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In Defense of Fandom

Sadie Witkowski

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In Defense of Fandom explores the creative output of the SPN Family, as Supernatural fans call themselves, and illuminates the ways that fandom can be an incredibly positive influence in our lives.
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Carry the Two pulls back the curtain to reveal the mathematical and statistical gears that turn the world. We’re the show for people who enjoy discovering hidden elements that impact our lives in the most unexpected ways, and math is certainly one of those! We are a curiosity-driven podcast that looks to find unique perspectives from the fields of mathematics and statistics. We use stories to convey how mathematical research drives the world around us, with each episode tackling a different ...
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This week, Marie and Katie talk about zombies, The Last of Us, and some modern-day parallels that fit a little TOO well with the theme. To see Katie's Fandom article she mentions in the show, click here! And here is the link to the live show with Tim Russ this Saturday May 31st 2025 at 5pm pst! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a…
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What’s it like to be in-between a celebrity and their fans? What’s it like to have a real relationship with a famous person—and have fans think you might be an access point to that person? Editorial Support by Dr. Anna Funk: @itsdrfunk.bsky.social Music written & performed by Chris Scott: @Chrispscott And new music written & performed by August Hot…
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In the spirit of nurturing each other, Marie and Katie take a look back at where they were a year ago, and where they are today, while muddling through what it means to be living in an extremely volatile country. Dearest friends around the world, please listen, and remember us Americans when everything hits the fan. Learn more about your ad choices…
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Marie and Katie speak with Curtis Fortier and Tim Russ about their project 12 Sided Die a short webseries taking the internet by storm while also being directed by the amazing Tim Russ for Star Trek and Spaceballs. To see the full video podcast be sure to check out the video on Geekscape's YouTube or by clicking here! Learn more about your ad choic…
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I'm so sorry for the delay, but I promise you will have a brand-spanking-new episode in your feed in 2 weeks. In the meantime, support NPR/PBS! Support local journalism! And find ways to give back to your community around you, because this is the only way we're going to make it through. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. While we’re in between our more in-depth seasons, we like to bring you something a little different in mini-season format. And for this mini season, we are going to highlight some of the amaz…
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Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. While we’re in between our more in-depth seasons, we like to bring you something a little different in mini-season format. And for this mini season, we are going to highlight some of the amaz…
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Explore how parasocial relationships may, or may not, differ across mediums. I speak with creators in music, podcasting, youtube, and musical threater spaces to hear how each of their experiences are different and yet so similar! Editorial Support by Dr. Anna Funk: @itsdrfunk.bsky.social Music written & performed by Chris Scott: @Chrispscott And ne…
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What happens when our minds fixate on an actor or band member or podcaster and we start to see things that aren’t there? When a fan feels so much closer to their idolized famous person than they really are? AKA, What’s the deal with parasocial relationships? Editorial Support by Dr. Anna Funk: @DrAnnaFunk Music written & performed by Chris Scott: @…
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Curtis Fortier spends the day with Katie and Marie talking about his recent season of 12 Sided Die! An hilarious and heartwarming romantic comedy directed by Tim Russ (Star Trek, Spaceballs) and Dan Murphy. For more information and to help support his project visit 12SidedDie.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. While we’re in between our more in-depth seasons, we like to bring you something a little different in mini-season format. And for this mini season, we are going to highlight some of the amaz…
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A HUGE thank you to Marie for letting me rebroadcast this lovely conversation with her from March 2024. If you aren't already, you should subscribe to Carrying Wayward for all their excellent episodes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/carrying-wayward-a-supernatural-podcast/id1541257824 Editorial Support by Dr. Anna Funk: @DrAnnaFunk Music wri…
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Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. While we’re in between our more in-depth seasons, we like to bring you something a little different in mini-season format. And for this mini season, we are going to highlight some of the amaz…
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Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. While we’re in between our more in-depth seasons, we like to bring you something a little different in mini-season format. And for this mini season, we are going to highlight some of the amaz…
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Marie and Katie welcome back the incredible Jenae Thompson of SayQuoi on MLK day! As we talk through recent current, social media strategies, and the coming years Jenae has some incredible insights on how best to move forward efficiently and effectively. Be sure to support her cause by voting for her in EntrepreneurOfImpact.org to help Jenae's voic…
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Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. While we’re in between our more in-depth seasons, we like to bring you something a little different in mini-season format. And for this mini season, we are going to highlight some of the amaz…
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I catch up with costume designer Jennifer May Nickel regarding the aftermath of the Eaton fire in LA. Jennifer & JP’s gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/f/jp-jennifer-may-nickel-eaton-fire-relief-fund?modal=donations&tab=all RA recovery fund: https://give.randomacts.org/campaign/random-acts-natural-disaster-recovery-fund/c656615 Geekscape podcaster…
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What started as a random question on Bluesky turned into a whole conversation about fandom conventions (and why I seem to go to so many of them). Thank you Shae for agreeing to jump online with me to chat over the winter holidays so that I could answer your question in far more depth than you were expecting. Remember if you have a fan question of y…
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Artist, activist and joy of the season Devon joins Marie and Katie to help giggle through the end of the year. This is not your run-of-the-mill conversation as we dive into how Devon expresses queer joy, how polaroid film and night life has changed and inspired, how he met and has a photo with Nixon(!?), and most importantly how to hold on to the g…
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Today, we answer Anna’s query! Solution 1: Fifty Shades of Grey is an example of fanfiction that became published as a standalone series. Serialization & Fifty Shades of Grey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzk9N7dJBec Solution 2: Some writers start in fanfiction, but have to leave that world behind so that it doesn’t influence their own, cannon w…
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This week we have movie buff and television aficionado Christian Bladt joining Katie and Marie to talk holiday movies, comfort shows, and a super interesting Zendaya Challengers-inspired game with which one of the Geekscapist dude hosts that Christian would make out with! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Welcome to our experiment! Podcast editor Dr. Anna Funk steps up to the mic to ask a question that's been bubbling in the back of her mind. Listen next week for the reveal of the answer! And do you have a fandom question? Send it out way! Either through twitter DMs (@SadieWit), instagram (@Sadie_Wit), or via the webform at https://www.sadiewit.com/…
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This week former contestant of Netflix's The Circle, podcaster, and sex therapist Alyssa Ljubicich joins Katie and Marie. We talk about Alyssa's time on the show, the emotional toil of online hatred, and recent current events leading us into 2025. Special guest appearances from Nico and Alyssa's chiuahua Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega…
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We in the United States are deep in the middle of a major national election, and over half of the world’s population also have elections in 2024. This is why Carry the Two is going to focus on the intersection of mathematics and democracy for our new season. In this, the sixth and final episode of our mathematics and democracy season, we dig into b…
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We in the United States are deep in the middle of a major national election, and over half of the world’s population also have elections in 2024. This is why Carry the Two is going to focus on the intersection of mathematics and democracy for our new season. In this episode, the fifth episode of our mathematics and democracy season, we dig into pol…
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In this episode, the fourth episode of our mathematics and democracy season, we dig into two stories about the intersection of political geography and mathematics. The first story comes from Ranthony Clark and is about her work with the Metric Geometry and Gerrymandering Group around identifying communities of interest, with a focus on her in Ohio …
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