Riverdames

The first episode of our new series No One Asked But We're Curious, in which Jackie and Steph discuss all the installments of the Fast and the Furious franchise! Join us for a discussion of the movie that started it all, and all the objectification, surprisingly compelling character development, and NOS that came with it.

Our final episode about Riverdale maybe! Definitely our last episode for this season! Join us for a whirlwind discussion of the last five episodes of the season after we binge-watched them all! Does it make the show more enjoyable? Maybe! Does it make it make more sense? Kinda! Did we like it? Tune in to find out!

We're a little late but we're finishing up Riverdale! Chapters 53 through 57 coming soon! Join Jackie and Steph as they discuss this episode that they quite enjoyed, covering everything from their hopes for The Farm to their frustration with Jughead to their many questions about the "alphanumeric system" Edgar Evernever uses to sort all his blackmail tapes.

Rest in Peaces, MCU! With the Endgame spoiler ban officially lifted today, Jackie and Steph are ready to share their many reflections on the final chapter in the Avengers story. Join us for some thoughts about Tony Stark's arc, gender and representation, our love of deep space Marvel, those gay Captain America boys, and more!

Was this episode good? No. But did we enjoy it? Oh, 100%. Listen in as we discuss Jackie's favorite lyric changes, our least favorite romantic storylines, and the delightfully dubious round of applause the Riverdale performance of Heathers deserved!

The Serpents are deputized! F.P. is 50 and could die at any moment! Veronica and Cheryl are taking advantage of their romantic partners! All this and more as we discuss our two favorite recent episodes of Riverdale this week!

Our Marvel mini-series continues with the latest MCU installment, Captain Marvel! Listen in as Jackie and Steph discuss what works, what doesn't work, and all the little details they loved – from the amount of 90s content to the queerness to the way it addresses our anti-green-alien bias. Oh, and Goose, too, of course!

Riverdale is back and so are we! Join us as we discuss Archie's deeply reckless life choices, the tribulations of the Riverdale gang scene, what exactly it means to be a cult, and how Tom Keller is living his best life as a boxing coach.

It’s an episode of firsts! The first dad to not successfully murder his son, the first time every minor character makes out with someone during the episode, the first time Jughead does literally nothing all episode, and more! Listen in as we discuss our thoughts on the Toni-Cheryl college storyline, Tom and Sierra’s wedding, and Jellybean’s maniacal return.

Jackie and Steph are back, with a double-header: join them for a discussion of the very important SATs, the very convoluted water quality test forgery, the very goofy citizen's arrest, and more!

Is this town still under quarantine? Are the Southside Serpents a labor union? Does Reggie have an sort of interior life? Is Jughead a huge moron? These questions and more as we discuss Riverdale's exciting 2019 premiere!

It's the grand finale of our Nine Lives of Chloe King mini-series! Join us as we mourn the loss of our favorite characters, complain about Alek one last time, and try to imagine what the second season of this show would've looked like had it been made.

Jackie and Stephanie return from their holiday break to discuss the Sony's 3rd and best take on the Spider-Man origin story, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. Listen in as they discuss everything from their favorite relationship to Peni Parker's unearned emotional moment to the fact that Peter Porker is now a pop culture icon.

We were not kind to this episode! If you felt as bewildered as we did, join us as we rag on the clunky storytelling that has characterized this season so far, then ask hard-hitting questions like: what exactly happened between F.P. and Gladys Jones? Why can't Fred Andrews parent his 16 year-old son? Are there any medical doctors in Riverdale or just coroners? And how exactly is this town's iconic nunnery/insane asylum/gay conversion therapy program set up?

Listen in as we discuss the most recent episode of Riverdale! Betty's unnecessary voiceover, Ethel Muggs's difficult life, Veronica's weird relationship with her parents, and Archie's sudden blood lust feature prominently.

Has Jughead been brainwashed by the Gargoyle King? Will we ever see Sheriff Minetta again? Is Archie's mom the worst lawyer in the history of the law? All this and more as we discuss the 6th episode of season 3 of Riverdale!

Join us as we discuss the penultimate episode of Nine Lives of Chloe King, covering everything from the machismo aggression between Alek and Brian to the least traumatic encounter with human trafficking to ever be depicted to the incredible affordability of the Kia Soul!

Will Fred Andrews ever find out his son has broken out of child fight club prison? Is Cole Sprouse a terrible actor? Is it statistically more likely that we are a simulation of life than that we're actually alive? This and more as we discuss the most recent episode of Riverdale!

Oh boy did we love this episode! Tune in as we discuss the life paths of all the parents of Riverdale, like F.P.'s meandering journey from jock to gang to army to gang to construction worker back to gang and Hiram's unclear trajectory from Vito Corleone to Michael Corleone.

Riverdale was off this week, so we've returned to our off-week project: The Nine Lives of Chloe Queens! While you wait on line to vote today, listen to us gush about this delightfully cheesy, action-packed episode of our favorite ABC Family smash hit.

Jackie and Stephanie dig into their favorite episode of the season so far, discussing everything from how terrible at investigating Betty and Jughead suddenly became to how good at punching Archie now is.

Jackie can't get over how ordinary Archie's sneakers were, Steph can't wait to see what being the new Mad Dog entails. Listen to them complain about Riverdale's sketchy relationship with reality, then gush about the bunker scene and the wacky parent episodes to come.

Jackie and Stephanie dive right back into Riverdale with this whiplash-inducing season premiere! Listen in as they chat about the dozens (hundreds?) of homeless Serpent children, the incredible storytelling device that is Hot Dog, and Betty's sudden Adderall dependency. Then stick around as Jackie and Stephanie argue for way too long about whether or not those babies actually flew.

The summer might be over, but we've got one more Marvel episode for you before we return to Riverdale! Join us as we discuss everything from our favorite jokes to our least favorite plot devices in this palette cleanser of episodes about this palette cleanser of movies.

It's the final episode of our Marvel Cinematic Marchionesses summer series! Join us as we gush about Avengers: Infinity War, do some nitpicking out of love, talk about the MCU's relationship with heroism, and make some wild guesses about what's to come in Avengers 4!

Join us as we gear up for the final installment of our Marvel Cinematic Marchionesses summer series! We'll go through every Marvel film we've covered so far, from our least favorite to our favorite, and do our best to remember what happened, why it happened, and if we liked it. Check back on Tuesday for our final episode before Riverdale returns: Infinity War!

Jackie and Stephanie are joined by avid comics reader and MCU fanatic, Annam Choudhry, as they discuss Ryan Coogler's groundbreaking Black Panther movie! Listen to them discuss everything from this movie's politics to its characters to its design and implications for the wider MCU. And check back later this week and next week for our final installments to this Marvel Cinematic Universe summer series, covering every MCU film up until Infinity War!

Another day, another Thor movie even better than the last. Listen to Jackie and Steph talk about their favorite jokes, their least favorite jokes, their favorite cameos, their least favorite cameos, and more in their discussion of Thor: Ragnarok! Check back next week for our discussion of Black Panther!

We love this movie! Listen in as Jackie and Stephanie praise Jon Watts's representation of high school, the design details about New York that this movie gets right, Tom Holland's incredible performance, Vulture's nuanced villainy, and all the excellent jokes in this movie. Check back next week for Thor: Ragnarok!

Jackie and Stephanie clearly have a thing for the Guardians movies! Listen to them complain about the gold people for a bit before they start gushing over the jokes, action, and emotional beats and themes of this movie. Then they talk a bit about theology, rank this movie generously, and defend Ronan the Accuser as a Good Marvel Villain™.

This week, Jackie and Stephanie are joined by college friend/smart person/St. Louis resident/self-proclaimed #1 fan of Riverdames, Sarah Rose! Listen in as they discuss disability, gender, cultural appropriation, and Benedict Cumberbatch's bad American accent in their conversation about Doctor Strange.

It's a mini-episode! About an extremely niche topic! Listen to Jackie and Steph chat about WHIH Newsfront, the short-lived web series that brought back our ultimate problematic fave, Christine Everhart.

Does Hawkeye belong in this movie at all? Is it more annoying that Sharon Carter is in the CIA or that she only exists to heterosexualize Captain America and his gay friends? Is Tom Holland as Spider-Man that best performance in the MCU? Is the ending of this movie great and we don't care what the haters think? You can guess the answers to a lot of these questions by the way they are phrased, but you should still listen to the episode to find out more! Keep your eye on your feed for a potential special episode about WHIH Newsfront this week, and then check back on Tuesday for Doctor Strange!

Jackie and Stephanie take on Peyton Reed's weird and wonderful 2015 take on Ant-Man. Listen in as they dig into this movie's pretty solid sci-fi, dedicate an inordinate amount of time to discussing the bonus features that were included at the end of their Amazon rentals, and gush about Michael Peña, Bobby Cannavale, and breakout star T.I.! Check back next week for Captain America: Civil War!

Jackie didn't like this movie nearly as much as Steph -- listen to them talk it out! They cover everything from their complicated feelings about the Hulk/Black Widow relationship, the confusing origin and motivation of Ultron, the tragic handling of Maria Hill and Dr. Helen Cho, and how this movie compares to its very similar franchise friend, Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Check back next week for Ant-Man!

This is a thorn-free episode: Jackie and Stephanie loved this movie! Listen to them talk about all their favorite jokes, their favorite characters (Rocket x Groot forever

Queenie and Jahnya from Random Tea Podcasts (www.randomteapodcasts.com) join us for a discussion of their favorite MCU movie, Captain America: The Winter Soldier! Listen in to our discussion about everything from how Cap is queer-coded to how this movie ties in to Agents of SHIELD to how short Robert Downey Jr. is!

Statistically speaking, Jackie and Stephanie probably liked this movie more than you! Listen in as they discuss Odin's bad parenting, Jane and Thor's long and emotional one-night stand, and the completely incoherent quantum physics research that Jane and her team of lackeys are doing. And then stick around for a rating that many people will find objectionable!

Jackie and Stephanie don't really understand this movie! Listen to them try to put their finger on what exactly Shane Black is trying to say here, and also take some detours to discuss things like what this movie has to say about the US government, how important human resources can be, and what we think about child stars in a post-TanaCon world.

Join us for an absurdly long episode about the 2012 grand finale to Phase 1: The Avengers! Kris Acuña of the Duck, Duck, Grey Duck podcast shares some comics knowledge and defend the Monaco sequence in Iron Man 2, and also joins Jackie and Steph in conversations about Maria Hill, Phil Coulson, Joss Whedon, and all the reasons they love this movie.

Jackie and Stephanie are so close yet so far from The Avengers – they just need to slog through Captain America: The First Avenger first! Join them for a discussion about blatant WWII ahistoricism, 1940s middle school romance, how Sebastian Stan is obviously more attractive than Chris Evans, and a weirdly inaccurate chat about precalculus.

Jackie and Stephanie take on Kenneth Branagh's very vanilla 2011 interpretation of Thor, discussing everything from genocide and transracial adoption to the weird love triangle between Lady Sif, Thor, and Jane Foster and gender discrimination at SHIELD.

Jackie and Stephanie continue their MCU series with a discussion about Iron Man 2, touching on everything from whether or not Jon Favreau views women as human beings (probably not) to whether or not Terrence Howard would've been a better War Machine (probably). Check back next week for Thor!

Jackie and Stephanie continue their MCU summer series with a discussion about The Incredible Hulk (2008), a.k.a. The Abomination origin story. Listen in as they discuss whether or not Bruce Banner is technically Hulk's father, why Hulk action sequences are often so boring, and if Mark Ruffalo is as good at parkour as Edward Norton.

Jackie and Steph kick off their summer series with a conversation about the 2008 MCU debut, Iron Man! Capitalism, feminism, and journalism feature prominently. Jokes and laughs throughout. Check back next week for our discussion of The Incredible Hulk!

Jackie and Stephanie talk about this season finale to a totally different season of Riverdale, covering everything from Hal Cooper's new Silence of the Lambs prison and Fangs randomly not being dead to Jughead maybe proposing and Ethel having to lose the student council election for no reason. Tune in next week as we kick of our summer series – we'll go through all the MCU movies, starting with Iron Man!

Jackie and Stephanie talk about this wild episode that takes place over an unclear length of time, covering everything from the Black Hood reveal to the gang wars to Small Fry's totally unrelated vendetta. They then chat for a bit about A Quiet Place (warning: there are some spoilers) and then dedicate an inordinate amount of time to rating this episode geometrically.

Jackie and Stephanie talk about this fever dream of an episode, covering everything from whether or not Fangs is canon bisexual to how Veronica Lodge can put her extortion money in a bank account. They also dedicate a good amount of time to discussing KJ Apa's Samoan heritage, and an upsettingly small amount of time to talking about the return of Joaquin.

Jackie and Stephanie talk about this hostage-filled episode of Riverdale, covering everything from Hal Cooper being the Black Hood to the tasteless murder of Midge Klump to the sick demo Nick St. Clair should've laid down with Archie. Plus, a long conversation about sex work, consent, and the logistics of extortion!

Joined by Rhayne Coleman of the Carefree Black Nerd podcasts, Jackie and Stephanie talk all things Riverdale musical episode! From the musical-on-mockumentary concept to the perfectly tacky dancing and choreography to the dubious way characters of color are forced to be props to Cheryl Blossom in these really upsetting story arcs, we have some thoughts and feelings. Listen along!

Jackie and Stephanie discuss the 7th episode of The Nine Lives of Chloe King -- and they also discuss what happens when you raise a chimpanzee like a human, the taxonomy of canines, and a possible idea for a YA dystopian novel in which you die if you perpetrate an unwanted act of sexual or romantic intimacy.