Episode 24 – Anne Stans
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Two trains are about to collide on a track inside Riverdale, but that doesn't (necessarily) mean the second season is heading towards a veritable train wreck. Lucy and Evan talk with friend, author, and one of the greatest people around, Anne Thériault, about Chapter 29 of the Riverdale saga: "Primary Colors." Political factions vie for control of both the town and the student council as Chic gets increasingly creepy (it's a bottomless well) and Cheryl and Toni's love (ahem) blossoms. The gang discusses this, as well as: a definitive ranking of the DILFs of Riverdale the omnipresent but...
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Episode 23 – Pell-Mell Noel
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Join us for a very special (if somewhat belated) holiday episode of Radio Free Riverdale. We've reached the mid-season finale of Riverdale's second season: episode 9, "Silent Night, Deadly Night." The holidays have arrived, but no one wants to see the Black Hood coming down their chimney. Will the Archie-Veronica and Jughead-Betty break-ups last? How will Fred Andrews pay his bill? And how long has Nana Rose Blossom had a red streak in her hair? We also discuss: Serpent justice and gang laws the Pacino-esque qualities of Skeet Ulrich just how much a diner costs Panettone, the biggest...
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Episode 22 – Sundown Letdown
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It's been a while, but Lucy and Evan are finally back and ready to talk about all things Archie. After an extended (and unexpected) hiatus, Radio Free Riverdale is back, and we're talking the second season of Riverdale's fourth episode, "The Town That Dreaded Sundown." Who is the Black Hood, the serial killer that stalks the former "Town with Pep"? Will the divide between North and South Riverdale widen? How much of The Outsiders can the show crib? Listen in to hear us expound on: the dangers of recreational jingle-jangle use the political relevance of designer T-shirts the pros and...
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Episode 21 – Springer's Zingers
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In a very special episode of Radio Free Riverdale, Lucy, Evan, and a special guest – comedian, and podcaster Darren Springer – stare deep into the abyss that is the 1990 TV movie, Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again. Archies Pals 'n' Gals are in their mid-thirties, back in town for a high school reunion, and they're all so very sad. Not only are they dealing with troubled relationships and failed ambitions, but also facing a new world of luxury cars, portable phones, and hip-hop music that seems to have no patience of memories and "good times." We witnessed it all...
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Episode 20 – Boyce's Choice
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Feeling some Riverdale: A Murder Mystery withdrawal, Lucy and Evan invite tarot reader, workshop facilitator and all-around amazing feelings witch Carly Boyce to help them process their feelings on Riverdale Digest #1, a digest-sized anthology of the first issues of the new Archie, Jughead, Betty & Veronica, Josie & the Pussycats, and Reggie & Me. Along the way, the three discuss: dance parties in the total dark (and other alternative dance parties) stories narrated by dogs the #lipstickincident and other popular hashtags how little Evan and Carly know about Game of Thrones...
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Episode 19 – Burns Discerns
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By sheer coincidence – or was it something more? – the epic first season of Riverdale drew to a close just as one of its acknowledged influences, Twin Peaks, returned to the airwaves (or fiber optic cables? WiFi?). So Lucy and Evan invite pop culture writer Andy Burns, author of the Twin Peaks book Wrapped in Plastic and Riverdale enthusiast onto the 'cast. The three pound at the ice of Episode 13, "The Sweet Hereafter," to get to the metaphorical drowning Blossoms within. Listen in to hear discussions on: when and if Riverdale will ever intersect with the Black Lodge the vagaries of the...
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Episode 18 – Bee Spree
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As Lion King villain Scar famously said (or sang): be prepared! Radio Free Riverdale co-hosts Lucy Cappiello and Evan Munday tackle a monster digest – specifically Archie Comics Jumbo Digest #251. But we also have a few things to say about Riverdale: A Murder Mystery Episode 11: "To Riverdale and Back Again." Lucy and Evan dish on: Clifford Blossom's wig lair Mr. Weatherbee's troubling food shame Archie 3000 and his majestic mullet "polyamorist": is it a word? What Molly Ringwald believes may surprise you bands at weddings and – because it wouldn't be a podcast without...
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Episode 17 – Donahue Ballyhoo
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Lucy and Evan invite the hilarious and talented Anne T. Donahue to talk about Riverdale Episode #8, "The Outsiders." Veronica Lodge decides to throw Polly Cooper an ill-advised baby shower while Archie attempts to go not-undercover and infiltrate the Southside Serpents. Get ready, because we have a lot of feelings about: the return of baseball (and the Toronto Blue Jays) construction work and bruiser studs Archie's narc letterman jacket the Skeet Ulrich Renaissance (again) Polly and her stupid headbands and, of course, that Jughead's dad is a Southside Serpent! We had some sound...
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Episode 16 – San Fran
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It’s back to basics at Radio Free Riverdale as co-hosts Lucy Cappiello and Evan Munday delve back into the double-digests, but make a crucial and important digression into Riverdale, with lots of talk about Episode 7: “In a Lonely Place.” After Riverdale delights and grievances are aired, they dig into Betty and Veronica Double Digest #251. Lucy and Evan get cracking on: babies travelling through whale aortas the Skeet Ulrich renaissance the world is experiencing right now imaginary Archie-verse weddings Salem’s all-too-human human lust San Francisco, liberated books,...
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Episode 15 – Riverdale's Edge
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After an extended baby-related hiatus, Lucy Cappiello and Evan Munday are back to talk about everybody's favourite new CW/Netflix show, Riverdale. Finally, someone let us out of our cage, and we have a lot of thoughts about: Archie Andrews's construction-borne abs sexual predators hiding as teachers Jughead's non-burger diet and cringeworthy voiceovers Mr. Weatherbee's bolo ties whether moose or horses have larger members and, of course, who killed Jason Blossom? Stay tuned for more reviews of Archie digests and (inevitably) more sizzling hot Riverdale takes. (And, of course, watch...
info_outlineLucy and Evan go where no Archie reviewers have gone before: space, the final frontier. That, and the Archie Comics app. Your two favourite Archie enthusiasts (?) test out how Archie looks on their phones by downloading Archie's Space Cases, an anthology of the comic's best and brightest space-related stories. Travel to the outer cosmos to
- subject yourself to intense cartoon propaganda about the international space station
- uncover the Lodge family's many-tentacled reach into the space-industrial complex
- fat-shame robots
- wonder who went into space first: Yuri Gagarin or Archie Andrews?
- argue whether climate change really did kill all life on Mars
- and, as always, we provide you with Archie trivia, gags, and much more
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