Ep. 49 - Fan-tasies

The contributions of fandom to life.

• Swifties
• Why are Beyoncé's fans called BeyHive? Meaning, origin, and everything to know.
• Beatlemania
• Beyoncé fans left disappointed after rumors of a DNC performance proved false.
• Insane Clown Posse
• Juggalo
• Juggalo Outreach Program | Buffalo NY
• Buffalo Juggalos
• If you want to understand modern politics, you have to understand modern fandom.
• Walden Pond
• FBI 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment
• Juggalos Classify FBI as a Gang
• Deadhead
• Effective Psychotherapy: The Contribution of Helmuth Kaiser
• Kevin Kelly "1000 True Fans"
• Nietzsche's three metamorphoses
• Sunk cost
• Shalom Auslander "Feh: A Memoir"
• The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel
• "Such was the demand for (ABBA's) music that their management had to arrange for royalties from the Soviet Union to be paid in oil commodity rights rather than the embargoed rouble."

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