are fully frustrated as pagan gods concoct half a plan to attack the angels (we think?), Sam and Dean are at best ancillary to the plot, Lucifer is so tired of this shit, and Pestilence rocks up in the final two minutes on Ride or Die - S5E19 - Hammer of the Gods. Recs: Pru - Punch Drunk Love (Lezhin) Waldorph - RedTeapotAtelier on Etsy
This week, Zachariah and his four faces (one of which is a lion) returns to rep the woes of all middle managers, the show remembers the third Winchester brother and absolutely nobody has a good time. (Also, Waldorph is the crazy one.) Recs: Pru - Jojo Camping Waldorph - Animal Crossing: New Horizons
This week we encounter a militia, Dean's ennui takes a turn for the worst, and Sam is just doing his best, okay? on Ride or Die S05E17 - 99 Problems! Recs: Pru - Under the Skin (YouTube) Waldorph - Tsuki Odyssey
This episode should have a trigger warning for oldest daughters. Both Sam and Dean are struggling in different ways, and someone has four faces, one of which is a LION this week on Ride or Die - S05E16 - The Dark Side of the Moon! Recs: Pru - Mr Bride (Viki) Waldorph - Make Pumpkin Bread (this recipe, add a pinch of cloves https://www.yummly.com/recipe/Pumpkin-Bread-9576587?prm-v1)
This week, the Winchesters and their extended family once again fail to practice self care and ask for help, Sam absolutely gets the short end of the stick, and we recognize a very important milestone in our shared journey to hell together on Ride or Die - S5E15 - Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid! Recs: Pru - Hi Venus (YouTube) Waldorph - The Ezra Klein Show podcast
This week, you can have 2/3rds of a great time, enjoy some spectacularly good throwaway gags, be grateful your roommate is nowhere near as bad as the one in this episode—all as long as you don't spend more than two seconds rubbing your brain cells together on SPN S5E14 - My Bloody Valentine!
This week Team Free Will makes its official debut, Michael and Dean chat, and for 25 cents you too could have an angel watching over you on Ride or Die S05E13 - The Song Remains the Same. Recs: Pru - Destined (iQiYi) Waldorph - The Winchesters (CW App)
In which someone has a sex, Sam gets tranq'd twice, the show forgets its own lore, and Dean is along for the ride this week on Ride or Die S05E12 - Swap Meat
This week we try not to rub two braincells together lest this entire episode falls apart on Ride or Die S5E11 - Sam, Interrupted. Recs: Pru - No Doubt In Us (Netflix) Waldorph - How to Be Eaten, Maria Adelmann
Join us as we definitely don't weep our way through this absolute banger of an episode on Ride or Die S05e10 - Abandon All Hope Recs: Pru - The Odyssey, translated by Emily Wilson Waldorph - Stick Season by Noah Kahan
Friends of the Pod Kate and Merelyn join us this week to discuss Supernatural going meta, why Pru couldn't watch this episode without adult supervision, and why Kate and Mere still go on vacation with us when we've done this to them twice now in Ride or Die - S05E09 - The Real Ghostbusters! Recs(ish): Mere: avoid the Word of Honor fandom, don't watch Oppenheimer, do watch The Eagle Kate: Go to therapy, watch Barbie, read about the old man in the lake, learn about birds
"Fine" is the word of the day in this week's episode of Ride or Die - S5E08 - Changing Channels Recs: Pru - The Vergecast Podcast, Artifact app Waldorph - Strict Scrutiny Podcast, The Shadow Docket, by Stephen Vladek, Propublica's Supreme Court Reporting
Brains beat legs but not by much in this week's episode of Ride or Die - S05E07 - The Curious Case of Dean Winchester. Recs: Pru - The Golden Terrace, by Cang Wu Bin Bai Waldorph - Some of Us Are Brave, by Danielle Ponder
This week we review the milquetoast episode that somehow included the anti-Christ, body horror, faces sticking like that, hairy palms, and a c/w for teeth on Ride or Die S5e06 - I Believe the Children Are Our Future Recs: Pru - I Will Master This Family (Tapas or Tappytoon) Waldorph - I'm Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy
Sam and Dean kind of work a case, there's a movie tie-in, and Paris Hilton gets the glow light treatment this week on Ride or Die S05e05.
This week, Dean finds out what the seven-year itch looks like for him and Castiel's profound bond, Jared owes someone in costume money, and the silk panties go canon on Ride or Die - S5E04 - The End! Recs: Pru - None 2 Run App Waldorph - The Adventure Zone graphic novels
The free square for incest gets a workout with a breakup montage for the Winchester brothers, Dean tries to punch Castiel's v-card, and Sam's sideburns are an attack upon us all this week on Ride or Die!
Sam and Dean meet up with old friends, make new enemies, and alas, really good casting wrecks the twist this week on Ride or Die - S5E02 - Good God Y'all.
We're back! This week's episode is all go go go so fasten your seatbelts while we zoom through the consequences of Sam's "whoops", someone getting a molar in their hair, and the devil's seduction techniques in this week's episode of Ride or Die - S5E01 - Sympathy for the Devil. Recs: Pru - Last Campfire Waldorph - Dragon Quest: Builders 2
This week we're acknowledging your pain, you brave little soldier, and talking two two self-identified Sam Girls — if you've been listening to this podcast and yelling at us for our Dean bias, this is your show on Ride or Die - S4 - The Sam Girls Ep
It's our no-cuts Q&A episode! You had questions, we had something approximating answers this week on Ride or Die - S4 Q&A!
Waldorph and Pru break out their psychic powers this week as we talk how annoyed we are when the show is good, how annoyed we are we have to keep watching it, and how annoyed we are that incest is always the Supernatural Bingo free square. This week, on Ride or Die - S4 - Psychic!
This week, we are plowing through the two-part finale like a semi through a classic Impala and both your hosts are BIG MAD at how much we enjoy it. Coming up on Ride or Die - S4 Finale! Recs: Pru - The Villainess Lives Again Waldorph - Bob Ross (YouTube)
This week we meet Castiel's vessel, Sam has blood on his face, and Dean is just D-U-N done with all of it on S4E20 - The Rapture! Recs: Pru - I Want to Go Home, by Gordon Korman Waldorph - Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine
This week Sam becomes a middle child, Dean shoots a tunnel, and we learn not top put your bed on top of a vent on S4E19 - Jump the Shark! Recs: Pru - Heaven Official's Blessing (Netflix) Waldorph - Go caving!
Supernatural gets meta and Kripke gets self indulgent and honestly, Chuck, you're not wrong: writing is hard—this week on Ride or Die S4E18 - The Monster at the End of This Book! Recs: Pru - Shang-Chi (Disney+) Waldorph - Wired's X Support Series (YouTube)
A very different Dean wears Winchester costuming, fends off elevator advances from his brother and has correct radio allegiances this week on Ride or Die - S4E17 - It's a Terrible Life Recs: Pru - Tetris Effect Waldorph - Knowledge Fight (podcast)
We hope everyone brought a bottle of water this week because we've got religious doubt, Dean's perfect tear and torture—and we're thirsty as shit, on Ride or Die S4E16 - On the Head of a Pin! Recs: Pru - Park Predators (podcast) Waldorph - LuLaRich (Amazon Prime), The Dream (podcast)
This week we welcome back old (psychic) friends, old (death) friends, and lie to newly dead friends on Ride or Die - S4E15 - Death Takes a Holiday! Recs: Pru - I Ship My Rival x Me AND Mr Snail (BilliBilli Comics) Waldorph - The Terminator & T2 (Netflix)
This week the themes of the season persist, someone fucks in a glass office, and we have...so many questions about a siren on Ride or Die - S4E14 - Sex and Violence. CW: intimate partner violence discussed Recs: Pru - Quit Your Job Waldorph - Dirty John (Podcast) + Real Crime Profile Eps about Dirty John (2017)
This week we travel back to 1997 where Sam was a little feral, Dean was a gaping wound, and really nothing has changed. Recs: Pru - Mr. King (kdrama) Waldorph - Beloved, by Toni Morrison
This week, we explore whether capes are worse than top hats, whether Dean Winchester would ever safeword, and Russian dash cams on Ride or Die - S4E12 - Criss Angel Is a Douchebag! Recs: Pru - Penn & Teller: Fool Us (CW, YouTube) Waldorph - The Mirror Has Two Faces (Netflix)
This week we revisit Supernatural's favorite themes: incest and baffling characterization choices on Ride or Die - S4E11 - Family Remains! Recs: Pru - Empresses in Palace (Youtube) Waldorph - Strong Woman Bong Do Soon (VIKI)
This week, the role of Kate Winslet will be played by Dean Winchester, we discuss the Extremely Regular childhood of Waldorph and we're forced to reckon with why the show made any of the choices that it did on Ride or DIe - S4E10 - Heaven and Hell. Recs: Pru - Imamu Room (YouTube) Waldorph - It's Been A Minute, With Sam Sanders (NPR Podcast)
This week, we meet the angel who was PROBABLY intended to be a bigger piece of the S4 puzzle, reckon with how much our tolerance for problematic content has changed since this episode originally aired, and want to give a content warning for intimate partner violence and sexual assault. Buckle up for Ride or Die - S4E09 - I Know What You Did Last Summer!
This week, Supernatural asks the big questions: is Bigfoot real? are having your wishes granted truly a gift? if a giant sentient teddy bear decided to end it all, would it truly be free from the hell of existence? All this and more on Ride or Die - S4E08 - Wishful Thinking Recs: Pru - Am I The Asshole subreddit; Bonk, by Mary Roach Waldorph - Come As You Are, by Emily Nagoski; Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, by Caroline Criado Perez
We recorded an episode on the Supernatural prequel. This is the first you're hearing about it. You're gutted. #Bravo you cowards
This week Sam's hopes are crushed, Dean & Castiel fall into a startling intimacy, and Pru screams WITCHES no fewer than three times on Ride or Die - S4E07 - It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester!
This week, Dean Winchester gets done dirty, Sam is just done, and being a germaphobe just *clenches fist* hits different on Ride or Die - S4E6 - Yellow Fever Recs: Pru - Defector Waldorph - Raya and the Last Dragon
This week, the Winchesters do Oktoberfest, Supernatural does film grain in HD and a freshly rehymenated Dean works triple time to do the monster mash on Ride or Die - S4E05 - Monster Movie! Recs: Pru - Studson Studio Youtube Channel Waldorph - The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo (youtube)
Get ready to have your misophonia triggered and to get put off your dinner, because this week longpig and feelings are on the menu on Ride or Die - S4E04 - Metamorphosis! Recs: Pru: Made You Look (Netflix) Waldorph: Ted Lasso (Apple+)
Waldorph won't let us use "INCEST INCEST INCEST" as our summary for this episode, which is ridiculous since there is no better distillation of Ride or Die - S4E03 - In the Beginning Weekly Recs: Waldorph: Janet Stephens' Youtube Channel Pru: Sword and Brocade (Viki)
The Winchesters meet some old friends and categorically fail to make any new ones this week on Ride or Die - S4E02 - Are You There God? It's Me, Dean Winchester! Weekly Recs: Waldorph - Citation Needed Podcast Pru - Inuyasha
Gird your trenchcoats and loins, because we're crawling out of the living hell that was Season 3 into Season 4 on Ride or Die - S4E01 - Lazarus Rising! Weekly Recs: Waldorph - Circe, by Madeline Miller Pru - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
We're high, we have GREAT time, we eat a whole pie, have bread revelations, and Jensen Ackles continues to be really pretty. Treat yourself to a watch-along of Supernatural S4E01 - Lazarus Rising.
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