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S4E167 June 13-14, 2008: What We Can Learn from FedConUSA
Defraud fans and prosper? This week, Emily and V take yet another jaunt to a fan convention gone horribly awry, and once again, it's Star Trek and it's in Dallas. This time, the key ideas are leaking…
S1E5 Batman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode #005: Flowers in the Hydra Bunker with Rue
This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors. This week, our C-List Superhero is Roscoe Dillon AKA The Top (DC Comics), and our A-List…
S4E166 June 1990: Our Girl Beverly Zuk Teaches Us Many Things
Send a SASE! This week, V and Emily take a look at the illustrious -- pun intended -- life and career of Big Name Fanartist and writer Beverly Zuk, whose Fanlore page is a riot of full-frontal…
S4E165 May 25, 1977, 1983, 2018: The Real Star Wars Day
Help us, Obi-Wan, you're our only hope! This week, Emily and V look at three separate events that, as we say in Star Wars fandom, "rhyme": the releases of Star Wars (1977), Star Wars: Return of the…
S1E4 Batman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode #004: The Greg Grunberg Cinematic Universe with Shit Larries Say
This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors. This week, our C-List Superhero is Matt Parkman from Heroes, and our A-List Superhero is…
S4E164 May 20, 1998: Yet Another Godzilla Fandom Battle
Roar! This week, V and Emily look at a 70-year-old fandom that we'd never considered before: Godzilla. Thanks to a request, we look at the schism in the fandom, and the Godzilla canon, caused by…
S1E3 CONstruction || Episode #003: Nine Months Out
Welcome to another episode of the TWIFH special miniseries podcast, CONstruction: How to Throw A Fan Convention. Each month, V will catch up with John @jarrow, the logistics guy with all the…
S4E163 May 12, 2008: The Bench: Fan Feud Is Our First Sign JK Rowling Has Done A Heel-Turn
Accio legal system? This week, Emily and V look into the super-bummer that was a harbinger of even worse super-bummers to come: the time JK Rowling sued her biggest fan for basically knowing more…
S1E3 Batman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode 003: The Messiest Person Ever in General with @morethanonepage
Welcome to TWIFH's brand-new Patreon show! This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors. This week, our C-List Superhero is Millie…
S4E162 May 4, 2012: Check the Vents, The Avengers Are In The Tower
To the Common Room! This week, V and Emily look with such fondness at the best era of fic since the internet began: the 2012 Avengers Tower era. This requested episode features Clint in the vents,…
S4E161 April 1988: Late For Breakfast Letterzine Begins Cooking
And print! This week, Emily and V learn what a letterzine was as they look at one of the biggest of its kind from the 1980s and well into the '90s: multifandom slash zine, Late For Breakfast. They…
S1E2 Batman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode 002: A Lot More Planes with Maggie @bossymarmalade
Welcome to TWIFH's brand-new Patreon show! This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors. This week, our C-List Superhero is Faith…
S4E160 April 21, 2008: The Open-Source Boob Project Grosses Us Out
Gross! This week, V and Emily are balls of white-hot rage as they discuss the very 2008 debacle that was the Open-Source Boob Project at Penguicon '08. The originator of the project -- the same dude…
S1E2 CONstruction || Episode #002: Ten Months Out
Welcome to another episode of the TWIFH special miniseries podcast, CONstruction: How to Throw A Fan Convention. Each month, V will catch up with John @jarrow, the logistics guy with all the…
S4E159 April 13, 2013: A BNF of Ice & Fire, Or: Lindaaaa, GRRM, and Racism (TW Misogyny, Racism, Terrible Language)
Yikes, Scoob! This week, Emily and V hold their noses and sink into the cesspit that is the Tumblr blog of ASOIAF BNF and certified GOT Hater, Lindaaaa (Linda Antonsson). We literally can't use any…
S1E1 Batman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode 001: Cheeked Up with Mia from The Fan Girl Film Club
Welcome to TWIFH's brand-new Patreon show! This episode will be available to all listeners for 7 days before access is locked to our $5+ Patreon donors. This week, our C-List Superhero is Tomás Lara…
S4E158 March 30, 1981: An Obsessed Jodie Foster Fan Gives Fans A Bad Name
Yikes. This week, V and Emily try their best to be Carefully Neutral (well, V does) as they delve into the sordid, obsession-fueled assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley, Jr, who…
S4E157 April 4, 2024: BiBuck on The Weewoo Show
Weewoo! This week, Emily and V talk about not Steve and Bucky, nor Steve and Eddie, nor Edward and Stede, but the FOURTH slash pairing with the same names: Buck and Eddie from 9-1-1. Specifically,…
S4E156 March 23, 2025: JonasCon Is Burnin' Up
SOS! This week, V and Emily talk about the fandom for one of V's favorite bands, although sadly she was not in attendance at this legendary event: JonasCon. We discuss nostalgia, cringe culture, TWO…
S1E1 CONstruction || Episode #001: Eleven Months Out
Welcome to a brand-new TWIFH special miniseries podcast! We're calling it "CONstruction: How to Throw A Fan Convention." Each month, V will catch up with John @jarrow, the logistics guy with all the…
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