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Fansplaining
Elizabeth Minkel & Flourish Klink
Fansplaining is a podcast about by, for, and about fandom. It's hosted by Flourish Klink and Elizabeth Minkel. New episodes come out every two weeks. If you want to call us and leave a message for us to read on air, our number is 1-401-526-FANS!
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The Success of Heated Rivalry Should Not Be a Surprise by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
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Fansplaining's Next Chapter by Elizabeth Minkel
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Can Fandom Make Us Better Tourists? by Kayti Burt
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Alternate Universes by Newt Albiston
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Reclaiming the Mary Sue by Meghan Fitzmartin
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K-Pop's Demons, Real and Fictional by Aja Romano
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The Fan, the Pro, and the Spaces In Between by Tessa Gratton
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The Fandom Advantage: How Fan Creativity Fuels Pro Entertainment Careers
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How Friendships Onscreen and Off Fueled Half a Century of Fandom by Jay Castello
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I Came to Ruin You: The Collecting Practices of K-Pop Fandoms by Rea McNamara & Bo Shin
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The RPF Question by Sacha Judd
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Bridgerton and Period Drama Fandom's Enduring Racism Problem by Amanda-Rae Prescott
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Sam Wilson Deserved Better Than Brave New World by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
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The War That Almost Broke a Classic Fandom by Lena Barkin
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The Endless Appetite for Fanfiction by Elizabeth Minkel
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Bringing Fanfiction Into the Classroom by Abby Kirby
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The Beatles Live! by Allegra Rosenberg
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The Scream Fandom's Enduring Divide by Michael Boyle
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The Acolyte's Squandered Potential by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
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The Traumatized Gatekeepers of Broadway by Laura Wheatman Hill
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The Yellow Balloon Movement by Maria Temming
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Episode 223: The End of the Flourish Era
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Episode 222: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 19
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Episode 221: Self-Inserts
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Episode 220: The Fan-Journalist
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Episode 219: Tropefest Speedrun
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Episode 218: The Money Question 3: Books???
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Episode 217: Fanbinding
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Episode 216: Allegra Rosenberg
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Episode 215: The Broken Contract
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Episode 214: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 18
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Episode 213: The Year in Fandom 2023
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Episode 212: Fandom Truthiness
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Episode 211: The Copyright Conundrum
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Episode 210: The RPF Tipping Point
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Episode 209: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 17
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Episode 208: What Fans Owe Each Other
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Episode 207: Paul Cornell
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Episode 206: Bad Fans Revisited
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Episode 205: Fanfluencers
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Episode 204: Happy Anniversary #8
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Episode 203: Solidarity and SDCC
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Episode 202: Dylan Marron
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Episode 201: Artificial Fandom Intelligence 2: Rise of the Grifters
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Episode 200: Maia Kobabe
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Episode 199: Reflecting Reality?
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Episode 198: Strikesplaining
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Episode 197: Stitch
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Episode 196: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 16
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Episode 195: Fandom Life Cycles
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Episode 194: The Pain Fandom
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Episode 193: Ask Me About My Fanart
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Episode 192: Death, Mourning, and Fandom
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Episode 191: Femstats February
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Episode 190: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 15
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Episode 189: "No Cultural Impact"
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Episode 188: The Year in Fandom 2022
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Episode 187: Artificial Fandom Intelligence
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Episode 186B: Disability and Fandom: Part 2
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Episode 186A: Disability and Fandom: Part 1
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Episode 185: RPF Revisited
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Episode 184: Justin Bolger
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Episode 183: Fandom and Religion
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Episode 182: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 14
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Episode 181: The Illusions of Crowds
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Episode 180: Happy Anniversary #7
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Episode 179: Fan Labor, Fan Consumption
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Episode 178: Kaitlyn Tiffany
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Episode 177: The Good, the Bad, and the Popular
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Episode 176: Liang Ge
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Episode 175: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 13
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Episode 174: The Classification of Fandom
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Episode 173: The Meta Episode
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Episode 172: Safe Spaces
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Episode 171: OFIC Magazine
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Episode 170: Fandom-Tinted Glasses
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Episode 169: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 12
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Episode 168: The Entertainment Media Machine
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Episode 167: Our Secret Identities
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Episode 166: Writing Trans Characters
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Episode 165: Fests
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Episode 164: The Year In Fandom 2021
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Episode 163: Freya Marske
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Episode 162: Ways of Seeing
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Episode 161: Brent Lambert
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Episode 160: The Original Character
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Episode 159: Gwenda Bond
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Episode 158: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 11
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Episode 157: Nichole Perkins
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Episode 156: The Exit Interview
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Episode 155: Happy Anniversary #6
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Episode 154: Fans are Discussing…
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Episode 153: The Productive Fan
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Episode 152: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 10
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Episode 151: Teaching Fanfiction
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Episode 150: Post-Pandemic Fandom
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Episode 149: The Real Character
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Episode 148: Do Not Interact
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Episode 147: Anisa Khalifa
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Episode 146: If You Give a Fan a Cookie
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Episode 145: The Fic and the Source Material
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Episode 144: Writing Women
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Episode 143: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 9
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Episode 142: Copyright Brainworms
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Episode 141: The Year In Fandom 2020
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Episode 140: Miranda Ruth Larsen
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Episode 139: The "Q" is for "Queerbaiting"
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Episode 138: 2020 By the Numbers
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Episode 137: . . . And There Was Only One Trope
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Episode 136: Political Fictions
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Episode 135B: Race and Fandom Revisited: Part 2
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Episode 135A: Race and Fandom Revisited: Part 1
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Episode 134: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 8
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Episode 133: Slash: The Discourse
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Episode 132: Purity Culture 2020
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Episode 131: Happy Anniversary #5
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Episode 130: Pam Noles
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Episode 129: Letting Harry Potter Go
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Episode 128: The K-pop Narratives
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A Note from Fansplaining
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Episode 127: A Fan of Fandom
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Episode 126: Social Media Fic
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Episode 125: Con-solation
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Episode 124: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 7
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Episode 123: Reread, Rewatch, Replay
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Episode 122: Wash Your Hands and Read Some Fic
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Episode 121: The Money Question 2: The Appening
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Episode 120: Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
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Episode 119: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 6
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Episode 118: The Craft of Writing (Fanfiction)
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Episode 117: Fans and the Man
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Episode 116: The Year In Fandom 2019
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Episode 115: Power Plays
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Episode 114: Live From GeekGirlCon
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Episode 113: Waffle House Is a Reylo
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Episode 112: Rainbow Rowell
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Episode 111: Canon, What Canon?
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Episode 110: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 5
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Episode 109: Covering Fandom
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Episode 108: #TheOAIsReal
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Episode 107: Happy Anniversary #4
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Episode 106: The Neverending Franchise
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Episode 105: Emily Nussbaum
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Episode 104: The Fourth Wall Redux
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Episode 103: Slash: The Play
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Episode 102: OOC
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Episode 101: Stan Culture
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Episode 100: The More You Know
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Episode 99: The Shipping Answers
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Episode 98: The After Effect
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Episode 97: The Shipping Question
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Episode 96: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 4
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Episode 95: "Back to the Fans"
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Episode 94: Save Our Show (It's A Metaphor)
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Episode 93: User-Generated Content
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Episode 92: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 3
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Episode 91: Casey Fiesler
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Episode 90: The Year In Fandom 2018
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Episode 89: Rukmini Pande
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Episode 88: Kenyatta Cheese
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Episode 87: What We Discourse About When We Discourse About the Discourse
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Episode 86: The Money Question
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Episode 85: Age and Fandom
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Episode 84: Purity Culture
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Episode 83: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 2
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Episode 82: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
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Episode 81: Happy Anniversary #3
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Episode 80: Real Person Fiction
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Episode 79: Who Is Comic-Con For?
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Episode 78: The Fan Studies Network
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Episode 77: The Truth About Toxic Fandom
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Episode 76: Camp Austen
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Episode 75: Bad Fans
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Episode 74: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 1
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Episode 73: Ship It
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Episode 72: Alternate Universes
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Episode 71: Lori Morimoto
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Episode 70: "Our Most Passionate Fans"
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Episode 69: Fan Tourism
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Episode 68: Stephanie Burt: Part 2
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Episode 67: Stephanie Burt: Part 1
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Episode 66: The Humanizing Turn
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Episode 65: Fandom and Capitalism
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Episode 64: The Year in Fandom 2017
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Episode 63: Fanworks and Counterfeits
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Episode 62: Adrian Hon
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Episode 61: Episodic
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Episode 60: Orlando Jones
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Episode 59: Fandom Histories
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Episode 58: Flourish Attends A Concert, Or, Elizabeth Agrees To Talk about Harry Styles For Half An Hour
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Episode 57: Nerf Herder
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Episode 56: Ships And Showrunners
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Episode 55: Happy Anniversary #2!
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Episode 54: Is This The Real Life? Is This Just ARG?
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Episode 53: Stealth Fandom
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Episode 52: Fanfic v. FANtasies
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Episode 51: Desi Geek Girls
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Episode 50: BookCon(s)
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Episode 49: Defining Fanfiction: The Results
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Episode 48: Con or Bust
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Episode 47: Grace and the Fever
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Episode 46: Defining Fanfiction: The Survey
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Episode 45: Tall Princess
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Episode 44: Mary Sue
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Episode 43: A Fangirl Goes To Hollywood
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Episode 42: Fresh Out Of Tokens
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Episode 41: Fandom Trumps Hate
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Episode 40: Axanar [Lawsuit Intensifies]
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Episode 39: Fansplaining!!! On Ice
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Episode 38: The Year In Fandom 2016
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Episode 37: Queer YA And Beyond
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Episode 36: There's No Place Like Home
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Episode 35: No Escape
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Episode 34: Five Tropes Fanfic Readers Love (And One They Hate)
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Episode 33: A Hundred Thousand Worlds
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Episode 32: Nerds For Her
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Episode 31: Get Recced
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Episode 30: Games and Fandom
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Episode 29: Shipping and Activism
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Episode 28: Happy Anniversary #1
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Episode 27: Fanart Insights
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Episode 26: Consplaining
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Episode 25: Lawsuit at Axanar
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Episode 24: Kfan: Trapped In His Own Game
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Episode 23: The Fourth Wall
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Episode 22A: Race and Fandom: Part 1
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Episode 21: Trash Ships and Fandom IRL
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Episode 20: Inside Baseball
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Episode 19: Cataloging Fandom
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Episode 18: Slash: The Movie
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Episode 17: The Powers That Be
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Episode 16: Larry is Real
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Episode 15: ~fanspeak
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Episode 14: Death & the Fangirl
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Episode 13: Destination: Stats!
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Episode 12: The Year In Fandom 2015
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Episode 11: Muggles v No-Maj
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Episode 10: Fangirling Through Time
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Episode 9: The Will It Waffle Radio Hour
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Episode 8: One True Fandom
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Episode 7: The Dark Fantastic
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Episode 6: The Meme Librarian
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Episode 5: SuperWiki!
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Episode 4: Buncha Lawyers
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Episode 3: What's The Deal With Wattpad?
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Episode 2: GeekyCon & Meredith Levine
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Episode 1: "Why Wasn't I Consulted?!"
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