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XOXO Riverdale

148 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★ - 17 ratings

Comedians Kate Vatter and Louie Pearlman are two grown-ass adults who are OBSESSED with all-things Riverdale. In this podcast, they'll analyze every episode while discussing the intricacies and deep references that make the show so unique and fun. Every episode includes a power ranking, a crush-list and a special segment exploring the world of the Riverdale fandom and it's stars. So grab a milkshake from Pop's and join us for XOXO Riverdale!

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Episodes

XOXO: The Series Finale Roundtable T or F Extravaganza

September 26, 2023 17:30 - 1 hour - 108 MB

Kate and Louie get in the final word on the entire series of Riverdale! But they're not doing it alone. They're joined by Frank Garcia Hejl (Mas Mejor) and Dana Wickens (Off Book: The Improvised Musical podcast) for some true or false. Then! A rousing round table with our pals Bethany Boles (Story Pirates), Kevin Gillian (Geeks Out!), KJ (Supernatural Opinions Podcast), Jenna Palme (this friggin' podcast), and Alex Zalben (Riverdale After Dark) to bring us back across the Sweetwater River!...

Ch 137 - Goodbye Riverdale w/ Special Guest Sadie Dupuis (Speedy Ortiz, Sad 13)

August 31, 2023 20:59 - 2 hours - 114 MB

All good things must come to an end, even recap fan podcasts. In this, the PENULTIMATE episode of XOXO Riverdale (this is our last recap, but we've got something fun planned for next week) Kate and Louie cover the final episode of our beloved Riverdale. Also! Louie interviews Riverdale megafan, Speedy Ortiz songwriter, guitarist and singer Sadie Dupuis. Their new album, Rabit Rabit comes out Sept 1st. Also: here's the link to Louie's interview with the Today Show!

Ch 136 - Golden Age of Television

August 24, 2023 18:36 - 1 hour - 57 MB

As the ol' gang from Pop's starts to wrap it up, so do your intrepid podcast hosts Kate and Louie. Join them as they watch the episode in which our pals watch themselves in a meta act of inward facing meta-ness. Edited by Angley Mercado Theme song by Louie Aranowitz

Ch 135 - For a Better Tomorrow!

August 17, 2023 14:05 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MB

Duck and cover into this totally atomic, episode of Riverdale with Kate and Louie! Edited by Angley Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aranowitz

Ch 134 A Different Kind of Cat

August 10, 2023 22:22 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MB

Will Josie's triumphant return to Riverdale be a smashing success or a box-office flop? Listen to this episode to find out! Edited by Angley Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aranowitz

Ch 133 - Stag

August 03, 2023 23:39 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MB

Kate and Louie discuss one of their all-time favorite Riverdale episodes, the delightful Stag. Archie X Reggie 4Eva! Theme song by Louie Aronowitz Edited by Angley Mercado

Ch 132 - Miss Teen Riverdale

July 26, 2023 17:11 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MB

Kate and Louie get into this special beauty pageant episode of Riverdale but spend almost as much time going on about the Barbie movie. Edited by Angley Mercado Theme song by Louie Aranowitz

Ch 131 - Archie the Musical w/ special guest Jenna Palme

July 13, 2023 20:42 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MB

Louie and his savvy bud, guest co-host, Jenna Palme finally answer the question: what direction is Archie gonna go in? Left or Right? Can Archie make up his mind??? Edited by Angley Mercado Theme song by Louie Aranowitz

Ch 130 - The Crucible

July 06, 2023 22:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MB

The red menace comes to Riverdale! And Hiram returns! Theme Song by Louie Aranowitz Edited by Angley Mercado

Ch 129 - After the Fall

June 29, 2023 14:57 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MB

Reggie, Archie, unseen basketball games! Edited by Angley Mercado Theme song by Louie Aronowitz

Ch 128 - Halloween II

June 14, 2023 01:54 - 51 minutes - 47 MB

Get ready for a real Ghost Show of an episode! Here's Louie's playlist to spin at your next Halloween Hootenanny! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4BUTNuakU5QAq3aNJv5VFb?si=e4327a417fc54a2c Edited by Angley Mercado Theme song by Louie Aranowitz

Ch 127 - American Graffiti

June 07, 2023 21:47 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MB

Here's a frightening question: will you ever love anything as much as Archie loves his car in this episode? Edited by Angley Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aronowitz

Ch 126 - Betty & Veronica Double Digest

June 01, 2023 13:25 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MB

Louie and Kate are SEEING DOUBLE in this latest episode! Edited by Angely Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aranowitz

Ch 125 - Hoop Dreams

May 31, 2023 14:15 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MB

We're pretty excited to rant and rave about our new fave Riverdale character Farm Reggie! Edited by Angley Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aronowitz

Ch 124 - Dirty Dancing

May 18, 2023 14:03 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MB

Hey kids! Here's a BRAND NEW DANCE to watch and learn, it's called The Twirl! Edited by Angley Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aronowitz

Ch 123 - Peep Show

May 10, 2023 14:21 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MB

Kate and Louie talk about high school jobs, the writers strike, and how this episode of Riverdale was pretty sexay? Edited by Angley Mercado Theme song by Louie Aronowitz

Ch 122 - Tales in a Jugular Vein

May 03, 2023 16:11 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MB

Greetings, guys and GHOULS, it's time for another SCARE-LARIOUS Riverdale DECAP SPOOKCAST! Edited by Angley Mercado Theme song by Louie Aronowitz

Ch 121 - Love and Marriage

April 26, 2023 14:31 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MB

This is what happens when you're just not allowed to be gay, people! Edited by Angley Mercado Theme song by Louie Aronowitz

Chapter 120 - Sex Education

April 19, 2023 16:09 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MB

Get down with the weird and wonderful sexy jungle dance sequence with Kate and Louie! Edited by Angley Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aronowitz

Chapter One Hundred Nineteen: Skip, Hop and Thump!

April 10, 2023 14:56 - 1 hour - 65.8 MB

This episode is NOT Sponcon... unlike a particular Riverdale cast member's baby announcement?!? Edited by Angley Mercado Theme song by Louie Aronowitz

Chapter One Hundred Eighteen: Don't Worry Darling

April 06, 2023 18:11 - 1 hour - 66.1 MB

The Riverdale recap podcast that DGAF is BACK FOR OUR FINAL SEASON BABY! Kate and Louie get into if they'd like to become teenagers in the 1950s, then get into Scream 6, Yosemite Sam doing Jughead, and OF COURSE the FINAL SEASON PREMIERE of Riverdale! -- Edited by Angley Mercado Theme song by Louie Aronowitz

Chapter One Hundred Seventeen: Night of the Comet

August 04, 2022 01:10 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MB

It's the last episode of season six and the last day Riverdale will exist...forever? Kate and Louie discuss the end of the season as we know it and they feel fine.

Chapter One Hundred Sixteen: The Stand

July 29, 2022 14:55 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MB

Kate and Louie create a circle of punches and thwap that naughty Percival Pickens a few times on the nose in this episode covering the penultimate chapter of Season Six of Riverdale! Edited by Angley Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aronowitz

Chapter One Hundred Fourteen & Fifteen - The Witches of Riverdale & Return to Rivervale!

July 22, 2022 17:17 - 50 minutes - 46 MB

This week, it's a two-for-one! First, Kate and Louie get witchy with Sabrina's second guest appearance, and then travel the multiverse with the high-concept Return to Rivervale! Edited by Angley Mercado Theme song by Louie Aronowitz

Chapter One Hundred Thirteen - Biblical w/ special guest Kevin Gilligan!

June 29, 2022 16:32 - 1 hour - 58.2 MB

Geeks Out! VP Kevin Gilligan joins us as we get wrathful, vengeful, plague-full and biblical on this week's absolutely engulfed-in-flames Riverdale episode! Edited by Angley Mercado Theme song by Louie Aronowitz

Chapter One Hundred Twelve: American Psychos

June 19, 2022 14:36 - 1 hour - 56 MB

A special musical episode of Riverdale that isn't totally insane and instead only somewhat insane? What a concept! Edited by Angley Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aronowitz

Chapter One Hundred Eleven: Blue Collar

June 03, 2022 20:41 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Hey - Kate and Louie are PRO UNION! Just in case you were worried. Edited by Angley Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aronowitz

Chapter One Hundred and Ten: Things that Go Bump in the Night

May 30, 2022 15:20 - 53 minutes - 49 MB

You came to the right place if you want Kate and Louie's hot takes on Riverdale's cancelation announcement! Plus, they cover the very spooky-ookie Chapter One Hundred and Ten! Edited by Angley Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aronowitz

Chapter One Hundred and Nine: Venomous

May 20, 2022 17:39 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MB

Baby can't you see, we're poddin'? Riverdale is back, and it's not ploddin' Kate's dangerous, Louie's ballin... (do do doo do loo dee doo dee doo...) Edited by Angely Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aronowitz

Chapter One Hundred Eight: Ex Libris

May 13, 2022 20:41 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MB

What library books do you have overdue? Would you be willing to trade in your Delillo for collateral??? Edited by Angely Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aronowitz

Chapter One Hundred Seven: In the Fog

May 05, 2022 00:01 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB

Kate and Louie come out of the fog and who is waiting there for them??? MOOSE!! <<Heart eyes emoji>> Edited by Angley Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aronowitz

Chapter One Hundred and Six: Angels in America

April 27, 2022 19:25 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Kate and Louie time-jump through episode 106 because they're both chronokenetic er whatever. Also, we had some listener feedback that we address! Edited by Angley Mercado Theme song by Louie Aronowitz

Chapter One Hundred and Five: Folk Heroes

April 21, 2022 01:14 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MB

Kate and Louie cover season 5's "Folk Heroes" - was it larger than life, or mythically overexaggerated? Plus! Who from the Riverdale cast was at Coachella!  Edited by Angley Mercado Theme song by Louie Aronowitz

Chapter One Hundred and Four: The Serpent Queen's Gambit - with special guest Jenna Palme!

April 18, 2022 16:52 - 1 hour - 61.6 MB

Kate and Louie are joined by XOXO's new EPISODE live tweeter Jenna Palme to mainly talk about how disappointing Kevin Keller was in this episode. Kevin, go to your room. Catch Jenna's live tweets at @XOXORiverPOD! Edited by Angley Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aranowitz

Chapter One Hundered and Three: The Town

April 07, 2022 13:23 - 39 minutes - 36 MB

Kate and Louie give their take on the exposé that exposed very little, the scammers, the wise guys, the Riverdale. Edited by Angely Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aronowitz

Chapter One Hundred and Two: Death at a Funeral

March 29, 2022 20:04 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MB

Ronnie says goodbye to her papa while Jughead says hello to his awesome new superpower - drawing straight lines! Edited by Angely Mercado Theme song by Louie Aronowitz

Chapter One Hundred and One: Unbelievable

March 24, 2022 23:41 - 42 minutes - 39 MB

We're back and so is Riverdale! Do you like the totally bananas direction it's taking? Do we? Could Jughead be getting more of a bad deal out of the explosion?? Edited by Angely Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aronowitz

Ch. 100 - The Jughead Paradox

December 21, 2021 00:07 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MB

The hundredth episode of our favorite absolutely bananas TV show is here! Don't worry, Kate and Louie were pretty confused by this one too. Edited by Angely Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aronowitz

Chapter Nintey Nine - The Witching Hour(s)

December 14, 2021 02:59 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MB

What even IS time? A Construct? A concrete reality doomed to repeat in an infinite loop? An excuse to put Kiernan Shipka in a cool outfit? Edited by Angely Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aronowitz

Chapter Nintey Eight - Mr. Cypher

December 14, 2021 02:54 - 1 hour - 56.1 MB

WHO IS MR. CYPHER? Is he a cool, sexy new character in Rivervale? Is he very tricky? Is the logic around how he operates very muddy? The answers to all of these questions are YES! Also, he's literally Satan OK byeeee... Edited by Angely Mercado Theme song by Louie Aronowitz

Chapter 97: Ghost Stories

November 30, 2021 01:47 - 1 hour - 57 MB

Where did all those empty bottles of scotch come from??? Edited by Angely Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aronowitz

Chapter 96: Welcome to Rivervale

November 22, 2021 23:22 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MB

You were wondering what Katvie and Lovie's takes on the premiere of seavon sivvvxxx of Rivervale would be! Well, now you can vind out! Edited by Anvely Mervado Theme song by Lovie Aranovivvvvv

Chapter 95: Riverdale (RIP?)

October 12, 2021 02:18 - 1 hour - 55.3 MB

We'll be alright. Get out of here! Can't you see we don't want you anymore? Is this the end of the line for the Core Four? Are we all in on magic now? Do any of these people understand how jobs work? Can we finally say goodbye to at least one villain? Listen to Kate and Louie attempt to answer even a single question.

Chapter Ninety-Four: Next to Normal

October 05, 2021 00:58 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MB

It's another musical episode of our favorite show with regular musical numbers, so Kate and Louie break it down for you. How does this one compare to musical episodes of the past? Is it actually a good episode of Riverdale? What does a good episode of Riverdale consist of any more? Theme song by Louie Aranowitz Edited by Angely Mercado

Chapter Ninety-Three: Dance of Death

September 28, 2021 02:00 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MB

Kate and Louie are aided by the ghosts of fallen soldiers as they move the heavens and earth in this episode of the pod! Edited by Angely Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aranowitz

Chapter Ninety-Two: Band of Brothers

September 20, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MB

Happy 100th episode of XOXO Riverdale, and thanks for sticking with us! After Kate and Louie (the Queens of the Bees) take a wild trip down a very sticky memory lane, they confront the dead soldiers in the room and tackle this week's episode! Edited by Angely Mercado Theme song by Louie Aranowitz

Chapter Ninety-One: Return of the Pussycats

September 14, 2021 00:58 - 1 hour - 57.5 MB

The pussycats have returned indeed and Kate and Louie were here for it! They get into which songs worked, which didn’t, and the debut of a very important character! Plus, if you want to learn more about the plight of Roberto Aguirre Sacasa’s father Roberto please visit: https://deadline.com/2021/09/riverdale-cast-support-roberto-aguirre-sacasa-father-treason-charge-nicaragua-1234828636/ #FreeFrancisco #SOSNicaragua Edited by Angely Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aranowitz

Chapter Ninety - The Night Gallery w/ special guest Katie Pearlman

September 06, 2021 20:53 - 1 hour - 55 MB

As one should when looking at a gallery of strange paintings, one must consider many points of view. That's why Kate and Louie are joined by Louie's MOM Katie Pearlman to discuss this week's episode, The Night Gallery! Edited by Angely Mercado Theme Song by Louie Aronowitz

Chapter Eighty-Nine: Reservoir Dogs

August 30, 2021 14:59 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MB

Hey! Remember the 2000 Piper Perabo vehicle Coyote Ugly? Well, Kate and Louie remember it pretty much as well as you. Edited by Angely Mercado Theme song by Louie Aronowitz

Chaper Eighty-Eight: Citizen Lodge

August 23, 2021 03:27 - 57 minutes - 53 MB

What do Kate and Louie do with an actual GOOD episode of Riverdale? Now is your chance to find out as they dive into Citizen Lodge the way that Vito Alto dives into a plate of spaghetti marinara! Edited by Angely Mercado Theme song by Louie Aronowitz

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