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| Podcast | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Fandom Made Me with Sabrina Cartan |
| Created by: | Sabrina Cartan |
| Date(s): | 2023-present |
| Focus: | Fandom and Fandom Activism |
| Fandom: | Multifandom |
| External Links: | Acast Podbean Fandom Forward |
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Fandom Made Me is a fandom podcast from Fandom Forward hosted by Sabrina Cartan. The podcast explores fan activism and talks to activists and writers about the fandoms which influenced and moved them. It was originally called Shireside Chats. On 17 October 2023, the official description read:
Fandom Forward's podcast on fan activism, featuring cozy conversations with activists, leaders, and writers about the pop culture that moves them.
Episode List
Season 1
| Episode Number | Release Date | Title and Guests | Fandom and Fannish Topics | Direct Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 20, 2023 | Gilmore Girls and Disability with Ellen & Emily Ladau | Gilmore Girls, Disability and Fandom | X |
| 2 | February 3, 2023 | Marvel Comics and Reimagining Jan. 6 with Harvard Law Prof. Alan Jenkins and Artist Gan Golan | Marvel, Black Panther, Everything Everywhere All at Once | X |
| 3 | February 17, 2023 | Journalism Icon Cindi Leive on "Brenda Starr" and Women in Media | Women in Fandom, Brenda Starr, Reporter | |
| 4 | February 27, 2023 | Black Nerds Create Co-Founder Bayana Davis on Black Magical History Month & Tolkien Black Folks | Race and Fandom, Tolkien, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings | X |
| 5 | March 3, 2023 | Scrubs Actor & Cartoonist Lela Lee on Portraying Asian Women with Complexity | Scrubs, Angry Little Asian Girl, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Turning Red | X |
| 6 | March 17, 2023 | Dahlia Lithwick on Muppet Theory and Understanding the Supreme Court | The Muppets | X |
| 7 | April 11, 2023 | Self-care in Fandom & Gay Pirates with Fan Researchers Tanya Cook] and Kaela Joseph | Fandom Burnout, Toxic Fandoms, Our Flag Means Death | X |
| 8 | April 25, 2023 | The "Lost" Art of Fan-Artist Communities with Gilmore Girls Actor John Cabrera | Gilmore Girls, Lost, Parasocial Relationships in Fandom | X |
| 9 | May 9, 2023 | "Free to Be" Childfree with Feminist Filmmaker Therese Shechter | X | |
| 10 | May 26, 2023 | What Succession Teaches Us About Corporate America with Big Dirty Money Author Jen Taub | Succession, Shipping | X |
| 11 | June 21, 2023 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Leadership with Viva La Feminista's Veronica I. Arreola | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | X |
| 12 | July 4, 2023 | How Food Becomes Pop Culture with Burger Scholar George Motz | X | |
| 13 | July 18, 2023 | Mara Wilson on Foreign Teen Dramas and Her Hollywood Memoir “Good Girls Don’t” | Tropes, My Mad Fat Diary, SKAM, Dance Academy | X |
| 14 | August 1, 2023 | Abigail Disney on Disney Fan Activism and the Labor Movement | Disney, Wonder Woman | X |
| 15 | August 15, 2023 | Henry Jenkins on the Future of Fandom & Media Consumption | Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide, Race and Fandom, AI and Fandom | X |
Season 2
| Episode Number | Release Date | Title and Guests | Fandom and Fannish Topics | Direct Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 27, 2024 | Can We All Be Philanthropists? with Mariah Carey Fan Amy Schiller | X | |
| 2 | March 12, 2024 | How Movies Connect Us to Our Feelings with Kevin Smith Fan and “You Are Good” Co-Host Alex Steed | Clerks, Chasing Amy, Message Boards, Stranger Things | X |
| 3 | April 2, 2024 | Making Taylor Swift Bracelets to Support Girls’ Rights with Tiny CEO India Abrahams and her Mom, Tara Abrahams. | Beads for Good, Fandom and Social Impact | X |