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XOXO Riverdale
Comedians Kate Vatter and Louie Pearlman are two grown-ass adults who are OBSESSED with all-things Riverdale. In this podcast, they'll analyze every episode while discussing the intricacies and deep references that make the show so unique and fun. Every episode includes a power ranking, a crush-list and a special segment exploring the world of the Riverdale fandom and it's stars. So grab a milkshake from Pop's and join us for XOXO Riverdale!
Kate and Louie get in the final word on the entire series of Riverdale! But they're not doing it alone. They're joined by Frank Garcia Hejl (Mas Mejor) and Dana Wickens (Off Book: The Improvised Musical podcast) for some true or false.
Then! A rousing round table with our pals Bethany Boles (Story Pirates), Kevin Gillian (Geeks Out!), KJ (Supernatural Opinions Podcast), Jenna Palme (this friggin' podcast), and Alex Zalben (Riverdale After Dark) to bring us back across the Sweetwater River!
We have loved recapping for y'all week after week. Please keep in touch, and thank you for choosing XOXO Riverdale for all your Maple Liquer needs!
Love, Kate, and Louie
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All good things must come to an end, even recap fan podcasts. In this, the PENULTIMATE episode of XOXO Riverdale (this is our last recap, but we've got something fun planned for next week) Kate and Louie cover the final episode of our beloved Riverdale.
Also! Louie interviews Riverdale megafan, Speedy Ortiz songwriter, guitarist and singer Sadie Dupuis. Their new album, Rabit Rabit comes out Sept 1st.
Also: here's the link to Louie's interview with the Today Show!
As the ol' gang from Pop's starts to wrap it up, so do your intrepid podcast hosts Kate and Louie. Join them as they watch the episode in which our pals watch themselves in a meta act of inward facing meta-ness.
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Duck and cover into this totally atomic, episode of Riverdale with Kate and Louie!
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Will Josie's triumphant return to Riverdale be a smashing success or a box-office flop? Listen to this episode to find out!
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Kate and Louie discuss one of their all-time favorite Riverdale episodes, the delightful Stag. Archie X Reggie 4Eva!
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Kate and Louie get into this special beauty pageant episode of Riverdale but spend almost as much time going on about the Barbie movie.
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Louie and his savvy bud, guest co-host, Jenna Palme finally answer the question: what direction is Archie gonna go in? Left or Right? Can Archie make up his mind???
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The red menace comes to Riverdale! And Hiram returns!
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Reggie, Archie, unseen basketball games!
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Get ready for a real Ghost Show of an episode!
Here's Louie's playlist to spin at your next Halloween Hootenanny! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4BUTNuakU5QAq3aNJv5VFb?si=e4327a417fc54a2c
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Here's a frightening question: will you ever love anything as much as Archie loves his car in this episode?
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Louie and Kate are SEEING DOUBLE in this latest episode!
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We're pretty excited to rant and rave about our new fave Riverdale character Farm Reggie!
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Hey kids! Here's a BRAND NEW DANCE to watch and learn, it's called The Twirl!Edited by Angley Mercado
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Kate and Louie talk about high school jobs, the writers strike, and how this episode of Riverdale was pretty sexay?
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Greetings, guys and GHOULS, it's time for another SCARE-LARIOUS Riverdale DECAP SPOOKCAST!
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This is what happens when you're just not allowed to be gay, people!
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Get down with the weird and wonderful sexy jungle dance sequence with Kate and Louie!
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This episode is NOT Sponcon... unlike a particular Riverdale cast member's baby announcement?!?
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The Riverdale recap podcast that DGAF is BACK FOR OUR FINAL SEASON BABY! Kate and Louie get into if they'd like to become teenagers in the 1950s, then get into Scream 6, Yosemite Sam doing Jughead, and OF COURSE the FINAL SEASON PREMIERE of Riverdale!--
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It's the last episode of season six and the last day Riverdale will exist...forever? Kate and Louie discuss the end of the season as we know it and they feel fine.
Kate and Louie create a circle of punches and thwap that naughty Percival Pickens a few times on the nose in this episode covering the penultimate chapter of Season Six of Riverdale!
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This week, it's a two-for-one! First, Kate and Louie get witchy with Sabrina's second guest appearance, and then travel the multiverse with the high-concept Return to Rivervale!
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Geeks Out! VP Kevin Gilligan joins us as we get wrathful, vengeful, plague-full and biblical on this week's absolutely engulfed-in-flames Riverdale episode!
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A special musical episode of Riverdale that isn't totally insane and instead only somewhat insane? What a concept!
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Hey - Kate and Louie are PRO UNION! Just in case you were worried.
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You came to the right place if you want Kate and Louie's hot takes on Riverdale's cancelation announcement! Plus, they cover the very spooky-ookie Chapter One Hundred and Ten!
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Baby can't you see, we're poddin'?
Riverdale is back, and it's not ploddin'
Kate's dangerous, Louie's ballin...
(do do doo do loo dee doo dee doo...)
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What library books do you have overdue? Would you be willing to trade in your Delillo for collateral???
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Kate and Louie come out of the fog and who is waiting there for them??? MOOSE!! <
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Kate and Louie time-jump through episode 106 because they're both chronokenetic er whatever. Also, we had some listener feedback that we address!
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Kate and Louie cover season 5's "Folk Heroes" - was it larger than life, or mythically overexaggerated? Plus! Who from the Riverdale cast was at Coachella!
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Kate and Louie are joined by XOXO's new EPISODE live tweeter Jenna Palme to mainly talk about how disappointing Kevin Keller was in this episode. Kevin, go to your room. Catch Jenna's live tweets at @XOXORiverPOD!
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Kate and Louie give their take on the exposé that exposed very little, the scammers, the wise guys, the Riverdale.
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Ronnie says goodbye to her papa while Jughead says hello to his awesome new superpower - drawing straight lines!
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We're back and so is Riverdale! Do you like the totally bananas direction it's taking? Do we? Could Jughead be getting more of a bad deal out of the explosion??
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The hundredth episode of our favorite absolutely bananas TV show is here! Don't worry, Kate and Louie were pretty confused by this one too.
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What even IS time? A Construct? A concrete reality doomed to repeat in an infinite loop? An excuse to put Kiernan Shipka in a cool outfit?
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WHO IS MR. CYPHER? Is he a cool, sexy new character in Rivervale? Is he very tricky? Is the logic around how he operates very muddy? The answers to all of these questions are YES! Also, he's literally Satan OK byeeee...
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Where did all those empty bottles of scotch come from???
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You were wondering what Katvie and Lovie's takes on the premiere of seavon sivvvxxx of Rivervale would be! Well, now you can vind out!
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We'll be alright. Get out of here! Can't you see we don't want you anymore? Is this the end of the line for the Core Four? Are we all in on magic now? Do any of these people understand how jobs work? Can we finally say goodbye to at least one villain? Listen to Kate and Louie attempt to answer even a single question.
It's another musical episode of our favorite show with regular musical numbers, so Kate and Louie break it down for you. How does this one compare to musical episodes of the past? Is it actually a good episode of Riverdale? What does a good episode of Riverdale consist of any more?
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Kate and Louie are aided by the ghosts of fallen soldiers as they move the heavens and earth in this episode of the pod!
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Happy 100th episode of XOXO Riverdale, and thanks for sticking with us! After Kate and Louie (the Queens of the Bees) take a wild trip down a very sticky memory lane, they confront the dead soldiers in the room and tackle this week's episode!
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The pussycats have returned indeed and Kate and Louie were here for it! They get into which songs worked, which didn’t, and the debut of a very important character!
Plus, if you want to learn more about the plight of Roberto Aguirre Sacasa’s father Roberto please visit: https://deadline.com/2021/09/riverdale-cast-support-roberto-aguirre-sacasa-father-treason-charge-nicaragua-1234828636/
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As one should when looking at a gallery of strange paintings, one must consider many points of view. That's why Kate and Louie are joined by Louie's MOM Katie Pearlman to discuss this week's episode, The Night Gallery!
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Hey! Remember the 2000 Piper Perabo vehicle Coyote Ugly? Well, Kate and Louie remember it pretty much as well as you.
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What do Kate and Louie do with an actual GOOD episode of Riverdale? Now is your chance to find out as they dive into Citizen Lodge the way that Vito Alto dives into a plate of spaghetti marinara!
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We're BACK baby! That extended hiatus did Kate and Louie a LOT of good, but now (without the aid of maple mushrooms, even) they take on the syrupy mess that is Riverdale, Chapter Eighty-Seven!
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Kate and Louie break out of podcast jail and crash a 9-year-old's birthday party for this episode of XOXO Riverdale! So take a munch on a psychedelic burger and chain yourself to the podcatcher of your choice as your favorite duo dishes on the latest mid-season finale. It's the last crush and power lists for a while, so listen up, pals and gals!
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Kate and Louie DESTROY this episode of XOXO (see what we did there?)! This is a long one, but it's worth it. Kate and Louie delve into what they think happened to Polly, if Veronica should be allowed in the locker room, and most importantly, how is the Riverdale TikTok?
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Kate and Louie put on their firemen helmets, throw their keys into a bowl, and take them out again as they cover this disappointingly unsexy episode of Riverdale!
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Louie is joined this week by a special guest, Los Angeles entertainment dynamo Bethany Boles! They get into if an alien corpse can be preserved in syrup, what printing your own currency would actually be like, and more seriously, how awesome it is to see Riverdale cast members use their fame for advocacy.
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Kate and Louie have the first day of school jitters as they get into the latest with Riverdale! So get on your jumpsuit or FBI jacket, put that tip jar on your English teacher's desk and strap in for all the Riverdale News/sass you can handle!
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Kate and Louie express their love for chunky big boys and blond wigs as they get into Chapter Eighty-One: Homecoming! Plus, they get into what Riverdale getting unincorporated means for the town, and most importantly: how qualified are Archie, Jughead, Betty, and Ronnie to teach, really???
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We jump 7 years in the future. It is inexplicably still 2021. Kate is married to a real Patrick Bateman type and lives on the discarded set of Queer as Folk. Louie dresses like a budget Willam S Burroughs, has writer's block, and being VERY peevish about it. The two of them return to Riverdale after a long absence to continue their important work as recap podcasters.
They both want you to support the upcoming oral history of Josie and the Pussycats (2001) here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/best-movie-ever-a-totally-jerkin-book#/
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Kate and Louie get you through this very very special episode of Riverdale! The kids finally graduate from Riverdale High (after 80 years of being there!) and we give you our FINAL crush and power lists before we jump ahead seven years next week! Plus! All the Riverdale fan news you can throw a grad hat at!
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Kate and Louie have never had as much to say about a single episode of Riverdale. This one is truly bonkers. Strap yourselves in, it's a long one, but it's worth it.
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Kate and Louie are BACK with a brand new season of XOXO Riverdale! In this episode, they break down the season 5 premiere: Climax! They'll hold your hand as they walk you through the bizarre underground-film-themed rave that is chapter Seventy-Seven. Plus! Riverdale fan news, a crush list, and a power list!
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Get ready for a whole new season of XOXO Riverdale! Every episode, comedians Kate Vatter and Louie Pearlman will serve you up the latest Riverdale news, an episode recap, and some piping hot crush & power lists! It's the only Riverdale Fan Podcast by adults for adults! Don't try to cross the Sweetwater river without it!
First Kate and Louie fill you in on the latest Riverdale news (because we are STILL a Riverdale podcast, promise!) but then we review all of Adam Sandler's best sketches because we love him! You can watch along with us here:
https://www.peacocktv.com/watch/asset/tv/saturday-night-live/8885992813767211112?section=episodes
https://www.peacocktv.com/watch/playback/vod/GMO_00000000151058_01/17064a7c-0b98-36ea-91eb-956f92a87f06
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The episode that no one asked for is here! But don't worry, you're going to love it as Kate and Louie delve into the 1999 Adam Sandler comedy Big Daddy: a comedy so late-nineties it'll clog your arteries with fresh McDonald's breakfast jokes. Why would we cover this flick on a Riverdale podcast, you ask? Well, this movie stars a teensy weensy Cole Sprouse, in one of his first acting jobs! He is adorable in this movie and we are adorable on this podcast!
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In this bonus ep, Kate and Louie dissect the WILD new trailer for the KJ Apa movie Songbirdand review both Jughead's Time Police comic series, in which Jughead has a magic beanie that allows him to travel though time. Seriously.
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Kate and Louie give their takes on a few Halloweeny movies staring some of our fave Riverdale cast members! They cover Scream with Skeet Ulrich, Sleepwakers with Madchen Amick, Polariod featuring Madelaine Petsch and Coyote Lake starring Camila Mendes. So fire up this episode and we'll help you decide something spooky to watch this Halloween season!
Kate has found some absolutely filthy Riverdale fanfic that Louie has never read. They do a cold read (try not to laugh) and then have an interesting discussion about fanfic and fandom in general! Listener Warning: this episode contains sexually explicit material.
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In this very special episode we are joined by Alex Zalben (Riverdale After Dark: A Riverdale Podcast), Lauren Ann Brickman (We Stan Together Podcast) and everyone's favorite roommate Marty Keiser for a riveting discussion all about Riverdale: Season 4! This esteemed panel discusses burning Season 4 questions such as Barchie Vs Bughead, do Archie and Jughead deserve to graduate and most importantly WHO HAD THE BEST WIGS?
Also, we were just ranked #1 on Feedspot's list of Top 10 Riverdale Podcasts. Thanks, Feedspot!
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Kate and Louie bring it on home as they cover the season finale of this crazy and amazing season of Riverdale! Does Jughead's hard-boiled writing style have it's intended effect on our two intrepid hosts? Does this hastily reconfigured episode serve as a fitting season finale? You need to listen to find out!
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New Pod: Lynchian, (adj) 1. a trope reminiscent of the films of director David Lynch. 2. A strong season four episode of Riverdale. 3. The title of an episode of a podcast hosted by Kate Vatter and Louie Pearlman.
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You're turning on and off your pod
The volume up and down, my god
This episode might thrill or bring you down
And if you've got no other choice
You can follow Kate & Louie's voice
As they dissect the noise of "Wicked Little Town!"
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It's all coming to a head on this episode of XOXO Riverdale! Kate and Louie break-down this essential Season 4 episode with the help of set designer, visual artist and Riverdale geek Alex Grover. Alex uses his artistic sensibilities to chat about what makes the visuals of the show so addictively compelling.
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Kate and Louie always relish a format-change when it comes to their beloved Riverdale, but in this case did it work? Your two very adult and super mature co-hosts discuss "To Die For" in all of it's messy glory in this week's epsiode!
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Kate and Louie burn all their clothes and get home way past curfew in this exciting episode! The (friendly) debate rages between our co-hosts if this turning-point episode is actually good or not. Also, more references to Community, which Louie really needs to get to watching.
It all comes to a head in this episode of XOXO Riverdale! Kate and Louie don their togas and go head to head with Stonewalls disciplinary board! Needless to say, NO members of the disciplinary board are on their crush lists this week.
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Kate and Louie take a trip back to the big apple in this Katy Keene/Riverdale crossover episode! Also, they get to the bottom of what a bunch of former mercenaries are doing in Riverdale (yeah, the show went there). They discover it's hard to build a crush list around a group of mercenaries.
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Kate and Louie will take "CW Teen Dramas" for 100 please, Alex! Yeah we're at the quiz show episode of our watch-along and it is a doozy of an episode. Intrigue, excitement very loud fist fights ensue! We've got our regular crush list and power-ranking, too!
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It's spirit week, pals and gals! And that means that Kate and Louie are covering Riverdale, Chapter 67: Varsity Blues! Louie and Kate start a rum war! They fight with Uncle Frank! They lock Ms. Appleyard in her office, never for her to escape!
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Kate and Louie are positively hypnotized by this episode of Riverdale, Season 4! So much so that they've lost all control and are attacking all the things they love! Will the XOXO Riverdale crush list and power ranking be able to survive?
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Kate and Louie were very excited to review and recap this stone-cold-classic of a Riverdale episode. This is one of the series' best, and they psychoanalyze (see what we did there?) every dramatic monologue and every shocking moment of Season 4's "In Treatment."
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A STORM OF ICE washes over this week's XOXO Riverdale, as Kate and Louie traverse an episode where Molly Ringwald does a turn away from camera that makes history!
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The famous roommate of "my roommate Marty said" FINALLY joins Kate and Louie for this episode! They deep dive into Riverdale Chapter 63: Hereditary in which they have to contend to some really strange visitors showing up at Thistlehouse!
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Kate and Louie get to the bottom of Riverdale S4E5 Witness to the Prosecution. Who is ghost writing their podcast? Who is ghost hosting it? Only way to find out is to listen!
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Kate and Louie get extra spooky as they deep dive into the Riverdale S4 episode, Halloween!
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In support of the Black Lives Matter movement, we’ve decided to postpone the airing of our episode this week in order to use our space on the internet to amplify black voices and causes.
We’ll be back next week but in the meantime, here are some ways you can support:
Donate to Campaign Zero at www.JoinCampaignZero.org
Look up your local bail fund and contribute at the National Bail Fund Network, which can be found at www.CommunityJusticeExchange.org
Or join a Black Lives Matter protest currently happening in your area.
Above all else, listen to and amplify the voices of black people around you and support them. Speak up when you see injustices.
Thanks so much, stay safe, and we’ll see you next week!
The season 4 watch-along continues with S4E3 Dog Day Afternoon! Louie and Kate attempt to flee their own podcast in a rocket ship that they've built themselves. They dress like members of The Symbionese Liberation Army. They compose crush lists and power rankings.
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Kate and Louie's watch-though of season 4 continues as they debate if anything in this so-called "seaon premiere" happens at all, other than some borderline soft-core scenes and Principal Honey just being THE WORST!
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Uh... did we miss anything while we were finishing grad school and producing Archie comics inspired musicals? What? A WHOLE SEASON OF RIVERDALE??? Welp, guess it's time to get into it! Yup, WE ARE BACK!
New podcast episodes will be out on Wednesdays. So watch (or rewatch) season 4 with your favorite Riverdale Podcast BY Grown-Ass-Fans FOR Grown-Ass-Fans!
In this episode, Kate and Louie get into the touching and lovely episode "In Memorium," which was an appropriate send-off to Luke Perry.
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What a lovely and fun discussion about the season three finale of our favorite show in the whole world Riverdale! Best friends forever Kate and Louie have a milkshake toast to celebrate the end of...
STOP. SMASH CUT TO 8 MONTHS LATER. SPRING BREAK. KATE & LOUIE STAND BY A FIRE COVERED IN BLOOD. THEY BURN THEIR AUTOGRAPHED HEADSHOT OF CODY KEARSLEY. THEY WILL NEVER SPEAK OF THIS AGAIN. THEY WILL NEVER SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN.
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Kate and Louie loved this episode of Riverdale - the penultimate of season 3 and delve into what made it so great. This was truely one of the best episodes of the whole series, so get Kate and Louie's take before the season finale this week!
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Kate and Louie were wondering if they could have this dance. Better get on the dancefloor fast, before the hook-handed Black Hood gets ya!
Kate and Louie are joined by brilliant theater maker: the witty and urbane Jess Goldschmidt to discuss the latest in quests, gargoyles, and cults! Plus, all the power lists and crush rankings you could ever want!
Kate and Louie have officially joined the farm after a boxing match that's gone too far! Have they been taking tainted fizzle rocks? Are they foaming at the mouth? All these questions are answered on this episode, and there's a power list and crush list too!
Kate and Louie have a spirited discussion about the Riverdale episode "The Mater," plus they are joined by special guest, Gretchen Unico (WRUW Cleveland's Dead Airplay Record Club) for a fun new segment!
Kate siiiings though this whole XOXO because they're covering Riverdale's latest musical episode, Big Fun! Yep. Kate sings and sings and sings, because that's what she does. Singing. Louie does not sing on this episode at all. Only Kate.
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OK - so there are 12 Red Palladin cards and you've got two of them. Then, 10 more are given out to G & G fanatics. How many remain? Kate and Louie thought they had the answer, but this math problem of an episode had them stumped. Plus, random Hot Dog sighting!
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Louie and Kate talk Luke Perry and what we loved about him before leading into what's certainly an improvement on the episode before. What would you steal from a chem lab? Would you cross the coals? Should the Serpents get guns? So many questions, so few answers.
This episode was recorded the day before we heard the heartbreaking news about Luke Perry. Expect more about his incredible legacy on our next episode. In the meantime, please enjoy our recap of Requiem for a Welterweight.
Strangely enough, this was one of the least bizarre episodes of Riverdale in a while. Maybe the writers of the show don't know the definition of the word bizarre? It's very close to the word "weird," which they have used extensively. PS: We miss Moose already so much, OMG.
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Riverdale. It's a noir town, full of noir people, making noir decisions.
Kate. She's a noir podcaster, compiling noir crush lists. Louie. He's a noir podcaster, making noir power lists.
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Big reveals on this all new episode of XOXO Riverdale. Faves were absent and enemies were present. Does this episode Spark Joy? Listen to find out on XOXO Riverdale!
Well, this was a weird way to come back from the mid-season break. Luckily you've got Kate and Louie to parse through it, pals and gals! Plus all the breaking Riverdale news and insight you would expect!
Kate and Louie close out the mid-season with this hot new episode of XOXO Riverdale! All your burning questions are answered, be they griffin, gargoyle or... disease related? Plus, your two fave fans cannot get enough of Jellybean. Give us more jellybean!
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There's no podcast format change here as Kate and Louie discuss the format-changey "Man in Black." Hopefully their conversation won't come off as one-dimensional as Hiram did in this episode!
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A LOT happened in this last episode of Riverdale, but Kate and Louie have you covered! They've borrowed Veronica's speakeasy and are taking those pesky parents of Riverdale to task! SPILL THE BEANS, PARENTS OF RIVERDALE!
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This was a big episode of Riverdale for blowing out the world of the show and taking big risks! Did Kate and Louie like it? The only way to find out is to listen! Also! ALERT: Kody Kearsley is looking very swole on Instagram.
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Kate and Louie, the stereotypical geek and the stereotypical... geek... stuck in an eternal detention had no choice but to discuss this very special flashback episode of Riverdale! Get ready for anachronistic music, almost appropriate fashion and Mark Consuelos' cute kid!
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The first rule of Riverdale is "we talk about Riverdale." Join Louie and Kate to talk about some bad decision making and a whole lot of shirtless teens.
Two XOXO eps in one week? Is it too good to be true? Kate and Louie have fun dissecting every gruesome detail of an episode with (spoiler alert!) SO MANY DEATHS! Plus! Vintage Pinups! Needless musical numbers! Cute Bug Shirts!
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It's a new season of Riverdale and that means it's a new season of XOXO Riverdale, you little Gargoyle Kings, you! Get pumped as Kate and Louie dive into the ol' swimmin' hole that's Season 3, Episode 1: Labor Day! Plus, the return of our power rankings and crush list!
Edited by Alicia Camden
Theme Song By Louie Aronowitz
A bonus episode is here! Hear Kate and Louie recap all the Riverdale and cast news you've missed then stay tuned for a bonus interview with Radhika who has worked as an extra on several episodes of Riverdale (and several other shows filming in the Vancouver area). Kate's New York accent is overpowered by the two Canadians!
Edited by Alicia Camden Theme Song By Louie Aronowitz
This is IT pals & gals! The final episode of Season Two of XOXO Riverdale! As loose ends got tied-up on the show, Kate and Louie have a criminally good time dissecting every last second of season two. Also included is a wrap-up of how we're feeling about the whole season, and hopes for season three.
Edited by Alicia Camden
Theme Song By Louie Aronowitz
Life or death? On this episode of XOXO Riverdale, Kate Vatter and Louie Pearlman ask the questions: Will they or won't they? Is the Black Hood multiple people? Is Cheryl a Batman reference? Why are they doing this to us?
Edited by Alicia Camden Theme Song By Louie Aronowitz – Comedians Kate Vatter and Louie Pearlman are two grown-ass adults who are OBSESSED with all-things Riverdale. In this podcast, they’ll analyze every episode while discussing the intricacies and deep references that make the show so unique and fun. Every episode ends with a power ranking, a crush-list and a special segment exploring the world of the Riverdale fandom. So grab a milkshake from Pop’s and join us for XOXO Riverdale!
Without a shadow of a doubt (heheheh) this is one of the best episodes of Riverdale in a while! Kate, Louie, and special guest comedian Perri Gross (Caroline's, Reductress, Everyone Is Sad) pour over all the details of this literally killer ep. Edited by Alicia Camden Theme song by Louie Aronowitz
Kate and Louie mostly dug this thrilling Riverdale ep, Kate has a "Love, Simon" hot-take and brand-new-thrilling-character Freshman Year Louie was... pretentious!
NEW EPISODE: Kate and Louie are the only two Riverdale fans in existence that thought this episode needed less singing, so this might be a hate-listen for some of you? That being said, proceed with caution. Also - get ready for a TREAT (depending on your definition of what a treat is) when this podcast goes musical itself!!!
Edited by Alicia Camden Theme Song By Louie Aronowitz Beautiful ukulele playing and singing by Louie Pearlman and not Kate Vatter
Get ready for THE GREAT BOOB WINDOW DEBATE OF 2018. Will Kate or Louie emerge victorious when it comes to discussing this pressing issue? Also, at the end of the podcast, they delve into the Riverdale-related movie Love, Simon! So you're basically getting two podcasts for the price of one! And that price is free. This podcast is free.
Edited by Alicia Camden Theme Song By Louie Aronowitz
It's a big one! Our 30th episode was filled with all the mystery and intrigue that season 2 episode 16 had to offer! Riverdale's mayoral race is ON and Kate & Louie had a lot to say about needless TV personality cameos, hunger strikes and why we just love Cheryl.
Edited by Alicia Camden Theme Song By Louie Aronowitz
This episode is a revelation! Join Kate and Louie to discuss the twists and turns of an all new episode of Riverdale while they drink each other's milkshakes. They drink them up! Twins and strangers and prisons, oh my!
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Kate and Louie want you to bark them by their names in this new episode of XOXO Riverdale! Join the team and explore the waste of good shirtless scenes, the return of podcast favorite Moose, and how Love, Simon is the new COVERGIRL.
Edited by Alicia Camden Theme Song By Louie Aronowitz – Comedians Kate Vatter and Louie Pearlman are two grown-ass adults who are OBSESSED with all-things Riverdale. In this podcast, they’ll analyze every episode while discussing the intricacies and deep references that make the show so unique and fun. Every episode ends with a power ranking, a crush-list and a special segment exploring the world of the Riverdale fandom. So grab a milkshake from Pop’s and join us for XOXO Riverdale!
New Episode: After special guest, Canadian Screen Award-nominated comedian and all around good guy Pat Thornton (@PatThornton), regales Kate & Louie with the tale of what it was like to audition for the coveted role of Papa Poutine, they all bust into the sewers to retrieve a cell phone that none of them have any business having! Yup! It's another XOXO Riverdale!
Edited by Alicia Camden Theme Song by Louie Aranowitz
This is the episode of XOXO Riverdale in which Kate, Louie, and special guest Alicia Camden (of the Invitation to Love podcast) puzzle the eternal question: when did Archie decide he wanted to become a gangster??? I mean... what??
Also, Papa Poutine: an in-depth analysis.
Put on your skimpy singlets and contemplate the youthfulness of the male form (ew), it's time for... you guessed it... XOXO Riverdale! This week Louie and special guest host, The UCB's Glo Taverez delve into this fun, weird messy episode.
It took six whole hours and five long days to record this episode of XOXO Riverdale! Spin around with joy, because Kate and Louie pretend to be nice to each other while discussing the 2001 cult-classic film "Josie and the Pussycats!" This film was formative for both of us, so roll on rolly wheel, let's give this one a listen!
We're BACK from the break and better than ever! Louie and guest host Mariko McDonald (fresh off her appearance in the documentary Geek Girls)discuss Blackboard Jungle, sweaty Charles Melton notwithstanding!
It's the mid-season finale pals and gals and Kate and Louie are on the case! They debate if the reveals of this episode will stick, what a CUTE ANIMALS spinoff of Riverdale would look like and if Moose is dreamy or not (spoiler alert, he is)!
On this week's XOXO Riverdale, Kate talks to special guest Glo about what may be the most bonkers episode yet. It's a Mad World here in Riverdale, with heavy self-petting and weirdly helpful adult advice to boot!
We really loved the innovative format change of this episode and it showed in our lively discussion. Kate's Harry Potter-mythos comparisons are dead-on and Louie reminds us that YES - SVENSON IS FROM THE COMICS!!
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It's a short one this week, pals and gals! Sorry, we had some technical issues, but we'll be back full force after Turkey Day! In the meantime, join Louie for his analysis of S2E6 Death Proof in all it's Ghouly, Sugarmanny glory.
Edited by Alicia Camden Theme Song By Louie Aronowitz
From North to South, everyone's talking about Riverdale, especially Kate and Louie. Listen to them fawn about sleeveless Jughead, pantsless Alice, and the Pussycats taking down the patriarchy. It's like Riverdale is Jingle Jangle: too good to quit!
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Kate and Louie will do anything to talk about Riverdale! Listen to these two talk about serial killers, monorails, and what life is like as gay icons! You won't dread this one!
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Watcher In The Woods was a tense and fast-paced episode of Riverdale, right pals & gals? Luckily, we've got Louie and special guest, one of his besties, comedian Rosemary Stevens to suss it all out. Also, learn about Betty & Veronica's weird and wild connection to the New Jersey 90's punk scene and the origin of this whole, weird Red Circle thing that is just so creepy on the show!
Edited by Alicia Camden Theme Song By Louie Aronowitz
– Comedians Kate Vatter and Louie Pearlman are two grown-ass adults who are OBSESSED with all-things Riverdale. In this podcast, they’ll analyze every episode while discussing the intricacies and deep references that make the show so unique and fun. Every episode ends with a power ranking, a crush-list and a special segment exploring the world of the Riverdale fandom. So grab a milkshake from Pop’s and join us for XOXO Riverdale!
Zounds, Rivervixens! A lot happened in town this week, and luckily Kate has special guest Meredith Avery to chat about it with her over a milkshake at Pops... maybe the LAST MILKSHAKE EVER? It definitely was for one of our fave characters! – Comedians Kate Vatter and Louie Pearlman are two grown-ass adults who are OBSESSED with all-things Riverdale. In this podcast, they’ll analyze every episode while discussing the intricacies and deep references that make the show so unique and fun. Every episode ends with a power ranking, a crush-list and a special segment exploring the world of the Riverdale fandom. So grab a milkshake from Pop’s and join us for XOXO Riverdale!
SEASON 2 IS HERE! Hear Kate and Louie discuss emergency medicine protocol, grounded arguments, loose ends, and bad parenting. You know! Riverdale!
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We finally know who murdered Jason. Now what? Join Kate and Louie to discuss who FINALLY shows his good side, how the kids truly never learn, and a new face in the power rankings.
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You may need to book a trip to San Junipero after everything that goes down in episode 12 of XOXO Riverdale. Kate and Louie are joined by Scott Interrante to talk about incest, murder, gross misunderstandings of the criminal justice system, The Rock, AND MORE!
Edited by Alicia Camden Theme Song By Louie Aronowitz
You may need to book a trip to San Junipero after everything that goes down in episode 12 of XOXO Riverdale. Kate and Louie are joined by Scott Interrante to talk about incest, murder, gross misunderstandings of the criminal justice system, The Rock, AND MORE!
Edited by Alicia Camden Theme Song By Louie Aronowitz
It's homecoming (again), and much like Polly, Kate and Louie are getting to the bottom of things, followed by a nap. We're dancing, we're scheming, we're playing dress up, and we're charging the innocent with MURDER.
Edited by Alicia Camden Theme Song By Louie Aronowitz
This episode is weird. It's a weirdo. It doesn't fit in, and it doesn't want to fit in. Have you ever heard Kate and Louie talk about The Lost Weekend? That's weird.
Edited by Alicia Camden Theme Song By Louie Aronowitz – Comedians Kate Vatter and Louie Pearlman are two grown-ass adults who are OBSESSED with all-things Riverdale. In this podcast, they’ll analyze every episode while discussing the intricacies and deep references that make the show so unique and fun. Every episode ends with a power ranking, a crush-list and a special segment exploring the world of the Riverdale fandom. So grab a milkshake from Pop’s and join us for XOXO Riverdale!
In what is perhaps La Grandest of Illusions, Louie and Kate talk to special guest Deneece Berg about what makes a good friend (not Veronica), is maple syrup really that important (YES), and Alice getting her big moment in the moonlight.
Edited by Alicia Camden Theme Song By Louie Aronowitz – Comedians Kate Vatter and Louie Pearlman are two grown-ass adults who are OBSESSED with all-things Riverdale. In this podcast, they’ll analyze every episode while discussing the intricacies and deep references that make the show so unique and fun. Every episode ends with a power ranking, a crush-list and a special segment exploring the world of the Riverdale fandom. So grab a milkshake from Pop’s and join us for XOXO Riverdale!
This episode may be called The Outsiders, but it's not about socs and greasers. It's about Vixens and Serpents. Kate (vixen) and Louie (an outsider?) lay everything they know about construction and baby showers out on the table (nothing. They know nothing).
Edited by Alicia Camden Theme Song By Louie Aronowitz
This episode may take place In a Lonely Place, but we're never lonely on XOXO RIVERDALE! Kate and Louie come in hot on episode 7: how big is Riverdale and who exactly makes up The Press? A blast to the past on this episode of XOXO Riverdale! Edited by Alicia Camden Theme Song By Louie Aronowitz
Faster Pussycats, Kill! Kill! Kate and Louie sure do KILL! it covering Riverdale episode 6! Get ready for some hot takes with special guests: another adult with a lot of feelings and a REAL LIVE TEEN!
Edited by Alicia Camden
Theme Song By Louie Aronowitz
The Teen Choice Award results are IN and it's Riverdale Riverdale Riverdale! And Jake Paul...barf... but we don't talk about him too much!
What we do talk about is getting to the heart of Episode 5, Heart of Darkness. And, as a bonus, we discuss the fanfic phenomenon known as Deaf Jughead. And yeah, look it up, it's a real thing!
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This episode might be called The Last Picture Show, but we promise, it won't be the last podcast show (HAH!)! Get ready for Kate & Louie to do an in-depth analysis of Riverdale E4 aaaaaand for a brief Archie Comics history of that temptress/spinster Ms. Grundy!
Edited by Alicia Camden Theme Song By Louie Aronowitz
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Comedians Kate Vatter and Louie Pearlman are two grown-ass adults who are OBSESSED with all-things Riverdale. In this podcast, they’ll analyze every episode while discussing the intricacies and deep references that make the show so unique and fun. Every episode ends with a power ranking, a crush-list and a special segment exploring the world of the Riverdale fandom. So grab a milkshake from Pop’s and join us for XOXO Riverdale!
Kate & Louie uncover the deep complexities of what it means to get a "Sticky Maple," in this ep and debate if Luke Perry will make his ONLY appearance of Season Two in S2E1 or for the WHOLE SEASON? What will it be, folks??
Edited by Alicia Camden Theme Song By Louie Aronowitz
Kate and Louie touch on the second episode of Riverdale, "Touch of Evil," (see what we did there???) and chat about what's going on in Archie comics and the secret history of The Archies' classic 1969 single "Sugar Sugar!"
Comedians Kate Vatter and Louie Pearlman are two grown-ass adults who are OBSESSED with all-things Riverdale. In this podcast, they'll analyze every episode while discussing the intricacies and deep references that make the show so unique and fun. Every episode ends with a power ranking, a crush-list and a special segment exploring the world of the Riverdale fandom. So grab a milkshake from Pop's and join us for XOXO Riverdale!
In this episode: Kate and Louie delve into the pilot that started it all, Episode 1, The River's Edge!