Episodes
Episode 95: “Back To The Fans”
What are you really saying, Jason Reitman?
Fansplaining
Episodes
Episode 94: Save Our Show (It’s A Metaphor)
Fans can gather thousands of signatures—but does it ever make a difference?
Episodes
Episode 93: User-Generated Content
What is exploitative—and what is just fans having fun?
Episodes
Episode 92: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 3
Listener mail on future fandom platforms, TV revivals, happy endings, and more.
Episodes
Episode 91: Casey Fiesler
An information science professor on platforms, research ethics, and Tumblr’s algorithms.
Episodes
Episode 90: The Year In Fandom 2018
Some of the biggest fandom trends in 2018, from Tumblr to purity culture to capitalism.
Episodes
Episode 89: Rukmini Pande
The fan studies scholar discusses race, fandom, and her book Squee From the Margins.
Special Episodes
Special Episode 10: The Favourite
Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone, and Elizabeth’s favorite historical period.
Episodes
Episode 88: Kenyatta Cheese
A co-founder of Everybody At Once on the ways the entertainment industry understands fandom.
Episodes
Episode 87: What We Discourse About When We Discourse About the Discourse
Responses to The Discourse Trilogy™, from historical precedents to broader cultural connections.
Special Episodes
Special Episode 9: No Edith, No Peace
Javier Grillo-Marxuach returns to discuss his Indiana Jones/Downton Abbey crossover fic.
Episodes
Episode 86: The Money Question
The Discourse Trilogy™ Part 3: On the monetization of fanfiction, from AO3 to Wattpad.