The Fangirl Business: A Supernatural Podcast

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! Note: Hey, Wayward Friends. This episode (as well as Part 2) references an interview conducted at a fan-run convention panel 5 years ago. During the course of our research for this episode, we discovered that the moderator for that panel, Ada, recently passed away. W...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! Chrisha and Catherine are BACK to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the "I love you" heard around the world in Supernatural 's episode "Despair." They begin with an update on how they are both doing (spoiler alert: shipwreck documentaries and...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! Join Chrisha and Catherine for a chaotic episode where all of the things that can happen in the background at Catherine's apartment do while they try to talk all about the music in the finale of The Winchesters. Topics range from just how exactly Dean did time-...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! CONTENT WARNING: There is a discussion of suicide and suidical ideation as it pertains to the characters of Akrida Kyle & Lata from The Winchesters and Dean from Supernatural.  Please be aware and kind to yourselves, Wayward Friends. The portion that discusses th...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! In this episode, Chrisha and Catherine start the discussion with Jack and his odd behavior at the end of Supernatural and during The Winchesters ' finale before moving on to talk about Baby, The Winchesters' title card and its connection to the Akrida, and...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! In this episode, Chrisha and Catherine discuss how the car scene at the end of the episode should have been, as a giant infodump, dull--and yet it was not (thanks, Ackles and Thompson!). They also discuss the clapbacks to the Supernatural finale, how dying and going...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! In this episode, Chrisha and Catherine catch up on what's been going on behind the scenes with each other, the writers' and actors' strikes and victories, the ongoing trash-fires at networks and streamers, and their gratitude to folks behind The Winche...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! Note: This is a re-release of Chrisha and Catherine's reaction episode to The Winchesters'  finale, which was originally released on March 8, 2023. A full analysis of "That's No Way to Say Goodbye" will be released in January, 2024. In this r...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! In this episode, Chrisha and Catherine look into the theme of mirrors and misdirection, which is particularly prevalent in this episode but has been a running theme throughout the series. They also examine the parallels this episode has with multiple episodes of Supe...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! In this episode, Chrisha and Catherine talk about the penultimate episode of The Winchesters, "The Tears of a Clown." Topics include: the concern about Ada considering giving up her soul; Dean's narration about the lies we tell ourselves and what self-...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! In this episode, Chrisha and Catherine talk jackets and callbacks, Lata's relationship with Maggie, queer media texts, the implications of this being an autobiographical story (told from Dean's perspective), and the interesting messaging behind the song &qu...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! In this episode, Chrisha and Catherine discuss the way that the series thus far has been a healing experience for many from Supernatural 's finale, Mary's response to Betty and to John's arrest, the revelations about John while he's in police cust...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! CONTENT WARNING: This episode includes discussions of Holocaust imagery and the medical and institutional history of targeting marginalized and oppressed groups for exploitation and experimentation. Please be mindful of your wellbeing when deciding to listen (Begins...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! This episode begins with a discussion of fate vs luck in "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" and the wider Supernatural franchise. Catherine and Chrisha then move on to monsters and gods, the differences between The Winchesters ' vampires and the vampires fro...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! In this episode, Chrisha and Catherine discuss The Winchesters ' episode "Cast Your Fate to the Wind," starting with the diversity presented behind the scenes and onscreen and moving on to the themes of free will versus fate and how what we think we se...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! In this episode, Chrisha and Catherine delve into what they've affectionately termed "the red string": trying to figure out what all the hints and mysteries behind each episode are leading to. Topics include: What the HELL was Chuck doing onstage in th...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! SPOILER WARNING: This episode contains reactions to and discussions of  The Winchesters ' season finale, "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye."  . . . . . . . . . . . In this raw audio episode, Chrisha and Catherine discuss their initial reactions t...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! If you want to follow along with Chrisha's social media reveals, scroll down to find all the links! In this episode, Chrisha and Catherine do a whole lot of screeching about: Dean Dean's birthday Dean talking about having an open heart That freaking amazing...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! In Part 2 of their 2-parter on The Winchesters'  "Reflections," Chrisha and Catherine take out their red string and have fun trying to untangle the mess of what the heck is going on in the wider story. They look at look at the connections between the A...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! In Part 1 of their 2-parter on The Winchesters'  "Reflections," Chrisha and Catherine look at the characters' journeys--everything from the psychological reasons for John's regression under pressure to Millie and Ada bonding to Carlos' k...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! Content Warning: This episode includes discussions of Dean Winchester's death. In Part 2 of their 2-parter on The Winchesters'  "Art of Dying," Chrisha and Catherine go full red string with discussions about possible AUs, the musical paratexts and...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! In Part 1 of their 2-parter on The Winchesters'  "Art of Dying," Chrisha and Catherine talk about barns. A lot. They also discuss Mary's growth as a leader, John's anger and his attempt at healing, Lata's powerful choice for non-violence...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! In Part 2 of their two-parter on The Winchesters'  "Legacy of a Mind," Chrisha and Catherine pull out the red string. They delve into the reasons why Mary and John's journey into Mary's mind may have felt a little familiar, why the monster of...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! It was another massive recording session for episode five of The Winchesters , "Legacy of a Mind," so this week Chrisha and Catherine are breaking it down into two different parts. Part 1 explores the Monster Club's character arcs in the episode and th...

We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us via this Buzzsprout link to let us know what you're thinking about this episode! Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of PTSD and John's self-harm behavior. It's been a bit of a wait, but Catherine and Chrisha are back with a MASSIVE almost 2 hour episode about The Winchester' s E4, "Masters of War." They foc...