Episodes
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!
Published 02/10/22
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!
Published 01/27/22
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)
Published 01/13/22
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
Published 12/30/21
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!
Published 12/16/21
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)
Published 12/02/21
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)
Published 11/18/21
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)
Published 11/04/21
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)
Published 10/21/21
This week the themes of the season persist, someone f***s 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)
Published 10/07/21
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
Published 09/16/21
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)
Published 09/02/21
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)
Published 08/19/21
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)
Published 08/05/21
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!
Recs:
Pru - The Moons of August by Danusha Lameris
Waldorph - The Try Channel (youtube)
Published 07/22/21
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 A*****e 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
Published 07/15/21
We recorded an episode on the Supernatural prequel.
This is the first you're hearing about it.
You're gutted.
#Bravo you cowards
Published 07/08/21
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!
(note: Waldorph's audio was wonky this ep, no we have no idea why but sorry!)
Recs:
Pru: Monsters Among Us (Podcast)
Waldorph: neal.fun/deep-sea
Published 05/27/21
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
Published 05/13/21
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)
Published 04/29/21
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+)
Published 04/22/21
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)
Published 04/15/21
Weekly Recs:
Waldorph - Citation Needed Podcast
Pru - Inuyasha
Published 04/08/21
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
Published 04/01/21