Fanthropological

Fire up your Pesterchum (or Trollian) folks, this week we're talking about Homestuck fandom!

Who are Homestucks? What's the appeal? And why are they (literally) trolls?

There's no gigapause this week as we start our SBURB session!

Everyone's a fan!

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Play-by-play 00:07 - Theme Song 00:26 - Introduction 01:30 - Who are Homestucks? 02:09 - Special Guest Introduction: Soph! 03:02 - Trivia 08:14 - Why are people Homestucks? 30:45 - Homestuck and other fandoms 56:43 - Fans of the week 1:03:27 - Spotlight: [Otaking77077](https://www.patreon.com/otaking77077) (via [Kotaku](http://kotaku.com/one-guy-is-making-his-own-street-fighter-movie-1791140485)) 1:04:52 - Where can I learn more about Fanthropological / The Nickscast 1:06:45 - Where can I find more of Soph's work? [Tumblr](http://sofa-cushion.tumblr.com/) and [DeviantArt](http://sofa-cushion.deviantart.com/) 1:08:07 - Outtakes

Citations ["A Noob's Guide to Homestuck"](http://observer.com/2012/09/a-noobs-guide-to-homestuck-the-favorite-webcomic-of-internetty-teens-everywhere/) ["Metatext of Doom"](http://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2012/07/metatext-of-doom/) ["When fandoms collide: The present and future of anime cons"](http://www.dailydot.com/fandom/anime-boston-conventions-multi-fandom-homestuck/) ["The Bright side of Homestuck fandom"](http://homestuckfansgood.tumblr.com/post/27273200575/guys-i-just-realized-why-the-homestuck-fandom-is) ["What is Homestuck and why is it considered annoying"](https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/1pr3ym/what_is_homestuck_and_why_is_the_fandom/) ["How did Homestuck get a bad rap"](https://theninjagang.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/how-did-homestuck-get-a-bad-rep/) ["Homestuck Horror Stories"](http://homestuckstories.tumblr.com/) ["Fate of the MSPA Forums"](http://omegaupdate.freeforums.net/thread/27/fate-mspa-forums) ["Inside the strange, brave new world of

Homestuck"](http://www.dailydot.com/society/inside-webcomic-homestuck-guide-interviews/) ["What the Fuck is Homestuck!?"](https://what-the-fuck-is-homestuck.tumblr.com/) ["Homestuck fan prepare for webcomic release"](http://thetartan.org/2011/10/17/pillbox/comics) ["Stuck on Homestuck: How Andrew Hussie Turned a Tumblr Craze Into a Teenage Empire"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121005192003/http://betabeat.com/2012/10/tumblr-andrew-hussie-homestuck-kickstarter-game-adventure-text-teens-young-adult) ["Homestuck is the First Great Work of Internet Fiction"](http://www.tor.com/2012/09/18/homestuck-is-the-first-great-work-of-internet-fiction/) ["Wikipedia - Homestuck"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestuck) ["Fanlore - Homestuck"](http://fanlore.org/wiki/Homestuck) ["Mayor of Meme Town"](http://captchalogue.livejournal.com/) ["Homesmut"](http://homesmut.dreamwidth.org/) ["Home | Omegaupdate"](http://omegaupdate.freeforums.net/) ["Listen to This: 20 of the Best 'Homestuck' Songs in Honor

of its Ending"](http://move.themaneater.com/stories/2016/6/12/listen-20-best-homestuck-songs-honor-its-ending/#.WHhMDt9idOA) ["'Hiveswap' and the Tenacity of Fandom"](http://www.popmatters.com/post/hiveswap-and-the-tenacity-of-fandom2/) ["Homestuck Fans Want You to Know that It's still Weird"](http://fusion.net/story/172690/homestuck-fans-want-you-to-know-that-its-still-the-weirdest-comic-on-the-internet/) ["Thanks for Playing: The Weird Legacy of 'Homestuck'"](http://www.martlet.ca/thanks-for-playing-the-weird-legacy-of-homestuck/) ["Goodbye to Homestuck, the Most Elaborate Webcomic You've Never Heard Of"](http://motherboard.vice.com/read/goodbye-to-homestuck-the-most-elaborate-webcomic-youve-never-heard-of) ["What is Homestuck? Who is Homestuck? Why is Homestuck? And WTF is Homestuck"](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dante-basco/what-is-homestuck-who-is-_b_6159280.html)

Credits Music: All this week's music is provided by our very own G! [Regea Syren sound effect](https://www.freesound.org/people/AndreOnate/sounds/135117/) by AndreOnate used under [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Logo: ["Glasses"](https://thenounproject.com/term/glasses/132894) by [Anton Anuchin](https://thenounproject.com/antonwebium) used under [CC BY 3.0 US](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/) Homestuck's Sburb logo recreated by T

Playing games makes sense, but racing against the clock in games? This week, we're talking about Speedrunners!

What is a speedrun? What is sequence breaking? Is cheating in video games ok in a speedrun??

We're going to go fast in this week's episode!

Everyone's a fan!

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Play-by-play 00:09 - Theme Song 01:10 - Who are Speedrunners? 03:33 - Trivia 21:52 - Why are people speedrunners? 30:47 - Different kinds of speedruns, and specifics of speedrunning 51:06 - Fans of the week 1:00:12 - Spotlight: [Games Done Quick!](https://gamesdonequick.com/) 1:01:50 - Secret Spotlight: [Race Against Time!](https://raceagainsttime.io/) 1:02:25 - Where can I learn more about Fanthropological / The Nickscast 1:04:10 - Outtakes

Citations ["Wikipedia - Speedrun"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedrun) ["An Animated 'Speedrun' Through Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"](http://www.openculture.com/2013/06/speedrun_through_fear_and_loathing_in_las_vegas.html) ["The 10 Best Videogame Speedruns"](https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/07/the-10-best-videogame-speedruns.html?a=1) ["Speedrun.com"](http://www.speedrun.com/) ["Speedrun.com - Forums: Why did you Decide to Run Your Most Recent Speedgame"](http://www.speedrun.com/Speedrunning/thread/4wit4) ["Speedrun.com - Forums: Drug Testing"](http://www.speedrun.com/Speedrunning/thread/lzny6/5) ["SpeedRunsLive - Frequently Asked Questions"](http://www.speedrunslive.com/faq/) ["Gamers Divided Over Freakish Feats Achieved With Tool-Assisted Speed Runs"](http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1528811/20060417/index.jhtml) ["5 Lessons to Take Away from Awesome Games Done Quick 2015"](https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2015/01/5-lessons-to-take-

away-from-awesome-games-done-quick-2015.html) ["TASVideos - Welcome to TAS Videos"](http://tasvideos.org/WhyAndHow.html) ["Awesome Games Done Quick 2016 - Donation Index"](https://gamesdonequick.com/tracker/donations/agdq2016) ["Why The Super Mario Bros. World Record Has Been Broken So Many Times Recently"](http://kotaku.com/new-glitch-reignites-the-super-mario-bros-speedrun-rac-1787596081) ["14 Years Later, Zelda Fans Discover New Way to Kill Wind Waker Boss"](http://kotaku.com/14-years-later-zelda-fans-discover-new-way-to-kill-win-1787459259) ["Why Speedrunners Use Glitches"](http://kotaku.com/why-speedruners-use-glitches-1582919382) ["SDA Knowledge Base - What is a Speedrun"](https://kb.speeddemosarchive.com/What_is_a_speedrun) ["Speedrunners Finally Pull off the 'Holy Grail' of Mario 64 Glitches"](http://kotaku.com/speedrunners-finally-pull-off-the-holy-grail-of-mario-6-1787247119) ["SpikeVegeta on the Growth and Competition of Speedrunning: I Want Something 'On-The-Line' for these

Runners"](https://pvplive.net/c/spikevegeta-on-the-growth-and-competition-of-speed) ["Trihex on the Future of Speedrunning: We Could Definitely use a Twitch Speedrun Directory"](https://pvplive.net/c/trihex-one-thing-we-could-definitely-use-is-a-spee) ["Hanging Out With a Pro Video Game Speedrunner Defending a World Title"](http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/hanging-out-with-a-pro-video-game-speedrunner-defending-a-world-title) ["What makes a speedrunner popular? : speedrun"](https://www.reddit.com/r/speedrun/comments/5hicw9/what_makes_a_speedrunner_popular/) ["How we Can Fix Speedrunning - YouTube"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt8hd_nfTPc) ["Super Mario World Credits Warp Explained - YouTube"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAHXK2wut_I) ["Top 5 Speedruns To Watch To Get Into Speedrunning (feat. Razbuten) - YouTube"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8xXtoIm76s) ["The New Speedrun Thread - Old thread obsolete by 2 frames - The Something Awful

Forums"](https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3429276) ["The Death of Speedrunning - YouTube"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=valJLPAr5KU) ["Top 10 Biggest Skips In Speedrunning - YouTube"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N5J5_Q2miA) ["How To Start Speedrunning - YouTube"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxhd4tGuhf4) ["Speedrunning is the most degenerate act man has ever come up with"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Ju7nel5cQ) ["Explanation of speedrunning - Reddit"](https://www.reddit.com/r/speedrun/comments/4apr63/explanation_of_speedrunning/) ["Nintendo's cracking down on speedrunning and ROM hacking videos"](https://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-s-cracking-down-on-speedrunning-and-rom-hacking-videos-310152.phtml) ["Mario betrays some of his most devoted fans with new youtube copyright claims"](http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/nintendo-targets-speedrunners-with-youtube-copyright-claims/) ["Nintendo Creators Program Information"](http://en-americas-

support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/13259/~/nintendo-creators-program-information) ["Speedrun - TV Tropes"](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Speedrun) ["12 Little-Known Gaming Trivia Facts You Won't Believe"](http://whatculture.com/gaming/12-little-known-gaming-trivia-facts-you-wont-believe?page=12) ["List of Super Mario speedrunning records"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Super_Mario_speedrunning_records#Super_Mario_World) ["What GDQ is and why that's ok - Reddit"](https://www.reddit.com/r/speedrun/comments/34gfd6/what_gdq_is_and_why_thats_ok/) ["Controversies in speedrunning"](https://speedrunninganditsimpact.wordpress.com/24-2/) ["Why Speedrunners Use Glitches"](http://kotaku.com/why-speedruners-use-glitches-1582919382) ["What is a speedrun"](https://kb.speeddemosarchive.com/What_is_a_speedrun%3F) ["Hey longtime runners and fans! What do you miss"](https://www.reddit.com/r/speedrun/comments/3xognd/hey_longtime_runners_and_fans_what_do_you_miss/)

Credits Music: Al this week's music is provided by our very own G! Logo: ["Glasses"](https://thenounproject.com/term/glasses/132894) by [Anton Anuchin](https://thenounproject.com/antonwebium) used under [CC BY 3.0 US](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/) ["Samus Aran"](https://thenounproject.com/term/samus-aran/711160) by [Gabriel Weller](https://thenounproject.com/ezay56789) used under [CC BY 3.0 US](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)

It's a new season, and what better than to draw parallels to our first season by talking about Star Wars fans!

What do you call Star Wars fans? Is there really a big difference between them and Star Trek fans? How have they kept fans interested in the 40 years of Star Wars??

May the force be with you on this week's episode!

Everyone's a fan!

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Play-by-play 00:07 - Theme Song 00:00 - Introduction 01:27 - Who are Star Wars Fans? 03:34 - Trivia 20:06 - Why are people fans of Star Wars? 38:36 - Gender segregation in (Star Wars) Fandom 44:09 - Fans of the week 56:07 - Spotlight: [The 501st Legion!](http://www.501st.com/) 59:32 - Where can I learn more about Fanthropological / The Nickscast 1:01:19 - Outtakes

Citations ["Meet the Star Wars Fans Who Lined Up Two Weeks Before the Premiere"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuVrWbc9ijo) ["Why we love Star Wars: an explainer for 'normal' people"](http://www.wired.co.uk/article/why-i-love-star-wars-explained) ["People Watch Star Wars For The First Time | Syfy Wire"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BVxK0GUpWI) ["I watched all 6 'Star Wars' films for the first time, in one sitting"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ni7mxRCBrA) ["STAR WARS subreddit, I need your help! Why do you love STAR WARS?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/34agxp/star_wars_subreddit_i_need_your_help_why_do_you/) ["This Is What It's Like To Watch Star Wars For The First Time"](https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/34agxp/star_wars_subreddit_i_need_your_help_why_do_you/) ["'I Got Emotional Reading This': Diego Luna Shares Touching 'Star Wars' Fan Tribute to Importance of Diversity"](http://ktla.com/2017/01/04/i-got-emotional-reading-this-diego-luna-shares-

touching-star-wars-fan-tribute-to-importance-of-diversity/) ["An Unofficial 'Star Wars' Convention in England Was Incredibly Depressing"](https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/people-are-really-mad-at-an-unofficial-star-wars-convention-because-dreams-are-very-foolish-109) ["Carrie Fisher's Unsung Legacy"](http://legit-writing-tips.tumblr.com/post/155032253840/carrie-fishers-unsung-legacy) ["Culture Wars"](https://thewalrus.ca/culture-wars/) ["Fanlore - Don't Call Me "Widow""](http://fanlore.org/wiki/Don%27t_Call_Me_%22Widow%22) ["Fans Reconstruct Authentic Version of Star Wars, AS It Was Shown in Theaters in 1977"](http://www.openculture.com/2014/08/fans-reconstruct-authentic-version-of-star-wars.html) ["Hardware Wars: The Mother of All Star Wars Fan Films (and the Most Profitable Short Film Ever Made)"](http://www.openculture.com/2014/06/hardware-wars-the-mother-of-all-star-wars-fan-films.html) ["Hundreds of Fans Collectively Remade Star Wars; Now They remake the Empire Strikes

Back"](http://www.openculture.com/2012/10/hundreds_of_fans_collectively_remade_istar_warsi_now_they_remake_ithe_empire_strikes_backi.html) ["Reylo: The 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Fan Fiction Ship Between Rey and Kylo Ren is Popular and Controversial"](http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/03/reylo/471768/) ["Selling the Soul of Star Wars"](http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/09/the-most-soulful-soulless-reboot-of-star-wars-yet/380054/) ["Star Wars Gets Dubbed into Navajo: A Fun Way to Preserve and Teach a Fading Language"](http://www.openculture.com/2013/07/star-wars-gets-dubbed-into-navajo.html) ["The Force of Collecting Star Wars Cards"](http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-star-wars-card-collector-paul-holstein/) ["The Star Wars George Lucas Doesn't Want You To See"](http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/the-star-wars-george-lucas-doesnt-want-you-to-see/379184/?single_page=true) ["Thousands of Turkish

Students Sign Petition to Build Jedi Temple on University Campus"](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/thousands-of-turkish-students-sign-petition-to-build-jedi-temple-on-university-campus-10161225.html) ["What It Looked Like to be a Star Wars Fan in 1977"](http://time.com/4148344/star-wars-fans-1977/) ["Wikipedia - Cultural Impact of Star Wars"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_impact_of_Star_Wars) ["What should Star Wars fans be called"](https://www.inverse.com/article/9271-what-should-star-wars-fans-be-called) ["Star Trek Fans may be more upscale than Star Trek fans"](http://www.forbes.com/sites/debraborchardt/2016/12/15/star-wars-fans-are-more-upscale-than-star-trek-fans/#1f9f15fe3c9b) ["How to become a star wars fan"](http://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Star-Wars-Fan) ["Simon Pegg's Blunt Opinion Of Star Wars Prequel Fans"](http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Simon-Pegg-Blunt-Opinion-Star-Wars-Prequel-Fans-93467.html) ["Why does Star Wars have so many passionate

fans"](https://www.quora.com/Why-does-Star-Wars-have-so-many-passionate-fans) ["Why do many people identify as a "Star Wars" or a "Star Trek" fan? Does it have to be either/or"](http://screenprism.com/insights/article/why-do-some-people-identify-as-a-star-wars-or-star-trek-fan-does-it-have-to) ["How Female fans made 'Star Wars' their own"](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/movies/how-female-fans-made-star-wars-their-own.html) ["Young Jedi ready for 'Rogue One' with Lowe's help"](https://newsroom.lowes.com/inspiring-people/lowes-helps-young-star-wars-fan/) ["Fanlore - Star Wars"](http://fanlore.org/wiki/Star_Wars) ["Rebellions are built on hope: why rogue one matters now more than ever"](http://www.cbr.com/rebellions-are-built-on-hope-why-rogue-one-matters-now-more-than-ever/) ["Rebellions are built on hope: Rogue One writers share safety pin logo"](http://www.themarysue.com/star-wars-safety-pin/) ["Why we love Star Wars: an explainer for 'normal'

people"](http://www.wired.co.uk/article/why-i-love-star-wars-explained) ["Star Trek and Star wars"](http://fanlore.org/wiki/Star_Trek_and_Star_Wars) ["Who Comes With Summer"](http://fanlore.org/wiki/Who_Comes_With_Summer)

Credits Music: Al this week's music is provided by our very own G! Logo: ["Glasses"](https://thenounproject.com/term/glasses/132894) by [Anton Anuchin](https://thenounproject.com/antonwebium) used under [CC BY 3.0 US](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/) ["Darth Vader"](https://thenounproject.com/term/darth-vader/40308) by [ARudmann](https://thenounproject.com/ARudmann) used under [CC BY 3.0 US](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)

As we get closer to the new year, the Nickscast explores a seasonal fandom: Christmas fans?

Is there really a fandom for Christmas? If so, what is it? What is it about Christmas?

Be sure to deck the halls, and settle in (but not for a long winter's nap!) as we get to the 'Why' of Christmas fandom!

Everyone's a fan!

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Play-by-play 00:05 - Theme Song 00:24 - Introduction 02:02 - Who are Christmas Fans? 02:58 - Trivia 17:30 - What is it about Christmas Fans? 39:41 - Fans of the week: Mick Foley on Santa Claus and belief in Christmas magic 53:32 - New year plans for the podcast? 59:08 - Spotlight: [The Internet Archive!](http://archive.org/donate) 1:01:40 - Goodbye! 1:03:18 - Outtakes

Citations ["Christmas Fans - Rankings - Anime :: Manga"](http://christmasfans.com/) ["12 Reasons To Be A Christmas Enthusiast"](https://www.theodysseyonline.com/12-reasons-to-be-christmas-enthusiast) ["Confessions Of A Hardcore Christmas Enthusiast | Thought Catalog"](http://thoughtcatalog.com/kathryn-kvas/2014/12/confessions-of-a-hardcore-christmas-enthusiast/) ["The Christmas Enthusiast - Light Knights"](http://lightknights.ca/christmas-enthusiast/) ["About | International Santa Trackers Association"](http://santatrackers.org/about/) ["Christmas junkies call to arms - Christmas Fan Club"](http://www.christmasfanclub.com/forum/christmas/general-christmas-discussion/4955-christmas-junkies-call-to-arms) ["Mick Foley Explains How He Became Santa Claus"](http://www.slate.com/articles/life/holidays/2012/12/becoming_santa_claus_a_pro_wrestler_learns_the_secrets_of_father_christmas.html) ["Why Japan is Obsessed with Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas | Arts & Culture |

Smithsonian"](http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-japan-is-obsessed-with-kentucky-fried-chicken-on-christmas-1-161666960/) ["Christmas Expo|Learn about holiday lighting"](http://www.christmasexpo.com/) ["Community for Christmas Fanatics - Christmas Fan Club"](http://christmasfanclub.com/) ["Christmas Stay Auction | A Christmas Story House"](http://www.achristmasstoryhouse.com/christmas-stay-auction/) ["r/Christmas: What are Some Christmas Traditions You like to do During the Holidays? Why do you Love Christmas so Much"](https://www.reddit.com/r/christmas/comments/2dafmc/what_are_some_christmas_traditions_you_like_to_do/) ["r/Christmas: Why do You Love Christmas"](https://www.reddit.com/r/christmas/comments/2efr3i/why_do_you_love_christmas/) ["r/Christmas: Why do You Believe in Christmas"](https://www.reddit.com/r/christmas/comments/14t6xf/why_do_you_believe_in_christmas/) ["Reasons Why Christmas is a Terrible Holiday"](https://newrepublic.com/article/115994/reasons-why-

christmas-terrible-holiday) ["Madrid Christmas Parade - Los Cerrillos, New Mexico"](http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/madrid-christmas-parade) ["Bronner's Christmas Wonderland - Frankenmuth, Michigan"](http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bronners-christmas-wonderland) ["Christmas Eve in the Trenches"](http://www.openculture.com/2008/12/christmas_in_the_trenches.html) ["Christopher Hitchens Gets Contrarian on Christmas from the Grave (Plus Some Tom Lehrer)"](http://www.openculture.com/2011/12/christopher_hitchens_gets_contrarian_on_christmas.html) ["Gift Giving Tradtions Around the World in a Handy Infographic"](http://www.openculture.com/2012/12/gift_giving_traditions_around_the_world.html) ["A brief history of the ugly Christmas sweater"](http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/12/22/a-brief-history-of-the-ugly-christmas-sweater/) ["This is the most popular Christmas song ever"](http://time.com/3613551/christmas-song/)

Credits Music: _"Carol of the Bells"_ by Mykola Leontovych, performed by Michel Rondeau via [musopen.org](http://musopen.org) used under [CC PL 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode) _"Deck the Halls (brass arr.)(Trad.)"_ performed by Michel Rondeau via [musopen.org](http://musopen.org) used under [CC PL 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode) _"Joy to the World"_ by Lowell Mason, performed by Michel Rondeau via [musopen.org](http://musopen.org) used under [CC PL 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode) Logo: ["Glasses"](https://thenounproject.com/term/glasses/132894) by [Anton Anuchin](https://thenounproject.com/antonwebium) used under [CC BY 3.0 US](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/) ["Christmas Ornament"](https://thenounproject.com/term/christmas-ornaments/715251) by [Made Somewhere](https://thenounproject.com/made.somewhere) used under [CC BY 3.0 US](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)

This week, we take a 0 calorie (but still great taste) break as we talk about Coca-Cola Fans!

Who are Coca-Cola Fans? What sets them apart from other collectors? Why do they start?

Relax, and enjoy! Also, this episode was not sponsored at all (surprisingly).

Everyone's a fan!

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Play-by-play 00:00 - Cold Open 00:06 - Theme Song 00:26 - Introduction 01:38 - Who are Coca-Cola Fans? 02:44 - Trivia 22:19 - What is it about Coca Cola Fans? 48:08 - Fans of the week 55:48 - Spotlight: [Dani Oliver (Pixel Artist)](http://ahruon.tumblr.com/) 57:39 - Goodbye! 58:54 - Outtakes

Citations ["The Coca-Cola Collectors Club - The Coca-Cola Collectors Club"](http://www.cocacolacollectors.club/wp/) ["For collector, 300K things go better with Coca-Cola | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal"](http://lubbockonline.com/not-online/2016-10-09/collector-300k-things-go-better-coca-cola#.WBd2Y7vLgVE) ["My Coke collection: 'I love 90s stuff' | Life and style | The Guardian"](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jul/24/my-coke-collection-i-love-stuff-from-the-90s) ["Bidders 'Taste The Feeling' Of Coca-Cola Advertising"](http://www.antiquesandthearts.com/bidders-taste-the-feelingof-coca-cola-advertising/) ["Going ga-ga for all things Coca-Cola - The Rakyat Post - The Rakyat Post"](http://www.therakyatpost.com/life/2016/05/07/going-ga-ga-for-all-things-coca-cola/) ["Fizzy mood at collectors' fair - Community | The Star Online"](http://www.thestar.com.my/metro/community/2016/05/16/fizzy-mood-at-collectors-fair-soft-drinks-80th-anniversary-celebrated-in-malaysia-

with-memorabilia-e/) ["LaGrange Daily News | Vanishing Troup: History of the Coke bottle"](http://www.lagrangenews.com/2016/07/16/vanishing-troup-history-of-the-coke-bottle/) ["Coca-Cola Collection"](http://kwqc.com/2016/09/01/coca-cola-collection/) ["A public rant: Diet Coke with Lime : cocacola"](https://www.reddit.com/r/cocacola/comments/4ed43d/a_public_rant_diet_coke_with_lime/) ["Coca-Cola Cookbook | Warehouse of Weird"](https://www.warehouseofweird.co.uk/food-drink/coca-cola-cookbook/) ["10 Strange Coca-Cola Flavors From Around the World"](http://thefw.com/weird-coke-flavors/) [""We only sell Pepsi, is that okay?" : cocacola"](https://www.reddit.com/r/cocacola/comments/46hu7o/we_only_sell_pepsi_is_that_okay/) ["My Coke-Cow | Collectors Weekly"](http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/176612-my-coke-cow?in=92) ["Coca cola swastika ae22 medallion | Collectors Weekly"](http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/154157-coca-cola-swastika-ae22-medallion?in=92) ["Coke Captures Cola Fandom

in First-Ever User-Generated Ad"](http://brandchannel.com/2014/05/21/coke-captures-cola-fandom-in-first-ever-user-generated-ad/) ["Starting Your Private Coca-Cola Collection"](http://www.coca-cola.ca/stories/starting-your-private-coca-cola-collection) ["Coca Cola Antiques and Collectibles - Collector Information"](http://www.collectorsweekly.com/coca-cola/overview) ["About Me - Blaine Martin's Guide to Vintage Coca-Cola Memorabilia"](http://earlycoke.com/about-me.html) ["Coca-Cola's Historian and Archivist Talks About His Favorite Frosty Beverage"](http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-coca-cola-historian-and-archivist-phil-mooney/) ["Schmidt Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia - Elizabethtown, Kentucky"](http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/schmidt-museum-of-coca-cola) ["Coca-Cola Auction: Largest Collection of Memorabilia Hits the Block"](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/24/coca-cola-auction_n_1299897.html) ["Coca Cola Inventor's Grave - Columbus,

Georgia"](http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/coca-cola-inventors-grave) ["What's It Worth? Collectors Guess the Value of Rare Coke Memorabilia"](http://www.coca-colacompany.com/coca-cola-unbottled/whats-it-worth-collectors-guess-the-value-of-rare-coke-memorabilia) ["The Coca-Cola Collectors Club"](http://www.cocacolacollectors.club/wp/) ["ALWAYS COCA_COLA 1-1 by DarkPharaoh on DeviantArt"](http://www.deviantart.com/art/ALWAYS-COCA-COLA-1-1-20901649) ["Coca-Cola by Ry-Spirit on DeviantArt"](http://ry-spirit.deviantart.com/art/Coca-Cola-244175338) ["For Amarillo Collector, 300K Things Go Better With Coca-Cola"](http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2016-09-29/amarillo-collector-300k-things-go-better-coca-cola) ["San Fran Fizzes Over 'Ghost' Coca-Cola Sign"](http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/san-fran-fizzes-over-ghost-coca-cola-sign/) ["Coca-Cola Collector Explains Why Things Go Better With Coke"](http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-coca-cola-bottle-and-

memorabilia-collector-bobby-liao/) ["Coca-Cola Author Doug McCoy on the Beverage Company's Bottles"](http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-coca-cola-bottle-collector-and-author-doug-mccoy/) ["Coca-Cola: Collector Obsessed with the Real Thing"](http://pilotonline.com/life/coca-cola-collector-obsessed-with-the-real-thing/article_53d4b228-29be-5de6-8a1f-c309871bf286.html) ["The Fandom Phenomenon: Winning Over Today's Super Fans"](https://www.spredfast.com/social-marketing-blog/fandom-phenomenon-winning-over-todays-super-fans) ["Guide to the 2015 MTV Fandom Awards and Fan Fest at San Diego Comic-Con"](https://nerdgeist.com/2015/06/30/guide-to-the-2015-mtv-fandom-awards-and-fan-fest-at-san-diego-comic-con/) ["The Claus That Refreshes: Was the modern image of Santa Claus created by the Coca-Cola Company?"](http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/santa/cocacola.asp) ["#OutofOffice: Coke Executive Moonlights as Young Adult Novelist"](http://www.coca-

colacompany.com/stories/outofoffice-coke-executive-moonlights-as-young-adult-novelist) ["Coca-Cola: A Meta Symbol?"](https://foodacrossborderz.wordpress.com/2010/12/26/coca-cola-a-meta-symbol/) ["Coke Captures Cola Fandom in First-Ever User-Generated Ad"](http://brandchannel.com/2014/05/21/coke-captures-cola-fandom-in-first-ever-user-generated-ad/) ["The Pitfalls of Relying on Brand Fandom: Part 1"](https://www.qualitylogoproducts.com/blog/pitfalls-of-brand-fandom-part-1/) ["Collector Connections: Coca-Cola Unites Fans Worldwide"](http://www.coca-colajourney.com.au/stories/collector-connections-coca-cola-unites-fans-worldwide) ["Coca-Cola fan decks out house in memorabilia: 'I drank a can between Austria and Germany... my lightbulb moment'"](http://www.thesun.ie/irishsol/homepage/news/7216422/Coca-Cola-fan-decks-out-house-in-memorabilia-I-drank-a-can-between-Austria-and-Germany-my-lightbulb-moment.html) ["The Psychology of Collecting -

Wikipedia"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology_of_collecting) ["Gaming Fandom Sweeps New York: How Brands Fit Into E-Sports Matches"](http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/league-legends/300073/)

Credits Music: All music this week comes via our very own composer, G! Logo: ["Glasses"](https://thenounproject.com/term/glasses/132894) by [Anton Anuchin](https://thenounproject.com/antonwebium) used under [CC BY 3.0 US](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/) ["Soda"](https://thenounproject.com/term/soda/576204) by [Chanut is Industries](https://thenounproject.com/chanut-is) used under [CC BY 3.0 US](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/) ["Soda Bottle"](https://thenounproject.com/term/soda-bottle/715021) by [Effach](https://thenounproject.com/francois.hardy.359) used under [CC BY 3.0 US](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)

This week, we take a small jump across the pond to talk about fans of those dashing Brits: Anglophiles!

Who are Anglophiles? Is it just Americans who are Anglophiles? What is the appeal?

Stay tuned for a smashing good time!

Everyone's a fan!

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Play-by-play 00:00 - Cold Open 00:08 - Theme Song 00:31 - Introduction 02:06 - Who are Anglophiles? 04:50 - Trivia 09:28 - Why are people Anglophiles? 52:03 - Fans of the week 55:17 - Spotlight: [Watchtower Restaurant KW](http://www.watchtowerrestaurant.com/) and the [Nickscast Youtube](http://youtube.com/thenickscast) 59:12 - Goodbye! 1:00:25 - Outtakes

Citations ["What is an Anglophile? - ANGLOPHILES UNITED"](http://www.anglophilesunited.com/what-is-an-anglophile.html) ["Lost in the Pond: Why Are There So Many American Anglophiles? - Anglotopia.net"](http://www.anglotopia.net/anglophilia/lost-in-the-pond-why-are-there-so-many-american-anglophiles/) ["10 Reasons Why This US Dude Loves the English | The Huffington Post"](http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/norm-schriever/10-reasons-why-this-us-guy-loves-the-english_b_3737122.html) ["Why America's Anglophiles Are Missing the Point of the Royal Wedding - TIME"](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2068118,00.html) ["Is the UK an introvert's paradise? - The Student Room"](https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1605906) ["Separated by a Common Language: accent attitudes"](https://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.ca/2011/06/accent-attitudes.html) ["Anglophilia: Anglophile Problems That We Have to Accept -

Anglotopia.net"](http://www.anglotopia.net/anglophilia/anglophilia-anglophile-problems-that-we-have-to-accept/) ["Wikipedia - Anglophile"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglophile) ["Anglophones United"](http://www.anglophilesunited.com/) ["25 Signs You're an Anglophile"](https://www.buzzfeed.com/keelyflaherty/signs-youre-an-anglophile?utm_term=.plKnNk0Rn#.hf3veZQDv) ["Lost in the Pond: Why Are There so Many American Anglophiles"](http://www.anglotopia.net/anglophilia/lost-in-the-pond-why-are-there-so-many-american-anglophiles/) ["Confessions of an Anglophile"](http://landlopers.com/2011/02/09/confessions-anglophile) ["Reddit - Brits of Reddit, How Long Would an Anglophile Last in the UK"](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3azxzm/brits_of_reddit_how_long_would_an_anglophile_last/) ["Reddit - What Do You Think of Anglophiles"](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/comments/28p7r1/what_do_you_think_of_anglophiles/) ["Reddit - What Are Your Thoughts on Anglophilia and

Anglophiles"](https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/4h30hq/what_are_your_thoughts_on_anglophilia_and/) ["Wikipedia - Paris Syndrome"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_syndrome) ["Anglicon 2017 ― Christmas in Whoville"](http://anglicon.com/) ["TV Tropes - Foreign Culture Fetish"](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ForeignCultureFetish) ["Know your meme - Anglophiles"](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/anglophile) ["Professor Elemental's "I'm British""](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkF_XpA5P48) ["Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer's "Straight Out of Surrey""](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj7J7vXCf5w) ["Lost in the Pond: Why are there so many American Anglophiles"](http://www.anglotopia.net/anglophilia/lost-in-the-pond-why-are-there-so-many-american-anglophiles/) ["Why Anglophilia"](https://americananglophile.wordpress.com/why-anglophilia/) ["The Mystery of Stephen Harper's

Anglophilia"](https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/2012/09/27/the_mystery_of_stephen_harpers_anglophilia.html) ["The New Anglophilia: How the Brits Are Colonizing Our Telly"](http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/06/new-anglophilia-how-brits-are-colonizing-our-telly/327018/) ["Dubbing and Anglophilia: Doctor Who in South Korea"](http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/2013/12/18/dubbing-and-anglophilia-doctor-who-south-korea) ["An Open Letter to Fangirls on Anglophilia"](http://thelearnedfangirl.com/2013/07/an-open-letter-to-fangirls-about-anglophilia/)

Credits Music: Pomp and Circumstance, March No 1 by Edward Elgar performed by the Eastern Wind Symphony via [musopen.org](http://musopen.org) Abeldazer - II. Rondeau by Henry Purcell performed by Philip Adler via [musopen.org](http://musopen.org) Mars, the Bringer of War by Gustav Holst performed by the US Air Force Band via [musopen.org](http://musopen.org) Logo: ["Glasses"](https://thenounproject.com/term/glasses/132894) by [Anton Anuchin](https://thenounproject.com/antonwebium) used under [CC BY 3.0 US](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/) ["United Kingdom"](https://thenounproject.com/term/united-kingdom/628430) by [Nikita Kozin](https://thenounproject.com/kozinn) used under [CC BY 3.0 US](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)

Do you have your your goggles fastened? Are your firmly seated on your velocipede or dirigible? Tune in over the wireless as we talk about Steampunks!

What is Steampunk (and is it over)? Who are they and what makes them... tick?

Stay tuned (as we stoke the coals)!

Everyone's a fan!

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Play-by-play 00:00 - Cold Open 00:05 - Theme Song 00:25 - Introduction 01:10 - Who are Steampunks? What is Steampunk? 03:31 - Trivia 09:42 - Why Steampunk? 1:03:38 - Spotlight: [Soulless](http://yenpress.com/soulless/) and [Girl Genius](http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/) 1:06:17 - Goodbye! 1:07:40 - Outtakes

Citations "Steampunk = Mad Scientist Inventor [invention(steam x airship or metal man/baroque stylings) x (pseudo) Victorian setting] + progressive or reactionary politics x adventure plot" -Jeff Vandermeer, The Steampunk Bible ["Steampunk - Fanlore"](http://fanlore.org/wiki/Steampunk) ["Beyond Victoriana | A Multicultural Perspective on Steampunk"](https://beyondvictoriana.com/) ["Airship Ambassador »"](http://www.airshipambassador.com/) ["What is Steampunk, and is it over?"](http://www.themarysue.com/what-is-steampunk-and-is-it-over/) ["What the hell is Steampunk?"](http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/william-higham/steampunk-what-the-hell-is-it_b_1015192.html) ["An Anthropological Perspective of the Steampunk Culture"](https://www.academia.edu/6727453/Steam_Culture_An_Anthropological_Perspective_of_the_Steampunk_Subculture) ["Steampunk: Reimagining Trash and Technology"](http://blog.castac.org/2013/08/steampunk-reimagining-trash-and-technology/) ["Does Steampunk have an

ideology?"](http://drupagliassotti.com/2009/02/13/does-steampunk-have-an-ideology/) ["Does Steampunk have politics?"](http://drupagliassotti.com/2009/02/11/does-steampunk-have-politics/) ["Glue some gears on it (and call it Steampunk)"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFCuE5rHbPA) ["Wikipedia - Steampunk"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk) ["Oxford Dictionaries - Steampunk"](http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/steampunk) ["Steampunk Moves Between 2 Worlds"](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/fashion/08PUNK.html) ["K.W. Jeter's Letter to Locus"](http://i.imgur.com/M7ema1o.png) ["Crafting Yesterday's Tomorrows: RetroFuturism, Steampunk, and the Problem of Making in the Twenty-First Century"](http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.2752/174967714X14111311182767) ["Steam Dream"](http://thephoenix.com//Boston/Life/61571-Steam-dream/) ["Steampunk Preppers.."](https://www.gunandgame.com/threads/steampunk-preppers.146495/) Vintage Tomorrows, Dir. Byrd McDonald (Netflix), 2015

Steampunk'd (Documentary), 2015, Game Show Network

Credits Music: All music this week is courtesy of our very own, Nick G! Logo: ["Glasses"](https://thenounproject.com/term/glasses/132894) by [Anton Anuchin](https://thenounproject.com/antonwebium) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/) ["Steampunk"](https://thenounproject.com/term/steampunk/203055) by[Imangalieva Luiza](https://thenounproject.com/mangoluiza) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/) ["Gears"](https://thenounproject.com/term/gears/661364) by[David](https://thenounproject.com/kaxgyatso) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)

We take a departure from the ordinary as we get a bit more international, and talk about the "fandom" of this week: Esperantists!

What is Esperanto? Are speakers of a language "fans"? What is its appeal and how did its followers come to be?

Stay tuned for an educational episode!

Everyone's a fan!

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Play-by-play 00:00 - Cold Open (Esperanto???) 00:07 - Theme Song 00:29 - Introduction (Esperanto???) 00:56 - Introduction (English) 01:20 - Who are Esperantists? What _is_ Esperanto?! 41:30 - Fans of the week 47:16 - Spotlight: [Springboard to Languages](http://www.springboard2languages.org) 50:46 - Goodbye! 52:03 - Outtakes

Citations ["The Joy of Esperanto - The Daily Beast"](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/10/30/the-joy-of-esperanto.html) ["The Serious History Behind Esperanto | TIME"](http://time.com/4417809/esperanto-history-invention/) ["Esperanto: the language that never was | Prospect Magazine"](http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/the-language-that-never-was-esperanto-languages) ["The Secret Jewish History of Esperanto - Culture - Forward.com"](http://forward.com/culture/348344/the-secret-jewish-history-of-esperanto/) ["Regina home to smallest Esperanto language club in Canada - Saskatchewan - CBC News"](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/esperanto-language-canada-smallest-club-regina-1.3557994) ["Esther Schor's Bridge of Words, reviewed."](http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2016/10/esther_schor_s_bridge_of_words_reviewed.html) ["Springboard… to Languages - an innovative introduction to language learning for KS1 and KS2"](http://www.springboard2languages.org/)

["Pasporta Servo - Wikipedia"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasporta_Servo) ["Learn Esperanto first: Tim Morley at TEDxGranta - YouTube"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gSAkUOElsg) ["paculo comments on Why learn Esperanto?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/Esperanto/comments/4ujrc4/why_learn_esperanto/d5qccpg/) ["Adventures in Esperanto - Finding Esperanto's little quirks"](https://adventuresinesperanto.wordpress.com/) ["Wikipedia - Esperanto"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto) ["The Secret Language of George Soros"](http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/216065/secret-language-of-george-soros) ["The Joy of Esperanto"](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/10/30/the-joy-of-esperanto.html) ["The Hidden Perverse Effects of the Current System"](http://claudepiron.free.fr/articlesenanglais/effects.htm) ["Esperanto in China Faces Uncertain Future"](http://www.china.org.cn/china/2016-07/26/content_38959660.htm) ["Parolas Esperanton? Esperanto Language still has Appeal

in Brazil"](http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article99066207.html) ["Johnson: Simple, Logical and Doomed"](http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2013/09/esperanto-0) ["Are there any esperantization movements - Reddit"](https://www.reddit.com/r/Esperanto/comments/3xx6xx/are_there_any_esperantization_movements/) ["Gufujo - Wikipedia"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gufujo) ["Oomoto - Wikipedia"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oomoto) ["Esperanto Culture - Wikipedia"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto_culture) ["Esperantido"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperantido) ["Esperanto Stack Exchange"](http://esperanto.stackexchange.com/)

Credits Music: "Tarantelle, Op. 43" by Frederic Chopin, played by Olga Gurevich "Polonaise in F sharp minor" by Frederic Chopin, played by Olga Gurevich "Fantaisie, Op. 49" by Frederic Chopin, played by Olga Gurevich Logo: ["Glasses"](https://thenounproject.com/term/glasses/132894) by [Anton Anuchin](https://thenounproject.com/antonwebium) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/) ["Speech Bubbles"](https://thenounproject.com/term/speech-bubbles/711323) by[iconosphere](https://thenounproject.com/iconsphere) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)

You'd best _Accio Seat_ for this episode, as we enter the wizarding world of Harry Potter fandom and talk about Potterheads!

What's it like growing up along side the object of fandom? Is Young Adult (YA) just for kids? Why do people of all ages love Harry Potter?

Whether you're Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin, you won't need a Nimbus 2001 to catch this week's episode!

Everyone's a fan!

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Play-by-play 00:00 - Cold Open 00:04 - Theme Song 00:31 - Introduction 01:22 - Who are Potterheads? 02:10 - Trivia 21:00 - The work and the fans growing up together 36:35 - YA on the rise and Harry Potter fandom 56:16 - Fans of the week 61:58 - Spotlight: [Harry Potter Alliance](http://www.thehpalliance.org/) & [GeekyCon](http://www.geekycon.com/) 66:19 - Goodbye!

Citations ["Political Scholar Studies the Harry Potter Generation"](http://www.metronews.ca/entertainment/2013/08/18/political-scholar-studies-the-harry-potter-generation.html) ["Harry Potter Did Help Shape the Political Culture of a Generation"](http://theconversation.com/harry-potter-did-help-shape-the-political-culture-of-a-generation-29513) ["The Times Plans a Children's Best-Seller List"](http://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/24/books/the-times-plans-a-children-s-best-seller-list.html) ["Warner Brothers' Bullying Ruins Field Family Xmas"](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/12/21/warner_brothers_bullying_ruins_field/) ["Warner Bros backs down on Harry Potter Web Site"](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/12/15/warner_bros_backs_down/) ["Grave of Real Life Harry Potter Killed 71 Years Ago: A Tourist Attraction for Fans"](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1333853/Grave-real-life-Harry-Potter-killed-71-years-ago-A-tourist-attraction-fans.html#ixzz4FKfqbxL3) ["AU Lily and Snape by julvett

on DeviantArt"](http://julvett.deviantart.com/art/AU-Lily-and-Snape-318542315) ["Hogwarts Student Maker by Hapuriainen on DeviantArt"](http://hapuriainen.deviantart.com/art/Hogwarts-student-maker-302435099) ["How Ginny Should Have Looked by viria13 on DeviantArt"](http://burdge.deviantart.com/art/how-Ginny-should-have-looked-269991758) ["Harry Potter Chibis + Quotes by ShadowSeason on DeviantArt"](http://shadowseason.deviantart.com/art/Harry-Potter-Chibis-Quotes-243928228) ["#6 Polyjuice Potion y Picolo-kun on DeviantArt"](http://picolo-kun.deviantart.com/art/6-Polyjuice-Potion-565044947) ["Harry Potter and the Childish Adult"](http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/07/opinion/harry-potter-and-the-childish-adult.html) ["The New Powers That Be: Harry Potter, the Triumph of Fandom, and the Future of Creativity"](http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_next_20/2016/09/online_harry_potter_fans_transformed_what_it_means_to_love_a_story.html) ["Pottermania: Harry Potter Tourism, Where the Pilgrims

are Adults and the Books are a Religion"](http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/roiphe/2013/05/harry_potter_tourism_a_religion_for_young_adults.html) ["Hogwarts Is Here"](http://www.hogwartsishere.com/) ["Fans are leaving heartfelt notes in Harry Potter books"](http://www.themarysue.com/potter-it-forward/) ["Harry Potter Fans Won A Four-Year Fight Against Child Slavery-Produced Chocolate"](http://www.themarysue.com/harry-potter-fans-chocolate/) ["From Young Adult Book Fans to Wizards of Change"](http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/from-young-adult-book-fans-to-wizards-of-change/?_r=1) ["How Harry Potter shaped a generation"](http://boingboing.net/2014/07/23/how-harry-potter-shaped-a-gene.html) ["Fanlore: Harry Potter"](https://fanlore.org/wiki/Harry_Potter) ["How Harry Potter Changed Publishing"](http://io9.gizmodo.com/5821271/how-harry-potter-changed-publishing) ["The New Powers That

Be"](http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_next_20/2016/09/online_harry_potter_fans_transformed_what_it_means_to_love_a_story.html) ["Is Harry Potter classic children's literature?"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/college-inc/post/is-harry-potter-classic-childrens-literature/2011/07/16/gIQA0RS1HI_blog.html) ["The five levels of YA fiction fandom"](https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2016/apr/13/the-five-levels-of-ya-fandom-ya-fiction-hunger-games) ["Read whatever the hell you want: why we need a new way of talking about young adult literature"](http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2014/10/read-whatever-hell-you-want-why-we-need-new-way-talking-about-young-adult-literature) ["Children's and Young Adult Books: Why is it okay to be a Harry Potter fan but not a Twilight fan?"](https://www.quora.com/Childrens-and-Young-Adult-Books-Why-is-it-okay-to-be-a-Harry-Potter-fan-but-not-a-Twilight-fan) ["#PotterItForward"](https://twitter.com/MuggleNet/status/772229322019069952)

["Make Harry Potter even nerdier with detailed stats on all the series' spells * Great Job, Internet! * The A.V. Club"](http://www.avclub.com/article/make-harry-potter-even-nerdier-detailed-stats-all--244582) ["Harry Potter fandom - Wikipedia"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_fandom) ["MuggleNet - The World's #1 Harry Potter Site"](http://www.mugglenet.com/) ["Types of Harry Potter Fans | POPSUGAR Entertainment"](http://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Types-Harry-Potter-Fans-35370029#photo-35370029) ["Online Harry Potter fans transformed what it means to love a story."](http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_next_20/2016/09/online_harry_potter_fans_transformed_what_it_means_to_love_a_story.html) ["A Harry Potter fan has called out JK Rowling in the best way possible"](http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13896504.A_Harry_Potter_fan_has_called_out_JK_Rowling_in_the_best_way_possible/) ["Religions | Free Full-Text | 'Snapewives' and 'Snapeism': A Fiction-Based Religion within the

Harry Potter Fandom"](http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/5/1/219) ["Potter sites wild about Harry | Toronto Star"](https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2007/04/11/potter_sites_wild_about_harry.html) ["Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, Chapter 1: A Day of Very Low Probability"](http://hpmor.com/chapter/1) ["Petrosexuals | News Stories | St. Louis News and Events | Riverfront Times"](http://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/petrosexuals/Content?oid=2456373)

Credits Music: "The Carnival of the Animals - VII. Aquarium" by by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by the Seattle Youth Symphony (solos performed by Markus Staab on the piano) Logo: ["Glasses"](https://thenounproject.com/term/glasses/132894) by [Anton Anuchin](https://thenounproject.com/antonwebium) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/) ["Harry Potter"](https://thenounproject.com/term/harry-potter/7729) by [Ryan Thomas Noll](https://thenounproject.com/rtnoll) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)

If chins could kill, you'd want to watch out for fans of this week's topic: Bruce Campbell

Are fans of Bruce Campbell distinct from similar fandoms (e.g. Evil Dead, Horror)? What makes them special? Does Bruce Campbell do a better job with fanalysis that we do?!

Good. Bad. We're the one's with this week's episode.

Everyone's a fan!

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Play-by-play 00:00 - Cold Open 00:06 - Theme Song 00:26 - Introduction 02:01 - Who are Bruce Campbell fans? 04:25 - Trivia 16:05 - Is Bruce Campbell fandom a thing (vs Evil Dead)? 30:02 - Does celebrity fandoms exist (through the lens of Bruce Campbell)? 36:06 - So, what is it about Bruce Campbell then?? 46:32 - Fans of the week 52:19 - Spotlight: [Anime Feminist](http://www.animefeminist.com/) 56:08 - Goodbye! 57:32 - Outtakes

Citations ["'Ash vs Evil Dead' star Bruce Campbell reveals weird fan gift - Business Insider"](http://www.businessinsider.com/ash-vs-evil-dead-star-bruce-campbell-reveals-weird-fan-gift-2015-10) ["Bruce Campbell on How the Fans Brought 'Ash vs. Evil Dead' to Life"](http://variety.com/video/ash-vs-evil-dead-bruce-campbell-starz-tv-show/) ["I'm Bruce Campbell. I'm back. Ask Me Anything. : IAmA"](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3saj8z/im_bruce_campbell_im_back_ask_me_anything/) ["Fans Call For Bruce Campbell As Mysterio In 'Spider-Man 4' - MTV"](http://www.mtv.com/news/2595331/fans-call-for-bruce-campbell-as-mysterio-in-spider-man-4/) ["LAST FAN STANDING Episode 1 FREE on CONtv - YouTube"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I2R65bUmvY) ["Fanalysis"](http://www.bruce-campbell.com/product.asp?specific=199) ["Bruce Campbell - Encyclopedia Dramatica"](https://encyclopediadramatica.se/Bruce_Campbell) ["Help Bruce Campbell fund the Last Fan Standing -

Kickstarter"](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1774323088/help-bruce-campbell-fund-the-last-fan-standing/description) ["Hail to the King: Bruce Campbell on Fandom - Kickstarter"](https://medium.com/kickstarter/hail-to-the-king-92c2e2a92a35) ["Cult hero Bruce Campbell has fun with Fan Expo - The Toronto Star"](https://www.thestar.com/amp/entertainment/2009/08/29/cult_hero_bruce_campbell_has_fun_with_fan_expo.html) ["Bruce Campbell and Lucy Lawless talk about Comic Con and the difference between their fans - AOL"](http://build.aol.com/video/57f5893fc7480e39fd58fca0/) ["Strong Lineup Kicks Off First Edition of Bruce Campbell's Horror Film Fest in Chicago"](http://www.fangoria.com/new/strong-lineup-kicks-off-first-edition-of-bruce-campbells-horror-film-fest-in-chicago/) ["Bruce Campbell's Horror Film Festival: Special Groovy Report"](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/08/22/bruce-campbell-horror-film-festival) ["Bruce Campbell Interview: Evil Dead, Being Ordained, Making

Bombs"](http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/25111/bruce-campbell-interview-evil-dead-being-ordained-making-bombs) ["Bruce Campbell Fan Page (Facebook)"](https://www.facebook.com/Bruce-Campbell-Fan-Page-207086332659072/) ["Deadite Hills Retirement Home (Nostalgia Thread)"](http://www.deadites.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=375) ["Books Bound in Human Skin... (Thread)"](http://www.deadites.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=300) ["I'm Bruce Campbell. I'm back. Ask Me Anything"](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3saj8z/im_bruce_campbell_im_back_ask_me_anything/) ["Bruce Campbell Talks Trump and Personal Legacy"](http://www.vulture.com/2016/10/bruce-campbell-talks-trump-and-personal-legacy.html?mid=twitter_vulture) ["Change.org: Nicolas Cage take me to prom"](https://www.change.org/p/nicolas-cage-take-me-to-prom)

Credits Music: All music this week comes from our very own co-host (and in-house composer), G! Logo: ["Glasses"](https://thenounproject.com/term/glasses/132894) by [Anton Anuchin](https://thenounproject.com/antonwebium) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/) Derivative of ["Man"](https://thenounproject.com/term/man/222647/) by [Simon Child](https://thenounproject.com/Simon%20Child) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/) Derivative of ["Man"](https://thenounproject.com/term/man/222652/) by [Simon Child](https://thenounproject.com/Simon%20Child) used under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)