Episodes
Episode 201: Artificial Fandom Intelligence 2: Rise of the Grifters
Is there anything fic writers can do about hustle culture tech bro grindset disruptors?
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Special Episodes
Special Episode 30: Tropefest: Fake Relationships
The suspect runs a couples’ retreat? I guess we have to go undercover…
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Episode 200: Maia Kobabe
The author of Gender Queer on fanart, K-pop, and being a longtime fan of Fansplaining.
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Episode 199: Reflecting Reality?
How fanfiction mirrors our own lives—and how it doesn’t.
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Episode 198: Strikesplaining
Screenwriter Javier Grillo-Marxuach breaks down the Writer’s Guild of America strike.
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Episode 197: Stitch
The media critic and fandom journalist returns to the podcast to talk about their work.
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Episode 196: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 16
Listener mail on BNFs, ship-naming conventions, self-promotion etiquette, and more.
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Episode 195: Fandom Life Cycles
On open and closed canons, and everything in between.
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Episode 194: The Pain Fandom
A conversation with journalist Maria Temming on her deep dive into the world of whump.
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The Pain Fandom
How whump—one of fandom’s oldest and most divisive genres—gained a fanbase of its own.
Episodes
Episode 193: Ask Me About My Fanart
A conversation with Fox Estacado about money, cons, and shifting attitudes around fanart.
Special Episodes
Special Episode 29: Tropefest: Soulmate AU
Elizabeth always wondered why Flourish wore a band covering their wrist…