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Episode 187: Artificial Fandom Intelligence
Some fans are concerned about AI tools like ChatGPT and Lensa—but are they worth the worry?
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Audio, show notes, and transcripts for the full back catalog of the podcast
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Episode 186B: Disability and Fandom: Part 2
Featuring Lindsay Mixer, Soph, TallysGreatestFan, Lizard Socks, May Barros, Cora Maria, miscellanium, Bodge, Julia, Valerie Gristch, and Jessica.
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Episode 186A: Disability and Fandom: Part 1
Featuring Rebecca Milton, Dr. Paul D. C. Bones, buffer-overrun, Taylor, Joan Miller, Wheelchairidan, Hannah, and Sandy.
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Episode 185: RPF Revisited
Real person fiction has been a complicated fandom topic for decades—but what does it look like in 2022?
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Episode 184: Justin Bolger
How a life in fandom led to running social media for some of the world’s biggest franchises.
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Episode 183: Fandom and Religion
It’s easy to make basic comparisons, but are fandom and religion really that similar?
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Episode 182: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 14
Listener mail on fandom conspiracy theories, AO3 collections, moving from lurking to participating, and more.
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Episode 181: The Illusions of Crowds
If we can all see it, how could we possibly be wrong?
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Episode 180: Happy Anniversary #7
The past year’s guests share observations about what’s changed in fandom, both broadly and personally.
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Episode 179: Fan Labor, Fan Consumption
We do, in fact, live in a society.
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Episode 178: Kaitlyn Tiffany
A conversation with the author of Everything I Need I Get from You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It.
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Episode 177: The Good, the Bad, and the Popular
Is there actually any relationship between the quality of the source material and the size of a fandom?