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Episode 23: The Fourth Wall
Many fans want to keep fanworks within fandom—so why does the media expose them to creators?
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Episode 22B: Race and Fandom: Part 2
More fans of color—Zina, Jeffrey Lyles, Rozf, Traci-Anne, and zvi LikesTV—talk about racism in fandom.
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Episode 22A: Race and Fandom: Part 1
Fans of color—Rukmini Pande, Clio, Holly Quinn, Shadowkeeper, and PJ Punla—on fandom racism.
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Episode 21: Trash Ships and Fandom IRL
Destination Toast analyzes Star Wars shipping stats, and Alexa Donne discusses Leviosa, a Harry Potter con.
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Episode 20: Inside Baseball
Cecilia Tan talks about turning fannish loves into pro ventures, from baseball writing to erotica.
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Episode 19: Cataloging Fandom
Librarian Ludi Price talks about her research on how fans collect, tag, organize, and share information.
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Episode 18: Slash: The Movie
A conversation about the feature film Slash, including a discussion with director Clay Liford.
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Episode 17: The Powers That Be
How does a television show get made? Is there really a shadowy entity known as “TPTB”?
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Episode 16: Larry is Real
Artist Owen G. Parry talks about “Larry!Monument,” a 1D-inspired work, and, of course, Larry Stylinson.
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Episode 15: ~fanspeak
Gretchen McCulloch, a linguist who specializes in online speech, digs into fannish terms on the web.
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Episode 14: Death and the Fangirl
Celebrity deaths and collective grief with therapist Kathleen Smith and information scientist Casey Fiesler.
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Episode 13: Destination: Stats!
Fandom statistician Destination Toast talks about analyzing fannish data and looks at recent trends in fic.