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Episode 59: Fandom Histories
What is the “history of fandom”—and what gets erased when we perpetuate a single narrative?
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Episode 58: Flourish Goes To A Concert, Or, Elizabeth Agrees To Talk About Harry Styles For Half An Hour
Elizabeth bestows Flourish with this blessed gift, may she never forget it.
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Special Episode 4: Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Watching season 3 classic “Lover’s Walk” and comparing Buffy experiences.
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Episode 57: Nerf Herder
Parry Gripp, lead singer of the band responsible for the Buffy theme song, on nerd culture, bandom, and more.
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Episode 56: Ships and Showrunners
Lilah Vandenburgh—writer, director, showrunner, and long-time fan—talks about fan/creator interaction.
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Episode 55: Happy Anniversary #2
The past year’s guests return to share changes they’ve seen in fandom, from the global to the personal.
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Episode 54: Is This The Real Life? Is This Just ARG?
A conversation with Sean Stewart, the author of some of the most influential alternate reality games ever.
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Episode 53: Stealth Fandom
From “adventure lunch” to stealth cosplay, the ways people engage with fandom that are harder to see.
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Episode 52: Fanfic v. FANtasies
On Wattpad’s FANtasies webseries and the changing pathways for fan-to-pro writing.
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Episode 51: Desi Geek Girls
A conversation with Preeti Chhibber and Swapna Krishna, hosts of the podcast “Desi Geek Girls.”
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Episode 50: Bookcon(s)
Fresh from Bookcon in NYC, Elizabeth talks to Flourish about how the publishing industry engages with fans.
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Episode 49: Defining Fanfiction: The Results
Digging into the results of the fanfiction definitions survey, which was taken by more than 3,500 people.