The Riverdale Gang Podcast

Cheryl Blossom takes sweet sweet well-dressed revenge on her uptight parents at Jason’s funeral, while Archie receives some of the silliest advice our two hosts have ever heard from a potential songwriting mentor. Nana Rose drops a plot bomb on Betty. Ryan and Chloe are having a blast with this season one re-watch-along.<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/on5j4lqXjp8 " he...

Jughead waltzes into our hearts as he tries desperately to save the drive-in. Meanwhile, Betty finds herself a prop in Miss Grundy’s glove compartment that will lay low until season two. Your hosts Ryan and Chloë dig in hard.<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/JyRHG9Cpm6Q " height="1" width="1" alt=""/> Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The plot begins to thicken in the way we all have come to love about Riverdale, with Cheryl revealing to Sherriff Kellar that she helped Jason fake his death so that he could run away. Ryan and Chloe also take note that this is the first episode with social themes: slut shaming and sexual assault. […]<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/OGpSXM4_KZg " height="1" width="1" a...

Archie’s life becomes a bit of a mess this week, with Betty and Veronica feeling off about a kiss, and Miss Grundy in high abuser mode. Ryan and Chloë have a blast poking back into SE01.<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/8SeG2NIGl7A " height="1" width="1" alt=""/> Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If Riverdale is the quintessential American heaven, then there’s trouble in paradise. Jason Blossom has drowned in Sweetwater River to the town’s shock and surprise, while Miss Grundy gives Archie much more than music lessons, and there’s a new girl in town who is destined to be Betty’s best friend. Ryan and Chloe revisit the […]<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/K1eZm8w...

The Season Two finale is entitled ‘Brave New World’ – and Riverdale isn’t kidding. Opening at Jughead’s graveside, the show stops in its tracks and changes direction, leaving us hungry for Season Three. Ryan and Chloe are so here for this.<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/ZsBjfEqNq6o " height="1" width="1" alt=""/> Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

Poor Chloe simply cannot even with this episode’s ending, while Ryan looks on providing intellectual feedback. We were also happy to welcome Dr. Simon Pratt to the show, who helps us break down what a rioting Riverdale actually means. Features Cheryl’s hunting cape and Alice Cooper’s sass.<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/8TXoivf-l3w " height="1" width="1" alt=""/> H...

Plot is coming at you fast in this week’s pre-penultimate Riverdale! We recruited special guest host Amanda Konkin from Quiver: The Green Arrow Podcast to step into our favorite sleepy midwestern town completely unspoiled without having see a SINGLE episode! If you’ve gotten behind or forgotten what’s happening, get caught up alongside Amanda in this […]<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r...

Wow, what an episode! This week, it’s plot plot plot – as in, all the plot we’ve been waiting for all season. Ryan and Chloë get into all the loose threads Riverdale suddenly seems bent on tying up, including what we think is the beginning of a very fine Black Hood reveal. Features River Vixen […]<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/FpSrwCqM1zo " height="1" width="1" alt="...

Dearest Gang: we’re here. It’s the Carrie: The Musical episode long promised us by the Riverdale producers. Fairlith Harvey is back this week joining Ryan and Chloë on what is a truly bizarre ride, including a reappearance (maybe? we’re not sure) of the Black Hood.<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/GxI_bv-P2SA " height="1" width="1" alt=""/> Hosted on Acast. See acast...

Yet another hiatus week! This time around, Ryan and Chloe are back in the same city and are ready to dig into the strange humour of 1964 via the unused pilot of ‘Archie’, the pre-Riverdale Riverdale. Watch along with this week’s “Vintage Riverdale” here: https://youtu.be/AA9gesm2bBo<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/In0xEzHsuYo " height="1" width="1" alt=""/> Hosted o...

Riverdale goes dark so we got silly! Returning guests Fairlith and Andrew join Ryan to crack a few beers and laugh our way through one of the most intense episodes this season. Plot arcs get violent, and the conversion therapy plot (content warning!) is solidly resolved. Our falafel delivery arrives at an inconvenient time. All […]<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/nKhgT...

What do you get when you combine twelve burgers, five girls brushing hair, and two intrafamilial murder plots? Just another day in Riverdale, that’s what! Ryan takes a hiatus while Chloe co-hosts with theatre creator Fairlith Harvey on another wild ride. Note: Technical issues lead to greater than usual background noise in the later half […]<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGan...

The plot heats up with every one of our intrepid heroes floundering, confused, but determined to act in this week’s Riverdale. The looming spectre of the Lodge plot is finally revealed! Plus another amazing Blossom family public meltdown. Today’s episode included a discussion of the American for-profit prison industry and ethical issues within this system. […]<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner....

Happy end-of-hiatus! This week, Ryan and Chloe are joined by their pal Andrew Lynch, actor and geek extraordinaire, as Archie, Veronica, Jughead, and Betty head off to a cabin in the woods. Yes, that’s right, four teenagers in a cabin for a weekend – what could go wrong? Also, we get one of the plot […]<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/sDHEpWcPo9g " height="1" width="1"...

We’re on hiatus! Ryan and Chloë discuss where each character is and where their going, as well as some of the mighty fine technical aspects of this show – plus a little commentary on the garbage state of the world.<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/NIUqZUlMkqw " height="1" width="1" alt=""/> Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jumping into a two-week hiatus, Riverdale delivers for us an escalating and intimate tension this week. Remember how all of our favourite sexy teens are actually still children, in deep with horrifying real-world problems, the depth and consequence of which they are just beginning to grasp? Yeah, so does this week’s episode.<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/UAasgGhZhJ8...

A crime drama, and too many gangs! Archie gets himself in even deeper, Jughead faces consequences, Betty pulls her black wig out of storage, and Veronica copes with guilt as our plot moves steadily, strongly forward (and who expected THAT?!) Special guest Laura Fukumoto takes over for Chloe for this week’s fashion-forward episode of The […]<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang...

This week, Ryan and Chloe are joined by guest Erin-Brooke Kirsh, poet and activist, to discuss the usual Riverdale topics of colonialism, white privilege, and historiography. What, wait?<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/WoXlsi3VGHk " height="1" width="1" alt=""/> Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Midseason Premiere! Riverdale is back with fresh new genre. Long lost children, cults, federal investigators, convoluted crime plots – and maybe, just maybe, wildly progressive sex positivity? MAYBE!<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/43wpzy_hjOg " height="1" width="1" alt=""/> Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back gang! Join Ryan and Chloe gearing up for the back-half (two thirds?) of this year’s Riverdale with spoilers, scuttlebutt, comics, and a wishlist for our favorite Gang!<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/QiyzOjh9340 " height="1" width="1" alt=""/> Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Holiday episode! Sort of? Well as much of one as we are getting. Gather round to mark the season with another creepy Nana Blossom exposition ex machina, apparently our new seasonal tradition! Plus, a bunch of plots resolve, because even a mid-season finale needs SOME resolution?<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/pPHt_V0k0OY " height="1" width="1" alt=""/> Hosted on Ac...

We are back to our usual aesthetic after last week’s filmic adventure and everyone is miserable. Join us as the gang disintegrates and all romance dies to the tune of dulcet karaoke!<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/bTuk1Sx90R8 " height="1" width="1" alt=""/> Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our favorite episode yet Gang! No seriously though. This is the best. Three amazing, striking, distinct stories told in a fresh new framing that overtakes our beloved pretentious Jughead voiceover and places us all in the new, creepy, striking arthouse film that is now Riverdale. Seriously, THE BEST. And not JUST because of […]<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~...

Chloe and Ryan walk through the plot so far for each of the four main characters, plus favs Cheryl and Kevin. Predictions and speculation, analysis and critique of each major plot line, join us for a refresher on the season’s first arc!<img src=" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/-tPFnT2X6c8 " height="1" width="1" alt=""/> Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...