Send us a text The Ingalls take leaf peeping to a new level as Charles plans a trip for the kids to collect leaves during MEA. Unfortunately, Harriet decides her family needs to horn in on the plans and join them. The Olesons pack their carpet bags and hike all the way to the Sierra mountains to fish, collect leaves and do some impromptu white water rafting. Meanwhile, Sarah and Emily discuss their family's first CD player and their impressive CD collection. Remember to like our page on...

Send us a text Laura suffers a tragical event because no one will take her to a spring dance. She has her sights set on a boy with a bowl cut but she has to use Willie in order for her plan t work. Meanwhile, Grace is upset because Mr. Edwards hasn't asked her to the dance either. This means it's time for Ma and her "women's wiles!" Sarah and Emily also talk about streusel topping and give themselves a pass from the next two episodes since they deal with cancer. Send us your remembrance...

Send us a text In this episode Laura befriends another older gentleman and decides it is her life's work to teach old men a lesson. Laura befriends a man who supposedly lives in a haunted house, which turns out he does not. He does however, live in a giant mansion on the edge of town with only his memories of a beautiful lady. No one sees it coming that the lady he is waiting for is dead!!!! Remember to like our page on Facebook and email us at littlepodontheprairie@gmail.com Send us your rem...

Send us a text Welcome back after our summer hiatus! We discuss all things cabin-y and Emily's recent adventure at the family cabin where she had to save her mother's life. We eventually get around to talking about the episode but since it was all about baseball it didn't really hold our attention. In this episode Pa and the rest of the Walnut Grove minor league baseball players need to find a new pitcher since they are going up against the Sleepy Eye Green Stockings and Slick McBirney who is...

Send us a text A wealthy man moves to Walnut Grove and his name is Ebenezer (or as the young folks spell it, Y'Bneezyr. And with a name like that you know what kind of person he is. ) All Laura wants is a best friend in the form of an angry 65 year old man who fishes and she gets it, kinda. Pa needs a bank loan despite the fact he's always preached cash on the barrel, but he supposes it's high time he join the rest of America and wants to take out a loan. Meanwhile, Ma is worried that the sch...

Send us a text It's the beginning of the end for Mary as everyone but her realizes she can't see a damn thing on the chalkboard at school. She gets to pick out a stylish pair of glasses from Shopko Optical in Mankato, but will she wear them? It depends. Will she still be able to find a beau if she has Four Eyes? Also, the children of Walnut Grove gang up on Mary and come up with the weakest attempts at bullying and can literally come top with no better insult than calling her Four Eyes. Sarah...

Send us a text The sisters are back with season 2! We made it through the first season and are moving on to season 2 with a classic episode that features the Ingalls family employing child labor in order to pay off Pa's debts. A construction company in Mankato goes belly up and Pa is unable to pay off his credit at the Mercantile, Harriet is a real b-word about it but eventually the whole family comes together to save the day. Sarah and Emily also talk about how they are reaching the fa...

Send us a text The Squid Games come to Walnut Grove for this last episode of the season! Sarah and Emily reminisce over town days and school fairs and Emily comes up with a great idea called "Mother Carnies," (if you'd like to be one please contact her.) Walnut Grove has their very first town celebration and Pa is up against an elderly gent who trash talks him the entire episode and challenges him to a chopping contest. Will Pa take the high road? Also, we learn what hoop balling is, talk abo...

Send us a text An old friend shows up and is about as exciting and welcome as a case of Montezuma's Revenge... good ol' Johnny Johnson! Johnny decided he's going to see the world, but first stop, Mankato! He falls in love with a lady of the evening and Mr. Edwards takes it upon himself to teach the lad a lesson. Not much from the Ingalls girls this episode, so they must have been on Spring Break. But, there's a lot of Mr. Edwards so don't worry! Remember to like, subscribe and join our ...

Send us a text Join Sarah and Emily and special guest star Annie as they discuss this episode where the Ingalls get "woke!" Ma, Pa and the girls are stranded near Mount Kato during a Spring snowstorm. With nothing to eat but old cornmeal and horses, they are on the brink of starvation when a mysterious stranger comes to save them, despite the fact that he is being hunted himself! CW: this episode uses outdated language and racial themes and we tried our very hardest to not sound like to...

Send us a text NOTE: Emily and Sarah did NOT do the episode we were supposed to this week and are choosing to skip it. That episode is called Child of Pain and deals with child abuse. If you want to watch it this week, go ahead, BUT DON'T TELL THEM ABOUT IT! There's only so much they can handle right now. A new scammer and schemer comes into Walnut Grove... or is he? This episode Sarah and Emily go down a lot of rabbit holes and discuss befriending crows, colonoscopies and wanting...

Send us a text So much grooming! More grooming happens on the Prairie as the worst circus ever comes into town. Pa is too trusting and falls for the tricks of a leprechaun who tells people not only is his sad wagon an actual circus, but he can heal people with a secret powder! Emily remembers a pet store from her childhood that had a monkey in a diaper, but we have no evidence it existed outside her brain. We also discuss an alternate ending for this episode which doesn't involve Jack a...

Send us a text This week we revisit one of Emily's favorite episodes; The Plague! The town of Walnut Grove is besieged by rats and bad cornmeal and suddenly everyone gets sick! But how did this happen? It most certainly could not be from the super cheap sacks of cornmeal with an unknown provenance! The very sacks of cornmeal crawling with rats! We discuss how gifts with purchases would be better if they included your choice of rats, how Emily's middle son figured out their neighborhood'...

Send us a text In this episode a grifter comes to town in the form of a sexy lady that looks a lot like Harriet. Hiram Baker falls in love and has a whirlwind romance. Emily declares she has HAD IT with predators and also divulges the name she gave her kitten (spolier alert: it's stupid and doesn't make any sense.) Michael ("Mike") Landon was clearly off this week for filming and all eyes are on Doc Baker. Pa still manages to get a heroic rescue into the fist five minutes though! Make s...

Send us a text In this episiode we get a little peek into the homelife of Nels and Harriet as they contemplate divorce, an issue I am sure many children in the 1970s were having to grapple with. Nels suddenly becomes an expert fisherman and Harriet resorts to violence with eggs when pushed too far! Doc Baker doesn't mind his own beeswax and comes up with a cockamamie plan noone really follows through on. Sarah and Emily also discuss the origin of "tell me longer," the elite status of Pepperi...

Send us a text Emily forces Sarah to watch another Christmas episode during teh holiday season. This one is a bit of a mixed bag with some remembrances from Ma, Manly and Hester Sue. Laps are sat upon, a kid plays dead and an unbelievable snowstorm strands everyone at the Ingalls' cabin which has now turned into a snowy grave! Make sure to like ansd subscribe, follow our page on Facebook and send all of your grievances to Swaz in HR at littlepodontheprairie@gmail.com

Send us a text This is a very special holiday episode of Little House on the Prairie! Emily picks the wrong episode and we all end up watching the most depressing, feel-bad Christmas episode ever where children get drunk, suffer frost bite and Nels' inventory count of the mercantile suffers a devastating blow. Swaz from HR joins us and she spreads her good cheer and great attitude as she discusses the show she hates the most (this one, thanks to her older sisters.) We also reminisce about tim...

Send us a text It's Christmas time in Walnut Grove so it's time for green grass, trees with leaves and glaring plot holes! We don't care though because it is a classic feel-good episode, (even though there's no Mr. Edwards.) Ma wants a stove, Pa suddenly knows how to fix wagon wheels, half pint makes a difficult decision no adult should have let her make and we get a glimpse of the Mercantile in all of its holiday splendor! Make sure to like and follow our Facebook page Little P...

Send us a text TW: This episode continues to discuss infant death. Avoid it if this is a sensitive subject to you and we will see you next time! In this episode Em and Sarah discuss cheese, who loves it, who doesn't, who's fascinated by it and who is going to get spoiled at Grandma's with a custom charcuterie board! We also reminisce about growing up in the 80s when people let their kids jsut walk home on Kidnapper's Alley and we also talk about Ernest Borgnine. (Whos IS he?? We still ...

Send us a text Trigger Warning: This episode talks about infant loss. If this is a trigger for you, we'll see you back here for episode 15! In this episode Ma and Pa have their very first baby; a baby named Charles Ingalls Jr. They forget they already have 3 other kids at home and place all their attention on this new baby which Laura does NOT appreciate! Sarah and Emily talk about the miracle of childbirth and reminisce about seeing Swaz in HR's disgusting belly button. We also talk a...