Hopewell Valley Student Podcasting Network 

Show Name:  The Fan & the Foe

Episode Title: Stranger Things

Welcome back! You are listening to The Fan and the Foe podcast with your host(s) Gabbi and Louisa.

In this episode of The Fan and the Foe, we are discussing all things Stranger Things!!!

Segment 1: Introduction & background to Stranger Things DND background 

Stranger Things is a hit Netflix series produced by the Duffer Brothers. Set in Hawkins, Indiana, circa 1983 focuses on the seemingly mundane lives of 4 suburban boys- until one of them goes missing. At the same time, Eleven, a bald little girl with superpowers, comes in. Their lives flip upside down…get it… upside down like the second evil dimension that houses evil things [expand on evil things, demogorgons, demodogs, Vecna, the mindflayer, and the upside down]. 

The show also has a heavy influence of the supernatural, soviet missions and spies, and government experiments on children. Despite the underlying darkness of the show, it is now extremely interesting to watch.

Louisa: Sure, like a car fire 

[Start taking about eleven and the other government experiments she considers her brothers and sisters] https://strangerthings.fandom.com/wiki/Stranger_Things 

• Elevens' superpowers, mind-bending, throwing cars, a  superhero in a bald kid's body
• Past all of that, there is an extreme emphasis on the 80s. 
• It makes many people nostalgic for a time they weren’t alive for, connecting generations and getting to see how their parents and grandparents lived. The Duffy brothers went to extreme lengths to maintain historical accuracy, from hair to the fast food and candy they ate. 

Segment 2:  Louisa Dissing on Gabbi

Okay, well, for one, I didn’t know that Stranger Things was based on DND, but that makes it a bit odd, haha. On another note, though, I think that the nostalgia of the 80s is something that only people living in the 80s should resonate with, not people born in the 2000s. 

Gabbi: But the 80s were iconic, so who wouldn't want to experience them through a TV show? 

Louisa: I mean, maybe the outfits are cool, but the hair and everything are a bit over the top. 

Louisa: Whatever. From what I see on social media, even die-hard fans are sick of the same plot over and over. Can you explain the plot very simply, please

Gabbi: Suree, basically, another monster attacks Hawkins every season

• Louisa: Talk about how boring that is 

Gabbi: yeah yeah whatever 

Louisa: So basically every season it's like yay! The threat is gone, and then BOO, M next summer, there's a new monster that's like hey! Did you miss me?

Gabbi: Well…

Louisa: Uh-huh, like are any of the kids' parents in the picture, because if there was some crazy monster in my town every year, my mom would be likeWee need to get the heck out of here. Is it called Stranger Things because things get stranger, and parents don’t even notice?

Gabbi: answers question well, given you literally know nothing, even though I’ve tried to explain it to you. How bout I give you a few trivia questions to show our listeners you’re not a credible source! 

Louisa: Fine- let's do it!

Q1: One of the show's most beloved characters was meant to be killed at the end of season 1. Who was it? 

A1: Steve Harrington or Joe Kerry, but because of the outcry from the fans, they didn’t 

Q2: Who said the lineChrissysy wake up” that was then memed and turned into a viral internet song? 

A2: Eddie 

Q3: How did Joyce Byers connect with Will when he was abducted upside down? 

A3: Christmas lights. 

Segment 3: Crazy fan mail

Louisa: Like all popular shows, the cast of Stranger Things has had some crazy fan encounters. When researching them, most of them seem to happen between Finn Wolfhard and his fans. 

• Fans follow him home from a friend's house---like to his house miles away
• Fan asked him for a piece of his hair- okay, weird fetish 

Millie Bobby Brown woke up to a nearly empty plane with someone sitting next to her- who wasn’t sitting there when they took off→ just a bit crazy 

Gatten Mattarazzo had 40-ish year 40-ish-year-old woman come up to him and say that she's had a crush on him since he was 13… I think that one speaks for themselves.

All of the cast members have had spontaneous marriage proposals, which seems to be a common theme across most celebrities.  

Music Credits:   

Introduction 

Website where you got the song from: YouTube Audio Library 

Song Title: F16

Artist: The Grey Room/ Golden Palms

Licensing: YouTube Audio Library License 

Outro Song Title: Merry Go Round

Artist: Telecasted

Licensing: YouTube Audio Library

Transition 1

Website where you got the song from: YouTube Audio Library

Song Title: Cooked

Artist: The Grey Room/ Golden Palms 

Licensing: YouTube Audio Library License

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