Before we get into Season 3 in a few weeks, we of course have to recap Season 2! This week, we’re looking back at the main characters, the villains, and all of the great Season 2 side characters. We’re also going to talk about all of the highs of the season, like best performances, favorite songs, best three episode run, and favorite Delena and Ste…

Clueless young elites are chanting for the destruction of the United States and no one bats an eye. Lets discuss how this is strategic and planned. Nothing happens by accident. How about we deport everyone who is here on a visa that is caught protesting the very sponsor of their free ride? Where is Gavin and when is he going to make his move? Barry…

Put on your PJs, grab your Brothers Bond Bourbon or your Fresh Vine Wine, and get ready to slumber it with the Rippah Girls! This week, we're having a girls night and playing TVD Trivia hosted by Producer Shea. With 90 questions created by Shea and 10 listener-submitted questions, we'll see who really knows The Vampire Diaries the best. You can eve…

It’s officially been one year of The Rippah Diaries, or at least it will be on April 20th. Close enough for us. This week, we’re talking about the past year of the pod, what inspired us to get started, and some of our opinions that have changed with this rewatch of Season One and Two. We’re also going to turn the mic over to you guys and read some …

With the werewolf bite getting worse, Damon is ready to give up, but of course, Stefan can’t help but try to save him. The spirits in the old witch house reveal that Klaus will have the cure, so Stefan goes to strike a bargain while Alaric watches a sickly Damon. All goes well until Sheriff Forbes shows up with absolutely no plan and lets Damon out…

Well, we are still here. Eclipse be damned. The MSM tried desperately to make us all believe that the end was near. I even heard someone on "The View" blame the eclipse on climate change. You can’t make this shite up. I am on the road and making a podcast from the seat of an automobile…. An internal combustion driven vehicle. I know, I am so 20th c…

Now that Jenna has woken up, Elena explains to her that she’s in transition and Jenna realizes that she’s the vampire Klaus plans to sacrifice with the doppelgänger. With the addition of Jules as the werewolf, Klaus has all three goddesses needed to begin the ritual. With the sacrifice underway, Bonnie and Jeremy spend most of the night looking for…

It’s finally the full moon, which means Klaus is planning to break the sun and moon curse tonight. Elena and Stefan are willing to go along with the sacrifice and hope that Elijah’s magical elixir will bring Elena back to life, but Damon is not on board with that plan. In classic Damon fashion, he lashes out and feeds Elena his blood, almost guaran…

Elena and the newly undaggered Elijah spend the day together so Elena can prove she’s trustworthy and so Elijah can tell her about the last time Klaus tried to break the sun and moon curse in the 1400s. Through flashbacks, Elijah tells the story of how he and Klaus met Katherine, and he makes three huge reveals about Klaus and the curse. We also se…

What is going on? Am I missing something? Why do I feel I am living in a dream? Do you ever ask yourself these questions? Because I do every single day. I want to know why people do not do what is right. Why do the powers that be seem to do the exact opposite of what you and I would do? Is it all due to the corruption that exists in the world today…

It’s time for another decade dance: the 60s. Klaus continues to possess Alaric’s body, and with help from Katherine, he is ready to act as our favorite history teacher and taunt Elena. As always, Elena tries to pretend everything is normal, which of course means she and Bonnie and Stefan are finally going to school. Klaus, teaching history as Alari…

After stopping by the Gilbert house to ruin Jenna and Alaric’s relationship, Isobel convinces John that she’s trying to help Elena. John is blinded by love and believes her, but Elena and Stefan are skeptical. Rightfully so, because Isobel immediately meets up with Katherine to tell her that she made a deal with Klaus to save Katherine’s life in ex…

Attending my first caucus in Missouri was interesting and it gave me insight into why nothing can get done in Congress. No one listens. No one understands. But all things aside Trump triumphant with a 268-12 vote. Haley loses again. Supreme Court in a 9-0 decision overrules the Colorado Supreme Court and Trump will be on the ballot in Colorado. On …

If you ever wondered if your country will screw you over at the first opportunity then look no further than this administrations handling of the Southern Border crisis. Not only is their inaction affecting every aspect of American life through welfare, crime, housing, education, and national debt, it is also being financed with our own taxes dollar…

Now that Katherine has manipulated her way out of the tomb, she’s sticking around the Salvatore house to flirt with Stefan and Damon and antagonize Elena. And with Elijah now out of the picture, Stefan decides Team Save Elena should try to get Luka and Dr. Martin on their side, so he and Bonnie meet with the Martins at the Grill to plead their case…

Yes, Nikki Haley loves losing. She lost big time despite convincing large numbers of Dems to vote for her in South Carolina. When you outspend your opponent 30 to 1 and lose by double digits you might want to rethink your immediate plans. But her assignment is to hurt Trump at all costs. Will the American public fall for this? Thirty percent will f…

Nikki can’t say no. I bet she was fun in high school. How many times must you be humiliated before you throw in the towel? Yet, the money keeps rolling in and she keeps trying to convince us that she has a chance. Trump gets hit with a $355 million fine and apparently NYC DA thinks that’s a win for NY? Ross Perot said it best. “You will hear the su…

As Elena reads the Gilbert journals, she finds out about Stefan’s revenge on the founding families in 1864. Now that the truth is out, Stefan tells Elena about his ripper era and how Lexi brought him out of it. Meanwhile, Damon is desperate to get a chance to "talk" with Elijah—we all know what that really means. Andie gives Damon the perfect oppor…

Name a competent leader either foreign or domestic. I dare you. We are being led by psychopaths, maniacs and freaks. The DOJ is a joke. The courts have been weaponized and we have a massive two tiered justice system. You and I no longer matter to the elite. We are a nuisance and insignificant. World War 3 has already begun but the vast majority are…

Killing a political enemy is common in history. But is that what Putin actually did? If so, is the West contemplating the demise of Donald J. Trump? The circumstances are remarkably similar. Would the Deep State kill an opponent? I say yes.

In a rare cute Stelena episode, Stefan and Elena decide to avoid Uncle John and go spend the day at the Gilbert family lake house. While Stelena have their romantic getaway, everyone back in Mystic Falls is scheming. First we have Caroline, Bonnie, and Jeremy plotting to get information from Luka about the sacrifice by putting him in a witchy tranc…

What can I say? Putin came across as a knowledgeable, sane, competent, leader unlike our own. Carlson had his hand full but did a good job. Obama DOJ calls Joey B. an elderly, well meaning man who has a bad memory. No charges.

Looking forward to the interview with our arch enemy, the King of Bad, the Grand Exaluted Almighty Omnipotent Stomper, Vlad (the Impaler) Putin. Geez, you would swear Tucker was interviewing Castro. Oh, I forgot those interviews are saved for the Barbara Walters, Charlie Rose’s of the world. Are we in the end times of our empire? Are we going the w…

All of the worst characters come out to play in this episode. Uncle John returns and immediately stirs the pot with Jenna and tries to parent Elena. Meanwhile, Tyler confronts Caroline about lying to him about how many vampires there are and who killed Mason. Trying to do damage control, Caroline sends Stefan to talk to Tyler to help him cool off. …

While we will probably learn nothing new from the Tucker Carlson interview of Vladimir Putin this move makes Tucker Carlson bigger than Joe Rogan. Nikki Haley fails miserably and will continue on to fail more. Is King Chuck dead? If he were do you think we would know immediately? I doubt it.

All the news that is news for last week. Biden wins South Carolina Democrat Primary-Sees Abysmal 4% Turnout-The Southern Border is wide open but our Squatter In Chief says give me more money and do what I say and wal-lah everything will be great. Apparently, rather than upholding the Constitution our armed service members are fighting for this "adm…

Print media is dead folks. I will give you at least two examples of why it is a leaf dying on the vine. The model of a central delivery system for information has gone the way of the spittoon and buggy whip. WARNING: Shadow Government SG will use fear to control the masses. They have no choice. Trump is running away with polling for the 2024 electi…

With Rose’s werewolf bite getting worse every minute, Damon asks Elena to play nurse while he tries to get a cure from Jules. Despite Elena's do-gooder efforts Rose hallucinates, attacks her, and escapes to cause chaos at one of the town’s many events. Just to lighten things up for a minute, both Matt and Tyler kiss Caroline, setting up a classic l…

No one understands the Taylor Swift con job and what it reveals about the American public. You are being conned by a huge money making machine and apparently most are fine with that. If you believe that deep down inside people are “good” at their core then spend a few minutes Twitter/X and you will reassess that belief system quickly. The world is …

From the Texas border crisis and a possible civil war, an up coming regional conflict (World War) in the Middle East, to the FBI being run by entitled, lazy, children and the stupidity and embarrassment of our Squatter in Chief. This week’s news is beyond belief. Come have a listen.

Sometimes the medicine is hard to swallow. But the medicine is the cure. Donald Trump is that medicine. He is the chemo that is actually poison, but could save your live. However, that medicine must be dosed out at a rate that is tolerable to the body. My advice for Big Don is to tone the rhetoric down a bit, don’t appear to be a petulant child and…

It’s finally the first full moon since Tyler became a werewolf, and he is desperate to find Mason to help him through the transition. Thankfully, Caroline steps in and comforts Tyler through the whole experience. Unfortunately, the voicemail Tyler left for Mason is overheard by our least favorite side character, Jules. When Jules gets to town and s…

Nikki Haley got her butt handed to her tonight and any sane person would leave the battlefield with some dignity. But not the Wicked Witch of the East. No, she is going to stay in and see if she can drive a stake through the heart of her political career. Good luck with that honey.

From military attacks in the Red Sea to furries being forced to ride home with parents or face Animal Control. This week was wild. We will discuss the New Hampshire primary and the death rattles of the Haley and DeSantis campaigns as well as our record production of domestic oil production that the Biden administration would rather you did no know …

I am as empathetic as the next guy but I do believe there should be limits. When the so called homeless are wearing better shoes, coats, and have better cell phones than the working class something is wrong. Why is the taxpayer being asked to house, feed, educate, and provide health care to mentally ill, drug addicted, non citizens. I know that I a…

Ev’s are a scam the likes you have never seen. Completely useless to the average American but yet our illustrious leaders feel you are not smart enough to make your own decisions and they are wiser. So presto chango….2035, no new ICE (internal combustion engines). They want to control you They want you dead folks. You are a nuisance. A liability. T…

Desperate to save Elena, the Salvatore brothers plan to get the moonstone from Katherine with the help of Bonnie and Jeremy—not really a dream team. Elena wants nothing to do with their terrible plan, so she convinces Rose to take her to Slater’s apartment to find out more about Klaus. At the apartment, they find a very dead Slater and Slater’s vam…

When your team is up by 50 and it is still the first quarter you can rest assured that your team is going to win. Is it possible that people in the MSM have never played sports? Why this belly aching that the Iowa Caucus was called in the first hour of voting? Because it was an historic “ass kicking” that’s why. Trump emerges victorious as was pred…

Listening to Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley supporters I keep thinking of Beavis and Butt-Head type of thinking. How do these people get through a typical day in life? While you have every right to believe whatever you want I only ask that you use some common sense when making decisions. These groups are beyond my understanding. We are in the fight o…

After Rose tells Elena that Klaus is coming for her, Elena goes to the tomb to give Katherine blood in exchange for the truth about the sun and moon curse. Through flashbacks to 1490, Katherine tells Elena about the child who was taken away from her, how she ruined Trevor and Rose’s lives, and how she turned into a vampire. Damon and Rose also try …

Imagine if you will a person being sent forward in time from the 1950's. What would they think has happened to America? You might say that is silly, of course someone from 70 years ago would be surprised by the changes, the technology, and our culture. That is a long time. But now imagine someone from just 20 years ago. Say 2004. Imagine how they w…

Raise your hand if you think anyone is going to jail because of the new document drop regarding Jeffery Epstein. Yeah, that's what I thought also. These are the chosen ones. They are members of the "club." News flash, we aren't in that club. No one is going to jail. It is all a mindless distraction. If they powers that be were truly serious they wo…

Anyone who tells you that 2024 is going to be a wonderful year is either naive or in denial. This will prove to be the most important and possibly the most dangerous year in American history for the republic. The Deep State cannot and will not allow Donald J. Trump to occupy the White House again and what are the lengths they will go to prevent it?…

After being kidnapped for the second time, Elena is brought to an old, abandoned mansion where she meets her kidnappers, Trevor and Rose. Trevor immediately tries to feed on Elena, and Rose slaps Elena so hard she does a 360 spin, so things don't look good for her. Luckily, Jeremy and Stefan figure out Elena is missing and Bonnie does a locator spe…

Katherine sends a message to the Salvatore brothers: hand over the moonstone tonight at the masquerade ball, or she will rip apart the town until it rains blood. But Katherine predicts that Stefan and Damon won’t hand the moonstone over without a fight, so she brings her very own Bennett witch for backup and keeps a few tricks up her sleeve. Kather…

You know Masquerade is that episode when there’s a whole episode about the set up for the masquerade party. Everyone in the show is involved in party prep, including Stefan and Mason. Mason is shocked to see that Stefan survived the last episode, but Stefan is even more shocked when Bonnie bumps into Mason and has a vision of him kissing “Elena.” S…

While I have always been a ardent critic of Elon Musk and his "smoke and mirrors" empire I need to admit that a broken clock can be correct twice a day. In this instance he is spot on with his defense of Twitter/X and his double middle fingers to the advertisers who want to control his free speech platform. I praise him on this issue and most impor…

A new day in Mystic Falls means a new event, and today’s event is the Historical Society Volunteer Picnic, which is the perfect opportunity for everyone to be in the same place to cause drama. This means Elena and Stefan can put on their best performances in their fake fight and Mason can prove to Sheriff Forbes that Stefan and Damon are vampires. …

Howard Beale said it best in the 1976 satirical film about the decaying values of America and American television. I return to the airways and hope that you and I can turn over a rock or two to see the underbelly of politics and the human condition. We start today discussing why a second Trump presidency is a long shot and what the Shadow Governmen…

For a minute, this episode makes you think it's opening with a Steferine 1864 memory, but we quickly find out it's Stefan's Delena nightmare created by Katherine getting in Stefan's head. Despite the rude awakening, Stefan lets Katherine hang around the Salvatore House long enough for Stefan to vervain her and lock her in the basement. Across town,…