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)

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This week the themes of the season persist, someone fucks 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)

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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

After School Special (413)

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)

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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)

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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)

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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!

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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 Asshole 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

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We recorded an episode on the Supernatural prequel. This is the first you're hearing about it. You're gutted. #Bravo you cowards

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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!  

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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

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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)

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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+)

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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)  

Ride or Die - S4E03 - In the Beginning

The Winchesters meet some old friends and categorically fail to make any new ones this week on Ride or Die - S4E02 - Are You There God? It's Me, Dean Winchester! Weekly Recs: Waldorph - Citation Needed Podcast Pru - Inuyasha

Ride or Die - S4E02 - Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester

Ride or die is the result of a series of poor choices that's led to this: an episode-by-episode examination of Supernatural, hosted by Waldorph and Pru. Join us each week on our death march through the CW cult classic -- and remember, driver picks the music, shotgun shuts their cakehole.

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