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Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast #434 Riverdale S6 Ep16 Archies Anonymous

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A worker lost a foot, and Percival still treats the railroad like a normal business deal.

1. Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast #434 focuses on Riverdale season 6, episode 16, “Archies Anonymous,” and the hosts keep returning to chapter 111, “Blue Collar.” 2. Jordan Lowe, Cliff Barnes, and Seth host the recap, and Jordan says he had not watched a Riverdale episode in a year. 3. The episode serves as a catch-up on Percival Pickens’s control of Riverdale, Archie’s labor fight, and Jughead’s psychic problems. 4. The hosts note that the episode aired on May 29, 2022 and that commercials for the movie Elvis were running at the time. 5. Archie meets Cheryl and Tabitha at Pop’s, where they say Percival is building a ghost train tied to the living and the dead. 6. Archie and the others describe Percival breaking promises to railroad workers, charging them for equipment, and pushing anti-union conditions. 7. One worker named Sal loses a foot, and Percival uses the injury as the hosts describe his intimidation of the crew. 8. Kevin, Fangs, and Moose are part of the railroad labor story, and the hosts emphasize that Percival is exploiting workers who need money. 9. Veronica works with Betty and agent Drake, a former ATF agent who had tracked jingle-jangle operations and illegal absinthe rings. 10. Cheryl continues witch training with Heather, including a spell to become “unseeable” while she steals a book from the curiosity shop. 11. The hosts focus on Reggie being recruited to help Percival by learning ventriloquism with a dummy of himself. 12. Percival plans to use Reggie’s voice-throwing during Jughead’s act so he can distract Jughead and enter his mind. 13. Jughead later cannot handle the psychic pressure, and the hosts describe him hearing voices at Pops and again in the bunker. 14. Veronica helps Jughead with a blood transfer, which the hosts frame as one of the episode’s strangest practical solutions. 15. Betty questions Charles about Chick, the prison escape from Shankshaw, and Charles’s fear of dying and going to hell. 16. The hosts also revisit the TBK thread and say Charles believes he knows how to get the drop on him. 17. The episode has a fast, joke-heavy recap style, with Jordan, Cliff, and Seth constantly interrupting themselves to correct names and recall Riverdale history. 18. Their tone stays sarcastic but engaged, especially when they react to stained-glass windows, brass knuckles, and the dummy used for Reggie. 19. Listeners who enjoy Riverdale continuity, absurd plot mechanics, and sharp recap commentary will like this episode. 20. Listeners who want a clean standalone story or no prior Riverdale baggage may skip it.

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