Bodysuits for Bughead

Episodes

1. 4

   Bodysuits For Bughead Returns

   Hey y’all, it’s Maria. Who asked for a rant about Riverdale? I am returning for our Lost Episodes (1x10-1x13 and 2x01-2x09) and potentially 4x19, 5x01-5x03 and whatever in the time jump brings me enough joy that I want to podcast it. Also, I rant about Josie and the Pussycats being mistreated by...

   Sep 11, 2021

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2. 3

   Introducing: Leftist Teen Drama

   Hey y'all! Maria here; I know it's been awhile. I've got a couple pieces of good news, though! I've launched a new podcast, and I wanted to share the trailer with you! Leftist Teen Drama is a podcast celebrating political moments on TV teen dramas, hosted by me, Maria DiPasquale, your favorite...

   Aug 16, 2021

   2m
3. 2

   Riverdale 4x16 - “Chapter Seventy-Three: The Locked Room”

   feat. guest: Hailey “They’ve done such a good job of writing these Stonies as the shitty ultrawealthy that they are. Wonderful critique of capitalism, guys, I love it. And so to finally see them get their comeuppance and Betty and Jughead take them down as the working class heroes that they are?...

   Mar 29, 2020

   1h 16m
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   Riverdale 4x15 - “Chapter Seventy-Two: To Die For”

   feat. guest: Kelly “We are in a time of crisis. The primary, the coronavirus. Can Riverdale just make sense? That’s all I’m asking.” “That’s all I want.” “A little bit of sense, even.” “I want just, like, a feeling of...release. Of resolution.” “Arousal..” “A building tension maybe?” If you know,...

   Mar 14, 2020

   1h 20m
5. Riverdale 4x14 - “Chapter Seventy-One: How to Get Away with Murder”

   feat guest: Maria’s boo/B4B producer Jeff “Jughead’s not dead!” -Maria, approximately a dozen times throughout this podcast “I’m spending every second of every scene trying to figure out what could be a different level of a lie or not a lie or who knows what or doesn’t know what.” It’s a wild,...

   Mar 2, 2020

   1h 07m
6. Riverdale 4x13 - “Chapter Seventy: The Ides of March”

   feat guest: Maria’s boo/B4B producer Jeff “This is kind of THE episode that we’ve all been building toward all season—really, since the Season 3 finale when we saw the first flash-forward” -Maria Epic, investigative, angsty, and romantic Bughead! Cute, comforting Varchie and sexy, scheming Choni!...

   Feb 17, 2020

   1h 10m
7. Riverdale 4x12 - “Chapter Sixty-Nine: Man of Honor”

   feat guest: Sofia “All I’ve ever wanted is for Betty and Jughead to be like, ‘you know what we’re not gonna play on your terms, you capitalist fucks, we’re leaving.’ Ugh, yes! That is so on brand for me. Bodysuits For Bughead approved.” -Maria Another good Bughead ep, we. are. LIVING! In this...

   Feb 10, 2020

   1h 22m
8. Riverdale 4x11 - “Chapter Sixty-Eight: Quiz Show”

   feat guest: Kelly You know what they say...a big Bughead episode means a LONG episode of Bodysuits For Bughead! What a fun ep! From a quiz show team of powerful Riverladies to tickle porn and maple-rum being sold by a kidnapped killer mother, we have a great time. We obvi have a LOT of feelings…

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   Feb 4, 2020

   1h 26m
9. Riverdale 4x10 - “Chapter Sixty-Seven: Varsity Blues”

   feat guest: Hailey Cheryl: We’re going on strike! Maria: Yes! They’re doing direct action! Ooh, yes! Withhold your labor! Age-old labor tactic. This is beautiful. Y’all, has it EVER been clear that Riverdale is depicting an indictment of the super-wealthy than in this football championship…

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   Jan 27, 2020

   1h 09m
10. Riverdale 4x09 - “Chapter Sixty-Six: Tangerine”

    Feat guest: Jeff “The three endgame couples are like, holding each other while they watch a fiery boat of a flaming body float away. Romantic.” -Maria TBH, this mid-season finale gave us whiplash—from Archie and FP’s team-up to run the Dickinson brothers out of town to Jughead bashing a skull in...

    Jan 1, 2020

    1h 12m
11. Riverdale 4x08 - “Chapter Sixty-Five: In Treatment”

    Feat guest: Sofia Remember when we spent our entire podcast so far arguing that these kids needed therapy and then Riverdale decided to do a Therapy Episode™ instead of letting the kids actually go to a therapist on a regular basis?? Well, *sigh* we’ll take what we can get. We cheer on Cheryl...

    Dec 14, 2019

    1h 12m
12. Riverdale 4x07 - “Chapter Sixty-Four: The Ice Storm”

    Feat guest: Kelly “I know other things are gonna be happening, and I’ll watch them and stuff, but I am here for Bughead having sexy times, cuddly times, and investigative times. You know, the Big Three?” -Maria It’s Thanksgiving in Riverdale—the wind’s a-blowin’ and an ice storm’s a-comin’, Hiram...

    Nov 30, 2019

    1h 23m
13. Riverdale 4x06 - “Chapter Sixty-Three: Hereditary”

    Feat guest: Jeff Bodies are dropping, y’all! Along with Maria’s guest Jeff (her partner/B4B’s producer), we talk FP’s inconsistencies about what his childhood was like with Grandpa FP as Jughead discovers a Baxter Brothers revelation that threatens Stonewall Prep’s rep and may connect to the...

    Nov 18, 2019

    1h 07m
14. Riverdale 4x05 - “Chapter Sixty-Two: Witness for the Prosecution”

    Feat guests: Rosalie and Tara The keyword for this episode is THERAPY — whether we’re talking about an MIA Cheryl/Toni who we’re still very concerned about, repressed memories revealing that Betty’s serial killer dad tried to groom her to be violent from an early age, or FP’s own unresolved daddy...

    Nov 11, 2019

    1h 18m
15. Riverdale 4x04 - “Chapter Sixty-One: Halloween”

    Feat guest: Kelly “Riverdale is basically one long Halloween episode I feel like?” - Maria It’s Riverdale’s first-ever Halloween episode and Maria and Kelly have a LOT of fun — so much fun that this podcast is longer than usual, but we hope you don’t mind ;) From shots fired at the community…

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    Nov 6, 2019

    1h 25m
16. Riverdale 4x03 - “Chapter Sixty: Dog Day Afternoon”

    Feat guest: Sofia Jughead: You better take your breaks from me while you can, Cooper, because you and I are in this for the long haul. Maria and Sofia: *SCREAMING/SCREECHING/BREATHING HEAVILY* Who knew the final showdown with The Farm would involve Betty saving the day with a bobby-pin, a…

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    Nov 2, 2019

    1h 06m
17. Riverdale 4x02 - “Chapter Fifty-Nine: Fast Times at Riverdale High”

    Feat guest: Hailey It’s senior year, baby, the high school hijinks are at an all-time high, and we are HERE for it! Okay, first of all, this is an AMAZING Bughead episode and we talk about ALL of it: the sexy af night-before-senior-year sex, the cute kisses, Betty being the most supportive...

    Oct 23, 2019

    1h 10m
18. Riverdale 4x01 - “Chapter Fifty-Eight: In Memoriam”

    Feat guest: Liv “He was our dad for three seasons” -Liv Tears are shed, hearts are broken and then warmed, and much praise is given to the epic and emotional performances delivered by all of the cast members in this intense, beautiful stand-alone tribute episode to Fred Andrews and Luke Perry. We...

    Oct 16, 2019

    1h 08m
19. Sex, Lies, and Videotapes: A Pre-Riverdale Season 4 Roundtable

    Cults and flash-forwards and FBI agents, oh my! It’s (almost) senior year, baby! Jughead’s missing, Archie and Veronica both own full-on businesses, and pretttty much everyone’s parents are dead or in prison. Maria, along with a panel of esteemed guests — Hailey, Jeff, Kelly, and Sofia — debrief...

    Sep 28, 2019

    1h 16m
20. Riverdale 3x22 - “Chapter Fifty-Seven: Survive the Night”

    feat guests: Rosalie and Mackensie *APOLOGIES FOR THE DELAY! This episode was recorded LIVE on the night of the Season 3 finale in May; Maria’s personal life got really hectic this summer and she needed an editing break which is why we’re only just now posting the edited episode. Thanks for your...

    Aug 28, 2019

    1h 26m
21. Riverdale 3x21 - “Chapter Fifty-Six: The Dark Secret of Harvest House”

    feat guests: Hailey and Sofia We have some theories about the Gargoyle King and plenty of shrieks to match the organ-harvesting Farm revelations, gruesome boxing sequences set to Beyonce cover songs, and gangs of feral Eagle Scouts. From Cheryl and Toni’s dramatic escape scene to Betty being...

    Jul 1, 2019

    1h 18m
22. Riverdale 3x20 - “Chapter Fifty-Five: Prom Night”

    Feat guest: Kelly “Betty’s so traumatized” - us, continually, throughout the episode It’s a G&G-themed junior prom, because of course it fucking is! There is nothing more Bughead than getting involved in planning prom night just for the sake of an investigation, so you bet your ass we swoon over...

    Jun 16, 2019

    1h 23m
23. Riverdale 3x19 - “Chapter Fifty-Four: Fear the Reaper”

    feat guest: Jeff Even though we were sad to see this episode was too action-packed to give us any good Bughead moments, we have fun going along for the ride as the Jones family embarks on a quest to save Jellybean from the Gargoyle King. We have a multitude of reactions to all the variously…

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    Jun 9, 2019

    1h 10m
24. Riverdale 3x18 - “Chapter Fifty-Three: Jawbreaker”

    feat. guest: Rosalie It’s the final five eps of Season 3, y’all, and things are getting wild! We have a lot of reactions and feelings as FP and Jughead follow the trail of a bad batch of Fizzle Rocks, get excited at the prospect of a Toni-Betty team-up to take on the Farm, praise Lili Reinhart…

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    May 24, 2019

    1h 15m
25. Riverdale 3x17 - “Chapter Fifty-Two: The Raid”

    Feat guest: Hailey 3x16 asked the question, ‘can’t we be seventeen?’ 3x17 said: NOPE. - Maria Once upon a time, Maria and Hailey watched a lot of One Tree Hill together, so we HAD to gush about Chad Michael Murray’s first full episode of Riverdale appearing as Edgar Evernever! We cheer on...

    May 14, 2019

    1h 12m
26. Riverdale 3x16 - “Chapter Fifty-One: Big Fun”

    Feat guest: Maria’s sister/best friend/fellow longtime Heathers stan Sofia “We have definitely been Heathers stans since before people casually called things stans. Since like...teen years, I guess? Is that when we started watching the movie like, all the time? We bought the DVD and we were just...

    Apr 17, 2019

    1h 26m
27. Riverdale 3x15 - “Chapter Fifty: American Dreams”

    feat. guest: Jeff It’s Riverdale’s 50th episode!!! And FP’s 50th??? birthday! (We’re skeptical about the math here, but HOKAY, Riverdale, we’ll buy it.) In this wild ride of an ep, we talk the Falice/Fladys love triangle, critique these terrible parents for being terrible parents, lament/try to...

    Mar 31, 2019

    1h 06m
28. Riverdale 3x14 - “Chapter Forty-Nine: Fire Walk With Me”

    Feat guest: Hailey *this episode and all future episodes of our podcast will be dedicated to Luke Perry, as Riverdale has done with all future episodes of the show.* From Kevin’s terrifying Bunsen burner ritual and fire walk to Alice selling off the Coopers’ murder house and the Farm blackmailing...

    Mar 24, 2019

    1h 05m
29. Riverdale 3x13 - “Chapter Forty-Eight: Requiem for a Welterweight”

    feat. guest: Nick “So we have four gangs?! The Ghoulies, the Serpents, the Pretty Poisons, and the Gargoyle Gang!” - Maria “Tag yourself.” - Nick BETTY COOPER DESERVES BETTER! In this cult- and gang-filled episode, we talk Cheryl and Toni’s new gal gang/power struggle; our disappointment in...

    Mar 17, 2019

    1h 05m
30. Riverdale 3x12 - “Chapter Forty-Seven: Bizarrodale”

    feat guests: Jeff (Maria’s boo) and Sofia (Maria’s sister) Fun fact: we recorded this episode live on 2/6, which was Maria’s 25th birthday!!!! We have a LOT of fun with the reverse-core-four episode. We’re so excited for Josie, Cheryl, Kevin, and Reggie to get their much-deserved time to shine...

    Mar 13, 2019

    1h 11m
31. Riverdale 3x11 - “Chapter Forty-Six: The Red Dahlia”

    feat: guests Nicki and Emma *This episode, as long as 3x10, are being re-recorded. Maria had originally recorded 3x10 live with Hailey and 3x11 live with Nick, but unfortunately both recordings were deleted due to a bug in the audio program we used. Thanks for your patience with these episodes as...

    Mar 1, 2019

    1h 09m
32. Riverdale 3x10 - “Chapter Forty-Five: The Stranger”

    feat. guest: Jeff *This episode, as long as 3x11, are being re-recorded. Maria had originally recorded 3x10 live with Hailey and 3x11 live with Nick, but unfortunately both recordings were deleted due to a bug in the audio program we used. Thanks for your patience with these episodes as we...

    Feb 18, 2019

    59m
33. Riverdale 3x09 - “Chapter Forty-Four: No Exit”

    IS ARCHIE DEAD?! Rebecca joins us again before her semester starts, and boy, did she pick a WILD mid-season premiere to come back for! We had a plethora of reactions, emotions, and rants to provide while watching Riverdale 3x09 - “Chapter Forty-Four: No Exit,” from Archie’s bear attack and...

    Jan 21, 2019

    1h 10m
34. Riverdale 3x08 - “Chapter Forty-Three: Outbreak”

    It’s a WILD Season 3 mid-season finale! Along with guest Jeff, we talk the entire first half of the season so far, have all the feelings about meeting Gladys and Jellybean for the first time, and cheer on all the bitches getting shit DONE—from Cheryl and Veronica teaming up to take on the…

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    Jan 13, 2019

    58m
35. Riverdale 3x07 - “Chapter Forty-Two: The Man in Black”

    Three stories, brought together by Hiram Lodge, aka the Man in Black! Along with guest Jeff, who is dead-set on his theory that Clifford Blossom is the Gargoyle King and tries to persuade us throughout the episode, we dive into this super aesthetic Riverdale episode! We admire the Cole Sprouse-y...

    Dec 16, 2018

    1h 03m
36. Riverdale 3x06 - “Chapter Forty-One: Manhunter”

    AHHHHH! We’re getting closer and closer to the mid-season finale and Riverdale 3x06 - “Chapter Forty-One: Manhunter” is chock full of shocking moments, with Betty interrogating the parents about the Midnight Club and coming face to face with the Gargoyle King - not to mention sent off to the...

    Dec 10, 2018

    1h 22m
37. Riverdale 3x05 - “Chapter Forty: The Great Escape”

    "I’m so excited for Archie, he’s been in prison for five whole episodes" - Rebecca "Five episodes! That’s a long time in Riverdale universe!" - Maria ~Throw it away, forget yesterday, we’ll make the great escape!~ Boys Like Girls, anyone? It’s the GREAT ESCAPE! The whole Scooby Gang is getting...

    Nov 24, 2018

    1h 15m
38. Riverdale 3x04 - “Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Midnight Club”

    “They’re gonna play Gryphons and Gargoyles in Saturday detention a la Breakfast Club with Anthony Michael Hall as the principal, apparently.” -Maria “That’s a wild sentence. And if anyone who didn’t watch this show just all of a sudden heard that clip, they would be like, ‘what the fuck is...

    Nov 12, 2018

    1h 12m
39. Riverdale 3x03 - “Chapter Thirty-Eight: So Above, So Below”

    Okay yes this is a long one, y’all, but...between the Evernever cult knowing all the Cooper secrets...to Jughead having to play Russian roulette with Ethel in a weird twig crown...to the speakeasy opening with: Josie’s iconic performance, sub!Reggie, and dom!Veronica figuratively fighting back at...

    Oct 30, 2018

    1h 20m
40. Riverdale 3x02 - “Chapter Thirty-Seven: Fortune and Men’s Eyes”

    The second episode of Season 3 is WILD and THINGS. GET. POLITICAL! We’re back to our “fuck prisons” mantra from Season 2, going in depth about the “riot” that occurs at the juvenile detention center and commentary Riverdale may be making on the prison industrial complex. We talk the introduction…

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    Oct 24, 2018

    1h 11m
41. Riverdale 3x01 - “Chapter Thirty-Six: Labor Day”

    IT’S SEASON 3, BITCHES!!! We settle in for the Season 3 premiere, reacting to the twists and turns of Archie’s trial; gushing about all the summer pool party looks; pleading with Betty to see a therapist forreal; and speculating wildly about what the Gargoyle King is and what happened with…

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    Oct 15, 2018

    1h 07m
42. Riverdale 1x09 - “Chapter Nine: La Grande Illusion"

    Welcome to our hiatus-long #RiverdaleRewatch! Our rewatch episodes are spoiler-free for most of the ep for our first-time Riverdale watchers. Avoid “Spoiler Time” from 49:16 - 57:24 if you’re not all caught up! We watch Riverdale 1x09 - “Chapter Nine: La Grande Illusion,” an ICONIC ep where SO....

    Oct 4, 2018

    58m
43. Riverdale 1x08 - “Chapter Eight: The Outsiders”

    Welcome to our hiatus-long #RiverdaleRewatch! Our rewatch episodes are spoiler-free for most of the ep for our first-time Riverdale watchers. Avoid “Spoiler Time” from 39:13 - 52:37 if you’re not all caught up! featuring guest Maria’s boyfriend/B4B tech consultant/our roommate Jeff McHale, who is...

    Sep 30, 2018

    56m
44. Riverdale 1x07 - “Chapter Seven: In a Lonely Place”

    Welcome to our hiatus-long #RiverdaleRewatch! Our rewatch episodes are spoiler-free for most of the ep for our first-time Riverdale watchers. Avoid “Spoiler Time” from 43:26 - 55:18 if you’re not all caught up! featuring guest first-time Riverdale watcher Kayla Tostevin! We watch Riverdale 1x07 -...

    Sep 9, 2018

    58m
45. Riverdale 1x06 - “Chapter Six: Faster, Pussycats! Kill! Kill!”

    Welcome to our hiatus-long #RiverdaleRewatch! Our rewatch episodes are spoiler-free for most of the ep for our first-time Riverdale watchers. Avoid “Spoiler Time” from 56:00 - 1:00:18 if you’re not all caught up! featuring guest first-time Riverdale watcher Jonathan Gutierrez! BUGHEAD FIRST KISS...

    Sep 3, 2018

    1h 04m
46. Riverdale 1x05 - “Chapter Five: Heart of Darkness”

    Welcome to our hiatus-long #RiverdaleRewatch! Our rewatch episodes are spoiler-free for most of the ep for our first-time Riverdale watchers. Avoid “Spoiler Time” from 52:07 - 1:04:44 if you’re not all caught up! featuring our wonderful guests: new Riverdale watcher Jake Catsaros and fellow...

    Aug 21, 2018

    1h 07m
47. Riverdale 1x04 - “Chapter Four: The Last Picture Show”

    Welcome to our hiatus-long #RiverdaleRewatch! Our rewatch episodes are spoiler-free for most of the ep for our first-time Riverdale watchers. Avoid “Spoiler Time” from 48:17 - 1:01:21 if you’re not all caught up! DRIVE-IN EPISODE! Listen to us get in our last jabs at Predator Grundy as the…

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    Jul 19, 2018

    1h 02m
48. Riverdale 1x03 - “Chapter Three: Body Double”

    Welcome to our hiatus-long #RiverdaleRewatch! Our rewatch episodes are spoiler-free for most of the ep for our first-time Riverdale watchers. Avoid “Spoiler Time” from 45:27 - 54:22 if you’re not all caught up! During Spoiler Time, for everyone who is caught up, we’ll talk Season 2 parallels...

    Jul 7, 2018

    57m
49. Riverdale 1x02 - “Chapter Two: A Touch of Evil”

    Welcome to our hiatus-long #RiverdaleRewatch! Our rewatch episodes are spoiler-free for most of the ep for our first-time Riverdale watchers. Avoid “Spoiler Time” from 47:49 - 56:00 if you’re not all caught up! We’ll talk Season 2 parallels, Season 3 hopes/theories, and pre-canon-era-Bughead...

    Jun 22, 2018

    1h 00m
50. Riverdale 1x01 - “Chapter One: The River’s Edge”

    Welcome to our hiatus-long #RiverdaleRewatch! Our rewatch episodes are spoiler-free for most of the ep for our first-time Riverdale watchers. Avoid “Spoiler Time” from 46:35 - 53:20 if you’re not all caught up! If you ARE all caught up: we’ll talk Season 2 parallels, Season 3 hopes/theories, and...

    Jun 14, 2018

    55m