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It’s been years since the CW’s Supernatural ended. So why is it still such a phenomenon, and why are its fans stuck in a superhell love/hate relationship with it? What is Destiel, and why is its influence so large? Instead of trying to watch 15 seasons of TV to figure it out, join recovering SPN fans Ollie and Klaudia for their journey rewatching and recapping Supernatural so that you don’t have to. No Supernatural knowledge required.
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RuPalp's Podrace: A Queer Star Wars & Pop Culture Podcast

Klaudia Amenábar, Noah, Jess, Mel Culpa, Ollie Phresh

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Start your sublight engines, it's time to lightsaber duel for your life! Join Mel, Jess, Ollie, Noah, and Klaudia every episode for some critical analysis of Star Wars, pop culture, and other pieces of media we love through a queer lens, followed by increasingly cursed games. May the Force be with you, and DON'T kriff it up.
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In minutes 41-45 of The Rise of Skywalker, Rey shoots lightning from her fingers and destroys the First Order transport that she believes Chewie is on. Dominic Sewell returns to the show to discuss symmetry in the Friendship theme, the shroud over John Williams's writing process, mus-emes (musical memes), and more! Timestamps: 0:00 - Hello there! 8…
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Join Klaudia and Ollie on an exploration of Supernatural S4E19: "Jump the Shark" and S4E20: "The Rapture" Points of Interest: Letting a tuna sandwich go bad is a skill issue, Covid headcanons for the Winchesters, the Campbell’s heirloom silverware, the Gravity Falls Christmas special where they beat up John Winchester, “1. Gross, 2. Ew, 3. What is …
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In minutes 36-40 of The Rise of Skywalker, Rey heals the vexis, the Knights of Ren arrive on Pasaana, Rey confronts Kylo Ren in the desert, and Chewie is captured. Today, Patrick Cotnoir (The George Lucas Talk Show, The Naboo Movie, The Great Kamino Kaper) joins me to discuss over-the-top evil music, the sound design of Kylo/Rey's desert showdown, …
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In minutes 31-35 of The Rise of Skywalker, Rey and the gang fall through the sinking fields, find Ochi's dagger, and encounter a snarling serpent. Sawyer Markham joins me today to talk about ambient loops, snake sounds, musical exit points, and more! Timestamps: 0:00 - Hello there! 3:06 - Sawyer's overall thoughts about the music in this film. 7:30…
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Start your sublight engines! Join the gang as they all compete in the RuPalps Gaylympics! May the force be with you and DON'T kriff it up! Points of Interest: Noah has failed the audio drama community, Rupalps Charles Race, ACAB (which is fair), somebody should have brought Bill Cipher, Chloe Beale read the lesbian masterdoc, Belvin, Dean Wincheste…
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In minutes 26-30 of The Rise of Skywalker, Lando tells Rey, Finn, Poe, and the gang about Ochi of Bestoon, and our heroes encounter flying stormtroopers. Film music researcher Conor Power returns to the show to discuss "style topics," the Heroics themes, and John Williams' original cue for the speeder chase. Timestamps: 0:00 - Hello there! 3:09 - M…
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Join Ollie and Klaudia as trek through Supernatural S4E17: "It's A Terrible Life" and S4E18: "The Monster at the End of This Book." Points of Interest: Wincest is culture perservering, Sam’s unethical enclosure, Dean is NOT gay, a ghost who can send a believable corporate email, Winstincts, the Supernatural writers have stopped answering our emails…
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In minutes 21-25 of The Rise of Skywalker, Kylo Ren debuts his newly repaired mask, our heroes make it to Pasaana in time for the Aki Aki Festival of the Ancestors, and we get our first piece of source music in the film. Alex Cunningham returns to the show to discuss Kylo's helmet voice, First Order dialects, stabby punctuation, and the use of dieg…
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Start your sublight engines! Join Klaudia, Noah, and author Emma Mieko Candon as they discuss Candon's book The Archive Undying! May the force be with you and DON'T kriff it up! Points of Interest: The perfect manhwa title length, OUR little horrible boat, “Trigun, amirite?”, the Pacific Rim of it all, big accountant energy, RIP Buddy, Iterate Frac…
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Palpatine has returned, and author Katharine Coldiron joins me to discuss minutes 16-20 of The Rise of Skywalker. We talk about the logic of leitmotifs, songs vs. performances, Bugs, the storytelling matrix, conveying information through image vs. sound, and more. Timestamps: 0:00 - Hello there! 4:51 - Microphone speculation. 13:55 - "Somehow, Palp…
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This is a message on the future of RuPalp's Podrace in the wake of BDS' call to boycott Disney+. A written version of this message has been posted to our social media pages and can be found here. Info on the Disney+ Boycott Help Mohammad's family evacuate Gaza and rebuild their life BDS: What is BDS? BDS: Act Now Against These Companies Profiting F…
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Join Klaudia and Ollie as they divulge information on Supernatural S4E15: "Death Takes A Holiday" and S4E16: "On The Head Of A Pin." Points of Interest: An angel yaoi recomendation, bro used reverse cursed energy, the Winchesters’ publicist, slut-shaming Sam ONLY, the BBC Ghosts-ification of Dean Winchester, an open invitation to the McElroy brothe…
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Start your sublight engines! Join the gang as they discuss episode seven of Disney+'s The Acolyte! May the force be with you and DON'T kriff it up! Points of Interest: Mother Aniseya’s Vape Tricks, Indara’s Dyson Air Wrap, Radicalized by PhilosophyTube, If Jean Gray Was Here…, Who is the John G of Star Wars?, Cool Midnight Horizon Reference, Lando …
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Join Ollie and Klaudia as they give lectures on Supernatural S4E13: "After School Special" and S4E14: "Sex and Violence." Points of Interest: A certified “Et Tu, Brute?” moment, “Dean embraces his authority in gym class,” the effects of being on Tumblr for over half of your life, Nonna Klaudia, getting distracted by The Locked Tomb, the woke mob (S…
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Start your sublight engines! Join Klaudia, Ollie, and Mel as they discuss episode six of Disney+'s The Acolyte, "Teach / Corrupt." May the force be with you and DON'T kriff it up! Points of Interest: TAFKAQ (The Artist Formerly Known As Qimir), The Torrid-ification of Star Wars women’s wardrobes, representation for Instagram Reels content creators,…
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Start your sublight engines! Join the gang as they discuss episode five of Disney+'s The Acolyte, "Night." May the force be with you and DON'T kriff it up! Points of Interest: Osha and Mae Aniseya work it out on the remix, Charli XCX stan Axel Greylark, Master Sol has become Catholic, is Qimir a member of ARMY?, Charter School Dropout Osha Aniseya,…
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Start your sublight engines! Join the gang as they discuss episode four of Disney+'s The Acolyte, "Day". May the force be with you and DON'T kriff it up! Points of Interest: Freddy Sithbear, Communist Icon Vernestra Rwoh Would Never Allow This, the Sith are a gay volleyball team, Is Quinlan Vos Allowed at Pride?, Chad Mae Aniseya vs Flop Kylo Ren, …
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Join Klaudia and Ollie as they detail the events of Supernatural S4E11: "Family Remains" and S4E12: "Criss Angel is a Douchebag." Points of Interest: Misha Collins needs to get a job, giving Jared Padalecki an F slur pass, an 18 mile radius, Supernatural powerscaling TikTok, we can’t have monster anymore (because of woke), an evil version of Encant…
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Start your sublight engines! Join the gang as they discuss episode three of Disney+'s The Acolyte, "Destiny"! May the force be with you and DON'T kriff it up! Points of Interest: A weirdly long conversation about the immaculate conception, R.I.P. The Convocation of the Force, Canon Lesbian Magic IVF in Star Wars, sick Supernatural reference, engagi…
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Start your sublight engines! Join Ollie, Klaudia, Noah, and Mel as they discuss the first two episodes of Disney+'s The Acolyte, "Lost / Found" and "Revenge / Justice"! May the force be with you and DON'T kriff it up! Points of Interest: The Pretty Little Liars-ification of Star Wars, light Elzar Mann slander, Indara’s Long Leather Trench, When Wil…
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Join Ollie and Klaudia as they make the trek through Supernatural S4E9: "I Know What You Did Last Summer" and S4E10: "Heaven and Hell." Points of Interest: Jensen Ackles’ legal team is coming for us, Garth never experiencing twink death, a second November 5th, Dean wiping down his groceries, questioning the mileage on the impala, Sam kissing ONE gu…
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Start your sublight engines! Join the gang as they celebrate 3 years of RuPalps by revisiting all of our favorite segments. May the force be with you and DON'T kriff it up! Points of Interest: Chappell Rebo, “It’s never too early to talk about hole”, Max Rebo’s Bastard Child, Is Klaudia Discriminating Agaist Pau’ans?, a frankly wild amount of uses …
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Join Klaudia and Ollie as they give you an urgent update on queer television and cover Supernatural S4E8: "Wishful Thinking." Points of Interest: The fast fashion of anime, Ryan Murphy is going directly to Hell, a Young Sheldon fun fact, saving a baby from a pipe in the wall, Korra walked so Buck could run, “I entertain its possibility,” intended D…
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Start your sublight engines! Join the gang as they discuss Baldur's Gate 3. May the Force be with you and DON'T kriff it up! Points of Interest: What is Raphael’s favorite song from Cats?, Mel v. Wall Running, Fantasy Barista Tav, Put it in Reverse ‘Terr!, Toxic Yuri (Shadowheart/Lae’zel), The BG3 Polycule, t4t Wyllach, "Mystra When I Catch You", C…
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Join Ollie and Klaudia as they dive into Supernatural S4E6: "Yellow Fever," and S4E7: "It’s the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester." Points of Interest: Spinning straw into gold in a gay way, contact tracer Sam Winchester, “you’re never gonna beat rusty nail,” MCU-coded (not in a good way), life is an elaborate Dean Winchester cosplay, Musical.ly star J…
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Start your sublight engines! Join the gang for a discussion of Pride and Prejudice and its many adaptations. May the Force be with you and DON'T kriff it up! Points of Interest: Caroline Lee has a bit of a gay vibe, ShEO Catherine de Bourgh, Lizzie Bennet is a smol gorl, It’s Always a Good Time to Talk about Phan, Is Fast and Furious a Pride and Pr…
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Join Klaudia and Ollie as they explore Supernatural S4E4: "Metamorphosis," and S4E5: "Monster Movie." CONTENT WARNING: Conversations about SA at 37:50-42:35 Points of Interest: The Castiel drought, backsliding into Destiel, a modern interpretation of white Jesus Christ, Dean forgot how to mask while he was in Hell, the multiple meanings of AFAB, pr…
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Join Ollie and Klaudia as they obsess over Supernatural S4E2: "Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester," and S4E3: "In the Beginning." Points of Interest: The first official Destiel art, Dean’s Freudian slip, Sam getting lost in the sauce, Bobby has invested in gold, baby’s first theology lesson, Cas is Dean’s sneaky link, a rare moment of con…
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Start your sublight engines! Join the gang for a statement about The Magnus Archives. May the Force be with you and DON'T kriff it up! Points of Interest: Getting Jonathan Sims’ed, Martin Knockers Blackwood, Goosebumps but for British people, the Jurgen Leitner death sink, an explanation of The Nest, British people vocal deafness, Grifter’s Bone (f…
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Join Klaudia and Ollie they attempt to coherently recap Supernatural S4E1: "Lazarus Rising." Points of Interest: A completely different brand of bad, Lazarus Rising-pilled, manifesting a Castiel tulpa, pandering to the dads in the audience, demon juice (AKA Panera lemonade), Klaudia’s grand reveal, Dean supports print media, the time-honored tradit…
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Start your sublight engines! Join the gang for a shift to cover Five Nights at Freddy's. May the Force be with you and DON'T kriff it up! Points of Interest: We are the new hosts of Game Theory, the Multiverse of FNAFness, who suffered more: Michael Afton or Jesus?, the Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria in the basement of the congressional office building,…
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Join Ollie and Klaudia as they take on the Supernatural season 3 finale: "No Rest for the Wicked." Points of Interest: Bobby Serves (unlike Sherlock), we need SuperWhoLock fanfic writers now more than ever, Suby vs. Duby, CHUCKling, “slutty little Yoda”, sick Gale of Waterdeep reference, a neighborhood of Joe Bidens, Bon Jovi fan (derogatory), Dean…
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Start your sublight engines! Join the gang for their epic return to talk about everyone's favorite robo-girlboss, M3gan. May the Force be with you and DON'T kriff it up! Points of Interest: The most important thing to have happened on January 6th, The Allison Williams Cinematic Universe, M3gan vs. Dear Evan Hansen, MAgen, M3gan Pre-Teen Upgrade, M3…
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Join Klaudia and Ollie as they get into Supernatural S3E14: "Long-Distance Call" and S3E15: "Time Is On My Side." Points of Interest: The horror of the guy who made shrimp and mashed potatoes on a plane, “Can we not reference Hamilton right now?”, spoilers for Jared Padalecki’s life, Hbomberguy we know you’re listening, occulture, John “Dipshit” Wi…
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Join Ollie and Klaudia as they regale us with tales of Supernatural S3E12: "Jus In Bello" and S3E13: "Ghostfacers." Points of Interest: Union strikes create more Supernatural, Jensen is somehow the least problematic cast member, Dean’s year of nihilism, a failed language lesson, Hannigram Destiel AU, Dean can survive anything (except for a rusty na…
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Join Klaudia and Ollie as they memorialize reaching Supernatural S3E11: "Mystery Spot." Points of Interest: Where is the Supernatural bottle episode?, Bill Cipher/Crowley, Dean Winchester once again enters his problematic era, you peed your pants and got hit by a car? There’s a gif for that, the woke mob has come for strawberry syrup, “I heard Sam …
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In minutes 11-15 of The Rise of Skywalker, we see Rey training in the jungle of Ajan Kloss under the light guidance of General Leia Organa; Kylo and Rey have their first Force chat of the film; and Rey reunites with Poe and Finn. Star Wars author and Rey aficionado Riley Silverman is here with me to discuss Rey's epic "training suite" theme, Leia's…
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In minutes 6-10 of The Rise of Skywalker, Palpatine has a chat with Kylo Ren, Poe and Finn lose a game of Dejarik to Chewie, a spy gives the Resistance information, and the Falcon lightspeed skips to evade TIE fighters. Klaudia Amenábar of RuPalp's Podrace returns to the show to discuss the Resistance polycule, octatonic brass, Exegol sound design,…
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Join Ollie and Klaudia as they celebrate finally reaching Supernatural S3E11: "Mystery Spot." Points of Interest: Dean Winchester’s “What’s In My Bag” tour, Grunkle Stan/Bobby, the rusty nail haunts the narrative, cancel culture has come for Dean Winchester (again and again), Supernatural has a gif for that, the grand narrative would really harsh m…
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This is an introduction to the music of The Rise of Skywalker with an emphasis on the first 5 minutes. In the episode, I also go over my aims for this season of Star Wars Music Minute, talk about balancing meta-commentary and media-commentary, and share my favorite thing about the TROS score. Timestamps: 0:00 - Hello there! 0:50 - What to expect fr…
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Start your sublight engines! Join the gang as they talk about some of their favorite villains. May the Force be with you and DON'T kriff it up! Points of Interest: Axel Greylark is the Hunter Biden of Star Wars, Darth Dementia, Ventress is on the Toxic Gossip Train, Palpatine's Ukulele Apology, brewed Jar Jar, Darth Maul’s Retail Rage, Dooku’s Iron…
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Join Klaudia and Ollie as they drift into Supernatural S3E9: "Malleus Maleficarum" and S3E10: "Dream A Little Dream of Me." Points of Interest: What will Jensen Ackles do in a post-The Winchesters world?, Guy Fieri AU, Peach hates Supernatural, your official Snoop Dogg counters, God forbid women have hobbies, “Sammy, I shit my pants”, if you die in…
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Start your sublight engines! Join the gang as they dive into Star Wars: Visions season 2. May the Force be with you and DON'T kriff it up! Points of Interest: Wedge Antilles’ affiliate links, Chilean Pride flag, Jean Jacket imagery, Studio Ghibli and its consequences, please give Ahsoka brown contacts, Visions season 3 Rael Averross short, Scar War…
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Join Ollie and Klaudia as they jingle into Supernatural S3E7: "Fresh Blood" and S3E8: "A Very Supernatural Christmas." Points of Interest: Happy Pride (they killed Carlos), Jensen Ackles in The Acolyte, Voltron is the Supernatural of Netflix animated shows, Happy Pride and Merry Christmas, running the Tumblr gamut, Bela “Lean In” Talbot, autism and…
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Start your sublight engines! Join the gang as they celebrate the most slay and flop parts of Star Wars in 2022. May the Force be with you and DON'T kriff it up! --- Points of Interest: Arihnda Pryce is Only Four Awards Away From an EGOT, IMDB Bait, Axel Greylark is Unabomber Coded, the Was Worked On By Thundercat Club, #ZebbysSoWhite, Kor Plouth (#…
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Join Klaudia and Ollie as they review Supernatural S3E5: "Bedtime Stories" and S3E6: "Red Sky at Morning." Points of Interest: We will fund The Winchesters s2-5, where’s a writers strike when you need one?, moments in autism, clinging to heteronormativity by a thread, proximity to dirt crossroads, professional hater Sam, L + ratio + uneducated, exc…
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Join Ollie and Klaudia as they dive into Supernatural S3E3: "Bad Day at Black Rock" and S3E4: "Sin City." Points of Interest: The lost Jumanji episode, the season of white women, Marx and Engels are Destiel coded, Gordon is right for the wrong reasons, Supernatural Storage Wars AU, Kevin McCallister vs. John Winchester, nice Asuka Langley Soryu ref…
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Mastering engineer and film music restoration expert Chris Malone joins Xanthe for the season finale to talk about all things Empire Strikes Back soundtrack. We cover a ton of ground, from analog recording technology and methodology to the unique issues affecting The Empire Strikes Back releases. This episode contains many visuals, including specto…
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Start your sublight engines! Join the gang as they discuss their overall thoughts on season three of Disney+'s The Mandalorian. May the Force be with you and DON'T kriff it up! Points of Interest: Volume of Zeb = How Good a Show Is, Loden Greatstorm Impersonator Stripper, Bo-Katan Respects Trans People, Real Housewives of Mandalore, Nikto!Paz Vizsl…
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