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Episode 145: The Fic and the Source Material
Episode 145: The Fic and the Source Material

Who are these guys again?

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EpisodesFansplainingMarch 10, 2021
Special Episode 24: WandaVision
Special Episode 24: WandaVision

What is the MCU, if not a franchise persevering?

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Special EpisodesFansplainingMarch 7, 2021
Special Episode 23: Tropefest: Hurt/Comfort
Special Episode 23: Tropefest: Hurt/Comfort

Only one special person can rescue him from the warehouse

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Special EpisodesFansplainingFebruary 24, 2021
Episode 144: Writing Women
Episode 144: Writing Women

A conversation with fic and meta writer breathedout about f/f fanfiction and female characters

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EpisodesFansplainingFebruary 17, 2021
Episode 143: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 9
Episode 143: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 9

Listener mail on fanfics of fanfics, exclusion in fan spaces, and more

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EpisodesFansplainingJanuary 27, 2021
Episode 142: Copyright Brainworms
Episode 142: Copyright Brainworms

The legal limits of imagination

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EpisodesFansplainingJanuary 13, 2021
Episode 141: The Year In Fandom 2020
Episode 141: The Year In Fandom 2020

The biggest fandom stories from a very strange year: transnational media, fan expectations, and, of course, the pandemic

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EpisodesFansplainingDecember 30, 2020
Episode 140: Miranda Ruth Larsen
Episode 140: Miranda Ruth Larsen

The fan studies scholar talks K-pop in 2020—the artists, the media, and the fans

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EpisodesFansplainingDecember 16, 2020
Episode 139: The “Q” is for “Queerbaiting”
Episode 139: The “Q” is for “Queerbaiting”

Shipping, subtext, teasing, representation, and “going canon”

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EpisodesFansplainingDecember 2, 2020
Episode 138: 2020 By the Numbers
Episode 138: 2020 By the Numbers

Some stats you may actually enjoy looking at in this cursed year

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EpisodesFansplainingNovember 18, 2020
Episode 137: . . . And There Was Only One Trope
Episode 137: . . . And There Was Only One Trope

Do you want exactly what it says on the tin?

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EpisodesFansplainingOctober 28, 2020
Episode 136: Political Fictions
Episode 136: Political Fictions

Politics as fandom, and fandom as politics

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EpisodesFansplainingOctober 14, 2020
Episode 135B: Race and Fandom Revisited: Part 2
Episode 135B: Race and Fandom Revisited: Part 2

Featuring Stitch, Anisa Khalifa, Effy, Amanda-Rae Prescott, Sam, Phoebe Sinclair, and Dr. JSA Lowe

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EpisodesFansplainingOctober 2, 2020
Episode 135A: Race and Fandom Revisited: Part 1
Episode 135A: Race and Fandom Revisited: Part 1

Featuring Dr. Rukmini Pande, The Navy Language, Sunny Liu, Holly Quinn, PJ Punla, Paracelsus Caspari, Roz, and Clio

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EpisodesFansplainingSeptember 30, 2020
Special Episode 22: Schitt's Creek
Special Episode 22: Schitt's Creek

“Ew, David!”

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Special EpisodesFansplainingSeptember 19, 2020
Episode 134: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 8
Episode 134: Ask Fansplaining Anything: Part 8

Listener mail on adaptations, sports RPF, making friends in fandom, and more

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EpisodesFansplainingSeptember 16, 2020
Special Episode 21: Watchmen
Special Episode 21: Watchmen

“Who am I? If I knew, I wouldn’t be wearing a fucking mask!”

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Special EpisodesFansplainingSeptember 12, 2020
Special Episode 20: Succession
Special Episode 20: Succession

“Words are just what, nothing. Complicated airflow.”

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Special EpisodesFansplainingSeptember 4, 2020
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