The Friendship Factory

Who gave Theo drugs? That's right, it was our friends over at Daniel's Dread Tales ! Time for the thrilling conclusion to the adventures of our Side Six, where most of our friends went to Equestria metaphorically but one of them went literally! (It was me!) Follow the Friendship Factory on Bluesky , Tumblr , YouTube , and TikTok ! OUR HOSTS: When Cain’s not podcasting, they’re putting the...

Hello everypony! Got another bonus episode hot and ready for y'all, this time coming directly from our friends over at Daniel's Dread Tales ! Have you ever imagined what might happen if the Mane Six were worse ponies? So did we! Follow the Friendship Factory on Bluesky , Tumblr , YouTube , and TikTok ! OUR HOSTS: When Cain’s not podcasting, they’re putting their talents to use as an inter...

Surprise! It's not season 3 yet, it's just Cain and Theo suffering through the 2012 Bronies documentary, but don't worry: you can suffer right along with them! This week: Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony . Jesus Christ Mr. de Lancie why did you make the title so long Follow the podcast on Bluesky , Tumblr , YouTube , and TikTok ! OUR HOSTS: When Cain’s not podcasting,...

Time for the end of another season! This time, we're not only looking back at our show, we're looking forward at your excellent questions! And also answering them, of course. We're not, like, just asking them and moving on. That'd be weird. This week: the Season 2 Postmortem. come getcha posts mortemed, everypony. Follow the podcast on Bluesky , Tumblr , YouTube , and TikTok ! OUR HOSTS: When Cain...

Ring-a-ding-ding, everypony! The season's almost over but, with a royal wedding around the corner, the fun's just begun: failgirl villains, overhyped empresses, and gamer logic abound in the two-parter that defined a series. Presumably. We've got nine seasons left to go. This week: "A Canterlot Wedding." Featuring Dan , of Daniel's Dread Tales ! Follow the podcast on Bluesky , T...

Zounds! A cake has been devoured—and nary a suspect to be found! Fortunately, we've got our best two detectives on the case. Unfortunately, we've got only two detectives to choose from at all. Don't worry everything turns out fine. This week: "MMMystery on the Friendship Express." Featuring Russell, of Daniel's Dread Tales ! Follow the podcast on Bluesky , Tumblr , YouTube , and...

The Cutie Mark Crusaders are back, and more craven than ever! Watch as they expose everypony's innermost secrets in pursuit of fame and glory, a goal we only know will destroy them in time. It's real fucked. I'm making some of this up. Meta. This week: "Ponyville Confidential." Seriously, Cheerilee, where the fuck were you for all this. M.A. LARSON AMA: https://www.equestriadaily.com/201...

Fluttershy is once again too moe to live as, uh-oh, Rainbow Dash needs her help to get water up to Cloudsdale! Will the shy successfully overcome her fear of flying? Will Cloudsdale get its water in time? Will Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy smooch for the first time? Yes to all of the above. This week: "Hurricane Fluttershy." Remember: only you can stop bullying. Follow the podcast on Blues...

Spike may be a dragon, but what does that even mean when he's only grown up around ponies? To find out, he'll have to leave home and come to terms with his—oh, what's that? He's just decided he's a pony now? He's forsaken his draconic identity? Well, I'm sure that'll leave Cain and Theo with no troubling implications to explore. This week: "Dragon Quest." Time to complete the racism spec...

It's time for a shake-up! Twilight's had it too good for too long in her ivory tower—wait, haven't we done this episode before? This week: "It's About Time." Look this one isn't a time loop, but it does have time travel and it's real good. Follow the podcast on Bluesky , Tumblr , YouTube , and TikTok ! OUR HOSTS: When Cain’s not podcasting, they’re putting their talents to use as an inte...

Poor Fluttershy—too moe to live, but too kawaii to die. It's time for her to learn the art of assertiveness but, unfortunately, "assertiveness" and "whoa you're just straight up being a dickhead what the fuck" are very closely related categories. Will she find out how to balance the scales? Will we be forced to pull in a special consultant to assess her fuckups? Tune in to find...

fuck you I'm not writing a description this episode doesn't deserve it except to say that Cain came up with the title This week: "A Friend in Deed." eat shit Pinkie Pie Follow the podcast on Bluesky , Tumblr , YouTube , and TikTok ! OUR HOSTS: When Cain’s not podcasting, they’re putting their talents to use as an interdisciplinary artist. They’re responsible for the podcast promo videos,...

Time again for the Cutie Mark Crusaders, and can you guess what they're looking for a cutie mark in this week? That's right—heteronormativity! This week: "Hearts and Hooves Day." Send some sweets to the lesbian in your life today. Follow the podcast on Bluesky , Tumblr , YouTube , and TikTok ! OUR HOSTS: When Cain’s not podcasting, they’re putting their talents to use as an interdiscipli...

Ever read a book so good you wanted to steal it? Sure, we all do, but nopony's doing it harder than Rainbow Dash, incidentally giving us a troublingly true-to-life insight into pony healthcare along the way. This week: "Read It and Weep." I'm gonna be so real, there's a lot we had to cut out of this one Follow the podcast on Bluesky , Tumblr , YouTube , and TikTok ! OUR HOSTS: When Cain’...

Uh-oh! Capitalists come for Sweet Apple Acres! Can Applejack fend off the pernicious practices of the devious Flim Flam brothers? Only if she improves on her dogshit business logistics! This week: "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000." Featuring special guests, and actual alleged con artists, Marn and Izze ! Follow the podcast on Bluesky , Tumblr , and its very own Pinecast page! OUR HOS...

Applejack fucks up a rodeo or something but who gives a shit, this was the episode where a fan favorite showed up and oh my God can this show be normal for five minutes if it's not race it's disability fuck's sake This week: "The Last Roundup." You can never escape the #derpygate. Follow the podcast on Bluesky , Tumblr , and its very own Pinecast page! OUR HOSTS: When Cain’s not podcasti...

When Mr. and Mrs. Cake need a babysitter on short notice, who's the only pony they can rely upon? Not Pinkie, that's for fucking sure, but unfortunately fate has denied them any alternative. Will Pinkie Pie be able to wrangle up tiny Pound and Pumpkin? Or will she crumble under the weight of her responsibilities? The latter would be fully valid, given that diaper changes have to be done orally in...

Hi-diddly-ho, everypony! Welcome back to the factory, where we've got fantasy fruit and equine dementia on the docket! And, somehow, it turns out, the second setting loredrop episode in a row? This show never stops surprising me. This week: "Family Appreciation Day." Listen I'm so mad zap apples aren't real I'd fuck those things up so fast Follow the podcast on Bluesky , Tumblr , and its...

Happy holidays, compadres! Over here, we're celebrating lame holidays like Christmas and Festivus, but you know what they celebrate over in Equestria? That's right, the founding of their nation! Which was super chill and not weird and definitely didn't appropriate Native American cultural terms for a pun. This week: "Hearth's Warming Eve." Thank God we've got Oak of the Alexandrites gues...

Happy birthday to our favorite little dragon, Spikey Wikey! What's he getting this year? Robbed! And also puberty! Yeah we got another fucked one gang!! This week: "Secret of My Excess." If you thought My Little Pony wasn't weird enough about dragons, you ain't seen nothin yet Follow the podcast on Bluesky, Tumblr, and its very own Pinecast page! OUR HOSTS: When Cain’s not podcasting, th...

To be young and carefree amid the blue waters and idyllic landscape of sun-drenched Italy in the late 1950s; that's la dolce vita Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) craves- and Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law) leads. When Dickie's father asks Tom to bring his errant playboy son back home to America, Dickie and his beautiful expatriate girlfriend, Marge Sherwood (Gwyneth Paltrow), never suspect the dangerous extre...

Oh no, a crisis in Ponyville! Several crises, in fact! A statistically unlikely number of them! Will Rainbow Dash be able to save the day, or will she be forced to learn a lesson about friendship and arrogance? That's it those are the only two choices This week: "The Mysterious Mare Do Well." And may your mare do well, too. Follow the podcast on Bluesky , Tumblr , and its very own Pineca...

yes I am prouder of that title than I am of anything I've ever done in my life let me write for the next generation of MLP This week: "May the Best Pet Win!" And don't worry: it will. It will. Follow the podcast on Bluesky , Tumblr , and its very own Pinecast page! OUR HOSTS: When Cain’s not podcasting, they’re putting their talents to use as an interdisciplinary artist. They’re responsi...

Oh boy, time for another hot dose of the Cutie Mark Crusaders! I sure hope one of them doesn't end up with an inscrutable illness that turns her French, almost as much as I hope we don't ever see the racist caricature again! What's that? We have both? Well, at least we have special guest Ash to help us out, and maybe break our brains with a wild fanfic reference to boot! This week: "The Cutie...

Gamers, with apologies to Cain, it's time for another episode with their least favorite pony. Can Rarity and Sweetie Belle overcome their struggles to learn the true meaning of sisterhood? How much dirty is enough dirty? Who the FUCK is Hondo Flanks? Stay tuned to find out! Follow the podcast on Bluesky , Tumblr , and its very own Pinecast page! OUR HOSTS: When Cain’s not podcasting, they’re putti...