Little House, Big Opinions

In this episode of Little House, Big Opinions — the Little House on the Prairie rewatch podcast for people unpacking their childhood in real time — Riley and Amanda revisit "The Raccoon," an episode that somehow turns an adorable baby raccoon into one of the most emotionally devastating episodes of Season 1. After Mary accidentally destroys Laura's beloved doll, she brings home an orphaned baby ra...

Yesteryear Deep Dive + Little House Reboot Predictions (Special Episode) | Little House, Big Opinions Podcast In this special episode of Little House, Big Opinions — the Little House on the Prairie rewatch podcast for people unpacking their childhood in real time — Riley and Amanda take a break from their Season 1 rewatch to discuss one of the year's most talked-about literary fiction releases...

In this episode of the Little House on the Prairie rewatch podcast, Riley and Amanda are back in Walnut Grove for Season 1, Episode 9 — School Mom — and it might just be the most chaotic substitute teacher situation in prairie history. Miss Beadle is conveniently off her feet, which means Carolyn steps up to take over the classroom. Harriet Olson also attempts to step up — emphasis on attempts, be...

In this episode of the Little House on the Prairie rewatch podcast, Riley and Amanda are back in Walnut Grove for Season 1, Episode 8 — Ma's Holiday — and honestly? Low trauma, high chaos, zero rattlesnake for dinner. Well. Almost. Charles surprises Carolyn with a second honeymoon to Mankato — after bribing her with a bonnet to stop talking about the kids. Grace conveniently comes down with a...

In this episode of Little House, Big Opinions — the Little House on the Prairie rewatch podcast for people unpacking their childhood in real time — Riley and Amanda cover "Town Party, Country Party," and it might be the most deceptively wholesome episode of the whole series. A girl named Olga is born with one leg shorter than the other. She gets excluded from a relay race, accidentally b...

Riley and Amanda are back, and this week someone fakes their own death on the prairie. Honestly, respect. In episode six, your Little House guides tackle Season 1, Episode 7 — If I Should Die Before I Wake — in which a delightfully dramatic old woman named Amy decides the best way to get her estranged children to visit is to pretend she has died. It works. Charles gets fully swept up in the scheme...

Riley and Amanda are back, and Laura Ingalls has discovered boys. This is not going well for anyone. In episode five, your Little House guides tackle Season 1, Episode 6 — The Love of Johnny Johnson — in which a new student arrives at the Walnut Grove schoolhouse and Laura immediately loses her entire mind over him. Johnny is listed as 15 in the show. The actor is 18. He looks 27. Laura is 10. Nob...

Welcome to the very first Prairie Short — a shorter, lighter episode for a lighter Little House story. No explosions. No broken bones. Just vibes, mild matchmaking, and one man singing Old Dan Tucker an unreasonable number of times. In this Prairie Short, Riley and Amanda cover Season 1, Episode 4 — Mr. Edwards' Homecoming — in which Pa finds Mr. Edwards drunk in a saloon, dunks his head in water...

Riley and Amanda are back, and things just got significantly less wholesome. In episode three, your Little House guides tackle Season 1, Episode 3 — The 100 Mile Walk — and this is the one where Little House finally shows its true colors. Pa's crops are looking great, the family is thriving, and then — as is tradition — everything immediately falls apart. There's a hailstorm, a 100-mile walk for w...

Riley and Amanda are back, and this time things are comparatively… fine? Don't worry, it won't last. In episode two, your Little House guides tackle what are technically Season 1 episodes one and two — Harvest of Friends and Country Girls — as they follow the Ingalls family to their new life in Walnut Grove (Plum Creek is the farmstead, Walnut Grove is the town — they figured it out, you're welcom...

Riley and Amanda are here, and the Ingalls family did not think this through — packing up and moving to the middle of Indian Territory with zero forethought will do that to you. In their very first episode, your new favorite Little House guides introduce themselves, explain how a summer of communal prairie watching turned into a full-blown podcast, and break down Season 1, Episode 1. There are wol...