Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon It’s a very spooooopy week as Jen and Micah of I Never Saw That join us for Fluttershy's worst nightmare - having to be out and about on Nightmare Night. The Mane Six do their best to help Fluttershy join the activities, but she's a little too worried about impossibly rare monsters to enjoy herself. As creepy as she gets at the Apple family hay maze, though, nothing will prepare you for this week's ultimate terror - Fluttershy's darkly depressing haunted tea pa...
Jul 25, 20190•Season 5Ep. 116
Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon This week, we’re off to celebrate Hearth’s Warming Eve at the Pie Rock Farm! Pinkie Pie and Applejack are celebrating being (maybe) cousins by bringing the Pie and Apple families together, but things get derailed pretty quickly. Applejack’s pretty dang judgmental about holiday traditions, while Pinkie Pie desperately tries to hold things together. Funny enough, though, the two families get along pretty well until Applejack decides to upend everything. Will this...
Jul 18, 20190•Season 5Ep. 115
Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon This week, Pinkie Pie has to keep a secret and nearly explodes from the pressure. Like, literally - it's taking everything in her power not to let EVERYONE know there's a royal baby on the way. And it doesn't make things easier as the Mane 6 prepare for Princess Cadence and Shining Armor's arrival and Pinkie keeps getting reminded of surprises. And babies. It's a crazy Pinkie-sode this week as we watched "The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows!" Check out our merchandi...
Jul 11, 20190•Season 5Ep. 114
Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon This week Sarah Kinney (Little Realms) joins us again for the musical event of season five as the Cutie Mark Crusaders find their ultimate purpose and, just maybe, their cutie marks! To do so, though, they’ll need to help Pipsqueak get elected class president, re-evaluate Diamond Tiara’s bad attitude, and learn a ton about friendship in the process. Plus, when we get Sarah on, things get crazy, like when we equate the school election to the current political pr...
Jul 04, 20190•Season 5Ep. 113
Content Warning: We directly confront disrespectful and transphobic tropes used in this episode of My Little Pony (a stallion dresses in drag, which is used mostly for comedic purposes). While many of these moments are mild in nature, some of this content may be upsetting to some listeners. Please take care of yourselves and do not listen to this episode until you feel safe doing so. Thank you. Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon Every season or so of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, an episo...
Jun 27, 20190•Season 5Ep. 112
Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon Back to Manehattan this week after the Cutie Mark calls Rarity (AGAIN) and Applejack. Of course, it’s Manehattan, so the friendship problem isn’t clear until it literally smacks Rarity in the face. Turns out Coco Pommel is having trouble keeping a local community event afloat, and needs Rarity and Applejack to get some help. It’s a fun adventure for these two, and an amazing message of helping your community (and supporting local theatre!). Enjoy our review of ...
Jun 20, 20190•Season 5Ep. 111
Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon We're back with Rarity this week as she goes full film noir with Rainbow Dash. After Dash gets picked as an alternate for a Wonderbolts performance, she gets embroiled in a controversy as Spitfire gets sent away on (gasp) false pretenses. Rarity's been deep in detective novels for her new fashion line, though, and she takes on the case. Between Rarity's "narration," lots of adorable randoponies, and a wonderful message of friendship, there's a lot to enjoy in t...
Jun 06, 20190•Season 5Ep. 110
p>Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon Kate Harlow a/k/a @ArgonKitten of Kids on Bikes Podcast joins us this week for our first official Rarity episode of the season! Rarity seems to have learned from her past friendship problems, and her fashion business is doing pretty great as well. So naturally, she wants to expand into the next adventure - the fashion hub of Canterlot! Rarity obviously can’t handle things on her own, so she’s invited a new pony to manage things in Canterlot, a well-known b...
May 30, 20190•Season 5Ep. 109
Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon This week our resident pony expert Jon Baley of Gumbie Cat Networks returns to talk about what is one of the most beautiful episodes of this show we’ve ever seen. The Mane 6 have to help Luna solve a problem, but it’s up to Luna to confront her own guilt and fear to defeat her own nightmare come to Ponyville. Every time Luna gets featured, something beautiful happens, and having her be the focus of this episode is a unique but really fantastic touch for this mi...
May 23, 20190•Season 5Ep. 108
Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon This week, Thomas Howeth of Crit Storm Cast and Neverending Minute joins us for a very unexpectedly real Twilight episode. She’s been enjoying a little downtime after a really crazy few weeks of Princess duties, only for Spike to remind her just how horrible a friend she was in Canterlot before Celestia sent her on assignment to Ponyville. And when we say horrible, we really mean it - she can’t remember the name of a single friend she used to have. Or anything ...
May 16, 20190•Season 5Ep. 107
Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon James Anderson of Kids on Bikes and Track Meet joins us this week for maybe the most Pinkie Pie episode we’ve ever covered, and that’s saying a lot. Pinkie’s been tasked with entertaining dignitaries from Yakyakistan who are…picky. To a violent extreme. Pinkie decides she needs to trek across Equestria to find a way to help these potential yak friends enjoy themselves, but back at home things keep getting smashed as Twilight and the rest of the Mane 6 try to ke...
May 09, 20190•Season 5Ep. 106
Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon Twilight is sleepy. Not your normal, “I’m just a little tired and ready to snuggle in covers sleepy.” She’s been awake for THREE ENTIRE DAYS planning the giant convention of pony dignitaries. So when she needs some well-deserved rest, Cadence asks Spike to help make sure Twilght isn’t disturbed. Which is fine, except that Spike tends to take assignments WAAAAAY too seriously. Spike’s doing an OK job at first, but give him a little bit of responsibility and he’l...
May 03, 20190•Season 5Ep. 105
Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon This week is a big one y'all. We've hit the 100th episode of My Little Pony and we've got a huge Randopony celebration ready. Derpy and Dr. Whooves, Cranky and Matilda, Sweetie Drops and Lyla Heartstrings, DJ Pon-3 and Octavia Medley - every Randopony you ever remember have been given their very own special episode! And in honor of that, we've got our own special announcements to celebrate... Enjoy our review of "Slice of Life" on a very special Macintosh &...
Apr 25, 20190•Season 5Ep. 104
Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon This week we’re taking a trip to Griffonstone with a very unlikely duo - Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie! Of course, neither seems as into Griffon lore as Twilight, who’s extremely jealous. And Dash is more than a little wary of having to be around Gilda again after her friendship betrayal. But when Dash and Pinkie see the current state of Griffonstone, they quickly realize there’s something wrong - it just might be more friendship related than they realize. Let’s ...
Apr 18, 20190•Season 5Ep. 103
Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon Sam Turley from Fate and the Fablemaidens joins us this week to talk about all things Discord and the Grand Galloping Gala! His BFF Fluttershy has invited a new pony friend she met while working with the Breezies whose vibe is totally, like, wonderful, and her chakras are so aligned. That’s right, Tree Hugger has arrived with her magnificent dreadmane and her meditation whinnies. As with any Discord episode, there’s a TON of sight gags and chaos that ensues, an...
Apr 11, 20190•Season 5Ep. 102
p>Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon This week Elizabeth Nordenholt of Your Fave is Problematic and FMK All Day joins us as we head back over to Appleoosa for the rodeo! It seems like every time we go out west to Cousin Braeburn Apple’s hometown, something awkward or problematic happens, and this week is no exception. I mean, just because a pony is clumsy, it doesn’t mean he’s also a filly-napper and public menace. Although, as Liz points out, the Cutie Mark Crusaders aren’t exactly too aware...
Apr 04, 20190•Season 5Ep. 101
Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon In winter, tortoises crawl into their shells and hibernate until spring. This is a fact of nature. Rainbow Dash, though, is not prepared to face that truth because she needs her best friend Tank to go play horse hockey and sled down hills in the snow. And let’s just say Dash is struggling to come to terms with her friend needing to sleep for several months. Kids on Bikes Podcast GM Daniel Spencer joins us this week to talk about MLP S5E5: “Tanks for the Memorie...
Mar 28, 20190•Season 5Ep. 100
Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon In all their time trying to find their cutie marks, you’d think the Crusaders would have considered the possibility of getting a cutie mark they weren’t entirely excited about. But Apple Bloom is confronted with that fear and we’re buckled in for one hell of a ride. Our very own Apple Bloom, Lucy, joins us this week to talk about pest ponies, Twittermites, Lucy’s new laundry-themed pony name, and the Nightmare Apple Family’s weird voice/body changes. It’s all h...
Mar 21, 20190•Season 5Ep. 99
Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon It’s our first guest of the season as Amity Armstrong of The Latecomers Podcast joins us this week to talk about “Castle Sweet Castle”! Twilight’s doing just about everything to avoid being in her new castle, which is starting to get on everypony else’s nerves. It turns out Twilight’s just not feeling settled in her new castle, and the rest of the Mane Six offers to give her that homey feeling she’s looking for. With five different ponies in the room, though, i...
Mar 14, 20190•Ep. 98
Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon The Mane 6 are suddenly powerless after being stripped of their cutie marks by Starlight Glimmer and that…that’s not great. Despite their best efforts they’re losing the ability to practice their special skills. Yet one pony in particular, who often tries to see the best in everypony, will emerge as the best chance to restore the power of cutie marks to the walking Stepford ponies milling about in this town. When Pinkie Pie can’t tell jokes, Rarity can’t discer...
Mar 07, 20190•Ep. 97
Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon We’re here! We’re back! It’s time for a whole new season of ponies! And what better way to start than by [checks notes] watching the Mane 6 get abducted by a CULT??!!?! Season 5 starts off by exploding the ponies’ whole world by revealing the Cutie Map and signaling the Mane 6 to go to a village at the furthest edge of Equestria. Once the ponies get there, though, everything seems fine. I mean, it seems fine if you’re an earnest Pony Princess who doesn’t recogn...
Mar 07, 20190•Ep. 96
We’ve finished Season 4, so it’s time for Macintosh & Maud to weigh in on what we love and hated this season. Except we DIDN’T hate anything this season, because it was all soooooo good! We hand out our trophies for Mane 6 (plus Spike) moments, our favorite Mane 6 pony, our favorite episode, and most importantly, the Best Randopony of Season 4! Enjoy our wrap up of the season before we take a quick break to get ready for My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic’s Season 5! Macintosh & Maud ha...
Jan 12, 20190•Ep. 95
After a little time off, we’re back with a double-sized finale chock full of alicorn magic, Discord shenanigans and intense pony musical moments. The magic of friendship faces its biggest test yet as Lord Tirek arrives in Equestria to strip everypony of their magic. So who best to defeat this monstrous madman? Discord! Yeah, yeah, we know, not the safest pick in the world, but desperate times, right? Meanwhile, Twilight’s in a slump acting as a figurehead while the other princesses do the truly ...
Jan 03, 20190•Ep. 94
All the ponies in Equestria have arrived to celebrate the horsepower (hehehe) of all the athletes in the realm. Gryphons, ponies and even dragons are welcome, particularly one cute purple baby dragon with a penchant for colorful gems. In fact, Spike is so revered in the Crystal Kingdom he’s become something of a hero, and that offers him some unique opportunities. Like lighting the torch at the opening ceremonies for the Games, which should be a cinch for Spike…that is until he sees just how man...
Dec 13, 20180•Ep. 93
Jon Baley of Popcorn Junkies and Living in the Stacks joins us this week for a full-on Rarity showdown as Macintosh fights to uphold Rarity’s name while Maud’s got missiles locked and loaded to expose her “true” nature. Turns out, though, that this episode has a lot more to say about Spike than anyone else in the Mane Six, despite Rarity being the comedic foil for the episode. Owlowiscious tries to warn us, but we’re opening the spooky gates and taking away the secret book from Twilight’s librar...
Dec 06, 20180•Ep. 92
It’s been a little while since the whole Mane Six was together for a single episode, so it’s time for a mini-adventure! Sure, it’s filler before we hit a real big stretch for the end of the season, but this is some adorable filler. Rainbow Dash pulls off the trade of the century, Rarity and Applejack fight over who’s a better friend (WHAT A SHOCK) and Pinkie Pie is putting the hard sell on some of Twilight’s books. Get your best items together to trade for this totally awesome episode! Macintosh...
Nov 29, 20180•Ep. 91
Dash is in a bit of a pickle this week trying to study for her Wonderbolts history test, and Twilight Sparkle knows just the person to help. At least, she thinks she does, until she discovers Rainbow Dash isn’t that great with traditional study methods. When the rest of the Mane 6 gets involved, it appears that passing this test is too lofty for the clouds…that is, until Dash reveals her secret studying style. And if that’s not enough to pique your interest, PINKIE PIE RAPS IN THIS EPISODE. It’s...
Nov 22, 20180•Ep. 90
Find us at: iTunes Google Play Spotify Patreon We’re back from vacation and we’ve got a fantastic episode for you! Diana’s sister Sarah arrives again to talk about our second appearance of those fabulous fibbers, the Flim Flam brothers. Granny tries to jump in a pie tin, Applejack tells a lie, Sarah and Diana talk some family dysfunction, and we’re all strong, independent women. Enjoy a silly and fun Apple family episode with our own family! Macintosh & Maud have a Patreon! If you contribute...
Nov 17, 20180•Ep. 89
Find us at: iTunes Google Play Spotify Patreon This week the amazingly talented podcast sister Whitney Nelsen (Historical Hotties! Myth Takes!) joins Macintosh & Maud to talk about a sister combo we haven’t spent much time with! Rarity’s in rare form trying to help her little sister, but Sweetie Belle is holding some long-term grudges. Things get so bad that Princess Luna has to Christmas Carol Sweetie Belle just so she’ll realize the error of her ways. It’s an episode SO GOOD that Whitney, ...
Nov 08, 20180•Ep. 88
Find us at: iTunes Google Play Spotify Patreon It’s here, everypony. It’s finally here. The day when Maud Pie finally arrives in Ponyville. We’ve been anticipating this episode since day one of this podcast, not least because Diana partly named this podcast after her. Underneath Maud’s impenetrable exterior, there’s a rock farm pony who’s studying for her rocktorate and loves her bestest sister Pinkie Pie. We’re just so excited to share Maud with the world, and we hope you enjoy her mad monotone...
Nov 01, 20180•Ep. 87
