Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMay 20, 2000: The One With Sitcom Fandoms
Season 1 Episode 21
We'll be there for you! This week, Emily and V take a trip back to a very different era: the time of Must-See TV. Once upon a time, television shows …
3 years, 1 month ago
May 2007: FanLib Tries To Commercialize Fic and Everyone Has Big Feelings
Season 1 Episode 20
Read the fine print! This week, Emily dug deep into why exactly we need an Archive Of Our Own and tells V all about FanLib, a short-lived for-profit,…
3 years, 1 month ago
May 2000: A Xena Fandom War Births "Born For War"
Season 1 Episode 19
Alalaes! This week, V and Emily head back to the brand-new days of the internet and Xena: Warrior Princess fandom, where fandom wank has always been …
3 years, 2 months ago
May 4, 2010: Diana Gabaldon Fundamentally Misunderstands Fanfiction
Season 1 Episode 18
Outlander, no! This week, Emily has another Big Topic as she and V try to understand the fundamentally twisted mind of Outlander author Diana Gabaldo…
3 years, 2 months ago
April 26, 2019: Avengers: Endgame Reminds Us That Fandom Can Lose
Season 1 Episode 17
Avengers... Assemble! This week, a COVID-ravaged V and hardier Emily discuss a fannish, and mainstream, event they know all too well: the release of …
3 years, 2 months ago
April 1979: "Bunkies" Introduces Everyone's Favorite Trope
Season 1 Episode 16
There was only one bed! Everyone knows it, everyone loves it, and this week, Emily and V go back to the '70s to discuss the story that birthed it: "B…
3 years, 2 months ago
April 15, 1997: "MMMBop" Changes The World Forever
Season 1 Episode 15
Bop bop doowop! This week, V and Emily travel back to a seminal moment in popslash and bubblegum history with the release of one of the most iconic s…
3 years, 3 months ago
April 7, 2000: Anne Rice's Anti-Fanfiction Screed
Season 1 Episode 14
It's a big one this week! Emotions abound as Emily and V take a dark look into the mind of former vampire queen Anne Rice and her irrational, misinfo…
3 years, 3 months ago
April 1, 2013: #MISHAPOCALYPSE (And SuperWhoLock)
Season 1 Episode 13
SuperWhoLock fans, get your salt/sonics/nicotine patches! This week, V and Emily travel back ten years to the end of the world, AKA the #mishapocalyp…
3 years, 3 months ago
March 2014: Into the TriadVerse
Season 1 Episode 12
Good mornin'! (Good mornin'!) This week, Emily and V dive deep into Multiamory March with a look at the 2014 invention of the TriadVerse, which is li…
3 years, 3 months ago