OTW Guest Post: Julia Prescott
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| Title: | OTW Guest Post: Julia Prescott |
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| Interviewee: | Julia Prescott |
| Date(s): | March 18, 2016 |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | The Simpsons |
| External Links: | OTW Guest Post: Julia Prescott, Archived version |
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OTW Guest Post: Julia Prescott is a 2016 interview with Julia Prescott.
It was done as part of a series. See OTW Guest Post.
Introduction
Today’s post is an interview with Julia Prescott, co-host of The Simpsons podcast, Everything’s Coming Up Podcast. [1]
Excerpts
How did you first get involved in fandom? What was your first fandom?
My first fandom was probably ska music — which I know doesn’t technically count as a “fandom” but I was really involved with the scene happening in Orange County in the early 2000’s, I would go on message boards and talk to people all day. This was pre-Facebook. Since then, I’ve become involved in fandom ranging from Harry Potter to Simpsons to younameit.
What do you love most about running the podcast, and what occurred after you began it that you didn’t expect?
I love bonding with our guests through the conversation we have on the podcast, and learning more things about them I never would have guessed previously. Having actual Simpsons people like Josh Weinstein, Bill Oakley, Dana Gould, Mike Scully, and Tim Long on to discuss their favorite episodes has been just incredible — a dream come true that I thought would never happen in a million years. Something that I never saw coming with it was truly the fan reaction. This is the first podcast I’ve run where I’ve felt like people were actually listening, which sounds sad, but realistic given the current oversaturated podcast climate. When fan emails started pouring in, and we would get fan art, and write-ups in The AV Club – man, that’s when we knew we stumbled upon something really great. Our plans for the future are limitless, and soon we hope to have merchandise and videos and more and more. We’re having a blast doing it and can’t wait to see where it goes.
What sets your podcast apart from other Simpsons Podcasts?
To be honest, I haven’t given a ton of other Simpsons podcasts a good listen — probably because I’m a little Simpsons’d out by the time we wrap our episodes. From my understanding, there’s another podcast that goes through each episode chronologically, like a lot of other TV-centric podcasts that have popped up like, “Gilmore Guys” and “Best of Friends.” Then there’s another podcast called, “Worst Episode Ever” that covers what the hosts and guests believe are terrible episodes of The Simpsons. We chose our format because it gives us more options, and lets the guest lead with their passion — which I’ve found is a winning formula. I had another podcast that covered cult movies and learned a big lesson when I had asked a guest to speak about a film I thought they were a huge fan of — cut to a kind of stilted, awkward conversation later. I knew that the guest has to be the one who’s bursting with excitement to talk about an episode, and inevitably that leads to a charged, positive conversation – which is just the kind of podcast that I personally enjoy.