Stoop Kidz!: A Hey Arnold! Podcast

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What's Stoop Kidz!: A Hey Arnold! Podcast about?

A-here we go... Every week, Emily Csuy, Harry Mackin, and Cody Narveson dig deep on an episode of the beloved 90s cartoon Hey Arnold! and share stories of how it's impacted their lives from childhood to today. If you love Hey Arnold! or just great discussions of TV, listen in!

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Stoop Kidz!: A Hey Arnold! Podcast episodes:

07.01.2023
Season 5 Recap + A Look Back at the Entire Series
There’s still so much to say about Hey Arnold!, so the Kidz are taking one last look back at Season 5 and the entire five-season Hey Arnold! run, from the 1996 pilot to the final episode in 2004. Along the way,...
06.24.2023
99 + 100 The Journal
Here we go. It’s the final episode of Hey Arnold! as a TV show – not including the movies – and it’s a doozy of a Stoop Kidz! episode, too. Arnold learns more about his parents’ mission to help save the...
06.17.2023
98 April Fool's Day (with Dylan Guerber)
King of the Fools Dylan Guerber returns to the stoop for one final time! Arnold and Helga’s April 1 prank one-upmanship mirrors the secrets they keep from each other in “April Fool’s Day,” where Helga’s not-so-innocent practical jokes escalate tension between...
06.10.2023
97A Timberly Loves Arnold/97B Eugene, Eugene!
Arnold has to face his on-again off-again crush on Lila once and for all when he starts getting attention from an unexpected source: Gerald’s little sister! “Timberly Loves Arnold” is a bit all over the place (didn’t we close the...
06.03.2023
96 Married (with Seth Zarate)
Seth’s back on the stoop and he’s got COOTIES in this very special episode of Stoop Kidz! Rhonda’s origami game predicts each kid’s perfect matrimonial pair in “Married”. That’s right – she knows exactly who’s gonna tie the knot with whom,...
05.27.2023
95A A Day in the Life of a Classroom/95B Big Bob's Crisis
“A Day in the Life of a Classroom” questions the definition of “perfect” at P.S. 118 when a documentary crew wants to capture an exemplary day in Mr. Simmons’s classroom! Mr. Simmons takes it a little too literally – think...
05.20.2023
94A Phoebe's Little Problem/94B Grandpa's Packard (with Allegra Frank)
Allegra gets back in front of the mic and DOESN’T embarrass herself on this episode of Stoop Kidz! Phoebe, however, DOES embarrass herself when her nervous flatulence gets picked up on mic in front of a large audience. (Podcast editor’s note:...
05.12.2023
93A On the Lam (with Erica Csuy)/93B Family Man (with Ellie DeMuth)
Erica Csuy and Ellie DeMuth are back on the Stoop! “On the Lam” sees Harold, Stinky, and Sid on the run after assuming they blew up the police station (ACAB) with science project rockets. (They didn’t. L.) In “Family Man”, Mr. Hyunh...
05.06.2023
92A The Racing Mule/92B Curly's Girl
Glueboy – Arnold, Oskar, and Mr. Hyunh’s new racing horse – is no racing horse. So it’s their job to get the mule(!) up to racing shape in “The Racing Mule”! The Kidz! are a lot less ambivalent about “Curly’s Girl”,...
04.29.2023
91A Harold vs. Patty/91B Rich Guy
Harold loses to Patty in an arm-wrestling match – twice – before asking her for some training in “Harold vs. Patty”. A pretty weird version of the father/son dynamic appears in “Rich Guy,” when Arnold catches a hockey puck bound for...
04.22.2023
90A Arnold Visits Arnie/90B Chocolate Boy (with Hannah Borenstein)
If today’s guest had an Arnie, she might be named Anna: Hannah Borenstein returns for another Stoop Kidz! double-header! We meet more of Arnie’s friends, who look and sound suspiciously like the kids of Hillwood, in “Arnold Visits Arnie”: Lulu, Hilda,...
04.14.2023
89A Suspended/89B Ernie in Love (with Charlie Mackin)
Charlie realized that not being a guest on Stoop Kidz! isn’t so cool after all, so she climbed up to our window, built a giant slingshot, put on a pizza delivery disguise, and straight-up BEGGED to be back on! Actually, that’s...
04.06.2023
88A Ghost Bride/88B Gerald vs. Jamie O (with Niky Horowitz)
It all started a hundred years ago, in 1923… actually, it started in March 2023 when we recorded this episode with Niky Horowitz! Hillwood’s urban legends take a turn for the tragically romantic when Arnold and friends learn of the Ghost...
04.01.2023
87A Beaned/87B Old Iron Man (with Ryan Csuy)
Welcome yet another Csuy to the podcast – Ryan Csuy makes his debut on the stoop! In “Beaned,” Helga develops traumatic amnesia (watch out for that baseball!), igniting Arnold’s caretaker instincts. It’s so nice that even after she recovers, Helga pretends...
03.23.2023
86A Helga's Locket/86B Sid and Germs (with Dan Nagan)
YOU FORGOT YOUR MOUSTACHE!!! Dan Nagan (https://twitter.com/adapperdanman) is back! “Helga’s Locket” is a lot like “Helga Blabs It All,” except instead of a voicemail, she’s trying to prevent Arnold from reading the confessional inscription on a love locket she made! Grandpa gets...
03.18.2023
85A Stuck in a Tree/85B Rhonda Goes Broke
Arnold, Harold, and Eugene get stuck in a tree in “Stuck in a Tree” and Chocolate Boy may be their only hope. Heaven help them! Rhonda gets a taste of working class living conditions (Sunset Arms) when Daddy Lloyd’s stocks go...
03.10.2023
84A New Bully on the Block/84B Phoebe Breaks a Leg
DUDE! Wolfgang meets his match when the new kid, Ludwig, attempts to take over his turf – the hallowed vacant lot – in “New Bully on the Block”. Phoebe’s finally had it with Helga’s bossing around in “Phoebe Breaks a Leg,”...
03.03.2023
83A Bag of Money/83B Principal Simmons (with Drew Tenenbaum)
Drew’s back and he’s carrying exactly $3,937 cash in a bag! (Or is it just a bunch of birdseed?) When Arnold, Gerald, and Sid find a bag filled with thousands of dollars in “Bag of Money”, it kicks off a nightmarish...
02.25.2023
82A Gerald's Game/82B Fishing Trip
Gerald gets a little bit too into The King Rules, a card game, in “Gerald’s Game”. It becomes a bit of a point of shame, prompting Arnold to (you guessed it) intervene to get his friend back. How necessary was...
02.17.2023
81A Sid the Vampire Slayer/81B Big Sis
Velcome back to Season 5 of Stoop Kidz! and Hey Arnold! Ze final season kicks off vith a vonderfully vacky tale of… mistaken identity. Is Stinky a creature of ze night just because he vears sunglasses, hates garlic, and looks forvard...
01.28.2023
Season 5 Coming Feb. 16!
Set your talking alarm clocks ‘cause it’s almost time to talk about the final season of Hey Arnold! We’ll return with new episodes, returning guests, fresh faces, and hot takes on Feb. 16, 2023. Until then, get hyped by following us...
01.21.2023
Season 4 Recap: The Best Season Yet?
Helga on the Couch. Monkeyman. Principal Wartz. Mr. Hyunh's "very creepy" laugh. Stinky, Harold, and Sid’s buttcheeks. Summer Love. In this special season-ender, we reminisce on all the highs, lows, memories, and things we wish we could forget from Season...
01.14.2023
80 Summer Love
Arnold and Helga end up at the same beach resort for what’s supposed to be a relaxing summertime getaway. But before Helga can put Operation Be Nice to Arnold into action, Summer (the girl) comes calling for Arnold, threatening to...
01.07.2023
79 Dino Checks Out
“Here lies Dino Spumoni,” lies a lying tombstone for the low-rent Sinatra himself! Hoping to see a postmortem popularity bump, Dino Spumoni fakes his death and moves back to Sunset Arms, where he grew up. The spoof works arguably too well,...
12.31.2022
78 Helga on the Couch (with Charlie Mackin)
Charlie Mackin stops by to discuss one of the most important episodes of Hey Arnold! and a classic in its own right! “Helga on the Couch” is remembered as an episode that changed everything for Helga. An outburst like any other...
12.24.2022
77A Helga's Masquerade/77B Mr. Green Runs (with Hannah Borenstein)
Hannah Borenstein is back to tackle two more classic eps with the Kidz! Helga’s ruse goes awry in “Helga’s Masquerade” when she mimics Lila to earn Arnold’s affection, only to earn it for the wrong reasons. Local politics have kept necessary road...
12.17.2022
76A Grandpa's Sister/76B Synchronized Swimming
Grandpa Phil and his twin sister, Mitzi, don’t get along. Like, at all. With beef that goes back decades, can Arnold insert himself as mediator before the fraternal feud boils over into disaster in “Grandpa’s Sister”? In “Synchronized Swimming,” Coach Wittenberg...
12.10.2022
75A Monkeyman!/75B Buses, Bikes, and Subways (with Seth Zarate)
Our own superhero Seth Zarate (https://twitter.com/snzarate) is back to assist the weak and downtrodden with another guest appearance! It wouldn’t be another day in Hillwood without another vigilante realizing he doesn’t fit in with “normal” society! In “Monkeyman!,” Monkeyman gets a...
12.03.2022
74A Helga Sleepwalks/74B Fighting Families
In “Helga Sleepwalks,” a poor choice (eating only pork rinds for days on end) has bad consequences for Helga – namely, her somnambulant confessions of love for Arnold! It’s one of the first episodes where she really starts to recognize...
11.19.2022
73A Weird Cousin/73B Baby Oskar with Dan Nagan
Welcome Dan Nagan of Everything We Learned (https://twitter.com/adapperdanman) back to the stoop! Arnie, Arnold’s country bumpkin cousin, is a bit of a chad. Such is Arnold’s plight in “Weird Cousin,” which has big ENEMY (2013) vibes. In “Baby Oskar,” there’s a baby...
11.11.2022
72A Back to School/72B Egg Story (with Dylan Guerber)
New kid Dylan Guerber shows up on time for his first episode of Stoop Kidz! Grandpa never finished grade school, so the ever-helpful Arnold brings him to PS 118 for some remedial education in “Back to School”. In “Egg Story,” Arnold...
11.05.2022
71 Veterans Day
In this special half-hour episode of Hey Arnold!, Grandpa recounts his time in World War II, Gerald’s dad Martin remembers Vietnam, and Hitler gets a wedgie. It’s… a weird episode. If you like Stoop Kidz!, tell a friend about our show...
10.29.2022
70A Grudge Match/70B Polishing Rhonda
Grandpa has until Sunday to train for a game of golf against Big Bob, and the loser’s on the hook for damages after their contentious fender bender. With a big bill on the line, can Arnold whip Grandpa into golfing...
10.22.2022
69A It Girl/69B Deconstructing Arnold
Fashion designer Johnny Stitches discovers Helga’s hidden talent for the runway and makes her the new “It Girl”. The more she leans into her prickly persona, the more the crowd loves it. But she’s not a fan of having her...
10.14.2022
68A Love and Cheese/68B Weighing Harold (with Drew Tenenbaum)
Drew "Not a Himbo" Tenenbaum returns to Stoop Kidz! Helga seeks to ruin Arnold and Lila’s time at the Cheese Festival in “Love and Cheese,” a sort of slant-sequel to “Operation Ruthless.” Then Harold’s size is suddenly the talk of the...
10.07.2022
67A Helga's Parrot/67B Chocolate Turtles
It’s a weird pair of episodes on this edition of Stoop Kidz! Helga’s pet parrot might squawk her deepest secrets in “Helga’s Parrot,” leading her on a wild bird chase across Hillwood that ends in the most natural, traumatizing way...
09.30.2022
66A Headless Cabbie/66B Friday the 13th (with Dan Nagan)
Dan Nagan (https://twitter.com/adapperdanman) is lurking in the background, ready to getcha when you least expect it! The kids of Hillwood start to wonder if a local myth is real as the coincidences pile up in “Headless Cabbie”. If you haven’t seen...
09.24.2022
65A The Beeper Queen/65B Oskar Can't Read? (with Allegra Frank)
Class is in session and Slate editor Allegra Frank is taking her seat! In “The Beeper Queen,” we get to see Helga’s relationship with her mom in a new light when Miriam takes over for Big Bob at the beeper store...
09.17.2022
64A Big Gino/64B Jamie O in Love (with Niky Horowitz)
Niky Horowitz comes back for a Season 4 debut! Sid has to choose between Arnold and a shady-but-friendly mob boss in “Big Gino.” In “Jamie O in Love,” Gerald’s older brother drops the antagonistic act when he falls for a girl,...
09.09.2022
63A Full Moon/63B Student Teacher
When Sid, Harold, and Stinky are accused (correctly) of mooning Principal Wartz in “Full Moon,” Arnold could get a permanent mark on his record for keeping his trap shut. “Student Teacher” sees the return – and weird, unceremonious departure –...
09.03.2022
62A Dinner for Four/62B Phoebe Skips
Helga’s scheme to impress her friends by taking them out for some fine dining goes wrong when she runs up a bill at the wrong restaurant in “Dinner for Four”. Luckily, her beloved Football Head is there to steer her...
08.27.2022
61A Eugene's Birthday/61B Stinky's Pumpkin
Birthdays, pumpkins, jinxes, and prophetic dreams galore help us kick off Season 4! Thanks for tuning in. We’re in for a wild ride this season! In this discussion, we cover the ongoing role-trading Eugene and Arnold do as ‘the jinx’ and...
08.21.2022
Interview: Craig Bartlett on What Changed Between Seasons 1 and 4 of Hey Arnold!
NOTE: This is an
07.16.2022
Season 4 Coming Aug. 18!
Get ready for the twists, turns, loves, losses, laughs, and drama coming to Hillwood in Season 4 of Hey Arnold! We’ll be back with new episodes starting on schedule Thursday, August 18, so mark your calendars and turn on your...
07.09.2022
The Sound of 1998: Reviewing "Now That's What I Call Music Vol. 1" (with Seth Zarate)
Hopefully this season of Stoop Kidz! has helped you get into the 1998 mood! To get us the rest of the way there, we’re taking an episode to reminisce about one of the heavy-hitting tastemakers of the compact disc-based, pre-streaming...
07.02.2022
Season 3 Recap: Don’t You Forget About Giuseppe
With another season of the show under our belts, it’s time to look back with a quick recap! Season 3 was full of surprises, laughs, new characters, and some of the most heart-wrenching episodes of Hey Arnold! yet. In this episode,...
06.25.2022
60 Parents Day (with Charlie Mackin)
Returning guest Charlie Mackin (https://twitter.com/charliemander13) helps us close out Season 3’s episode discussions – and boy, it’s a doozy! “
06.18.2022
59 School Play (with Wayne Stainrook)
Give a round of applause for Wayne (https://twitter.com/stainwaynerook), who’s putting on his best stage makeup and rehearsing his lines to talk about a special double-length episode of Hey Arnold! In “School Play,” Arnold is set on playing the part the right...
06.11.2022
58A Helga's Show/58B The Flood (with Dan Nagan)
Dan Nagan (https://twitter.com/adapperdanman) returns to the Stoop for a double-header! We get a front-row seat to Helga’s short-lived stand-up career in “Helga’s Show” and Hillwood ends up underwater in “The Flood”! Find Dan and listen to his movie podcast, Everything We Learned,...
06.02.2022
57A Girl Trouble/57B School Dance (with Seth Zarate)
At long last, Seth (https://twitter.com/snzarate) is back on the stoop! Arnold and Helga dance around their complicated relationship yet again in “Girl Trouble,” where Helga’s thinly veiled love for the football headed kid comes to a head during a group project...

What's Stoop Kidz!: A Hey Arnold! Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Stoop Kidz!: A Hey Arnold! Podcast episodes:

Season 5 Recap + A Look Back at the Entire Series

99 + 100 The Journal

98 April Fool's Day (with Dylan Guerber)

97A Timberly Loves Arnold/97B Eugene, Eugene!

96 Married (with Seth Zarate)

95A A Day in the Life of a Classroom/95B Big Bob's Crisis

94A Phoebe's Little Problem/94B Grandpa's Packard (with Allegra Frank)

93A On the Lam (with Erica Csuy)/93B Family Man (with Ellie DeMuth)

92A The Racing Mule/92B Curly's Girl

91A Harold vs. Patty/91B Rich Guy

90A Arnold Visits Arnie/90B Chocolate Boy (with Hannah Borenstein)

89A Suspended/89B Ernie in Love (with Charlie Mackin)

88A Ghost Bride/88B Gerald vs. Jamie O (with Niky Horowitz)

87A Beaned/87B Old Iron Man (with Ryan Csuy)

86A Helga's Locket/86B Sid and Germs (with Dan Nagan)

85A Stuck in a Tree/85B Rhonda Goes Broke

84A New Bully on the Block/84B Phoebe Breaks a Leg

83A Bag of Money/83B Principal Simmons (with Drew Tenenbaum)

82A Gerald's Game/82B Fishing Trip

81A Sid the Vampire Slayer/81B Big Sis

Season 5 Coming Feb. 16!

Season 4 Recap: The Best Season Yet?

80 Summer Love

79 Dino Checks Out

78 Helga on the Couch (with Charlie Mackin)

77A Helga's Masquerade/77B Mr. Green Runs (with Hannah Borenstein)

76A Grandpa's Sister/76B Synchronized Swimming

75A Monkeyman!/75B Buses, Bikes, and Subways (with Seth Zarate)

74A Helga Sleepwalks/74B Fighting Families

73A Weird Cousin/73B Baby Oskar with Dan Nagan

72A Back to School/72B Egg Story (with Dylan Guerber)

71 Veterans Day

70A Grudge Match/70B Polishing Rhonda

69A It Girl/69B Deconstructing Arnold

68A Love and Cheese/68B Weighing Harold (with Drew Tenenbaum)​​

67A Helga's Parrot/67B Chocolate Turtles

66A Headless Cabbie/66B Friday the 13th (with Dan Nagan)

65A The Beeper Queen/65B Oskar Can't Read? (with Allegra Frank)

64A Big Gino/64B Jamie O in Love (with Niky Horowitz)

63A Full Moon/63B Student Teacher

62A Dinner for Four/62B Phoebe Skips

61A Eugene's Birthday/61B Stinky's Pumpkin

Interview: Craig Bartlett on What Changed Between Seasons 1 and 4 of Hey Arnold!

Season 4 Coming Aug. 18!

The Sound of 1998: Reviewing "Now That's What I Call Music Vol. 1" (with Seth Zarate)

Season 3 Recap: Don’t You Forget About Giuseppe

60 Parents Day (with Charlie Mackin)

59 School Play (with Wayne Stainrook)

58A Helga's Show/58B The Flood (with Dan Nagan)

57A Girl Trouble/57B School Dance (with Seth Zarate)

68A Love and Cheese/68B Weighing Harold (with Drew Tenenbaum)