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Episode 79: Who Is Comic-Con For?
Post-SDCC 2018, breaking down the entertainment industry’s top-level view of fans.
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Episode 78: The Fan Studies Network
Elizabeth attends the 2018 FSN Conference and talks to founders Lucy Bennett and Tom Phillips.
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Episode 77: The Truth About Toxic Fandom
Dispelling myths about “toxic fandom,” and digging into factors that lead to bad fandom dynamics.
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Episode 76: Camp Austen
Ted Scheinman on his book about a Jane Austen con attended by academics and fans alike.
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Episode 75: Bad Fans
How fans engage with “bad” characters, from celebrating villains to granting redemption.
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Episode 74: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 1
Listener mail on fan tourism, alternate universe fic, making fandom friends, and more.
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Episode 73: Ship It
Riverdale writer Britta Lundin returns to discuss her debut YA novel (on fandom!), Ship It.
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Episode 72: Alternate Universes
A conversation on AU fic with culture writer and “Overinvested” co-host Morgan Leigh Davies.
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Episode 71: Lori Morimoto
The fan studies scholar on transcultural fandom, contact zones, and bridging the fan/academic divide.
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Episode 70: “Our Most Passionate Fans”
What happens when brands sanction fans’ bad—even violent—behavior as “passionate”?
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Episode 69: Fan Tourism
From set visits to theme parks to retracing the steps of a fictional character.
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Special Episode 6: The Good Place
A conversation about the beloved sitcom inevitably turns into debate about morality and human nature.